Tuesday, August 11, 2009
The sun in your eyes. The smell of freshly cut grass. A cold drink in one hand and a hot-dog in the other. All the while your sitting right behind the third base plate yelling absurd profanity. Ahhh baseball... my favorite sport. I love everything there is about it and I'm so glad to be back to watch it all I want!
Monday, August 3, 2009
Sunday, June 7, 2009
For those of you who haven't heard yet. I quit my job at the Olive Garden and am now hired by a company based out of Jackson Hole called Wilderness Ventures. www.wildernessventures.com. It is probably going to go down as one of the most amazing experiences of my life. The company takes high school kids on domestic and international trips and takes them to some of the coolest places on earth. Luckily enough, me and another co-leader will be taking sixteen kids to the South Pacific for over a month! Tahiti, Fiji and New Zealand to be exact. We will be surfing, sailing, scuba diving, attempting to teach Fijian kids English and retaining some life-long memories. My adventure begins next Sunday but in the meantime I've been learning to survive in the wild. I may even get my own discovery channel show and teach that British guy a thing or two. I must go now, into the wild. Into the wild blue yonder. Now if I could only grow a beard...
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Sunday, May 17, 2009
So I moved out of my house of two years over to a house a block away! I really wanted a change of scenery, you know? The weather and scenery is so much nicer where I'm at now. I reside in a house named, "The Apple Pie House." Its been great! The roommates are great, the view is seriously superb. It's just a nice place to start over and move on. What more could I ask for? I sure am glad I didn't wait until the last minute to get a place though and end up still there. I recently walked over to The Cube to check to see if I had mail or anything and to my surprise, the house smelled of cigarette smoke and nauseating spices. My mouth watered... Good thing I left.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
So I realized that I need to be one of those bloggers that can write little tid-bits here and there about things going on in my life rather than just waiting for something BIG to happen and write a novel about it. SO! First order of business... I just had my last final test today and my summer has officially begun! Thank you, thank you... no need to cheer. So now I will try to find an alternate mode of public transportation to my place of work since my car is MIA, or POW or KIA. Yes, I believe thats first order of business. More short stories to come soon. Stay tuned, tell your friends and take luck. GOODBYE!
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Thursday, March 5, 2009
So me madre had, what is hopefully, her FINAL surgery last thursday and I have to say it was the most nerve racking seven hours of my life! She was moved to the University of Utah's hospital earlier last week to be operated on by only the best surgeons. There was a look in all of my family members eyes the day of the surgery that expressed our worry. There wasn't much talking between us and the mood was pretty solemn. Sometimes my mother would just look at one of us with half a smirk and she would do her best to hold back from crying. Nobody really wanted to talk like we were going to lose her and I think it's because we had faith in Heavenly Father to keep her around us for a little longer. When she went in for operation, I couldn't stand being in the hospital, so I left to Temple Square and Gateway mall. What's wrong with a little spiritual boost and window shopping right? I then went back to the hotel and slept off the afternoon. About five hours after she went in I went back to the hospital to join my family only to find out she was already done! My family was just waiting to hear from the doctor. So in comes Dr. Glasgow and he tells us that the surgery couldn't have gone any more perfect! He had to admit, he was a little worried about this operation but my mother passed with flying colors. Crazy part of her surgery was the removal of both her spleen and stomach. Yep. No spleen. No stomach. They attached her small intestine to her esophagus and... thats pretty much the way the cookie was going to crumble. The small intestine adapts and takes over the digestion that the stomach would normally do. Other then three to four small meals a day... mom is going to live a normal life. No more feeding tubes coming out of her abdomen, no more bed rest, no more worry. She'll have a tough recovery of course, but I believe in my mother just like all of you did. Which brings about my thanks to all of you who supported us and prayed for us. The world of medicine truly has its miracles and I'm so glad my mom is going to be around to show off her GINORMOUS scar...
