SNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It snowed tonight and I think its still snowing and now it can be more winterlike and utahlike and everyone in the hotel can finally be happy there is snow falling and they won't ask me if I'm mormon and tell me to pray about the snow lol.
So tonight I drove my car in the snow on the road for the first time and it didn't go so well lol. I could only go about 35 miles per hour before I started skidding sideways and if you have to turn the steering wheel ALL the way to the left just to make your car drive straight thats not a good sign, either your drunk or your car has a problem lol. And I stopped at a stopsign and it took me about a minute to actually start driving again. So once I start driving I need to try and keep driving or else I will probably never get started again and then I will probably be stranded in my car on some lonely stretch of road trying to survive until someone notices that Travis has disappeared lol. Apparantly the snow plows hadn't plowed the road at all though so maybe that will help if they actually start doing that hopefully. I knew this was going to be a problem and was silently thankful that there hadn't been any bad snowstorms until now..only because of me driving not because I didn't want snow. I so wish I had gotten a truck or something with four wheel drive my next car has to have four wheel drive I think. So basically after christmas is over I'm going to start wishing there was no more snow and probably will start counting down the days to SUMMER yay!
So I recieved my first birthday present already from Hannah. It was two concert tickets to motion city soundtrack, mae, and anberlin and I'm pretty excited it should be awesome even though I sortof already guessed what it was lol. :)
Well I think work is going to be really really slow which is not good I almost fell asleep last night. I think I will go make some hot chocolate and watch a movie..probably a christmas one.
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Monday, November 26, 2007
take it back to the start and through the rise and falling apart we discover who we are
Hello fellow blog readers.
Today I decided to go back to church for the first time in a really long time actually. Too long of a time really. It was really really refreshing it sorta felt like I had been drowning but I was finally allowed to breath again, that sort of refreshing thank goodness feeling lol. I dont really know why I stopped going to church in the first place, well I guess there are a few small reasons but those reason shouldn't of been that big of a deal anyways. I have no family that goes to church with me so I go by myself which for me is probably the hardest part along with the fact that I hardly know anyone in my ward and I sat by my former bishop and his wife for sacrament and ms. carlile for sunday school how weird is that? And sunday school is just weird too because the average age is probably about 45 or 50 and I still feel like I should go to primary or something like that lol. Oh well I still enjoyed it and it makes me happy so I know its the right thing.
So I guess I've learned a lot about myself. Basically I can say I've experienced life without the church and life with the church. Without the church life really does feel like your drowning...very slowly almost to the point you dont even know you are and then you take a look back and it can be painful to realize how far away from the church you are. Or basically anything that applies to this idea. When you take something you love and substitute it for many other things that are a bit like false happiness and those many other things dont even fill up that one thing that you took away. It definitely leaves a void that sometimes you try and overlook. I think I have learned that its somewhat impossible for me to be content and truly happy if I start to neglect the things I care about the most. Sometimes it's hard to recognize when you may be getting ahead of yourself or you may have lost something, it's just much easier to keep a tight grip on the values that you have. This definitely makes life a lot easier.
Today I decided to go back to church for the first time in a really long time actually. Too long of a time really. It was really really refreshing it sorta felt like I had been drowning but I was finally allowed to breath again, that sort of refreshing thank goodness feeling lol. I dont really know why I stopped going to church in the first place, well I guess there are a few small reasons but those reason shouldn't of been that big of a deal anyways. I have no family that goes to church with me so I go by myself which for me is probably the hardest part along with the fact that I hardly know anyone in my ward and I sat by my former bishop and his wife for sacrament and ms. carlile for sunday school how weird is that? And sunday school is just weird too because the average age is probably about 45 or 50 and I still feel like I should go to primary or something like that lol. Oh well I still enjoyed it and it makes me happy so I know its the right thing.
So I guess I've learned a lot about myself. Basically I can say I've experienced life without the church and life with the church. Without the church life really does feel like your drowning...very slowly almost to the point you dont even know you are and then you take a look back and it can be painful to realize how far away from the church you are. Or basically anything that applies to this idea. When you take something you love and substitute it for many other things that are a bit like false happiness and those many other things dont even fill up that one thing that you took away. It definitely leaves a void that sometimes you try and overlook. I think I have learned that its somewhat impossible for me to be content and truly happy if I start to neglect the things I care about the most. Sometimes it's hard to recognize when you may be getting ahead of yourself or you may have lost something, it's just much easier to keep a tight grip on the values that you have. This definitely makes life a lot easier.
Sunday, November 25, 2007
hmm
So work was kindof crazy today. Pretty much every stupid thing you can imagine went wrong like the printer stopped working and the machine that makes the hotel keys stopped working and i burnt my oatmeal lol. Oh well its okay now.
So basically i'm pretty excited that BYU won the game. I'm just going to refer to it as The Game because its really the only game. Okay so I'll refer to it as The Only Game.
So I have included a list of 10 things that will now happen to the University of Utah
1. BYU has now won twice in a row and is actually going to win every single time now.
2. BYU will apppear to be headed toward a crushing loss with Utah scoring in the final minutes to take the lead but everytime BYU will come back and score with just a few seconds remaining to win every single game
3. Utah will be so depressed that they will eventually cancel their football program and most of the football players will transfer to Utah's great gymnastics team so they can feel like winners which is okay because BYU doesn't need to be great at gymnastics
4. The football band members from each school will feel left out and challenge each other to a "marching band duel"
5. Of course Utah will have the edge when it comes to the flashy band uniforms because of BYU's clothing policy and it would appear Utah would go away with a victory but right at the last second BYU will take the lead with a special guest appearance by Donnie Osmond
6. Utah will be desperate to start a bitter rivalry that they can actually win like starting competitive medical surgery procedures
7. BYU will retaliate with their superior accounting and business skills
8. Frustrated Utah will try and gain the support of the only people they can...the Indians...which does them no good because they won't even be able to locate the utes since they will be gone on their annual buffalo hunt. Not to say the Ute's wouldn't even care about Utah anyways since their mascot is actually a bird and an ugly one at that.
