So, today, two of my best friends got married. I'm sure pretty much everybody knew that, given that I've been talking about it for a few days now
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Set up was a bit crazy but it went fairly well once everything finally appeared. I think the only thing missing was the Bonny Taxi signs. Ah well, there was a phone book by the phone. I kind of feel bad about not hanging around to help clean up but I didn't realize how tired I was until we actually left the hall.
What an eventful day!
I hope Victor is alright too, wow was he ever buzzed. He was funny though, I must admit.
Vic's alright, I just talked to him. He's not even hung over.
My speech had to be one of the most improvised things on the planet, but I knew what not to do when trying to think of my next line. Luckily, every one of my comments that lead to a dead end mentally managed to get the crowd buzzing for a minute so I could think and compose myself.
I was saying to Curtis as we were shipping stuff back to his place, the public speaker's biggest enemy is using a 'filler' word like "um" to keep their speech going, as though they're expected to keep talking. It happens when your speech isn't getting the crowd into it, the awkward pauses where you NEED to think but the crowd is expecting more hit harder and more often so you keep stumbling trying to catch up.
But, I suppose some of it is natural too, I just work well in front of a crowd. I still cannot believe how many people said they thought it was the best speech of the night; the only thing different compared to all the other speeches was that it had a beginning, middle, and end.
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Set up was a bit crazy but it went fairly well once everything finally appeared. I think the only thing missing was the Bonny Taxi signs. Ah well, there was a phone book by the phone. I kind of feel bad about not hanging around to help clean up but I didn't realize how tired I was until we actually left the hall.
What an eventful day!
I hope Victor is alright too, wow was he ever buzzed. He was funny though, I must admit.
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My speech had to be one of the most improvised things on the planet, but I knew what not to do when trying to think of my next line. Luckily, every one of my comments that lead to a dead end mentally managed to get the crowd buzzing for a minute so I could think and compose myself.
I was saying to Curtis as we were shipping stuff back to his place, the public speaker's biggest enemy is using a 'filler' word like "um" to keep their speech going, as though they're expected to keep talking. It happens when your speech isn't getting the crowd into it, the awkward pauses where you NEED to think but the crowd is expecting more hit harder and more often so you keep stumbling trying to catch up.
But, I suppose some of it is natural too, I just work well in front of a crowd. I still cannot believe how many people said they thought it was the best speech of the night; the only thing different compared to all the other speeches was that it had a beginning, middle, and end.
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grats curt&laura
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