Life overheard

My day was pretty nondramatic. The biggest thing that happened to me was that my wedding went from being some ephemeral thing at the end of an eight-years-and-counting engagement to being an actual tangible thing in the planning stages and I discovered how much alcohol costs.  But one thing I've always loved about New York City is that no matter how routine your day is, all around you there are people who are living moments in their lives that should be feature films starring Tom Cruise as a hit man or Colin Ferrell under timed pressure or Bruce Willis saving the day or Al Pacino being scary or in one case Jon Heder doing whatever it is Jon Heder does....

 

The bits of conversations I overheard in the city today from people having more dramatic days than mine:

 

"Do it quickly or I'll kill all your family." (said by tall guy with bleached hair channeling Cruise's Collateral character)

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"Is that a serious answer? Consider your next one very carefully." (said into phone by Kiefer Sutherland type. I imagine Colin Ferrell was at the other end in a phone booth somewhere.)

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"The pedestal that I had her on? I knocked that down with mushrooms." Friend nods wisely like this makes perfect sense. 

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"How is she?"

"Considering she was hit by a semi, not so bad.  If you're just asking the question generally, my answer is she was hit by a semi."

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"F*&k you." -- said by a random guy on the street to me as we passed. (This wasn't dramatic -- but I did wonder what was going on with him.)