I think my dad is rubbing off on me. Whenever I did something wrong or disappointing, my dad would never yell at me. Instead, he would look at me with a stern face and just stare at me shaking his head, calmly saying why he was dissapointed with me. I think I too, have begun to develop that same stare and nod. The boys here at JBC call it the 'Darrell nod'. Justin Fehl probably gets it the most. Whenever he asks me a dumb question or asks me something he knows will make me upset or does something extremely stupid (which he does quite often might I add) I simply look at him and give him the 'Darrell nod'. Somehow I am able to get all my feelings across perfectly by simply staring at him and noding my head. This is not to say that I am never vocal about my feelings or my emotions, however sometimes I think its better to get the point across by simply not saying anything at all, thus the 'Darrell nod'. Most of the time I don't even realize I'm doing it until Fehl says "There it is, that stupid nod!" or something to that matter. Then he starts laughing, because he knows he has in some way gotten me to think to myself 'Why in the world do I hang out with these nuts'. That is all.

  posted by Darrell @ 2:32 PM