White Boy/White Dog Move To Skid Row

Certified Beach Dude Moves To Downtown Los Angeles

So I’m sure you have all at one time or another walked by someone on the street, or waited behind them in the grocery line, or sat next to them at the outdoor cafe- the person that is carrying on a conversation- usually loudly, with apparently no one. Many times I’ve been wearing my MP3 headphones and will hear some apperent talking and I will take headphones out and wonder if someone was talking to me… then the person points at the earpiece and makes the universwal “phone” hand sign (thumb to ear, pinky to mouth) and I understand they were yelling on phone and all is ok.

So on my Pershing Square dog walk tonite I hear some loud conversation- as I approach it is a (race/size redacted) woman sitting by herself on steps into square. I think nothing of it but she did make an impression, so much so that when I returned the same way she was still having her conversation- and on closer inspection/listening, she has no phone and is clearly talking to herself, like so many downtown street-dwellers.

The funny thing is how my first impression was not of a crazy lady but of a normal Bluetooth user. Only on re-examination did I realize she was crazy.

Bluetooth is cool- it makes crazy people seem normal, and normal people seem like they are yelling at no one in particular…Thank god I don’t have any compelling need for this technology with my life. Using Bluetooth to deliver music to rear surround sound speakers is probably the best use of the technology I’ve seen- maybe the new Bluetooth printers, etc will take off, but I am reserving judgement.