closure, sort of
tonight, i finally got to present. i'm glad. my presentation went wonderfully. i only had to really cough three times, and could get on with just throat clearing and tea sipping for the rest. yeah, people had to be really quiet to hear me, but it's finally over. i knew all my slides, all the prompts i'd set up for myself, what i was talking about, etc. nary an um in sight.
other groups who'd been delayed weren't so on top of it. they couldn't remember the order of their slides, weren't sure who was presenting which part, and had lots and lots of ums and pauses. but then, they also had two people to coordinate. i just had to get together with myself and figure out how we were doing it. turned out, i was just going to do it all. real simple, you know? still, i think the put-together-ness of my presentation was a good thing. as a comparison for presentation-grading purposes, etc.
i went first, and i'm glad i did, because damn it all, the voice went out again toward the very end of it. i really don't know what's up with that, but the prof was looking at me funny all night, and finally ended up repeating my mom's sentiment. at the break, she practically dragged me to her office to give me new flavors of tea and told me that it was almost certainly time to see a doctor. that i hadn't had a voice for two weeks (which isn't true: the voice went out tuesday evening, so it's only been a week and a day). that by the time something reached the throat it was a second infection. all kinds of scary shit about pnuemonia and bronchitis. i shudder. it didn't help that i had to leave the room during our meditation on the essence of a cookie.
so i figure i'll see if the cough goes away by friday morning. if yes, praise be. if not, i'll sigh in defeat and call for an appt. because really. this isn't the clinging cough that lasts a bit longer. this is the still sick as a dog cough after i'm feeling better.
...
and yeah, we meditated on cookie-ness in class tonight. cookie-hood. the state of being a cookie. the qualities of and criteria for cookies. it was odd. but i think it was supposed to teach us how to differentiate between types of text for TEI coding. um. it's mostly like spelled out html, so i'm good on it anyway. the cookies were nice, though.
and i bought some cherry cough drops, so now my menthol can come in two flavors instead of just one!
love and peace
other groups who'd been delayed weren't so on top of it. they couldn't remember the order of their slides, weren't sure who was presenting which part, and had lots and lots of ums and pauses. but then, they also had two people to coordinate. i just had to get together with myself and figure out how we were doing it. turned out, i was just going to do it all. real simple, you know? still, i think the put-together-ness of my presentation was a good thing. as a comparison for presentation-grading purposes, etc.
i went first, and i'm glad i did, because damn it all, the voice went out again toward the very end of it. i really don't know what's up with that, but the prof was looking at me funny all night, and finally ended up repeating my mom's sentiment. at the break, she practically dragged me to her office to give me new flavors of tea and told me that it was almost certainly time to see a doctor. that i hadn't had a voice for two weeks (which isn't true: the voice went out tuesday evening, so it's only been a week and a day). that by the time something reached the throat it was a second infection. all kinds of scary shit about pnuemonia and bronchitis. i shudder. it didn't help that i had to leave the room during our meditation on the essence of a cookie.
so i figure i'll see if the cough goes away by friday morning. if yes, praise be. if not, i'll sigh in defeat and call for an appt. because really. this isn't the clinging cough that lasts a bit longer. this is the still sick as a dog cough after i'm feeling better.
...
and yeah, we meditated on cookie-ness in class tonight. cookie-hood. the state of being a cookie. the qualities of and criteria for cookies. it was odd. but i think it was supposed to teach us how to differentiate between types of text for TEI coding. um. it's mostly like spelled out html, so i'm good on it anyway. the cookies were nice, though.
and i bought some cherry cough drops, so now my menthol can come in two flavors instead of just one!
love and peace
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