That's right world, i am one of those guys who is jealous of the fact that girls get purses. And i know some of you are saying "so why don't you carry a purse?" I'll tell you why, cause you look stupid. Come on have you ever seen a guy carrying a purse and not thought "what an idiot." or "he's got to be gay." or any other myriad of thoughts like that. I just wouldn't feel right carrying one, although it would be sweet. And it's not that i care what people think, well i do but only to an extent. I don't care who says it, you always care what others think. Maybe not everybody but you definitely care what someone thinks of you, don't try to argue because you'll loose. End of story.
But anyway now that I've gone an my tyraid on why i can't carry a purse let me tell you why i want to. First off we guys get the shaft on this, i know girls get the shaft on a whole lot of stuff but we guys get it on this one. Our whole lives are confined to 2 inch flap of leather. All our stuff must fit in that and then we have to carry keys phones iPods gum and whatever else in our pockets. BOO is all i have to say to that. I hate it when my pockets are full of stuff i feel bulky and weird. If i could carry a purse i would have a spot for everything.
I would especially love it for my keys. I am a firm believer in the way certain things tell others who you are. One of those objects is my keys. I have certain key chains along with the two keys i need. And everything on there is there for a reason. Some people just have a key and that is cool with me, is says i like it simple and easy. But because i have key chains as well, having a purse to stick my keys in would be glorious. Then i could just keep my phone in my pocket and I'd be set. Plus with a purse i could carry along a book to read when I've got down time and my iPod all the time. I try to have my pod on my most the time but sometimes it just isn't practical and for this purpose alone a purse would rock. And anything else like a tazer, tazers are sweet. You can't carry a tazer in you pocket what if it went off. Bad news! Also I'd have a pen a pad of paper, you never know when you need to write something down.
George Costanza said " I can't carry a pen." Jerry asks why not, his response "I'm afraid it will puncture my scrotum."
Valid point to this day i don't carry a pen, at least in my front pocket. Those are the reasons that i wish i could carry a purse. So world when it becomes socially acceptable for men to carry purses you better believe that I'll be one of them.
P.S. this post is the big 5-0. 50 post have been achieved, here is to 50 more! Thanks!
Friday, May 30, 2008
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
44 Days!!
That's right world in 44 days i will enter the MTC! Holy crap. To some of you it may seem like I've got a ton of time, but in my mind i don't. It's not that i am worried about leaving or that i don't have most of my stuff ready. What it is, is that every time i do something one thought crosses my mind. This could be the last time i do that for 2 years. That thought is amazing and craptastic all at once. On one hand, sweet I'm finally going on a mission, on the other hand, crap i am really going to miss that.
I have always know this feeling would come, but it really hit me just before one of my best friends left about a week ago. My mom was asking him what his last movie and TV show were going to be. He said that he wasn't worried about that he didn't really watch movies and he really only watched the Jazz games. What he was worried about was his last song. When my mom asked him that it just hit me like a ton of Feathers. (I figure a ton of feathers is more dramatic cause it would be a whole lot more and it doesn't hurt when it is dropped on you. really a plus in every direction.) Well it hit me because all that stuff has been a huge part of my life.
Movies are one of my passions. Nothing beats a good movie, well maybe somethings but you know when you walk out of a movie smiling because it was so good, or when you stand up after watching that one movie you watch all the time and say "still as good as the first time i saw it." That is what I'm talking about. I am going to have a hard time picking out my last movie. New movie it will probably be Wall-E, and the one of seen plenty of times is gonna have to be The Count of Monte Cristo. I just love that show.
TV shows, well if you know me, you will know that of course the last TV show I'll watch is gonna be the office. By the way season finale was amazing wow. But what is gonna be hard for me is deciding which episode to watch as my last. I am still not sure what it will be, I'll gladly except suggestions. Probably one from each of the 4 seasons.
And finally music. My last song is gonna be the hardest decision for me. I love music! I honestly don't know what i could say to let you know how much i love it. So i think what I'll have to do is create a "Last Playlist" and listen to that last as a whole, but still if the last song isn't good I'm gonna flip. Just think world, if you had to pick one song as your last real song for 2 years what would it be? That is not a rhetorical question, i need answers.
So anyway I've got some really hard decisions to make, not to mention last home cooked meal, last game of Ultimate, and i need to decide if I'm gonna go on a last date. During High school i didn't date much because i figure why spend money on someone elses wife, and why would i pay for girls to hang out with me. I know they are rather cynical views but you can't deny that they're true. Don't get me wrong I've been on some awesome dates and i don't mind spending money on girls, i figure it goes towards a good cause. And I'm pretty sure two years from now those views will be completely different. But for now I'll see what happens. Is it to late? Maybe I'll just stick to hanging out with the coolest girls in the world, instead of dating them.
