via GIPHY
Today's post will link up to The Sunday Salon, The Sunday Post and Stacking the Shelves for weekly updates.
LOOKING FORWARD TO JUNE
Why am I celebrating zoom?
Because it's so fun!
I got this idea from a festival I went to.
This week I'm celebrating a virtual Rotterdam festival I was invited to. I woke up early on a Wednesday so I could take a phone call with a theater official on Whatsapp. (There's a 7 hour time difference)
The officials sent me a script. Here is what the script said:
A-Me
B(the caller)
A. Hi, you are speaking with.....
B. Hi, you are speaking with ....
I got your number from Building Conversation.
A. Yes. They told me you would call.
B. I will follow a script.
A. Me too.
B. We are asked to think of an impressive experience in which we encountered someone who
we didn’t know.
Silence
B. Can you describe the experience in as much detail as possible?
A. describes the experience
B. asks clarifying questions.
It was a surreal conversation because I was talking about an experience I had with a stranger while also talking to the stranger at the same time. The pauses in between were chilling. I told this person about an encounter I had on beach in California and how I felt like an outsider. And she told me about an interaction she had with someone on a Terrace and the person was talking with her while acting as though she was wasn't there, like having a conversation with herself. She described to her some very violent experiences she had been through.
The whole experience was very memorable, especially because I'm not used to getting up at 5:30 AM to have conversations with individuals whom I'm not acquainted. It was fun!
This theater festival
via GIPHY
can be found on this website (Oerol.nl)
Why am I celebrating zoom?
Because it's so fun!
I got this idea from a festival I went to.
This week I'm celebrating a virtual Rotterdam festival I was invited to. I woke up early on a Wednesday so I could take a phone call with a theater official on Whatsapp. (There's a 7 hour time difference)
The officials sent me a script. Here is what the script said:
A-Me
B(the caller)
A. Hi, you are speaking with.....
B. Hi, you are speaking with ....
I got your number from Building Conversation.
A. Yes. They told me you would call.
B. I will follow a script.
A. Me too.
B. We are asked to think of an impressive experience in which we encountered someone who
we didn’t know.
Silence
B. Can you describe the experience in as much detail as possible?
A. describes the experience
B. asks clarifying questions.
B. Hi, you are speaking with ....
I got your number from Building Conversation.
A. Yes. They told me you would call.
B. I will follow a script.
A. Me too.
B. We are asked to think of an impressive experience in which we encountered someone who
we didn’t know.
Silence
B. Can you describe the experience in as much detail as possible?
A. describes the experience
B. asks clarifying questions.
It was a surreal conversation because I was talking about an experience I had with a stranger while also talking to the stranger at the same time. The pauses in between were chilling. I told this person about an encounter I had on beach in California and how I felt like an outsider. And she told me about an interaction she had with someone on a Terrace and the person was talking with her while acting as though she was wasn't there, like having a conversation with herself. She described to her some very violent experiences she had been through.
The whole experience was very memorable, especially because I'm not used to getting up at 5:30 AM to have conversations with individuals whom I'm not acquainted. It was fun!
This theater festivalThe whole experience was very memorable, especially because I'm not used to getting up at 5:30 AM to have conversations with individuals whom I'm not acquainted. It was fun!
via GIPHY
can be found on this website (Oerol.nl)
CURRENTLY
Reading:Maybe you Should Talk to Someone By Lori Gottlieb
Barely Breathing by Rebecca Donovan
The New Girl by Harriet Walker
I joined a postcard exchange just before the pandemic began, and I felt the same way you did in your stranger conversation when I sent the person a postcard.
ReplyDeleteI thought Maybe You Should Talk to Someone was fantastic. I hope you like it, too.
Hello everyone i Am williams pater and i am from USA i am here to give my testimony about an herbal doctor called Dr,olu I was heartbroken because i had very small penis,not nice to satisfy a woman, i have been in so many relationship, but cut off because of my situation, i have used so many product which doctors prescribe for me, but could not offer me the help i searched for. i saw some few comments on the internet about this specialist called Dr,OLU and decided to email him on his email i saw on the internet,(drolusolutionhome@gmail.com ) so I decided to give his herbal product a try. i emailed him and he got back to me, he gave me some comforting words with his herbal product for Penis Enlargement, Within three weeks of me use it, i began to feel the enlargement, " and now it just 4 weeks of using his products my penis is about 8 inches longer, and i had to settle thing out with my ex girlfriend , i was surprised when she said that she is satisfied with my performance in bed and i now have a large penis.thanks to DR OLU for is herbal product. you can also reach him with emsil drolusolutionhome@gmail.com though is..number WHATASPP him today on this number [ +2348140654426 ]
DeleteI commend you for being able to hold any conversation at that time of the morning, let alone one with someone you don't know.
ReplyDeleteWhat an interesting experience. Talking with strangers on the phone or in a video chat would be weird for me but to have that kind of conversation would be weird too. Glad to her you enjoyed it.
ReplyDeleteYeah, Mary. I feel like new experiences are right up my alley during these times. can't wait for the next one.
DeleteGlad you had fun. Maybe You Should Talk to Someone sounds really good. Have a great week!
ReplyDeleteThat conversation sure does soud interesting---can't say I've ever had a scripted conversation with a stranger.
ReplyDeleteNicole @ Feed Your Fiction Addiction
Huh. I don't know how much conversation you could get out of me at that hour! LOL Glad you enjoyed it :) I've heard good things about Maybe You Should Talk to Someone but haven't read it so far. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI Like 'Maybe you should talk to someone'--it makes me think of all the therapy sessions I've ever been to, and also the netflix show 'Gypsy' check it out sometime.
ReplyDeletethings to do in phoenix
ReplyDeletethings to do in phoenix
things to do in phoenix
things to do in phoenix
things to do in phoenix
things to do in phoenix
things to do in phoenix
things to do in phoenix
things to do in phoenix
ReplyDeletethings to do in phoenix
things to do in phoenix
things to do in phoenix
things to do in phoenix
things to do in phoenix
things to do in phoenix
things to do in phoenix
things to do in phoenix
ReplyDeletethings to do in phoenix
things to do in phoenix
things to do in phoenix
things to do in phoenix
things to do in phoenix
things to do in phoenix
things to do in phoenix