Things I saw that looked like something else in my mind

• Gravel: Seen at night and lit by red stop lights from a nearby car, it looked like dog food.
• Deer carcass: On the roadside it looked like a giant opossum. It was much less surprising when someone told me what it was after I exclaimed about its size.
• Billboard: As I was about to fall asleep on a night drive, it looked like a candy bar, and that scared me into alertness.
• Third year of law school: Back in the first year it looked like it would be a lot of fun, but it wasn't.