oh noes
I have to give a speech tomorrow for COMM 2004. *whimpers* It's the first in a trilogy of speeches. My topic for the trilogy is computer security. The purpose of the first speech is to inform, the second, to convince there is a problem or need, and the third, to persuade.
Writing the first speech was uber hard. I knew what I was doing for the second -- to talk about the different types of attacks, such as viruses, denial of service, ad-ware, etc, and I also knew what I was doing for the third -- explaining how exactly to secure your computer, or as best I can explain in 5-7 minutes. But the first??? I had to make sure that I didn't do any persuading or need-explaining in the first. So I chose to talk about how computer security protects confidentiality, integrity, and availibility. Bweh.
So not only was writing the speech bad enough, but as usual, I'm nervous as heck about tomorrow. I knooooow most people have a fear of public speaking, but mine is worse than most people's, I swear. I feel like I'm going to throw up. My stomach turns even if it's not on a day I have to speak, but other people have to. I fear talking on the phone, I fear talking to people I don't know like when I go to the doctor's and stuff. I fear basically talking to anyone I'm not that close to. I'm so scared. ;_;
I didn't have a whole heck of a lot of time to work on this speech, either... These past two weeks have been crazy with work and tests and projects and Diffeq and running around and aaaaagh. So I did it all tonight. I just have the attention getter part of my speech left, then I need to practice.
I hope I don't get sick before my speech tomorrow. Everyone around here's been sick lately. I also hope it doesn't rain, because I have to dress up.
Aiiiiiiiiiiiieeeeeee! ;_;
Writing the first speech was uber hard. I knew what I was doing for the second -- to talk about the different types of attacks, such as viruses, denial of service, ad-ware, etc, and I also knew what I was doing for the third -- explaining how exactly to secure your computer, or as best I can explain in 5-7 minutes. But the first??? I had to make sure that I didn't do any persuading or need-explaining in the first. So I chose to talk about how computer security protects confidentiality, integrity, and availibility. Bweh.
So not only was writing the speech bad enough, but as usual, I'm nervous as heck about tomorrow. I knooooow most people have a fear of public speaking, but mine is worse than most people's, I swear. I feel like I'm going to throw up. My stomach turns even if it's not on a day I have to speak, but other people have to. I fear talking on the phone, I fear talking to people I don't know like when I go to the doctor's and stuff. I fear basically talking to anyone I'm not that close to. I'm so scared. ;_;
I didn't have a whole heck of a lot of time to work on this speech, either... These past two weeks have been crazy with work and tests and projects and Diffeq and running around and aaaaagh. So I did it all tonight. I just have the attention getter part of my speech left, then I need to practice.
I hope I don't get sick before my speech tomorrow. Everyone around here's been sick lately. I also hope it doesn't rain, because I have to dress up.
Aiiiiiiiiiiiieeeeeee! ;_;