Hi everyone! I just got done taking a test (Book of Mormon...I got 88%...drat!) and it's my turn to post!
Life is great. For those of you who don't know I've almost submitted my papers; my recommendation was submitted (I didn't have any problems with the dental or the physical), I've met with the bishop, and I meet with the stake president next week. I should get my call on either the 24th or the 31st (I'm hoping for the former), but I'll probably wait until the following Friday so Dad can be there. If any of you guys want to be there I'll let you know when I get it.
Actually, there was one thing wrong with me on my physical, and that is I failed the vision test, so I got to go to the eye doctor. After a mortifying experience where I almost passed out (literally, ask mom--they brought me juice and cookies), they told me that I only need glasses for if I have trouble seeing, and I can wear (or not wear) them as much as I'd like. Sessely and Mom helped me choose out some frames. So don't laugh at me if you see me and I have glasses.
School is ok thus far. My hardest classes are World Civilization, Accounting, and Statistics, but the latter one isn't that bad. This next week will be pretty stressful--I have a test in Accounting and World Civ, followed by a test the next week in stats--but after that it'll be the ominous absence of tests that precede finals week. In about 35 days I'll be done with school for 2 years!
Things are also ok with my roommates and church and stuff. Last night I was just getting into bed when suddenly Conley started shouting about our sink overflowing. I ran out to see that indeed the sink was full and pouring over, flooding our kitchen floor with dirty (and smelly) water. So I had to call campus police for emergency maintenance. It's fixed now; but our kitchen still smells bad and our towels (which we used to stop the flow of water from getting to the living room carpet) are dirty; luckily Conley didn't use my extra towel I keep in the bathroom closet, so I could still shower.
...I think that's about it. Thanks to mom and dad for letting me come home all the time and mooch off of their food storage; it helps alot. I still work at Macey's but hopefully I'll be quitting there by the time I get out of school (for those of you who don't know, Caitlyn and I went to LINX on President's Day and Joel said he'd hire us again).
I of course appreciate your prayers that I'll do well in school and that I won't falter spiritually. I think about all you guys often and keep you in my prayers as well. I hope to see you guys soon--maybe when I open my mission call--we'll have to figure that out!
Bridger
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Mar 10, 2010
Jan 9, 2010
Winter Semester
It was a rude awakening to go back to my dorm a week ago after 3 weeks at home, but it was necessary. Without a doubt my favorite gift was a UTA buss pass (thanks, Mom!): instead of walking up the huge hill to the temple on Monday mornings, I can catch the 5:30 AM bus; instead of biking to school in single digits, I can take the 8:30 bus; instead of worrying about if my bike will get wet in the snow, I only have to worry about if I'll make it to the bus stop on time.
My classes this semester are Mission Prep (by Professor Bott--he's an AMAZING professor, and it's thanks to Jasmine I got in--thanks, Jasmine!), Book of Mormon (by Stanley Johnson, apparently he was our old stake president), Accounting 200 (which is actually interesting right now), Statistics 221 (which is also interesting. I really like this class), University Chorale, and a couple of elementary I SYS classes covering Microsoft Excel and Powerpoint. Overall it'll be a challenging but good semester, and I'm encouraged by the fact that I like alot of the classes required for my major, hopefully it means I'm on the right direction (right now I'm planning on majoring in either Information Systems or Accounting; and in those two majors I have the option of taking an accelerated 5-year program where I can earn my bachelor's and my masters).
My roommates are the same, except that Christian has moved to an apartment two doors down. So right now, I'm alone in my room. While I'll admit this is nice--I can play the music I want and turn off all the lights when I go to bed--I'm sort of lonely. I haven't had my own room since I was about 5 or so.
My goals for this semester is to get good grades, try and exercise everyday (ha! We'll see how that goes...), try to actually be social (. . . .), be happy, and try to become better spiritually as well. We'll see how all this goes.
