Speeches & Yosemite

I have not blogged this late in a while. I have good reason for doing so, but it is too long and complicated to explain why and it is not really entertaining to hear about. So I will just move into what I intended to talk about for tonight.

So for the past hour I have been rehearsing my speech that I am going to give for Hcom at 1 o'clock tomorrow. When first assigned this monumental assignment, my attitude was grim. When the weekend came before it was due (Monday 4th) and i realized i would have to start working on it, my attitude was grim. Sunday the 3rd at 12:00pm, my attitude was especially grim. I spent a total of around 6 hours writing/editing my speech and the PowerPoint to accompany my speech. When i finished doing all that it was 10 o'clock and I was tired. So i did not practice my speech. The next day i went to school and wrote out my note cards for which i was to use to give my speech. That took the entire car hour I have in the morning on mondays so i again did not get to practice my speech. So now it is Hcom time and I am really hoping I do not get called on to give my presentation today. Salvation is sweet. I did not have to give my speech. So tonight I had my chance to practice my speech. After my first run through, I realized I loved my speech. It sounded so beautiful. A perfect A. My attitude toward my speech is pleasant now. It is my baby, and I love it. However, the speech requirement is 5-6 minutes. No more, No less...or else. That first run through I timed myself via ipod touch (theres an app for that!). Once i finished my beautiful speech run through I picked up the ipod, which had gone dark from lack of touching, and looked at the timer. 9 minutes, 30 seconds. My smile went upside down. Fuck! So i was forced to cross out some points I wanted to talk about. Every line I crossed out on my note card was sheer pain. Like slashing my baby with knife. My speech, defaced and mangled. All that hard work. I took another couple goes to keep getting it down to 6 minutes flat. So much blood. It makes me sad. So now my beautiful speech is exactly 6 minutes when I keep a very steady/fast pace. No room for screw-ups. It is amazing how I hate speeches then love them after. I hate writing them, but then end up loving them. I did not know it would take this long to talk about this. I'm going to be hurting in the morning for staying up this late. 5:15, here i come!

So now for a quick Yosemite part. I will keep it brief. Yosemite has been on the brain lately. It is my symbol for summer, historically and recently. So now with finals so close I think about it a lot and how much for it will be to go back there for the summer. I can't wait. I am ecstatic. There is a Geology class at my school called Geology 330: Yosemite. I so want to take that class, but I can't because I am not a geology major. Damn the system! Also, today i took a geology test and one of the questions was "How was Yosemite's Half Dome formed?" Now that is my kind of question! I knew that before I took geology. There is a lot of Yosemite mentioned in my geology class. Yosemite Yosemite Yosemite! I've got Yosemite on the brain!

Foreigner song of the day:

"I'm Gonna Win"

This is a unique Foreigner song. It is not really about women or guitars or the usual. But it is still good!



Side Profile of Half Dome. You can kind of make out the cables where people climb up it. Happy climbing!