WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en 00:00:00.716 --> 00:00:02.466 (super high speed speaking) 00:00:02.466 --> 00:00:05.273 (jazzy music) 00:00:05.273 --> 00:00:06.857 - I think it's going to be interesting 00:00:06.857 --> 00:00:08.203 because I talk a lot. 00:00:08.203 --> 00:00:10.001 I can't shut up. 00:00:10.001 --> 00:00:12.010 - I've always been very intrigued by the idea of silence 00:00:12.010 --> 00:00:13.954 as someone that does a lot of of talking. 00:00:13.954 --> 00:00:15.569 - I think people are going to be uncomfortable. 00:00:15.569 --> 00:00:17.209 I think that's going to make me uncomfortable, 00:00:17.209 --> 00:00:19.609 and then I'm not going to know how to respond. 00:00:19.609 --> 00:00:22.433 - Even when I have strep throat I still find ways to talk. 00:00:22.433 --> 00:00:23.405 (whip) 00:00:23.405 --> 00:00:26.405 (three bells chime) 00:00:28.073 --> 00:00:29.362 (whip) 00:00:29.362 --> 00:00:31.070 (old fashioned jazz) 00:00:31.070 --> 00:00:35.028 - [Voiceover] Do we need any new towels? 00:00:35.028 --> 00:00:36.491 How many do we have right now? 00:00:36.491 --> 00:00:39.680 - I could not communicate something easily whatsoever. 00:00:39.680 --> 00:00:40.888 Not even to save my life. 00:00:40.888 --> 00:00:41.721 - [Voiceover] You hungry? 00:00:41.721 --> 00:00:42.554 Alright. 00:00:42.554 --> 00:00:44.137 Tacos? 00:00:44.137 --> 00:00:46.395 You like Thai food? 00:00:46.395 --> 00:00:48.450 - I could tell by the fourth, when he finally got it right, 00:00:48.450 --> 00:00:49.533 he's very exacerbated with me. 00:00:49.533 --> 00:00:51.116 - [Voiceover] Eggs? 00:00:52.741 --> 00:00:53.741 Over medium? 00:00:55.074 --> 00:00:56.907 Veggie bacon? 00:00:56.907 --> 00:00:58.654 Turkey bacon? 00:00:58.654 --> 00:01:02.362 - As the meal went on, the waiter stopped talking. 00:01:02.362 --> 00:01:05.195 - [Voiceover] You're going to share the fiesta nachos? 00:01:05.195 --> 00:01:07.903 Would you like any meat in it? 00:01:07.903 --> 00:01:08.736 Chicken? 00:01:11.986 --> 00:01:13.444 - [Voiceover] No, I don't think that was like too harsh. 00:01:13.444 --> 00:01:15.277 Is that what you mean? 00:01:17.777 --> 00:01:19.540 I don't think it was overbearing. 00:01:19.540 --> 00:01:21.780 - I feel like very gesture now is cataloged. 00:01:21.780 --> 00:01:24.863 Like I have a dictionary of gestures. 00:01:29.738 --> 00:01:32.307 Walk across the street to get something to drink? 00:01:32.307 --> 00:01:33.307 (whip) 00:01:33.307 --> 00:01:34.148 (funky rock music) 00:01:34.148 --> 00:01:36.601 - It was a lot harder than I thought to not speak at all. 00:01:36.601 --> 00:01:37.641 I think I think a lot more now 00:01:37.641 --> 00:01:39.794 about how I use words and when. 00:01:39.794 --> 00:01:41.203 - I am so relieved. 00:01:41.203 --> 00:01:43.289 I felt there were so many things that I left unsaid 00:01:43.289 --> 00:01:45.394 because I had no way of communicating it. 00:01:45.394 --> 00:01:47.538 - I think this did show me what it's like 00:01:47.538 --> 00:01:49.202 to really listen to people more. 00:01:49.202 --> 00:01:50.866 - I think I'm definitely more attuned now 00:01:50.866 --> 00:01:53.513 to other people's nonverbal cues. 00:01:53.513 --> 00:01:54.602 - The biggest think that I learned 00:01:54.602 --> 00:01:57.537 is how lonely you can feel surrounded by so many people 00:01:57.537 --> 00:01:59.538 but you still feel like you're in this place 00:01:59.538 --> 00:02:00.825 where nobody can reach you. 00:02:00.825 --> 00:02:02.913 - I think what this taught me about listening 00:02:02.913 --> 00:02:04.985 was how to really hone in 00:02:04.985 --> 00:02:09.346 on what the person I was speaking to really means. 00:02:09.346 --> 00:02:10.753 - I think overall I've learned 00:02:10.753 --> 00:02:13.601 that the ability to speak when you want and how you want 00:02:13.601 --> 00:02:15.994 is truly powerful and it's not something 00:02:15.994 --> 00:02:18.257 I would be giving up any time soon. 00:02:18.257 --> 00:02:20.757 (funky music) 00:02:24.545 --> 00:02:25.753 (squeaky door)