February 27, 2009

Without Halos, Without Pride

I gave a talk in sacrament meeting a couple Sundays ago. Wanna hear something hilarious? I sang a solo. And I did really bad. My main comfort is that I apologized beforehand. Justin says it's fitting that I sang badly because after all, you can't say, "Sorry but I'm going to sing a song for you" and then sing pretty. Plus it was a camp song. Pretty singing not required. Here's the song:

Do your pants hang low
Does your bellybutton show
Is your shirt too tight
Can you breathe alright
Is your skirt too high
Are you showing too much thigh
Are you dressing modestly

And then at the end of the song you HAVE to say, "Remember, modest is hottest." I debated whether to omit the song or not because I knew it was self-inflicted humiliation. Ann Rabe sings a solo?? I still laugh when I think of it, usually during the hymns. Justin said one lady told him that she felt she had gotten to know me so much better thru my talk. I found that frightening. Actually, the whole business of giving a talk is frightening. Kinda fun, but mostly frightening. It was such a relief to have it over, I felt like the other speakers and I should go have a party.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Bout time for an update. I wish you had given that talk here! I would have loved to seen and heard the solo. :-)

Rochelle said...

I liked that song :) Glad to see you have a February entry.

Vanessa said...

i agree about the scariness of giving a talk. I wanna come to your party cuz I had to speak a couple of weeks ago too...the bishop asked us 2 weeks in advance. If I have to give a talk, I would so rather have someone ask me like 2 hours beforehand. because that whole two weeks leading up to the talk were ruined my knowledge that I had to speak soon...