So I'm sitting in the kitchen, browsing the net. Maybe I get lost in thought, or maybe I'm captivated by the afternoon sunlight gliding over the red, brick buildings out the window. Maybe it's something else entirely. At some point the computer screen fades and shuts down. Some energy saver subroutine kicks in and the OS takes certain steps to conserve power. As the screen faded into a black mirror I saw my reflection and didn't recognize it. You know how you look at someone else's face? And I mean really look. Not some passing glance on the street, or a dead eyed stare in the city bus. I started tracing the contours of my face, as if seeing them for the first time. the cheekbones, the eyebrows. Sagging eyelids, frozen in a perpetually half-sad expression. Mimic wrinkles growing from the alas of my nose round the corners of my mouth. Lips twisted in a frown, cracked in places from the cold. Three day stubble. When did I become a total stranger?