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Started by icarus, April 16, 2008, 02:22:24 PM

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Delling

I'm making this post for two reasons: 1) this thread stopped at 99 posts and call it what you will: I have to get it to 100 :P and 2) to reply to something

Quote from: koko_99_2001 on April 28, 2008, 01:33:57 PM
... our presentations were based on the different types of research we did into all the different journal articles.
This reminded me that I need to prep an article for journal club tomorrow...

Quote from: racx_00 on April 30, 2008, 10:37:33 AM
Notes I tend to have, but I hate them and try to ditch them at the last second. XD Rehearsing is something I've never done, that only makes it more nerve racking in the end.

I had to do a speech in front of 700 people. I had no idea what I was to say, and I pulled it off perfectly with minimal amount of nerves. I just find it so much easier that way. Writing a speech and knowing what you have to say means you think it over in your head a lot more. That tends to kill me. XD
This reminded me of my valedictory (and was what I figured I should reply to)... I would have much rather spoken off the cuff (in which case, I would have lambasted the school's shortcomings), but the administration required that I turn in a speech ahead of time. The administrator did say it was the best one he'd ever read (but then I don't think he'd read that many ;P).

I wrote something like four before that one... each one was pretty cruel to the school in its own special way. ::) :P IIRC, in one, I likened the behavior of the student body to that of lamias and nagas (part-snake, part-human creatures) and the school itself to something like a corrupting swamp that made the students that way...

Anyway, I got up there, saw a particular instructor in the audience (wanted to go hit him (he was horrible!)), paused abruptly, heard one of my friends sitting with my family shout something out at me, and got back on track. I think I ultimately stumbled over only a phrase or two.
Noli me tangere! Nescio ubi fuisti!
Don't touch me! I don't know where you've been!

Marquess of Pembroke
Duke of Saxony in Her Majesty's Court
Knight of the Swan for Her Imperial Highness

...resistance was obviously useless against a family that could invent italics.

"Let the locative live."

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Yonkey

You were valedictorian? :D  Congrats! XD
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PirateKingChris

No shock to me, Delling, you seem like an ingenious fellow!
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Delling

Quote from: Yonkey on May 27, 2008, 07:02:31 PM
You were valedictorian? :D  Congrats! XD
Quote from: PirateKingChris on May 27, 2008, 07:38:26 PM
No shock to me, Delling, you seem like an ingenious fellow!
:) Thank you both (though it was a rather small school).:P
Noli me tangere! Nescio ubi fuisti!
Don't touch me! I don't know where you've been!

Marquess of Pembroke
Duke of Saxony in Her Majesty's Court
Knight of the Swan for Her Imperial Highness

...resistance was obviously useless against a family that could invent italics.

"Let the locative live."

http://my.ddo.com/referral/Delling87

Deloria

 
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Suzie

Congratulations from me also :D


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Delling

Thank you both...

I'm a little surprised to be receiving such congratulations from everyone... you do all know I'm referring to my high school graduation? *thought that was in the post somewhere* :P ??? (maybe it's just that it was 3 years ago :P... the nuance has worn out on me ;)) :) *is happy to receive the congratulations all the same* :P
Noli me tangere! Nescio ubi fuisti!
Don't touch me! I don't know where you've been!

Marquess of Pembroke
Duke of Saxony in Her Majesty's Court
Knight of the Swan for Her Imperial Highness

...resistance was obviously useless against a family that could invent italics.

"Let the locative live."

http://my.ddo.com/referral/Delling87

hula_chick

I didn't know you were valedictorian either- congrats! Unfortunately, I, to am shy...I know groundbreaking, right? I, however like large groups as long as I know everyone...
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Quote from: Delling on May 30, 2008, 12:56:38 PM
Thank you both...

I'm a little surprised to be receiving such congratulations from everyone... you do all know I'm referring to my high school graduation? *thought that was in the post somewhere* :P ??? (maybe it's just that it was 3 years ago :P... the nuance has worn out on me ;)) :) *is happy to receive the congratulations all the same* :P
Indeed. XD It merited congratulations, no matter how long ago it was. :D

 
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Rosella

Psh. It doesn't matter when it was or at what size school. Valedictorian is definitely admirable. Congrats!

Also I have no real reservations about public speaking, but I used to be terrified. Ever since I started getting solos in choir in 6th grade, I got a lot better very quickly. I would tense up completely and start shaking. Not good for singing. :P That only happens rarely now, and never with school presentations.

I don't think I'm really shy. I don't have reservations about talking to people (Unless they're someone I particularly feel I have to impress :sweatdrop: ,) but I lean towards not having many friends. What Neil was talking about before about "I can't tell T because he'll tell Y" holds very true for me. I can't stand all of that so usually the people I do befriend are the shy ones. Inserting myself into complicated webs of loyalties does not sound appealing to me. :P

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Deloria

If I'm speaking to someone I know I'll see and speak to often, I tend to be much more reserved than I am when speaking to another I know I'll never see again. ;P I can ramble about a variety of topics if I'm at ease and can usually manage to easily impress someone if I feel I must, but am much happier regarding and listening to group discussions from a distance, rather than participating in them and dislike being the center of attention. :) 
 
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PirateKingChris

I've actually gotten myself talking to a young lady on facebook whom I've only met once and already been invited to New York Comic Con next year  :D
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I'm too shy for that, *joins the club*
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Jumpmann1

I'm shy, but I'm not afraid of talking to lots of people.

icarus

than you're a bit luckier. As You can see it's for me difficult. Even here at the forum. (see my first post) I believe It took me a year too get a bit more open. Even now I sometomes have troubles whit it.
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I don't know about you, but the hardest part for me is meeting people. Once I know them a little bit, it's a lot easier to talk to them. Even with people I know, though, I often feel like they're just talking to me to be polite.  :-\

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icarus

Treu. It's that feeling can I trust someone. when you're talting to someone for a longer time you lear things about what you can trust to someone. In the past I lost my trust in people several times deu too they weren't trustworthy after I told them some things. Even now I have that trouble. Resently a coleage of mine broke it. He made worse jokes about my fantasy events. It made me feel terible. From that point I knew I wouldn't trust him anymore. He only gets tecnical information from me. No more social information. That is wors if you want to have a team instead of a department.
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tessspoon

That's awful that he made fun of your events. :( I think they look like fun :D

Carla

Quote from: snabbott on December 13, 2008, 09:44:19 AM
Once I know them a little bit, it's a lot easier to talk to them.
Agreed.

And I totally agree with the trust thing. Cause I'm really shy at first and also have severe trust issues, so it's really hard for me to meet new people.
What seems impossible now will be a distant memory down the road.