so, yesterday after work i went over to the park to watch the ducks. it was a lovely day with clear blue skies and a slight breeze. i had a little walk around the pond and then took a seat on a bench placed facing the pond. i got out my red composition book to write a little bit when out of the corner of my eye, someone caught my attention. there was a boy, about my age taking photographs of the ducks. he had dark hair and eyes and i thought he was a bit handsome. i looked a second longer and disregarded him, as i usually will do with people. i began to write a few more things down in my book. as i was writing, the boy moved a bit closer taking more photographs. i found him rather distracting, since i was used to a quiet undesturbed park. i watched him taking photographs and i noticed him glancing up at me between shoots. i sighed. i really didnt like people paying much attention to me. as i contemplated my escape back to my car to get out of there before confrontation, he got close enough to take a seat on the bench just next to mine. paniced, i didnt know weither or not i should smile at him or say hello, or get up and leave or write something down in my book. he was really handsome though. something magnetic kept me glued to the seat. i had nothing to write, but i pretended to write anyway becuase i found myself not wanting to leave. then he looked over at me and said, "hello, its a nice day isnt it?". i smiled back and said, "yeah...". then he asked me if i was doing homework and i said no, just writing. then he asked me what i did and i explained to him that for the past two and a half years ive been working at a vegetarian deli, but now im going back to school to get my art degree, all of wich he seemed very interested in. thats when our conversation broke out. we talked about everything... art, photography, vegetarianism, college, where we lived, movies, music, driving around... it was lovely. at the end of the conversation he said that he came to the park quiet often to look at the ducks and today he was doing an assignment for his class at the college. my heart beat a little faster and i sort of wanted to sit there with him some more and talk some more, but the park was closing and we had to get going. as i got up to leave, he shyly said, "um, hey. can i stop by your work sometime to see you? maybe have lunch?". i thought about it for a second... "yeah. sure. maybe next week some time. i get off around 2:00". "o.k. i'll see you next week some time..." and then we smiled at eachother and walked our seperate ways.

that didnt really happen. that just would have been what happened in one of the silly romance movies i play in my head. but i did really go see the ducks. but i was alone. and i did write stuff down in my red composition book. but there were no boys.

happy friday. 2 more weeks...