How about those Gophers and Vikings? I'm now seriously interested in watching a UND vs. U of M football game, I have no idea what the result would be. What is going on in Minnesota sports right now? Did the sports Gods decide we wasted too many opportunities and are now shitting on us? Baffling.
Otherwise I've been a busy boy this past month and apologize for the lack of posts. Who knew full time graduate school and work would take up so much time? Never the less I'm glad I'm back in school, kind of kicking myself for leaving in the first place but we have to live with our choices right? My life now consists of reading textbooks, powerpoints, writing papers and discussing feelings with anyone that will listen.
Another new found hobby: observing new counseling students. They learn to ask how someone feels about just about anything in different ways and now that's all they do. The following discussion had me rolling in class the other day. 1st Year Boy (1YB) was attempting to flirt with 2nd Year Girl (2YG) and I was sitting between them. The names have obviously been changed to protect the innocent. I should also say that the female:male ratio is about 15:1 so it's pretty obvious to the rest of us when flirting is being attempted.
1YB: "Hi 2YG! How was your weekend?"
2YG: "It kind of sucked I was swamped with homework and didn't get to do anything fun."
1YB: "Interesting, how do you feel about that?"
2YG: "I feel like I don't have any time to do anything."
1YB: "Interesting, what are you experiencing when you feel like you don't have time?"
2YG: "Are you in Counseling Methods class?"
1YB: "I am. I'm wondering what that means to you that I'm in methods class?"
2YG: "It means you just learned how to ask effing feeling questions and are all excited to use them on me. So you can stop talking to me now."
SSWY: "Oh snapdragons!!"
1YB really had no response and hasn't been using his feeling questions in regular conversation anymore. Just a little counseling department humor for you.
Some questions to think about:
How were you feeling while reading this post?
Were there any differences in your feelings at the beginning compared to the end?
What have you learned about your feelings while reading my posts?
