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Apr. 22nd, 2005 02:28 pmEvidently I was pretty stressed indeed in my last post, for I discovered an alarming amount of errors in word usage.
Then again, some would say that's normal.
"Like" for "light" is not normal. Really. Not even for me.
I randomly ran into Joe Hardin while I was lurking--yes, lurking--in the vestibule of Bld. 500, partly trying to work out my nerves by being in the building and partly for other reasons. I'd forgotten he teaches at the alt. education school now instead of TYA. He hadn't seen me for a good year or more, but he remembered and asked, "So, what brings you up here" and watched as I went speechless trying to come up with something that didn't sound insane.
I'm not so nervous anymore. It's just another thing to get through. Those who like me will like me--and those who don't won't, and it doesn't matter. Besides, realistically, I know there's no way I can mess up too badly, short of fainting, which I don't do. Being less than brilliant isn't as embarrassing as being incompetent, which I am not.
Then again, some would say that's normal.
"Like" for "light" is not normal. Really. Not even for me.
I randomly ran into Joe Hardin while I was lurking--yes, lurking--in the vestibule of Bld. 500, partly trying to work out my nerves by being in the building and partly for other reasons. I'd forgotten he teaches at the alt. education school now instead of TYA. He hadn't seen me for a good year or more, but he remembered and asked, "So, what brings you up here" and watched as I went speechless trying to come up with something that didn't sound insane.
I'm not so nervous anymore. It's just another thing to get through. Those who like me will like me--and those who don't won't, and it doesn't matter. Besides, realistically, I know there's no way I can mess up too badly, short of fainting, which I don't do. Being less than brilliant isn't as embarrassing as being incompetent, which I am not.
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Apr. 18th, 2005 07:26 pmI think the next two weeks are going to be insanely busy. Massive book moving is approaching.
Rapidly.
The mock dress rehearsal for Reader's Theatre was tonight. Drama in public does not come naturally to me, but the others seemed to assume that my serious and ernest reading (as apposed to the ham I thought I was being) of Hymn to Ham was effective. (It is a very important and necessary piece of imformation that the jam was blackberry jam, darnit, even if you don't see it at first!)
A hundred a ten cadets are going to attend; Sgt. Cox is coming, Sgt. Pidgeon said he's coming. Plus various friends and relations. Should be interesting.
Oh, Ramon is going to be reading "How to Make Elephant Stew" with a French chef's accent. It is quite the funniest thing I've seen in a good while. Between that and the posh English accent Phillip is adopting for Green Eggs and Ham...wish I were accentedly gifted.
So I wondered around the base trying to look like I knew what I was doing, and I got lost twice, and I suddenly felt very self-conscious when I realized that every one of the cadets I saw has passed through my library many times and yes, they all look alike to me but I'm sure I'm recognizable. Yipes. Also, I went into a building that I thought was an office and was actually a dorm. Oops.
Incoherence reigns and there is work to be done; I shall be gone. *poof*
Rapidly.
The mock dress rehearsal for Reader's Theatre was tonight. Drama in public does not come naturally to me, but the others seemed to assume that my serious and ernest reading (as apposed to the ham I thought I was being) of Hymn to Ham was effective. (It is a very important and necessary piece of imformation that the jam was blackberry jam, darnit, even if you don't see it at first!)
A hundred a ten cadets are going to attend; Sgt. Cox is coming, Sgt. Pidgeon said he's coming. Plus various friends and relations. Should be interesting.
Oh, Ramon is going to be reading "How to Make Elephant Stew" with a French chef's accent. It is quite the funniest thing I've seen in a good while. Between that and the posh English accent Phillip is adopting for Green Eggs and Ham...wish I were accentedly gifted.
So I wondered around the base trying to look like I knew what I was doing, and I got lost twice, and I suddenly felt very self-conscious when I realized that every one of the cadets I saw has passed through my library many times and yes, they all look alike to me but I'm sure I'm recognizable. Yipes. Also, I went into a building that I thought was an office and was actually a dorm. Oops.
Incoherence reigns and there is work to be done; I shall be gone. *poof*
Reader's Theater
Feb. 16th, 2005 12:37 pmHas anyone ever participated in a Reader's Theater? My Composition teacher wants me to think about getting involved with one sponsored by the college that is in the planning stages. She's noticed that I have some skill *coughcough* in reading aloud, I guess. I'm not sure if it'll fit into my work schedule, but it sounds kind of fun. There's a meeting tonight that I'll go to and see what it's like.
She said some very nice things to me Monday night. I'm glad I took the time to stay afterwards and talk...it's so nice to be taught by a Christian. But it's also nice that she thinks I have some talent.
Okay, so what she said is that she's only had one other student with "natural abilities" such as mine, but I can't take that seriously. I haven't even been trying all that hard of late. I'm getting bored with precis writing; there's no scope for imagination.
She said some very nice things to me Monday night. I'm glad I took the time to stay afterwards and talk...it's so nice to be taught by a Christian. But it's also nice that she thinks I have some talent.
Okay, so what she said is that she's only had one other student with "natural abilities" such as mine, but I can't take that seriously. I haven't even been trying all that hard of late. I'm getting bored with precis writing; there's no scope for imagination.