Well that's what has been going through my mind lately, also i am deathly afraid my iPod will die before i leave, and that the exploder won't last. Here's hopin'. Keep it real world, until next time.
I have always know this feeling would come, but it really hit me just before one of my best friends left about a week ago. My mom was asking him what his last movie and TV show were going to be. He said that he wasn't worried about that he didn't really watch movies and he really only watched the Jazz games. What he was worried about was his last song. When my mom asked him that it just hit me like a ton of Feathers. (I figure a ton of feathers is more dramatic cause it would be a whole lot more and it doesn't hurt when it is dropped on you. really a plus in every direction.) Well it hit me because all that stuff has been a huge part of my life.
Movies are one of my passions. Nothing beats a good movie, well maybe somethings but you know when you walk out of a movie smiling because it was so good, or when you stand up after watching that one movie you watch all the time and say "still as good as the first time i saw it." That is what I'm talking about. I am going to have a hard time picking out my last movie. New movie it will probably be Wall-E, and the one of seen plenty of times is gonna have to be The Count of Monte Cristo. I just love that show.
TV shows, well if you know me, you will know that of course the last TV show I'll watch is gonna be the office. By the way season finale was amazing wow. But what is gonna be hard for me is deciding which episode to watch as my last. I am still not sure what it will be, I'll gladly except suggestions. Probably one from each of the 4 seasons.
And finally music. My last song is gonna be the hardest decision for me. I love music! I honestly don't know what i could say to let you know how much i love it. So i think what I'll have to do is create a "Last Playlist" and listen to that last as a whole, but still if the last song isn't good I'm gonna flip. Just think world, if you had to pick one song as your last real song for 2 years what would it be? That is not a rhetorical question, i need answers.
So anyway I've got some really hard decisions to make, not to mention last home cooked meal, last game of Ultimate, and i need to decide if I'm gonna go on a last date. During High school i didn't date much because i figure why spend money on someone elses wife, and why would i pay for girls to hang out with me. I know they are rather cynical views but you can't deny that they're true. Don't get me wrong I've been on some awesome dates and i don't mind spending money on girls, i figure it goes towards a good cause. And I'm pretty sure two years from now those views will be completely different. But for now I'll see what happens. Is it to late? Maybe I'll just stick to hanging out with the coolest girls in the world, instead of dating them.
Well that's what has been going through my mind lately, also i am deathly afraid my iPod will die before i leave, and that the exploder won't last. Here's hopin'. Keep it real world, until next time.
Sunday, May 25, 2008
back from a short nap
That's right world I'm back and great news so is the Exploder. He lives to fight another day, although i doubt he will win any great battles. I was so excited to find out that all i needed to do was pay 460 bucks and the Exploder would run like, well like a really warn out car. Luckily the parentals foot the bill for which i am extremely grateful. Don't get me wrong trax is great and all but there are sure some weirdies riding it. Also being able to go wherever i want without hitching a ride or borrowing a car is so nice. I know people live without cars and with gas now i might as well, but i missed the exploder. He is one of my last great friends that hasn't left me. So yay! Well i could write more but for once in my life i have achieved a short post. The day is mine! Keep it up world and i'll see ya in a few.
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Sad Day :(
Today world we say goodbye to a verygood friend. Actually two very good friends but hopefully one will come back real soon, and the other well i'll see him in 7 weeks.
I am talking about of course Alvin Green. Alvin and I met Jr. year playing on the Tennis Team. That's right the Tennis team! It was so much fun, and we thought we were so hard core. Since then Alvin and i have been great friends. Alvin leaves tomorrow, and as of this moment is a missionary of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. That means that i am the last one left of the 5 of us. Brock, Josh, Preston, Alvin and I, we did pretty much everything together and i miss them a ton. Some of the best times with Alvin were, of course Tennis, Sconecutter. Chasing after Alvins car when they ditched me to ride with Brock and his "girlfriend."
I don't like this girl at all, pretty much she sucked. Nice girl but to step in a month before brock left was lame. Note to all the ladys out there. DO NOT do this! Unless your cool and let your boyfriend hang with the guys. Or if said guy has no friends, then of course he needs a friend. Anyway Alvin always comments on how fast i ran, he didn't think i had it in me. I can run pretty fast when i need to.
