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Sep. 14th, 2004 08:30 amI keep on thinking, 'Hey, I should put [insert topic here] into my livejournal' then I keep on forgetting the topic... *sigh*
This weekend was a good weekend on site. Some ups and downs, and some interesting complications to the job thing, but I won't post anything on that until the matter is resolved.
I had an interesting conversation with a patron on Saturday, and had to make the awful decision of having a meaningful conversation, or staying in character. *sigh* So, I chose the former, and hope that was not too ill-done.
We had been talking about Her Majesty's attendance at the evening dancing, and he made mention of how he felt almost blessed to ... then he stopped and retracted the word 'blessed' because it had, perhaps, too strong of a religious connotation. I thought that was surprising, as wouldn't a well-bred young lady of some stature in the Renaissance unquestioningly be religious to some degree? So, I made a quiet jest, saying that well, perhaps he might prefer the word 'fortunate,' if he did not feel uncomfortable with the blind chance and luck that implied.
That led to him questioning my ... 'technique' as it were - Do I have to say things I don't mean while I'm working? How strong is the difference between what I feel and what Corinna feels? Are my reactions to the politics of the Chess Board faked, or am I really that naive and sheltered?
It was very interesting, and I hope he walked away from the conversation with a greater appreciation of the village and its inhabitants. I know I learned a great deal about the average patron and their knowledge base. Very, very informative.
This weekend was a good weekend on site. Some ups and downs, and some interesting complications to the job thing, but I won't post anything on that until the matter is resolved.
I had an interesting conversation with a patron on Saturday, and had to make the awful decision of having a meaningful conversation, or staying in character. *sigh* So, I chose the former, and hope that was not too ill-done.
We had been talking about Her Majesty's attendance at the evening dancing, and he made mention of how he felt almost blessed to ... then he stopped and retracted the word 'blessed' because it had, perhaps, too strong of a religious connotation. I thought that was surprising, as wouldn't a well-bred young lady of some stature in the Renaissance unquestioningly be religious to some degree? So, I made a quiet jest, saying that well, perhaps he might prefer the word 'fortunate,' if he did not feel uncomfortable with the blind chance and luck that implied.
That led to him questioning my ... 'technique' as it were - Do I have to say things I don't mean while I'm working? How strong is the difference between what I feel and what Corinna feels? Are my reactions to the politics of the Chess Board faked, or am I really that naive and sheltered?
It was very interesting, and I hope he walked away from the conversation with a greater appreciation of the village and its inhabitants. I know I learned a great deal about the average patron and their knowledge base. Very, very informative.
