New friend?

Was gonna blog last night, but my internet crashed before I could post anything. I am now utilizing the half-hour before class starts to get in a quick update. Yesterday was a total elevator day (up and down), the details of which I'd soon forget, but unfortunately, put down in writing and will post later today when I get home. Let's just say - I almost went to bed feeling like I was kicked in the shins, but something pleasant and unexpected happened and turned that all around. Some background is needed. Yesterday was the first day of my eight-day intensive course with a visiting professor, but the class is structured like an open lecture and other people can sit in on it. I met this guy from another batch (basically a guy from another year of my major); he's doing a thesis, something on computers in language learning, I didn't totally get it. I thought he was kinda cute. Think the Asian version of Clark Kent. So, CK (I'll call him that) and I got to chatting and it turned out he'd lived in the States as a kid and then he went back and got his bachelor's in linguistics. We got into a long talk about the potential negative consequences of the use of computers in the classroom and I was very pleased that he shared a lot of my views, and rebutted the ones he didn't agree with in an intelligent, calm manner. Yeah, it looked like a pleasant enough acquaintance was building. He asked for my number, but I thought it was out of politeness - but last night he called! Okay, okay, it's no big deal, but it was just so out of the blue, and it was timed to perfectly (I was bummed about something which I won't go into details about) and we ended talking for like an hour. He made me laugh; he has as corny a sense of humor as I do. I'm not gonna read much into it. I'm tired of being hurt, but it was nice to talk to someone who doesn't a) annoy me, b) treat me like I'm a moron or c) act as though I was intruding on their personal space. All problems I have been facing lately. Maybe it's not too late to try and cultivate some new friendships. I hope he shows up for today's class. Fingers crossed.

Final thought: Linguists are sexy.