RaichuGirl

RaichuGirl, hi there! How've you been lately? You seem quite happy!

*waves*!

Now all I need to get is a tube to hold it in. The store I got it at was fresh out. ;-;

RaichuGirl, exhausted! I had to spend almost all of Saturday getting ready for classes and rushing around driving my brother places. But Sunday made up for it; I got this awesome playmat!
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RaichuGirl, yep! I was Google Imaging stuff for the lulz, and I decided to search Raichu and see what I got.
And you look very cute, if I do say so myself ;P

RaichuGirl, 2 more weeks of summer classes! I'm in the home stretch now and I have basically nothing to fear! Then I'll have 3 weeks off before classes start again. Woohoo!

RaichuGirl, yeah, I'm fine. I just wanted to see if you were okay, since the last time we talked you were a bit concerned.

But I am glad to see you are feeling better! What have you been up to?

You doing okay?

I am dead serious, you and Astra were by far my favorite players the game I hosted. Something about backstabbing roles is just awesome.

RaichuGirl, is there anyone you can talk to (like a league leader or TO or something) to get things straightened out and falsify the rumors? If you can I'd try and see if you could do that.

As for this Chris guy, I assume you've talked to him; is he willing to talk at all or no?
I'm not sure how much I can help as I haven't had to deal with rumors against me...though what you could do is find out where the source is and make it clear that the source is wrong...I think...

RaichuGirl, sure, go right on ahead.

RaichuGirl, apparently everyone thinks I'm a pro because I never pause ._.
Even if it's just reiterating the same thing again and rewording it...

...it makes me feel weird...I'm not used to receiving compliments.

RaichuGirl, Hmm... There are a few things you can do.

~Practice reciting your notes out loud at home before the actual event. Time yourself if you have to, so you know how long you take. If you do that at least once, it'll be better ingrained in your head so when you have to say it for real, you'll already know what you sound like.

~I know one of my own weaknesses is that I lose my train of thought and enter points of silence. I managed to remedy that by keeping myself talking, even if it was simply reiterating the same point but worded different ways. ...According to my peers in speech class, that's now been ingrained into me and that weakness is no longer present. So if you find you lose your train of thought, try and repeat the same thing you just said, then glance at your notes and see where to go next.

~In your notes/note cards, you may want to bold or underline certain points, so that you can visually picture where you are, based on what you can remember easiest. For myself, I bold wherever I quote a publication, and indent each sub-point.

~Keep two important things in mind: you are not in a judgmental atmosphere, and nobody gets it right the first time. In the few weeks I've been in speech class I've improved drastically, but only because I've had to give a lot of speeches. That was not only a push for me to get better, but a catalyst. I think the more you give speeches, the better you will get at it. Practice does make perfect, and also, when giving speeches, find what comes most naturally to you about it. That way you can fall back on that when you hit a snag.

*sidehug* You'll be fine. I didn't think public speaking was my thing either, and in a sense it still isn't, but now I know how to do it well. I'm not perfect either, though; I myself still have problems with eye contact! But do know that you aren't alone out there and many people have gone through the same things you have. I'm here to help.

I name my Pokemon all the time, though I standardly do so AFTER seeing its gender (though I generally do have a preference). I tend to have really good luck with Beldum; I get Adamant 30-31 ATK ones like it's no big deal o.o

If you want, after I get my games back I might be able to help you. What kind of stuff are you looking for?

...and what kind of help do you need for public speaking? Perhaps I may be of assistance.

RaichuGirl, how do I do it? ...what do you mean by that?

And oh wow. Don't get too deep into the competitive EV training/IV breeding. It's a curse you may never be able to get out of.

RaichuGirl, me? ooh, same-old same-old, still - but it's a good thing. Right now I'm prepping a speech I'm going to give tomorrow for my public speaking class; I just need to transfer my ideas onto this note card. I've been doing a lot of different things this week, such as organizing my class schedule for the autumn and trying to get a job as a tutor at my school. And I think my brain is fiiiiiiiiiinally starting to wind down.

How about you? We haven't talked in a long while; what's new and exciting in your life?

RaichuGirl, yeah on showdown when you enter a match for vgc you choose 4 of your pokemon and then it starts. Would you like to have a match?

I remember hearing he got a ban from sanctioned events, though I can't remember if it was for a year or for a lifetime. He appears to have dropped off the popular radar. I have not heard of hide or hair of him since that day.

RaichuGirl, uneventful other than summer classes, oddly enough. And by 'uneventful', I mean 'the usual events that pop up on a regular basis in my life' - so it's not that I'm not doing anything, it's that I'm not doing anything new...which is nice and sad at the same time.