well that was embarrassing...

i started off the term with a bang.

9am, first class of the day; the prof? why the lovely prof b of course. he was waxing lyrical about the importance of communication skills in our area, and looking damn fine in a well-cut grey suit, pale green tie and newly-shorn hair. he likes to tease students when they answer questions, not in a condescending or mean way but more in a fun, flirty kind of way.

prof b (to the class): "name some of the physiological manifestations of emotion."

the first example given by a classmate of mine was crying, whether it be due to stress, sadness, happiness or anger; the technical term for crying is lacrimation.

prof b: "okay, what's another example?"

CET, raising her hand: "blushing."

prof b: "what's the physiological term for blushing?"

now, i am extremely jet-lagged and tired beyond belief; it is barely past 9am on a monday morning. CET is not functioning at 100% mental capacity. while the answer is vasodilation of the blood vessels underneath the surface of the skin, CET cannot physically form a coherent sentence to convey this answer; instead, she gesticulates with her hands on her cheeks, pointing and moving her fingers in a way that denotes an expanding of the vessels beneath her skin. this display is obviously not working.

the class erupts with laughter for a number of reasons:

a) some of them know of my attraction to prof b, and are howling loudly as a result;
b) a lot of them are on facebook and know of a certain (silly) group that i joined that attests to his attractiveness;
c) like my answer, CET by this time is a bright cherry red.

prof b then proceeds to point out my blushing and asks, "why are you blushing? are you in LOVE?" at which point the class is in hysterics and i am laughing at my own reaction and the ridiculousness of it all.

my answer to his question? "perhaps..."

what cheek (literally).

CET :o)