A Very Cool Interview
I had an interview tonight, it was about me and the Tour de Cure. It was straight forward. I had the questions, I had thought about them, jotted down some notes. I know me, if there’s one thing I should be able to talk about with no problems, it’s me.
But like I do everytime I get put on the spot, I fail. I get the jitters, I can’t think, my thoughts just stop, I say “uh” a lot, I start to speak fast and my breathing changes. The most infamous time was in Ethics class in college when I was told to present what I thought about corporate responsibility. I had argued my point all semester and had finally had the chance to put it on paper. I couldn’t present it though. I got up there, handed my paper to the professor, got 1 sentence into my speech, and locked up. I looked at the professor and said “I can’t do this.” He told me to talk about what’s in my paper (which I was supposed to be doing anyways) and I told him “it’s all in my paper.” His response was “Have a seat Ms. Benefiel.”
It doesn’t matter how well I know my subject, I just have problems being put on the spot (even with full knowledge of what I’m doing). I know that I could’ve done better, but she said that I did well.
It was funny when she called because she asked if I had a couple moments, now, I had said when I was available to speak so I knew I had a couple moments, but I was all “no, I don’t have much time at all” and I sounded not as spunky as usual”, and she’s all “oh…” and then I started giggling, I had all kinds of time. I had been expecting this call.
She told me how she had googled my name and asked if I had a pet bobcat. I had to laugh, all I could think was that she had seen this morph:
I told her that I’m like a bobcat, speeding along. I have this thing for speed when I ride, I can’t help it, I crave it, I didn’t tell her that. I also didn’t say “I’m like a bobcat, speeding towards not my next meal, but a cure that will keep me alive.” That’s originally what that picture was all about.
When I get more information about when and where this interview can be found I’ll give ya a heads up. In the meantime, be excited, I am 
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April 30th, 2008 at 12:28 pm
Sweet!! I can’t wait to see the results of your interview!!