He asked me if I had any idea what it's like to have your ears constantly clogged. I smiled sheepishly and said yes, in fact I haven't been able to go to the bathroom in months.

He wondered if it was only him, when he walked through wet streets in foggy downtown, that he heard different frequencies of ringing coming from other people's heads. I said that only happened to me once, when I was at the beach and there was no one around.

He asked me if I was sure this was the right color of my eyes. And that was the moment I realized time moved faster than I remembered.

What happens if there's a race you're in, and you don't hear the starting gun? He was serious about this question, even though he was joking. I thought he looked a bit like a gastroenterologist. How did he know "Horse's mouth" was my favorite color?

I decided to reveal to him that people disagreeing with me was the one thing I couldn't stand. He suggested I change my last name to 'Price' so everyone would tell me I'm right.

Does it take longer now to say 'Mississipi'? My face became a siren. He looked at me with a stern face and spoke without spitting,

"If you keep chasing the sun you'll never see the sunset."