In my first accouting class, the professor (Norm Nemrow is his name; he made a fortune and retired at age 30 but felt useless, so he offered to teach at BYU for free) told us an interesting insight: he said that when he went to BYU he was sure that eventually BYU would have to switch to a system used by Notre Dame--BYU is funded by tithes, but Notre Dame is funded by separate contributions. Professor Nemrow was sure this would be the case, since he couldn't see why tithing paid by a widow with 2 children in Peru (he used this example) should go to subsidizing tuition for students (or, in my lucky case, paying all of it [and then some!] ). However, since the Presidents of the Church keep reaffirming their commitment to BYU, he has decided that BYU must be a very important part of furthering God's kingdom. He encouraged us to make the most of our time here and immerse ourselves in the BYU experience. This applies to any church institution, and when I thought about it, it's really lucky that all of us had the chance to attend at least some college, at pretty cheap levels (tuition at most places is at least above $5,000 a semester), so close to home, in a spiritual environment. Man, I love this place.
My classes this semester are Mission Prep (by Professor Bott--he's an AMAZING professor, and it's thanks to Jasmine I got in--thanks, Jasmine!), Book of Mormon (by Stanley Johnson, apparently he was our old stake president), Accounting 200 (which is actually interesting right now), Statistics 221 (which is also interesting. I really like this class), University Chorale, and a couple of elementary I SYS classes covering Microsoft Excel and Powerpoint. Overall it'll be a challenging but good semester, and I'm encouraged by the fact that I like alot of the classes required for my major, hopefully it means I'm on the right direction (right now I'm planning on majoring in either Information Systems or Accounting; and in those two majors I have the option of taking an accelerated 5-year program where I can earn my bachelor's and my masters).
My roommates are the same, except that Christian has moved to an apartment two doors down. So right now, I'm alone in my room. While I'll admit this is nice--I can play the music I want and turn off all the lights when I go to bed--I'm sort of lonely. I haven't had my own room since I was about 5 or so.
My goals for this semester is to get good grades, try and exercise everyday (ha! We'll see how that goes...), try to actually be social (. . . .), be happy, and try to become better spiritually as well. We'll see how all this goes.
In my first accouting class, the professor (Norm Nemrow is his name; he made a fortune and retired at age 30 but felt useless, so he offered to teach at BYU for free) told us an interesting insight: he said that when he went to BYU he was sure that eventually BYU would have to switch to a system used by Notre Dame--BYU is funded by tithes, but Notre Dame is funded by separate contributions. Professor Nemrow was sure this would be the case, since he couldn't see why tithing paid by a widow with 2 children in Peru (he used this example) should go to subsidizing tuition for students (or, in my lucky case, paying all of it [and then some!] ). However, since the Presidents of the Church keep reaffirming their commitment to BYU, he has decided that BYU must be a very important part of furthering God's kingdom. He encouraged us to make the most of our time here and immerse ourselves in the BYU experience. This applies to any church institution, and when I thought about it, it's really lucky that all of us had the chance to attend at least some college, at pretty cheap levels (tuition at most places is at least above $5,000 a semester), so close to home, in a spiritual environment. Man, I love this place.
Oct 24, 2009
A random conglomeration
I thought I would post since I haven't in a while (gee, guys, it seems like it's been a while since anyone has posted...)!
First of all, I found it funny that the pictures of us on the side have been taken all over the country--Mom, Dad's, Danielle's, and Sessely's from Orem, Jasmine's from Ireland, Lacee & Travis' from Florida, Caitlyn's from Idaho, mine in Washington D.C. and Brigham's from San Francisco vacation. Looks like we've been almost everywhere as a family!
Anyhow, my fall semester of my freshman year is officially halfway over (as of last Tuesday). I'm sort of glad, actually; I just want to keep my grades up until then. I was really worried about an ECON assignment where I got a zero on it, but I went in and talked with my T.A. and he gave me the credit back (the only reason he had given me a zero was because my essay was too long).
My other hard class is Computer Programming. I can do ok on the labs (we have one due each week) because I can get T.A. help, so I turn in those labs 3 or 4 days early each time, which gives me extra points which will hopefully cover any points I may miss on the exams (we only have 3 exams--less studying but each exam counts more!). My Book of Mormon class feels just like Seminary, I LOVE University Chorale, Physical Science is mildly interesting, and HEPE is stimulating, but the chapters are pretty boring.
