First, I have to admit that while BYU is a very strange place, it is not as bad as I imagined it to be. It's not one big stake activity all the time. However, there are some really strange things that go on every now and then, the culture is very unique, and sometimes I eavesdrop on conversations that drive me insane and then make me laugh.
Monday's and Wednesday's I have class until 1:50 and then not until 4. This week I decided it would be better if I just stay on campus all day and get homework rather than go home for a couple of hours and get distracted by facebook or something. The weather was amazing this afternoon, so I decided to sit outside the science center and study for spanish on the grass.
I was laying there when I kind of spaced out for a second and I heard this group of about 3 seemingly normal looking girls talking 10 feet away from me.
"Did you know you have to confess to the bishop if you french kiss...EVEN when you're married?"
"What? I knew I should have walked away before you said anything, I wish I didn't know that."
"It's what the prophet says."
They were completely serious and honestly concerned. I could not believe what I overheard. It drove me insane for a couple of minutes and made me a little sick to my stomach to know some people actually think things like that, but then I decided that it was hilarious instead of disgusting...though I still think it's probably a combination of both. I'm still astonished by some of the people I'm surrounded by.
Anyway, as far as good news goes, The Arcade Fire played at Thanksgiving Point and it was the best show I've ever been to. So much fun. And, as a bonus, the hot sign was on at Krispy Kreme donuts in Orem on our way back, so we got free fresh donuts.
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BYU is freakin hilarious. You need to start a book with all the dumb things you'll hear. Don't get mad--just laugh. It is kind of like the police blotter in Ames. The BYU Urban legends are the best. Before you leave you will hear how someone's father plowed over a Nephite girls bones and she resurrected in front of him. Or the kids that got married and divorced over the weekend in Vegas just so they could have sex legally. It is all fun!! Letters to the editor in the BYU paper are also hilarious--How can I go to the Temple with a Beard but not BYU? If you are watching the edited R movies, aren't you causing the editor to sin by watching beforehand? Oh, I wish I could live that life again. Love and miss you guys-Sean
definitely hysterical!! start keeping a book and keep us posted. you might even stories from students about how their great grandfather could have baptized Hitler, which of course would have changed the course of history
where did these people come from...hilarious! i'm glad you had fun at the concert. and doughnuts are always delicios.
in a few years, you'll be so glad you're documenting things like this in a blog. i wish i had written that sort of stuff down.
i agree, byu is a strange sort of place. it's annoying, but at the same time also hilarious. you'll have to write to alex about that story.
I just realized my comment was signed under sean. The second comment (the really awesome one) is actually from me
ooo, that makes me cringe. i'm hoping it was a rehearsed little joke those girls like to act out when they are sitting near innocent students a-studying.
i'm so jealous you got to see arcade fire. but, did you know i'm seeing the decemberists in chicago???? i'm soo excited!
wow. that is classic. you could probably start writing for SNL after you graduate.
i am seeing arcade fire this weekend! on an island. with lcd soundsystem, blonde redhead, and les savy fav. glad to hear it's a good show.
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