I found myself noty nervous at all, until I got up to the podium. Then my mouth felt like it was filled with cotton.
As far as the conference as a whole, I found myself fully engaged the entire time. Really enjoyed watching people deliver their material, and handle some difficult and left-field questions. My wife said she was completetly interested from beginning to end, and that time really flew by. I was a bit nervous that there would not be enough questions from the audience, but there almost too many! That one gentleman had me laughing. I was waiting for him to ask if his dreams would ever come true.
Kim Bain! I'm so proud of you. I heard from Prof. Tougaw that you're the valedictorian of my ACE class! So happy for you and you deserve it. Sorry I couldn't make it to see the speech. I had unavoidable class.
And Anthony- your mom's antipasta was so good. Tell her thanks so much.
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Congratulations, Kim!
I wasn't really nervous about there not being enough questions, especially since I was doing my best to avoid being asked one, but I was nervous about the crowd level. For my own sake (i.e. my fear of public speaking), I wasn't wishing for this conference to be a crowded, full-house event, but when only 5 people were there when we started, I found myself hoping more people would eventually show up.
Posted by vitaminc | May 20, 2007 11:39 AM
Posted on May 20, 2007 11:39
Scottie, is this a test to see if I'm reading your blog entries?! Well, it worked. And I'm no longer anonymous either. Thank you so much for your good wishes. My speech went really well. How ironic it was the same evening of our presentations, which really warmed me up for the ACE event.
I think you did great Scott (no pun intended). It's funny, but the picture of you and your wife is the only one that came out that day. I'll give you a copy.
Posted by Sonomas | May 24, 2007 3:29 PM
Posted on May 24, 2007 15:29