That's my room; my desk is on the left and Christian's is on the right (the one with the pharmacy). My roommates are pretty great; James still hacks into the sink and Christian still plays loud rap music when he's in a bad mood, but I've become more tolerant of them, and I found out that Christian is actually an enjoyable person when he's not in a bad mood about missing Hawaii or his gf or his family.
I still work at Macey's and my schedule is pretty set: 12:30-3 on Tuesdays, 1-4 on Thursdays, and 7-1 (ugh) on Saturday's. This covers my budget pretty well (except for unexpected expenditures like haircuts--thanks again, Dad!).
I still love my ward, my building, and I have alot of friends here too. But at the same time I'm looking forward to Thanksgiving when I can come live at home for 5 days with my family. :)
By the way, Jasmine, congratulations on your engagement!!! :) :) :)
Oct 5, 2009
A general tale of Bridger's life
I typed the following entry for my journal but I decided it would be benficial to post for you guys:
Life at college, I rather think, would be almost exactly like high school except for the fact that I’m living on campus. This means that not only do I suddenly have 14.0 credits of a private university on the line, but I have to clean, cook, deal with roommates and a singles ward, and basically take care of my own life. Who’s cruel idea was this anyway (I rather regret to say that it was mine)?
My three roommates, Christian, Conley, and James, are, in my personal opinion, the best possible roommates I could have had. Conley is almost exactly like me, James is at least tolerable, and Christian doesn’t really cause any problems. There are always those little things that annoy me—James loves to play music on his CD player in the kitchen whenever he’s home, Christian will talk on the phone in our room at 2 o’clock in the morning, and Conley is so knowledgeable that I rather feel dumb when I talk to him—but overall, they are quite good. I’ve learned that with roommates the main thing is to pick your battles. I kept quiet over the messy half of the room and Christian’s phone calls so that I could (politely) suggest we close the door when we sleep during the night (this is essential since Conley and James apparently neglect to hit the snooze button on their alarms when they decide to sleep in an extra 5 minutes. It was driving me NUTS).
I’ve grown attached to my bike in the few weeks I’ve been here (literally; sometimes after pedaling up a large hill it feels like I won’t be able to dismount). This also means that, instead of at home where I would be delighted to see frost, rain, or snow, I now dread it—when I open the blinds in the morning I immediately picture myself in that weather, pedaling down University Avenue, avoiding splashes from cars.
I work at Macey’s about three days a week. I would love to work less, and probably could, if I was willing to cut my budget. I have an elaborate budget drawn up on Microsoft Excel: all I need to do is enter in my paycheck and excel takes that amount, divides it into how much per week, and lets me decide how much to allot for food, savings, extra, and other things. Usually I spend about $15 a week on food (of course, after I raid the family’s pantry). If I manage to stay under that amount, I can put that money toward other uses (like today, for example, where I purchased a pair of inexpensive fleece gloves [one finds that fingers bear the brunt of a cold wind while riding their bike]).
It feels rather weird to have only 4 people living at your “home.” It feels weirder for me to have to decide what to cook every night—usually, at about 6, I simply walk into the kitchen, open my cupboard, and decide what to make. I have a shelf devoted to Hamburger Helper, but I try to always have spinach with every meal. I also eat a lot of fruit—mostly apples. That is, when I can find my stuff in the fridge (today I came home and found, to my dismay, that one of my kind roommates had rearranged the fridge and, in the process of doing so, and untwisted my package of hot dog buns, resulting in rock-hard buns). I’ve also learned to be very wary about where I keep my stuff and who I let use it. One morning James asked to borrow my milk for his cereal since he was out; I obliged and found it a quarter empty that afternoon. Once, when I was trying to fall asleep, some guys from the apartment above us came down and asked for vanilla extract. James told them to basically look for it in our kitchen and if they found some they could use it—and of course I was squirming horribly in my bed, because I darn well knew that I WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO HAD VANILLA EXTRACT. Sure enough they used quite a bit of it.
