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brak666 ([personal profile] brak666) wrote2004-02-24 12:53 am

Back from Escapade

Well, actually I got back a while ago, but I'm just getting around to posting now. Must do a con report at some point. Next year I must remember to take notes during panels like [livejournal.com profile] kassrachel. I'm utterly exhausted. Got about three hours of sleep today, one on an uncomfortable airplane seat on a seemingly interminable redeye flight. The other two were on [livejournal.com profile] gblvr's couch. When I woke up I thought I was having a nightmare because HNN was saying Ralph Nader was running for president again. Turns out I was really awake. That man has always urked the shit out of me. I should've been asleep an hour ago, but I was playing my Schizophrenic tracks for [livejournal.com profile] caorann and telling her about the con. Also reading con reports.

You know how some people pick up accents when they visit foreign countries? Well, I often find that for a week or so after a con I find myself unconsciously imitating the distinct speech patterns of fen I have encountered. This happens practically every time I spend more than a day around [livejournal.com profile] natlyn. While talking with [livejournal.com profile] caorann tonight I became aware I was using a cadence that is not my own. I realized a few minutes into the discussion that I was talking like [livejournal.com profile] latxcvi. It'll pass.



Are they broken up? Please tell me they're broken up so I can have a party and dance around my house and various other joyous things. They can write her off the show pretty easily. They can just haver her try out for American Idol. She's bad enough to win. So incredibly tired of this story. Also, congratulations to Bright on his report card. And Andy? If Linda can figure out that you and Nina are meant to be, why the hell can't you?

Me too!

[identity profile] natlyn.livejournal.com 2004-02-24 01:31 pm (UTC)(link)
I pick up accents and speech patterns. I currently share an office with a guy from Louisiana and now I frequently have a Lousiana southern accent that is very different from an NC accent, which is still heavier than my normal one. Usually I only pick up speech patterns from people whose mindset differs muchly from mine. I think that I'm subconsciously trying to get into their pattern of thinking.

[Natlyn (totally irrationally) dances off because she has a distinct speech pattern, because … duh.]