I'd Like To Think The World Is A Better Place

Another weekend come and gone, and another Monday morning blog. I feel kinda like Peter King, a editor for SI.com. His weekly article, Monday Morning Quarterback, comes out every (you'd never have guessed) Monday morning, and is always a fun way to start the day. He goes over everything from NFL training camps, to the Combine, to "10 Things I Think I Think". It really is a very good article. I highly recommend it. If you like football....

This week is definitely looking up, especially compared to last week. Tonight me and Trav are going to the Jazz-Lakers game. I'm not sure how good our seats are, but every basketball game is always fun to watch, and its the Lakers....you can't go wrong there. Tuesday is Mickeys (my youngest sister) birthday. She's turning 11 (i think) and for about two months, she will be the same age as my next youngest sister. I'm going shopping with Chelsea right after she gets out of school to find Mickey a present. Even though Tuesday is her actual birthday, we'll be having Mickey's party Wednesday because she'll be at my moms house on Tuesday. I don't think I have any plans for Thursday, but like always Friday night is Red Pin Bowling. I went asked Natalie if she wanted to come, and she said she'd get back to me (she said that last time though) but even if she's not there it'll still be fun. Saturday is the concert, but I might not go. Trav says he might have to work, and if he does I'll probably just give the tickets to my sister and she can go with one of her friends.

All in all this next week should be full of good things. Hannah has a new boy toy now, so I wish her the best of luck with that. As cool as I think it would be if she still liked me, as long as she's happy thats all that matters (I know guys say that all the time, but I really do mean it).

Oh yeah, I almost forgot. Me and Trav are making big plans for this summer/upcoming fall. We've talked about a couple different options, but we'll have to see how they all play out. My cousin has a restaurant in Moab, and we may spend the summer working down there. This fall we're gonna be looking at starting school, possibly down in St. George. If that doesn't work out, we'll get an apartment either up here in Heber or down in Orem. If all of those fall through the cracks, my dad might finally be getting his own place and I won't have to live with my grandparents anymore. If worse comes to worse and none of the above ideas end up working out like we'd like them too, we'll spend our summer camping and messing around, enjoying the bright sunlight and wasting away the days and the long hot summer nights.

The Nothingness is Crushing

Its been nearly a week since I blogged, and so far I got nothin'. Really though, looking back over this past week there hasn't been anything really eventful to blog about. Tuesday was the last basketball of our season, and it ended on a happy note. We finally won our second game, and it was probably the funnest game all season. Mike Patterson played with us, and the two of us playing the point was very interesting. We were able to spread the floor and we both had the hot hand all night long. In the end we beat the other team by more than thirty points. Wednesday I got off work early and went shopping in Park City with my sister. And thats about it. Boring, I know. But thats all I got.

Apparently Hannah is coming bowling with me this Friday. At first it looked like it might really be fun, but not so much anymore. We had a "fight" (i dunno if it was a fight but its the only word i can think of to describe it) Wednesday and so far we're not talking to each other. Its ok though, its not like we're going out or anything so its not that big of a deal. I just hope Friday night doesn't end up being too awkward. Even if it is, she has another date planned the next night with another guy so her weekend will still end up being fun.

Sunny from Seattle

Valentines Day was really fun. I mean really, Valentines Day was really really fun. I had originally planned to take the day and go visit Kesia, but at the last minute decided against it. Instead I spent my day at work, wondering what on earth I was going to spend my night doing. It was eventually determined that I would spend my evening with Travis, Mercedes and Hannah. It was fun, we went to the duck pond and Travis almost drove us in. After that we went to the Midway cemetery and looked at a few gravestones older than time itself. Then we went back to my hosue, Hannah and I made out a bit, then I took her home. It was fun.

We had a special guest at work today. Scott's little girl, Sunny, came in to visit. Sunny is seven years old and lives in Seattle. The last time Sunny came in was about two months ago, and me and her had an awesome time! While Scott was working, Sunny and I played tic-tac-toe and hang-man on his whiteboard for hours. When it was time for Sunny to go we were pretty much best friends. Today was no exception. Scott's fiance brought in lunch, and brought Sunny with her. We all late lunch in Scott's office and after Sunny came over to my desk and we played tic-tac-toe and hang-man again (and just like the time before, Sunny beat me). After that we went back into Scott's office again and talked and Sunny drew on the whiteboard. It was probably the funnest lunch I've had in a while. Sunny went home a little later but I'm pretty sure me and her are gonna be life-long friends :)

Now I'm having a very deep conversation with Hannah about mistakes and life and Jake and me and pretty much everything in between. All very interesting, but at the same time very taxing topics to discuss.

