famous for a day

while the hugging spree was taking place the other day, i was interviewed by the local (free) newspaper. they wanted to know what i thought about it, etc. so today, i'm in the paper, with a picture and a quote. i was a bit worried about the quote because in the excitment, i used words that could have been miscontrued, but they dealt with it well, i must say. so two of my colleagues wanted autographs, other people sent me emails to congratulate me on being in the paper, one adding that he'd always thought they made those 'people opinions' up, so that he now felt a lot better. luckily, all this attention was totally wasted on my students, and will hopefully remain so.