Posts by Megan Wegan
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I got an 11 on that test. I still am not sure what that means.
And although I can easily talk to TV cameras and rooms full of people, I've hit a total brick wall with one of the social rituals of our lovely Media7 production crowd. More than once, when we've gathered for a few drinks, events turn to everyone doing a "turn". Everyone else just sings a song or something.
I talk on the radio all the time, and it is fine. Put me physically in front of a group of people and ask me to be knowledgable and engaging? Sweaty palms, shaking, nausea. Fun!
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Except for when I go blind on names and faces or can't recognise people out of their usual context. If it's just a roomful of actors, I'm your guy.
I do exactly the same thing. I know I've met someone, I know I've had conversations with them, details about their lives. Can't for the life of me remember names, or how I know them.
It has been problematic, when you know someone is a senior politician, you just can't remember in what country.
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I was a 10. I can chat with anyone (if I'm struggling, I just switch modes and interview them), if not remember their names or faces.
That interviewing ability is so handy, isn't it?
Except, sometimes, when I am talking to someone really interesting, I often think to myself "Wait. Does <interesting person> feel like they are having a nice conversation, or do they feel like they're at a job interview?" It can be hard to tell.
I try and pay attention to the needs of others in social situations. I want everyone to be all right.
Making you the perfect host, really.
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ETA: And there you are, Megan arrives exactly on cue. I'm hiding...
Hey! Except, oh....yeah, OK.
I would heap on the filth. Except, my head is currently overflowing with comments I want to make about something Emma said 2 pages ago.
Witness my (ahem) restaint, people. It doesn't happen very often.
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I find it helps if one explains the rules clearly to David first. So, "Russell says I must give you a hug from him. So I'm afraid we're going to have to hug. Bear up, dear."
Oh, I have to say, that was extremely amsuing to watch. Sorry David.
And you can talk about being socially awkward all you like, but I am still going to enjoy hanging out with you and your lovely family when I come to Christchurch. Suck it up.
But being a talker doesn't necessarily mean you feel socially, erm, ept (is that a word?). I'm an inveterate chit-chatter, but after any social gathering I tend to find myself thinking 'christ, what a mad, squat little dork I am'.
God, absolutely. My internal monologue tends to go "shit. Did I really just say that out loud? How inappropriate. What is wrong with me? Why do these people put up with me?"
It's just that I cover that with more incessant babble rather than less.
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I go away for two days, and you guys turn Russell's post into smut-orama.
I love PAS.
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So do I, Danielle. As I go to read the news, I often mutter some of Bill O'Reilly's choicer phrases in my head. Here's hoping they never come out on air.
And happy birthday to your mum, Russell. Mine turns 60 this year. This freaks me out.
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Who knew that I live in the sterile heart of darkness?
Oh, Craig...Wait, actually, that's too easy.
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admitting what?
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I was in a school yard the other day, and I overheard some kids saying "Woman, that is so straight. You are such a hetero."
So, of course, like any right-minded person, I told them off. We have to stamp out that kind of offensive language.