Last night I got an email announcing that I was accepted to Grad School! That's the good news, now for the observations from a day of silence. Today was very different from last year. Last year I was out and about interacting with the public. This year I stayed home all day so only my family had to deal with it. My dad spent quite a bit of time yesterday trying to convince me that not talking today wasn't that big of a deal, that maybe talking about things could change the world. I agree talking about things can change the world, but so can just a bit of silence. We morn people by having a moment of silence. This day is a day of morning for those who cannot speak for themselves, for those who have lost their lives because of their assumed crimes of being gay.
Truthfully the worst part of today was the fact that my boyfriend actually tried to get me to talk. Otherwise once my dad got here he accepted my silence. There were quiet a few jokes about how to keep me quiet. I have since last year picked up ASL and at points I found myself signing to people who had no idea what I was signing. No one in my family knows sign at least not as much as I do so it was pointless to even try. I ended up, like last year, passing notes in the same notebook even. I don't feel I should have even bothered to be truthful. I mean I know it was good for me in the practice of self control or something of that sort, but I didn't make an impact.
Truthfully the worst part of today was the fact that my boyfriend actually tried to get me to talk. Otherwise once my dad got here he accepted my silence. There were quiet a few jokes about how to keep me quiet. I have since last year picked up ASL and at points I found myself signing to people who had no idea what I was signing. No one in my family knows sign at least not as much as I do so it was pointless to even try. I ended up, like last year, passing notes in the same notebook even. I don't feel I should have even bothered to be truthful. I mean I know it was good for me in the practice of self control or something of that sort, but I didn't make an impact.
