I'm doing something different for lent.
Fact: More and more strangers are starting to find out about it.
Fact: Strangers who learn that I'm not talking are really starting to bust my chops.
Here is a story to emphasize my point:
Some girl from my consumer finance class, we'll call her Crazy Train, started screaming after she "heard" me say thank you. Thats right, in the middle of a crowded office (where people do actual work), she interrupted everyone and started telling me (and the office) how I just said thank you. Not even with the preface of the vow of silence, and as a result no one knew what she was talking about. So, Crazy Train did indeed look like a crazy person.
Fact:
I didn't say thank you, but I totally mouthed it. I think she combined that with my breathing and assumed I was using the whole of my voice. Yikes. I guess I'll have to stop mouthing words.
Here is how its going to work:
I'm NOT talking for Lent. I see it as an offering not a sacrifice. I mean, Jesus retreated into the wilderness for 40 days, and he overcame all of the temptations (lust of the flesh, lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, etc.) that he was faced with, right? Did it help his ministry? I think so.
Here it is:
I have to participate in class, I have other obligations that require words, and most of all I have to use my discretion during Lent.
Its between me and God.
So please, negative people, mind your own business.
Thanks. | 
