I'll be your Tarz, and you'll be my Jane // I'll keep you warm and you keep me sane // We'll sit in the trees and eat bananas all day

Alright so somehow you don't think I'm crazy after everything so far huh? Ok take out a crisp $10 bill from your wallet or purse (purses.....blahh I mean why....nevermind not the time for pet peeves) and sit it in front of your monitor and after this yarn if you still believe I don't need one of those hawt white jackets with the sleeves that go around the back then I'll send you a 10 to match it.

You know how something catches your eye in a way and sticks to the edge of your mind, not quite déjà vu but sort of, something that perhaps should have no relevance or connection to anything in reality, but somehow your head holds on to it and like manifests itself into each day afterwards ('Coincidence' folder in 'I Heart Huckabees' (??) ). So one night I pull into my great friend's house and just completely randomly notice that her Mom's car license plate starts with 'AA'. So my friend and I have an unpredictable, adventurous night together and I take her back and I smile as I see this license as I'm backing out....(?..?..) So driving the next day I look at the only single license plate that I actually recollect (you know, like not on autopilot about it), a car ahead of me as I'm going to work, and it starts with 'AA'. Ha what a silly coincidence, huh? Buckle up (no pun intended).

The next day, I see 2 more 'AA's' out of like 5 license plates I remember checking, and the same one that started everything later that night when I visited my friend again and we went out for my b-day. This is still funny. Even after the next week of seeing at least 3 plates starting with 'AA' a day. And it's not like I'm checking every one either! Like literally I will notice one almost as if somebody whispered in my ear to look right then and sure enough! WTF!!? I tried to think existentially about it as best I could, but the only thing I could think of was that I'm supposed to have a fit about it soon and then I'll swerve and get into a wreck, so that made me scared and then I stopped thinking of it and then I'd see another one! So finally I go to the Secretary of State and take a number, then see that they have an e-mail address, so I sent them one:

Hello, how are you? I'm very well thanks. I have what I guarantee is an odd question regarding license plates. I live in Waterford (Oakland County) MI, and my question is in regards to how numbers are registered for motorists that do not request custom/personalized numbers. More to the point, I am wondering why, since I randomly noted the license plate number of a friend's car that started with 'AA' as to why since then I swear of the probably 3-4 license plate numbers I consciously remember a day, 1-2 of them have begun with the characters 'AA'. Is this random, or a Southeastern Michigan thing, or something different? Any insight you might be able to give would be unbelievably helpful. Thank you, take care.

~Justin Bentley (LKF 47)

and tonight I get:

Dear Mr. Bentley,

Thank you for using the Department of State's web site.

Except for personalized plates, plate numbers in Michigan are completely random. A plate series (or part of a series) will be assigned to a branch office in no particular order. When they use up that series, they are assigned the next available series. You may see several similar plates in a given geographic area because a branch office might sell several hundred plate is the same letter configuration. If you have further questions, feel free to contact us at (517) 322-1460.

Sincerely,John Osborn, Analyst
Department of State Information Center

I don't know...I don't have the feeling of closure that I maybe should. 2 weeks after the fact, just the other day going to the DIA, I bet I randomly checked maybe 10 and got 6 plates starting with 'AA'. I mean has this always been? Is it new? Is it part of a larger conspiracy? I don't know. Either way you owe me $10.