[ilovew]

Wow, you mean I'm NOT the last person to see it? I feel better now.

I had to give a presentation in Judaism today. It was scary. Scary meaning I HATE standing in front of the class and talking. But school is okay. We have two and a half weeks of classes left and then exams. I'm not looking forward to exams. And I still need to buy my roomie/best friend's graduation present. I don't know what to get her. Maybe I should get her something practical that she can use during grad school. (Did I mention she's going to Columbia University?)

I always get special e-mails. I got one from the South Carolina GOP team leader and I got one from my uncle ;) Yes, and I got one from Jon too.

One of my friends pretended to get mad at me because I didn't have a new button today. I told her if she wanted to give me 30 dollars to buy new buttons for every day that's left, she was welcome to.

[homemom]

It can be scary to talk in front of others! I've pretty much gotten used to it--I love to teach.

Ideas for your friend for graduation--a scrapbook for graduation pictures (if you're interested, I'll FReep you some ideas. That's what I'm making for two friends' kids who are graduating from HS this month). Picture frame for a pic of you, engraved with a saying about friends. Or yes, something practical for grad school. Who is going to be your roommate next year?

That's funny about the button--at least people are noticing!

[GretchenM]

I had to give a presentation in Judaism today. It was scary. Scary meaning I HATE standing in front of the class and talking

Would you like to know how to get rid of that scary feeling? I recommend taking a public speaking class, in or out of college. It forces you to find a subject, prepare a text, practice practice practice, and find out how to do better and most of all, to work down your fears to nothing. It is applying the same principle of how an emergency medical technician can respond so calmly and rightly at the scene of a gory, bloody, mangled-body accident while others are freaking out and sick. It's the training and the application of it. You can overcome this and turn it into an ally. You "speak" wonderfully well on the computer and I know you can transfer that to public speaking with practice.