In certain circles, Thursday is known as "the Triviaman's Friday."
Trivia is different every night, but exactly the same. I'm a carnival talker, same basic script daily but with new questions, new jokes fitted into their spots. Same warnings, I do them by rote while feeling out the crowd. I need you to take your cell phone i-phone, i-pad, smart phone, flip phone, whatever it is you use to communicate with other people, and put that in your pocket or your purse, out of sight and off the table.
I'm completely in love with my own voice these days. This is a post-testosterone affair. I'm good on a microphone and on the rare occasion that I eat shrooms I wind up talking a lot but very calmly just to enjoy what I sound like. I may have a problem with maintaining an inside voice, but that's been a lifelong truth.
I love my job.
It sounds like an interesting job and lifestyle.
ReplyDeleteI think everything feels normal from the inside.
DeleteYou are so good at what you do. I always feel as if you have complete control of your Triv People. In a good way.
ReplyDeleteAt least you HAVE an inside voice. Your nephew Gibson, as you know, does not.
At his age, I doubt I did either.
DeleteHA! I read that as "inside voice", not inside voice. So I was thinking, "what is he talking about? His inner (inside) voice works great, that's what makes him such a fine person"....noooowww, I understand - inside as in not outdoors, meaning - you're loud:)
ReplyDeleteI too, love to listen to myself talk..
I have a kind of gravelly voice - allergies, not cigs. I think I sound like a truck driver. Wish there was a record button here so we could hear you expounding.
You know, they do make a battery powered microphone so you could just carry it around and speak into it any time you are so inclined.
It's the joy of speaking plus the enjoyment of my voice, I think. Recorded, I wouldn't care as much.
DeleteI am glad you like your job and your voice. My voice is too quiet and I get interrupted. A lot. I like my job most days.
ReplyDeleteI get over-excited and have a problem with interrupting. I catch myself doing it and I know it's annoying.
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