There is a "Biggest Loser" competition within Belmont Abbey College. You know, that reality show that you allow yourself to watch because, yes, you're rotting your brains, but no, this show is not a crime against humanity (see Real World). The winner recieves a great prize: potentially, an eliptical machine or treadmill. Wonderful! I would love an eliptical! I really would, it's my favorite among the exercise machines (excluding, say, a weight bench, which is not really a machine). Oh, but sorry, I cannot lose any weight. I could lose a 5-10 pounds, not that I need to I suppose, but after that I would surely waste away. 5-10 pounds cannot win a "Biggest Loser" competition. But wait-- who says I'm fit? Thin does not equal fit and fit does not equal thin! I could surely benefit from an eliptical, but alas, I'll need to put on about 100 pounds before I can even think of trying to win the competition...
If you were silent, do you think your friends would notice? I'm usually loud, jovial. I like to be seen as happy, whether I am or not. One day at lunch, I sat down. Someone asked me a question, I nodded my head. Tim commented on my mace earrings. I grinned and shook my head from side to side so they would bounce off my cheeks. Andrew asked why I wasn't saying anything. "It's unusual to have a silent Mary." I laughed and said that I hadn't meant to be silent. We moved to talk about the random things that friends will often talk about. Today, I sat with my usual group of "friends;" the friends with whom I fit so well. And today, I was quiet. There is a difference between quiet and silent. Especially when the quiet is you sitting, unsmiling, going through the motions and the silent includes you grinning and playing with your earrings. However, no one noticed. Isn't it odd? I think if one of my friends was bummed, I'd notice. If the were quiet, d...
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