Other things that will be missed, volleyball, Alvin was the one who would get us off our butts to do something cool like that. And pretty much anything active like that. Thanks Alvin i'll miss you but hey i'll see you in 7 weeks. God Speed Elder!
And on to my second friend. The Exploder died today. Really i am heartbroken. That car and i have been through a whole lot but hopefully he can be fixed and come back to me. More to come on this later, but for now i am going to ride my bike to my little brothers baseball game.
I am talking about of course Alvin Green. Alvin and I met Jr. year playing on the Tennis Team. That's right the Tennis team! It was so much fun, and we thought we were so hard core. Since then Alvin and i have been great friends. Alvin leaves tomorrow, and as of this moment is a missionary of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. That means that i am the last one left of the 5 of us. Brock, Josh, Preston, Alvin and I, we did pretty much everything together and i miss them a ton. Some of the best times with Alvin were, of course Tennis, Sconecutter. Chasing after Alvins car when they ditched me to ride with Brock and his "girlfriend."
I don't like this girl at all, pretty much she sucked. Nice girl but to step in a month before brock left was lame. Note to all the ladys out there. DO NOT do this! Unless your cool and let your boyfriend hang with the guys. Or if said guy has no friends, then of course he needs a friend. Anyway Alvin always comments on how fast i ran, he didn't think i had it in me. I can run pretty fast when i need to.
Other things that will be missed, volleyball, Alvin was the one who would get us off our butts to do something cool like that. And pretty much anything active like that. Thanks Alvin i'll miss you but hey i'll see you in 7 weeks. God Speed Elder!
And on to my second friend. The Exploder died today. Really i am heartbroken. That car and i have been through a whole lot but hopefully he can be fixed and come back to me. More to come on this later, but for now i am going to ride my bike to my little brothers baseball game.
Friday, May 16, 2008
The Best Super Hero Movie
This is it folks. This is the post i have been talking about. First thanks to Lindsey for the idea. And also this might not be as good as you may be expecting. Preston was the movie guy, really that kid would surprise me each week with his movie Monday post i just loved it. But since he has been gone for 5 months I'm gonna step in on this one.
Rules must have already been released and i must have seen it. I've seen most of the super hero movies because well i love them, also if i didn't see it, it wouldn't make it on the list anyway. Also when i say super hero i generally mean comic book stuff. That is why batman and iron man are possibilities. Batman is not a super hero, you have no argument that can prove he is so get over it. He is a rich guy with issues and a vendetta against crime. No special powers, no mutations, just a lot of money and free time. And finally it must have been recently released. This rules out the old batman movies and superman although they are awesome they aren't in the running. That should about do it for the rules hope you enjoy, and if you don't agree let me know I'd love a discussion on this.
Alright first we need to have our options out there, if i miss anything let me know. Spider man (1 2 and 3), X-men (1 2 and 3), Batman Begins, Fantastic Four (1 and 2) Superman Returns, Iron Man, Daredevil, Hellboy, Hulk, Transformers. I realize that transformers is not a superhero movie but it counts cause i say it does. I think i got them all, i left off some of the lame ones that i have seen cause really there was no point plus it is kind of embarrassing that I've seen them.
From this list i am immediately getting rid of Spider man 3, both fantastic fours, Hulk, Daredevil and Hellboy, and Superman Returns. Why? well actually other then the whole Emo part in Spider man 3 i liked it but since when does turning emo make you an amazing dancer come on what a joke. Fantastic four 1 and 2 again actually liked these movies but they could have done such a better job with them. And Hulk was just a complete joke. I didn't help that i saw it at a drive-in but it was hard to follow and was a complete waste of my time. Hellboy was just weird fighting strange snake looking things and alien lions wow. Daredevil again wasn't bad but it just isn't up there for me. Superman Returns was good cause i love superman, but you can't have a superman movie where superman can't punch anyone because they are to weak and he would kill them. Superman needs someone to fight.
So this leaves behind Spider man (1 and 2) All three X-men, Batman Begins, Iron Man, and Transformers. The next to go is X-men three, really it was just its name, The last stand. They can't end it like that no way and the next one is just a wolverine spin off all i have to say is BOO!. Next i get rid of both Spider man 1 and X-men 1 both great shows but they get beat out by the others. Now it gets tough the 5 remaining shows are some of my favorite of all time. I'll tell you why and then just announce my winner.
Spider man 2: Spidey vs. Doc Oct, it doesn't get much better then that. I loved the fight scene. I loved pretty much everything besides the whole floating Cadillac in the sky scene. If that is what Heaven is I'll stay down here for awhile longer.
