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[novapsyche]

The reading went really well! I made mistakes less than a handful of times. (For example, I said "a teal" instead of "a seal [against the tide]"--I was getting ahead of myself.)

Most of the people in the audience were friends: dionysus1999, sarahmichigan, simianpower, lameautarch and K. (meecie?) all came out to support me. I appreciate their time, especially simianpower, since I know he doesn't enjoy poetry that much. ;)

Lauren said she'd feature me again next year and would forward my name to some organizers in Detroit. My response? "Cool."

Comments

[quility.livejournal.com]

Congrats! and YAY! and Woo HOO!

[simianpower.livejournal.com]

I hear you thought I was really bored, which isn't quite what was going on. For most activities that aren't interactive I have to be doing something else as well. When watching TV or a movie I'm either snarking with friends or reading or doing homework or whatever. My brain turns off if I don't keep it occupied enough, and I discovered (by going to sleep in lots of lectures/classes) that if I keep it busy it can keep going longer.

But Lauren was... well, really annoying. Phony.

[novapsyche.livejournal.com]

Well, I try not to judge people. I can see why you felt that way, but maybe I had a different take on her as I'd talked to her on the phone before. I think she's always that effervescent (or whatever word you want to use).

She's an artist. (I think dionysus1999 would say she's an Artist.) *shrug* Personally, I just find it fun to talk to someone who is excited about poetry, which she clearly is.

[sarahmichigan.livejournal.com]

I found her incredibly annoying, too. Just a personality mismatch. People that over-the-top make me nervous. But it is awesome that she's helping give your poetry exposure and is a networking source for you.

[sarahmichigan.livejournal.com]

Well, I try not to judge people.

Maybe we're using "judge" in two different sense, but I judge people all the time, unapologetically. If you don't judge people, you're likely to get screwed. I even judge people on first impressions, because they're usually correct. I'm willing to give people a second chance to give a different impression (maybe they were having a bad day), but, in general, my initial intuition about someone is right about 80 percent of the time.

For instance, by her actions, I judged that Lauren is flaky, doesn't care about promptness or other people's time too much, and is emotinally needy and nervous if people don't respond as enthusiastically as she'd like. I further make the judgement that I won't likely attend any poetry events where she's heavily involved because she'd drive me up the wall.

[kittenkissies.livejournal.com]

Good for you. I knew you would be good.