Tonight Cami, her friend Debra, her husband Mike, his brother, and I went to the Haunted Mill. It was super fun although I was a little disappointed that the girls didn't scream very much. There was much to make up for it though as Cami had a conversation with one of the actors. It consisted of, "UUUUUnnnnggg!"
"UUUUUUUnnnnNNNggGHH!"
"UUUUUGGGGG!"
"RAWRRRRRRRR!"
"WAAAAAAARRRRGGG!"
"I love you!"
"UNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!"
Oh yes and not to forget this was the same actor that after lunging out at us at the little fire to warm us up, she said, "You look like an orc...no more like an orc mated with an Ent." Only my Cami Lynn. Another guy tried to scare her and she just looked him in the mask and said, "Your breath smells like Tic Tacs." Oh it was fun.
At another part we went down this tunnel crawling on our hands and knees and I got way ahead of them. So while Cami was winding her way through the tunnel, her best friend, Debra, put her hand on Cami's butt so that she could follow...well her hand went into Cami's pants on accident and I guess she grabbed Cami's undies instead. Anyways when she finally emerged I gave her a soft tap on her behind and it freaked out Debra because she thought I was an actor. There was also a suspension bridge, you know the ones on shows like Idiana Jones where they ALWAYS collapse...well I jumped on it while everyone was crossing. I know, I'm a jerk but it was too fun.
Then at the midway point with the toilet, this guy jumped out of it at Debra and I guess his mask accidentally touched her face and tickled her. But she jumped and freaked out anyways. Well that was that. Many people jumping out at us. Many of us jumping. Of course I was the man of the group and went first...which meant most people didn't jump out at me. Heh heh heh.
Monday, October 24, 2011
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Growing Up
So where is this going? Ah, so in the time of C.S. Lewis fantasy novels and fairy tales were childs' tales. Not something for adults right? We're grown up after all, right? I'll now summarize in my own words, his response.
What is growth? Growth is the act of adding to something. A snowball increases in size as it rolls down a hill, a tree adds rings to its trunk as it grows outwards. Growth is the act of addition. Maturity is the act of enriching. Much like the parable of the talents, the mature man adds talents to his collection. Now lets apply this new idea to growing up. As a child I hated certain foods with a passion such as beets, onions, meat ,except for hamburger (not just the sandwich but the meat) and hot dogs, spinach etc. As I "grew" older, I started to like onions and spinach. I soon like steak and fish. It took awhile for me to like chicken as well. Now that I am grown I like these foods but does this mean that I have stopped loving the foods I loved as a child? Do I now despise watermelon because I have "grown" up? Do I now despise pasta or peanut butter and jelly sandwiches? No, but I have added to my tastes new tastes.
As a child I enjoyed many books such as Choo Choo the Runaway Engine, or Fishing for Oil, or The Dumb Bunnies. All books meant for little children. As I matured, I started to like bigger books like The Hardy Boys, or Goosebumps. Then as a young teen I started to read Redwall, Harry Potter, and other such novels. Now as an adult I enjoy more classic stories and tales that I couldn't and never would have as a child. Does this mean that I no longer enjoy to read Choo Choo? Do I now despise Mr. Rogers because I'm old. No, I still love the things of my childhood. I still enjoy a good story no matter where it is.
It is my firm belief that someone who lets go of these things and calls them childish has lost one of the most precious things in his life. Childhood is a beautiful time in a person's life where everything is new, wonderful, and awe-inspiring. The woods are magical. The floor in you house is lava. To let go of your childhood and then despise it is to turn your back on innocence and love. It is much like a tree that as it grows, the inner rings rot out and leave the tree an empty shell that at the end of all things is only good the be thrust into the fire.
I will gladly and proudly wear my love of all things, "childish," as a badge of honor upon my breast and challenge anyone to mock me for it. For I will not be dissuaded from my course. 3 Nephi 11:37-38, "37 And again I say unto you, ye must repent, and become as a little child, and be baptized in my name, or ye can in nowise receive these things. 37 And again I say unto you, ye must repent, and become as a little child, and be baptized in my name, or ye can in nowise receive these things.
