practice makes perfect

I have this shirt- i know you all have seen it. On the front it says "how do you get to carnegie Hall" on the back the punch line says "Practice, Practice"... haha so funny right?
I always wanted to take another shirt and then right the actual directions from here to carnegie hall. now that would be really funny.

So i have never been very good at saying good-bye.... but then agian i have never had to say good-bye to anyone for a really long period of time. But the past 2 weeks i have found myself saying "Good-bye" to everyone i say "hello" to. My friends Have taken up most of my good-byes, but there are always those ppl you see in wal-mart who you haven't seen all summer, and you haven't really talked to at all in the past four years.

This is the dilema though- you are walking around wal-mart and minding your own business and then you find yourself in an aisle with just you and the person you never talk to. You try not to make eye contact because that would oblligate the "Hello!" Well of course you make eye contact, and you have to say the nice "hey how are you?" But it doesn't end there oh no.... nothing can be simple. the questions just keep coming.

"so when do go to school? oh really? well i leave on sunday! where are you going to school again? what are you majoring in? well i got to get going but keep in touch !!! Good Luck at School!! GOOD BYE!! "
I have had that conversation probably 150,000 times with people who i know i will never talk to again...

All these good byes have given me a whole lot of practice- practice makes perfect right?
practice practice... it gets me to carnegie hall right?!