First of all, everyone should listen to this wonderful talk, and the following question and answer period, by Elder Holland at Harvard University. It is amazing.
Okay. Now I feel like I can talk about the Hunger Games, though these seem like two unlikely juxtaposition partners. I read the first two books in a day a piece. I finished the third book in a couple of days. While the story-line is interesting and easily captures my attention, I find that I'm trying to get through the poor writing style, at least in the first book, to see what happens in the story. And in the third book, the story seems really drawn out with no major events happening at all.
Now, I'm no English major, or anything close. I know how to spell most things (except I have a hard time with "caffeine"), but that's it. So, I can't articulate why I didn't enjoy the writing. But it just didn't feel to be the same caliber as the other things I've recently read. Granted, it could be that most of the books I've recently read are textbooks, overflowing with useful information. Anyway, it just left an empty taste in my mouth. But it was good enough for me to want to read the next book. Probably because each chapter, and each book, ends with a cliffhanger.
Lastly, remember to watch General Conference this weekend. If you enjoyed Elder Holland's talk above, you'll love 10 hours of similar addresses over a weekend.
Sadly, BYU lost their game against Marquette in the NCAA tournament this week, but I think it was to be expected. We were lucky that we even got to participate in the tournament, and we had an amazing comeback win against Iona (which still seems like a misspelling of Iowa to me). I'm honestly surprised that we held Marquette to where we did.
Last night were the Republican caucus meetings in Utah. I'm sure there were attendance records broken all over the place. In my precinct, where previous years have had turn-outs on the order of about 20 people, a somewhat unexpected 100+ people came to caucus meeting. I've read reports that it was the debate on the re-election of Senator Hatch that brought out so many people, but I have my doubt. It was definitely discussed as we elected county and state delegates, but I'm guessing it had more to do with the letter from the First Presidency read in sacrament meeting and the subsequent near-continual announcements about the importance of caucus attendance that made the difference. And still there were many people that did not come. But the large turnout we had definitely kept those small groups with hidden motives from getting their way, unless it was really a good idea. You can't rig the system if everyone is participating.
And I got elected to be the precinct Secretary/Treasurer. Looks like it's going to be a fun year.
On Tuesday I attended the city council meeting and brought up some issues concerning their proposed beer licensing changes. I felt that at least I was listened to and some of my concerns were actually considered. Better than I usually do.
I finished reading The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle this week as well. One of the few times TV actually gave me the desire to read. Though I should probably focus on the book I need to read for my psychology class now.
I'm also pretty excited for the RSL season that starts on Saturday.
Anyway, you should probably go do something productive now. Like anything besides the internet. But before you go, check out this infographic about the Church that came out this week. I like how succinctly it convey s the information. You might want to click on the link to make it a little bit bigger and easier to read.
