Today was a day for getting things accomplished. I woke up and made sausage and fried rice. I drank orange juice. I came and computed away 58% of an iMac battery at Atlanta Coffee Roasters where one of my roommates works. What's next?
Phone calls.
This post has two things to say. FIRST: I have nto fallen off the face of the earth. I'm still alive and have some overdue posts to write. SECOND: I am afraid of the telephone. This realization hit me like a truck, but it's true. All I have to do is dial a few churches, talk to their pastors, and mention the research I'll be doing this fall. That's it. If they're interested, great. If not, who cares, right? Ok, ok, ok, here I go.
Posted by nickles at February 18, 2005 11:24 AMGood luck on conquering your telecommunication fears. Why is communicating with strangers who are in no position to come to an informed impression of you and your life so difficult?
(This question is directed at myself as well as you, Bob, and any other reader)
The hardest part is picking up the phone...I totally understand. It takes me forever to make a call...now that I know that the person on the other end will only speak Russian. I know I can do it...I mean, I think I can, probably...if God is gracious...OH, it's so hard! At least you get to speak English!!!
Posted by: Little Miss at February 18, 2005 05:49 PMYeah... I guess I'm an insecure person at heart. Perhaps I don't believe strongly enough that this is what I should be doing -- no, that's not it. I don't have any trouble presenting myself in person. Maybe it's just the fact that all our non-verbal cues are stripped away. Since I don't know how to read the other person well, I experience fear.
Good to hear from you, by the way, Justin. What are you up to these days?
And Little Miss, I read you loud and clear. I will think of you and be thankful from now on whenever someone answers the phone in English!
Posted by: bob at February 22, 2005 09:31 AMDon't you mean an iBook battery? iMac's don't usually have batteries.
Posted by: jeep at February 22, 2005 05:00 PM