9. When that fails Utah, feeling sorry for itself that no one even cares about it, will try and succeed from the Union and create their own nation which will stupidly be called Ute Nation.
10. Of course the government will not allow that to happen and they will force Utah to accept the fact that BYU is better.
So basically i'm pretty excited that BYU won the game. I'm just going to refer to it as The Game because its really the only game. Okay so I'll refer to it as The Only Game.
So I have included a list of 10 things that will now happen to the University of Utah
1. BYU has now won twice in a row and is actually going to win every single time now.
2. BYU will apppear to be headed toward a crushing loss with Utah scoring in the final minutes to take the lead but everytime BYU will come back and score with just a few seconds remaining to win every single game
3. Utah will be so depressed that they will eventually cancel their football program and most of the football players will transfer to Utah's great gymnastics team so they can feel like winners which is okay because BYU doesn't need to be great at gymnastics
4. The football band members from each school will feel left out and challenge each other to a "marching band duel"
5. Of course Utah will have the edge when it comes to the flashy band uniforms because of BYU's clothing policy and it would appear Utah would go away with a victory but right at the last second BYU will take the lead with a special guest appearance by Donnie Osmond
6. Utah will be desperate to start a bitter rivalry that they can actually win like starting competitive medical surgery procedures
7. BYU will retaliate with their superior accounting and business skills
8. Frustrated Utah will try and gain the support of the only people they can...the Indians...which does them no good because they won't even be able to locate the utes since they will be gone on their annual buffalo hunt. Not to say the Ute's wouldn't even care about Utah anyways since their mascot is actually a bird and an ugly one at that.
9. When that fails Utah, feeling sorry for itself that no one even cares about it, will try and succeed from the Union and create their own nation which will stupidly be called Ute Nation.
10. Of course the government will not allow that to happen and they will force Utah to accept the fact that BYU is better.
Saturday, November 24, 2007
my feeble attempts at being a music critic
Hello.
So tonight hannah put her head in her hands and looked like she was thinking deeply so I asked her what she was thinking about and she said she was thinking about what I was going to do at work tonight and then she told me that I would write a blog and she proceeded to tell me what I was going to write in my blog so I guess thats what I'm going to do.
So basically me and hannah hung out tonight and we went to Park City's main street which turned out to be a pretty cool idea that I give hannah credit for. I have never even seen or been to Park City's main street so it was nice. It would have been ever more fun if there was big fluffly snowflakes falling from the sky but thats okay as long as they get here by Christmas. There were a lot of art and picture galleries which I have decided are the best types of stores to walk through. I really like looking at all the paintings and sculptures and pictures, some of them are pretty amazing. I decided that one of my fantasy jobs would be a nature or wildlife photographer because that would just be awesome to do. It turns out that these galleries are wonderful places to collect business cards, and it turns out hannah is a wonderful helper at collecting business cards and so I believe I currently have the most cards so far haha! Anyways it was really fun and we had some pretty good hot chocolate too. After that we went somewhere and listened to music and talked and drew on my windshield and I once again proved to be the best in a tickling fight. So it was a pretty fun night like always.
My top 10 favorite songs right now
1. Before It's Too Late- Goo Goo Dolls
The lyrics of the Goo Goo Dolls really should be put into some type of biblical verse
2. Better Days- Goo Goo Dolls
Once again the hopeful, soothing, and beautifully poetic lyrics of the Goo Goo Dolls make this song great. It seems few bands sing with the emotion of the Goo Goo Dolls
3. Shine On- Jet
This song provides that little ray of sunshine that even the dark clouds cannot avoid
4. The Scientist- Coldplay
Lets face it, at the moment no other band knows how to use a piano better than coldplay(possibly ben folds five but thats a stretch) Chris Martin's slow and steady lyrics add to the inquisitive and soul searching nature of this song as well as basically every other coldplay song
5. Supermans Song- Crash Test Dummies
The lyrics for all of CTD's songs have disaster written all over them but they always make it sound great. I mean honestly, is there a more touching song about superman?
6. Fall to Pieces- Velvet Revolver
A perfect song to be played when your falling to pieces. Slash is still amazing at the guitar which only accentuates the lyrics.
7. The World at Large-Modest Mouse
Isaac Brock and modest mouse's unique style of music, coupled with their strange, but compelling lyrics make this band so multi dimensional and appealing you can't help but love them. It is amusing and slightly comical to listen to Brock's unemotional voice as he sings his way through the worlds imperfections, as if he is saying oh well what can you do about it?
8. Wish You Were Here- Pink Floyd
This song is already a classic do I need to explain why? Pink Floyd's dreamy music is meshed wonderfully with simple but deep lyrics that take this song on a whole new level of thought. It's shortness adds to this songs influence.
9. The Space Between-Dave Mathews Band
A very inspirational song to me, Dave Mathews does a fantastic job of singing this song period.
10. Remember Us- Pineapple Theif
This song never gets ahead of itself, yet does just enough to not bog itself down in its epic 16 minute -mostly instrumental journey. The pace of music changes just enough to keep you with the song, and the simple lyrics are well placed.