The Fates Are Cruel

I've been re-connected! Thanks to a T-mobile customer service representative, my father, a postal deliver man (or woman), a machine in a factory somewhere, a mechanic, and the government, I now have a new cell phone and a new cell phone number. My old phone will soon be disposed of in an orderly fashion (preferably crushed to dust under a steamroller or dipped in acid), and once I pay the equivalent of the GNP of a small country to Verizon to cancel my old contract, I will be %100 a T-Mobile customer. My new phone is sleek, stylish (not cute), and works as well as I could ever hope for it to work. It has a built in mp3 player and is small enough to almost fit in my mouth. All in all I am very happy to have my new phone.

The fates have dealt my sister quite a bad hand this past week, and I can only hope I'm not their next target (knock on wood). Not only has she had boy troubles (*cough Mike Patterson*), school troubles, and church troubles, she got in an accident this morning. She slid on some black ice (no racial improvications here) and up onto a hill next to the Orem cemetery. From their she hailed me on my new phone and I gave her comfort, counsel, and advice until my dad arrived to save the day. Apparently she hit the curb with her tires, one of them blew, and she cascaded up onto the hill, leaving here with a clear view of the road below. Surely if I had been in her position I would have screamed at such a high pitch the windshield would've shattered and the broken glass would have slit my wrists, but she kept her cool and saved her screaming and yelling for when she called me. It has been said that every American will be involved in 2.6 car accidents in their lifetime. Luckily for my sister, she's already taken care of one of them and at such a young age too. Now that she has one behind her, she has only to be involved in 1.6 car accidents before she has met the quota and is protected from being involved in additional car accidents (if only this were the case).

Its been an interesting day so far. Everything from my boss getting mad at me for not giving him my right cell phone number, to my dad ignoring me while i'm explaining important information to him, clear up to not feeling a thing when I texted Kesia this afternoon. Hopefully the rest of the week will be either slightly more bearable, much more entertaining, or heaven forbid both but who knows. I guess i'll blog about it at the end of the week, so until then stay tuned and we'll let you know what happens.

Hello, Operator? Yes, I've Been Disconnected...

So recently I have received complaints that I haven't been blogging frequently enough. This person (who due to laws drafted by the Geneva Convention will remain anonymous) stated that because I had not blogged as often as they had I was a vile sinner and as lowly as a worm. As incorrect as these accusations may be, it is true that my blogging has slacked off as of late. However, because I am a just man with a head square on my shoulders, I will come clean and post not one but two blogs (now this may confuse some, but the blog I posted first can be accessed below. Some may say "well how can he write one blog, then write another saying he will write two blogs and not follow it up with another blog?" To this I say, anyone who dares accuse me of not following up on what I say will have their toenails plucked and be forced to live on a desert island with Nathan Baum and Donald Trump.)

On to the real world though:

For those of you who do not have the privilege of speaking to me in person, or do not otherwise know yet my dearly beloved cell phone has finally kicked the bucket. After serving me (though not always faithfully) for quite some time, it has retired to the place where all dead cell phones go. My cell phone had led quite a distinguished career, providing service to countless people before me, including but not limited to; Tom Cruise, Bill Gates, Madonna, and Leonardo Da Vinci. As much as my cell phone deserves a resting place among his fellow electronic devices, and as glad as I am to see him finally put to rest, I am still filled with a great emptiness. For you see, my cell phones embarkment on its final great journey has left me disconnected from the rest of the human race. I am no longer able to send or recieve important messages, or listen to the laugh of a child through an earpiece. I can sense the electronic world swirling over my head, but I no longer have a connection to that way of life. Its sad but true. If feel that if i continue to live my life in such a way I will eventually turn to dust. Not what i'm interested in right now.

Keeping My Promise

This blog just goes to show that I am not a liar. When I say I will write two blogs, I write two blogs. It really is that simple.