The usual problems that pervade men’s apartments prevail in ours, but to a lesser degree. Today the garbage was so full when I came home that I had to put it into three bags in order to take it out to the dumpster without it spilling everywhere. Our sink is perpetually full of dishes, but we trade off washing them pretty well.
And, of course, I still have school (trade off the trimmings of college life and it seems rather dull). I think I’m keeping up well. The main problem is that right now, I’m not really sure how hard tests will be. I’ve already found out that some classes are super easy, and some are not (*cough* Computer Programming *cough*).
But the thing I’ve learned most while living here at Wyview is that I would probably die without the gospel. When I come home to find only Conley watching a movie on YouTube rather than a mom waiting for a hug and detailed description of the day, it sort of stinks (particularly after you got a ‘0’ on an assignment, you tripped during class changes on the steps of the JFSB, and you answered a question wrong in front of your 200-person computer science class because you couldn’t hear the professor). But, here at my apartment, I go into the bathroom, turn on the fan, go into the bathroom’s closet, close the door, and pray to Heavenly Father. The results really are incredible; I don’t notice them day by day but when I look back over weeks and months I notice how much He helps me and guides me. Unfortunately, my dear journal, it is now nearing 4 o’clock and I still have a pile of homework, dinner to make, dishes to wash, FHE to attend (Conley is insisting on making “Peanut Butter Cup Pie,” which sounds delicious but under my circumstances I would be content with making brownies, which takes 5 minutes rather than 3 hours), and I would like to be in bed at a reasonable hour. So I guess it’s goodbye for now.
Life at college, I rather think, would be almost exactly like high school except for the fact that I’m living on campus. This means that not only do I suddenly have 14.0 credits of a private university on the line, but I have to clean, cook, deal with roommates and a singles ward, and basically take care of my own life. Who’s cruel idea was this anyway (I rather regret to say that it was mine)?
My three roommates, Christian, Conley, and James, are, in my personal opinion, the best possible roommates I could have had. Conley is almost exactly like me, James is at least tolerable, and Christian doesn’t really cause any problems. There are always those little things that annoy me—James loves to play music on his CD player in the kitchen whenever he’s home, Christian will talk on the phone in our room at 2 o’clock in the morning, and Conley is so knowledgeable that I rather feel dumb when I talk to him—but overall, they are quite good. I’ve learned that with roommates the main thing is to pick your battles. I kept quiet over the messy half of the room and Christian’s phone calls so that I could (politely) suggest we close the door when we sleep during the night (this is essential since Conley and James apparently neglect to hit the snooze button on their alarms when they decide to sleep in an extra 5 minutes. It was driving me NUTS).
I’ve grown attached to my bike in the few weeks I’ve been here (literally; sometimes after pedaling up a large hill it feels like I won’t be able to dismount). This also means that, instead of at home where I would be delighted to see frost, rain, or snow, I now dread it—when I open the blinds in the morning I immediately picture myself in that weather, pedaling down University Avenue, avoiding splashes from cars.
I work at Macey’s about three days a week. I would love to work less, and probably could, if I was willing to cut my budget. I have an elaborate budget drawn up on Microsoft Excel: all I need to do is enter in my paycheck and excel takes that amount, divides it into how much per week, and lets me decide how much to allot for food, savings, extra, and other things. Usually I spend about $15 a week on food (of course, after I raid the family’s pantry). If I manage to stay under that amount, I can put that money toward other uses (like today, for example, where I purchased a pair of inexpensive fleece gloves [one finds that fingers bear the brunt of a cold wind while riding their bike]).
It feels rather weird to have only 4 people living at your “home.” It feels weirder for me to have to decide what to cook every night—usually, at about 6, I simply walk into the kitchen, open my cupboard, and decide what to make. I have a shelf devoted to Hamburger Helper, but I try to always have spinach with every meal. I also eat a lot of fruit—mostly apples. That is, when I can find my stuff in the fridge (today I came home and found, to my dismay, that one of my kind roommates had rearranged the fridge and, in the process of doing so, and untwisted my package of hot dog buns, resulting in rock-hard buns). I’ve also learned to be very wary about where I keep my stuff and who I let use it. One morning James asked to borrow my milk for his cereal since he was out; I obliged and found it a quarter empty that afternoon. Once, when I was trying to fall asleep, some guys from the apartment above us came down and asked for vanilla extract. James told them to basically look for it in our kitchen and if they found some they could use it—and of course I was squirming horribly in my bed, because I darn well knew that I WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO HAD VANILLA EXTRACT. Sure enough they used quite a bit of it.
