When you are stuck in a place that is not the place you wish to be, time is not your friend.
When you are in a place you want to be, time is still against you.
Time is never with you. God is with you, but not time. God is outside of time. (That Must be nice.) To be in existance without time...just think about it.
Why as humans do we not have enough time? You don't have enough time to get to work. Not enough time to spend with friends and family. Not enough time to pick up that hobby. Not enough time to see your kids. Not enough time to see the ends of the earth.
When we die, time dies. Time may be against you but it isn't your enemy. Time lives with us. Time is unique for each of us. Time will respect you if you respect it.
A rant for the day.
Showing posts with label life. Show all posts
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Wednesday, July 14, 2010
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010
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...
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...
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Holy Crap! What a year!
This was one crazy/busy year! I thought back to the things that stuck out the most over the last 12 months. Of course there was a whole lot more than this that happened but this is just a blog entry.
January: Speeding ticket
I received my first speeding ticket on New Year's day. The future wife and I were on our way home from sledding and the NOPD decided my speed was just a bit too much for their quiet suburban neighborhood. I naturally tried to blame Andrea for the ticket saying that sledding was her idea thus the ticket was her fault. It didn't work and North Ogden made a cool 75 bucks off of me.
February: San Fransisco
Andrea was in Redding for the first part of the year. So during Christmas break we planned a trip for me to San Fransisco. She drove down and picked me up and we had a wonderful Valentines weekend. That was the longest stretch of not seeing each other we went through that year. The trip was fun and we hugged the whole weekend.
March: My last normal month as a college student
Yes, that's right normal. March was full of the last big college adventures:
1. Like when the Army landed black hawks on campus and I covered the news story.
2. I went home to my parents house for one of the last times to recuperate during spring break. aka Dad and I took a nap.
3. I went to see Frank Turner preform in Murray. One of the coolest British, Folk, Punk, and/or Rockers out there.
April: Thesis
Senior Seminar Thesis...That's the only thing that can define this month. The culmination of my college career in one paper. A paper that to date is one of the worst put together documents in the history of a senior thesis. It was so bad me and a few others in the class were calculating how bad we could do on the paper and still graduate. Turns out you could do pretty bad and still get away with a diploma. I even skipped that last class when we were supposed to present our findings. Why you ask? I didn't know how to present nothing.
May: Graduation
I made it. Yep, I finished a bachelors in Communication. I had a lot of fun doing it. I learned a lot and met some of the best educational influences of my life. I was excited to leave and to fend for myself in the real world. I had no idea what was coming next...
June: Internship
Well except for this minor internship. I interned and at KUTV 2 in Salt Lake. I learned a lot:
1. I can't write
2. Each department was more worried about the mistakes of others than communicating and putting together a good news cast.
3. It takes going out on two news stories to about death to make you completely insensitive to victims and the public.
4. Gephardt is one of the funniest guys you'll ever meet.
5. Riding the Front Runner everyday forced me to apply for every available job I could find.
I also made it into a Get Gephardt (Watch the video in the link) Lame I know.
July: New Job
I received a lot of rejection emails. Sad I know but a part of life. Then one day in the first weeks of July I received a phone call at work. It was an interview. Next thing you know I was offered the job and leaving Weber State for good. The new job landed me at Utah State University. It was at a distance education campus in Salt Lake, the main campus being located in Logan. I was scared to death. I would be doing IT service desk work along with night managing classes.Starting a new job and getting married in three weeks was so stressful I'm sure I black out for hours at a time each day.
August: Wedding
Andrea and I got married! The weeks leading up to the wedding were some of the most stressful weeks of my life, but in the end it was all worth it. After the wedding we spent the night in the Hilton (Airport) Penthouse suite then the next morning flew off to Hawaii for a week.
September: Became an Adult
Not that I wasn't an adult already (lol) but getting married forces a boy to break down and become a man. I had to "buy" my car from my parents, get auto insurance, and learn how to juggle work/ a life.
October: Lameness
October flew by. Really it did. Between work and being married I don't think much else happened.
November: Turkey
I ate turkey sometime towards the end of the month.
December: Sat on Santa's lap
Christmas is always good for a laugh. I say laugh because after you get married and before you have kids what else is there. Hanging out with the family and sitting on Santa's lap make you feel like a kid again without a care in the world.
I received my first speeding ticket on New Year's day. The future wife and I were on our way home from sledding and the NOPD decided my speed was just a bit too much for their quiet suburban neighborhood. I naturally tried to blame Andrea for the ticket saying that sledding was her idea thus the ticket was her fault. It didn't work and North Ogden made a cool 75 bucks off of me.
Andrea was in Redding for the first part of the year. So during Christmas break we planned a trip for me to San Fransisco. She drove down and picked me up and we had a wonderful Valentines weekend. That was the longest stretch of not seeing each other we went through that year. The trip was fun and we hugged the whole weekend.
March: My last normal month as a college student
Yes, that's right normal. March was full of the last big college adventures:
1. Like when the Army landed black hawks on campus and I covered the news story.
3. I went to see Frank Turner preform in Murray. One of the coolest British, Folk, Punk, and/or Rockers out there. April: Thesis
Senior Seminar Thesis...That's the only thing that can define this month. The culmination of my college career in one paper. A paper that to date is one of the worst put together documents in the history of a senior thesis. It was so bad me and a few others in the class were calculating how bad we could do on the paper and still graduate. Turns out you could do pretty bad and still get away with a diploma. I even skipped that last class when we were supposed to present our findings. Why you ask? I didn't know how to present nothing.
May: Graduation
June: Internship
Well except for this minor internship. I interned and at KUTV 2 in Salt Lake. I learned a lot:
1. I can't write
2. Each department was more worried about the mistakes of others than communicating and putting together a good news cast.
3. It takes going out on two news stories to about death to make you completely insensitive to victims and the public.
4. Gephardt is one of the funniest guys you'll ever meet.
5. Riding the Front Runner everyday forced me to apply for every available job I could find.
I also made it into a Get Gephardt (Watch the video in the link) Lame I know.
I received a lot of rejection emails. Sad I know but a part of life. Then one day in the first weeks of July I received a phone call at work. It was an interview. Next thing you know I was offered the job and leaving Weber State for good. The new job landed me at Utah State University. It was at a distance education campus in Salt Lake, the main campus being located in Logan. I was scared to death. I would be doing IT service desk work along with night managing classes.Starting a new job and getting married in three weeks was so stressful I'm sure I black out for hours at a time each day.
Andrea and I got married! The weeks leading up to the wedding were some of the most stressful weeks of my life, but in the end it was all worth it. After the wedding we spent the night in the Hilton (Airport) Penthouse suite then the next morning flew off to Hawaii for a week.
September: Became an Adult
Not that I wasn't an adult already (lol) but getting married forces a boy to break down and become a man. I had to "buy" my car from my parents, get auto insurance, and learn how to juggle work/ a life.
October: Lameness
October flew by. Really it did. Between work and being married I don't think much else happened.
November: Turkey
I ate turkey sometime towards the end of the month.
December: Sat on Santa's lap
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