The Elusive Beverage

I love to drink, but, sadly, I've exhausted all available varieties. There's almost nothing I haven't tried and frankly it has gotten boring. I mean, seriously... water, pop, milk, tea, coffee, sports drinks, Sobe, juice, flavored water, energy drinks, you name it. The only type of drink that I have not extensively sampled is of the alcoholic variety. Yes, I will admit, I've had a little wine here and a little beer there, but not enough to satisfy my desire for the only uncharted drink in the galaxy of my life. Now, I have no desire to get drunk and, in fact, most of the reason that I want it is because I can't have it... or at least I can't attain it on my own... or legally. But anyway...

Ryan's recent post mentioned his fear of public speaking. I don't think public speaking really bothers me anymore and that's weird considering that I don't talk much to begin with. Whether it's 5 friends, 20 classmates, 100 church members, or 1000 strangers, I think I could handle it pretty easily. Of course, it wasn't always this way. Doing speeches in Mr. Loga's 8th grade language arts class was horrible. I was nervous and my hands and voice shook... it was pathetic. Speech class during my junior year wasn't bad at all though. I was the first one to give our first speech in that class, and I even volunteered. In fact, writing the speeches was worse than giving them, especially with my graduation speech last year. I was more afraid of what people would think of what I wrote than actually getting up in front of a full gymnasium and giving the speech.

I hope you all (meaning BethAnne and Alecia) update your blogs more when you're at college. It's a good way to indirectly keep a connection alive over long distances in my opinion. The others can feel free to update regularly as well.