public speaking

In an hour I have to give a speech for my class at IUPUI. I am not looking forward to it. My speech is OK (if people laugh when they're supposed to) but not spectacular. However, it's memorized so it's too late to write a new one. The topic is me, so thankfully I didn't have to do any research. However, I can't explain myself in 1:30 to 3 minutes. That's impossible! My speech is just about 2:45. I surely hope I don't go over!

I already had speech in high school with Mrs. Baumgardener, and I wasn't terrible, but I wasn't perfect either. One time I couldn't remember a word (that I had just said, too!) so I just said, whatever, you guys know what I mean. I got marked down for that. This class I'm taking now is gonna be tougher. There's a lot more reading and assignments, plus the speeches have to be well-researched. Oh joy. At least I don't have to take it next year! That's why I'm doing it now.

I have noticed that my comments have tapered off significantly since that whole Christmas thing. I know that it is more interesting to try to convince people of your views that read about the mundane happenings in my life which right now is basically school, but you should still comment. Otherwise I will be very sad because I will think that no one likes my blog :-(. So just comment! If you don't know what to say, tell me what your middle name is or something.

Question: Is "gonna" a real word? Is it true that "ain't" ain't a word because it ain't in the dictionary?