the most favored meeting activity is sleeping. look around in meeting and more than sixty percent of the population is KNOCKED out (including upper school principal and head of school). personally, I can't sleep in meeting. its so awkward to have people watch you sleep. that being said, i have done it and i will on occasion but im not one of the "come to meeting and be asleep in the first five minutes until woken by he handshake" people. i cant sleep because when i sleep my mouth falls open and its awkward for everyone and i just get paranoid about it. so what to do when u cant sleep? the answer is obvious: stare.
where to stare? that is the moral dilemma we are faced with every thursday at roughly 10:13. if you try to stare without being awkward, forget it. it wont happen. meeting is awkward (if your not asleep).
you can try looking strait ahead, but most likely there will be someone RIGHT in front of you (if you sit where i sit) or someone who thinks your staring at them. there is no way to communicate to that person that u are really just looking right in front of you and that u really arent staring at them so you just have to avoid looking right in front of you.
on the subject of avoiding people, there is always someone u have to avoid looking at at all costs. you gotta snipe them out at the beginning of meeting and know exactly where they are sitting so you will NOT by ANY accident or under ANY circumstance stare at them. (i.e. setsy and lyle koder)
but. another way of dealing with the awkwardness is having someone thats ur friend that u can just mutually look at and its acknowledged that its not weird. thats the best way to go. if you can.
worst case scenario is catching someone look at you. its awkard for both of you. you make eye contact and in your head u both go "SHIT" and turn away so fast, kind of in a way to make it look like you werent looking at each other, just scanning the people in meeting and you happen to cross eyes. but it isnt really like that and after your head rotates all the way you check back to see if they are still looking at you. and if they are, your fucked its awkward and u can only hope that they wont remember. but they do.
FACT: everyone alwasy remembers who they look at in meeting and especially who they get caught looking at.
also awkward: trying to follow a telepathic conversation between two people. its like in cartoons when they are watching tennis and your head just goes back and forth and its obvious and u just are gonna get caught and it will be awkward.
NOT AWKWARD: laughing, coughing, sneezing, farting (jason, this is awkward), stomach growls. all noise. you feel terribly embarrased to yourself, but in the grand scheme of meeting, these things happen and people accept them. or they are asleep and dont even notice.
you can try looking strait ahead, but most likely there will be someone RIGHT in front of you (if you sit where i sit) or someone who thinks your staring at them. there is no way to communicate to that person that u are really just looking right in front of you and that u really arent staring at them so you just have to avoid looking right in front of you.
on the subject of avoiding people, there is always someone u have to avoid looking at at all costs. you gotta snipe them out at the beginning of meeting and know exactly where they are sitting so you will NOT by ANY accident or under ANY circumstance stare at them. (i.e. setsy and lyle koder)
but. another way of dealing with the awkwardness is having someone thats ur friend that u can just mutually look at and its acknowledged that its not weird. thats the best way to go. if you can.
worst case scenario is catching someone look at you. its awkard for both of you. you make eye contact and in your head u both go "SHIT" and turn away so fast, kind of in a way to make it look like you werent looking at each other, just scanning the people in meeting and you happen to cross eyes. but it isnt really like that and after your head rotates all the way you check back to see if they are still looking at you. and if they are, your fucked its awkward and u can only hope that they wont remember. but they do.
FACT: everyone alwasy remembers who they look at in meeting and especially who they get caught looking at.
also awkward: trying to follow a telepathic conversation between two people. its like in cartoons when they are watching tennis and your head just goes back and forth and its obvious and u just are gonna get caught and it will be awkward.
NOT AWKWARD: laughing, coughing, sneezing, farting (jason, this is awkward), stomach growls. all noise. you feel terribly embarrased to yourself, but in the grand scheme of meeting, these things happen and people accept them. or they are asleep and dont even notice.
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