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JAI WAS already in the hall ? an unexpected full house of 400 ? and as I ____________________ on stage to check out the podium and get organized , she could see how ____________________ I was . While I busied myself arranging my ____________________ , Jai noticed that I was making eye contact with almost no one .

She thought that I couldn't bring myself to look into the ____________________ , knowing I might see a friend or former student , and I'd be too overwhelmed by the ____________________ of that eye contact . There was a ____________________ in the audience as I got myself ready . For those who came to see just what a man dying of pancreatic cancer looked like , surely there were ____________________ : Was that my real hair ? ? .

Even with ?

I wasn't in a suit . I wore no tie . I wasn't going to get up there in some ____________________ tweed jacket with leather elbow ____________________ . Instead , I had chosen to give my lecture wearing the most appropriate childhood - dream ____________________ I could find in my closet .

Granted , at first glance I looked like the guy who'd take your ____________________ at a fast - food drive - through . But actually , the logo on my short sleeved ____________________ shirt was an emblem of honor because it's the one worn by Walt Disney Imagineers ? the artists , writers and ____________________ who create themepark fantasies . In 1995 , I spent a six - month ____________________ as an Imagineer .

It was a highlight of my life , the fulfillment of a ____________________ dream . ? .

I thanked the ____________________ ?