So tonight hannah put her head in her hands and looked like she was thinking deeply so I asked her what she was thinking about and she said she was thinking about what I was going to do at work tonight and then she told me that I would write a blog and she proceeded to tell me what I was going to write in my blog so I guess thats what I'm going to do.
So basically me and hannah hung out tonight and we went to Park City's main street which turned out to be a pretty cool idea that I give hannah credit for. I have never even seen or been to Park City's main street so it was nice. It would have been ever more fun if there was big fluffly snowflakes falling from the sky but thats okay as long as they get here by Christmas. There were a lot of art and picture galleries which I have decided are the best types of stores to walk through. I really like looking at all the paintings and sculptures and pictures, some of them are pretty amazing. I decided that one of my fantasy jobs would be a nature or wildlife photographer because that would just be awesome to do. It turns out that these galleries are wonderful places to collect business cards, and it turns out hannah is a wonderful helper at collecting business cards and so I believe I currently have the most cards so far haha! Anyways it was really fun and we had some pretty good hot chocolate too. After that we went somewhere and listened to music and talked and drew on my windshield and I once again proved to be the best in a tickling fight. So it was a pretty fun night like always.
My top 10 favorite songs right now
1. Before It's Too Late- Goo Goo Dolls
The lyrics of the Goo Goo Dolls really should be put into some type of biblical verse
2. Better Days- Goo Goo Dolls
Once again the hopeful, soothing, and beautifully poetic lyrics of the Goo Goo Dolls make this song great. It seems few bands sing with the emotion of the Goo Goo Dolls
3. Shine On- Jet
This song provides that little ray of sunshine that even the dark clouds cannot avoid
4. The Scientist- Coldplay
Lets face it, at the moment no other band knows how to use a piano better than coldplay(possibly ben folds five but thats a stretch) Chris Martin's slow and steady lyrics add to the inquisitive and soul searching nature of this song as well as basically every other coldplay song
5. Supermans Song- Crash Test Dummies
The lyrics for all of CTD's songs have disaster written all over them but they always make it sound great. I mean honestly, is there a more touching song about superman?
6. Fall to Pieces- Velvet Revolver
A perfect song to be played when your falling to pieces. Slash is still amazing at the guitar which only accentuates the lyrics.
7. The World at Large-Modest Mouse
Isaac Brock and modest mouse's unique style of music, coupled with their strange, but compelling lyrics make this band so multi dimensional and appealing you can't help but love them. It is amusing and slightly comical to listen to Brock's unemotional voice as he sings his way through the worlds imperfections, as if he is saying oh well what can you do about it?
8. Wish You Were Here- Pink Floyd
This song is already a classic do I need to explain why? Pink Floyd's dreamy music is meshed wonderfully with simple but deep lyrics that take this song on a whole new level of thought. It's shortness adds to this songs influence.
9. The Space Between-Dave Mathews Band
A very inspirational song to me, Dave Mathews does a fantastic job of singing this song period.
10. Remember Us- Pineapple Theif
This song never gets ahead of itself, yet does just enough to not bog itself down in its epic 16 minute -mostly instrumental journey. The pace of music changes just enough to keep you with the song, and the simple lyrics are well placed.
Friday, November 23, 2007
a new poem
this is a pretty personal poem that is intentionally vague, yet it is still a way for me to release something...
Step outside into the fog of night
To learn more about what’s wrong and right
In front a path moves forward out of sight
To a place where only the angels possess a light
The path knows of its dream to me
The fog sits on the path I cannot see
Where some are content to sit and be
I change to live and be free
I take a glance back of what’s sure
Take a step forward to know what’s pure
The past once held me in its lure
But this path I take I must endure
With every step the path provides a view
Of this dream that could be so true
When angels walk forever with you
Only they know of what I knew
Step outside into the fog of night
To learn more about what’s wrong and right
In front a path moves forward out of sight
To a place where only the angels possess a light
The path knows of its dream to me
The fog sits on the path I cannot see
Where some are content to sit and be
I change to live and be free
I take a glance back of what’s sure
Take a step forward to know what’s pure
The past once held me in its lure
But this path I take I must endure
With every step the path provides a view
Of this dream that could be so true
When angels walk forever with you
Only they know of what I knew
Monday, November 19, 2007
want to live at an airport?
I just got done watching the movie The Terminal at work and it was really a fantastic movie in my opinion and I think everyone should see it. It has some pretty funny moments too. Its about this guy who flies to the United States but when he gets to the airport he finds out his visa and documents are not valid thus preventing him from traveling into the United States but he also is not able to fly back to his country because it is in the middle of a civil war and so they tell him he needs to stay in the airport and so he basically decides to live in the airport, he makes friends with all the employees at the airport and thinks that this is his home.
The most fascinating part is that this is actually based on a true story of a man who has lived in an airport in France for over 15 years because of similiar circumstances. He was not legally allowed to go anywhere and no country would take him because he had no proof of who he was or where he came from. I guess now he is allowed to leave and go wherever he wants but he has become so used to living in the airport he now refuses to leave because he is so attached to what he's had for 15 years.
I just thought that was really crazy to think about, and a little sad.
The most fascinating part is that this is actually based on a true story of a man who has lived in an airport in France for over 15 years because of similiar circumstances. He was not legally allowed to go anywhere and no country would take him because he had no proof of who he was or where he came from. I guess now he is allowed to leave and go wherever he wants but he has become so used to living in the airport he now refuses to leave because he is so attached to what he's had for 15 years.
