I Wish I Had a Time Machine

     I wish I had a time machine to go back in time and change many things about my Time-Traveller project-- mainly my hair.  Seriously, why was I not wearing a headband or having it, like, symmetrical or looking better than it did?!  Anyway, I watched the video twice.  The first time, I had the sound off because my dad was in the room and I didn't want to hear my own voice.  The second time the volume was really low, but I could hear my voice enough to kind of catch the gist.  I took the following notes (mainly from the silent viewing):
-clothes ew [I am referring to the baggy shirt under the shorter and supposed-to-be flowy shirt combo-- not my best use of stealing my Mom's clothes to use with mine]
-hair what was I thinking
-eyebrows are spot-on [I must have just gotten them done because I'm not going to lie I was pretty pleased]
-stop fidgeting and looking down
-favouring one side of the audience
-taking in a breath should not be that much effort [A couple times during the silent viewing it looked exaggerated]
-eyes looking straight up is a sign of unknowledgeableness [patent is in the works for that word I just made up haha]

Viewing with sound:
-nice lack of Jersey accent on  seventy-two
-was there really a need to exaggerate and sloppily do htose air quotes
-that paper is distracting

     OK, so here we go.
     I find that when I speak, I put on this "Public Speaking Persona", whether that is good or bad depends.  i found that my projection and diction were good, but my body language was more fidgety than I thought it  would be.  My paper was distracting-- I should have been so familiar with my notes I didn't need the paper. It was fine to have in the beginning, but after I used its  information it was just visual noise.
     As far as content goes, I was knowledgeable about jeans but I had a tendency to dance on the edge of going off on tangents (ex. high waisted pants, etc.).  I also am aware of my lack of verbal filter.  I am totally comfortable talking about practically anything-- girl problems, boys, etc., but perhaps a presentation to an audience of 1700s folk (i.e. not the class I know and love) is not the place.  I kept switching between presenting to a group of my friends and a Colonial crowd.  However, it did keep the audience on its toes.
     I was referring to the jeans I was wearing quite a lot, which is what I planned to do, but watching my presentation I see that it caused me to look down *a lot*.  Perhaps I should have kept eye contact with the audience sometimes while I referred to rivets or pocket corners or whatnot.  I also stayed on one side the whole time.  I thought I broke the invisible cage, but I just expanded it a bit.  Overall, however, I think I connected with the audeince and informed them of a snippit of the world of jeans.
     Long story short, while I may be comfortable in front of a crowd I still need some polishing.  My theatre and pageant years have given me a really good base, but I still have room for improvement.  You know, it can be hard playing yourself.  When I'm on stage, I'm allowed to go for "it", meaning y character.  I stand in character, I speak in character, etc.  When I was Miss Magnolia, I was Miss Magnolia-- I had to be a poistively perfect princess in every way because you never know who is watching (I miss it soooooo much). When you give class presentations, you have to be yourself, but a polished and knowledgeable version of yourself.  I wihs we had interviews with the Miss Magnolia Pageant because I think I would have really benefitted from a bit of professional and charm training.  I need to remain conversational and not condescending, while trying to sound-- and look-- informed.
     And for goodness' sake, self, throw a headband on!