For those who wish to read this essay it can be read at this link. Don't worry, it should have the whole thing there.
Friday, October 7, 2011
Reasons I Hate Driving at Rexburg
Ok, so now that I'm married and living far away from campus at BYU-Idaho, it has become a necessity to drive to class everyday. My wife and I planned to have our classes around the same time so that we don't have to make multiple trips for her classes and then for mine. After having driven around campus up here for one month I'm already wanting to scream profanities out the window and run down some people. Thanks Mom and Dad for the upbringing that prevents me from doing such base things. Anyways, here I shall list some of the reasons and examples of why I hate driving around BYU-Idaho.
1. Pedestrians are extremely inconsiderate.
Ok, so it takes Cami and I, thirty minutes to get to class. The most it ever took me walking was fifteen minutes. Here's why. It takes us five-ten minutes to get to campus. It takes us five-ten minutes to find a parking spot and depending where it was, five-ten minutes to get to class. So it can take us anywhere from 15-30 minutes to get to class. Now here's the sad part. I passed a class mate who was at least ten minutes from the classroom. So we pass him and he gets there before us. That's not why it's sad though. The reason it's sad is because we can't get past the crosswalk because there is a steady stream of pedestrians and they won't stop to let the cars go by. The worst part is that I would have gone many times but the other drivers refuse to nose their way through. When I walked to class on campus, if I saw that a car had been waiting when I got to the cross walk would stop and wave them through. The people in the cars have lives too. I've sat at a cross walk for almost three minutes. Now that may seem like a small amount of time but in reality, to be waiting for pedestrians, it's a long time.
The worst time was as I said when there was two cars ahead of me and the one in front was turning left. The pedestrians just kept coming. There were three instances where there were no pedestrians in the crosswalk and no cars to block her from turning left and she didn't go. So the pedestrians resumed crossing. GAH!!! This happened twice. On the third time, the lady in front of me and I both finally just passed her on the right.
2. People are just plain stupid at four way stops.
Just today I pulled up to a four way stop. The car in front of me had just gone straight. So the next two cars perpendicular to me start going because they're both going straight when the car on the opposite side of the road starts to go and totally blocks off one of the cars. Ok now that's just ridiculous. The jerk.
Other stories include multiple accounts of people arriving to the intersection after me, and they try to go before me. I can't count how many times Cami and I have almost been hit because of things like this. We pull up. We're going straight. We start going when another person on our left pulls up to the intersection and starts to go. This happens quite frequently.
3. Jaywalkers...
Now I usually don't care if I jaywalk every once and a while on a residential street where cars only go by once every half hour or in a downtown area where there's no such thing. At BYU-Idaho jaywalking has become such a problem that they are having "stings" at the school where they have 3-4 cops going around campus JUST pulling over jaywalkers. I know a personal friend of mine that was fined $80 for jaywalking. Why are they doing this you ask? It's because accidents between drivers and pedestrians keep rising year to year, semester to semester. Now when the accidents increase on a semesterly basis quite consistently you've got a problem. Now some of it is stupid drivers but I bet a good chunk of it would be eliminated if people would stop running out IN front of drivers. Just yesterday on my way to class we had some pedestrians walk, not run, walk out in front of our car and expected us to stop. I honked AND slowed down and they crossed. Another time a guy started to cross the road and expected that I stop for him even though he was jaywalking. I just kept going and went right by him as he gave me a dirty look. No joke, he totally gave me a dirty look.
Now some of you may be like, well Jake quit being such a jerky driver. I'm not. When I see that a pedestrian has been waiting at the crosswalk to cross I'll stop and let them across. I love to be courteous to those that deserve it. Some courtesy would be nice on the part of others. Anyways, my rant is over with now. Have a beautiful snowy day for all those in the rockies and for those not, have a beautiful day anyways.
