what the dilly yo? isn't it disconcerting when people talk in complete sentences? in my normal day, rarely do i ever talk in complete sentences. it's just a random mumble mash of grunts and chirps that luckily get translated by a few select people. eloquence is not an accessory i've had the luck to wear. but i have gotten into some conversations with people who speak clearly and distinctly. without any "ums" or "likes". i am astounded. even more so when the person in question is around my own age. i'm kind of staring at them thinking, "wow, where did you learn to make the (wo)man talk? english must be your first language!"



maybe i just don't get to see enough people in speaking environments. i have friends who get up in front of other people and conduct meetings and plan strategy sessions. friends who must address tens to hundreds of people at a time. some friends of mine are like, giving speeches and speaking publicly. whoa. it's really a struggle for me to even resist saying "ok, cool" when i get affirmation from a business contact. i wonder how people keep it all together when speaking. i guess i'm less impressed if public speaking is a part of their job, as opposed to when someone speaks in complete sentences colloquially. when that happens i'm just sitting there counting the nouns and verbs and noting their proper placements.



remember dawson's creek? don't lie, you watched it too. remember how great it was because here were all these kids talking so far above our heads? or at least, my head? me and greg used to watch dawson's creek and marvel at kevin williamson's dialogue. the kids were smarter than the parents! what a great show! why can't everybody speak like that? sadly enough, most people speak like the "stars" of our reality shows -- thus the reality part. if only just once i could give an on-the-fly speech half as well conceived as the ones dawson and pacey spit out. then i could be angsty. and then joey would love me.