The usual problems that pervade men’s apartments prevail in ours, but to a lesser degree. Today the garbage was so full when I came home that I had to put it into three bags in order to take it out to the dumpster without it spilling everywhere. Our sink is perpetually full of dishes, but we trade off washing them pretty well.
And, of course, I still have school (trade off the trimmings of college life and it seems rather dull). I think I’m keeping up well. The main problem is that right now, I’m not really sure how hard tests will be. I’ve already found out that some classes are super easy, and some are not (*cough* Computer Programming *cough*).
But the thing I’ve learned most while living here at Wyview is that I would probably die without the gospel. When I come home to find only Conley watching a movie on YouTube rather than a mom waiting for a hug and detailed description of the day, it sort of stinks (particularly after you got a ‘0’ on an assignment, you tripped during class changes on the steps of the JFSB, and you answered a question wrong in front of your 200-person computer science class because you couldn’t hear the professor). But, here at my apartment, I go into the bathroom, turn on the fan, go into the bathroom’s closet, close the door, and pray to Heavenly Father. The results really are incredible; I don’t notice them day by day but when I look back over weeks and months I notice how much He helps me and guides me. Unfortunately, my dear journal, it is now nearing 4 o’clock and I still have a pile of homework, dinner to make, dishes to wash, FHE to attend (Conley is insisting on making “Peanut Butter Cup Pie,” which sounds delicious but under my circumstances I would be content with making brownies, which takes 5 minutes rather than 3 hours), and I would like to be in bed at a reasonable hour. So I guess it’s goodbye for now.
Sep 15, 2009
BYU = Blong!
Hi guys! Apparently it's my turn to blog, according to Caitlyn!
Life is really different here at BYU. First of all, moving out was pretty much what I expected, except that I get homesick alot, so I have to force myself to get busy with something in order to combat that (good experience for the MTC I'm assuming).
My roommates are all awesome. Basically I feel like they're carbon copies of me; especially Conley. It's sort of weird. Christian, from Hawaii, is really nice and tidy (thank heavens); James is nice and he tries to be funny (except he has this habit of hacking up expectoration into the sink. Yuck).
Classes are all fun and tolerable. I really really really like being here. My favorite class so far would probably have to be...well, I really enjoy Physical Science and ECON (but the latter requires alot of work, so after two hours of reading it I don't particularly fancy the subject right then).
Another weird thing. Cooking. I even have a cookbook but everyday I wonder what I should make. I try to always have a good balance. I think I'm eating healthier here than I did at home; mostly because I always buy apples and grapes and veggies, and then I guilt myself into eating them (it's alot harder to just let food rot when you know you purchased the said items).
I've also met alot of friends. I gave a talk in sacrament meeting on Sunday so everyone knows me (that's a plus). Conley and I have also gotten into a habit of, when we're bored, baking some cookies or brownies and delivering it to a random girl's apartment (good impression. But don't worry, I would never go for any of them, I've got a mission and besides that they're all very loud and...loud).
My ward is pretty awesome too. A singles ward is definitely different than a home ward. I think in some ways it's better, but in some ways it's worse (people talk alot during sunday school. That drives me crazy).
Well, I get to go practice piano now. :) Bye!
Life is really different here at BYU. First of all, moving out was pretty much what I expected, except that I get homesick alot, so I have to force myself to get busy with something in order to combat that (good experience for the MTC I'm assuming).
My roommates are all awesome. Basically I feel like they're carbon copies of me; especially Conley. It's sort of weird. Christian, from Hawaii, is really nice and tidy (thank heavens); James is nice and he tries to be funny (except he has this habit of hacking up expectoration into the sink. Yuck).
