the random guy with the rose

[smakoutspaceman]

yesterday i was walking back from the price center, and this guy runs up after me and hands me a rose, saying "my friends and i thought you should have this." i smiled and took it and said thank you. he said his name was jimmy and asked what there was to do around here, because he was down from northern california for the weekend. i said, "it's ucsd, hon. it's not a party school, so it's dead on weekends." he asked me for my phone number so we could hang out, and i gave it to him. he gave me a hug and told me it was nice meeting me. i walked back to my dorm, and as i went i remembered i was going home for easter. i momentarily felt bad, but then again i didn't think jimmy would call. i put the flower in a bottle and went home. when i got back today, i see six messages on my machine. all of them were from jimmy, and he was really disappointed that i wasn't there. i felt really bad, because he actually did call and i had no way to tell him that i was at home. anyway, i gave him a call, and when he answered, he said he was driving back home. he mentioned he was from vacaville, which was really freaky, because that's where my roommate laura is from. we had an interesting conversation through laura and his friends seeing if they knew each other. jimmy and company will be back down in a couple months, and i fully intend to hang out with him this time...and in the meantime, he's going to call me. huzzah.

homework assignment

by a trick of the light i saw you change but what i saw i wanted more than what was really there