fuck them bitches

so, the unemployement threat has hit US as well?

we had this situation in 2009-2010. now it's slowly getting back to normal, people are not as scared of losing their jobs as they were back then.

they are dicks. it's just a threat but less syg for me and more free overtime so I can keep up with thier expectations

I'll have another important presentation later this evening in Prague. I'm all suited up and I hope I'll do well. Please cross your fingers for me.

it''ùs haerddddddd tro typep whitù crosseddfingersl, but willl do man!-

i did well, i was fine
however, i did dissapoint myself much
very much
i was nervous before so i decided to take one quarter of a Rivotril (Clonazepam) tablet ... against anxiety, you know. it's a very very small dose, but still...

so, i did great, i was calm as a zen buddhist, i presented with confidence but then it wasn't me, it was the chemicals.
now, i'm drinking at home and i'm pissed at myself. i always was against things like that but now i kind of lost my cool.

Corporate whore.

i am sad. really fucking sad.

you need practice at this shit. i learned in graduate school. i had to teach. my first day i was sweating like crazy-- my armpits and back were SOAKED. it took a while to get used to being in front of an audience, but eventually my splash factor was minimal. now i can speak in front of 1000 people with no problem--- it's the same principle regardless of group size. once you're used to speak to a group of strangers, it's the same with or without people, with or without cameras, etc.

for your consolation: im thinking the klonopin (clonazepam) might have had more of a placebo effect than an actual one, because *it's not fast-acting*. if you want fast-acting pills you need to take the xanax route. so yeah, you probably tricked yourself into doing it with "magic pills". now just practice-- don't wait until the next presentation to start vomiting with nerves.

nope. i'm fine today. i took morning off so that i can listen to music on my balcony and smoke cigarettes and watch rain fall.
never mind the stuff around that, i did a good job yesterday and that's what counts.

plus youre HUMaaaaanNNN!!

I think 'fe-' is a feminine prefix (grammatical feminine rather than gendered feminine). Wo- I'm not so sure about - I think it was thought of as a contraction of 'womb', but I seem to remember that theory was thrown out.

These are speculations - will have a look and get back to you.

Do you really want me to google "female etymology" "woman etymology" and "male etymology" and "man etymology" for you?
No you don't.
You're not like that.
I'm kidding.
I hate reading sources online for that kind of stuff anyway.

WO-TANG CLAN AIN'T NUTHIN TO FUCK WITH!

womb an wo mban?

I forwarded that to you, sorry, meant to put slavo's mail in the address field.












sorry

I lied.

I don't think slavo makes presentations in english language?

i only give presentations in English from time to time. Mostly it's Slovakian, as at the present I don't have many international clients.

Do you have to use annoying marketing lingo in english anyway?

be the death of me

I m looking forward to killing you.

Another one today. Cross your fingers for me please.

You'll be fine mate!

Kind regards

It went allright! It lasted for 3 hours or so (!) but I did well. Thanks mates.

I won't make any jokes on that sentence.
I just won't.

if your armpits didn't soak through your jacket, you won.

God, I hate having to get up there and do stupid ass shit.

hah, see I didn't even see that coming.

(another one!)

Another one in about 2 hours. I'm concentrating.

I's my little ritual. I have these little things that I need to do before i feel completely confident. Going here and talking about that is one of them.

I did good. I am satisfied and so was the client. Good job.

More terrifying that being raped?

What if you gave a big presentation, and then the audience raped you? All of them, angry and full of rape, while you're helpless to resist, or even advance the slide to the next pie-graph showing trending sales of widgets?

This happens in some countries; countries like yours.


@-slav-o: how is this more difficult than twiddling knobs?

it's much more difficult.
when i twiddle knobs, i don't have to say anything. i just stand there and play music.
but as soon as i'm expected to talk in front of more than 5 people, it all goes to shit, basically, i get all anxious etc.
I've just learnt how to live with that.

Another one coming up shortly. I'm concentrating.

just take a nap man

like muhammad ali before his fights

everything went great.
I was a star.

Gah, I have a fear of having to take a huge dump during a presentation...

or a huge fart that would be terrible, like Becky on Roseanne farting in front of the whole school assembly

congrats. keep practicing until it's nothing.

I've been doing that for past 5 years and this has been one of my ways of dealing with the situation - writing here shortly before and shortly after the crucial moment. it helps.

I have another major one in about 3 hours.
This time completely in English, in front of international clients.
I'm not even nervous yet. But I think I will be. Cross your fingers for me please, as always.