I’m a little warm.

I considered seeing Cliff today, but promptly decided against it as I developed a cough during the day. I spent a good portion of the day playing Master Quest (Ocarina of Time). I’ve gotten halfway through it before with Cliff (or rather, while Cliff watched), but I couldn’t remember anything, so I decided to go through it again.

I’ve preemptively checked WebCT for online coursework and stuff. I managed to find a syllabus for my Speech Fundamentals class. I failed this class last spring, so I’m rather bent on destroying it. I’m taking it with a different professor and hoping this professor actually teaches me how to CREATE a speech. Giving a speech, okay, I get it. But my problem arose from topic selection and just feeling like I didn’t know how to write a speech.

Mentally, I want to not focus on the failure of last year, and instead remind myself of how large my nutsac is. Because if you’re giving a speech, you have to have the largest nutsac in the room. I deal with numbskulls 30 hours a week, you’d think I wouldn’t be bothered by groups of people. But it terrifies me. Still does. I’m thinking about getting up in front of the classroom before class, on a regular basis, just to desensitize myself to people looking at me. Or desensitize myself to just BEING in front of the class.

I’m thinking I’ll try talking to the professor preemptively. But as I’ve learned over the years, some professors are useless to talk to one-on-one. I have been consistently disappointed.

Here’s the instructions for the first speech.

1. Narrative Speech: Your first speech is a prepared speech about a topic familiar to you….you. You will speak for 3-4 minutes about yourself. You will need to bring in three items for the speech; each item should represent something important to you. One item should be your past, the second representing the present, and the third representing the future. The purpose of the speech is to share who you are with the class. This is your opportunity to tell your “story”. You can use 3 index cards for your first speech. An outline is also required.

My first thought is, “I wonder how high my bullshit quotient can be.” Three items? Oh man. That’s so hard for me. I’m not being sarcastic. I’m not good with thinking of visual aids. As a child, creating visual aids was something that baffled me, or something I let other people do. Past/present/future? I don’t really like talking about myself to strangers. I think I should remind myself not to take it too seriously. I don’t need to actually tell these morons who I am. Hrm. What Would Cliff Do?

Perhaps I should ask someone else who I am for ideas. Because I’m not doing my life story in 5 minutes.

Thermometer says my temperature is 99.8 F. Eh, not high enough for alarm. I mean, in contrast to Victoria nearly dying. NO DYING. I’ll turn in early. I’ll base whether I lift or not on how I feel tomorrow morning. I have class tomorrow at 1 PM and 5 PM. I also need to ensure I’m well enough to be employed. I like employment.

(I hate how females claim we’re weenies when we’re sick, but at other times will claim we’re too stubborn for not paying attention to when we’re sick.)

I’m craving my comfort foods. But I don’t have any cheerios in the house! :: pouts :: I’ll be sure to get some Thursday.