while you wait for the others
sweat machine.
freaking out.
then rob was finally finished (he will just talk and talk and talk if you let him but it was good cos i was nervous and needed more time to hang with yankee jim) petitefashionista went afterward then i went last and all the nerves just disappeared the second i got up there i made everyone laugh quite a bit, they felt me and were impressed by my steez. some people fear public speaking more than death. fact. i tried to remember business classes and pretty much every single class ever how much i enjoyed giving presentations (when i was prepared for them) and talking for as long as possible.
then everyone got to see from where the magic happens. good thing it wasn’t hello kitty or lindsay lohan.
sean was a great help, he took some vids and snaps with his camera so you’ll have to wait on those. thanks guy.
all done so relieved, met many an interesting person afterward and exchanged cards, looking forward to future partnerships and maybe some more speaking engagements.
piece a cake.
more photos from the rest of the evening later.
i had 7 pages full of stuff i wanted to talk about and if i was nervous enough i woulda just read right through all of it in one minute. i think holding the microphone calmed me right down, at first rob was speaking without one then petite went up and she speaks so quietly someone asked if she could use a mic. i opened with my niche being for those who are 5′5 and up and everyone laughed, every time you get a laugh endorphins release. i used the term ‘cray cray’ then explained it meant crazy. more laughs. i was exactly myself and it all worked just fine. rob says i shouldn’t swear but what does he know every time i dropped an f-bomb or said shit everyone seemed to relax a little bit more. i’m not changing for anyone all those alleged non-existent grannies can blow me.
May 28th, 2009 at 11:00 am
sweat machine – nice one.
May 28th, 2009 at 11:11 am
I think you mean piece a cake with awesome frosting.
May 28th, 2009 at 11:20 am
yayyyy! Glad it went well!!!
May 28th, 2009 at 11:22 am
oh but i crapped like 4 times yesterday beforehand and i hadn’t had metamucil in two days purposely, even the day before it was an s-show. that is all. thanks guys!
May 28th, 2009 at 11:24 am
lets talk about your outfit! super cute!
May 28th, 2009 at 11:25 am
fanks!
May 28th, 2009 at 11:30 am
you looked gorgeous! that dress–perfect on you!
May 28th, 2009 at 12:12 pm
Fuck not swearing.
That’s a weird fucking chair.
May 28th, 2009 at 12:14 pm
ha your name came up during the top twelve toronto blogger pow wow
May 28th, 2009 at 1:21 pm
Grannies indeed. You looked great. and yah your biggest appeal is def realness. forrealsies.
May 28th, 2009 at 2:26 pm
Yeah Phronk we all missed you. You should move to Toronto.
Raymi you’re the bomb. I really hope you do make your speech into an ebook someday, you have a lot of good stories and even better advice for bloggers.
May 28th, 2009 at 3:41 pm
Nice armpit solution! People who don’t occasionally throw in a few swears worry me.
May 28th, 2009 at 4:49 pm
Congratulations on your talk and it going well. The topic is something you are passionate about.
Nice that you can be yourself.
What other words can we substitute for the F and S word now?
May 28th, 2009 at 5:24 pm
Dig the pit-naps, true class at it’s finest, I tell ya :p
PS glad to hear it went well!
May 28th, 2009 at 7:49 pm
ah god that dress is sooo good. glad it went well buuuuuudddy!
May 28th, 2009 at 8:40 pm
It’s okay for your to “work blue.” Now take the show on the road! “An Intimate Evening With Raymi the Minx” $75.
May 28th, 2009 at 11:44 pm
[...] Job, Raymi! Congrats! Raymi’s coverage of the event: raymitheminx.com/?p=14663 addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.seanward.net%2F%3Fp%3D1448′; addthis_title = [...]
May 29th, 2009 at 2:43 am
right on. knew you’d do great… i woulda shit my pants too. and a bunch of times… too. heh
May 29th, 2009 at 11:28 am
Aww you’re all nice. Okay I’ll move to Toronto.
Did anyone get video of Raymi’s speech? I’d love to see it.
June 1st, 2009 at 6:02 pm
way to go dude!
i get the nervous poops/gas too. major bummer
July 2nd, 2009 at 10:59 am
CityEvents would like to thank you for coming out and helping make SMOjoe’s “How to Be Famous on the Internet” workshop a great success! Everyone seemed to be really interested in what you had to say, and we think it was a lot of valuable information. It was cool to see your stats, pretty amazing. It’s nice to know that the best way to build readership is to just be yourself (which you are proof of)!
September 27th, 2010 at 1:58 pm
love the dress. where did you get it?