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October 20, 2006
A POLL
A poll, for all the men-folk who frequent this site.
Suppose you are walking down the hall at work to go to the bathroom (number 1.) On the way, you run into a friend of yours and start chatting. After a minute or so, it becomes clear that he is also on his way to the bathroom. Do you:
a) Continue to the bathroom, and continue the conversation while the both of you "do your business."
b) Continue to the bathroom, and stop the conversation while the both of you do your business.
c) Abort, and pretend you weren't going to the bathroom.
I'm just curious, because for women, it's a little awkward when you're having a conversation when you enter the bathroom, but at least we have walls between us, which have the side effect of tending to halt conversation anyway. But for men, you're just standing there next to each other. Seems like it could be awkward.
In other news, I'd like to start "thinking outside the box" when it comes to photography. I think I'm okay at taking "nice" photos, but I've realized that "nice" photos aren't always what I want to take. Sure, it's nice (woo) sometimes, and I'm not about to stop taking remember-the-event photos, but I'd like to start trying to think about photography as art, not just a way to capture a moment. Since joining Flickr, I've found a lot of photographers (as well as old friends) who are inspiring me to try to stretch beyond my self-imposed limits. So goals are: learn more about post-processing, try shooting in RAW, set up shots, new angles, new subjects, new light, new photos. We'll see how it works out.
[02:53 PM]
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Depends on what you mean by friend. In most cases: (a). But certainly I've pulled (c) on ocassion. (b), I think, is a sign of wimpiness: one is unable to be casual about a common chore.
Now number 2 is an entirely different and far more interesting story. Here my office rule is: Never do number 2 in the bathroom of the floor one works. Anonymity is essential. After a while, everybody gets to know each others' shoes. In a similar vein, I never do numero dos in a bathroom that exhibits olfactory evidence to the effect of recent type 2 voiding, as I don't want coworkers (perhaps those following my floor edict) to associate my shoes (and by extension, my person) with said effluvial evidence.
d) It does becomes clear that we both are on our way to the restroom because we both hide it until the conversation is over. However, the conversation ends more quickly than usual because we both had "other things" on our minds. When we then realize we are both entering the restroom, we realize what has happened, maybe share a knowing glance, then say no more.
Actually, probably (b), because our bathroom only has one urinal and a few stalls, so there are walls and splashing sounds do discourage conversation.
D'oh, I should have previewed. "It DOES NOT BECOME clear..."
I'd have to say (b). I hate. HATE talking whilst peeing. I don't know why, it just seems plainly crude to me.
Flickr is, indeed, an amazing place. It's also a huge time drain, which explains why I haven't done much there for a while. But good luck in your quest to find your eye.
Nathaniel -- no kidding re: Flickr being a huge time suck. It's actually kind of frightening how much time I spend on that site. I think I'll have to dial that back a bit...
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