Sipping her coffee, Alex thought about what a dull week she had had, and hoped Sid had something good to share. Both Alex and Sid are 29 and have been friends since they were 19. Alex works on a local Punk magazine as a writer and reported on campus news. She took journalism in college but found herself happier working on this paper than on a local city paper. Sid works at a campus cafe' claiming to be the Froth Master. Sid got his name from Sid Vicious. He calls himself Sid Valiant, claiming to be the evil twin of Sid Vicious. He says he is the opposite of Vicious but must be the evil one if everyone thinks Sid Vicious was some sort of god. He is British and actually looks like he could have been Sid's younger brother.He has a great sense of humor and works with a band that he wants to become a Punk gospel band.

Alex looked across the cafe' when she heard in her head, a guy singing " do you hear me...? do you care....? ". She smiled as Sid came over to the booth and sat down. "Been here long?" he asked motioning for the waitress. "Ten minutes tops, just relaxing and not listening for a change." Sid ordered his coffee and lit a cigarette. "So you got any good ones this week?" Alex took one of his cigarettes and lit up herself. "Actually I'm hoping you have a good one or two. The most interesting one I got all week was from a young guy thinking of different ways to approach a girl he liked, to ask her out. It was kinda cute, but nothing profound. I had one guy in his 40's that was imagining himself sinking an axe into his bosses forehead. Lovely chap there." "Oooh man, you did have a slow week" he said grinning. "I actually tuned into one guy that looked like he was in deep contemplation. I was quite excited but it turns out, the man is thinking about how good his lawn looked, but yet..how could he improve it? I just started laughing out loud!" "Oh now that's rich!" Alex replied laughing. "Ok right. But... believe it or not I did get a good one this week, it was just yesterday in fact. One of those 'rare' occassions when you actually catch someone 'thinking'. I was so mesmerized that even when he finished the ranting thought, I was still looking like I was in some sort of comatose state. So much that the waitress popped me on the head to get me to respond to her. I'm taking her out tonite." he said laughing lightly.

"Wow, you got a good listen and a date! Go on, tell me more, tell me more." Alex replied excitely.

Taking a gulp of his coffee, Sid continued "Ok, ok. This guy was in his 30's and quite anxious looking, suit and tie, very professional looking. He puts his face into his hands and thinks: 'Damn is this world just full of morons?'
That in itself was enough to keep my attention. So I listened as he continued his thoughts.
'Why is Jim such an idiot? I can't even tell the guy he used a word incorrectly, without him getting insultive about it. What am I thinking? Everyone at work seems to be that way. How the hell is it that people live in complete reverse logic?? People work their ass off to control their ways of thinking and have no control over their emotions?!'"

Sid motioned for a refill on his coffee and continued, 'You can't go up to anyone and suggest something new or interesting without them getting defensive and acting insultive and blantantly showing their insecurities that they are afraid they won't get it! Walls, thats what it is, they just set up these walls or blocks so they only have to think to a certain point then stop. That's it..that's Jim's deal as well. Ha! I can imagine me trying to tell him that one! Woohoo! That would be fun just to see him fly off the handle, because anyone who tries to get past that controlled wall of thinking gets a swift jouce of uncontrolled emotion in response. Damned people! I wish the hell some people could just see how they act around others, oooh but that would require uncontrolled thinking about something, would'nt want to learn something new now would we? Noooo! Can't have that now, especially if its about yourself! Man everyone's just screwed up, that's all the hell there is to it!'

Sid leaned forward, "You should have been there, this man was intense, he keep on about this for awhile. Ofcourse, he's absolutely right, you can't introduce a simple logic to someone, well most people I know anyways, and not have them insult your intelligence with their own insecurity and ignorance."

Alex took the last sip of her coffee and nabbed another smoke from Sid, "That's incredible, I never thought about that. God I love a nice simple truth like that. That was a rare one indeed! People really don't even try to control their emotions, they seem to use them at all the wrong times, and in excess when they do. They just react with emotions rather than thinking about something first." Alex leaned back realizing something,"You know, you seem to watch people alitte more before you bother tuning in, I think I'll do that more often myself. Maybe I've missed a few good ones. This is definitely a quotable one for my journal."

The two of them continued talking and called for the tab. "Oh! Before I forget, Sid said excited, I've gotten the band together on the new format, our first practice is tonite. Care to join? We'll be singing songs like 'Will the circle be Unbroken', you can be a punk gospel back up singer and play maybe a tamborine!"

"Yes! I'd love it. I can't believe you actually got those guys to do it. Can I wear so much white that I glow?" Alex said laughing.

"Ahhh! That's it then. Beautiful! Yes. Show up at my garage around 7 tonite. Ofcourse when we start playing we'll probably have some people saying I'm sacrilegious for it. But I say they're hypocrites for thinking I have to follow some set rules on dress or conduct for playing gospel music."

Alex grinned as they both stood up leave the cafe', "I guess some people will just be ruled by emotions instead of even trying to 'think' about it as just a new, and interesting, I might add, way of doing something, eh?"

Sid tossed the money down on the tab and laughed, "Exactly."