Tinted Windows

Here I am again. It’s eleven in the morning: time for computer apps. I’ll admit it; it’s just about the easiest class one can take in high school. I consider it a multi-functional class. The work I do here varies from making up work (ironically), SAT prep – hence the SAT 2400 book eternally stored in my book pack – and procrastination. There’s also some computer apps work, but I guess it doesn’t really qualify as something challenging or time consuming.

Not all is good in computer apps though. I’m rather lonely since most of the kids here are freshmen. Every single day, I’m amazed at these kids. I can’t imagine myself being like them back in 2010. They seem unable to quiet down and complete basic tasks. As I type, they are working on a two-week project, the same one I completed in thirty minutes.

So, while everyone works, I do other stuff. Since I sit at one of the computers on the window that looks to the courtyard, I often like to stretch and look outside. The windows are tinted. It makes everything much more interesting.

For example, as I get to class, the courtyard is completely empty. It looks like we live in some kind of post apocalyptic world. Desolate. Quiet. But then, students start streaming out of the doors, and, in a matter of minutes the courtyard is filled with youth, laughter, and food.

I find this transformation fascinating. The same exact place can look completely different with and without people. It can go from an empty desert to a bustling marketplace. And it all happens in a matter of minutes.

And the most mind-blowing part is that I’m not a part of it. I get to see it happen from the outside. No one can look through the tinted windows. People will walk by centimeters away from me, and never notice me.

Well, there you go. I guess that’s what life is like from the slenderman’s point of view. 

Conrado Brenna