Mirror Lady Sighting

There is a woman who walks around the symphony neighborhood staring into a hand mirror. She is well-known in the student communities of the area, but I'm not sure anyone has ever gotten to the bottom of why she does it. Today I saw her walking down Mass Ave., and I felt inspired to shed light on the situation.

"Why do you always look in the mirror?" I asked.

"I am obsessed with it," she replied. "It's a psycho... psyche... problem."

"Oh." I had no idea how to flavor that response. I tried to sound casual, but I think it came off too upbeat.

"Yeah."

"Ok."

And then we turned back away from each other and continued walking. 'That was none of my business,' I thought.