Comments for The Ishara Comix GradBlog http://isharacomix.org The misadventures of a hopeless academic. Thu, 23 Feb 2012 20:46:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on I’m Kind of Shy by Barry Peddycord http://isharacomix.org/2012/02/15/im-kind-of-shy/#comment-142 Thu, 23 Feb 2012 20:46:27 +0000 http://isharacomix.org/?p=648#comment-142 It’d be nicer if my silent demeanor wasn’t so off-putting. Maybe then more people would be willing to chat me up and realize I’m actually a pretty sociable fellow. *shrug*

]]> Comment on I’m Kind of Shy by vandersg http://isharacomix.org/2012/02/15/im-kind-of-shy/#comment-141 Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:45:37 +0000 http://isharacomix.org/?p=648#comment-141 There is nothing wrong with anime and ice cream. If excessive amounts of ice cream didn’t make us fat I would it eat it for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Also you can never watch too much anime.
Also also, I’m shy too, but I can sometimes manage to talk to complete strangers. It just seems like a lot of the time I end up trying to have a conversation with people who are also shy but would prefer I stop trying to talk to them. I feel like it’s a societal paradigm though. In other countries (even certain states I guess) the people are much friendlier with each other. Just depends on where you are I guess. Personally, and geographically.

]]> Comment on OMG I’M FAMOUS by Barry Peddycord http://isharacomix.org/2012/02/09/omg-im-famous/#comment-130 Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:50:01 +0000 http://isharacomix.org/?p=642#comment-130 See, I know that rehearsing the content helps, but when you rehearse it TOO much, that can also be detrimental, because then it feels like a rote presentation from memory rather than a passionate talk about the subject matter.

It’s also very dangerous for me to “wing it”, since if I go off on a tangent and start talking at the same time I’m thinking, I become completely disorganized and all hope for my audience is lost. :|

]]> Comment on OMG I’M FAMOUS by vandersg http://isharacomix.org/2012/02/09/omg-im-famous/#comment-129 Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:14:25 +0000 http://isharacomix.org/?p=642#comment-129 Practicing is really the best medicine for preparing presentations. I took a public speaking course last semester because I wanted to learn how to be more confident in front of a crowd. (I’m really fairly shy around people I don’t know.) What I found was that the more you rehearse your presentation, the easier it gets. I’m also the kind of person who likes to “wing it” and try to improvise on the fly, with some kind of outline to follow, of course. But I had the most confidence in my presentations when I had rehearsed them ahead of time with my roommate. I’d be willing to bet that doing video lectures will definitely help you to learn to speak more clearly and not as quickly. I’d like to see some of them too. I always love learning about “computering” stuff!

]]> Comment on Lightning Talk by OMG I’M FAMOUS | The Ishara Comix GradBlog http://isharacomix.org/2011/10/04/lightning-talk/#comment-127 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:16:59 +0000 http://isharacomix.wordpress.com/?p=356#comment-127 [...] up in front of a bunch of people I know and talking for a short period of time (like for the Lightning Talk I gave for the University Linux User’s Group), it’s not so bad. But for a longer [...]

]]> Comment on Manicotti Masterpiece by Barry Peddycord http://isharacomix.org/2012/02/04/manicotti-masterpiece/#comment-125 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:28:54 +0000 http://isharacomix.org/?p=611#comment-125 Despite being sort of intimidating, there’s really nothing to it. It would be a real challenge if I was to… say… add some fried chicken to the mix and make a chicken parmesan kind of deal. I’d love to do that, but I can’t bring myself to shell out that kind of cash for the meat. :P

]]> Comment on Manicotti Masterpiece by vandersg http://isharacomix.org/2012/02/04/manicotti-masterpiece/#comment-124 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:46:02 +0000 http://isharacomix.org/?p=611#comment-124 My my, that looks delicious. That is one dish I have yet to attempt to craft on my own despite its existence on my “Top 5 Favorite Dinners” list.

]]> Comment on Death of the Letter by readytochangenow http://isharacomix.org/2012/02/01/death-of-the-letter/#comment-122 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:10:21 +0000 http://isharacomix.org/?p=605#comment-122 Even thank you letters are going by the wayside – I remember laboring over them all through January after Christmas. It has been years since I have seen one or *blushing* written one.

]]> Comment on Death of the Letter by vandersg http://isharacomix.org/2012/02/01/death-of-the-letter/#comment-120 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:57:55 +0000 http://isharacomix.org/?p=605#comment-120 When I first went away to college, my grandmother used to send me letters every month or so. Once or twice a semester she’d send me a care package with a letter inside. Those letters always brightened my day, as there is rarely ever anything exciting in my campus mailbox. Now we are always communicating by e-mail. It’s less personal, but I do still look forward to them. It is a shame our society has begun phasing them out though.

]]> Comment on Man’s Gotta Eat by Barry Peddycord http://isharacomix.org/2011/08/28/mans-gotta-eat/#comment-116 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 03:18:41 +0000 http://isharacomix.wordpress.com/?p=265#comment-116 And since I wrote this article, I discovered that they are discontinuing the cheap noodles and sauce I love to buy.

I can’t believe they figured out my plans! >_<

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