There's Angels in the Architecture
Feb. 8th, 2007 12:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
twincityhackerToday I've given the worst speech I'm ever going to give. It was a simple idea: you get and object and a metaphor and you give three characteristics. Simple, especially for someone who is somewhat versed in improv, right?
Oh, so very not.
I flamed out - spectacularly. I had to describe how a groom was like a book. I got "They are both traditionally black and white." And that's it.
So I get up there, and then I start talking. Then I forget the word "dress," and it goes from failing to actively being pulled down. I stammer and have some nervy laughter. I admit that the speech is terrible. I finally scrape up the idea that grooms are like books because you shouldn't throw either as most are rather big and bulky and tie it off with purposefully bad line about how I'll stop now before I get any books and/or grooms thrown at me, and sit down.
Good news, I can only go up from here! Except my main trade is comedy with a touch of metaphysical, and my next speech is a eulogy. I have no idea how it's all going to turn out, but it needs to be another page longer.
And, I'm almost done with my application for the orientation leader, only with the essay about how I'm going to bring diversity and my views on the subject - and give my honest opinion. I've been strictly honest the entire paper, so I know I'm going to get chucked into discard already as I picked IU for the architecture and said so. Though I gave a damm good reason why the architecture was important to me and what that reveals about the institution.
Oh, so very not.
I flamed out - spectacularly. I had to describe how a groom was like a book. I got "They are both traditionally black and white." And that's it.
So I get up there, and then I start talking. Then I forget the word "dress," and it goes from failing to actively being pulled down. I stammer and have some nervy laughter. I admit that the speech is terrible. I finally scrape up the idea that grooms are like books because you shouldn't throw either as most are rather big and bulky and tie it off with purposefully bad line about how I'll stop now before I get any books and/or grooms thrown at me, and sit down.
Good news, I can only go up from here! Except my main trade is comedy with a touch of metaphysical, and my next speech is a eulogy. I have no idea how it's all going to turn out, but it needs to be another page longer.
And, I'm almost done with my application for the orientation leader, only with the essay about how I'm going to bring diversity and my views on the subject - and give my honest opinion. I've been strictly honest the entire paper, so I know I'm going to get chucked into discard already as I picked IU for the architecture and said so. Though I gave a damm good reason why the architecture was important to me and what that reveals about the institution.
