Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Sarah Blog Post #2

Describe a moment on campus without using the verb "to be": At Festifall, people were milling about everywhere. Other freshman looked for clubs to join, and upperclassmen shoved fliers in their faces, begging them to join their club. "Do you like to sing?" an acapella group member asked me. "Definitely not," I replied. I walked to the next booth. "Still don't like to sing?" a member of another acepella group inquiried, obviously having overheard the previous interaction. I walked away. I stopped by tables of all kinds, some because I kind of wanted to join the club, but some just because I wanted free stuff. I talked to a ton of people, and signed up for dozens of mailing lists, and I am currently trying to unsubscribe from most of them. Though I was interested by many things, nothing jumped out. I still don't know which other organizations to join. Using hedging to draw a conclusion: To me, this experience suggests that because I am interested in so many things, most of them about the same amount, I cannot decide when it comes to actually attending meetings. Perhaps I would find it helpful to consult an older, more knowledgeable student about this issue.

2 comments:

  1. I didn't get to go to Festifall, but it sounds like it was a little overwhelming. I liked the flow of your little paragraph despite our restrictions.

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  2. (I count three be verbs in the no-be-verbs part. Just sayin'.)

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