back|story

i went to get my haircut today at sir gauuans hair salon and since we left the house early, i had to wait for about 20 minutes (my appt was at 11a).

i'm a people watcher...so it's hard for me to mind by own business (especially when something really catches my attention).

the two ladies sitting next to me were signing.
i love sign language. i think it's cool...but i try not to watch (aka stare) for too long cuz its equivalent to attentively listening in on their conversation...but it's not like they were whispering (the smaller and closer to the chest the hands are...the more "quiet" their conversation is)

anyway, the lady closest to me was bilingual and was speaking and signing at the same time to the hairdresser.
basically katie (the deaf woman) hasn't had a haircut in nearly a year and freaks out when she chops off more than six inches...she doesn't like layers...and hates getting her hair curled because it "takes forever to wash out". so kathleen (bilingual woman sitting closest to me) just said to "make her look pretty" because she was getting married. katie again contested against the curls...but kathleen reminded katie that her father was getting married so she should just do it for once in her life.

that said...i think katie gave in.

i obviously couldn't help to overhear so i ended up speaking with the bride and hence how i got more details than what i picked up from listening.

//assumptions
katie must be kathleen's future step-daughter (since kathleen is the bride and katie's father is getting married)

i started to create a backstory to this set of people i met at the salon.
i wondered if kathleen katie and her father met because of sign language...and if not...how they met...this quasi-cute romance began to bubble in my brain.

then my brain decided to segue and remind itself of a book i read recently called sundays at tiffany's by james patterson. the two main characters basically used to spend sunday's at this restaurant for lunch (but ate dessert) and watched people (couples, mostly) and made up stories about these people.

so that's what i did today.

and it got me thinking about the backstories of a lot of people that i ran into today...maybe not full life stories...but at least what they were thinking right at that moment...and such.

for example...
- the two ladies that were in front of me while waiting in line for the dressing rooms at ny&co. one room opened and another one soon after but one of the ladies didn't take the second room...i tried to offer it to her but she said they would just share.
really close friends? or more than that?
- my mom and i (me and my mom? rawr.) were walking through the mall and there was this obviously european woman kind of in front of us...she looked like she was going to approach but didn't at first (i kind of glanced over her)...and then i looked at her and smiled...and then she made a second attempt at approaching us...and then just as i was about to pass her by she finally spoke up and said "miss...can i stop you for a second and ask you a question?" i said sorry and kept walking.
what was she trying to sell? the "seacret" lotion and spa hand kit? a hair iron? was her solo dance of confusion and circles due to an insecurity to approach probable customers? was it her first time?

and so it goes.
i don't plan on stopping my people-watching habit anytime soon...and now i'll be adding the fun of creating backstories...every once in awhile at least...and it has me wondering...

if other people do this too...i wonder what they think of me? what they create as my backstory?