1. Pedestrians are extremely inconsiderate.
Ok, so it takes Cami and I, thirty minutes to get to class. The most it ever took me walking was fifteen minutes. Here's why. It takes us five-ten minutes to get to campus. It takes us five-ten minutes to find a parking spot and depending where it was, five-ten minutes to get to class. So it can take us anywhere from 15-30 minutes to get to class. Now here's the sad part. I passed a class mate who was at least ten minutes from the classroom. So we pass him and he gets there before us. That's not why it's sad though. The reason it's sad is because we can't get past the crosswalk because there is a steady stream of pedestrians and they won't stop to let the cars go by. The worst part is that I would have gone many times but the other drivers refuse to nose their way through. When I walked to class on campus, if I saw that a car had been waiting when I got to the cross walk would stop and wave them through. The people in the cars have lives too. I've sat at a cross walk for almost three minutes. Now that may seem like a small amount of time but in reality, to be waiting for pedestrians, it's a long time.
The worst time was as I said when there was two cars ahead of me and the one in front was turning left. The pedestrians just kept coming. There were three instances where there were no pedestrians in the crosswalk and no cars to block her from turning left and she didn't go. So the pedestrians resumed crossing. GAH!!! This happened twice. On the third time, the lady in front of me and I both finally just passed her on the right.
2. People are just plain stupid at four way stops.
Just today I pulled up to a four way stop. The car in front of me had just gone straight. So the next two cars perpendicular to me start going because they're both going straight when the car on the opposite side of the road starts to go and totally blocks off one of the cars. Ok now that's just ridiculous. The jerk.
Other stories include multiple accounts of people arriving to the intersection after me, and they try to go before me. I can't count how many times Cami and I have almost been hit because of things like this. We pull up. We're going straight. We start going when another person on our left pulls up to the intersection and starts to go. This happens quite frequently.
3. Jaywalkers...
Now I usually don't care if I jaywalk every once and a while on a residential street where cars only go by once every half hour or in a downtown area where there's no such thing. At BYU-Idaho jaywalking has become such a problem that they are having "stings" at the school where they have 3-4 cops going around campus JUST pulling over jaywalkers. I know a personal friend of mine that was fined $80 for jaywalking. Why are they doing this you ask? It's because accidents between drivers and pedestrians keep rising year to year, semester to semester. Now when the accidents increase on a semesterly basis quite consistently you've got a problem. Now some of it is stupid drivers but I bet a good chunk of it would be eliminated if people would stop running out IN front of drivers. Just yesterday on my way to class we had some pedestrians walk, not run, walk out in front of our car and expected us to stop. I honked AND slowed down and they crossed. Another time a guy started to cross the road and expected that I stop for him even though he was jaywalking. I just kept going and went right by him as he gave me a dirty look. No joke, he totally gave me a dirty look.
Now some of you may be like, well Jake quit being such a jerky driver. I'm not. When I see that a pedestrian has been waiting at the crosswalk to cross I'll stop and let them across. I love to be courteous to those that deserve it. Some courtesy would be nice on the part of others. Anyways, my rant is over with now. Have a beautiful snowy day for all those in the rockies and for those not, have a beautiful day anyways.
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Wicked
Ok so to start this off I have to tell you about my religion class. Last religion class we were studying Lot. Before we go any further, Lot is listed among the righteous in the New Testament even though he did make some poor decisions, but I digress. Anyways, we were studying the whole deal with his daughters and their date rape. (That's really the best word for it because poor Lot, or perhaps lucky, Lot was unconscious for the whole thing) Anyways, his daughters sons became the fathers of the Ammonites, and Moabites. Now here's the thing our teacher went on to explain that this will be very important. He then went on to explain that the Ammonites worshiped a fire god called Moloch. In their worship they would throw babies into a sacred furnace as sacrifice. Yeah, horribly wicked stuff.
Second part was that he explained about circumcision. When Abraham received the covenant to perform circumcision he had just entered into the land of Canaan. There was the center of a lot of the fertility religions at the time. He went on to explain that basically, and that word is important, they would go to the temple of their goddess, hire a "sacred" prostitute and then have sex to worship their goddess. This was a form of worship.
