My favourite part of today definitely had to have been when I was in the elevator at Tisch heading to the animation floor. An acquaintance I was wish was talking to a spaced-out girl in the elevator, asking her whether she knew a “Patricia”. Her lack of reaction made me chuckle and say, ‘awkwarddd’ (only naturally.) Anyways, the elevator got out by the time the girl realized who “Patricia” was and I got out chuckling. Then, this boy who was walking in front of me, who also had been in the elevator, slowed down, turned to me and said, “Awkwardness is an attitude” and I responded, half-chuckling, “A friend of mine used to say that awkwardness is a choice”. He looked at me and said, “No, I’d say it’s a fear”. My response, “Aren’t some of our fears choices?” Him, “Not necessarily” and then at this point, I wasn’t listening. Instead, I looked up at him and just got caught in this moment of - holy wow someone is talking to me. This doesn’t happen at NYU, this doesn’t happen at Tisch, this just doesn’t happen in New York. I chuckled again, coyly and stupidly admitting that what he said went over my head and more often than not I just don’t understand what people say. We smiled at each other and then he let me cut the line to get a mouse at the Animation office. I went into the room, placed my things down, took a breath and thought, this is a missed opportunity - I should keep talking to him. I ran out, back to the office and he was gone. 

Even though the story didn’t end as most stories worth telling end, I think that the entire interaction was brilliant and it makes my heart soar. 

indeed, it was a missed connection