Quick pics

My family is dying to see pics I'll explain them later. One is the night I got here us going dancing the other is in front of the Alamo

Things I've learned so far from being in Texas

Here is a list of notes I've made while in Texas. I'll post more when I get back, but I've been typing this into my phone on observations I've made while in Houston, Katy, Galveston and San Antonio.
-roads here are insanely confusing
-penguins are awesome
-change in altitude sucks
-there's no such thing as raining on your parade in Galveston
-Mardi Gras is a really really big deal and people will do anything for free beads
-there's always traffic in Houston no matter what time of day it is
-you can't get on the freeway without passing an accident
-it rains like a downpour then stops for two minutes then again then slows down
-people think its cool to put blue lights on their car
-Salt Lake's spaghetti bowl only has one noodle in it compared to Houston
-blinkers aren't cool here
-Sonic diet coke can solve altitude and sea sickness
-the humidity can do wonders on dry skin
-SLC downtown skyline is nothing compared to Houston
-Walker Lane doesn't compare to Memorial Drive
-my bug would flood here
-Latin and techno dancing are two very different things
-I'm on average 6 inches taller then Latin people
-apparently I can be turned away from certain places for wearing my skater shoes or flip flops
-I'm a whimp when it comes to staying up late
-Bigrig trucks are pretty much the only people getting pulled over the check their weight
-So everyone in Texas has a million stickers on their windshield I thought oh maybe it's a parking pass no it's their tages instead of being on license plates weird huh
-they have textured pavement not rough roads
-it's a necessity to travel with an iPhone
-if ever in San Antonio on the riverwalk do not eat at the Lonestar
-If ever you let Lidia read a map don't believe her if she says somethings two streets away
-bumps on the road are larger then they may appear
-Aliens will invade Texas first
-it's very possible to get a sunburn in February
-there is such a thing as a bad diet coke

Most of these will be explained with pictures haha but there you go. I promise details to come, I have to catch a very early flight tomorrow!

Yay, it's here!

It's finally here!!! I am going to Texas tomorrow and absolutely cannot wait. It's been snowing most of the week in SLC so it will definitely be a nice change going to 70 degree weather! I haven't done any packing and still need a few things at the store, but I've been trying really hard to get caught up on school work. I've done pretty good on getting the internet stuff done, but I do have two papers to write, I can always just work on those on the plane. It's crazy I'm only going to be gone for a few days, but I want it to feel like a real vacation and not have to worry about anything here, like school and whatnot. Also today I officially decided I'm going to Guatemala. I've almost bought my plane ticket. I'm still waiting to see what seats Sam wants in case she's already booked hers, but yeah. All in one year I'm going on two very awesome trips on an airplane!! What I've wanted to do for years. That's pretty much the only exciting things going on in my life right now. I shot the Jazz/Laker game last night which was pretty awesome oh and I found out how many I sold from the last game. I can now say I'm a professional photographer, in some ways which is exciting. School and work are going good, we're going to a lot more schools and my videos have been put on hold until I do some interviews, probably next week sometime. Newsbreak is just kicking up for our first show. I"m missing that class tomorrow with demonstrations on how to run certain equipment. I stayed an had one of the lab people show me which was nice and hopefully I'm not missing anything. Oooh my political science class I got my paper back the one I thought I bombed. Guess what I got a 90! Can you believe that, I sure as heck couldn't. I have another one due next week as well as one for my telecommunication course. I did my almost last radio show last week. I had to run the soundboard on it since the other person was out of town. It went good, only mistake was trying to get the audio consistent on our commercial segments. I know I'm going to be asked to fill in every now and then but it feels amazing to finally have my Saturday mornings back. Well, I'm at work now I think I"ll keep this one short and sweet. I'm taking my camera to Texas so expect lots of fun pictures on my adventure!!!

Well hello!

I feel like I have to apologize to my blog. This past week has been insane plus I do the same thing everyday and feel its not totally blog worthy. I still check it everyday for the comments sadly enough I haven't had any, but its ok I forgive you all. I know you're probably mad at me for letting this go almost an entire week. I also got really sick of that creepy teddy bear so I found this Japanese style and decided to try it, it looks kind of cool. I also tried to upload a playlist. It was too big with how this template is formatted and you couldn't read the first post. With my awesome web page building skills I tried to fix it, but it was a slightly different code then I understood and ended up looking possessed so I just deleted it. I truly don't know what to put. I did another Jazz game, it was a late one on Thursday started at 8:30 you can go to that same website to see. I taught primary the sunbeams yesterday. I had two new little girls and one boy visitor in addition to two regulars who are slowly transitioning in, with a lot of sitting on my lap, tears and being told it's almost time to go get mommy and daddy. I feel bad their attention span is maybe 30 seconds. The lesson material maybe 5 if I stretch. So we color and sing most of the time. I try to do games, but am not very creative I"ve looked on primary sites, but there's all this crazy prep work which I'd love to do but generally don't prepare the lesson until a few hours before church and just don't have time. So if anyone has any ideas I'd love to hear them remember they're between 3 and 5. I actually really enjoy it minus the headache I usually have at the end. It still hasn't kept me from wanting twins (when the time is right and I"m married) I also have been in crazy prep mode for Texas. I'm trying to get a lot of homework/work stuff done so I can try to just relax and have fun this weekend. I have three big projects due right when I come back, plus doing all the stuff I need to this week so its been crazy. I also am considering going with Sam and Lidia to Guatemala in May. If I can pull the money together, get a passport and just everything in order. It can be a graduation present to myself, plus if I don't have a job by then or one I can take off. I'm actually really excited furthest away I've been is California, soon to be Texas. So this would be a really good opportunity for me I think. Plus having someone like Lidia who knows her way around would be perfect. Well I have this huge poly sci quiz tomorrow so I'm going to get back to my studying, but thought I'd give you all an update!

