The Difference is in the Fingers - justin_guber

The Difference is in the Fingers

So I was talking to my girlfriend the other day about this here blog, and she said that reading my blog is like reading about someone completely different to the person she cuddles and makes out with, time permitting.

Strange, but somewhat understandable.

I often find myself able to articulate my thoughts, feelings and deepest desires with much more clarity when I'm typing. Perhaps it's because when I think, I type out exactly what I'm saying in my head. Talking, in retrospect, takes up too much time, and the mouth often loses the brain's plot.

My brain also tends to go blank during times of conversation. I could come up with a dozen witty one-liner comebacks to every single one of the various insults and disses I have received over the years.

It's most evident at pitches. When I'm presenting to the client, everything I plan to say in my head is automatically disposed of and thrown out of my ears, as I mumble and fumble my way through, hoping and praying I'm making sense.

Sometimes I'll type out my entire pitch and rehearse it and learn it, but the second I get asked a question I'm screwed beyond compare.

But with a keyboard, hah. I can type like a motherfucker, and all the odd anecdotes and disturbing adjectives describing the mating rituals of geese are released.

Yeah.

3.11.04 07:34

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