Was asked this question at my Bachelor & Bachelorettes
Toastmasters meeting yesterday for the ‘Bedroom Topics’ portion.  Essentially, a question/topic is raised, and
a member is randomly chosen to fire off an impromptu speech whereas they should
sound intelligent, organized, collected etc. Ideally, you’re supposed to sound as if you’ve thought about the topic at great
length.   It was my first night in
attendance, and I was chosen to answer the British/American girlfriend question…   Here we go!

* Dana blacks out for a second - kinda like Will Ferrel’s debate in Old School.*

I ended up winning the impromptu speech / ‘Bedroom Topics’
award.  Couldn’t really tell you exactly
what I said, but had the crowd laughing and giving me constant attention as I strolled aound the room.  I was acting on pure instinct, quick-thought and moxie.  (Highlights of my improv speech included my myspace top 8,
pirates and a mud-wrestling contest between my make-believe British/American
girlfriend.)  Somehow I pulled it together, made it valid and won a sexy little award baby!  Plus made a TON of new professional friends/connections.  I’ll easily be back next week to defend my title haha.  

I’ve noticed something about me, I do much better when I don’t
think about stuff and just fire from the hip. 
Whether it’s speeches, projects, life, love, business/whatever - don’t
think, just do it.  Don’t over analyze, just tackle the issue.  Go with your
instincts, don’t think, don’t let emotion or the ‘power of good’ in.  Oh, and don’t be afraid to wow a crowd.  :) 
 
Impromptu Your Face Off,

–D

So the bottle of Kettle One told me to write this so pay attention, this post is costing me $30 bucks.  Remember this, it’s never what you say, it’s how you say it. 

For instance - taken from comedian Zach Galifniakis-

• She had a crack baby. 

            vs.

• SHE HAD A CRACK, BABY!!!

Granted my smooth voice isn’t there to speak it to you as you should hear it, you get the picture.  CEO’s know this, master pick up artists know this.  Either of them could recite their grocery list to their audience, and captivate the F out of their listeners..  So whether it be in the board room, bedroom, ordering your McFish, or working on a woman, it all depends on you and your personality - aka how you put your sh*t on the table! 

How the safety commission had to re-engineer crash test dummies purely to validate against American passengers….

Crash Test Dummies” />

Funny link I found off Digg.com. Great way to start Friday…

1. The badness of a movie is directly proportional to the number of helicopters in it.

2. You will never find anybody who can give you a clear and compelling reason why we observe daylight-saving time.
   
3. You should never say anything to a woman that even remotely suggests you think she’s pregnant unless you can see an actual baby emerging from her at that
   moment.

4. The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless of age, gender, religion, economic status or ethnic background, is that, deep down inside, we ALL believe that we are above-average drivers.

5. There comes a time when you should stop expecting other people to make a big deal about your birthday. That time is: age 11.
   
6. There is a very fine line between “hobby” and “mental illness.”

7. People who want to share their religious views with you almost never want you to share yours with them.

8. If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be “meetings.”

9. The main accomplishment of almost all organized protests is to annoy people who are not in them.

10. If there really is a God who created the entire universe with all of its glories, and he decides to deliver a message to humanity, he will NOT use as his messenger a person on cable TV with a bad hairstyle or in some cases, really bad make-up too.

11. You should not confuse your career with your life.

12. A person who is nice to you, but rude to the waiter/janitor, is not a nice person.

13. No matter what happens, somebody will find a way to take it too seriously.

14. When trouble arises and things look bad, there is always one individual who perceives a solution and is willing to take command. Very often, that individual is crazy.

15. Your true friends love you, anyway.

16. Nobody cares if you can’t dance well. Just get up and dance.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/3716/ebookebook-16-things-it-takes-most-of-us-50-years-to-learn

This was taken from the TV show Max Exposure.  It’s basically this guy, Captain Video doing one of his wacky, zany cable tv stunts.  He’s going to uncover a pool in the middle of winter… 
You pretty much grow to hate the guy in the first 2 seconds you see him, which is what makes the video so satisfying. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5RDR_MNlLs

My favorite part of the video is the stupid yell he does all the way into the pavement.  Go to hell Captain Video.