phantom princess on campus

[quasimodo]

hey all

so Im new round these parts and just wanted to get some opinions on a situation im in with this girl at school. a little back dating history on me, I haven't really dated anyone very seriously in almost 4 years. a rather awkward breakup with a girl I was living with at the time...I guess I was a bit jaded by the whole thing because I havent really dated anyone that ive posed a serious interest in since then...until now!

I go to school at art center in pasadena and there is this girl I see maybe once every few weeks...she's in a completely different department than I am, so we never have class together, or have classes in the same area. for whatever reason, I seem to have this affinity towards her now...I feel we have some sort of connection. we seem to catch each others' eyes everytime we are in the same vicinity...there is always a dark side of the cookie though, and there is always SOMETHING which prevents me from going up and talking to her. Ill either be in an in-depth talk with a teacher, or in the middle of cutting some boards on the bandsaw, or she'll be in class when I walk by a room in the hall. this sorta sets up well for some tacky hollywood romance flick

she seems to be a pretty shy girl from what I can tell, so I dont want to do something to scare her off the bat...ie. stealth into one of her classes and ask her out on the spot, or if shes walking by, bolt up out of my class and chase her down...but it seems like these are the only options if I want something to happen under the circumstances.

slowly but surely, I am meeting people who are friends of hers, so I guess that helps the odds of me running into her in a more social environment. on the downside, all this waiting has caused a decent amount of stress on the situation, as I don't want the 1st impression to be a flustered attempt at asking her out...and in result, Im super nervous about actually running into her now hahah.

all this waiting has now turned me into the shy one...ironic it seems lol.


anyone have some words of wisdom?




As a side note: I was talking to one of my best friends (imagine an Elaine Benes type of girl if you would) about the situation and she jokingly recommended that I write up some cute note and keep it in my bag until the next time I saw her in a class, fold it up in a cool origami animal or something and sneak in and flip it onto her desk then leave...then she realized it wasn't a half bad idea..im also contemplating this ;p