X-men 2: best opening scene in all of the comic book movies. Night Crawler kicking butt in the white house sweet. Plus some of the best fight scenes, and at the end with the for shadowing of the Phoenix, so much potential. I just loved it.
Batman Begins: I loved this show, i loved being able to watch batman be born it was such a cool thing for me to see. That is what really got it for me. Best line "where are the other drugs going!" just love that.
Iron Man: I could be that i just saw this twice but still it is so cool. Having suit that can dominate like that. Do you think i could take one on my mission. It would never wear out with daily use so I'd be set. And again watching where Iron Man comes from is so cool.
Transformers: Come on all i have to say is the name and your all freaking out. Awesome cars, Huge fights, Hot Girls, Big explosions. It is the perfect guy movie.
Alright the time has come. The winner is BATMAN BEGINS. I just love this show, ever since i saw it with my dad and brothers it has been one of my favorite shows just behind The Count of Monte Cristo. In fact i think I'll watch it tomorrow. Well here is the order my top 5 superhero/comic book moves go.
1. Batman Begins
2. Iron Man
3. Transformers
4. X-men 2
5. Spider man 2
There you have it folks. Iron Man will have to fight to keep its place i think I'm biased because i have just scene it, while the others it has been awhile. i was going to do a ton of pictures but it is late and this is long enough already sorry again but thanks for reading.
Rules must have already been released and i must have seen it. I've seen most of the super hero movies because well i love them, also if i didn't see it, it wouldn't make it on the list anyway. Also when i say super hero i generally mean comic book stuff. That is why batman and iron man are possibilities. Batman is not a super hero, you have no argument that can prove he is so get over it. He is a rich guy with issues and a vendetta against crime. No special powers, no mutations, just a lot of money and free time. And finally it must have been recently released. This rules out the old batman movies and superman although they are awesome they aren't in the running. That should about do it for the rules hope you enjoy, and if you don't agree let me know I'd love a discussion on this.
Alright first we need to have our options out there, if i miss anything let me know. Spider man (1 2 and 3), X-men (1 2 and 3), Batman Begins, Fantastic Four (1 and 2) Superman Returns, Iron Man, Daredevil, Hellboy, Hulk, Transformers. I realize that transformers is not a superhero movie but it counts cause i say it does. I think i got them all, i left off some of the lame ones that i have seen cause really there was no point plus it is kind of embarrassing that I've seen them.
From this list i am immediately getting rid of Spider man 3, both fantastic fours, Hulk, Daredevil and Hellboy, and Superman Returns. Why? well actually other then the whole Emo part in Spider man 3 i liked it but since when does turning emo make you an amazing dancer come on what a joke. Fantastic four 1 and 2 again actually liked these movies but they could have done such a better job with them. And Hulk was just a complete joke. I didn't help that i saw it at a drive-in but it was hard to follow and was a complete waste of my time. Hellboy was just weird fighting strange snake looking things and alien lions wow. Daredevil again wasn't bad but it just isn't up there for me. Superman Returns was good cause i love superman, but you can't have a superman movie where superman can't punch anyone because they are to weak and he would kill them. Superman needs someone to fight.
So this leaves behind Spider man (1 and 2) All three X-men, Batman Begins, Iron Man, and Transformers. The next to go is X-men three, really it was just its name, The last stand. They can't end it like that no way and the next one is just a wolverine spin off all i have to say is BOO!. Next i get rid of both Spider man 1 and X-men 1 both great shows but they get beat out by the others. Now it gets tough the 5 remaining shows are some of my favorite of all time. I'll tell you why and then just announce my winner.
Spider man 2: Spidey vs. Doc Oct, it doesn't get much better then that. I loved the fight scene. I loved pretty much everything besides the whole floating Cadillac in the sky scene. If that is what Heaven is I'll stay down here for awhile longer.
X-men 2: best opening scene in all of the comic book movies. Night Crawler kicking butt in the white house sweet. Plus some of the best fight scenes, and at the end with the for shadowing of the Phoenix, so much potential. I just loved it.
Batman Begins: I loved this show, i loved being able to watch batman be born it was such a cool thing for me to see. That is what really got it for me. Best line "where are the other drugs going!" just love that.
Iron Man: I could be that i just saw this twice but still it is so cool. Having suit that can dominate like that. Do you think i could take one on my mission. It would never wear out with daily use so I'd be set. And again watching where Iron Man comes from is so cool.
Transformers: Come on all i have to say is the name and your all freaking out. Awesome cars, Huge fights, Hot Girls, Big explosions. It is the perfect guy movie.
