spellbound_wind_miko
2009-01-19 18:38:12 UTC
My face goes red, I can feel my face burning, which makes my throat suddenly go dry and raspy and so I have to talk more quietly so keep whatever smoothness and moisture in my voice/mouth I have left. When I try to talk louder (counts for marks), it just sounds really bad so my face gets redder from embarrassment. Then the longer I’m up there and feel my face getting hotter, my eyes start to water and then OH it’s so embarrassing!
Plus, multi-tasking: breathing while talking, while focusing to not focus on the eyes starring at you, focusing to remember to make eye contact, thinking if you're doing good at the moment, trying to make sure the words don't go all blurry on me, trying to prevent my face from going any redder. And don’t forget the looks of pity on everyone’s face for you when you’re done presenting.
And the two people that will present before me, I don't want to use the word dumb since it's a mean word, but that's probably the nicest word to use. Their project will probably be incomplete tomorrow so there's a big chance that I'll go first!