Classes are all fun and tolerable. I really really really like being here. My favorite class so far would probably have to be...well, I really enjoy Physical Science and ECON (but the latter requires alot of work, so after two hours of reading it I don't particularly fancy the subject right then).
Another weird thing. Cooking. I even have a cookbook but everyday I wonder what I should make. I try to always have a good balance. I think I'm eating healthier here than I did at home; mostly because I always buy apples and grapes and veggies, and then I guilt myself into eating them (it's alot harder to just let food rot when you know you purchased the said items).
I've also met alot of friends. I gave a talk in sacrament meeting on Sunday so everyone knows me (that's a plus). Conley and I have also gotten into a habit of, when we're bored, baking some cookies or brownies and delivering it to a random girl's apartment (good impression. But don't worry, I would never go for any of them, I've got a mission and besides that they're all very loud and...loud).
My ward is pretty awesome too. A singles ward is definitely different than a home ward. I think in some ways it's better, but in some ways it's worse (people talk alot during sunday school. That drives me crazy).
Well, I get to go practice piano now. :) Bye!
Apr 2, 2009
Random?
My week has (in retrospect, at least) been pretty much the same as any other week. But for some reason it feels like it's been alot more than that. Maybe it's just my usual emotional fluctuations as a teenager...but sometimes I wonder why I haven't gotten stomach ulcers as a result of the stress I have (note: not the stress I get. The stress I have. It's mostly based on how I react to it).
School has quieted down somewhat, even if the looming prospect of taking 5 AP tests is coming closer. It's sort of depressing since I only have two weeks left before I'm done with high school! Weird!
Anyhow I'm still working at Macey's...luckily Rachael May hardly manages anymore, I never quite liked her, especially when she got mad because my shoelace was untied one day (seriously?). I generally work Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays (generally). But I'm not working this Saturday because it's general conference! I'm really excited for it!
...Um...yeah. Anyhow last Saturday I went to the colorfest in Spanish Fork and it was AMAZING. I've never seen so much chalk in my life! It was gross coming home though because it all washed off as purple...and admittedly I was sort of a dork and erroneously assumed that putting my chalk-covered shirt in with a bunch of other whites would be OK (the result was 5 days of soaking the pink clothes in bleach...so now they're shrunk...but shrunk clothes above pink clothes anyday, that's what I say).
Anyhow I've gotta go! Blong! Donk!
School has quieted down somewhat, even if the looming prospect of taking 5 AP tests is coming closer. It's sort of depressing since I only have two weeks left before I'm done with high school! Weird!
Anyhow I'm still working at Macey's...luckily Rachael May hardly manages anymore, I never quite liked her, especially when she got mad because my shoelace was untied one day (seriously?). I generally work Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays (generally). But I'm not working this Saturday because it's general conference! I'm really excited for it!
...Um...yeah. Anyhow last Saturday I went to the colorfest in Spanish Fork and it was AMAZING. I've never seen so much chalk in my life! It was gross coming home though because it all washed off as purple...and admittedly I was sort of a dork and erroneously assumed that putting my chalk-covered shirt in with a bunch of other whites would be OK (the result was 5 days of soaking the pink clothes in bleach...so now they're shrunk...but shrunk clothes above pink clothes anyday, that's what I say).
Anyhow I've gotta go! Blong! Donk!
Mar 24, 2009
Calmed down!
Well 3rd term ended last Friday, which means that yesterday was my last first day of a term. :'( I wasn't expecting too hot of grades because I was gone for so many things (mostly the Disney Concert and Tour--both for Choir) but miraculously I got 105% on the last test of the term in Psychology, and somehow my grade in APGAP jumped up 10% (I'm still not sure why) so I ended up with a 4.0. Talk about tender mercy.
That means life has pretty much calmed down and I darn well like it! Yesterday I had a bunch of homework to do but today I got home and had almost nothing to do (well, after like 5 PM, which is early for me)! So I stayed home with Brigham (who is sick) and we watched several of the cartoon shorts off the DVD Lacee brought us.
