The Quiet World

I was linked to this poem while reading the BYU 100 hour board today. I decided I love this poem and I already know I love the 100 hour board.

The Quiet World

In an effort to get people to look into each other's eyes more, and also to appease the mutes, the government has decided to allot each person exactly one hundred and sixty-seven words, per day. When the phone rings, I put it to my ear without saying hello. In the restaurant I point at chicken noodle soup. I am adjusting well to the new way. Late at night, I call my long distance lover, proudly say I only used fifty-nine today. I saved the rest for you. When she doesn't respond, I know she's used up all her words, so I slowly whisper I love you thirty-two and a third times. After that, we just sit on the line and listen to each other breathe. Jeffrey McDaniel

School Started

I'm only going to pause briefly to apologize for my hiatus from blogging. Life has been busy.

Anyway, school is kicking my butt right now. My classes are pretty fun and this is the Arts semester for the elementary education program. That means I get to take things like art, drama, dance, and music. These classes, however, come with a lot of projects that take hours and hours. So I spend my time coloring with crayons and choreographing dances and singing "My Country 'Tis of Thee" into a tape recorder. Epic.

The new ward is pretty good. I was so scared and sad for everybody to leave, but we got some legit new people. We had a solid week of activities for the first week so everyone got to know each other at least a little bit and it got the ward started on a good foot.

I am going to try to blog more regularly. I swear. In the meantime, enjoy the view I woke up to a little less than a week ago

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