Corndogs...yum

I'm a poor college kid who doesn't like to spend too much money on himself. I'm not a tight-wad or anything, i just don't like spending massive amounts of money on useless things like laundry detergent (yay for Febreeze....ok, so it's my roomate's Febreeze, but that's beside the point).

This kind of reminds me of other day when I had a corn dog for lunch. You know, one of those 25 cent pre-fab-non-biodegradable types that has that funky wooden taste from the stick slammed through the middle of the dog? They're not really that bad...ok, nevermind, they are pretty much that bad. Bad describes it really well actually. One of the institute teacher's walked by with one on a plate, took a bite and said,"Hmmmm". I guess I gave him a weird look or something because he looked up at me and said, "I'm humming because it's warm, not because it's good.

Yeah, you know what i mean

Anyway, after removing the plastic covering and placing the frozen slab of almost-food on a paper plate, I popped it in the microwave for 85 seconds (if you do it for 90 seconds, the backside explodes...still not sure why that happens) then pulled it out, and covered it in crazy amounts of ketchup/mustard (if you put enough mustard and ketchup on, it almost tastes like real food) and started eating the dog.

While eating the batter blasted piece of ultra-processed meat, feeling my arteries clog and my stomach scream, i began to question the the reasons for eating not just one, but two of these things. Usually I'm a pretty rational guy, most of the time...ok, except for that time when I decided that it would be smart to go around and asking random girls to marry me, or when I decided to stay up till 4:00am watching Nacho Libre instead of studying for a test the next morning... but, I mean, there is no diffence in taste between the actual hot dog and the peice of wood jammed through it's center! None at all. Why the hek am I eating these!?.....

And then it hit me: because they're only 25 cents.

I Play the Piano . . . sort of

So, every once in a while i get these crazy urges to do weird things like running at 5:30 a.m., bungie jumping, sky-diving, belly-dancing, finger painting, or reaching out my arm and clotheslining people when they ride by on their skateboards.

Luckily i don't give in to these crazy urges. . . .too often.

But, ... the other day was at some friends house... and we sort of started playing the piano. . . .



and then got bored with the feet....

anyway....

life is good :)

Watermelon

So, there's been a watermelon sitting on the desk in the middle of my living room for the past few days and I'm not really sure why.

I'm scared of asking anyone about it in the event that I'm hallucinating and am the only one who actually can see this huge green thing covering half of the table. But seriously. Why the hek is it there?

I've come up with some possible solutions:

1. One of my crazy roomates put it there.

2. I slept walked over to the grocery store last night, bought a watermelon, placed it on the table in front of everone, and then went back to bed.

3. Aliens. ( They've tried to take over my apartment before unnoticed )

5. There isn't a number 4

6. I really need to cut back on my ice cream intake..... so, ok, this doesn't really explain the watermelon, but it's still true.

7. I have a bad case of three-weeks-into-the-semester-itis (more commonly known as homework flu) and I'm hallucinating

It's gotta be #7

Lake Powell

This past week has been pretty awesome. It started off with me getting invited to go to Lake Powell and it was a blast. Schedule was like this: Wake Up. Eat. Play in the Water. Eat. play in the sand. Eat. Sleep. Play on the Jet Ski (which is amazing by the way). Cliff jump. Eat. Laugh at my two new blog stalkers who are hilarious (hi Tawni and Ashley). And get sun burned...alot...like, i'm still peeling.

Anyway, here are some pics of the 3 day awesome trip. By the way, you know, jet skis are pretty much the most amazing things ever!!! Holy Cow!! So much fun.

Moving at 45 mph and then whipping the jet ski around is so fun! and it makes some wicked cool waves.

I also got a really cool tattoo too. A little girl came up to me and said, "That's a little girl's tattoo, not a boy tattoo". Ok, so she was right, but hey, everyone else took all the manly skull and crossbones and lightning ones.

Scott and I made a huge t-rex sand sculpture nad htat was really fun. It took a while to make, ok, so it took over 4 hours to make. Doh! It was pretty cool though

By the end of the trip i was pretty exhausted.....

...not gonna lie, I look pretty jacked up in this picture.

anyway, it was a really fun trip

:)

Week in Review

So, i've had a pretty crazy and fun past week, and so i thought i'd do a review of the week with some awesome pictures taken with my craptaculous camera-phone:

1. Scout camp. Fun Moment: my car exploded on the way. Larry (my car) had a nervous breakdown and is now in rehab over at my uncle's shop. (on a side note the kid's name in the picture on the left is Dodge, how cool is that?)


