At first I thought I was the only one.

Then I saw my mother break a clay pot accidentally. That in and of itself isn't so magnificent, I'm sure it happens every day in all matter of ways, but this time was different.

I was walking in the back door and she stood with her gardening gloves filling the pot with dirt. She absentmindedly swat at a mosquito flying around her face. When it landed, she slapped down hard on the clay surface, smashing the bowl and propelling the entire contents forcefully. I almost stumbled in surprise, immediately seeing it for what it was. My mother, however, just brushed the event off confusedly and ordered my assistance for cleanup.

The entire time I cleaned, new and confusing thoughts pressed harder into my head. The dirt and clay had not just been dropped. The impact was powerful enough to cause an easily audible crunch from my vantage point several meters away.

Several days previously I had come home from a party at my friend's house very late at night. So late in fact, that I drew a hot shower and dozed off sitting on the toilet seat. I woke less than thirty seconds later when my elbow slipped on the back of the toilet. Mist was already swirling visibly around room as I stood up and looked into the blue eyes of my reflection, obscured by the steam on the mirror.

A surreal feeling passed over as I blew softly toward the glass surface. The mist in the air condensed quickly in my exhalation, dropping softly onto the mirror like horizontal rain. I saw my lips clearly reflected in the only unobscured part of the glass, where all water vapor had run down in its liquid form.

I didn't go to sleep that night.

The next day I came out of the bathroom when I heard my mother walk by, and she asked me why I had gotten up so early to take a shower. I said that I didn't know and I was going back to bed.

"But you're soaking wet!" she pointed out incredulously.

"Oh, I'll dry off," I replied.

After that all it took was a few concentrated movements and I could lay down a very dry head on my pillow.