Barbequed Pig
Ingredients:
1 Pig
1 Medium House
Sauce (optional)
Instructions: Drive pig into the house. Set fire to the house. When fully burned down remove pig using oven mitts. Add BBQ sauce if desired.
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Monday, October 24, 2011
Yes, it's true. Yellowcard is the best band ever!
So two weeks ago this Thursday I fulfilled one of my dreams after more than 8 years of waiting. I went to a Yellowcard concert with my best friends. Cree, Tyler, Shanelle, and a new friend named Madi. We all went to the first Yellowcard concert in Salt Lake City in 5 years. And it was definitely one of the best nights of my life. We got to the concert at 5:30 in anticipation for the doors to open at 6. Then we stood around for an hour waiting for the concert to begin. Finally Go Radio began. The music was so loud and it literally shook our whole bodies. Unfortunately Go Radio is not exactly a good band in my opinion, that's what happens when you get a break of an already junk band. A.k.a. Mayday Parade. We endured them for an hour and somewhere around the middle of the hour Tyler would disappear to the back of the room for the next 2 hours. I don't blame him the first two bands were idiots and the music was like putting your headphones on full blast and then sticking your head between two full blasted speakers. After Go Radio it was Every Avenue. Finally after enduring two hours of loser bands it was finally time for Yellowcard. As they were set up, I waited in anticipation on my tip toes trying to see just a glimpse of one of the band members. You have to understand that to me these guys in the band are like my friends. I feel like I know them. I've seen every video that they've put up on Youtube and I've heard every song they've ever produced. If the the lead singer Ryan Key would have had laryngitis I probably could have sung all the songs for him.
The beginning had come. All the lights went off and then you could hear the sweet melodic voice of Ryan Key singing the chorus A Capella of The Sound of You and Me. Then they began. I could see all these guys I'd dreamed of seeing for so long playing those melodies so familiar to me. I saw Sean Mackin the Violinist, Sean O'donnell the bassist, Ryan Mendez the lead guitar, Ryan key lead singer and guitarist, and the percussionist Longineu Parsons. Oh boy that drum set was huge. I swear their must have been 25 different pieces that contributed to the whole set. It was incredible.
They began with The Sound of You and Me followed by For You and Your Denial. Directly after was Breathing from Ocean Avenue. I can't remember all the order but they played Five Becomes Four, With You Around, Lights and Sounds, Hollywood Died, Rough Landing Holly, Only One, Soundtrack, Way Away, Believe, Cut Me, Mick, Light up the Sky, Hang You Up, well, that's all I can remember right now. They finished and walked off stage. I was almost satisfied and my voice was gone. They had played Cut Me, Mick and Only One. Those were my demands for that concert, but everyone was yelling one more song. Finally Ryan Key came back on and played Empty Apartment Solo. Eventually the rest of the band joined and they played Rock Star Land, Sing For Me, Ocean Avenue, and they finished with Be The Young. It was so awesome. It is a memory that will go down in my life for ever. I'm so glad I went and finally had that experience.
I left that concert with so much more respect for them. The best thing was that it was just so much good, clean, fun. They were so respectful and polite. They especially refused to swear in Utah, unlike the other bands, who were good friends with the F–word. That time of just swaying back and forth to Only One with my voice gone was super awesome. There's nothing like a Yellowcard concert, so just for the record they are the best band ever, and they're just as good live as on the album. Just saying.
The beginning had come. All the lights went off and then you could hear the sweet melodic voice of Ryan Key singing the chorus A Capella of The Sound of You and Me. Then they began. I could see all these guys I'd dreamed of seeing for so long playing those melodies so familiar to me. I saw Sean Mackin the Violinist, Sean O'donnell the bassist, Ryan Mendez the lead guitar, Ryan key lead singer and guitarist, and the percussionist Longineu Parsons. Oh boy that drum set was huge. I swear their must have been 25 different pieces that contributed to the whole set. It was incredible.
