getting nervous.

Despite years of standing up in front of various strangers who understand me to varying degrees and making a total tool of myself, I am now starting to feel extremely apprehensive about standing up in front of my peers, who will understand me only too well, and possibly making a complete arse of myself. I will be giving the presentation, which currently is residing in bits and notes all over the place, a dry run next friday, then the real thing on the 17th. Even as I write it and ponder over the idea, new thoughts have crowded forward, sometimes making what I want to say clearer, sometimes more complex, and sometimes I feel that all I'm trying to do is reinvent the wheel. However, I'm absolutely certain I'm on to something: by seeing verb forms and tenses in terms of being 'here' or 'there', it makes certain structures, in particular future forms and conditionals, much more accessible. What is going to be controversial, however, is what I'm going to suggest about 'going to'. I'm not about to say any more right now: I want it to be a surprise.

on the work front, I had a rather tedious afternoon session with The Group That Think They're Better At English Than They Actually Are. How can one make reading sessions more interesting?