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the_deep_magicTurns out training wasn't so bad -- many, many self-confessed nerds among the other tutors, and plenty of Trekkies. Quite a few female Trekkies, too, which means there's a statistically significant chance of a K/S shipper among them. We need some type of sign -- a code word, a secret handshake, something. C'mon, guys, we've had since the '60s to come up with something. I just have to know whether my boss is one of the Old Guard, and I can't just ask. I'm not an expert on workplace etiquette, but I think that crosses a line.
It's really a shame that I don't get to actually spend time with many of these people -- I work with two of the four other writing tutors and, of course, Simon... and that's it. I think you must have to share a certain strain of crazy to do what we do for no money and not a lot of respect, especially the people that have been doing it for years. Highlight of the meeting: one of the icebreaker questions was "What's been your greatest accomplishment?" and this math/science tutor proudly answered, "Well, I once got kicked out of a lab for coding my initials into an organism's genome. The professor made me take a bioethics class after that."
I THINK THESE PEOPLE ARE MY KIND OF PEOPLE.
One of the writing tutors I don't work with seems like she might be into internet fandom of some kind, but again, not sure how to broach the topic if we don't get to spend a lot of time together. Again, signals: one for being in fandom, one for being a slasher, one for being a fic writer, one for being a fan artist... Will someone ask The Gays (y'know, at their next meeting) if we can we re-appropriate the Hanky Code? (Color for fandom, patterns for orientation [het, slash, femslash, all of the above], left pocket means "I write/draw/vid it," right pocket means "I read/look at/watch it"...) Interfandom cooperation and standardization, people. Somebody get on that.
Also, turns out I learned something I did not know: I have a second school e-mail address which no one thought to mention to me and which, when uncovered, revealed 52 new e-mails dating back to April, some of which were replies to messages I sent from the address that I knew about. The surprises just never end.
It's really a shame that I don't get to actually spend time with many of these people -- I work with two of the four other writing tutors and, of course, Simon... and that's it. I think you must have to share a certain strain of crazy to do what we do for no money and not a lot of respect, especially the people that have been doing it for years. Highlight of the meeting: one of the icebreaker questions was "What's been your greatest accomplishment?" and this math/science tutor proudly answered, "Well, I once got kicked out of a lab for coding my initials into an organism's genome. The professor made me take a bioethics class after that."
I THINK THESE PEOPLE ARE MY KIND OF PEOPLE.
One of the writing tutors I don't work with seems like she might be into internet fandom of some kind, but again, not sure how to broach the topic if we don't get to spend a lot of time together. Again, signals: one for being in fandom, one for being a slasher, one for being a fic writer, one for being a fan artist... Will someone ask The Gays (y'know, at their next meeting) if we can we re-appropriate the Hanky Code? (Color for fandom, patterns for orientation [het, slash, femslash, all of the above], left pocket means "I write/draw/vid it," right pocket means "I read/look at/watch it"...) Interfandom cooperation and standardization, people. Somebody get on that.
Also, turns out I learned something I did not know: I have a second school e-mail address which no one thought to mention to me and which, when uncovered, revealed 52 new e-mails dating back to April, some of which were replies to messages I sent from the address that I knew about. The surprises just never end.
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Date: 2012-09-02 04:21 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2012-09-02 01:21 pm (UTC)I'm serious. A trekkie would know what it means, right?
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Date: 2012-09-03 09:31 am (UTC)wow. so that guy had a 3 combo of actg for initials. still laughing. that teacher needs a fistful of chill pills. well, unless that guy was changing the sequence for a vital amino acid that would end in gruesome malfunction. which is so statistically unlikely. mutations are rarely significant. OH WOW, I AM SO OVERTHINKING THIS. stopping.
so many trekkies. one of 'em has GOT to use the internet for something other than email. START VANILLA. like cons, fanclubs, forums etcetera. or disregard me completely because i'm shite at socializing and i have no idea what i'm talking about.
yeeeeah. great group of people, sounds like. :)
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Date: 2012-09-04 02:52 am (UTC)IF WE COULD MAKE THIS A THING THEN I COULD HAVE A SOCIAL LIFE.