They began with The Sound of You and Me followed by For You and Your Denial. Directly after was Breathing from Ocean Avenue. I can't remember all the order but they played Five Becomes Four, With You Around, Lights and Sounds, Hollywood Died, Rough Landing Holly, Only One, Soundtrack, Way Away, Believe, Cut Me, Mick, Light up the Sky, Hang You Up, well, that's all I can remember right now. They finished and walked off stage. I was almost satisfied and my voice was gone. They had played Cut Me, Mick and Only One. Those were my demands for that concert, but everyone was yelling one more song. Finally Ryan Key came back on and played Empty Apartment Solo. Eventually the rest of the band joined and they played Rock Star Land, Sing For Me, Ocean Avenue, and they finished with Be The Young. It was so awesome. It is a memory that will go down in my life for ever. I'm so glad I went and finally had that experience.
I left that concert with so much more respect for them. The best thing was that it was just so much good, clean, fun. They were so respectful and polite. They especially refused to swear in Utah, unlike the other bands, who were good friends with the F–word. That time of just swaying back and forth to Only One with my voice gone was super awesome. There's nothing like a Yellowcard concert, so just for the record they are the best band ever, and they're just as good live as on the album. Just saying.
Sunday, October 23, 2011
I never thought the day would come
It is now 11 days till Daniel get's home. I seriously can't believe it. This whole idea just comes nearer every day of how my life was supposed to be.
Yesterday I realized something new about myself and Daniel that I had never known. It all occurred while I sat at Chad Johnson's house who had only returned from his mission 1 day before. There was also Chad Healey who had just gotten back too. As I talked to Basia and Ally, I realized that I did not live the life I wanted. I realized that I had always wanted to live Daniel's life. I tried to shape mine like his, but it couldn't be. I never was on Seminary Council or the Hope Squad. I never was the shining light nice guy that everyone admired. I never was the guy who had enough courage to put his foot down on a pre-mission relationship. I never was part of Guys in Ties, I never had many guy friends in choir. I never was good enough for myself. I've slowly begun to realize that Daniel had everything I ever wanted, because I always wanted to be Daniel. It's no wonder that I'm more excited to see his friends coming back then I will to see mine, well I guess I don't know that, but that's the way it feels right now. I didn't live my life the way I always wanted to live it. I always wanted Daniel's friends who loved him and did things together every weekend. Who through thick and thin were always around and especially, who were consistent. I never had any of that. Ya I had a few friends who cared, a few who were consistent, and probably the same few in all the categories of the people who were there for the good, the bad, and the ugly. I guess that's why no one ever tried to be Daniel's friend back. I'm sure no one will ever understand this, but it's the truth that I am unsatisfied with the way I've lived my life so far, because he should've been there for it, and maybe I should be satisfied with the way I've lived my life.
That was and is how I kind of still feel till last night when I dreamed of my best friends, and I realized all that I still had. I have so many good friends. I have my ward brothers and all of my friend sisters, and all of those people that I have talks with into the wee hours of the night. While Daniel was gone I grew up. David and I finally became best friends, and now he actually wants to go places with me when I invite him. If Daniel would've been home I never would've had Shanelle, my best friend in the whole wide world. And look how much I've learned from her. I probably never would've written music. I would have stuck myself in his shadow on purpose. In fact if he had not gone, he might've gotten married by now. I never would've been able to learn for myself if Daniel would've been here for the past two years.
I suppose my life is the way it is supposed to be. Switchfoot says in one of their songs, "This is your life. Are you who you want to be?" Well, no but I'm trying to be. These next 6 months with Daniel home will be the best 6 months of my life. Then the next 2 years will be the best of my life. And the next 80 will be almost as good as the best 2 years of my life. Surely I will have The Best Day Ever every day through all of these experiences. I'm grateful for the lessons my High School years have taught me. I'm grateful for the friends I gained, still pained for the friends I lost, missing the friends that are still gone, and excited for the friends I'll make. I'm grateful for my past even if it wasn't what I always wanted to be. It's my fault, so maybe I can share the lessons I learned with those learning them right now, so that they don't have to blog 6 months after High School about how they wish they could go back and change their decisions. It's been a good two years Daniel, I hope you know how much I love you.