I just thought that was really crazy to think about, and a little sad.
Sunday, November 18, 2007
someday when my life has passed me by i'll lay around and wonder why
Hey blog readers of the world.
How are you?
Me..? I'm great...I believe I have just met the drunkest man I will ever meet, I almost started laughing at him a couple of times.
I'm at work trying to stay awake.
The last couple of days have been good. Last night I hung out with Hannah it ended up being really great which I was very very happy about. We found a new spot that has a good view of the city and the stars and a fire hydrant. We drew graffiti all over my windshield because they did not offer us crayons when we went to go eat. I dressed up in my deviled egg costume and kindof danced and did a somersault at the duck pond. I decided I need to make up a "egg dance."
Well I'm completely bored so here comes another one of those bored blogs.
I decided I would write down my random opinions of some random topics.
EVOLUTION
-we did not evolve from apes
-we did not evolve from swimming creatures that decided to live on land
-we are considered "aliens" to other people on other planets
-if the human race lives long enough we will either develop gills, feathers, or powerful poisonious tails
-we were made with an ability to know right from wrong
-we evolve from trial and error
-their are no two people exactly alike
THE SUN
-its actually not essential for all life
-there really is a roman god that pulls it with his chariot
-it will be a sad day when it burns out
-someday NASA will send a robot to the sun
-it looks better when it sets, yet the stars and the moon are usually more beautiful
DINOSAURS
-Some person is going to do what they did in Jurassic Park and breed dinosaurs and they are going to stage a comeback and wreak havoc until another comet, volcano, ice age, and earthquake destroys them. Or they'll just contract AIDS, cancer, avion flu, or chicken pocks.
-That person will be prosecuted for the illegal reproduction of a species that was extinct
-Archeologists millions of years from now will forever be confused by the fact that dinosaurs seemed to have lived once a really really really long time ago and then they seemed to have reappeared just a really long time ago, and they will forever debate which one of the natural disasters caused their extinction, and they will be eternally puzzled by the fact that some dinosaurs seem to have chicken pocks.
RELIGION
-every religion has the fundamental ideas, values, or practices of: believing that there is a higher power, giving purpose to life, providing reasoning and understanding to things not known, establishing guidelines or rules to follow, the idea of worshipping something, ideas produced by history, written documents, or events.
-has to be something that betters ones life
-is probably the number 1 thing the world has fought over, even wars
-a very passionate subject for many
-i could not live without it, but lots of people do
-no one is truly an atheist
GOVERNMENT
-our government really doesn't tell us everything
-no government ever has
-but i wouldn't either if i were them
-its a good thing
-the U.S. has the best government anywhere and I'm glad I live here
-It should make money more exciting
LOVE
-there is no such thing as love at first sight, probably not even at second sight either. Maybe ten sights?
-love is hard to find but easy to know when you find it
-love should have the biggest and most complicated definition in the whole dictionary
-love is continually growing and evolving
-it is the most powerful feeling with ironically, hate being the next
-some people never really find absolute love, or maybe they just dont recognize it?
-a lot of people are scared of love
CHANGE
-should be one of Newton's Laws because its going to happen
-maybe you can postpone it, but you can't stop it or avoid it
-it WILL be for the better, maybe not right away but the lessons and experiences you learn from it make you a better person
-the more things change the more they stay the same
Well I think thats all really...I dont' really know what this was all about I just had to write something because I'm bored. The End.
How are you?
Me..? I'm great...I believe I have just met the drunkest man I will ever meet, I almost started laughing at him a couple of times.
I'm at work trying to stay awake.
The last couple of days have been good. Last night I hung out with Hannah it ended up being really great which I was very very happy about. We found a new spot that has a good view of the city and the stars and a fire hydrant. We drew graffiti all over my windshield because they did not offer us crayons when we went to go eat. I dressed up in my deviled egg costume and kindof danced and did a somersault at the duck pond. I decided I need to make up a "egg dance."
Well I'm completely bored so here comes another one of those bored blogs.
I decided I would write down my random opinions of some random topics.
EVOLUTION
-we did not evolve from apes
-we did not evolve from swimming creatures that decided to live on land
-we are considered "aliens" to other people on other planets
-if the human race lives long enough we will either develop gills, feathers, or powerful poisonious tails
-we were made with an ability to know right from wrong
-we evolve from trial and error
-their are no two people exactly alike
THE SUN
-its actually not essential for all life
-there really is a roman god that pulls it with his chariot
-it will be a sad day when it burns out
-someday NASA will send a robot to the sun
-it looks better when it sets, yet the stars and the moon are usually more beautiful
DINOSAURS
-Some person is going to do what they did in Jurassic Park and breed dinosaurs and they are going to stage a comeback and wreak havoc until another comet, volcano, ice age, and earthquake destroys them. Or they'll just contract AIDS, cancer, avion flu, or chicken pocks.
-That person will be prosecuted for the illegal reproduction of a species that was extinct
-Archeologists millions of years from now will forever be confused by the fact that dinosaurs seemed to have lived once a really really really long time ago and then they seemed to have reappeared just a really long time ago, and they will forever debate which one of the natural disasters caused their extinction, and they will be eternally puzzled by the fact that some dinosaurs seem to have chicken pocks.
RELIGION
-every religion has the fundamental ideas, values, or practices of: believing that there is a higher power, giving purpose to life, providing reasoning and understanding to things not known, establishing guidelines or rules to follow, the idea of worshipping something, ideas produced by history, written documents, or events.
