i like to do voices. i like to make funny sounds and strange accents. it’s one of the things that i just like to do. sometimes it annoys people. most of the time, it’s just amusing. like most people, i put inflections in my voice according to the content of what i’m trying to communicate.
but i can never seem to say something with total and honest un-emotion. i simply can’t say it. and when i try, it sounds like i’m being dry and bland on purpose (which i am, but that’s my point).
some people i know have the opposite problem. EVERYTHING that they say is so… witless and flat, that they have trouble holding my attention.
so, unconsciously, i affect the way people understand me just by the tones i put in my voice; i’d like to think that perhaps i can use this to my advantage. on occasion, however, this has disasterous results, especially with sensitive situations.
maybe i should practice saying witless and flat things more often. probably in private, when no one can hear me. i could say things like “The weather is nice.” or “That is a red truck.” maybe even, “Hello.”
i have trouble with hello’s. they’re always emphatic. in any direction. for some reason. i can never make it sound like the straight-ahead, no-nonsense greeting that it’s meant to be.
do i have a problem with over-expression?
it’s a good thing that i’m writing this instead of speaking it, because then my voice would probably make this issue sound like a joke, or your ears might interpret it that way.