whaaaaaaattttt????
who was this guy?
as i passed him i tried with all my effort not to completely just stare at this guy like a circus clown just walking around on a mid-major university campus.
we need to review the following.
he had planned this to the detail. and after watching the thing go down, you can tell his mission was that of style of a ninjitsu.
in
out
no wasted time.
he had the tripod.
he had the legs extended.
he had the camera on.
and he had it already set to the timer function.
unbelievable..
so now my thought as i am doing everything in my power not to burn holes in him with my eyes that were aflame with curiosity asto how a person like this existed i realized....
oh, sad, he has no friends..
bummer.
but then at the bottom of the two flights i walked down to go into the building that the guy just mission completed taking a picture of himself in front of to surely send to a loving parent not from this region, i realized.....
that man was brilliant. look at the alternatives. not taking the tripod with the legs extended for the tiny camera he had would have meant the following:
waiting at an ideal spot for someone to walk by at 6 pm with it being 33 degrees Fahrenheit.
going through the awkward asking, showing how the camera works, posing, lightly jogging/hearty paced walk back to see if the person took the picture to his specifications.
awkwardly thanking that person for taking the time to help him share his life with his kin.
then, as i open the door to the adjacent building where my class is held, i think again to my involvement. i would have been that person. i would have been bugged that he asked me, i would have cheerfully obliged, while in the back of my mind plotting ways to drop him in a mixed martial arts move and cause him much pain for delaying my trip to class. accepting his expressed gratitude while rueing the missed opportunity at snapping his forearm with my vicious arm-bar. and then letting his preposterous nerve of asking me to take his picture mess with my test review.
man, that guy is brilliant.