Sara

It was such a miserable day out. It was dark, humid, and rainy. Yet again, I had nothing to do on a Friday night. My roommate was out with her boyfriend as usual and the cable was out because of the storm. The University newspaper had an article about an entomology seminar taking place in the auditorium at 7pm with world renowned entomologist Dr. Gilbert Grissom. I am not a fan of bugs, but at least it would give me something to do. Although, the seminar, which is in three parts, sounds boring and so does the speaker. Gilbert Grissom is such a weird name, who would punish a child with the name Gilbert? Obviously, Dr. Grissom's parents did.

I decided to call the cab at six so I would be early to get a good seat for the "riveting" seminar. I had no idea what to expect. Dr. Grissom sounded like an old deaf and blind man. Would he bring some of his creepy crawlers with him? I hope not because as I said before, I do not like bugs. I reached the auditorium at six thirty and was surprised to see that half of the seats were already taken. I sat down near the middle so I would be able to hear Dr. Grissom speak but be far enough away for him to ask me any questions. As the minutes went by the entire auditorium became full. All of these people came here for bugs?

The seminar started promptly at seven. Our vice-principal came out to introduce Dr. Grissom. Wow, was I wrong. Dr. Gilbert Grissom was most likely in his late thirties to early forties. His hair was dark and somewhat curly, with just a pinch of gray mixed in. He wore glasses that really suited the shape of his face. I expected him to wear a suit but he looked comfortable in his beige dress pants and green polo shirt. It kind of looked like he was "checking me out." I had to really focus on his words and not his appearance, to even remotely understand what he was saying.

Grissom

Wow, was the weather nasty today. I had to get ready for my seminar in the dark because of constant power outages. The seminar I was to instruct at Baldur University was to start at seven. I wasn't sure how casual or formal to dress so I chose simple beige dress pants and a green polo shirt. I thought I looked presentable yet best of all comfortable.

I was always interested in insects as a boy, that's why I became an entomologist. I do seminars for universities and colleges, but that's about it. I don't write books or anything like that. That's why I was so upset when I read the article in the university newspaper and it said I was world renowned. Heck, I have barely been outside the state of Nevada let alone the world. I know they put that just to attract attention because I believe my seminars can be pretty boring.

The traffic on fifty-forth street was really bad so I didn't get to the auditorium until seven-fifty. I normally like to be half an hour early for a seminar so I can get used to the crowd and my surroundings. As soon I got to the stage the vice-principal went out and introduced me. As I walked out onto the platform I looked at the audience. I always ignore the people who sit in the front because they are normally over achievers and suck ups. I can't see the people in the back because of the darkness and that's probably best because they don't normally pay attention. I like to scan the crowd in the middle: the students who want to hear what I have to say but think they are too far back for me to ask questions to. As I scanned the middle rows my eyes fell upon a brunette who was intently looking at me. I think she was "checking me out." She was captivating with her shoulder length hair and her dark navy sweater. I had to snap myself out of my revere to remember that I had to start talking about bugs.