Thursday, May 17, 2012

the white dancing ball...

for the past couple of days i have had something on my mind.  i have thought about "it" while i am trying to go to sleep.  i was on the look out for "it" today.  i have spent too much time researching this silly thing that has been on my mind.  if you know me, you know that i despise researching.  i do not have the patience to search through countless articles on the internet trying to find the answer.  there is probably an easier way of internet researching i am just unaware of it.

i'm not quite ready to tell you what has been on my mind.  instead i think that i will describe for you what "it" is.  sit back, relax and close your eyes.  no wait, you can't close your eyes you have to keep reading, but when you are done reading then sit back and close your eyes and imagine what you just read.  ready?  here we go.

you are sitting with someone, male or female makes no difference.  you are facing each other, the distance doesn't matter, just far enough apart to see into their eyes and hear their voice.  if you are me, you make eye contact with the person who is talking giving them your full attention, but something distracts you.  this something is on their mouth.  not inside the mouth but traveling from the bottom lip to the top lip every time their lips press together to form a word.  if you are me, you try really hard to maintain eye contact, but that little white ball, of i don't know what, is very distracting.  before you know it you are watching the dance of the white ball instead of making eye contact and not listening to anything the person is saying.  instead you are wondering where will the white ball go next?

has this ever happened to you?  do you know what i am talking about?  what the heck is happening? where in the world did this white ball come from?  does the person know it is there?  can they feel it traveling along their lips?

i have never been brave enough to ask the person any of these questions, but i really want to know.  i know a couple of people who seem to have this problem every time i talk to them.  is it a problem?  is this a sign of some sort of deficiency?  from what i can tell there isn't any similarities between the folks that i know that seem to have this white ball.

in my attempt to research this white ball all sorts of different topics were brought up.  apparently there is a term in baseball called a "spit ball".  there are also several different pornographic references.  all i have to say about that is uh any potential lovers... please, please do not spit on me.  nasty, i would probably barf on said person.  there was of course references to making spit balls and how to shoot them out of a straw.  i totally did that as a kid, but now i think it is foul.  there was also many, many forums on whether you can "catch" a HIV or some other disease by someone spitting on your lip.  none of these things helped me in the least. 

remember i am horrific researcher, lacking the patience or know how of stellar researching capabilities.  all i could really find is that it is a sign of dehydration.  surprisingly enough there is not an actual word for this white ball.  this kind of shocked me everything seems to have a word associated with it and extensive information regarding it. 

after all that i've still got nothing, but i'm not wondering so much about it anymore.  i am guessing that i will still be distracted and captivated by the white dancing ball.  it is kind of like roadkill, it's kinda gross because it is a wad of spit probably mixed with dead skin cells, but i can't seem to look away.  i just want to know where it is going to go next.

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