Two (and two halves) Things I Learned Today

(Preface: I don’t have stage fright. I was performing onstage from the time I was three all the way through the end of highschool. I have no fear of public speaking. I know it’s unusual, but it’s true, it’s actually one of the biggest reasons I almost majored in education and became a teacher, b/c standing in front of people is so ok with me.)

1. I heart nonverbal clues. I am an absolute mess presenting online when I cannot see my audience.
1 1/2. My audience can’t see my blush when I present online, so I am willing to try to learn how to make this work for me, rather than running and hiding like I really, really wanted to.

2. The stress of presenting to an unseen audience can drive me to drink ALL THE BOURBON IN MY HOME.
2 1/2. There is startlingly little bourbon in my home! Either someone drank it all or someone didn’t plan ahead! Perhaps there is a clearly an imbalance between PowerPoint Perfectionism and Palliative* Procurement here?

* P-p-p-p….. I don’t know! I’ve been drinking and I typed in www.thesaurus.com and then “booze” and it told me it’s a synonym. The dictionary doesn’t associate it with booze at all. It must be colloquial.