Tuesday, June 29, 2004
Flashback
I was home for winter break feeling ravaged and torn by a rough first semester and a week of final exams. To celebrate the new year, and the return of their children from their first semester at college, a couple of families got together one night. Not at all opposed to seeing some familiar faces after having spent a few months in a place where everyone was a strange, I showed up with my family to the social gathering. The food was an authentic aberration from dining hall menus. Sounds of laughter and chatter buzzed in the background. I could almost feel my wrapped in the warmth of being around old friends.
The livingroom was filled with people cozied up on puffy couches who were talking away. I took my plate of food to the living room and made myself comfortable on the carpet, leaning against the wall. As I ate my food slowly, I listened quietly to conservations about the life and people I had left behind a couple months ago. I had just stuffed a fork-full of salad into my mouth when Don, the father of one of my classmates who was a pseudo-childhood friend, suddenly approached me. "Oh Amir! It's great to see you! How was your first semester at college?!"
I smiled and I motioned with my head that I had too much food in my mouth to talk. I took a couple more bites, and swallowed. "Oh, it was kind rough, you know..."
"Oh, wow that's great, Amir! Nice to see you!" He exclaimed, and turned away.
I blinked. Huh? "I said it was kinda... Oh, well it was nice to see you, too." But he was already long gone.
The livingroom was filled with people cozied up on puffy couches who were talking away. I took my plate of food to the living room and made myself comfortable on the carpet, leaning against the wall. As I ate my food slowly, I listened quietly to conservations about the life and people I had left behind a couple months ago. I had just stuffed a fork-full of salad into my mouth when Don, the father of one of my classmates who was a pseudo-childhood friend, suddenly approached me. "Oh Amir! It's great to see you! How was your first semester at college?!"
I smiled and I motioned with my head that I had too much food in my mouth to talk. I took a couple more bites, and swallowed. "Oh, it was kind rough, you know..."
"Oh, wow that's great, Amir! Nice to see you!" He exclaimed, and turned away.
I blinked. Huh? "I said it was kinda... Oh, well it was nice to see you, too." But he was already long gone.