-has to be something that betters ones life
-is probably the number 1 thing the world has fought over, even wars
-a very passionate subject for many
-i could not live without it, but lots of people do
-no one is truly an atheist
GOVERNMENT
-our government really doesn't tell us everything
-no government ever has
-but i wouldn't either if i were them
-its a good thing
-the U.S. has the best government anywhere and I'm glad I live here
-It should make money more exciting
LOVE
-there is no such thing as love at first sight, probably not even at second sight either. Maybe ten sights?
-love is hard to find but easy to know when you find it
-love should have the biggest and most complicated definition in the whole dictionary
-love is continually growing and evolving
-it is the most powerful feeling with ironically, hate being the next
-some people never really find absolute love, or maybe they just dont recognize it?
-a lot of people are scared of love
CHANGE
-should be one of Newton's Laws because its going to happen
-maybe you can postpone it, but you can't stop it or avoid it
-it WILL be for the better, maybe not right away but the lessons and experiences you learn from it make you a better person
-the more things change the more they stay the same
Well I think thats all really...I dont' really know what this was all about I just had to write something because I'm bored. The End.
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
the song of the day
so I decided I really wanted to share a song with you. I really like it because it makes me laugh because its so random and funny to listen to. Plus music is basically just the best especially when the songs mean something to you. It's kind of like its always there to speak to you and to give you things to think about, or solutions to problems. This one doesn't really mean anything to me its just funny lol. My favorite line has to be Chickity China the Chinese chicken haha it just sounds great. Or maybe the really out of place line - I have a history of taking off my shirt - haha. How do you sing these lines and actually make it sound cool? Tell me they weren't on drugs when they wrote this???
It's been one week since you looked at me
Cocked your head to the side and said "I'm angry"
Five days since you laughed at me saying
"Get that together come back and see me"
Three days since the living room
I realized it's all my fault, but couldn't tell you
Yesterday you'd forgiven me
but it'll still be two days till I say I'm sorry
Hold it now and watch the hoodwink
As I make you stop, think
You'll think you're looking at Aquaman
I summon fish to the dish, although I like the Chalet Swiss
I like the sushi
'cause it's never touched a frying pan
Hot like wasabe when I bust rhymes
Big like LeAnn Rimes
Because I'm all about value
Bert Kaempfert's got the mad hits
You try to match wits, you try to hold me but I bust through
Gonna make a break and take a fake
I'd like a stinkin achin shake
I like vanilla, it's the finest of the flavours
Gotta see the show, cause then you'll know
The vertigo is gonna grow
Cause it's so dangerous,
you'll have to sign a waiver
How can I help it if I think you're funny when you're mad
Trying hard not to smile though I feel bad
I'm the kind of guy who laughs at a funeral
Can't understand what I mean?
Well, you soon will
I have a tendency to wear my mind on my sleeve
I have a history of taking off my shirt
It's been one week since you looked at me
Threw your arms in the air
and said "You're crazy"
Five days since you tackled me
I've still got the rug burns on both my knees
It's been three days since the afternoon
You realized it's not my fault
not a moment too soon
Yesterday you'd forgiven me
And now I sit back and wait til you say you're sorry
Chickity China the Chinese chicken
You have a drumstick and your brain stops tickin'
Watchin' X-Files with no lights on
We're dans la maison
I hope the Smoking Man's in this one
Like Harrison Ford I'm getting frantic
Like Sting I'm tantric
Like Snickers, guaranteed to satisfy
Like Kurasawa I make mad films
Okay, I don't make films
But if I did they'd have a Samurai
Gonna get a set a' better clubs
Gonna find the kind with tiny nubs
Just so my irons aren't always flying off the back-swing
Gotta get in tune with Sailor Moon
'Cause the cartoon has got the boom anime babes
That make me think the wrong thing
How can I help it if I think you're funny when you're mad
Tryin' hard not to smile though I feel bad
I'm the kind of guy who laughs at a funeral
Can't understand what I mean?
Well, you soon will
I have a tendency to wear my mind on my sleeve
I have a history of losing my shirt
It's been one week since you looked at me
Dropped your arms to your sides
and said "I'm sorry"
Five days since I laughed at you and said
"You just did just what I thought you were gonna do"
Three days since the living room
We realized we're both to blame,
but what could we do?
Yesterday you just smiled at me
Cause it'll still be two days till we say we're sorry
It'll still be two days till we say we're sorry
It'll still be two days till we say we're sorry
Birchmount Stadium, home of the Robbie
-One Week, The Barenaked Ladies
ps...
I think I have found one of the best openings ever to a song so far...well basically the whole song is pretty great and it means a little something to me...
-I wandered through fiction to look for the truth
buried beneath all the lies
and I stood at a distance to feel who you are
Hiding myself in your eyes..."
Name that song? No cheating
It's been one week since you looked at me
Cocked your head to the side and said "I'm angry"
Five days since you laughed at me saying
"Get that together come back and see me"
Three days since the living room
I realized it's all my fault, but couldn't tell you
Yesterday you'd forgiven me
but it'll still be two days till I say I'm sorry
Hold it now and watch the hoodwink
As I make you stop, think
You'll think you're looking at Aquaman
I summon fish to the dish, although I like the Chalet Swiss
I like the sushi
'cause it's never touched a frying pan
Hot like wasabe when I bust rhymes
Big like LeAnn Rimes
Because I'm all about value
Bert Kaempfert's got the mad hits
You try to match wits, you try to hold me but I bust through
Gonna make a break and take a fake
I'd like a stinkin achin shake
I like vanilla, it's the finest of the flavours
Gotta see the show, cause then you'll know
The vertigo is gonna grow
Cause it's so dangerous,
you'll have to sign a waiver
How can I help it if I think you're funny when you're mad
Trying hard not to smile though I feel bad
I'm the kind of guy who laughs at a funeral
Can't understand what I mean?