Third part is that my accounting professor takes about 5-15 minutes every class time to share a little thought. (They aren't all that little) So he talks about some cool stuff and pulls out some quotes from Joseph Smith talking about people that are too righteous to be saved and will be damned, stuff like that.
Next is that it seems that no matter what numbers we create for examples in our accounting class, the number 666 always comes up in some from or another. We set the interest rates, principle, payments, and lots of other numbers and it crops up. The funny thing is that our teacher has never really ever had this happen. He jokingly said, "You guys must be the devil class." He then went on to say he'd tell us something interesting about that number.
So we embark on a journey that shall cover two weeks. First he starts off quoting revelation about Christ and the lady that was pregnant. The first verse is, Revelation 5:12. It states, "Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing." He then went on to say that only one man other than Christ has ever received these things but he didn't do a thing to receive them. Christ was slain and atoned for our sins to receive all these things. He then talks about how the Whore (great and abominable church) dresses up just like Aaron did. She's arrayed to look like a priest of the church. She like the pregnant lady represents a church and it's Satan's church. Much like Christ has a bride (the church), Satan has a whore (Babylon).
Ok, next week. We talk about a few other things that expound on what he just said. Now, just this Tuesday he goes to the verse that mentions the whole 666 thing. Revelation 13:18 "Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six. He then turned us to 1 Kings 10:14. Here is wisdom, he asked us who was famous for his wisdom; Solomon. It's interesting that the numbers match, but that's not the worst of it.
He then told us to go find some verses that showed just how evil Solomon was. I found the scripture in 1 Kings 11:5. Here it states that he worshiped the goddess of fertility that would later be known among the Greeks as Aphrodite, and he worshiped, Milcom (or Moloch). Solomon had gone so far off the path that he was worshiping a god that required infant sacrifice.
I was like wow, I never realized exactly how evil Solomon had become. My teacher then went on to explain that Solomon is an example of what the anti-christ would be like. The ultimate apostate. He stated that like Satan he split the children of God. Satan took a third of the host of heaven with him and Solomon's wickedness and taxes eventually caused the split of Israel. Now if he was a type or example of the anti-christ, then his worship of the two gods makes sense. Abortion, and sexual promiscuity.
Take it or leave it. That was what my accounting teacher taught us and to me, it sounds reasonable. I just thought I'd share this little nugget that he gave us. Feel free to comment up a storm and get on a gospel discussion.
Second part was that he explained about circumcision. When Abraham received the covenant to perform circumcision he had just entered into the land of Canaan. There was the center of a lot of the fertility religions at the time. He went on to explain that basically, and that word is important, they would go to the temple of their goddess, hire a "sacred" prostitute and then have sex to worship their goddess. This was a form of worship.
Third part is that my accounting professor takes about 5-15 minutes every class time to share a little thought. (They aren't all that little) So he talks about some cool stuff and pulls out some quotes from Joseph Smith talking about people that are too righteous to be saved and will be damned, stuff like that.
Next is that it seems that no matter what numbers we create for examples in our accounting class, the number 666 always comes up in some from or another. We set the interest rates, principle, payments, and lots of other numbers and it crops up. The funny thing is that our teacher has never really ever had this happen. He jokingly said, "You guys must be the devil class." He then went on to say he'd tell us something interesting about that number.
So we embark on a journey that shall cover two weeks. First he starts off quoting revelation about Christ and the lady that was pregnant. The first verse is, Revelation 5:12. It states, "Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing." He then went on to say that only one man other than Christ has ever received these things but he didn't do a thing to receive them. Christ was slain and atoned for our sins to receive all these things. He then talks about how the Whore (great and abominable church) dresses up just like Aaron did. She's arrayed to look like a priest of the church. She like the pregnant lady represents a church and it's Satan's church. Much like Christ has a bride (the church), Satan has a whore (Babylon).
Ok, next week. We talk about a few other things that expound on what he just said. Now, just this Tuesday he goes to the verse that mentions the whole 666 thing. Revelation 13:18 "Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six. He then turned us to 1 Kings 10:14. Here is wisdom, he asked us who was famous for his wisdom; Solomon. It's interesting that the numbers match, but that's not the worst of it.
