foreshadowing

a lot of movies have twist endings now days. and in every movie theres foreshadowing. dialog or events that give you clues on whats to come. some are subtle and some are obvious. then the end of the movie comes and you think 'oh my god i should have seen that coming..it was so obvious.' a couple times that has happened to me in real life.

september 2004, im working my last month at my old job. i had been there for over 8 years. a woman who worked in my department, but never really talked to me comes up to me one day and just randomly says, 'whats a tsunmai?'. i explain to her that a tsunami is pretty much just a fancy word for really big wave. she asks me what causes them. so i do my best to explain earthquakes and tsunami's and all. all the while in my head im wondering why the heck she is asking me about this. what got her curious enough about this to just come up and ask me?? at the end of our conversation she gets very concerned...she says "so if an earthquake were to happen in the middle of the ocean it could send a tsunami speeding across the water and onto land?? and it could kill thouands of people??.." i say "yeah, it could happen".

anyways..this conversation made me uneasy. one because this lady was kinda strange to begin with and never really talked to me..and 2 because who just randomly asks someone something like that? the concerned look on her face as she walked away didnt help me out any either. so yeah..i thought about this conversation from time to time for the next few months.. it would pop into my head...id feel that uneasy feeling again..then id go on with life. then in december i turn on the tv..and what do you know..one of the biggest tsunami's ever! what was it..200,000+ killed? crazy. that conversation popped into my head and made the tragedy that much harder to see.

this could have just been coincedence..it probably was. but thats one of those moments in life that made me feel like i was sitting back and watching a movie..

more to come.