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Two degrees

I meant to write about this earlier when my friend Songuacassal mentioned it a couple of weeks ago, but I just didn't get around it...you know, that "Big Life" theory I mentioned in a few days ago. In Miami, everyone knows everyone, and is somehow connected to everyone else. It's like six degrees of separation, but in Miami, it's so common it's two degrees.

Case in point:

This morning, as I was reading a Miami Herald article Val was featured in, I recognize a name I haven't heard in years. Turns out this other featured person was one of my husband's closest friends in high school, and a friend of mine as well! This is quite bizarre as we were talking about this person just yesterday at a get-together, and before then hadn't really touched on the subject of high school in quite a long time.

And my original example for this post, when I failed to write it two weeks ago,
involves my uncle Val again. The artist who did his wedding invitation, which he wrote about here, happens to know a friend of mine from high school. This friend found me on MySpace a few months ago, and turns out she works for the same institution I work for. but wait...it gets better. That same artist, through his social circles, also knows my best friend's cousin, and we were all invited to a special event at the artist's gallery a few weeks ago. I never thought I'd be surrounded by all these friends from varied parts of my life at one time.
I tell ya...only in Miami! =)

And by the way, don't forget to check out the ManCamp article!

Posted by Amanda at April 23, 2006 10:16 AM