People Watching.

It happens to be one of my favorite past-times. Everyone has done it. As you're sitting at a table in the corner of some food court, or in my more usual case: the nearest cafeteria on campus, you let your eyes wander around the room and look for the more entertaining individuals present. This sometimes fruitless waste of time can also yield some very entertaining results, however.

A while back, Katie (my girl) and I were sitting having an early dinner in the caf (Sny-Phi for those MSU-goers to whom it makes a difference) when she suddenly pointed out that there was a guy a ways across the room who looked suspiciously like Robert Pattinson. Now for the people who have been hiding under a rock, or a multitude of rocks over the past few years, Robert Pattinson is the ever-cocky looking actor who plays the part of Edward in the awful movie renditions of the infinately-overrated Twilight book series (I refuse to honor it with the term "saga"). This guy was almost an identical sibling, and had the mannerisms to fit. It was quite the entertainment.

Fast forwards a week or so, and we found ourselves once again in the caf we so often frequent for dinner. This time we were rewarded with something a little more exciting, and a little stranger. This time there was a girl who looked eerily like a Prisoner of Azkaban-esque Emma Watson. It was weird for a college age student, but we have seen her many times since and the resemblance remains. Around the same time, we were lucky enough to find a guy who made me realize something: given a slight range for differences, Jake Gyllenhaal and Brad Garrett (Robert from Everybody Loves Raymond) actually look alot alike. In any case, this guy was the perfect middle ground between the two, looking more like Gyllenhaal, but having the hair style of Garrett...it was awesome.

My personal favorite to date, though, would have to be a guy we refer to as "Ben Affleck," for the obvious reason that he looks uncannily like the actor of that name. Having missed him the first few times Katie saw him in the caf, I was of course eager to see this acclaimed look-alike. As she spied him out and pointed me in the right direction, I watched his progress as he returned to his table. Amazingly, another "Ben Affleck" awaited at that very table! The two, likely twins though I would feel like a creep to ask, both bear striking resemblances to the actor/director, and it gives me no end of enjoyment.

Now I write all of this with the assumption that since no one actually reads it, it will go unnoticed by anyone who may care that I am referring to them. Should that not be the case, I apologize, though I expect it will. That's all for my creeping for now, tune in again for future updates. :P