Well, you soon will
I have a tendency to wear my mind on my sleeve
I have a history of taking off my shirt
It's been one week since you looked at me
Threw your arms in the air
and said "You're crazy"
Five days since you tackled me
I've still got the rug burns on both my knees
It's been three days since the afternoon
You realized it's not my fault
not a moment too soon
Yesterday you'd forgiven me
And now I sit back and wait til you say you're sorry
Chickity China the Chinese chicken
You have a drumstick and your brain stops tickin'
Watchin' X-Files with no lights on
We're dans la maison
I hope the Smoking Man's in this one
Like Harrison Ford I'm getting frantic
Like Sting I'm tantric
Like Snickers, guaranteed to satisfy
Like Kurasawa I make mad films
Okay, I don't make films
But if I did they'd have a Samurai
Gonna get a set a' better clubs
Gonna find the kind with tiny nubs
Just so my irons aren't always flying off the back-swing
Gotta get in tune with Sailor Moon
'Cause the cartoon has got the boom anime babes
That make me think the wrong thing
How can I help it if I think you're funny when you're mad
Tryin' hard not to smile though I feel bad
I'm the kind of guy who laughs at a funeral
Can't understand what I mean?
Well, you soon will
I have a tendency to wear my mind on my sleeve
I have a history of losing my shirt
It's been one week since you looked at me
Dropped your arms to your sides
and said "I'm sorry"
Five days since I laughed at you and said
"You just did just what I thought you were gonna do"
Three days since the living room
We realized we're both to blame,
but what could we do?
Yesterday you just smiled at me
Cause it'll still be two days till we say we're sorry
It'll still be two days till we say we're sorry
It'll still be two days till we say we're sorry
Birchmount Stadium, home of the Robbie
-One Week, The Barenaked Ladies
ps...
I think I have found one of the best openings ever to a song so far...well basically the whole song is pretty great and it means a little something to me...
-I wandered through fiction to look for the truth
buried beneath all the lies
and I stood at a distance to feel who you are
Hiding myself in your eyes..."
Name that song? No cheating
Monday, November 12, 2007
a blog about nature, actions,consequences, and explosions
Hey I thought I would just blog to the 2 or 3 people that actually read my blogs (including me)So I dont really know what to write about right now but Hannah says to write something amazing, I dont think she realizes that I've never written an amazing blog before.
So basically my life is pretty fantastically boring and somewhat pointless at the moment. I dont really feel like I'm being very productive. I'm not sure what is making me feel this way. Sometimes you just feel like your stuck in a rut and you just follow the rut wherever the rut takes you, and wherever it has taken everyone else that has followed that same rut. I sorta feel like a salmon trying to swim upstream against the current. Haha would you like any other nature similes?? Ok one more, I feel like a tree thats surrounded by other bigger better trees and they're getting more sunlight and more birds in their branches...haha actually that was kindof a good one...
I know this is only a temporary feeling and that things get better, I guess sometimes they just get worse first. Life is a funny unpredictable thing, always in a state of change and never allowing you to sit and be content. I guess everything needs to be acted upon to recieve a result. The best part is sometimes you don't even like the result you get, but you still get it anyways and then its time to work again on another result.
Life is a series of actions and consequences. Each action lights the fuse of an explosive that we shall name Consequence. Someimes these fuses don't blow up right away, sometimes they blow up too fast and take your hand off. Sometimes your consequence will blow someone else up. You never know when the explosive consequence will blow up, but it always will. But you see, everything everyone does is an action so we can't really prevent these explosions. Of course not every explosion is bad like not every consequence is bad. I guess it's a very effective way for God to teach us lessons. Unless you don't listen to the lesson then your srewed.
I guess you never know how life will develop. It sure doesn't develop as easy as a poloroid. It seems there is always a fog settled on the path of life that is never completely lifted. There are usually no bright lights telling you where to go or what to do, there are no concrete barriers to prevent you from walking off the fog enshrouded cliff of death or at least mortal misery. Life is a ride, a journey, an experience, to a destination that everyone is seeking. You just hope you do what is right and if you can do what is right then you most certainly will enjoy the ride, and even better the destination.
Well Tyler has once be known to comment on how I take everything and apply it to "the big picture" which I guess I do. I told myself I wasn't going to take something small and blow it up into another discussion of life but..yep..i did. Hey, I guess everything can be related to life right?
Well thats all really until next time make sure to tune in to Doc. Travis Psychotic Physciatrist of Life! :)
So basically my life is pretty fantastically boring and somewhat pointless at the moment. I dont really feel like I'm being very productive. I'm not sure what is making me feel this way. Sometimes you just feel like your stuck in a rut and you just follow the rut wherever the rut takes you, and wherever it has taken everyone else that has followed that same rut. I sorta feel like a salmon trying to swim upstream against the current. Haha would you like any other nature similes?? Ok one more, I feel like a tree thats surrounded by other bigger better trees and they're getting more sunlight and more birds in their branches...haha actually that was kindof a good one...
I know this is only a temporary feeling and that things get better, I guess sometimes they just get worse first. Life is a funny unpredictable thing, always in a state of change and never allowing you to sit and be content. I guess everything needs to be acted upon to recieve a result. The best part is sometimes you don't even like the result you get, but you still get it anyways and then its time to work again on another result.
