crazy busy!

I have not blogged in a long time. I have been scrambling to get papers written, presentations prepared, experiments/modeling done and 'surprise' assignments finished.... all while trying to study for 2 impending exams. Due to my average performance last term, I had to step it up a little this term and bring up my average to 'exceptional'.
In fact, the only reason I am blogging now, is because I have writers block. It feels like there is a huge wall between me and my keyboard and my will power to stay sitting here re-writing the same effing sentence over and over again is dwindling.

So last week I had another presentation (for a class) and afterwards, came to a surprising conclusion. I have absolutely NO idea how I come across to people when I am speaking to a large group of people. I do know that for as long as I remember, when I get nervous around people, I smile. I guess I think that if I am smiling, then the person that I am nervous to be around (for whatever reason) will think that I am an open to conversation and super friendly, making them feel at ease to start a conversation. This usually works, but I am beginning to think that I am taking this to the extreme when I am REALLY nervous.

At one point during my presentation I remember telling myself to calm down, and stop smiling so much. I wonder if I give off the impression of being ditzy and bubbly when I should be giving off the impression of being confident and knowledgeable. hmmmm. I will definitely need to work on that.

#5 I absolutely love reading action/adventure books that are loosely based on history. Yes, I liked the daVinci Code... but it is not my favourite.