QUESTION:

If you could be invisible for a day, what would you do?

Hmmm... I remember we played this game in my twenties- in a basement bar where the fog of marijuana was like a London pea-souper.

I can't recall what I said then. Can't have been that illuminating; I remember most of my good words.

Here's the thing: I AM kinda invisible. Yes people see me, yes they converse with me- but it's not me, it's their individual preconceived image of me superimposed over each day's physical self.

What do I mean? I got that first tattoo remember? Took them 8 months to notice, my family and friends. "Oh, you got a tattoo?" By this time, I had my second one- that has yet to be commented on.

I got that stye on the corner of my eyelid some weeks back? I had to draw attention to it, despite the red and swollen lid, only because the doc had said I might need plastic surgery and I thought I better share the news.

"Oh, how long have you had that? I hadn't noticed."

Then there's the me at functions and family gatherings: Photo opportunities... I am taking photos of my own- they kinda forget most of the time to include me in theirs. Conversations? I am politely excused- since  I don't have a high-power job and the accompanying sharing of inside jokes; nor can I contribute to discussions regarding the best Private Schools and which hotel to recommend in whatever vacation spot each lot is heading to, shortly. So I am there, but not there. They talk around me. I follow voices with my head.

To be really invisible?

What would I do?

I honestly can't think of anything. Maybe I've been used to this quasi-invisibility so long, the prospect doesn't seem so different or exciting?

But I want to know what you'd do. Oh I so want that!