the topic of todays presentation

[pounce]

tonight is going to run late. call at 5pm, doors at 7, program begins at 8 and runs till 1am. it's male speakers, one after the other, speaking to a modest audience.

the show has been going on for almost an hour and a half now, i've listened to every word by every speaker. i've understood them.


i have no idea what the topic of todays presentation is.


i have a few more hours to figure it out.



nobody has said anything of substance. it's vexing. i've worked at a lot of podium events like this and i've never failed to immediately figure out the topic at hand. today, i have no fucking idea. none. nada.

i have no idea why the audience is here, what it is that they are learning, and what the point of this is. i'm not entirely dim. i have a college education and an above average IQ, but here i am confused. totally unable to determine what the thrust of this content absent event is.

in fact, how lacking in substance this event is has become funnier to me. now it's a game. how long will they keep talking before the first piece of useful information comes from the stage.

i'm not holding my breath.


weird.

at least tomorrow i'll be done early. tomorrow night is the roller derby, and the ohio roller girls are sex on wheels. i love em. so i'll be there drinking and carrying on like i ought to be doing tonight. instead, i'm getting bored to death by talking heads at a podium somewhere in ohio with not the first clue as to the topic at hand. i'm just saying.

[pounce]

ok, i got it now.

it's just some jesus cult stuff. right now they are going about about how science is a lie and so forth.


idiots.


i don't get paid enough to listen to this shit.



i'll be drinking tonight.

ps: no moderate, normal, rational folks rent out the auditorium for things like this. only extreme nutcases rent the place to spout off. oh my. and next month we have an event with an even weirder bunch. these people suck. blah.

[eagan]

Note to self, file under "possible band names"; Jesus Cult Stuff.


JLE

[pounce]

i gotta reiterate. this is not some normal, moderate, do unto others kind of event. it's pretty extreme and out there. something about a five hour long event where they hammer on the points over and over. it's a little brain-washy. i just got a find ways to keep my mind off the topic at hand. fiddling around on my computer is a lifesaver.

[bunnerabb]

You sure it ain't "How to make a buck shooting your mouth off for hours about pretty much nothing and then stapling Jesus to a few key paragraphs." ?

:very happy:

[MacGregor]

how long will they keep talking before the first piece of useful information comes from the stage.


And here I thought politicians very involved.
Bad me.

Mac

[clicktrack]

And here I thought politicians very involved.
Bad me.

Mac

Even politicians are smart enough to avoid public appearances at Jesus Cult Stuff. There's no separating yourself for a mess like that.

[Droolbucket]

Twice in my life I've had people talk to me at length, and I had a complete disconnect as to the topic of conversation.

The first was when I was 17 and a gay fella was hitting on me. At the time, I didn't even know that sort of lifestyle EXISTED. :Uh oh: (NTTAWWT)

The second time, I finally realized I was being recruited for an Amway distributorship.

I turned down both offers. :D

Droolbucket

[pounce]

i was guessing it was about amway for the first hour. it took a while before i figured out anything different. what a weird event.

[CloseToTheEdge]

Since you seem to be posting from the event itself, here's a nice background screen image for your next event:

http://www.eyeofhorus.org.uk/images/photo/10tennant/series-02/09-satan/the-satan-pit-doctor-beast3.jpg

[ggunn]

i gotta reiterate. this is not some normal, moderate, do unto others kind of event. it's pretty extreme and out there. something about a five hour long event where they hammer on the points over and over. it's a little brain-washy. i just got a find ways to keep my mind off the topic at hand. fiddling around on my computer is a lifesaver.

OK, but if you start sayin' that you've seen the light and these folks are actually on the beam, we're comin' in after you! Will we need weapons?

[nobby]

Twice in my life I've had people talk to me at length, and I had a complete disconnect as to the topic of conversation.

The first was when I was 17 and a gay fella was hitting on me. At the time, I didn't even know that sort of lifestyle EXISTED. :Uh oh: (NTTAWWT)

The second time, I finally realized I was being recruited for an Amway distributorship.

I turned down both offers. :D

Droolbucket

The gay Jesus cult Amway people are the worst.

[cozmicslop]

In my early says in advertising design, we were doing a promotional piece to supposedly display our strong techinical capabilities. I went off on on this tangent and everyone seemed so deeply interested that I got so wrapped up in being eloquent that even I got lost.

Finally my boss smiled and asked, "What the fuck did you just say?"

"I want it to look really good"

She looked like she wanted to choke me to death, but she could only laugh out loud.