Characters

I'm a people watcher. It's been ingrained through the endless hours spent studying body language, facial gestures, tangible actions, subtle and not so subtle mannerisms, and on and on and on in theater I, II, III, IV,...I can't help it. But, It definitely will provide some high entertainment value this semester.

My micro TA: the quintessential econ nerd, wears his pants way too far past his belly button, has overly large red-rimmed glasses, and awkwardly annunciates every single word. "Now most TAs might preface their intro discussion with a little information on their interests and hobbies," he began..."I'm sorry to inform you that I am a pitifully boring human being. I don't do anything. I wake up between the hours of 5:30 and 6:00 am, sleep between the hours of 10 and midnight, and in between I eat, sleep, and do economics"....He also wears a special band around his left arm (yes he's a lefty, as am I) to prevent his hand from feeling like cement when he writes on the chalkboard. He takes a sip from his coffee cup every thirty seconds, and has already attempted a few jokes, only to face a silent classroom staring back at him awkwardly. Seriously, if this guy was in a movie, I'd call him too generic...But in real life he's highly amusing, sadly not purposely so.

I then have "Hot Rod" Matthews for International business, and man does that guy look like a cartoon caricature! His deep set wrinkles on his forehead and his frumpy stance can't be complete without the disarray of white hair piled on top of his head, but the best part is he can make the funniest faces, and completely on accident! His eyes will buldge just a little too far, his shoulders will shrug up past his ears, he'll crinkle his forehead, pucker out his lips and prolong the "who knows" look he's trying to convey just a wee bit longer in case anyone didn't catch the hilarity of it sooner.

You know when you're in a situation, and it's really not meant to be funny, but you have to hold back your giggle fit because letting it out would just be completely inappropriate? I'm interested to see how many more days like that I'll have this semester...