Crankie Confusion

I feel like Hillary and I got to see a lot of different reactions to our crankies yesterday. Some people stared from afar, others tried to avoid looking at us. Some kept asking questions, and others, when they realized we couldn't talk, felt like they should play along and watched silently.

Hillary and I mostly walked around together, but took turns on different perches or in different sections of a building. Here's Hillary perched on the steps of the library... not too many people walked in, but those who did slowed their pace as they walked by:

We also walked through the caf, the cage, parts of Regents, and of course ultimately: Tomson.

In the caf, Hillary went up to a family here for junior preview day! They were sort of confused, but I think the spectacle intrigued them.

In the cage, these girls tried to analyze what the images meant--as

did many people we ran into...

...but in Tomson these three sat in silence and just nodded when we were done.

I think my favorite memory of the day was when Hillary and I both stood up against a window looking into Fireside. While one guy turned and tried to shoo us away, a crowd started to form behind him with looks of wonder on their faces. The guy seemed very annoyed while everyone else was pointing and chatting to each other. I found it so interesting to see two polar opposite reactions to the exact same sight. I think most people were taken aback by the 20-something of us running around campus, but they started to warm up to the idea and as we saw more people, they seemed to know what was going on and looked just a little bit less freaked out when we'd run into them. Similarly, I think we got more comfortable as time went on. Hillary and I started going up to more and more people who we did not know, finding more creative places to explore, and having more fun with the project.

I mean... imagine seeing this while you are casually walking through our beautiful brand new building on an Admissions preview day. I'd apply! :)