Like the cherry blossom
I'm an incredibly calm guy.
I spent the morning looking over some DVD recording of lectures from may year in Sweden (looking for any material I can steal for my lecture Friday), and as I fast-forwarded through them, one thing really stood out. The people around me are jumping all around wiggling and what not. I am almost completely still through the whole video. It's almost as if I was dead - although I was completely engaged, I just looked dead.
Other things I noticed are how loud some people talk.
I also, for the first time, took a look at all the short self-intros we gave in the first week of the program. It was interesting watching to see who lived up to the impression they made then, and who blew that impression out of the water. I was also interested to see how much of a stud I was back then... and that I was wearing the exact same t-shirt that I am wearing as I write this (of course, I only own about three t-shirts)
The final thing I noticed was that I had my iBook in the class... it brought back memories of when the display and keyboard used to work... oh how time passes quickly, and my iBook is like the fleeting beauty of the cherry blossom.
Comments
WHAT?? I MOST CERTAINLY DO NOT TALK LOUDLY!!
Ok, perhaps I do sometimes forget to use my indoor voice. But then no one ever has to ask me to repeat my point.
Now that I think about it, you were pretty much a non-entity in class--I don't remember you speaking up at all, just typing away at your iBook. I always wondered if you were really taking notes, or typing up a list of things to do after class.
Posted by: Ms. Write Again Soon | June 15, 2006 01:55 AM
As a good friend of the *loud talker*, I was introduced to your blog during her Sweden adventure. While I've read it on and off since then - with considerable pleasure, I must say - this is the first time I've been so moved to comment.
While enjoying my morning coffee, I decided to see if you'd posted any new material. Of course, I immediately knew who you were referring to in this entry, and enjoyed a lovely morning laugh, while clicking on the link to confirm my suspicions.
Thanks for the entertainment!
-ada
Posted by: amy | June 19, 2006 10:27 AM