uhhhmmm...?

So..so...so..soooooo so so much....so much paska. But not too much. Never too much. End of story. Now that that's covered, Happy Easter! I am so full of Easter meals. My one gathering, we dad a Moroccan themed meal (we do interesting things like that every now and then). That was a new flavour experience for my palette (although I'm very familiar with couscous which tastes so good). It was cool to be with family again.

Anyway, I forgot to mention something that happened this past week. Last Monday, a guy in one of my classes was doing his 30 min presentation. I had the I'm-really-not-in-the-mood-for-classes type attitude. He began his presentation and within the first couple minutes, I began to feel anxious by the fact that said guy seemed absolutely stuck on one word: "uhm..." I notice things like this. When people use "like" or "uhm" excessively when speaking (I use "like" too much when I get excited, I know). So the first 5 minutes, I was just getting annoyed by his ridiculous use of the word "uhm" every couple of seconds...seriously (this was on top of my "down with classes" attitude). I started dreading the fact that I'd have to go through 30 minutes of his uhm-ing and uhh-ing. But then I decided to make the best of the situation! I casually pulled out a piece of paper and pen and began to take a tally of how many times he said uhm or uhh. My actions caught the attention of the two guys behind me (Dante and Kaiten) who would every so often prod for an update with a slight stifle of laughter (I suppose what

I was doing could potentially have been distracting, but the prof was sitting right nearby and didn't notice).

Well, I'm sure you're dying to know my final tally by the end of 30 minutes (this is NOT including the first 5 min, btw).

200.

It's true. Said peer said uhm/uhh 200+ times in his presentation (plus another 30-40 in the time I didn't record).

Wowza!

Needless to say, someone needs a class in Public Speaking.

Back to classes for another week. BLACK is looking good....

Fun Fact: I've realized I really like international pop music. Korea, Armenia, Afghanistan, Greece, you name it. Ha!