r e f i n i n g - t h e - s i l v e r

something weird happened yesterday. not that weird stuff doesn't happen on regular sheila-days but this was quite funny. i was working yesterday, in my fuddy-duddy old job as a librarian and about halfway through my shift i caught this middle aged guy looking at me. just out and out staring. -wow creepy old guy- i thought as i walked past and forgot about it as soon as i hit the next bookshelf. About two minutes later a middle-age-ish lady was staring at me. just standing and staring. and now that i determined it had nothing to do with gender i was getting a little worried. was my hair messed up? did i have something on my face? slipping into the staff bathroom (yes they do have those at libraries) i gave myself a once over in the mirror where i found nothing at all wrong with my appearance.
thus i drew the sad conclusion that these people has just never seen a chinese person before.
i am a curiosity.