awkward on TRAX and another what you missed

Yesterday, I had an awkward moment. Which happen to me daily, really, but this one was so stunning in its magnificence and glory that I have been basking in a glow of pure joy ever since it occurred at approximately 6:13 pm yesterday evening.

I was riding TRAX home (as usual) and had left my book at work. So to keep myself busy I was catching up on my Facebook stalking. Whilst stalking, I noticed the reflection of the world around me showed up pretty darn well in my phone screen... So I decided to see if I could look at the train behind me in the reflection.

So I looked at the person behind me in the reflection of my phone screen.
And he was looking back.
And we shared long, lingering eye contact.

It was uncomfortable.

And because I was unwilling to break said eye contact because that would suggest the feelings of awkwardness, I continued to stare. As did he. For a full 30 seconds we maintained eye contact in my phone screen. He raised eyebrows. He bugged out his eyes. He continued to stare.

And then I just couldn't take it anymore. I erupted into laughter, causing even more awkward eye contact while the other passengers stared and realized I wasn't homeless, so why in the world would that young lady be so insane?

Anyhow, it reminded me of a post I made on my tumblr a while ago about an even weirder, more awkward day.

Something about today was just weird. I don't know if a weird toxic mist was floating around or if Salt Lake's water was poisoned by Chevron again, but something was definitely amiss.  I had four notable awkward moments today. And by notable, I don't mean things like the little side-to-side dance you do when you walk right into someone and then can't decide which direction to go. I'm talking some pretty weird things here.
And I'm a really awkward person. I usually have (or observe) at least two highly awkward moments every day with lots of small ones thrown in just to keep me on my toes. So to have four in one day? CRAZINESS.

Awkward Moment #1: A mangy dog wondered into my classroom (???) and went straight under my desk... and stayed there, smelling my legs for like 5 minutes. I could NOT get him to leave and it was in the middle of someone's presentation so I just had to sit there.
Awkward Moment #2: During my layout and design class I googled some Photoshop brushes. I clicked on a link I was immediately taken to a site with all sorts of lady nakedness. Did I mention I sit in the front of the room and my screen is visible to all my classmates?
Awkward Moment #3: My geology professor. End of story. Every time he said Uranus today (which was about 50 times) he would yell it really loudly, pause, and look expectantly at the class. No one laughed, but it didn't stop him from doing so. And then he would repeat himself. All I heard for over an hour was "so we'll discuss .... URANUS!!... today...... AHAHAHAHA!"
Awkward Moment #4: A girl randomly standing up in front of the class and saying, "I've been really sick lately. I've given the doctor more poop samples than you can imagine!" Um, wow. Seriously? Wow.

 You're welcome.