Alright the time has come. The winner is BATMAN BEGINS. I just love this show, ever since i saw it with my dad and brothers it has been one of my favorite shows just behind The Count of Monte Cristo. In fact i think I'll watch it tomorrow. Well here is the order my top 5 superhero/comic book moves go.
1. Batman Begins
2. Iron Man
3. Transformers
4. X-men 2
5. Spider man 2
There you have it folks. Iron Man will have to fight to keep its place i think I'm biased because i have just scene it, while the others it has been awhile. i was going to do a ton of pictures but it is late and this is long enough already sorry again but thanks for reading.
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Just some thoughts
Well it is pretty late and i should be asleep but i just got this urge to blog. I have no clue what i am going to blog about but i figure when i get the urge to do it i should otherwise who knows what will happen. I suppose I'll write about things that are or have been on my mind lately.
I need friends. i know, i know, i have friends but most of them are gone whether it be work missions or preparing for missions. And thanks to all of you who are still here that keep me sane you rock. The reason this has been on my mind lately is because about this time last year i was having the time of my life. Senior year was almost over i was done with AP tests and me and the guys were just having a blast. Everyday we would do something. In fact I'm not completely positive I'd have to go back into my journals and check but i think this time last year we were in the middle of nostalgia week. Everyday after school we would do something that we used to do when we were younger. This included baseball, kickball, football, wall ball, volleyball and of course when we would finish any of these activities we would top it off with swimming at Preston's house. It was glorious. I wish i could go back and relive it all cause it was prodigious. I miss my friends so much. I know that they are all doing what they should be doing, and hopefully when i get out there it won't be so bad. But right now it's killing me. Once again thanks to my friends who are here, and my family. I spend so much time down at the baseball field with my family that it sorta keeps my mind off my friends. But now my friends are all gone or getting ready to leave in the next few weeks and i am stuck here working till June 14th baby and I'm done. which leads me to my next point.
Work. well what can i say except work sucks without your best friend there to laugh at all the stupid things people do, and laugh at ourselves for all of our shenanigans and tom foolery. I can't wait to be done with that kind of work for two years. I get to do an even better kind of work. So here is my advice to you, work somewhere fun do something you like and if it isn't fun and you don't like it drag a friend along for the ride and it will make it fun.
Thanks listening to me be all sentimental, i promise a better blog soon I've got a sweet idea but it is gonna take some deep thought and research, ya its that cool.
I need friends. i know, i know, i have friends but most of them are gone whether it be work missions or preparing for missions. And thanks to all of you who are still here that keep me sane you rock. The reason this has been on my mind lately is because about this time last year i was having the time of my life. Senior year was almost over i was done with AP tests and me and the guys were just having a blast. Everyday we would do something. In fact I'm not completely positive I'd have to go back into my journals and check but i think this time last year we were in the middle of nostalgia week. Everyday after school we would do something that we used to do when we were younger. This included baseball, kickball, football, wall ball, volleyball and of course when we would finish any of these activities we would top it off with swimming at Preston's house. It was glorious. I wish i could go back and relive it all cause it was prodigious. I miss my friends so much. I know that they are all doing what they should be doing, and hopefully when i get out there it won't be so bad. But right now it's killing me. Once again thanks to my friends who are here, and my family. I spend so much time down at the baseball field with my family that it sorta keeps my mind off my friends. But now my friends are all gone or getting ready to leave in the next few weeks and i am stuck here working till June 14th baby and I'm done. which leads me to my next point.
Work. well what can i say except work sucks without your best friend there to laugh at all the stupid things people do, and laugh at ourselves for all of our shenanigans and tom foolery. I can't wait to be done with that kind of work for two years. I get to do an even better kind of work. So here is my advice to you, work somewhere fun do something you like and if it isn't fun and you don't like it drag a friend along for the ride and it will make it fun.
Thanks listening to me be all sentimental, i promise a better blog soon I've got a sweet idea but it is gonna take some deep thought and research, ya its that cool.
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Missionaries!!
If Spencer promises he will deliver, i promise. Wow i thought that was really clever but anyway as i promised last night in my quick update i will tell you all about josh sending me the Book of Mormon. (note: from now on Book of Mormon will be referred to as B.O.M.) Also I'll throw in some other missionary stuff along the way.
