Class Response – The Alien
Ever felt like an alien in a foreign land? Walking into class on Monday, I certainly did.
Truthfully I hadn’t intended on going. I started my first day of work, and because of nerves I hadn’t slept the entire night. For reasons of my own, I simply didn’t feel like I would be comfortable that day, especially since everyone would be bringing food to share, and truthfully I have none of my own to do the same. However because the person giving me a ride decided to leave me at the building in which this class was taking place, I wandered up to class (in my own zombified sort of way) and found a movie playing.
Normally I’m a fan of Adam Sandler. Even though his more recent movies have been pretty blah, I think he’s a pretty funny guy. However after 36 hours of being awake not much is really funny, so I couldn’t find myself amused by the movie they were watching. Instead I felt I would do best to make my time more pleasant by lying down on the floor and going to sleep. Some stuff happened, someone broke their ipod, the class got pizza. I was there, but wasn’t a part of any of it. Nobody took notice of me, down on the floor. People who walked by me stepped around me, as if I weren’t even there. When the movie was over, I left. A single person had noticed I came in, and nobody noticed me leave. I was like an alien in a foreign land, never more welcome than the moment I left.
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I noticed both when you came in and when you left, both times. But I probably don’t count. I called you the boogeyman because I was 5 years old and I was a bit afraid of the dark. And someone told me that if I wasn’t quiet the boogeyman would come and get me. And then you came in! It was scary!
Yea, you were the person I was talking about noticed I came in. Also my perspective may have been skewed due to lack of sleep. That is funny tho.