(But I'll write a journal about them anyway)
Yesterday, I competed at the Sectional competition for Speech team in Informative Speaking. I wrote a Speech back in November about Hippopotamus Sweat (It's a sunscreen, sunblock, antiseptic, insect repellent, and it's blood red) and have since worked many, many, many hours perfecting both the speech and my performance.
Speech team isn't easy. It isn't people just talking, it's a grueling 12-hour competition where you are judged on everything from content, originality, stance, fluency, the sources you cite, motion, hand gestures, to even sometimes appearance. Four about four months I've practiced