San Diego

San Diego was great! I know know why my wife wants to move there. We road tripped the whole trip and really got to relax and enjoy ourselves on the 75 degree beaches. I even got a little bit of a sun burn.

This is where the skinny stopped

James and Talia's Wedding May 2007

James and I thought we gained a lot of weight living together...but I have a feeling the fat began to pile on the very first day we stopped living together...

raised medians=WTF

I understand the thought process behind installing raised medians on 12th Street, but at the same time do they really make the road safer?

The wife and I were trying to go to the three dollar theater located on the south east corner of 12th and Wall Ave. Because of the new raised medians you can only access the theater and other business if you are traveling North or East. Cars traveling South or West have to make what I feel is unsafe U-turns in the middle of Wall Ave. Don't get me wrong I love making U-turns but I'm afraid of the idiot in the other car.

Now I may not have all the information here and UDOT probably conducted studies before deciding to install raised medians but seriously, they suck. I know over time people adjust and they'll plan to drive a different route so they can avoid the dangerous U-Turn, but is it worth it? Is it? Were there really that many accidents there? Is my sanity worth these so called raised medians?

Just a thought.

what do you want to do? Part 1

I hate that question. It gets attached to your life at a young age. People start asking you as soon as you get in school. Some kids know at an early age. They say "I want to be an astronaut" or "I want to be a mommy just like my mommy" or "I want to be the first to climb a mountain" and so on. 


When junior high hits you begin to take personality and career tests. They tell you this and that. They say "hey kid you should be a doctor because you answered some of these questions a certain way" or "your personality shows that you are very talkative and like it when people recognize your struggles so you should be a politician." 


In high school all they teach you is that you have to go to college if you want to "do what you want to do" or "find out what you want to do." You take a few fun classes but what you really need to learn slips through the cracks. You may run into a few teachers that mold your future or inspire you to make a career choice, but chances are you're more likely to be inspired by a Hollywood film portraying a teacher or a coach inspiring a class or an entire school.


If you make it to college you fall in one of two categories: You're paying for it or you're parents are paying for it. You have at most two years before you have to make any solid decisions about your "major." This time gives a chunk of "young adults" the space they need to try a few different classes and try to find "what they want to do." Then there are the rest of the "twenty somethings" that pick open a course catalog and flip to a random page...BINGO A MAJOR! 

My first time lapse test

I finally got a chance to test out some time lapse software on my drive from O-Town to SLC. The software worked great but learning the settings looks like it will be the hard part.

Here's my first test:



After I did my first test I found this guide to time lapse videos:
The Ultimate Guide to Time-Lapse Photography

Hopefully my next video will be a bit smoother.

my short history...and a glimpse into the future

I got this idea from another blog but I thought it sounded fun. This is a lot harder than it looks. Trying to think of something you did or had happen to you for a specific year in your life can be difficult.



1985-My parents got busy
1986-BORN
1987-I assume I began to walk and talk (I have yet to stop)
1988-Decided I could only lead if I had followers
1988-Got a brother
1989-Turned 3 years old
1990-Turned 4 years old
1991-Began public education
1991-I prayed for a sister
1992-Got a sister
1992-Began my reign as the oldest sibling
1993-Michael Franklin gave me a bloody nose on the playground
1994-Complained about the teaching skills of my third grade teacher until she changed the way she taught
1994-Smelled B.O. in my armpit for the first time
1995-Moved from O-Town to North O-Town
1996-Learned that I hate division but love multiplying
1996-Watched the maturation video-learned that soon there would be hair where there was no hair before
1997-Cried at the end of 5th grade (so did Goobs)
1998-my genes kicked in and I got my first pair of glasses
1999-Failed my first, but not my last, math class
2000-Met the girl that would someday be my wife (yeah I know)
2001-My dad had a brain tumor removed
2001-Started high school
2002-Drivers license and the keys to a mini van
2002-Shaved my head bald after watching "Duck Soup" with James (best friend)
2003-My parents decide to move to Wisconsin
2003-Made a deal with my mom if I was elected into class office I could stay in Utah
2003-Elected into class office
2003-Moved out of the house and into my grandparents basement
2004-High school graduation
2004-Started college
2005-Moved into an apartment with James (best friend)
2005-James and I punched each other in the face
2006-Terri Reddout became my advisor and changed my college career
2007-Began my two year reign at KWCR (a college radio station)
2007-My dad was diagnosed with a second brain tumor
2008-asked a guy in the military if I could marry his daughter
2008-Got engaged
2009-God healed my dad's inoperable brain tumor
2009-Graduated college
2009-Got a "real" job
2009-Said "I do"
2009-Went to Hawaii
2010-The five year plan is implemented
2011-TBD
2012-TBD
2013-TBD
2014-TBD
2015-End of five year plan-definitely a father by now
2016-TBD
2017-TBD
2018-TBD
2019-TBD
2020-Plans to return to the moon with NASA
and so on...

Road Trip

The Wife and I have been looking at getting out of town for spring break. Of course it's her spring break but we're going to call it a vacation. We've always talked about road tripping here or there but we weren't married and we couldn't do it(parents and what not...). But now we are as married as it gets so here comes the road trip.


I'm not going to say where we are going because I want to post where we went when we get back. I know that makes me a nerd but I'm very comfortable with that label at this point and time in the my life. So here are some of my ideas for displaying the trip to you (the blog). 


1. A time lapse video of the entire road trip (from Ogden to the destination)


2. Plenty of goofy off the side of the road pictures along the way.


3. The video camera (of course). I think I may even let the Wife video. 


4. Mobile photo uploads while on the trip.


5. and so on

my feet hurt...

My feet are killing me. You would think with all the advancements in science over the last 100 years they would be able to make a cheap pair of shoes that don't make you want to jump off a bridge.

Coincidentally, if I were to jump off a bridge to end my life I think I would remove my shoes first. That way I can feel the wind between my toes as I plummet to my demise.

Now don't get worried because I don't think I would ever kill myself. I'm the type of person that believes it will always work out (and so far it has). That is except for these shoes.