Out of my depthAs a schoolkid, I signed up for a public speaking contest purely as a ruse to meet girls. It haunts me still: in front of 300 people, I started to speak, dried up, stood there for what felt like half an hour staring at the floor and then slowly walked back to my seat. Oh, and the girl I liked laughed.
Have you ever been utterly, completely, devastatingly out of your depth?
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chthonic, Thu 14 Oct 2004, 15:07)
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Primary School, Wizards and Guitars :-SWell, when I was a young'un, I had somewhat of an active interest in the performing arts so naturally I participated in the schools drama group.
We were due to put on a play (can't remember what it was about to be honest) and they asked if anyone could play any musical instruments. Me, having taken guitar lessons for a grand total of 3 weeks and being about 8 years old, was a tad over confident in my abilitys so I shouted, "Well miss, IIIIIIII play the GUITAR!!!"
Silly bint actually believed me so next thing I new, I was sitting in front of the whole school on a stage, dressed up as a wizard and holding a guitar whilst being suitably shit scared. (I'd like to add that from what little I do remember of the plot, wizards and guitars were suitably out of place).
So, I then begin to pluck out a rather moving rendtion of jingle bells (again, it wasn't christmas :-S) stand up and walk off the stage with a completely blank look on my face.
Looked like a bit of a tit really.
(, Wed 20 Oct 2004, 13:07, Reply)
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