Monday, August 30, 2010

Please Ingore the Lowly Oboeist in the Corner for She Knows Not How To Socialize

'ello There,

Loneliness... ah I know the word well.  I have just arrived to a new precipice of life: college. It has been my first few days and I have discovered that I am socially inept. I seem to have a hard time actually making friends or even conversation with people I don't know. I am finding myself walking campus alone, eating alone, and sitting in my dorm room...alone. So I turn to the internet is search for some comfort from the time by myself. For I spend far too much time practicing and far to less time socializing.
Maybe my social skills are lacking because I spend way to much time with my instrument. Maybe I should get out some time but by the time I figure what to do and where to go I manage to persuade myself not to go. For the one thing I am great at is making elaborate plans and never executing them. Like this one time I had planned out this elaborate plan to run away to New York City, just like the children in the book, The Mixed Up Files Of Mrs. Basil E Frankweiler. I had planned to use the savings from my extra lunch money to catch a bus to the city and hide out in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Now I can't remember all the details but at the time I had them written all out in this little notebook of mine. I would plan and plan and plan making sure that everything would go smoothly. But on the day I planned to go I decided against it. So much for that. I shall now go and attempt to be social.

Mack G

Introductions of Sorts

Hello My Dear Readers (though I realize there may not be any of you yet)

Hello this word by definition is a greeting but not everyone uses hello to greet others. There are so many words such as Hi, Hey, Yo, 'sup, 'ello, g'day, Aloha, Cherrio, Konichiwa, among many others. Each of these words defines hows you present yourself and gives the person whom you are talking to insight into your life. 

For example: If you greet someone with the word "Aloha" you maybe a person who lives in Hawaii, recently came back from Hawaii or a Surfer. (None of these are concrete reasons just probable one)
Though for some people, we have an affinity with a certain culture. And because of that affinity we tend to use words from that culture to greet each other.

In the nerdverse this can lead to using greetings from tv and movies; such as "Live Long and Prosper" and "May the Force be with You" Or if you happen to be a fan of Anime you may use Japanese to greet someone "Konichiwa"

I prefer to switch it up every now and then. But by far my favorite term of greeting is "'ello". I believe that my long time love of Harry Potter and lovely city of London has influenced me so. Or just maybe I am way too lazy to actually use the "H" that traditionally begins that word.

By now I have realized that I haven't told you a single thing about myself other than my preference in greeting. Oh Dear! How rude of me not to introduce myself! I am Mack G. Nerd Extraordinaire! I welcome you to my Blog as I journey though the trials life. 

Thanks for Reading!

Mack G

p.s. 'ello!