2. We stopped by a Wal-Mart and someone had lined up all of the carts outside in a huge circle. It was awesome.

3. Paul's Bachelor Party. It was really fun hanging out witha few of Paul's friends and laughing. He had asked me to be the male stripper, but luckily it didn't work out. I forgot my speedo. . . . .ew.

4. Elijah vs Yogurt. I looked over at my nephew and he had a purple yogurt-colored unibrow. I looked over at him and said, "Hey Lije, how'd you get that on your head." He looked up at me, slapped his yogurt covered hand on his forehead and said, "Oh, no!"

5. Reception. The place was huge! There was a live band, a DJ, awesome dance floor, ice scuptures and cute girls. It actually was a pretty fun evening minus the boring line.

6. Random Picture of Keira Knightly. So, actually there isn't a reason to have this on my blog and has nothing to do with what happened last week, but hey, she's hot.

7. Car Death #2. This guy who's been hitting on my little sister, accidentally rammed his huge truck into the side of her car. Awkward. The door doesn't open anymore.

8. Room Death. I came home from Utah after 17 hours of driving and looked in my roomate's room. This picture actually doesn't do the actual room justice. It was SO messy. Tyson had made a trail to get to his dresser. It was hilarious. Important side note: that's not my room.

Anyway, life is good.

:)

Taking the Plunge... haha...get it?

So, i'm in Utah right now. And to answer your question before you ask it: No. the picture of the gorgeous woman that caught your attention as soon as you opened this post is not my wife, not even my girlfriend. My older brother Paul is getting married. And as kind of a tribute to him, I decided to post some of his engagement pictures which are amazing! (ok, so I know that it's usually girls who post engagement pics, but these are really cool). This is also an effort to increase the amount of people who read this blog by posting pictures of beautiful people.

For all you girls who read this, this is my almost sister-in-law:

And these are the coolest engagement pics ever!!! I so need to try this

Ok, so they kind of look creepy underwater, but they both look like models. I'm not complaining or anything, but how the hek did Paul get all of the good looking genes in the family? I mean, come on, seriously!

Paul is pretty much the coolest guy ever. And since he never reads blogs I can talk about him all I want. Paul is one of those few people in this world who was just born cool. He's just a rock solid awesome guy. He's intelligent and is really fun to talk to. He also has an amazing sense of humor, like, I remember when we were younger he would make Samuel (my oldest bro) laugh so hard he'd shoot milk out of his nose. I almost saw a repeat of that yesterday. It was awesome. Anyway, I also met Stephanie for the first time yesterday and she is freaking awesome as well. They definately go well together. (and she has a cute younger sister...awesome).

So, here we go with a few more pics:

Anway, the wedding's tomorrow and I'm really excited for them

:)

Boy Scout Camp

So, earlier this week I drove up to Northern Arizona to be an adult for a scout camp.

It was . . . interesting. Like. . . , ok, I am really amazed at how close the Lord of the Flies is like Boy Scout Camp. Wow. William Golding must have been a scoutmaster or something, because he nailed it. 12 year old boys are CRAZY!

They also have an attention span of about 13 seconds. For example, this really happened on a field trip to a museum in Flagstaff:

---Me teaching astromomy--
me---"Ok, so what is the Sun made out of?"
boy #1 --"Hey, stop touching me!"
boy #2 --" I'm just sitting here."

boy#1 kicks boy #2.

me--"Hey guys, let's calm down, let's look at this book for the astronomy merit badge."
boy #1--" Look! Elk!"
boy #3-- "I want some cheetos"
boy #1 --"Your mom is so fat she's like a whale"
boy #3--"That's dumb"
boy #4 --" Nick's mom is dumb"

--laughing---

me--"Ok, astronomy. The Sun"
boy#2--"Hey Joe, I have a question"
me--" Go for it"
boy #2 ---" So did you know that in the center of the Sun is actually a Sun god, and his daughter hates the Earth so he's gonna start blowing up stuff on Earth."
me---" Um.....ok guys, Let's look at this picture righ---"
Boy#3---" I want cheetos"
Boy#4---"Where's my water bottle?"
boy #2---"Are there aliens?"
me---"Sure"
boy#6--" Have you ever been on the Tower of Teror?"
me--" yes. . . Ok, so, astronomy---"
Boy#5,6,7 burst into song--" If I were a boy scout a boy scout I would be..."
Boy #2--" Did you know the loch ness monster is real?"