Random Laughter

This made me laugh:

As did this excerpt about Google's algorithm:

But there were obstacles. Google’s synonym system understood that a dog was similar to a puppy and that boiling water was hot. But it also concluded that a hot dog was the same as a boiling puppy.

Just thought I'd share.

The Fortune Cookie Knows

This weekend I flew out to California and met the amazing, fabulous, foxy Alexandria. So I can personally say she is a stellar lady. In fact, mainly so as to not disappoint our fellow twitter/blog friends (They would start a riot I think if we did not get together), we have started dating.

So I flew out and visited her. Saturday I took her out to lunch to a very awesome Mongolian/Chinese place, and I got a fortune cookie. This is what it says:

See! Even the fortune cookie could see how well we get along. So after reading that, we figured we had not choice but to go with the flow and date each other. (Well, we knew on Friday. The fortune cookie merely made us realize that it was fate to get together. ;-))

And so I though you all should know she is a superbly awesome gal that I consider myself lucky to be dating. Even if it is to be a long distance relationship for a small amount of time.

And you see that smile? How can I resist a smile like that? Really? ;-)

Lost Innocence

There comes a time when every person transitions to adulthood. When their childhood ends and innocence is ripped from them.

Such things are hard to notice, when one loses their last piece of childhood, and is fully an adult. But for others, it is hard to notice when the loss of innocence comes tugging at you. But comes it does.

For those who do not know; my teeth are weird and braces are needed. One of the weird things is that I have had a baby tooth that has not fallen out. Today, I went to the dentist and we yanked out that sucker.

Here are a couple of pictures I took with my phone of the tooth:

The sad thing is that I could not keep it. Now that I am not a kid, I do not get to keep the teeth that get tugged. I was momentarily heartbroken.

So now I am fully an adult. Cause I no longer have any baby teeth left.

I'd Like to Thank the Academy

I'd like to thank the academy for being nominated to win the following two awards; the Kreative and Beautiful blogger awards. Without them, none of this would have been possible. This is such a grand and marvelous day, And I am not so sure of what can be said. I have waited so long to receive these...

Ok, maybe not so much drama, and it was not the Academy who bestowed these awards upon me, but the ever funny Christina. Unless a person can qualify as an academy. Actually, I think she qualifies as a founder for the Academy of Awesomeness. So Headmistress Christina, open your halls of learning and let the awesomeness flow! (That's what she said too)

So, there are some rules or guidelines to receiving these awards, because that is how they roll:

So like all meme/award things, they have some rules or guidelines:
1. Thank the person who gave you the award Check
2. Paste the award on your blog Check
3. Link the person who nominated you for the award Check
4. Tell 7 interesting things about yourself
5. Nominate 7 bloggers or less
6. Post links to the 7 blogs you nominated

So I'll post 14 interesting things about myself since I suppose I won two awards:

1. I fence. Started in 2005, and I've kept it up on and off. I took classes in 2005 at BYU Idaho and I've been participating in classes down at BYU. I also took a class in Orem, but as it is a professional place, I don't have $65 to spend for two months of training or so. Now I have my open French Grip Foil. Huzzah!

2. Top hats.

They are awesome. I usually wear them at fancy gatherings or parties. Something where I can be dressed formally and socially at the same time. I just feel awesome in them. So usually I like to wear a top hat (cause I have two now) at semi-casual dances or higher formal like. Honestly, I think I just need to wear them more often.

3. Although this did not result from an accident, I cannot turn my right hand palm up. It is something that runs in the family; my dad cannot turn his left hand palm up.

4. Mexico City. I served there from 2005 to 2007. It was awesome. One of my favorite sites was seeing the Iztaccíhuatl every morning as I left my apartment near Chalco. It is a splendid mountain and one that draws me in. There is even a Mayan Legend about the mountain and the nearby volcano, the Iztaccíhuatl, for those who want to read about it.

5. Throughout High school, I was nicknamed Timeking, Fathertime or other such timely appellations. I was called this because I set my watch to the bell every morning and when I started cleaning my stuff up, it signaled to the others in my classes that the bell was to ring soon. And so they ended up asking me how much time was left until the bell rang, and I gave them the time down to the seconds. Now... well it is not really a skill needed in College.

