Shooting stars darting across the darkened Southern California skies from an annual meteor shower will appear strongest over the next two days.

Or which elementary student darting across the playground will become the next Noah Lyles.

In the moment, between darting thoughts of suffocation, I thought of the Astroworld crowd crush in 2021 that left 10 people dead and many more injured.

But then Michael Cera’s, if I recall, is in his parents’ bedroom, and he’s saying his lines and his eyes are darting around.

He walked down a side street, eyes darting here and there, wondering how it would unfold.