Comments on: I absent-mindedly step on the accelerator http://www.out-of-ideas.com/2006/09/19/i-absent-mindedly-step-on-the-accelerator/ I write, therefore I drink tea Tue, 03 Mar 2009 00:30:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Sol http://www.out-of-ideas.com/2006/09/19/i-absent-mindedly-step-on-the-accelerator/comment-page-1/#comment-348 Sol Fri, 13 Oct 2006 05:38:36 +0000 http://www.out-of-ideas.com/?p=58#comment-348 Oh I don't know. I thought that was a pretty good defense, actually. I am somewhat mollified. Just don't do it again. Well, obviously do do the readings again, but... OK, you get the point. *wags finger* Oh I don’t know. I thought that was a pretty good defense, actually. I am somewhat mollified. Just don’t do it again. Well, obviously do do the readings again, but… OK, you get the point.

*wags finger*

]]> By: Reed http://www.out-of-ideas.com/2006/09/19/i-absent-mindedly-step-on-the-accelerator/comment-page-1/#comment-346 Reed Thu, 12 Oct 2006 22:34:51 +0000 http://www.out-of-ideas.com/?p=58#comment-346 *Looks abashed* On the other hand, how dare you leave the country when I am about to do a poetry reading on Lavender Hill... nope, that isn't working. I'll go back to looking abashed. Sorry. *Looks abashed*

On the other hand, how dare you leave the country when I am about to do a poetry reading on Lavender Hill… nope, that isn’t working. I’ll go back to looking abashed.

Sorry.

]]> By: Sol http://www.out-of-ideas.com/2006/09/19/i-absent-mindedly-step-on-the-accelerator/comment-page-1/#comment-344 Sol Thu, 12 Oct 2006 21:12:28 +0000 http://www.out-of-ideas.com/?p=58#comment-344 I'll give you growl. How dare you hold a poetry reading on Lavender Hill when I am unable to attend. I dunno you turn your back for five minutes... I've been sulking about it for weeks. *Sulks a bit more* I’ll give you growl. How dare you hold a poetry reading on Lavender Hill when I am unable to attend. I dunno you turn your back for five minutes… I’ve been sulking about it for weeks.

*Sulks a bit more*

]]> By: Reed http://www.out-of-ideas.com/2006/09/19/i-absent-mindedly-step-on-the-accelerator/comment-page-1/#comment-290 Reed Mon, 25 Sep 2006 10:33:25 +0000 http://www.out-of-ideas.com/?p=58#comment-290 Oh, Titania, I am so sorry, the poems I chose were three I've already put on the blog - no new anything at all. I went for Clouds like White Sheep, Coffee Triolet, and Six Graveyards, and then bottled on Six Graveyards because frankly, it's a bugger to read out loud. And I didn't want to go on and on and on and look like a pompous git. We already had one of those anyway - not a niche that needed any more filling. Everyone giggled very pleasingly at Coffee. Especially when I slowed down and g-r-o-w-l-e-d the last line. Oh, Titania, I am so sorry, the poems I chose were three I’ve already put on the blog – no new anything at all. I went for Clouds like White Sheep, Coffee Triolet, and Six Graveyards, and then bottled on Six Graveyards because frankly, it’s a bugger to read out loud. And I didn’t want to go on and on and on and look like a pompous git. We already had one of those anyway – not a niche that needed any more filling.

Everyone giggled very pleasingly at Coffee. Especially when I slowed down and g-r-o-w-l-e-d the last line.

]]> By: Titania http://www.out-of-ideas.com/2006/09/19/i-absent-mindedly-step-on-the-accelerator/comment-page-1/#comment-289 Titania Mon, 25 Sep 2006 08:43:03 +0000 http://www.out-of-ideas.com/?p=58#comment-289 Could we also read the three poems that you chose? Please? Pretty please?8-) Could we also read the three poems that you chose? Please? Pretty please?8-)

]]> By: Helen http://www.out-of-ideas.com/2006/09/19/i-absent-mindedly-step-on-the-accelerator/comment-page-1/#comment-287 Helen Sat, 23 Sep 2006 04:52:06 +0000 http://www.out-of-ideas.com/?p=58#comment-287 Cool! I want to know the details...! Cool! I want to know the details…!

]]> By: Reed http://www.out-of-ideas.com/2006/09/19/i-absent-mindedly-step-on-the-accelerator/comment-page-1/#comment-286 Reed Fri, 22 Sep 2006 22:44:34 +0000 http://www.out-of-ideas.com/?p=58#comment-286 Did it! Yes! Adrenaline rush! Must lie down! Did it! Yes! Adrenaline rush! Must lie down!

]]> By: Singing Librarian http://www.out-of-ideas.com/2006/09/19/i-absent-mindedly-step-on-the-accelerator/comment-page-1/#comment-285 Singing Librarian Fri, 22 Sep 2006 08:11:56 +0000 http://www.out-of-ideas.com/?p=58#comment-285 Do let us know how it goes. If I knew how to deal with stage fright, I'd tell you, but sadly I just have to struggle through it! Do let us know how it goes. If I knew how to deal with stage fright, I’d tell you, but sadly I just have to struggle through it!

]]> By: Reed http://www.out-of-ideas.com/2006/09/19/i-absent-mindedly-step-on-the-accelerator/comment-page-1/#comment-283 Reed Wed, 20 Sep 2006 14:54:12 +0000 http://www.out-of-ideas.com/?p=58#comment-283 Thank you. I am taking my mind off the stage fright by driving myself mad choosing three poems to read out. This is taking far more time than any reasonable human could consider necessary. And far more tea. (Tea is for poetry, coffee is for prose. I wonder why?) Thank you.

I am taking my mind off the stage fright by driving myself mad choosing three poems to read out.

This is taking far more time than any reasonable human could consider necessary. And far more tea. (Tea is for poetry, coffee is for prose. I wonder why?)

]]> By: Helen http://www.out-of-ideas.com/2006/09/19/i-absent-mindedly-step-on-the-accelerator/comment-page-1/#comment-281 Helen Tue, 19 Sep 2006 23:04:56 +0000 http://www.out-of-ideas.com/?p=58#comment-281 Don't fight it. You're a poet! Funnily enough, I always thought I would die if I had to stand up in front of a group of people and talk to them. I'd always been labelled "shy" and was warned against anything like that (why do people issue these warnings? Do they think they're being helpful?) But when I first started teaching I got this amazing adrenalin rush and thought: "This is for me!" I am a big scaredy-pants but I think nothing of getting up in front of people and talking to them now, it's weird. I don't know how different reading poetry would be. If I feel nervous, I try and *pretend* to be confident, have no idea if I convince anyone but it does make me feel slightly better. All the best for next Friday. It will be cool! Don’t fight it. You’re a poet!

Funnily enough, I always thought I would die if I had to stand up in front of a group of people and talk to them. I’d always been labelled “shy” and was warned against anything like that (why do people issue these warnings? Do they think they’re being helpful?) But when I first started teaching I got this amazing adrenalin rush and thought: “This is for me!” I am a big scaredy-pants but I think nothing of getting up in front of people and talking to them now, it’s weird. I don’t know how different reading poetry would be. If I feel nervous, I try and *pretend* to be confident, have no idea if I convince anyone but it does make me feel slightly better.

All the best for next Friday. It will be cool!

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