6. As such, I have always worn a watch on my right hand. Even though I am right handed. Yeah, it is weird.

7. I love snow when it falls and I hope to resurrect a certain semi-cultural Snowman.
Basically taking this guy to become this fellow. It would be awesome.

8. Although I am a bit rusty at it, I do like to dance. I have taken a couple of ballroom dance classes and I also like to dance to the Salsa.

9. My laugh. Once I get started, I cannot stop. Depending on the people egging me, I can go for minutes at time, just busting a gut. Doing so gave me asthma a year and a half years ago.

10. I once made a list of the reasons why I thought people would not want to go out with me. I still think it is hilarious.

11. I am a bit of gamer. Both in video games and in board and card games. My computer games are up at my parents place so I do not procrastinate my time with them, but I still have Starcraft with me. My favorite board type game is Settlers of Katan.

12. I can make a whistling sound with my hands. By cupping them together and blowing into them, it oftentimes sounds like a bird call.

13. An interesting pet peeve is perhaps the attitude of the BYU/Happy Valley bubble. Although people can be stuck in their own little world, especially since Provo is a college town and most people are taking classes. My point is that I tire of hearing of the bubble as if things are lame here and that people are judgmental. Does it exist in people? Yes, and there are probably places that are better about it. But just as well, there are many places that are just as bad. So it is just the attitude that I don't get or like. If you do not like how things are, change them. Whether it is how BYU students act or people in general, or whatever. Try and change it. You are free to complain a bit, but the "bubble" isn't a Utah Valley problem only.

14. I like to watch hockey. I have a good friend, Alan who is in a local league and secondary string goalee. I like going to his games and shouting myself hoarse at them. It is quite fun.

And so without further ado, *drumroll* I nominate the follow spectacular people for an award: The ever awesome and ever funny, lovely Alexandria. A fellow BYU blog writer and good friend, Katie. Rachel, who is a truly awesome girl, a one of a kind friend and awesome photographer. She is the one who was gracious enough to take the pictures of me in fencing gear and sported in a top hat. The Green Giant. He is truly a man that towers over men, literally. He is awesome and needs to blog more. Amanda, cause she is awesome, a woman that proclaims the truth and someone I hope to get to know. I also nominate Jake and Calvin, cause they make me laugh. A final nomination goes to Nicki, who is awesome to talk to and is not worried about pursuing her dreams and striving to be happy. I wish her luck in everything.

I think that adds up to 7 people. Have a fun Friday night all!

Funny Protest Signs

I saw these here: 50 Best Protest signs of 2009. I just thought I would share some that I found funny.

There goes my AYBABTU hopes of salvation...

I agree. That was an awesome show.

Wait, if we spend Congress to the moon, and we declared war on the moon, have we declared war on Congress?

Also, don't we pay taxes for sewage? If we do, we already are taxed for peeing...

Enough said.

 

Just made me laugh is all.

Preparations

As I said before, one of my friends was preparing to win back his girlfriend. In the midst of the preparations we grabbed a camera. This will only be up most likely for a limited time... Or if my friends agree, we'll splice them altogether into one file and keep it on Youtube. So watch the first, which is an introduction, and the second which is the prepared speech.





Oh, and if you want to watch myself make a fool of myself, see here, here and here. We were going to do a music video to Michael Jackson's Just Beat It song, but it didn't pan out. So thus I post the ones with mainly me in them to make fun of myself.

Invasion of High Schoolers!

A few friends and me went to the South Towne Mall Thursday night/Friday evening, being informed that the mall opened at midnight for Black Friday. We were expecting craziness. We were expecting chaos. All we got was a mall full of high schoolers.

I took some pictures, which I'll share. But mostly we roamed. The Giant was disappointed that there was no electronics store in the mall at all, and another friend, Liza, has a gift card to Macey's that she couldn't use since it was closed.

Lots of people

More people

BYU Stuff of course. (There was Utes stuff next to it. I ignored it like any good BYU student should. ;) )

Lines to Bed Bath and Beyond.

