Friends

If it wasn't for my amazing fellas and fam... I don't know where I'd be. We had some sick memories this semester traveling with our Utes. Here's just some pics in retrospect from every game. I love you guys!



BYU 12-0!!!
San Diego 11-0!!!
TCU 10-0!!!
Oregon State 8-0!!!
Colorado state 6-0!!

Air Force 4-0!!!
UNLV 3-0!!!
Utah State 2-0!!!

I refuse...

Well I don't refuse to NEVER ask out a girl ever again... but for a pretty long while. This probably isn't the place to vent, but I haven't posted for awhile. And why not? How many people ACTUALLY read this. But anyways.

Recently I've heard time after time after time from females how stupid it is that guys never ask out anymore. Now hearing this kinda took me by surprise at first... personally I feel I go out on a good amount of dates and lots of my buddies do as well. I mean, if we're not hanging out with the fellas then we're probably on dates.

Well recently I've been interested in a few different girls and decided this Fall Break would be a great time to catch up and ask out those who I've been meaning to take out. Well I'll have you know that I have tried everything and to no avail have the girls accepted my invitation. Normally you would call a girl around Monday to Wednesday to reserve her for the weekend right? Well after a few attempts I decided to maybe ask a day or two before. That didn't work either.

Now I'll have you know, the reason why I haven't had the chance to take these girls out are because they had "things going on" the week or two before. After how many times asking a girl out and her finding "excuses" for both weekend nights does a guy give up so she doesn't think he's a) desperate or b) stalkerish? I mean, I thought I had a good handle on feeling if a girl was giving me excuses or just was honestly busy... But now I'm completely lost.

Thus I come to the conclusion... either a) I am not dating material and girls throw up at the thought of a guy like me taking them out for a night... or b) girls just don't want to go on dates as much as they say they do. (Don't even try option c. I know the girls just honestly don't have something already planned. haha)

In either case, I refuse to ask out another girl for awhile. Either until my grotesque appearance grows on some random girl or girls actually begin to realize that no one's going to ask them out if they refuse every time and play the game too hard... I accept college football as my "girlfriend."

UTAH FOOTBALL!!!!

Oh my... just when I thought I couldn't be happier: Utah Football came along again! I completely forgot how much I love that beloved sport with a passion! This last week we were able to scrape a win past Power House Michigan on their turf and I swear I was about ready to have a heart attack in the 4th quarter. I LOVE FOOTBALL!

Now, pretty sure no Zoobies ever read my blog so I'm gonna be venting for a minute here. I HATE BYU!!! I know those are harsh words, but I've been brought up to despise the TDS (Team Down South) and that's the way it will always be. The second we beat Michigan automatically the cougs started trying to discredit our win and boost up their victory over Northern Iowa... haha, do the zoobies know how ridiculous that sounds? UNI looked like a freaking High School team. But anyways, what I can't stand the most is all this hype about the TDS's "Quest for Perfection". UHHH!!!

Supposedly they do go undefeated... The "Quest" will have been a pretty lucky prediction about the future... which is probably the most arrogant and cocky thing a football team could ever do. Not even USC promotes that THEY WILL go undefeated.

But what happens if Washington or UCLA, or better yet Colorado State gets in the way of the Zoobies "Perfection"? What then? I'm pretty sure Mendenhall will give a great speech on the strength of character and courage that the team will have perfected this season. Don't you love those Zoobies? Always flappin' their lips but seem to shut them at the most convenient time.

What gets me more than anything is their Holier-Than-Thou attitude that just drives me nuts!!! Austin Collie has never paid attention in a religion class and has the guts to say their victory last year was attributed to their "righteous living on and off the field"? And is Max Hall receiving help from above after dropping the F Bomb 3 times on national television against UCLA in their bowl game? I don't think so. If you profess it, Zoobies, then live it.

Anyways, prideful cougars just throw me off my rocker. They should spend less time chalking up their stats and read the BOM where they should learn that pride becomes before the fall. Aiya! That's all I have to say about that.

Isn't the rivalry so much fun? The second BYU does well they think they're just too hot to trott. I love it! I love it! I love Utah Football and I love watching Johnson charge down the field, Casteel get his extra yards, and Asiata start from fresh. It's a beautiful thing football is. I can't wait for November 22nd!!!

First Day of School!

While laying on top of my houseboat in Lake Powell a couple minutes after a beautiful mid-afternoon ski, basking in the warmth of the sun, and smiling at the scent of sun tan enhancer... my ipod changed to "So Long Sweet Summer" by Dashboard. The rest of my trip was ruined and I swear I started crying at even the thought of jumping back into the grind again.