Life is a series of actions and consequences. Each action lights the fuse of an explosive that we shall name Consequence. Someimes these fuses don't blow up right away, sometimes they blow up too fast and take your hand off. Sometimes your consequence will blow someone else up. You never know when the explosive consequence will blow up, but it always will. But you see, everything everyone does is an action so we can't really prevent these explosions. Of course not every explosion is bad like not every consequence is bad. I guess it's a very effective way for God to teach us lessons. Unless you don't listen to the lesson then your srewed.
I guess you never know how life will develop. It sure doesn't develop as easy as a poloroid. It seems there is always a fog settled on the path of life that is never completely lifted. There are usually no bright lights telling you where to go or what to do, there are no concrete barriers to prevent you from walking off the fog enshrouded cliff of death or at least mortal misery. Life is a ride, a journey, an experience, to a destination that everyone is seeking. You just hope you do what is right and if you can do what is right then you most certainly will enjoy the ride, and even better the destination.
Well Tyler has once be known to comment on how I take everything and apply it to "the big picture" which I guess I do. I told myself I wasn't going to take something small and blow it up into another discussion of life but..yep..i did. Hey, I guess everything can be related to life right?
Well thats all really until next time make sure to tune in to Doc. Travis Psychotic Physciatrist of Life! :)
Sunday, November 11, 2007
happy thoughts
Thank you for:
Homecoming night
Looking at the stars with me
Trying to get a duck to catch your bread
Not thinking I was boring lol
Liking the same music as me :)
Swinging on the swings and sliding down the slides
Laying on the grass with me at the park
Letting me throw your flip flops everywhere
Drawing pictures with me at Teutenhannanahnahanah (lol?)
Your chlorine bracelet that is tied around your ring
Watching my fish
Visiting me at crazy times
Scratching my back
Sitting with me at the Spotted Turtle
Showing me the happy clappy lol
Sending me texts at work in the middle of the night
Letting me be around your friends
Letting me get to know you
Making me believe in myself a little bit more
Working at Swiss Days because I saw you there and then I thought I should get to know you better
Making everything so simple yet so special
And a million small things that would just sound cheesy if I wrote them
Standing up for whats right
Being yourself
Being open to me
Being there
Understanding me
And whatever comes next
Homecoming night
Looking at the stars with me
Trying to get a duck to catch your bread
Not thinking I was boring lol
Liking the same music as me :)
Swinging on the swings and sliding down the slides
Laying on the grass with me at the park
Letting me throw your flip flops everywhere
Drawing pictures with me at Teutenhannanahnahanah (lol?)
Your chlorine bracelet that is tied around your ring
Watching my fish
Visiting me at crazy times
Scratching my back
Sitting with me at the Spotted Turtle
Showing me the happy clappy lol
Sending me texts at work in the middle of the night
Letting me be around your friends
Letting me get to know you
Making me believe in myself a little bit more
Working at Swiss Days because I saw you there and then I thought I should get to know you better
Making everything so simple yet so special
And a million small things that would just sound cheesy if I wrote them
Standing up for whats right
Being yourself
Being open to me
Being there
Understanding me
And whatever comes next
Friday, November 9, 2007
"yesterday love was such an easy game to play"
You know how things can seem pretty much perfect in your life one minute but it can all change in the next minute? You know the feeling you get in your gut when you know something is wrong and then your proven right? You know when you start to believe in something and then it stops, and the incredible ironic feeling you get when you realize things can stop so easily? You know how life seems to be moving so fast around you yet you become still and trapped. Like life was timeless and priceless for one moment and the next it's like your in the eye of a hurricane and your rendered useless and grounded to one spot because you fear to step back out.
Well I have finally produced a poem at work unfortunately its not really the kind of poem I had in mind and I would't really share it to the whole world yet my blog has become something of an escape to me that I seemingly cannot find elsewhere.
I had found someone
Well I have finally produced a poem at work unfortunately its not really the kind of poem I had in mind and I would't really share it to the whole world yet my blog has become something of an escape to me that I seemingly cannot find elsewhere.
I had found someone
that I have just lost.
I had given a part of myself to someone
and of that I demanded no cost.
For one month and a half
Just getting started but never was finished,
too little of time to have a regret.
Another oppurtunity to be missed.
Just long enough to look back and laugh,
not long enough to let it all pass.
When can things stop long enough for me to hold,
everything just out of my reach and everyone walking away.
When everything drops and faces turn away with blank stares so cold,
with no look back, and not a thought to stay.
How do you ever make something last?
When all things flee from view,
and I'm just dancing on memories from a buried past?
Still searching for one path to stay true.
I had found someone that I just have lost.
"but its not so bad your only the best I ever had"
"but its not so bad your only the best I ever had"
Saturday, November 3, 2007
technology
isn't weird how a bunch of plastic and silicon and metal could be put together in such a way that if you run electricity through it, it would turn into a computer and I could write this for you to read?
wow
what will they come up with next
?
wow
what will they come up with next
?
Friday, November 2, 2007
when the mind passes beyond the realms of normal boredom you get this...
Well tonight is quite a boring night at the Marriotts Mountainside hotel. Even the drunk European guys that have been staying here all last week aren't even drunk anymore. They must think its boring too.
Well today was payday and I guess thats the reason why you work right? To earn money... I just answered my own question yay. I wonder, when the people invented "money," that they took into consideration how controlling of an item such a thing would be. I wonder if they ever knew the impact something like currency would have on a world. Better yet, the impact it would have on individuals and the kind of jealousy and greed and envy it would create. I wonder if they ever thought of me, sitting all alone in a very expansive hotel, bored out of my mind, in the middle of the night when all normal people are sleeping just to earn the stupid "money" that someone or some group of people invented. Did they ever?