Alright, so last night when i got back from my little brothers baseball game and walk through the doors the phone rings. Talk about the good Lord and timing. Well i see that the number is from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. At first i think it was my bishop trying to give me a calling till i leave, so i almost didn't answer it. Don't get me wrong i would love to have a calling, but just not in the young single adults. YSA and I don't gel, the whole 18-30 thing gets me, how bout we make it 18-25 i feel better about that. Anyway i ended up picking up the phone and on the other end is a nice oriental sister missionary. She never gave me her name so I'll call her Sister Y. Well Sister Y informed me that she was calling in behalf of my friend Elder Joshua Sponbeck. Except she didn't really say it like that. She said she was calling about Elder Sponbeck, when i heard this for some reason my mind immediately thinks of the worst thing, i don't know why it's a defect I'm trying it get rid of but it happens. Anyway when she explained that she was from the church and that she wanted to send me a B.O.M. in behalf of josh. I said sure cause hey i could use a free B.O.M. to give to someone else at some point, i figure I've got to get used to it cause it's what I'm gonna be doing for the next two years. Well she asked me if i had ever heard of the B.O.M. and i said yes that i had read it a several times and that i am a member. She laughed and said that since i already have a B.O.M. she wouldn't send me another, and then she challenged me to keep reading the B.O.M. and then reminded me to keep writing my friend Elder Sponbeck. When i hung up i just started to laugh out loud.
You see Sister Y may not have got it and you may not have got it in fact i didn't get it to begin with but it worked in a couple of ways. First josh let me know that he was still out there and i needed to write him again. I was doing really good for awhile then finals hit and all that so i stopped. Second it just added another funny experience for josh and i cause really we've had quite a few. And in a way i think it was josh letting me know that he is there and misses me like i miss him. Josh and I have been best friends since 7th grade. when i drove away the Sunday before he left, it was one of the hardest things for me to do. Josh has always been there for me no matter what was going on. he still is now but it just takes a lot longer. Letters are great to get but i can't tell you how many times something small happens to me and i just want to call josh and tell him, but i can't. And josh is out there working doing what he is supposed to do. That means if i send him a letter it could be as much as a month before i hear back from him. No good.
Well my missionary story is not over yet. about 10 minutes after i hung up Sister Y called back again. I guess on the referral card josh wanted me to give the missionaries a number for another friend that isn't a member so this person could get a B.O.M. from josh. So josh helps again by really getting me into the missionary attitude. Sister Y challenged me to say something to this friend that could change there life forever. So cool i can't wait till i get the chance to.
So i wrote josh a letter to tell him all about it, and i can't wait to hear what he has to say about it. One more thing for he and I to laugh about. Well all missionaries rock. I wanted to say more but i am really trying hard to keep my post shorter, doesn't seem to be working. But i can't wait to be a missionary it is what i have been living my whole life for and it is just around the corner. Keep it real world and look forward to some awesome posts. I've got some great ideas.
Alright, so last night when i got back from my little brothers baseball game and walk through the doors the phone rings. Talk about the good Lord and timing. Well i see that the number is from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. At first i think it was my bishop trying to give me a calling till i leave, so i almost didn't answer it. Don't get me wrong i would love to have a calling, but just not in the young single adults. YSA and I don't gel, the whole 18-30 thing gets me, how bout we make it 18-25 i feel better about that. Anyway i ended up picking up the phone and on the other end is a nice oriental sister missionary. She never gave me her name so I'll call her Sister Y. Well Sister Y informed me that she was calling in behalf of my friend Elder Joshua Sponbeck. Except she didn't really say it like that. She said she was calling about Elder Sponbeck, when i heard this for some reason my mind immediately thinks of the worst thing, i don't know why it's a defect I'm trying it get rid of but it happens. Anyway when she explained that she was from the church and that she wanted to send me a B.O.M. in behalf of josh. I said sure cause hey i could use a free B.O.M. to give to someone else at some point, i figure I've got to get used to it cause it's what I'm gonna be doing for the next two years. Well she asked me if i had ever heard of the B.O.M. and i said yes that i had read it a several times and that i am a member. She laughed and said that since i already have a B.O.M. she wouldn't send me another, and then she challenged me to keep reading the B.O.M. and then reminded me to keep writing my friend Elder Sponbeck. When i hung up i just started to laugh out loud.
You see Sister Y may not have got it and you may not have got it in fact i didn't get it to begin with but it worked in a couple of ways. First josh let me know that he was still out there and i needed to write him again. I was doing really good for awhile then finals hit and all that so i stopped. Second it just added another funny experience for josh and i cause really we've had quite a few. And in a way i think it was josh letting me know that he is there and misses me like i miss him. Josh and I have been best friends since 7th grade. when i drove away the Sunday before he left, it was one of the hardest things for me to do. Josh has always been there for me no matter what was going on. he still is now but it just takes a lot longer. Letters are great to get but i can't tell you how many times something small happens to me and i just want to call josh and tell him, but i can't. And josh is out there working doing what he is supposed to do. That means if i send him a letter it could be as much as a month before i hear back from him. No good.
