Okay, as usual I overreacted. The version of the handout I got was formated by the e-mail system. Actually it turned out exactly the way I designed it (apart from the fact that the papers weren't stapled together very neatly but, as was very visible, in a hurry).
The presentation itself... why is it that I had no problems remembering what to say and how to put it but the delivery is so bad? My voice trembles and I could make a milkshake only by placing it on my hands for the time of the presentation. This is why I do not want to be a teacher. Every teacher on this planet should get eternal respect only for having the guts to do it every day, to go in front of a punch of people (well, if you can call a hundred heads "a punch") and speak with a calm voice. Well, I suppose it's some kind of an improvement; I didn't go red this time nor did I sweat even though the class room was very hot (the sun had shone in the whole morning). And I did manage to keep the actual facts and things to say together w i t h o u t checking my notes. But I still hate the fact that my mouth starts resembling the Sahara desert during presentations. Nonetheless, the overall outcome of my part of the presentation was, in my opinion, good. I don't know what the teacher thought about it but I think I'll ask in two weeks (we have some kind of a lecture-free week next week).
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I've been in near proximity with Her again. She is so beautiful (do I hear someone throwing up somewhere?). No, seriously, it just never ceases to amaze me how divine she appears. Every time I see Her I realise it all over again, and I am once more left to wonder it. I no longer cherish the sweet yet deceiving thought of getting to love Her openly. But it doesn’t mean I couldn’t spend all this time and space to contemplate her beauty and kindness and intelligence here, time and time again.
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Our main feature for today is the fact that 23rd of February is Dana Scully's birthday (ta-ta-ta-tat-ta-taa). So, let us sing together: "Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear Dana, happy birthday to youuuu!" I already watched one episode of The X-Files that it particularly Scully-centred ("Beyond the Sea", 1. season), and I'll continue with "Tempus Fugit" and its sequel "Max" tonight. In the former Scully is actually having a birthday.
I have here a collection of Scully quotes that I find astute or funny (or both). Enjoy.
[talking of a guy who has an ability to, literary, talk anyone to do anything he wants]
Mulder: [Robert] Modell put the whammy on him.
Scully: Please explain to me the scientific nature of the Whammy.
***
Scully: You lied. You have seen this before, I can tell. You lied to them.
Mulder: I would never lie. I willfully participated in a campaign of misinformation.
***
Scully: Spontaneous human combustion.
Mulder: [grinning] Scully!
Scully: Well, isn't that where you were going with this?
Mulder: Dear Diary, today my heart leapt when Agent Scully suggested spontaneous human combustion.
Scully: Mulder, there are one or two somewhat well-documented cases.
[Mulder nods, grinning]
Scully: Mulder, shut up.
***
Scully: Nothing happens in contradiciton to nature, only in contradiction to what we know of it.
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Scully: Last time you were so engrossed, it turned out you were reading the "Adult Video News."
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Scully: I noticed you dropped everything fast enough in order to help her out.
Mulder: I was merely extending her a professional courtesy.
Scully: Oh, is that what you were extending?
***
Mulder: He just wants some dating advice.
Scully: From whom?
Mulder: Yours truly.
[Long silence]
Mulder: Hello? Scully?
Scully: Mulder, when was the last time you went on a date?
Mulder: I will talk to you later.
[hangs up]
Scully: The blind leading the blind.
***
[after doing some Christmas shopping]
Scully: One more "Silent Night" and I would’ve started taking hostages.
***
Scully: Begin autopsy on white male, age sixty, who is arguably having a worse time in Texas than I am, though not by much. I'll begin with the Y-incision.
[She picks up the scalpel provided to her and the blade falls off]
Scully: Yee-ha.
