These are milk biscuits. They are gross.
But they aren't as gross as this.
Which in turn, isn't as gross as this haircut.
Sometimes I get scared about the amount of talking I do without opening my mouth, or just being around the person I'm talking to. I mean, we have so many ways to communicate these days. I have my cell phone. I can talk to people anywhere through it, and can text at any time. Then I have the internet, which enables me to have text conversations with things like msn and emails - and other pointless activities like myspace. And then there's my blog, where I write rubbish for a whole heap of people to read. That way I'm not just communicating with people I know, but potentially a heck of a lot that I don't.
With all these communication aids that I'm armed with, surely I should be good at this communication buisness right? The truth is, sometimes I'm scared that I may be losing the art of conversation. It's easy to say what I want when I don't have the person face to face. You don't have to be on your toes when you're talking via msn. But when it's just you, and another person - how interesting are you then? Does the absence of a screen expose your inability to find things to say?
I know of a few people that are the funniest and most entertaining people to talk to on the internet... but when it comes to the crunch, they're totally different. I don't want to be like that. I want this digital me to just be the clues to who I really am in person.
Maybe that's why I'm so boring these days - because I'm just so out of practice.
Talking to a person involves a lot more than conveying information from your mouth. In order to be good at it, you must employ the techniques of humour, sarcasm, appropriate seriousness, and most importantly, active listening.
People who can't maintain eye contact are a bit difficult to talk to as well. I put that down to lack of practice again. Although I have a problem with that when I get shy around a human of the female genre. I don't know why I just told you that.
On that note, children, be sure to spend time with your friends. Take time to meet up and spend time with people in person. In this day and age I'm sure that would mean a lot to anyone.
And that's the moral of today's story.
5 comments:
Good moral Sam. I basically see you every day and you arn't boring at all, I just hope that my excessive talking hasn't led you to come to this point of finding yourself quiet lol, cause you are not at all...you are one of the funniest people I know, truthfully xxxxxx
I spelt aren't wrong before, my bad xxx
ok..first of all..the link to whatever the heck that was.. grossgrossgrossgrossgross...
*Shakes head* i can't believe i just watched that.. i blame u..
and second of all... jenna - if u read this again..i can't believe u wrote a second comment to correct ur spelling.. u're beautiful
you guys are too nice. Sam, you are a loser with the ladies...they only like u coz of what u write on ur blogs etc. And u prolly just google something mildly interesting and then put on ur blog. So let's just face it - the only relationship u are ever going to have with a specimen of the female persuasion is on the internet. Let's all go lobbying to Helen Clark for the Civil Union equivalent of Internet marriages. I'm sure she would agree to it
PS, i was joking...maybe lol
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