Dude, that's freakin' AWESOME.

Recently, my hands appear to have been eating themselves from the inside out. A two-inch cut on the back of my left hand, numerous hang-nails on both hands, a deep paper cut on my right-index finger and a random hole near my right thumb. (not to mention the slice the shaver took from my left ankle) Staring at the two-inch cut, it occurred to me how incredible a human body is. In a week, all these maladies will disappear, never to be remembered. Years ago, I was holding the family cat, when someone turned on a hair dryer. The cat freaked out, and left me with very deep slices in my palms and scratches on my arms, from his razor claws. The cuts were so deep, I was sure scares would be left even after healing. To my surprise (slight dismay, it would have looked awesome) after the full healing, no trace can be seen in the slightest. No other material in the world will heal in such a way. Of course, most materials are not living and producing cells as the human body, but think about it. When you take a petal from a rose, it won't regrow it. Trees will heal over, but as many lovers have discovered, the perfect scare is left of what was carved into it. All other materials, once broken, scratched, cracked, are broken forever. Some humans go to extremes to leave large and visible scars, or sometimes damage is too severe to recover completely. But the every day stuff, like paper-cuts and cat scratches disappear. Now that's awesome.

Saturday morning came, and the Institute Singers rose for a long day of singing. Along with 300+ vocalists, we entered the LDS Conference Center and beheld the wonder of 21,000 seats. Tourists are not normally allowed onto the pulpit in front, but up we filed to the choir seats to look upon the thousands of seats that would fill to capacity the next week. The view is incredibly intimidating, but the structure is incredible. The organ behind the choir seats makes a sound that resonates through the human body, sending chills and goosebumps on the skin. Singing with more than 300 people for not only 21,000 people present, but a world-wide audience of millions, and a massive organ (organ facts are appreciated). Now that's awesome.

That afternoon, most of the Institute Singers went to record for an upcoming event for the LDS church. In the recording studio, we began to sing the music we had rehearsed for less than 3 hours for. Those in the recording booth said "Basically, you guys are too good. We need you to sound like a bunch of youth." That my friends, is awesome.

The recording session took five hours, yet at the end we were all still singing. There was talk of going to dinner and watching movies. We had a performance the next night. Spending 8 hours straight with the same people and asking them to come back for more - freaking awesome.