Yesterday I realized something new about myself and Daniel that I had never known. It all occurred while I sat at Chad Johnson's house who had only returned from his mission 1 day before. There was also Chad Healey who had just gotten back too. As I talked to Basia and Ally, I realized that I did not live the life I wanted. I realized that I had always wanted to live Daniel's life. I tried to shape mine like his, but it couldn't be. I never was on Seminary Council or the Hope Squad. I never was the shining light nice guy that everyone admired. I never was the guy who had enough courage to put his foot down on a pre-mission relationship. I never was part of Guys in Ties, I never had many guy friends in choir. I never was good enough for myself. I've slowly begun to realize that Daniel had everything I ever wanted, because I always wanted to be Daniel. It's no wonder that I'm more excited to see his friends coming back then I will to see mine, well I guess I don't know that, but that's the way it feels right now. I didn't live my life the way I always wanted to live it. I always wanted Daniel's friends who loved him and did things together every weekend. Who through thick and thin were always around and especially, who were consistent. I never had any of that. Ya I had a few friends who cared, a few who were consistent, and probably the same few in all the categories of the people who were there for the good, the bad, and the ugly. I guess that's why no one ever tried to be Daniel's friend back. I'm sure no one will ever understand this, but it's the truth that I am unsatisfied with the way I've lived my life so far, because he should've been there for it, and maybe I should be satisfied with the way I've lived my life.
That was and is how I kind of still feel till last night when I dreamed of my best friends, and I realized all that I still had. I have so many good friends. I have my ward brothers and all of my friend sisters, and all of those people that I have talks with into the wee hours of the night. While Daniel was gone I grew up. David and I finally became best friends, and now he actually wants to go places with me when I invite him. If Daniel would've been home I never would've had Shanelle, my best friend in the whole wide world. And look how much I've learned from her. I probably never would've written music. I would have stuck myself in his shadow on purpose. In fact if he had not gone, he might've gotten married by now. I never would've been able to learn for myself if Daniel would've been here for the past two years.
I suppose my life is the way it is supposed to be. Switchfoot says in one of their songs, "This is your life. Are you who you want to be?" Well, no but I'm trying to be. These next 6 months with Daniel home will be the best 6 months of my life. Then the next 2 years will be the best of my life. And the next 80 will be almost as good as the best 2 years of my life. Surely I will have The Best Day Ever every day through all of these experiences. I'm grateful for the lessons my High School years have taught me. I'm grateful for the friends I gained, still pained for the friends I lost, missing the friends that are still gone, and excited for the friends I'll make. I'm grateful for my past even if it wasn't what I always wanted to be. It's my fault, so maybe I can share the lessons I learned with those learning them right now, so that they don't have to blog 6 months after High School about how they wish they could go back and change their decisions. It's been a good two years Daniel, I hope you know how much I love you.
Friday, October 7, 2011
Our lives are filled with simple joys . . .
Going on a walk with my dog and having my cat follow ten feet behind in his "sneaky" way.
Listening to Yellowcard
Smiling
Waking up in a good mood.
Talking with my family about the Book of Mormon
Listening to the words, "another sunny day in California" while I walk in cold brisk air of Utah and stare at snow covered mountains and cloud capped skies.
Gray skies
Talking to my dog.
Screaming my lungs out to Only One in my kitchen as I do the dishes for my mom.
Getting my chores done.
Taking a shower.
Pumpkin spice hot cocoa
The computer being free.
This all happened within the first 2 1/2 hours of my day.
. . . and I am grateful for them.
Listening to Yellowcard
Smiling
Waking up in a good mood.
Talking with my family about the Book of Mormon
Listening to the words, "another sunny day in California" while I walk in cold brisk air of Utah and stare at snow covered mountains and cloud capped skies.
Gray skies
Talking to my dog.
Screaming my lungs out to Only One in my kitchen as I do the dishes for my mom.
Getting my chores done.
Taking a shower.
Pumpkin spice hot cocoa
The computer being free.
This all happened within the first 2 1/2 hours of my day.
. . . and I am grateful for them.
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