thank you steve.
1:30p
1s p126 @ 15 mcg neroli front neck
self effects: none immediately. good, full neroli scent.
1:45p: in class today we had to give short presentations so the professor could see what our strengths/weaknesses are in public speaking, and grade us accordingly on longer presentations. a girl next to me was totally freaking out over a custom transition she made in her slide deck. it had something to do with her using the mac equivalent of powerpoint (called “present” or something?) and saving/transferring as a ppt file, long geeky story behind it. since i didn’t know what was wrong, i didn’t say anything; i just watched her fiddle with things. she seemed to finally get things right and all of sudden, she turns to me and says “hey, do you have powerpoint?” i said yes, and she asked me if i could run her deck to see if the transition works. i said sure and let her load it onto my flash drive.
it failed, she made some changes, failed again, more changes, then finally it worked. either she’s some super smart hacker who just got all my passwords by me running her slide deck, or she honestly had an issue with her deck (sorry, geek paranoia
). the girl seemed nice and we’re in the same class; i don’t see any reason for her to attack me.
and that’s where i think the hit is. she chose me over the guy sitting next to her. i’ve heard him participate in class before, way more than i do, and he seems reasonably smart. could p126 have led her to choose me? can’t tell for sure.
my actual presentation: got a little nervous before i went up on stage, nothing out of the ordinary. usually once my title slide comes up i kick into presentation mode and i’m ok. didn’t really notice anything that helped or hindered my presentation. if anything, i got more excited and went a bit over my time limit.
1:45p - 2:15p: as many students on here may have experienced, during class presentations sometimes you grade everyone else in class. a few presentations in the guy on my right whispers over that the current presenter must’ve forgotten about his time limit because he was dragging on, and we both laughed. the girl who had the slide problem earlier kind of looked over like she wanted to join in the fun. without even thinking, i lean to my left and repeat what the guy said and add a little joke of my own. she leans over to listen and then starts to chuckle as well. the three of us share jokes for a while, then the guy next to the guy on my right joins in, and pretty soon a small area around me is just whispering jokes back and forth. i’m actually really surprised the professor didn’t scold us for being such attentive listeners. ![]()
but seriously, back on topic, i think there’s something social about this mix. let’s just assume the first hit with the girl and her slides is not sexual at all. maybe she felt the social vibe from me and chose to talk to me instead of the other guy. during my presentation, i must’ve added some filler sentences because my practice runs were short of the time limit, and my real run was just a bit over. while watching other presentations, it seemed like a very social atmosphere.
conclusion: seemingly social. i left that girl with a smile and a wave after class; i imagine it wouldn’t have been too much of a stretch to add a little something for the single guys. nothing overtly sexual though, at least in this run. also not really much with status either.
anyone else testing this?