A Blind Date and A New Discovery

So I am going on a blind date tonight and it is making me un-endingly nervous. So as I sit here and wait for that unavoidable knock on the door, I will tell you a little about my week. Last weekend I made the discovery of the recent BBC TV series Sherlock. I was instantly hooked. The plot was interesting, clever, clean, and uplifting, the characters likeable, and without that usual feeling of most American TV shows that they're just stalling you to get you to watch another commercial. What stands out to me about this show is that while the main character is haughty in his unique talent, he is still kind, compassionate, and loving to his friends (at times in a roundabout way). And just like our first day in communications Sherlock's talent is to observe things that people are communicating without speaking. When he explains the evidence for what he reads on people, the evidence is all there. This has made me desire to be more conscious about the messages I carry as I stated in my previous post. I can also see the benefits of picking up the signals of others. Both for empathetic as well as communication reasons. In our communications class we talked about how communication can help business run smoother, and for individuals to express themselves better. This can therefore help everyone get what they want so that everyone is better off.