[HPFGU-OTChatter] Being boring; public speaking

[Amber ?]

Aberforth's Goat (a.k.a Mike Gray) wrote:
>BTW, I'm curious: is the kind of person who hangs out on this
>kind of list typically good at acting and public speaking but
>rather shy in direct personal conversation??

Shy, shy, shy, shy, shy, shy, shy. Did I mention shy? *grin*

I love mailing lists. In real life, I have a difficult time speaking with 
people, particularly if they are strangers. Mailing lists are great because 
I can take the time that I don't have in Real Time Interactions to compose 
all of my thoughts and arrange them. As I am a slow thinker, it typically 
takes me quite awhile to write emails, unless they are very short.

I *can* do public speaking (as I proved to myself in my Public Speaking 
class in high school) but I don't prefer it. I have to practice, practice, 
practice or I freeze up and start stuttering. Once I start stuttering, it's 
all over! It also helps to think of it as acting. Oddly enough, I have no 
problems getting on a stage in front of tons of people and being a 
character. Maybe it's because my every word is scripted for me and I don't 
have to worry about that! *grin*

~Amber

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Infinitely suffering thing.
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