Comments on: I’m embarrassed. http://clamrampant.stblogs.com/2007/11/19/im-embarrassed/ One of the Good Shepherd's flock. Just hanging around, blogging, and eating my grass. Sat, 10 Jan 2009 01:31:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Jaibee http://clamrampant.stblogs.com/2007/11/19/im-embarrassed/#comment-2041 Jaibee Mon, 26 Nov 2007 14:20:41 +0000 http://clamrampant.stblogs.com/2007/11/19/im-embarrassed/#comment-2041 Ha! You said that at least you didn't go up and ask him how Heather was. Now, I did go up to a girl and say, "Hey! How are you? Did you get through reading I Samuel?" She was like, "What?" "You know, I Samuel.... For class?" "Umm, I'm not in a bible study." "You're not?!?" (And keep in mind, she knew *exactly* who *I* was...) "No." "You're not in Bible study on Wednesday nights with me?!?" "No, I'm at RCIA with you, Tuesday nights." "Oh, whoops. I forget where I know people from.... So.... Have you ever read I Samuel?...." :) It's too funny, I really don't know who people are, and they know everything about me. Especially if I see people out of context. I suddenly will have no idea if I know you from high school, the Navy, work, college, church, anything. Ha! You said that at least you didn’t go up and ask him how Heather was. Now, I did go up to a girl and say, “Hey! How are you? Did you get through reading I Samuel?” She was like, “What?”
“You know, I Samuel…. For class?”
“Umm, I’m not in a bible study.”
“You’re not?!?” (And keep in mind, she knew *exactly* who *I* was…)
“No.”
“You’re not in Bible study on Wednesday nights with me?!?”
“No, I’m at RCIA with you, Tuesday nights.”
“Oh, whoops. I forget where I know people from…. So…. Have you ever read I Samuel?….” :)

It’s too funny, I really don’t know who people are, and they know everything about me. Especially if I see people out of context. I suddenly will have no idea if I know you from high school, the Navy, work, college, church, anything.

]]> By: Kasia http://clamrampant.stblogs.com/2007/11/19/im-embarrassed/#comment-1989 Kasia Tue, 20 Nov 2007 16:15:10 +0000 http://clamrampant.stblogs.com/2007/11/19/im-embarrassed/#comment-1989 And when you get a minute, tell us how the newest Siekierski is doing and how Mom and Dad are doing too. But no rush - we know new babies mean busy parents!!! :-) And when you get a minute, tell us how the newest Siekierski is doing and how Mom and Dad are doing too. But no rush - we know new babies mean busy parents!!! :-)

]]> By: Kasia http://clamrampant.stblogs.com/2007/11/19/im-embarrassed/#comment-1988 Kasia Tue, 20 Nov 2007 16:14:22 +0000 http://clamrampant.stblogs.com/2007/11/19/im-embarrassed/#comment-1988 Well, now I'm even more embarrassed because I thought someone else was you!!! ;-) Glad I didn't go up and start asking how Heather and the kids were...I know Heather's a common name, but the odds that this guy has a wife named Heather too are pretty slim. It had a great turnout - 100 or 150 people, and a wide range of ages. Probably 25 - 80 or so. The facilitator commented more than once on how good the turnout was, and how nice it was that young people were showing up too. Apparently at most parishes they get a dozen or so elderly parishioners and that's it. I was a little disconcerted by some of the responses given, but I think that if they take the whole of what was offered and try to implement it, we'll end up with a reasonable integration of the more orthodox parishioners with the sort of SOVII parishioners. I suspect that that's what we need: to grow together rather than to veer off in either direction. Well, now I’m even more embarrassed because I thought someone else was you!!! ;-) Glad I didn’t go up and start asking how Heather and the kids were…I know Heather’s a common name, but the odds that this guy has a wife named Heather too are pretty slim.

It had a great turnout - 100 or 150 people, and a wide range of ages. Probably 25 - 80 or so. The facilitator commented more than once on how good the turnout was, and how nice it was that young people were showing up too. Apparently at most parishes they get a dozen or so elderly parishioners and that’s it.

I was a little disconcerted by some of the responses given, but I think that if they take the whole of what was offered and try to implement it, we’ll end up with a reasonable integration of the more orthodox parishioners with the sort of SOVII parishioners. I suspect that that’s what we need: to grow together rather than to veer off in either direction.

]]> By: Matthew A. Siekierski http://clamrampant.stblogs.com/2007/11/19/im-embarrassed/#comment-1987 Matthew A. Siekierski Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:37:42 +0000 http://clamrampant.stblogs.com/2007/11/19/im-embarrassed/#comment-1987 Nope, wasn't me. I didn't get to make it out to the parish meeting...too busy with the new child. How was it? Nope, wasn’t me. I didn’t get to make it out to the parish meeting…too busy with the new child.

How was it?

]]> By: Stephanie A. Richer http://clamrampant.stblogs.com/2007/11/19/im-embarrassed/#comment-1983 Stephanie A. Richer Tue, 20 Nov 2007 14:09:40 +0000 http://clamrampant.stblogs.com/2007/11/19/im-embarrassed/#comment-1983 Kasia - how funny, because I just posted a comment about this very phenomenon - people being identified by their "familial" relationship to a pet or smal child. Go and look at my reply to Karen's comment at my posting "All Creatures Great and Small." A person who truly amazes ,me with his memory is the principal of my kids' school, Brad Snyder. He knows every child's name AND seems to be able to quite handily pick out their parents as well, with knowledge of their first names! Kasia - how funny, because I just posted a comment about this very phenomenon - people being identified by their “familial” relationship to a pet or smal child. Go and look at my reply to Karen’s comment at my posting “All Creatures Great and Small.”

A person who truly amazes ,me with his memory is the principal of my kids’ school, Brad Snyder. He knows every child’s name AND seems to be able to quite handily pick out their parents as well, with knowledge of their first names!

]]> By: Timmay! http://clamrampant.stblogs.com/2007/11/19/im-embarrassed/#comment-1975 Timmay! Mon, 19 Nov 2007 20:56:41 +0000 http://clamrampant.stblogs.com/2007/11/19/im-embarrassed/#comment-1975 I'm the same way. Decent with some faces, horrible with names. I'm really good at pulling off the, "Hey, you, how've you been?" without giving myself away. It's even worse with kids and teens. I've worked at a youth retreat center for about 9 years now. Probably seen close to 100,000 young teens. That entire age group is one giant blur in my mind. I've bumped into kids a day later and not remembered who they were. But again, I've gotten good at faking it when I get the inevitable "Do you remember me?" question. If I'm this bad at my age, I dread to think what I'll be like as I get older. I’m the same way. Decent with some faces, horrible with names. I’m really good at pulling off the, “Hey, you, how’ve you been?” without giving myself away.

It’s even worse with kids and teens. I’ve worked at a youth retreat center for about 9 years now. Probably seen close to 100,000 young teens. That entire age group is one giant blur in my mind. I’ve bumped into kids a day later and not remembered who they were. But again, I’ve gotten good at faking it when I get the inevitable “Do you remember me?” question. If I’m this bad at my age, I dread to think what I’ll be like as I get older.

]]> By: ArchAngel's Pulpit http://clamrampant.stblogs.com/2007/11/19/im-embarrassed/#comment-1973 ArchAngel's Pulpit Mon, 19 Nov 2007 18:57:06 +0000 http://clamrampant.stblogs.com/2007/11/19/im-embarrassed/#comment-1973 Well, they do say "love my dog (kid, toy, etc.), love me"; or something like that. ;-)) Well, they do say “love my dog (kid, toy, etc.), love me”; or something like that. ;-))

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