Well my missionary story is not over yet. about 10 minutes after i hung up Sister Y called back again. I guess on the referral card josh wanted me to give the missionaries a number for another friend that isn't a member so this person could get a B.O.M. from josh. So josh helps again by really getting me into the missionary attitude. Sister Y challenged me to say something to this friend that could change there life forever. So cool i can't wait till i get the chance to.
So i wrote josh a letter to tell him all about it, and i can't wait to hear what he has to say about it. One more thing for he and I to laugh about. Well all missionaries rock. I wanted to say more but i am really trying hard to keep my post shorter, doesn't seem to be working. But i can't wait to be a missionary it is what i have been living my whole life for and it is just around the corner. Keep it real world and look forward to some awesome posts. I've got some great ideas.
Friday, May 9, 2008
Quick Update
I am alive but after my last few post being longer then the entirety of most peoples blogs i decided to take a break. Also this is gonna be short, more to come on some of it.
I solved our wireless router problem "The Day is mine!" Also i went through the Temple last Saturday and it was amazing, went again yesterday with a couple of the guys so choice. Saw Ironman, and have come to the conclusion that i am Ironman/will be him at some point, I'm currently working on my suit. Working a lot, have come to the realization that work sucks when your best friend isn't there with you all the time. And finally tonight i got a call from a sister missionary. I think she is either in the MTC or Temple Square. Elder Josh Sponbeck wants to send me a copy of the book of Mormon, long story short josh knows how to get to me. more to come on this i promise but alas (when i say that i feel like dumbledore/pre J.K. Rowling making him gay, what was up with that?) i have work in the wee hours of the morning and must enter into a period of sleep. Keep it classy world. (Anchorman what a great show!)
Me/soon to be me
Josh wants to send me one of these, i wonder what it is?
I solved our wireless router problem "The Day is mine!" Also i went through the Temple last Saturday and it was amazing, went again yesterday with a couple of the guys so choice. Saw Ironman, and have come to the conclusion that i am Ironman/will be him at some point, I'm currently working on my suit. Working a lot, have come to the realization that work sucks when your best friend isn't there with you all the time. And finally tonight i got a call from a sister missionary. I think she is either in the MTC or Temple Square. Elder Josh Sponbeck wants to send me a copy of the book of Mormon, long story short josh knows how to get to me. more to come on this i promise but alas (when i say that i feel like dumbledore/pre J.K. Rowling making him gay, what was up with that?) i have work in the wee hours of the morning and must enter into a period of sleep. Keep it classy world. (Anchorman what a great show!)
Me/soon to be me
Josh wants to send me one of these, i wonder what it is?
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Why Am I Still Married To Technology?
Look at me world. I said that i might not blog as often now that I'm home but then i realized that i don't sleep. I just sit and stare for awhile till i give up, then what do i do? of course write a blog especially when somethings on my mind. And that thing is technology. I like to think i know a thing or two about technology. Key word "THINK!"
I am in a seriously messed up relationship with technology sometimes i really really love it to the point that i would marry it. But then we get in a fight, it does something bad to me, and i do something bad to it. It's a vicious circle really. And just think of the messy divorce that would come from it. And think of our creepy technosapien children. (technosapien is a cross between technology and a human) Anyway the point is technology loves to piss me off.
For example this semester when i realized that my hard drive on my laptop was nearly full i decided to purchase an external hard drive to keep all my music on and to have it there to store away when i go on my mission. Well i got it and put everything on and it worked great... then of course it had to go and make me mad. It started to make this weird clicking/buzzing noise then it would just disconnect from my computer. Well i have tried most everything next to taking it somewhere and letting them do something about it. Well it still works for me but only when it feels like it and then it will shut off right when I'm in the middle of something awesome, like the cure for cancer and world peace. I am convinced i could figure them out if technology just worked for me.
Next example. My dad brought home a wireless router like 6 months ago, but because our computer moved like a college student going to class in the dead of winter when it is 8000 degrees below zero we couldn't set it up. What I'm trying to say was it was slow and was on the verge of death. We just got a new computer so my dad and i started what we thought would be the easy task of setting up our wireless network. Well an hour later we were stuck at the same point, and i swear to you it is not user error i checked, double checked, rechecked the double check, and then checked again just for good measure. Every time the same thing wouldn't let us pass and we were stuck. So my dad went to bed, but me with my insane inner drive to get back at technology by bettering it spent another 45 minutes searching every possible way i could get it to work. But technology prevails and once again I'm left with the raising our technosapien children alone.
