Some man is talking and we are not paying attention...

...and today, we have the rare lecture opportunity of an internet
connection! Yay! I am sitting here with A--- and C--- and J---- and
L----identities need to be protected here for the sake of our stellar
reputations----and we are, how to say? not so engrossed in this man's
speech. he is a bit full of himself, but oh well. J----is getting her
postcards done, A--- and I are reading blogs, L--- is making origami
things, and C---, well C--- is actually awake for once!

We're sitting here in the "Great Hall," the room in which F. Scott
Fitzgerald says has a strange echo, and it does! The acoustics are
pretty bad in here; maybe this man is really an awesome speaker....maybe
it's just that I can't really hear him clearly....or that I've missed
too much of his talk...when will this be over?