FHE

It was actually warm today! No blizzard, no rain. It's been the first day that wasn't at least jacket weather. After FHE, the branch played ultimate frizbee to celebrate.

Even more exciting than the random warm day was Saturday night. I went to a poetry slam, and it was awesome. The winning poet had the coolest poem ever. It was a rap inspired by middle school. He pretended to be a nerd with a nasaly voice telling a stoner about how marujuana can ruin his life. The nerd also pitched his anti-drug slogan to a girl with blood-shot eyes who was on meth. The guy would change his voice to sound like the girl and the stoner. It was so hilarious. This guy should go to school assemblies and do his "rap" for the middle and high school kids.

Among the other runners up were this guy who had great poetry but talked really fast to stay within the time limit. He sounded like the guy in the old Micro Machines commercials. Another guy wrote about war a lot. And one of my favorites wrote about the hardships of gay life.

I also met one of the artists who has her art on display in the Idaho Museum of Art. She does copper engravings of people's faces, inks everything up, and presses it onto paper. It was cool to talk to her about the process.