Plus I'm starting to get ready for BYU. Mom and Dad applied me for housing at Wyview (I was gone at D.C.) and I've looked up some cool classes. There's this one class that specifically covers World War II, placing emphasis on the American perspective. And there's NO PREREQUISITE. Where do I sign!?! I'm so freakin' excited (not so much for other classes like...Physical Science. Bleagh).
Then I have 5 AP tests I'm taking in May (English lit, English language, U.S. government, Comparative government, and psychology) so Dad (bless his heart) wrote me a check for $250 the other day (he said it's an investment. i wonder what he meant. Hmm).
Yeah and anyhow I still work at Macey's...trying to find some other places to work at during the summer...maybe hoping that I'll miraculously find two good flexible jobs and be able to leave the spinning vortex of doom (I mean Macey's). Anyhow it'll work out!
Oh and funny story, yesterday I dropped off cookies at a friend's house and the plan went horribly wrong and her dad (who's half-blind) stepped on the plate apparently! Well it wasn't so funny at the time but that's ok.
anyhow gotta go!
--Yoshi
(Awawawawawawawawawa! Just picture me saying it. I'm sure you who haven't heard it in a while miss it. Dum dum dum! Donk! Blong!)
That means life has pretty much calmed down and I darn well like it! Yesterday I had a bunch of homework to do but today I got home and had almost nothing to do (well, after like 5 PM, which is early for me)! So I stayed home with Brigham (who is sick) and we watched several of the cartoon shorts off the DVD Lacee brought us.
Plus I'm starting to get ready for BYU. Mom and Dad applied me for housing at Wyview (I was gone at D.C.) and I've looked up some cool classes. There's this one class that specifically covers World War II, placing emphasis on the American perspective. And there's NO PREREQUISITE. Where do I sign!?! I'm so freakin' excited (not so much for other classes like...Physical Science. Bleagh).
Then I have 5 AP tests I'm taking in May (English lit, English language, U.S. government, Comparative government, and psychology) so Dad (bless his heart) wrote me a check for $250 the other day (he said it's an investment. i wonder what he meant. Hmm).
Yeah and anyhow I still work at Macey's...trying to find some other places to work at during the summer...maybe hoping that I'll miraculously find two good flexible jobs and be able to leave the spinning vortex of doom (I mean Macey's). Anyhow it'll work out!
Oh and funny story, yesterday I dropped off cookies at a friend's house and the plan went horribly wrong and her dad (who's half-blind) stepped on the plate apparently! Well it wasn't so funny at the time but that's ok.
anyhow gotta go!
--Yoshi
(Awawawawawawawawawa! Just picture me saying it. I'm sure you who haven't heard it in a while miss it. Dum dum dum! Donk! Blong!)
Mar 13, 2009
The Hectic Life
So my life has pretty much been heck since Choir Tour. My friends and I were unfortunate enough to pull an all-nighter on the last night (we kept each other up by shooting darts at anyone who came close to falling asleep) of tour and I basically have a 2-week sleep debt. I'm also WAAAY behind in school and the term ends in a week. So we'll see how it goes.
I've also been having some struggles in other things but I can't say I'm surprised, because my life was WAAAAY great in February (what's that quote; something about when your life is going good get ready because it's going to go bad...something like that). In fact this has probably been the worst last two days I've had in a while, but hopefully it'll turn out all right. Maybe.
Um...ANYHOW me and Brigham played a game of chess last week...and I won...but it did take a tiny bit longer than when I last played him about 2 years ago. Keep it up Bib!
And yeah if I think of anything else I'll be sure to post it. When I get the time, and finish my 300-page AP novel which is due on Tuesday that I just bought 15 minutes ago. Woot!
I've also been having some struggles in other things but I can't say I'm surprised, because my life was WAAAAY great in February (what's that quote; something about when your life is going good get ready because it's going to go bad...something like that). In fact this has probably been the worst last two days I've had in a while, but hopefully it'll turn out all right. Maybe.
Um...ANYHOW me and Brigham played a game of chess last week...and I won...but it did take a tiny bit longer than when I last played him about 2 years ago. Keep it up Bib!
