The awkwardness of silence

i guess i don't like silence. but thats just because mostly silences are awkward. and who likes that? I definitely know a few people that talk just to fill the space in the conversations....i get the feeling that they are even the most well liked people sometimes! our society, and the people in it, just all enjoy noise! maybe it's just America...who knows.

Sure i wish people would spend more time listening...but isn't that what everyone else is doing when they talk? hmmm, i guess it just depends who talks and who listens the most. Thats why there are talkers and there are listeners? course, sometimes the listeners want to talk. I have seen this happen in my youth group where the listeners never get the chance to tell that story or perhaps just talk about their day and the talkers just don't stop talking. I happen to be a listener-and i really do like to listen most of the time-but every once in a while it's nice to have those silences so that you can talk and they can listen.

Strangely enough, I'm totally fine with silences when i'm with my family (expecially my dad's side) and a few close friends cause we just know each other really well and don't really have any need to talk when we know everything each of us could say. i guess i'm thinking of times on road trips when you talk every once in a while-with sometimes half an hour or so in between where we don't talk at all. there are also times when you see certain people so often that you end up telling the same stories to them if you feel the need to fill the silence all the time. i believe that silence is golden i guess...there are times to talk and times to stand the silence. this idea reminds me of ecclesiastes (time for everything under the sun...) and hemingway (his writing reflects that he believes that what is written out is not as important as what isn't written aka reading between the lines...) just for thoughts.

Ha. i'm totally one of those people that spent my time looking for songs for my minipod. but i really love music!! what can i say?!

p.s. totally random, does anybody ever have their tv on when they sleep? cause i went to visit Illinois State a while back and the girl i stayed with's roommate HAD to have the tv on every night... i've never heard of such a thing in my life! but i think its just another way society gives us this need to fill up all our time with noise and talking instead of enjoying the silence before we fall asleep at night.

Me on Blogging

Blogging is sorta like talking to a good friend-or not so good friend depending on what you say-and letting the whole world hear your conversation. Something about it just sounds like a major fluke in the new technology were creating this century. It may create an easier way to have a conversation long distance, but you never know who is listening in on the call. In this cause you do know at least some people who will probably be listening-this class and mr. salituro. I guess i just hope i can think of enough to say! :D