In what ways do you communicate online?
Snarkily, sincerely… all sorts of ways, really.
Snarkily, sincerely… all sorts of ways, really.
With respect to giving a performance, not since elementary school plays, and I was not good. As for speeches, yes, a number of them.
There is no first impression I’d like to give everyone. For most people I’m good with “seems decent enough,” but there are people I’d be quite happy to think me a lunatic. I guess the most useful first impression would be to be seen as one who can spot someone who is manipulative, a friendship “level jumper,” or of nefarious intent so as to minimize the approach of such people in the first place. [The problem is that most such people see themselves as charismatic and gregarious rather than as manipulative. They don’t realize their stank shows through.]
Stand on a hill and howl. Don't wait for the perfect moon. Gather your thoughts, & wash the: cliches, doublespeak, technocratic jargon, and weasel words out of mind & mouth. (Those shitty words, phrases, and qualifiers are heavy, and will weigh down your message & keep it from sailing.) Then, belt it out. Let your words fly. Express your authentic self. Huff & Puff, and let the bricks fall where they may.
There was an old man, some called "ancient," who got riled everyone was so impatient. "The world was much better when we talked by letter, and you only got instant replies if adjacent."