Its almost enough to make me go hippy and try and live off of the peaceful land but of course then I would have to probably run around naked and sleep in a tree house, that was actually a bus stuck in a tree...Hmmm nevermind.
Its almost enough to make me go Indian so I could go to rendevous and trade "goods" but then I would have to sit cross legged all the time and end up smoking weird things I've never heard of which would probably cause me to envision weird things which may lead to a tragic death or something I might regret.
Well I guess work isn't all about money. Its really more about the experience and connections that you CAN make. Not that you will ALWAYS make them. Emphasis on CAN and ALWAYS. Haha I just like to capitalize them...jk...Meaning they are there for you to initiate but you may not always act upon them.
Oppurtunities and gifts are given to us on a daily basis, probably hundreds of times a day but we probably don't even take advantage of half of the things we could. Every time someone starts something new, or even gets up for the day they have choices to make and paths to follow. It's like one of those books where it says: If you open the closed door go to page 154, If you keep following the dark road turn to page 178. A choice leads to another choice which leads to another so on blah blah...and each choice may or may not indirectly affect the next choice and may or may not affect somebody elses choice. It's like everyone creates their own little isolated web of choices, with each choice branching out into a new path with a new choice that starts a new branch or piece of the web. And then take your little web of choices and put it with everyone elses and zoom out and that little web of choices is lost in a gigantic maze of paths. This maze includes many many dead ends that many many other people have already experienced. Take something as simple and linear as you and your choices, alone it is a simple thing and an easy idea to understand, but when you take your choices and intertwine them with everyone elses the connections and consequences are endless, and completely mind boggling. It's fascinating to think about the simple yet complex forms of life itself. That somehow we are here for ourselves and in control of one thing only and thats us, except are we really here only for us? Do we really only control ourselves? And this giant web of lifes paths criss crosses and tracks over other peoples paths and at that particular intersection where two different paths have crossed is where two lives meet each other. Sometimes these intersections are friendly, meaningful, informative. Sometimes they are full of hate and bitterness, and sometimes they mean completly nothing to both individuals because they didn't actually take the time to get to know whovever they encountered. But other times they can drastically change and alter lives. These are the times when people form a real connection, the times when two people share the best of themselves with each other and work for the good of each other. These are the times when its just you and that other person and two different lives that were so opposite yet so similar. These are the times when you can stop a moment and breath and feel confident in the path you are on.
They are the times that just make you smile.
Well today was payday and I guess thats the reason why you work right? To earn money... I just answered my own question yay. I wonder, when the people invented "money," that they took into consideration how controlling of an item such a thing would be. I wonder if they ever knew the impact something like currency would have on a world. Better yet, the impact it would have on individuals and the kind of jealousy and greed and envy it would create. I wonder if they ever thought of me, sitting all alone in a very expansive hotel, bored out of my mind, in the middle of the night when all normal people are sleeping just to earn the stupid "money" that someone or some group of people invented. Did they ever?
Its almost enough to make me go hippy and try and live off of the peaceful land but of course then I would have to probably run around naked and sleep in a tree house, that was actually a bus stuck in a tree...Hmmm nevermind.
Its almost enough to make me go Indian so I could go to rendevous and trade "goods" but then I would have to sit cross legged all the time and end up smoking weird things I've never heard of which would probably cause me to envision weird things which may lead to a tragic death or something I might regret.
Well I guess work isn't all about money. Its really more about the experience and connections that you CAN make. Not that you will ALWAYS make them. Emphasis on CAN and ALWAYS. Haha I just like to capitalize them...jk...Meaning they are there for you to initiate but you may not always act upon them.
Oppurtunities and gifts are given to us on a daily basis, probably hundreds of times a day but we probably don't even take advantage of half of the things we could. Every time someone starts something new, or even gets up for the day they have choices to make and paths to follow. It's like one of those books where it says: If you open the closed door go to page 154, If you keep following the dark road turn to page 178. A choice leads to another choice which leads to another so on blah blah...and each choice may or may not indirectly affect the next choice and may or may not affect somebody elses choice. It's like everyone creates their own little isolated web of choices, with each choice branching out into a new path with a new choice that starts a new branch or piece of the web. And then take your little web of choices and put it with everyone elses and zoom out and that little web of choices is lost in a gigantic maze of paths. This maze includes many many dead ends that many many other people have already experienced. Take something as simple and linear as you and your choices, alone it is a simple thing and an easy idea to understand, but when you take your choices and intertwine them with everyone elses the connections and consequences are endless, and completely mind boggling. It's fascinating to think about the simple yet complex forms of life itself. That somehow we are here for ourselves and in control of one thing only and thats us, except are we really here only for us? Do we really only control ourselves? And this giant web of lifes paths criss crosses and tracks over other peoples paths and at that particular intersection where two different paths have crossed is where two lives meet each other. Sometimes these intersections are friendly, meaningful, informative. Sometimes they are full of hate and bitterness, and sometimes they mean completly nothing to both individuals because they didn't actually take the time to get to know whovever they encountered. But other times they can drastically change and alter lives. These are the times when people form a real connection, the times when two people share the best of themselves with each other and work for the good of each other. These are the times when its just you and that other person and two different lives that were so opposite yet so similar. These are the times when you can stop a moment and breath and feel confident in the path you are on.
They are the times that just make you smile.
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