Joni: Well, when do you get back to Provo? :)

So, I just realized something new about myself. The main reason I rarely untuck my shirts is that pretty much every shirt I have is, for some reason unbeknownst to me, far too long when untucked. Like, nightshirt length. I don’t know why all my shirts are too long, since they seem to fit just fine in every other regard. Even the seven new shirts I just bought are like this. Why oh why? I’m guessing hemming them up isn’t an option. :) I think I really would untuck them (at least part of the time, and meaning of course when I’m not at work) if they weren’t so doggone long. Now, I don’t want them so short that every time I bend over I expose six inches of my backside, since that’s just vomitous, but surely there’s a way for them to be long enough to cover bendage and yet not so long that they feel like pajamas. Until I discover that way, I’m afraid I’m stuck tucking my shirts in.

Julia: An end, of course. So far I’ve managed to make it with dress shirts and slacks for the past three years (excepting one or two times when I wore my roommate’s jeans, but they were too big and made me look like a ten-year-old), but it is indeed nice to know that my cultural repertoire has been expanded.

Kellie: Okay, I’ll do it soon. I’ve just got to get some quarters so I can wash them and get the wrinkles out. (They’ve been in a Target bag since I bought them.)

J: I took Drama 1 my sophomore year of high school, and I think in my heart of hearts I’m an actor, in spite of my trepidation at performing in front of large groups. As for Mr. Crowder being caught, I did have a suspicion as I gave the cashier my credit card that this rather large purchase could very well result in my getting married. The logic is a bit of a non sequitur, and perhaps I’m just superstitious, but we’ll see how things turn out.

Janssen: What I fear is that I’ll look not sloppy but unbearably nerdy. (And having said that, I see the latent irony within.) But here’s to hoping that I’ll be able to pull it off successfully. Or at least not too painfully. ;) I too loathe cargo pockets, and those Gap shorts sound pretty good. I’ll have to check them out sometime.

Katherine M: Kleenex is on sale at Wal-Mart right now. :P

Also, Gap sells really great men shorts that don’t have cargo pockets (bleh! I loathe cargo pockets) and are both high enough at the top and long enough at the bottom.

It’s a good thing that you didn’t attend a singles ward while there; the bishop might have given you a calling to attend the annual Sadie Hawkins Day temple trip. (That’s actually why they sell flip-flops in Kansas. It makes it much harder for a guy to run.) Oh how hearts would have been broken in Utah! (My attempt at drama…) Rest assured, in a week or two you will revert to the old familiar Ben that everybody loves even if wearing a tee shirt, shorts and flip-flops.

Ladies take note: Put on your track shoes. Mr. Crowder might finally be caught if you see him in his new garb…just make sure that he is wearing flip-flops.