Hitting on teachers

Being 31 means that I'm older than some of the faculty here. Think about it: graduate college at 22 and then law school at 25. Begin teaching the next year or so. There's a gap of a few years there. Of the younger faculty here I've managed to straight up hit on one once, and arguably flirted with another. Just a couple of seconds ago I didn't hide the fact that I was checking one out. It's all very funny for me. Law school has an annoying habit of being overly formal. Everything is strictly order, from our grades to our status with the faculty. Even in a informal - a profoundly not formal setting - it's still "I'm professor so and so" not "I'm Claire".

That's how the first one went. I was at a bowling event on campus - didn't even know professors were going to be there. Cute girl. Indie looking flannel with jeans and Chucks. Maybe mixed Euro-Middle Eastern? Nice smile. Obviously a "little older". I catch her eye so I walked over. Lip bite. Head nod. "How you doin'?" I said with wet lust in my eyes. "I'm Paul, what's your name?" "I'm professor blah blah blah". And then the conversation got awkward. Once she started to say "Professor" I stopped caring. Stopped paying attention really. I thought to myself "You're at a bowling alley dressed like you're about to go to a 'show', and we're both obviously older, and you can't just for a couple of minutes get past the bull shit faux decorum of law school?"

The second time I was at a pizza place. As chance would have it the professor I ran into I looked up a couple of days before hand. That's how I even knew who she was. I emailed her because I wanted to take her class but it conflicted with a more important class I wanted to see if she was going to teach it again. I had never heard of her so I looked her up one the faculty website. Young, only 26, and blond. I don't normally go for blonds. Raven black is more my style. But she was pretty and skinny. She'd just graduated the year before. So anyway, she was standing in front of me at the pizza place. I recognised her and overheard her talking to a friend about law school things. I introduced myself, told her I was the person who emailed her, and started talking about the class she was teaching. Remember the previous professor encounter I sensed to discomfort in her demeanour. I was funny. I definitely wasn't hitting on her, but I can see how it could be interpreted as such. I certainly wasn't going to act submissively. I shook her hand, delicately and gentlemanly like, "Nice meeting you," I said, "Good luck with your classes, hope I get to take one. See you around". Then I walked to my table.

Right now I'm sitting in the student lounge, the cafeteria (or cafe) as I like to call it because it's really just an in building Starbucks. No one is in here except for me. I'm sitting by the drink machines, and a few minutes ago another young professor walked in a coke from the machine. Skinny, wearing a form fitting power suit, with straight light brown hair. I've seen her before but don't really know who she is. Well, I made bones of the fact that I was checking her out. As she walked from the drink machine - which is about 8 feet away - I made eye contact and gave her an approving smile.

In a totally unrelated story, but still amusing and related because it deals with women I find attractive I was on facebook last week. A couple of times on my feed popped up the friend of a friend. My friend is a fellow law student and also a fairly conservative (she covers up I mean) Muslim. On two different occasions pictures of her friend came up. Just a stunning girl, long straight black hair, petite and skinny, very pale, fox-like face and a very sharp smile. Although she doesn't cover I'm sure she's Muslim too, but I can't quite tell what her nationality is (she may be Pakistani based on some of the clothes she had on and her name, but I'm not sure because she's so pale). Anyway, feeling a little guilty, but hey she did pop up on my feed! I check out her profile. Mostly closed, but she seems really interesting and artsy (free spirited) and is super hot! Well I decide to bring this up to my friend. But I feel a little awkward about it. Is it OK to tell a Muslim girl who covers up that her friend is really pretty? I don't know.

Well I did though. A couple of days ago I randomly ran into my friend (as planned), and after making small talk said, "Hey, Aisha sorry if this isn't appropriate, but a very pretty friend of yours came up on my facebook feed. I just want to tell you that whoever she is she's very beautiful". A little shocked my friend said, "What's her name? Do you want me to talk to her?" "I don't really remember . . . it started with a G. I didn't want to be too 'stalkery' but she came up and she's pretty so I had to look. You posted something like 'you are your mother are so beautiful' it was a picture of her and her mom". "That's OK everyone does that on facebook. Are you sure it began with G . . . it didn't begin with Z did it!? That's my roommate!" "Actually . . . I think it did begin with a Z." "Haha that's so funny, I'll send you pictures of her and let me know if that is who it is!"

That's exactly who it is . . . when I got home, I looked the girl up again. Yep, Z G. Wonder what'll happen. I haven't seen my friend since then, but I've been really sick and it's only a couple of days . . .