I got home and immediately started shoving my pens, notepads, calculator, etc. into my backpack with disgust on Sunday night. I was mad, summer had come and gone. But for some reason, the second I stepped out of my car into the institute parking lot... it all just felt so right. I felt like I was home again after a long vacation and I was happy.

Now previously I remember the dreaded 18 minute walk from the Tute to the WEB to be torturous and a waste of time and energy. But for some reason I caught myself looking up into the trees and breathing the fresh mountain air. I think I was even smiling!!! And it only got better. I walked to the Union with a buddy just like every day last year and thought I'd painfully have to burn some time before the next class, but surprisingly I thoroughly enjoyed myself while chattin' about life with some friends.

The next couple of classes weren't all too exciting, but it JUST FELT GOOD to be in school again. I just felt happy. I don't know how else to explain it. Rush week should be killing me right now with stress up to the yin yang... but I love it. Being busy makes me happy. I don't know if this post makes any sense, but it was probably the best first day of school I've ever had. I am so completely excited for this school year and especially the fraternity. I love college!

On and on

So I'm sitting at work today, bored out of my mind and thought I might expound on a few thoughts. The thought of the day... life won't ever slow down and your problems will never disappear. They won't. So make the best out of every day you've got no matter the circumstances.

Last semester was probably the craziest time of my life trying to juggle dating, school, work, and church. I would think, "Gosh, if I can only make it to this weekend my life will perfect." or "Once this test is over I'm home free." Once the weekend was over or the test was done, it would be back to the grind. After going through this vicious cycle over and over, I finally started looking a little farther down the road. "If I could only be done with this semester so I can be happy again..." The semester ended, my stress level dropped to none, and I thought I was on top of the world again.

I changed to full time in my job, and for a little bit I thought I was extremely happy, mainly because I had finished the semester. But soon other problems and other stresses began to creep into the daily grind... co-worker issues, frustrations in my calling, the complicated dating scene, etc. The list never ends, and never will. I've actually even found myself thinking, "Man, if I could only get done with this summer and get busy again..." Haha! How fickle am I?

So recently I have had a rude awakening that no matter the circumstances in life, we are always going to have trials and walls to get around. So instead of always looking forward to better days and wishing today would just be over, why not make today the best day ever?

Moral of the Story: No matter what day it is, or what season of the year it is, or whether you're married or not, or if you're still struggling through college without any money, or missing the beloved people of Spain... be content with what you have. Be patient, focus on the positive, and do your best. Life if so much easier when you're just havin' fun with it.

Dating...

So I was thinking today that dating can be the most fun yet roughest part of life. There's not really much I have to say on the subject, except that never has life been more stressful and fun at the same time... With school out of the way for a few months and just work during the day (which consists of me facebooking for 8 hours) I've had a lot of time to hang out with the fellas and pay attention to the people I haven't had time for in a while.

I guess before my mission the dating scene seemed so harmless and uncommitted with 2 years of safety space ahead... But now everyone seems to think this is the real deal! We're playing for keeps now. Whatever happened to taking a girl out for a fun night without having to promise a second and third date? Buddies are dropping like flies and every 19 year old girl seems to be jumping on the "M" word bandwagon. It's just craziness and I'm still just trying to understand the whole thing. Now don't get me wrong, I'm not looking to be a bachelor to my mid thirties (by the way - I love "The Bachelor") but I think this is the time to just live life up. I mean, come on, I'll only be a single, white, American 22 year-old once in my life.

No time...

So wow, it's been awhile since I've done anything with this blog. But I'm gonna have to admit that my brother brought up a good point. It is kinda girly to blog, and since I know of no other male who blogs, I just might have to end my blogging days here today.

Special events that you've missed... I aced my finals and got nearly a 4.0. Nearly. Stupid Computer Science. I got a job over the holidays and now work part time at a software engineering company debugging problems in the software. Yes, you may call me a nerd. Over the holiday I dated a girl for a month or two and just recently she didn't even have the nerve to break up with me over a conversation. Yes, she wrote me a 10-texted break up. Advice ladies, never do that - anyone can do better than that. And now, life just won't slow down with the part time job and full time U of U schedule hitting me hard into the pavement. I just don't have time to sleep anymore. So I guess you're lucky that I'm taking time out of Statics/Strengths studying to update this "girly" blog. So there it is...

Moral of the story: Women are like monkies ... can't let go of one branch until they get a firm grasp on another. "Two words."