thanks to my new job, i have gained a new skill: the ability to yawn with my mouth shut. this is a key skill to have while at meetings and i have to attend a lot of meetings. this is not exactly the kind of skill i wanted to gain from this job but it will definitely be useful.

for years i have been trying to find a technique to overcome sleepiness at meetings. i have still not found a sure way to achieve this. the best i have come up with is digging my nails into my skin to force some pain so that my eyes shake off their sleepiness. it doesn't always work. nor does chewing gum or eating candy, something i used to do in class lectures. perhaps gum is more effective in a work setting. now i know why i see so many gum chewers among my co-workers.

hilarious sign above the copy machine at work