Friday, January 30, 2009
Hi everyone. How's the new year coming along? Good? Sorry im slacking in the blog department but I DID fill out this fact sheet for Facebook that I thought I could post for everyone to see. There isn't a whole lot of news that I feel the need to write about right now, but soon enough my fans... soon enough. So here are some facts. Family, correct me if I'm wrong on anything.
1- My tongue has this weird crack in the middle and I every time someone sees it they just cant help but point it out. However, some girls have told me that it feels nice during kissing.
2- As a wee child I absolutely loved dinosaurs. For all you bandwagon jumpers out there, it was before Jurassic Park came out fool!
3- I was arrested exactly a year ago on the 30th of January for not showing proof of insurance. It's not my fault my fax didn't go through! I had a warrant out for my arrest and one night after calling in a tow truck for a group of girls who's car was stranded, the cops came and took me in! The roommates came and busted me out though and I got my bail money back after I proved to the court I really did have insurance. Justice was served.
4- I would rather like to live in a tent in the middle of nowhere and be able to lay down and see our galaxy then to live in a glitzy, suburban home.
5- I love to paint and draw. I used to do it all the time but it's slowed a little since high school. I’m still good at it though. :)
6- I had highlights in Jr. High and High school. Not proud of them. Not one bit.
7- I love everything there is about baseball. I love to play, watch, read and attend. I understand some people cant stand to watch it, but if you can watch golf, you sure as heck can watch baseball.
8- Along with the dinosaur thing, I wanted to be a paleontologist when I was a kid. I still have a small desire.
9- I have three teeth instead of four, in between my two bottom canines. The fourth was knocked out and swallowed due to a trampoline accident when I was in 5th grade. The whereabouts of that missing tooth is still unknown.
10- I love writing and singing music. I have about nine original songs right now that are currently on CD. Only a select few have heard this CD.
11- I once had an out-of-body experience when I was in third grade. I had a really bad fever and stomach flew and I became unconscious for 20 hours. I remember looking down at myself and my family from above my bed. It was awesome.
12- I love to read. College books not so much. Usually if the cover intrigues me I have to read it. I have a small collection. My favorite is The Alchemist.
13- I hate it when someone classifies me in a certain category of people based off how little they've gotten to know me.
14- Me and two of my friends were the top story of all three Idaho Falls news channels. We had gone tubbing down the snake river one fine summer day when we thought it would be fun to go over a mini dam. The current sucked me and one other friend in after we went over, while the other was pushed out. He went to go get help and the two of us clung to our tubes to avoid the under current. The sheriffs came out in boats and saved us from certain DEATH! We then thought it would be cool to get interviewed by all the stations and local news paper. We were smart.
15- I have a passion for cooking. I'm pretty great at it too. I only bust out a great dish for special occasions but my wife will experience food she could only dream about.
16- I converted into the LDS church about four years ago. It was a choice I made for myself and one of the greatest choices I have ever made.
17- I NEVER judge. I have lived both sides of the spectrum and would be the last person to tell you your wrong in what you do. I have my own choices and beliefs and I feel everyone should make choices for themselves.
18- I am not married, yet I have a blogspot. I like to write okay? People ask me all the time, " RJ, I want to be in the know of your life!" I'm simply giving the people what they want.
19- I have a pilots license. Yep. That's right. I can fly. You can't.
20- I HATE math.
21- Sometimes I think I have some crazy scientific theory or analogy figured out but when I try to express it into words, I sound dumb. One day though, I will point at you and laugh and say "HA! Told you so!!!"
22- When I have kids, I want girls. I don't know why. I want one son and the rest, girls. Random.
23- I don't know how to play the piano but so desperately want to learn.
24- I'm a confident guy, but girls scare me.
25- I have a super power to foresee the future in my dreams. No lie. It's happened three times that I can remember. You think De'ja Vu is trippy? Ha! You think you know... but you have no idea.