Cheap deals.

Game knock-offs. What in the blazing abyss is this?!

Urge to Sail To Valinor...

I'm not sure why, but I have an urge to sail to Valinor... Maybe this has something to do with it?

Of the Wearing of Top Hats

You know what? People should wear fancy clothes just for the fun of it more often. A girl in my ward was thrown a party where we all dressed up fancy like. Now this was especially appealing to me, because I enjoy every opportunity to wear my top hat. It's fun, and it lets me be silly. Which means I'm less shy than normal, which is always a plus.

Anyways, until photos are posted on facebook by the gentleman who took pictures, I remind you of how snazzy I look in a top here:



Anywho, I would just like to repeat that I think it would be a most excellent idea to wear more fancy clothes around.

Or maybe I'll just wear my top hot more often. Maybe if things go weird, I'll be the next "cloakboy".

Oh, and BYU won! Tis most glad tidings!

Not-So-Tender Moment Interrupted!

If you've stumbled onto this picture by accident and find that you are one of the two people in this picture, please know that the picture was taken for the good of mankind.


Ok, actually it was taken for the good of the FHE photo scavenger hunt, to which we had to interrupt a tender moment. Sure the boyfriend is talking on the phone, but you were holding hands. It totally counted. And it was a spur of the moment picture, which was even more awesome.

So, for the record, your picture was taken for the good of spreading cheer.

Photo Spotlight

I have an amazing friend Rachel who loves photography and is planning on going to Africa next year for a study abroad. She has been taking pictures of a few people and I volunteered to help out her portfolio. And to get some awesome photos.

She hasn't put the photos on her website yet, but here are some that she posted through facebook.











Quite awesome don't you think?

What Made the Red Man Red?

For the past little while I have heard screams of pain and horror coming from the walls. Until today I thought it was just cheap BYU Housing walls. But upon seeing this picture, I realized that it was me. Well to be accurate, my horrible color scheme and fashion sense that has caused the walls to scream in horror. Don't believe me? Look at this!



This is simply too much red for one person to be wearing at once. My shirt is red, my shorts are red, even the milk is red Vitamin D.

Now people, I don't ordinarily care about fashion, but here I am breaking every single rule of fashion out there and should be arrested for at least looking worse than decent. This is sad really. Really really sad.

So clearly something needs to be done to stop these mad atrocities. If you do notice me breaking reality with my lack of color schemes, please let me know, put me down and save the universe a load of trouble.

Meese!

No, not the DC dude. This!



I went up to Donut Falls Saturday with some people in the ward, and I got some good photos of the waterfall and all. So enjoy.













Chilly, I want to see you take a picture of a moose now.

Clayvision Starwars!

There was a clay type activity bundled in with some other activities today. I just thought I'd share:

Darth Vader and a sitting C3P0.


R2D2, Luke Skywalker and Luke's hand.


Another look at them.


"Jenny", a very good friend, with the clay figures she made.


I'm thinking of firing them up too, to have permanent Starwars figures.

"The force is strong with this firing kiln..." -- Nah, it doesn't sound the same.
Enjoy though.

No, I Didn't Catch It

Compared to many of my friends, I'm short. How short you ask? This short.

Most Definitely

This is just hilarious.

Post-Wedding Day

No not my wedding. But a friend's wedding. Two friends actually. Who happened to be dating each other for 3 years or so. And I thought I'd share some photo's I took there.

The Giant; glaring at me for taking surprise photos.


Introducing the Dude. Yes, his awesomeness equals yes. So thus he is the Dude.


Mr. Dude, his last moments of bachelorhood slipping away.


Though this isn't the girl he's waiting for.


This is the girl he's waiting for:


The vows and everything else that is said.


The Rings.


More of the Rings


I like this photo, it's them just ending the kiss, getting in the natural smiles as they just had their first kiss as a wedded couple.


The Bride, the veil and little children. Such fun.


Being civil about it. No fun.


And them dancing. I should have taken a video cause they both are great dancers.


So yeah. Hop to it!