And yeah if I think of anything else I'll be sure to post it. When I get the time, and finish my 300-page AP novel which is due on Tuesday that I just bought 15 minutes ago. Woot!
Mar 1, 2009
Yoshi!
So I was a little surprised that mom didn't mention that Draper Temple Open House (I don't think they're all supposed to be capitalized...but I don't have time to fix it because Brigham's going to kick me off so he can check his e-mail) that we went to on Saturday night! It was really an incredible experience, I for one really felt at peace the entire way through. It made me remember that in a mere (yes, I said "mere") 15-ish months I get to go through and get out my endowments...well actually less I guess! Wow!
ANYHOW um...I can't really think of anything else to write but I still have 90 seconds before Brigham kicks me off. Oh yeah! The girls basketball team at MV won state championship! Woot! The only part that really affected me was that we got out of school early on Friday. I HAD to go back anyway for a Chamber rehearsal (it stinks because we've had an early morning EVERY DAY THIS WEEK and now I'm starting to get sick). It's probably because we're going to D.C. on Wednesday. Which is the same day as Sterling Scholar interviews. And the same day as Brigham's science fair. It'll be a fun day, that's for sure!
Anyhow now Brigham's kicking me off so he can probably fool around on the computer! I wish I could--
ANYHOW um...I can't really think of anything else to write but I still have 90 seconds before Brigham kicks me off. Oh yeah! The girls basketball team at MV won state championship! Woot! The only part that really affected me was that we got out of school early on Friday. I HAD to go back anyway for a Chamber rehearsal (it stinks because we've had an early morning EVERY DAY THIS WEEK and now I'm starting to get sick). It's probably because we're going to D.C. on Wednesday. Which is the same day as Sterling Scholar interviews. And the same day as Brigham's science fair. It'll be a fun day, that's for sure!
Anyhow now Brigham's kicking me off so he can probably fool around on the computer! I wish I could--
Feb 19, 2009
Life is Grand!
Wow this is going to be interesting! Um...I really don't know what to say but I'll do what I do usually for my blog...that is ramble on...
So yeah I was super surprised that I went on to finals. Only 3 people from MV did--me, James (in Music) and Emily (in Science). I was REALLY surprised that Aubrey went on, and she was sort of down in first period and I felt bad for her.
The interview went really well, but I hadn't thought that well. I walked into the room and firmly shook their hands before sitting down. One of them glanced down at my portfolio and asked, "So, tell me more about 'mun.' "
"Model United Nations is a club that closely models that of the real United Nations," I said (ignoring the fact that he had butchered the name), "and we follow up on some critical topics they discuss in the real conferences."
"So," said the other man, turning toward me, "can you tell us what your last topic was?"
"Sure," I said, blinking quickly because, in truth, my mind had gone blank (of all the times! I couldn't think for the LIFE of me what my topic was!). I ended up telling about the conflict between Georgia and Russia. Woot!
Um...yeah, anyhow, I think that's good for now. I blog mostly on my blog: utahvalleyteen.blogspot.com, so you can read there for more indepth descriptions about my life.
--Bridger
So yeah I was super surprised that I went on to finals. Only 3 people from MV did--me, James (in Music) and Emily (in Science). I was REALLY surprised that Aubrey went on, and she was sort of down in first period and I felt bad for her.
The interview went really well, but I hadn't thought that well. I walked into the room and firmly shook their hands before sitting down. One of them glanced down at my portfolio and asked, "So, tell me more about 'mun.' "
"Model United Nations is a club that closely models that of the real United Nations," I said (ignoring the fact that he had butchered the name), "and we follow up on some critical topics they discuss in the real conferences."
"So," said the other man, turning toward me, "can you tell us what your last topic was?"
"Sure," I said, blinking quickly because, in truth, my mind had gone blank (of all the times! I couldn't think for the LIFE of me what my topic was!). I ended up telling about the conflict between Georgia and Russia. Woot!
Um...yeah, anyhow, I think that's good for now. I blog mostly on my blog: utahvalleyteen.blogspot.com, so you can read there for more indepth descriptions about my life.
--Bridger
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