Tuesday, April 14, 2009

the following project

the idea of following someone first excited me for some reason, i really don't know why, but when it came to actually following through with it, i became really nervous and i couldn't do it. i tried a few people at first until i realized that once i lost them, i would not be able to find them again since they are complete strangers. so after considering my options of people to follow, i chose a guy in my dorm. he isn't particularly random- i chose him because i think he's really weird and creepy. he always tries to talk to me(but in a weird way) so i decided that i would be creepy to someone who is creepy to me. i first saw him in the hallway of my dorm and that's when i began following. before this, i didn't know if he lived in my building or not, since i see him about once every two weeks, i just thought he was a friend of someone who lived here. but it turns out, he does. anyway, i followed him to the student center where he went in and met up with a friend. he still had no idea he was being followed, but i wasn't making it obvious since a lot of people were going on the same path. this guy literally stayed there for like an hour and a half, but luckily, i had a friend join me so i wouldn't look like a weirdo sitting by herself watching some guy. finally, him and his friend leave for the bus stop, but he continues walking towards the busch suites. at this point, it's dark out and really cold. he was walking really fast since it was raining even though he had an umbrella. i did not. i tried to keep up with him without being obvious but it was hard cause a girl was walking in front of me and kept turning around when i was trying to get pictures. i picked up my pace and caught up with him. he went into a building and i tried to catch the door before it locked but i was too late.
following him was much easier to do when he was walking to the suites since it was dark. another plus was that it was cold and raining so he was rushing and not really paying attention to whether or not he was being followed. either way, he was pretty clueless so i doubt he would have known.
while he was walking and i was following, he suddenly started singing! it was the weirdest thing cause he wasn't even trying to hide it. i tried to record it but he was too far away so the microphone on my camera couldn't get it :/ it was pretty funny though, a man with a green umbrella, singing in the rain.

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