I realize that we still have the cable connection and all that jazz, but with the wireless i have freedom plus we can connect the Nintendo Wii and xbox 360 to it and for the next 2 months i can destroy people all around the world in Mario kart and super smash brothers, come on how cool is that. Anyway eventually I'll figure it out/ my dad will ask the geniuses at his work and they'll figure it out for us.
I realize that all I've done is rail on technology but really we all love it. Because if we didn't have it i couldn't have posted this for all to read. Also when you figure something out it is such a great feeling. For example when i got home yesterday i began to put things away. For things like the TV fridge microwave and other such items i needed to take them into what i have come to call the black whole. The black whole is supposed to be an exercise room. cue hysterical laughter. But really we might as well be running a used electronics shop. We have a couple TVs a record player and a ton of accessories to computers including 2 monitors. So i took one of the monitors and have successfully set up a duel display. You know like in the stores when they have a ton of screens showing what is being filmed on the camera, kind of like that. Basically on my laptop screen right now i am writing this, while on the monitor i hooked up i would have my iTunes displayed playing my favorite tunes, if my hard drive didn't hate me so much. It's pretty sweet!
So without technology we couldn't do a ton of things we take for granted. And yet agian, I'm forced back into my horrible marriage with technology one more time. Here's hoping :) Once agian i prove that i short or even average length post is impossible to me.
I am in a seriously messed up relationship with technology sometimes i really really love it to the point that i would marry it. But then we get in a fight, it does something bad to me, and i do something bad to it. It's a vicious circle really. And just think of the messy divorce that would come from it. And think of our creepy technosapien children. (technosapien is a cross between technology and a human) Anyway the point is technology loves to piss me off.
For example this semester when i realized that my hard drive on my laptop was nearly full i decided to purchase an external hard drive to keep all my music on and to have it there to store away when i go on my mission. Well i got it and put everything on and it worked great... then of course it had to go and make me mad. It started to make this weird clicking/buzzing noise then it would just disconnect from my computer. Well i have tried most everything next to taking it somewhere and letting them do something about it. Well it still works for me but only when it feels like it and then it will shut off right when I'm in the middle of something awesome, like the cure for cancer and world peace. I am convinced i could figure them out if technology just worked for me.
Next example. My dad brought home a wireless router like 6 months ago, but because our computer moved like a college student going to class in the dead of winter when it is 8000 degrees below zero we couldn't set it up. What I'm trying to say was it was slow and was on the verge of death. We just got a new computer so my dad and i started what we thought would be the easy task of setting up our wireless network. Well an hour later we were stuck at the same point, and i swear to you it is not user error i checked, double checked, rechecked the double check, and then checked again just for good measure. Every time the same thing wouldn't let us pass and we were stuck. So my dad went to bed, but me with my insane inner drive to get back at technology by bettering it spent another 45 minutes searching every possible way i could get it to work. But technology prevails and once again I'm left with the raising our technosapien children alone.
I realize that we still have the cable connection and all that jazz, but with the wireless i have freedom plus we can connect the Nintendo Wii and xbox 360 to it and for the next 2 months i can destroy people all around the world in Mario kart and super smash brothers, come on how cool is that. Anyway eventually I'll figure it out/ my dad will ask the geniuses at his work and they'll figure it out for us.
I realize that all I've done is rail on technology but really we all love it. Because if we didn't have it i couldn't have posted this for all to read. Also when you figure something out it is such a great feeling. For example when i got home yesterday i began to put things away. For things like the TV fridge microwave and other such items i needed to take them into what i have come to call the black whole. The black whole is supposed to be an exercise room. cue hysterical laughter. But really we might as well be running a used electronics shop. We have a couple TVs a record player and a ton of accessories to computers including 2 monitors. So i took one of the monitors and have successfully set up a duel display. You know like in the stores when they have a ton of screens showing what is being filmed on the camera, kind of like that. Basically on my laptop screen right now i am writing this, while on the monitor i hooked up i would have my iTunes displayed playing my favorite tunes, if my hard drive didn't hate me so much. It's pretty sweet!
So without technology we couldn't do a ton of things we take for granted. And yet agian, I'm forced back into my horrible marriage with technology one more time. Here's hoping :) Once agian i prove that i short or even average length post is impossible to me.
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