Recordings

As I'm typing this, I'm listening to a recording of myself practice a speech I have to give in a couple of hours. Thanks to my suddenly extra busy schedule this week, I am grossly unprepared for this. The recording, however, I think is really helping. I get to hear myself give my speech multiple times without giving myself a sore throat.

On the other hand, hearing isn't the same as hearing and saying. Especially when you're multitasking like I'm pathetically trying to do right now.

But once I've finished typing and posting this, I'm going to divert my full attention to the speech. Completely undivided attention. And hopefully these couple of hours before class will be enough to finish preparing. I did spend all yesterday afternoon and evening practicing this, after all.

Recordings are wonderful inventions. I'm so grateful for them. Back in high school, I used to use a lesser-quality recorder thing for memorizing poems or the Preamble or something. It really helped, although I did use it more than twenty-four hours in advance, unlike this instance. I really wish I could've started earlier, but oh well, I suppose. Live and learn.

Are you curious as to what my speech is about? Maybe I'll describe it tomorrow, if all goes well today and I make it back to you alive. Giving speeches is terrifying; who knows if I'll die of fright, even though the last two speeches were gracious enough to allow me to survive.

Adieu, mes amis.