Lol Poetry

[Ibun]

4. You're a woman.

/sexism

[Fritz]

Like I said in the IRC you should put yourself performing it on youtube for DC's enjoyment.

[Doc Sigma]

Like I said in the IRC you should put yourself performing it on youtube for DC's enjoyment.

[Arloest]

I'm nervous about this now =(

[Doc Sigma]

I'm nervous about this now =(

You've performed millions of times before, in front of much larger audiences. You'll do fine.

...does that mean you won't be nervous? Hell no! I'd be a lying suckup douchebag if I said "aww don't be nervous wub wub", because a bit of nervousness is to be expected. Just, remember that you know how to deal with it.

[Muninn]

I'd repeat some of the stuff already said (especially about the forced rhymes) and go into further detail a few times but if you have to go along with this because you need time to memorise it then there's not much I want to say that'll have considerable aid, unless you feel like editing it afterwards.

"Oh, egads, what for the doom that befalls!" doesn't come across as authentic

I'm going to have to disagree with you there. Some words now regarded as archaic sound better, especially when spoken. They can convey what's needed more dramatically and it's actually in written form where it looks awkward to me. Unless the place it's written is suitable for it, as this poem, which takes place in previous centuries, is.

[Hanging Tree]

"Oh egads" might sound authentic for a poem taking place in the past, except I don't think Aztecs said "oh egads"

[Arloest]

That's fine, since I never said "oh, egads" in the poem.

[Muninn]

"Oh egads" might sound authentic for a poem taking place in the past, except I don't think Aztecs said "oh egads"

Perhaps the Aztec/Spanish equivalent of that then if you're going to be that authentic.

[Tom Flapwell]

"Caramba" would seem to suit that purpose.

[Hanging Tree]

That's fine, since I never said "oh, egads" in the poem.

My bad. I just saw the other person saying you shouldn't say "oh egads" and assumed it was there and I had missed it since I just skimmed the thing.

[Arloest]

Hey guise.

Guise.

So here's what happened at tournament in the last two days.

My prelims round of poetry was amazing. In that almost everyone else SUCKED.

Original Poetry is ranked first on two things - the poem itself, and then the performance of it. In prelims, my poem ranked 2nd of 6 and my performance got 1st place. So I got 1st place in the room!

So I went to semi finals. There it was a little more difficult. Only the top 2 went to finals in that room, and there were 7 of us. My poem only got 4th place. BUT, the performance, once again, got 1st place. So then the judge could only rank me 2nd or 3rd, and one would break me to finals, and the other wouldn't.

But then he remarked that my performance was "one of the best recitations of any poem he had ever seen." So he placed me 2nd and now I'm going to FINALS.

All finals rounds go down tomorrow. It's gonna be EPIC.

Also at this debate tournament

Varsity LD Debate: I went 2 - 1, and JUST MISSED going to the elimination rounds my 2 speaker points. D:<

Domestic Extemporaneous Speech: I got 1st out of 8 in Prelims, but then 4th out of 6 in Semi Finals. Meh.

Duo Interpretation: There were 5 rounds in this, and a few teams got outed with each successive round. The 5th round would be finals. We made it to the 3rd round before we got outed. Not bad since this was our first time performing it, I guess. And we only had 4 days to prepare.

Dramatic Intepreation: 2nd out of 6 in prelims, 2nd out of 7 in Semi Finals, so I'm going in Finals in that tomorrow too!

WHOOO!

Stay tuned for moar.

[Gecko]

Congratulations! Good luck at the finals, and work on your presentation.

Since you can't change the poem, and your performance of it was your saving grace, nothing better to practice.

FIRST!!! Haha ha... that wasn't really funny.

[Arloest]

Oooh, actually I made last minute (really last minute - quick edits 30 minutes before the 1st round). I took out the first stanza and replaced it to something a little less "omg typical" (it involved me making circles in the dirt and stuff - good for performances really!), I prolongated the "A loud noise. Flash. Silence." part to make it less lame, and I simply removed the lines -

"I am but a child! I cannot die!
It’s not my time to be one with sky! "

Cause I hate them and they suck.

It seems to be working

[simon]

wowowow B)

That's so awesome Angela, seriously, I'm impressed. Talk about multi-talented ;) I'm only kidding a little this time, too!

you must film the final or you're banned