He then told us to go find some verses that showed just how evil Solomon was. I found the scripture in 1 Kings 11:5. Here it states that he worshiped the goddess of fertility that would later be known among the Greeks as Aphrodite, and he worshiped, Milcom (or Moloch). Solomon had gone so far off the path that he was worshiping a god that required infant sacrifice.
I was like wow, I never realized exactly how evil Solomon had become. My teacher then went on to explain that Solomon is an example of what the anti-christ would be like. The ultimate apostate. He stated that like Satan he split the children of God. Satan took a third of the host of heaven with him and Solomon's wickedness and taxes eventually caused the split of Israel. Now if he was a type or example of the anti-christ, then his worship of the two gods makes sense. Abortion, and sexual promiscuity.
Take it or leave it. That was what my accounting teacher taught us and to me, it sounds reasonable. I just thought I'd share this little nugget that he gave us. Feel free to comment up a storm and get on a gospel discussion.
Monday, October 3, 2011
Booing
Cami, her friend Debra, her husband Mike, his brother Jared, and I tonight went Booing. It's basically Halloween door bell ditching but you leave them cookies. SO much better than door bell ditching. So we booed a few friends and Debra's teacher. We had tons of fun making sugar cookies and decorating them. Cami left a constipated cat cookie at her cousin Amy's apartment. Cami put a brown Reese's Pieces on its bum. Jared instead of door bell ditching he went up to Mike's old roommate (who didn't know him) and said, "I'm a secret agent and these are secret agent cookies."
So when we dropped of Amy's cookies the door was wide open with people sitting in front of the door so Cami just put them on the doorstep and ran. Amy doesn't have my number so I texted her telling her we had left her a gift. We had to do this because one of her roommates came bounding out of the door jumped over the plate of cookies and didn't even notice them. She then danced on the porch of their apartment for ten seconds then ran back in without seeing a thing. Wow. We were afeared for the cookies, especially Cami's constipated cat cookie.
So when we dropped of Amy's cookies the door was wide open with people sitting in front of the door so Cami just put them on the doorstep and ran. Amy doesn't have my number so I texted her telling her we had left her a gift. We had to do this because one of her roommates came bounding out of the door jumped over the plate of cookies and didn't even notice them. She then danced on the porch of their apartment for ten seconds then ran back in without seeing a thing. Wow. We were afeared for the cookies, especially Cami's constipated cat cookie.
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Sleep Talking
Ok, so being married is awesome and let me tell you guys what, my wife is so funny when she sleeps. During the first few weeks of our marriage, she had gone to bed early and I came to bed to go to sleep. So I slipped into bed next to her and quietly told her, "I love you." She promptly responded, "NO!" I was so confused. What had I done wrong that she thought that I didn't love her. So I repeated once again, "I love you," to which she said, "No you don't." I was heart broken.
I only found the next morning that she was asleep the whole time and that she didn't remember a thing. Another night I was woken up by her screaming, "Please dad? Can I have a puppy? Please please please please please please please please please please?!?" Another time she awoke speaking gibberish and then said, "Something something something something something something something something something something something." Yeah...she literally said something a BAJILLION times over. My silly little Cami Lynn, and the list goes on. Sleep talkers really do make life better this is why I think God makes people sleep talk, to entertain their spouses and siblings (who share bedrooms).
I only found the next morning that she was asleep the whole time and that she didn't remember a thing. Another night I was woken up by her screaming, "Please dad? Can I have a puppy? Please please please please please please please please please please?!?" Another time she awoke speaking gibberish and then said, "Something something something something something something something something something something something." Yeah...she literally said something a BAJILLION times over. My silly little Cami Lynn, and the list goes on. Sleep talkers really do make life better this is why I think God makes people sleep talk, to entertain their spouses and siblings (who share bedrooms).
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Welcome to Imagination's Portal. Through this portal you shall find the inner workings of my mind. I welcome you to the wonderful journey that is my mind and imagination. Here you shall find my rantings on politics, funny family experiences, and perhaps even short stories for my books. So check in every once and awhile and see what new stuff you'll find.
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