Will’s View

Have you ever had someone try and schmooze you? It was a new experience to me, maybe it usually happens and one doesn’t know that it’s schmoozing. The story goes: last night I was at a small doo for the end of our production, Working. It was a cool party, in a warehouse-style place in Northcote. Some ways into the party one of the members of the cast, approached me and decided to schmooze. Now I’m not the best techie that even I know, but this lovely cast member had figured I could help out UMMTA by aiding their technical crew in setting up venues and operating sound or something for them. Now I spose I should be flattered, but truth be told the whole schmoozing thing threw me off! What is one meant to say while being schmoozed? And to be honest, you have a far better chance of catching my attention or getting me to help if you ply me with alcohol or food.

Also in the weekend was my inaugural IKEA venture. I was prepared for a revolutionary concept in furniture retail, but even as such it was a rude awakening …. these stores are seriously huge! It almost felt like I was walking around someone’s house, inspecting the sturdiness of their drawers, and testing the spongyness of chairs. It’s not hard to see how people can get obsessed and spend hours in there. Even though there are arrows on the floors, maps, and many information stations, we still managed to lose one of our number after he went off on his own to investigate a chest of drawers. But we stayed around and waited, for the rules of IKEA are similar to those of war: Never leave a man behind.

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