Monday, August 29, 2005

Tribute and the Recurring Embarrassment

This post is part tribute and part informational. First off, I want to give my sympathies to the victims to the monstrous Hurricane Katrina (such an interesting name with disastrous effects, eh?). Here's a satellite picture of the storm.


Technically, it is a bit pretty - especially the yellow spots. It's a radar/satellite picture. Well, by now, it dispersed a bit, but yeah. I can't seem to find an older satellite picture. Strange. Now here's another one that's in different pretty colors...


Now here's a picture via the Tropical Atlantic Satellite.


That above is basically a picture of the storm tracker on Katrina. Funkyness! :) Don't you love www.weatherchannel.com? hehe... Anyways... yeah. Onto my embarrassing situation that keeps on repeating OVER and OVER again. Well, technically, most of the time, it's not at all remotely embarrassing - except when it happens at a certain time.

We all know how I doze off every once in a while. It's just me. In fact, people have started to call me "absentminded". Well, not by name, but as one of my characteristics. What makes Iris Iris. haha... Funny. OOOOKIE. Anyways... Whenever I stare unblinkingly at someone or something, I'm most likely thinking or daydreaming about various things from made-up scenarios all the way to the book I'm currently reading. *shrug* That's not the point - just back-up information. The point is that whenever I do that, I'm completely unaware of my surroundings and what's happening around me - therefore I have no idea WHAT IN THE WORLD I appear to be "staring" at since I can't "see" anything. Problem: my eyes tend to stop and stare on a person. Usually their face. This is where my embarrassment comes in.

Government class is the one class my dozing is probably getting out of hand. This is where it happens most frequently. This is where my entire story is focused on. I'm not surprised it's this particular class: I have no interest whatsoever on government (besides that fact that the US government uses about $2.5 trillion a year for us and that with all this, the government has accumulated about $5.5 trillion in national debt) and I find it a waste of time. I also sit in the front of my row and I tend to rest my head in my right hand which is propped up by my elbow. Unfortunately, whoever happens to be about 20 to 30 degrees to the left of me is in my "radar" and is subject to my "staring". Unfortunately, this would be a guy. This particular guy always turns his head. Therefore I tend to "stare" straight at him. A lot. Oh yes. *smile* He's caught me "staring" at him several times - at least once a class period. What's embarrassing is that he, now and then, tends to give me weird looks. The embarrassing thing is that he probably thinks I have a crush on him or is infatuated with him in one way or another.

I desperately hope not. I barely even know him! I probably wouldn't ever mention him in here if it not for the fateful assigned seats we had. Grr...

OK. Perhaps it's not that big of a deal. My mind's in two pieces on this (like on every other matter). Iris A says it's no big deal and I shouldn't even bother pondering on it. Iris B says it IS a big deal - I mean what if he DOES think I'm infatuated with him?? Mother Iris is indecisive about this but decided to voice their thoughts and opinions on here just to sort them out. (This is sort of my pensieve - like the one in Harry Potter - by the way! I finished "Eldest" earlier today! It's superb!!!) The thing is that today, RIGHT after he caught me "staring" at him again, he talked to the girl in front of him while looking at me. I seriously hope I wasn't the subject of their conversation. I mean, it was just a coincidence.

Right?

Urgh... and can't you just hear the Irises go!

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