Out of my depth
As a schoolkid, I signed up for a public speaking contest purely as a ruse to meet girls. It haunts me still: in front of 300 people, I started to speak, dried up, stood there for what felt like half an hour staring at the floor and then slowly walked back to my seat. Oh, and the girl I liked laughed.
Have you ever been utterly, completely, devastatingly out of your depth?
( , Thu 14 Oct 2004, 15:07)
As a schoolkid, I signed up for a public speaking contest purely as a ruse to meet girls. It haunts me still: in front of 300 people, I started to speak, dried up, stood there for what felt like half an hour staring at the floor and then slowly walked back to my seat. Oh, and the girl I liked laughed.
Have you ever been utterly, completely, devastatingly out of your depth?
( , Thu 14 Oct 2004, 15:07)
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mushyrooms. .....
.... first time i discovered the wonder of certain psychoactive substi i made the mistake of deciding to hang out with some rather straight types.... at some point it was decided to go to the pub.... who seeded this evil thought ill never truly know but off we went ..... the walk to the local involved taking a shortcut across the local park.... it was pretty park. it had a small collection of trees in the middle and a path running diagonally across and past the trees..... as we got to the park i realised to my delight that i could no longer believe all that I saw ..... there where arms growing all over the park, each one with a perfect hand reaching up to the cloudless starry sky..... the small bunch of trees was now not only in the middle of the park but also in bonsai form at intervals all down the edge of the path..... i ran through the field of arms like a gambling lamb, laughing and shouting at the normal people telling them of my fabulous new found world ..... suddenly i realised that no one was answering me, so i turned to look at my companions standing up to there knees in arms ..... the look of shock and in part disgust, on their faces to this day still haunts me ...... for it was then i realised, they where seriously out of there depth ....... suckers!
( , Sun 17 Oct 2004, 14:05, Reply)
.... first time i discovered the wonder of certain psychoactive substi i made the mistake of deciding to hang out with some rather straight types.... at some point it was decided to go to the pub.... who seeded this evil thought ill never truly know but off we went ..... the walk to the local involved taking a shortcut across the local park.... it was pretty park. it had a small collection of trees in the middle and a path running diagonally across and past the trees..... as we got to the park i realised to my delight that i could no longer believe all that I saw ..... there where arms growing all over the park, each one with a perfect hand reaching up to the cloudless starry sky..... the small bunch of trees was now not only in the middle of the park but also in bonsai form at intervals all down the edge of the path..... i ran through the field of arms like a gambling lamb, laughing and shouting at the normal people telling them of my fabulous new found world ..... suddenly i realised that no one was answering me, so i turned to look at my companions standing up to there knees in arms ..... the look of shock and in part disgust, on their faces to this day still haunts me ...... for it was then i realised, they where seriously out of there depth ....... suckers!
( , Sun 17 Oct 2004, 14:05, Reply)
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