Jazz Game

I"ll try to make this one quick. So last night was my first time actually shooting for the Jazz fan website. Go here my.utahjazz.com click on Fans photos then it'll take it you a new site. I'm the orange one. Now keep in mind its my first night and I did a lot in auto, but I thought some turned out pretty good. Probably my favorite is the one with Jazz Bear and those two ladies, just because they were all looking and smiling, not the best shot since I had to shoot into the stands, but oh well. I also really lucked out wtih it. I was standing in one of the opening things and he was coming up to give someone flowers for their birthday right where I was. He's pretty good about taking a minute to pose and I know my camera is going to get better shots then most camera phones. The other ones didn't work out the best because not everyone was looking but that's alright. I also like a lot of the little kid ones, we'll see if any of them get bought. I'm sooo tired. I left during the 3rd quarter, but had to pick up a book from JJ's house, come home to upload the pictures and work on a paper due in about an hour. Man I do not love this class, but at least its done, not very well but its done. Well I just wanted to give you all an update of where to go, maybe I'll post more stories specific later today when I'm not so nervous. I have the possibility of giving a presentation with this paper. He draws names and we each have to go one out of four times throughout the semester so I have to be prepared today if I don't get called then still keep preparing for later dates and guess what I'm not ready at all haha. Well have a happy morning!

Random happenings

I can already tell this post as usual is going to be all over the place. So funny story first. Yesterday I was in a hurry but almost out of gas so I quickly stopped and decided since I was there I'd get the cheap car wash and get all the salt crap off my car. It's good I get in and the car wash finishes and I try to drive forward. Well guess what, the door won't open! I sat there trying to go forward back up everything and couldn't make it open. SOmeone had come in behind me so their carwash was going the entire time I was stuck inside too. I debated maybe calling the cops, waiting until someone finally noticed, I really didn't know what to do. Then I remembered I had the receipt and possibly their phone number. I did, so I called the guy I'm all so this is going to sound weird, but I'm stuck in your carwash. He was really nice about it and came to open it for me. Now how random is that, seriously who gets stuck in a carwash? Oddly enough that was a huge fear I had as a kid, obviously I was scared I'd be trapped forever, it was in the days of no cell phones haha. Anyway, I survived it and am alive to tell about it now. I've thought of complaining to the manager see if I can get some free gas or something out of it, but who knows if I will or not. So the reason I was in such a hurry is with my new camera, I got a gig shooting for the Utah Jazz fans of the game. I go around saying can I get your picture for our fans of the game website. I'm super exited about it. They said I don't have to be an expert the one guy even shot on auto with his SLR all last year and was just fine, they more just need someone outgoing and who at least doesn't have a little point and shoot. I think it'll be a great opportunity. It doesn't pay the best, but I get in free to the games, I really only have to take them up until halftime and I can stay the rest of the game and sit anywhere there's an open seat besides the floor. Last night he just went over stuff and I went on the bottom level. I couldn't believe how different it looks down there haha. It was fun though and I"m excited for it, not only to make a little extra cash, but great exercise, free Jazz game and I'm in the same building as Kyle Korver :) Plus I can say I was a Utah Jazz photographer, so it'll look good on my resume. It is intimidating going up to people, but I have a shirt and official looking pass and nice camera, so hopefully it'll be ok. It's definitely interesting shooting still shots instead of video. A lot of the same principles apply, just getting used to how different the camera is, will be hard. Today I trained someone to take over my place with the radio programming. I thought it'd be my last week, but actually the other person will be out of town and I"ll need to run the soundboard this Saturday so not totally out of it yet. I realized today I'm a radio show producer, student, engineering presenter, engineering movie maker, Newsbreak photographer and Jazz photographer. I seem to get just busy enough to stay above water, then decide to load one more thing on to make me go crazy. It's good though and as long as I take it day by day I"ll be fine. Today also at the show the person who comes in after us asked me if I've been working out, she could tell. I about hugged her, I've sorta been able to tell more just that I feel better, but haven't had anyone else notice. NOt that thats what I need and why I'm doing it, but it definitely motivates me more knowing that its finally paying off. Again, no set weight goals or anything I'm doing it as a lifestyle change and I'll see what comes from it. Well I need to pop out some massive amounts of homework today, so I'll be on my way.

A new camera

I swear this one will be fast because I only have 15 minutes left of work and don't feel like starting anything new. So yesterday I bought a camera!!! It's my first semi-professional one the NIkon D-40 and I can't wait to test it out. I'll for sure post some pictures so you can all see what I create. I bought it used so it was way cheaper, he gave me his bag which is a camo one haha, so I'm looking into getting a backpack that will also hold my laptop. Hmm what else, it seemed I had so much to say but now my mind is drawing a blank. Oh one thing yesterday I was at Draper Elementary for an engineering day I was waiting for everyone else to arrive when this blue PT cruiser slowed down in front of me and started waving. It was a guy around my age, but I have no idea who he was. I was like in shock and by the time I realized it he had drove away and I didn't wave back so on one hand I feel bad but I totally want to know who it was, if anyone knows its like one of those random things thats going to bug me. Well, someone just came into talk to me now I"m almost done with work so I'm going to the gym and I"m excited it's the weekend!!!!