"Fiction writers as a species tend to be oglers. They are born
watchers. This is because human situations are writers' food."
David Foster Wallace-A supposedly fun thing I'll never do again
Well, this could mean something. Or, it could mean nothing. I
don't know. Al Pacino-closing the deal...-Glengarry Glen Ross
They are just snippets. Moments-sometimes even shorter than
that. Because a moment can last 10-15 seconds and seems to echo
around itself. What I am talking about is a subset of that. The
part of a moment-the pieces of a situation, the subparticles of
human contact. I love these.  I love the way girls behind
fastfood counters will bite their lower lip when their boyfriend
ambles up to the counter-as if looking away will help them
appear disinterested and the bite won't betray them. I love how
guys will stand outside of stores in the cold-wearing coats and
trying not to look uncomfortable, but will keep their hands in
their pockets and do most communication by leaning their heads
and shoulders, thisa