A Writing Exercise

A close family friend is a writer. He shared a writing exercise on the blog to which he contributes. Here is the exercise from his original post.

Very funny - as I was drafting my exercise, the Poster actually calls. Eerie IS eerie…I step out of the room shortly after. You see, he was in town for work, so we met up for drinks, dinner and much needed catch-up and guffawing. 

Here is my exercise I left in response to his post:

Ah – perfect timing to see this. I’m in a meeting where, frankly, I have no hope of grasping it’s topic: Economic Indicators and the Education Market with subtopics: how to reform our Consumer Confidence Index into something professors would incorporate into their curriculum.
At some point, I am supposed to update all on how our experiential program offerings could be used for MBA students. Until I hear my name, I shall continue doodling spider webs in the corner of my agenda copy.
I shall type my “notes” with my thumbs and nod when appropriate. Economic jargon is not getting easier to understand, as I once hoped. I will never have a numbers brain.

The perpetual din of the two type-A co-hosts talking over each other almost completely drowns out the whirring from the florescent lights and dull hum of the projector (presenting a cryptic Company Offerings vs. Academic Discipline Matrix). Never have I heard the words “matrix” and “leveraging” so much in my life.
I’m saving the piece of pomegranate candy in my sweater pocket for when I get bored. Hard candy in jacket pockets reminds me of a Mr. Bean episode.
Thomas is calling me.
“leveraging”. There’s that word again…candy time.