Today I went back to school with a shit ton of zeal, ready to get my talk on. While a few kids had even forgotten that I wasn't talking for that two weeks, most people greeted me with anticipation, asking "CAN YOU TALK, CAN YOU TALK?" I screwed with them a little to, shaking my head and motioning to my mouth. They'd groan, then I'd be like,
"NAH! Just kidding."
Some reactions to me talking were
"Oh. I didn't notice you weren't talking before" (:'D)
"Wait, aren't you not supposed to be talking?! Shame on you!"
"OH MY GOD SHELBY YOU'RE TALKING."
"Oh? Did you finish two weeks already? I'm going to miss silent you."
"Oh my god. Your voice sounds so weird! I missed it. Say more words please."
I felt weird talking again, and I would often stammer or have difficulty gauging the volume my voice was at. I took full advantage of the weeks being over though and talked up a storm. I also felt less awkward when walking with friends, I was able to contribute ideas to conversations, crack jokes, and exercise my vocal chords like a good teenager should.
In a way, I sort of missed not talking though, I wasn't called on in class, yelled at for being disruptive, and I had to answer everyone who spoke to me, even if I didn't want to. Not talking definately has its ups and downs, although ultimately, I feel the that I have the same level of self esteem when i'm talking as when i'm not talking.
Maybe i'll do this again for fun some time, til then, thats the end of this blog. Hope y'all enjoyed it.
SLIP UPS: Millions.
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