Faces In Unexpected Places

I have to confess. My brain provided way too many things to write about today. It seems like a good problem to have, except for the fact that Im indecisive today. I can't choose between them. Besides, I stepped a bit out of my comfort zone the last few days and wrote about somewhat serious subjects. Ill admit, I expected to be left with a bunch of people painfully unimpressed. Thats not exactly how it went. I can't describe how great it feels to write a story and have it actually be mine for once. I have a hard time believing it is mine sometimes.

So, I guess thats the main idea today. Im lucky. Almost to the point of ridiculousness. If I had had this last year explained to me when I was younger, I would never have believed it. Its too crazy. Too amazing. But here I am. Stuck trying to wipe off yet another huge grin off my face before someone notices and starts asking questions.

This is the evil, masterful plan my brilliant mind came up with to distract you all. Im going to show you a bunch of smiles. From inanimate objects. Maybe its the way my brain works, but I see faces everywhere. Most of the images I remember vividly are due to a face-like structure that I see in a seemingly average thing. So here they are. The faces I see...

Sure, I cheated a little bit here, by adding some Sharpie pupils, but you can't tell me that isn't stankin' adorable. Such noble indifference from plastic. Its refreshing, really.

This is actually the picture that began my hobby of taking pictures of the faces I see. The frost grin just makes this perfect. On top of that, I took this on a day that I was going to spend with a certain girl named Meg. I felt like the frost and wheels were copying my face.

Its a few holes from the coat hooks in the back room at work. I thought it was rather cute.

The top of some super fancy cleaner thing-y, whose name I have long since forgotten. Oddly, this reminds me of a Ninja Turtle...

This is my friend the outlet. He's obviously shocked at my incredible good looks.

Maybe Im crazy, but I see two faces here. The first one has the thick, bold line as the mouth. And the second one is with that line being a moustache and the smaller line below it being the mouth.

I think of the first face as a hungry dude in line at McDonald's dreaming of his oh-so-close Big Mac. Possibly with some drool dripping out the side of his mouth.

The second face is Italian, of course. I think he's making some mushroom pizza for me. You know, now that I think about it, Its a little odd that I associated the stove knobs with two different kinds of food... I should go eat something...

This is either something out of Beauty And The Beast, or the closest physical representation to the "=)" emoticon the universe has ever seen.

I feel like he's mocking me...

Technically, this one is mouth-less. But if you ask me, it only adds to his charm. The poor guy has probably been insulted in such a fashion that not only did he shut up, but his mouth disappeared entirely. In response to this tragedy, I did the only thing I could do. I set up a charitable organization. If you'd like to donate, please call 1-800-YOUD-OREA-LIZE-THAT-YOUR-ETRY-INGT-ODON-ATET-OASM-OKED-ETEC-TORS-CHAR-ITYR-IGHT (1-800-9683-6732-5493-8428-9687-3879-4648-6366-2838-6276-6533-3832-8677-2427-4897-4448) Is it just me, or are these phone numbers getting longer? I remember the good ole 52-digit days.

I cheated with this one too, but can you really blame me? Its so simple yet awesome.

Thats all I have so far. I'll post more as I get them. I hope they made you smile.

-Hiram The Nate