Two blogs, glad the days are done...

Monday
We had our test for the blue book on chapter ten. I just wasn't focused on this test and so I hope I did okay. It wasn't that I hadn't studied or whatever but just that I was kinda stressed out I guess. Oh no, the rest of the class has sucked me in with their stress. I hope for the next test I can just put everything else out of my head, at least for that hour anyway. We went through another chapter in the red book too. There were some tips about how to keep our skills up and different things that we're supposed to do during our interpretation, like breathe. I think we do put a good deal of pressure on ourselves and sometimes we need to just breathe and calm down a little and we could do better sometimes. April came in and taught Ruby's class again today. It is interesting to see the different ways that things can be taught. But, I think any time that we're exposed to signing and using our receptive skills, the better we'll be at it. Any and all exposure is great for us and I think we all learn something new from April and Ruby every day.

Friday
Well, today I voiced for a video of Ruby and while I must say I was about scared to death to do it, I'm really glad I did. It's one of those things where you realize that if you never try to do something, you never will. That sounds cliche but it's pretty much right. And, it made me realize again that I need to work on my fillers. I guess it's just something I do until I can get some more information together in my head to put it out there but they're unnecessary and, like we've learned a thousand times, they tend to make the speaker sound less powerful. So, yeah, I really need to work on that, especially if I try to voice for Ruby again, who we all know is an extremely powerful speaker. But, I guess it's at least something that I know I need to work on.