Oh Snap

I offer no excuses on my absence. 

I moved to the west side of town (maybe north-west-ish) and have enjoyed it for the most part.  The ward I'm in now is always doing something new and exciting.

Las weekend we went up to the Manti pageant and stayed on a farm.  It was pretty great, I rode a horse for the first time.  A real horse, not one at waller part attached to a round about deal.

We also went on a fun little hike up to a waterfall that ended up not having much water.

Last night I went with a few friends to Boulder City to watch the fireworks.  I love fireworks and I love the freedom I enjoy in this great country.  This coming weekend the great and amazing Scott Pickett is taking me and 10 of my friends river rafting up in Idaho.  Please stay tuned for those pictures :)

slap my hand

It has been some time since my last post... my sincere apologies. On the bright side I have been having a lot of fun and I will catch you up only on my most recent...

A few weeks ago Travis took me to see Kenny Wayne Shepherd and he was amazing (both of them).  For anyone who doesn't know (I was in that category previous to the concert) he is a guitarist and a fantastic one at that.  We were smelling weed during about half of the concert and come to find out it was the guy right behind us.  Once security caught on they came over and told the guy that he needed to leave.  The guy said, hey

 man it is fine I put it out and the concert is almost over.  I'll just leave with everyone else then.  Somehow that was perceived as a reasonable argument by security so they let it go. 

Here is a photo of Kenny Wayne Shepherd.

The next day I went to NASCAR with Laruen and was go glad that I got to experience it for the first time.  We went around 10am and looked at all of the haulers.  When the race started I couldn't believe how loud it was and was very thankful for my earplugs.  I was okay with missing out a little on that part of the experience since we were two rows up from the track and had tire hitting us the entire time.

Here are some fun pics of NASCAR...

There is a lot of drinking that goes on at NASCAR so the Coke hauler was the only place we could enjoy a cool beverage.

This is the simulation ride that proved that I could never be a driver because I'd spend all of my time on the grass in the middle or on the wall.  I think Lauren might have been there with me.

The cars were so LOUD!

I also went up to Bootleg Canyon with Sarah and Levi and had my first mountain biking experience up there.  It was pretty fun and I think I did a good job considering how dark it was, maybe not the safest thing I've ever done.  

I'm going to try to be better and get back to blogging!

How much will 60 seconds cost me?

Work is boring, this is a statement of fact.  There is no one to talk to or have any fun with so I turn to the  internet on my cell phone during my breaks.  Last month my bill was a little bit high so I wanted to call verizon to determine how much using the internet was costing me.  

Here is how my conversation with verizon wireless guy, Jeff, went...

Me: Hi, I'm calling because I want to know how much it is costing me to use the internet on my phone.

Jeff: They charge by minutes.

Me:  Ok well how much does a minute cost?

Jeff: I don't think you understand, they go by minutes.

Me: Um... well how much am I being charged for those minutes?

Jeff:  When you use the internet they charge minutes.

Me: HOW MUCH IS A MINUTE???

Jeff: A minute is 60 seconds.

(at this point I was dumbstruck)

Me: I know HOW LONG a minute is.

Jeff:  Let me explain this again, try to keep up.  They charge you out of the minutes on your calling plan instead of a by data usage.  Do you think you understand now?

Me:  Great, thank you. Click.

Seriously?  

some things i like that i probably shouldn't

1. Chicken Fried by Zach Brown Band

Lately I find myself listening to the radio hoping a certain song comes on the radio.  Generally speaking my preferred kind of music is alternative rock and most of my years growing up I had a particular distaste in my mouth for country music.  Now I am okay with it and at times I seek it out.  This song, however, is ridiculous in every sense of the word.  Here are some reasons...

a. "you know I like my chicken fried" - this is false, I do not like fried chicken

b. "i like to see the sunrise" - true but I also like to be sleeping when the sun rises 

c. "cold beer on a friday night" - i'd rather be on a hot date

2. Hostess orange cupcakes

On the package it says, "natural orange flavor." There is nothing "orange" about these cupcakes other than their color and if you know anything about me you know that i look at them and think... yellow? orange? i don't know.

3. The movie Twister.

Picture yourself in a truck next to the man that you secretly love.  He has sought you out to sign divorce papers so that he and his new lady friend can get married.  She is a sex therapist.  You are in the midst of an F4 tornado.  A cow flies past your window... oh, wait... there goes another.  Suddenly a semi truck with fuel in it is flying at you... oh it just misses you and explodes into a fiery ball behind you.  Enough said.  Luckily for me they play this movie at the gym and I find that I can't tear myself away.

4. The TV show Bones.

What is the show about? Guts? Smart people? The same hyoid that breaks suggesting the dead person was strangled.  Then suddenly Agent Sealy Booth appears... who even cares about the dead guy?

Those are just a few things...

*giggle*

Guns, guns and more guns!!!

Ken took me shooting last weekend and it was a new experience.  

New=scary.

I think my favorite gun was this one...

Ok, not true I was afraid of the hand gun.

I received one small injury from the 12 gauge shot gun and from the rifle.  I guess I wasn't holding either of them correctly and the both blasted into my collar bone.  OUCH.  It was a lot of fun though over all and I would like to do it again.

Oh what have we done????

I guess it isn't so much what have WE done but what did HE do?  

This is a situation where at the time you think you are being helpful but after it is all said and done you think to yourself, what have I done?

We had just finished up a movie and were walking to my car when a guy stopped us and asked if we had a bottle opener.  Gregario (the name has been changed to protect his identity and pride) stops and triumphantly claims that, yes! he has a bottle opener.  Prepared just like a good boy scout ought to be.  The young man takes it and opens his bottle of beer and hands the opener back to Gregario.  The next few moments cause my head to cock to the side and one eyebrow to raise.  They guy handed the bottle of beer through the car to the kid sitting in the drivers seat and I saw him commence drinking.  Oh, no.  OH, NO.  Crap, what did he just do???  

I hate, despise and loath drinking and driving.  Can you say accessory to a crime?  Poor Gregario, such a good guy, he didn't mean for it to happen that way.

Bolt

This post is a little late but I still wanted to put it up.  I went and saw Bolt last weekend with Kody and Brent.  I was super nervous because I couldn't think of why these two guys were so willing to go see a cartoon movie with me.  I mean come on.  So I sat there sweating metaphorical bullets until I could hear giggling on either side of me signaling that they were enjoying themselves.  

Here is my proof...