Eventful Weekend!

This weekend was fun! Friday was our friend Meghan's birthday so we went to Johnny Carino's to celebrate. There was a camera and about 200 pictures taken.  I somehow found myself in 198 of them...

Me, Seth and Matt...

Matt and Josie...oh, and me.

We went to the sand dunes this weekend, and I ended up getting stuck right next to the road in the sand. It didn't look that deep!!!! So this is me grieving. Two nice guys with a jeep stopped and helped us out.  Tiffany (the car) is a good sport.

We/I also went shooting this weekend with some friends. I was nervous when my friend Brooke had the shotgun...

The semester is going great!

Here's Three More...

More of Marion. I love playing in Photoshop and getting the tone for each picture. This is also a project I'm working on so that makes it even better.

This one below is better if its bigger so you may need to click on it to enlarge.

Photo of Marion

I will be putting a lot of my projects this semester for you to see and critique.  Tonight I did a photo shoot with my friend Marion.  This was one of my favorite pictures I took and I played with it in Photoshop.  I'll be taking more pictures and editing them in Photoshop for my Custom Images class.  I thought this one turned out pretty cool. 

Rainy Hike

On Saturday, it rained all day long and we were tired of being inside so we decided to go on a sort of hike. Matt and I called our friend Kaitlin to come along and we went to Rigby where there was a hiking trail up the side of a hill and by the snake river. Ten minutes out of the car it decided to hail like crazy with close lightning and thunder. We then decided to go home after those ten minutes. But it was the most fun part of the day. We got soaked!!!

Freezing and wet. Good picture moment.
You can see the size of the hail in the picture.

Matt and Kaitlin seeking shelter.
Cold and wet.As high as we got. We could see the snake river.

4 years ago...

Today, September 22, was the 4 year anniversary of me entering the MTC to serve my mission in Arizona. I can't believe it's been 4 years since mom and dad dropped me off and I was the first missionary to leave the orientation room, only to get a second hepatitis shot I hadn't done yet, and then on to the beginning of a 2 year journey. It was by far the scariest happy moment of my life! And the day after, September 23, still to this day remains the longest day of my life. YOU WANT ME TO GET UP AT 6:30 a.m. EVERY DAY FOR TWO YEARS??? Well I did it! And can't believe I've been home now for an additional 2 years. I sure miss it a lot sometimes and all the great people I was fortunate to meet. But life goes on...

Close Encounter Issues

We watched Close Encounters of the Third Kind this rainy morning. No doubt its one of the greatest and the filmmaking is incredible (and music...the five note communication tool the aliens use is one of my ringtones). But we had one major problem with the end: Why was there no alien exchange for the life of Richard Dreyfuss?? They came to our planet, screwed up peoples lives here, stole some people from the early 1900's, returned them dazed and confused, and then play/act nice?? No, it doesn't work like this. In exchange for choosing Richard Dreyfuss (of whom lost his family due to his obsession in finding the mountain he made a model out of with mashed potatoes, chicken wire, and dirt), they should have voluntarily left an alien baby or adult for us to examine and study. Eye for an eye! Tooth for a tooth! Alien for a human!

We'll take the one on the far right looking lost. He's even questioning: "Is this really fair? Maybe I should stay..."

I'm Ba-ack!

After a long absence from the blogging phenomenon, I am back. Yes it is true. A new semester and with it a new blog. The 7 week break came and is now gone with the wind.  It was a blast living in L.A. with my friends and their family.  Being back in Rexburg is great too.  This semester will be fun and have brand new challenges...such as getting stung by a bee today for the first time in my life...after tragically losing a tennis match to my friend Jon.  He stung me on the shin and it hurt for a while.  It's all good now though.  It wasn't as bad as I'd expect, and it's good to know I'm not allergic, as I have wondered this my entire life...wondering if a bee sting would be the way I go...

This semester I am taking great classes.  My itinerary includes: Criminology, Media Management, Media Law and Ethics, Custom Images, and of course, Advertising Concepts. Criminology is very interesting and intense.  Media Management is hilarious as we study commercials, skits, youtube videos, and video podcasts and analyze them.  Media Law and Ethics will be the toughy this semester because, as it says in its title, studies law. Custom Images is with Sister Esplin, of whose it is my 4th class taking from her because, in my eyes, she is the best teacher this school has and is perfect at all she does in terms of visual design. Advertising Concepts is my favorite, duh, and the teacher is gonna be great as we expand on our advertising capabilities and designs.  

I'm still living in the Ridge 708 and probably will stay here until I graduate.  I'm in room number one, which nobody can understand why I love so much.  But if you've been to our apartment, you will understand that the hallway is very long and dark.  I like being in the front and just getting there already.  Matt and Mike are still my roomates as well as second timer Ryan, from Hollister.  Newcomers to the apt include Brock from Ohio, and Scott Hadley from somewhere in Utah.  We're all returned missionaries from Argentina, Brazil, W. Virginia, Long Beach and ARIZONA BABY!! 

Other activities thus far this semester have been getting back to exercising and playing tennis.  My friend, Eric Vail, who was my first zone leader in AZ, and I play almost every day.  We're on the same level of talent as tennis goes so it is fun.  Life is great at the moment with no complaints (other than that stupid bee sting!).  It's good to be back to the blog. 

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Me cooking

Our living room, complete with Mike