oh, I've seen stranger days
For the most part I feel pretty invisible at school most days, and I was finally getting accustomed to the contrast it had to high school, where I felt like I couldn't achieve privacy on campus if you paid me. So today caught me totally off guard, I had a girl in astronomy and in another girl in poetry tell me I was smart which was a nice esteem boost, especially since I've never even spoken to them.
The real oddity was when I was waiting for my first class, I'm sitting outside with my headphones on, listening to my cd player (no, I won't give into your mp3 worship) When this kid from one of my classes last semester (also who I have never spoken to), comes up to me and says "here give these a listen", and hands me 2 CDs held together with a rubber band. I asked if it was his band and he said no, and walked away. I read the note inside he wrote:
"I guess I never took the oppurtunity to get yo know you in Roundy's class, but you definately came across as someone who enjoyed some good music, and that's awesome in my book"
And some other stuff but that's pretty much the gist of it. While we never had a one on one conversation I was pretty open in class discussions, so I was openly the gay girl in class and such, so I really doubt this is anything other than a friendly advance. I think the guy's pretty ballsy, most people (present company at times included) are scared to even say hey to strangers, but he managed to give a complete stranger a pretty handmade gift without coming off creepy.
I'm thinking I'll just him a mix back, it would be pretty interesting to see how long I could maintain a friendship simply through musical exchange and annotation without ever speaking directly.