Annoying Officemate
Ok, my office mate is trying to strike up a conversation with me, and I am getting irritated, and the level of irritation seems to increase exponentially with time. I am not in the mood to work, and have been browsing the net/blogs for the past 2 hrs. I am posting this just so that I can type on the key board pretending to be busy, and hope to god that this guy shuts up. It is amazing how inept people can be at picking up the “I dont want to talk” signs. I have been answering all his questions to the point in a single line while looking away from him, and this guy still doesnt seem to get it. How much more obvious can I get?
Anyways. Here is the roundup of the day. I did nothing all morning, and watched TV from the relative comforts of my couch. This afternoon I attended a Master’s thesis defense. The professor advising the student is someone I am interested in as a replacement to QoH. I figured it would look good to show up at the defense and introduce myself to his lab. Anyways, once the presentation started I for some reason went into attack mode. Well, I actually do know the reason. After the first few slides, I got a rough idea about his research and to my own amazment I could for coherent thoughts and opinion on it. So I started voicing my opinions and started cross questioning him to clear up my own mind. Well atleast thats how it started. The more questions I asked, the better I felt. Being the devil that I am, I kept asking the poor student increasingly difficult questions. In all honesty, a good student would have answers to them, but this guy was kind of weak. Also, the only other people to ask questions were two other professors. As it happens, I am interested in these professors too. So it was a combination of feel good feelings and show casing myself as a smart guy. I think I pulled it off well. In retrospect I do feel a bit bad for the student, but he survived.
I met with my therapist late this evening. She thinks I have made quite a bit of progress. I agree. Anyways, nothing interesting happened in today’s session.
Oh good, my office mate is leaving. Freedom at last!! Back to surfing the net.
