To all my British fans

Just kidding.
But really, according to the blogger view tracker, I've had more views from the UK than any other country. This makes no sense.

Hey, I went to Chile this summer! It was great. I'll probably post Chilean flashbacks every once in a while, but right now, I want to write about my inane college day to day life.

Today, the place where I work was sponsoring Choose to Give, which asks students to donate money. The money goes toward other student scholarships, so it's like a beautiful educational circle of life. They do this by luring students in with free ice cream.

I was working the ice cream tent, and I actually ended up flinging my first scoop of ice cream backwards onto my shirt instead of into the waiting student's cup. Probably because I was so excited about giving. If I recall correctly it was in front of a group of nice looking guys from my ward, actually, but my memory is hazy.

It was a fun event, despite how cold and sticky my shirt was, but we ran out of ice cream pretty fast. After than it was a lot harder to lure students in. We had free pens (and pins!) but those things really don't move in the student population like ice cream. But I had to stay out there, and so I just ended up yelling some dumb things, trying to get people to donate and take the pens.

Here are some keys to my success: Yelling "free STUFF!" works better than "PENS!! They are YELLOW!!"
"WRITING UTENSILS!" attracts more attention than "PENS!" but I think because nobody actually says WRITING UTENSILS.
"THIS LAST PEN IS FOR YOU!" is too personal. 
"PENS AND PINS!" will make people think you are saying 'pens' twice, once in a Texan accent.
Mumbling "Pens?" as someone walks by is more creepy than effective.
If you aren't good at body language, don't use it to attract customers. I feel like I did a lot of weird open-mouthed smiles, gesturing octopus arms, and awkward dance moves that probably scared people off. I smiled at a guy and shook my fistfuls of pens like maracas and he looked sort of horrified. I felt like I should apologize.

Anyway, choose to giiiiive! Yeah! You can donate online!