Public Speaking

I had my first Public Speaking class today, what I didn't know is was that Tuesday was the actual day I was suppose to start this class. I received and email from my teacher alerting me of my absence after which i decided to see what the class was all about.


To be honest, I didn't know what I had gotten myself into. Its a required class for my major but I underestimated exactly was it meant to be in public speaking. Once I went over the assignment and realized in depth what everything was about, panic ensued and when I realized a speech was do in the very next day I died a little, the horror. 


The speech was rather simple "If I could have an evening of conversation with anyone dead or alive who would it be and why". I already had someone in mind, Kevin James, however the very thought of standing in front of that class in front of people I don't know was terrifying but then something happened, and I just realized that the build up is worse than the actual act, that waiting makes everything only 100 times worse, your worry about your execution you cant concentrate on what the people before you are saying, your a mess.




So I decided I would volunteer to go first not because my story was so amazing but because it was better that way I force the pressure on the speech itself and not the act of doing it and when class started and the time came for these speeches, yup, I volunteered and went first I introduced myself and began my story and before I knew it was over, I was sort of amazing in a lame but not lame way. A personal triumph if you will.


This will be an interesting adventure 


My speech

If I could have an evening of conversation with anyone dead or alive, I would choose Kevin James the actor. You may know him from the tv series The King Of Queens or the movie Paul Blart Mall Cop, Grown Ups and more recently The Dilemma and Zoo Keeper
 I’ve always found Kevin to be inspiring he is a bigger guy and you don’t normally see them as the lead star in movies. His show was on the air for 10 years, 8 Seasons. He now stars alongside actors like Adam Sandler, Vince Vaughn and even Will Smith.
 I would ask him questions like how does he deal with nerves and how did he gather up the moxie to do standup or to just tell jokes to someone in general I think it takes a lot for someone to tell a joke to someone they don’t know with the intention of making them laugh, it’s a lot of pressure
 One of the things I admire about him is that he keeps his work and family life separate he is married his wife is also an actor and has a daughter but he is not the type to have his infant child plastered on the cover of some gossip magazine for press. Another thing I like is that he still does standup comedy from time to time which is how he got his start.
 Its always nice to see someone you can relate to on the big or small screen and I feel l see a lot of myself in him and some of the characters he’s played over the years and for all this is why I’d pick Kevin James to have an evening of conversation if I could choose anyone dead or alive.