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CARNIES

2011-10-08T02:23:00.002-06:00

I don't use this site anymore. I'm at tysonpyle.wordpress.com. Come and partake.

New Blog Site

2011-03-20T01:58:00.002-06:00

I switched from blogspot/blogger to wordpress, my friends. Find me at http://tysonpyle.wordpress.com/

Slide Away

2011-02-11T00:59:00.002-07:00

Fractured ribs. Still eatin lots of grapefruits. Is it possible to eat too many? Probably, but I doubt that'll happen to me.

Michael Earl and I went and volunteered at the MTC this week. It's pretty nostalgic being there and listening to the missionaries try to fight their way through a lesson using very broken Spanish and horrible teaching skills, but they are trying. I was Carlos, the inactive member who felt that the ward members didn't know he existed.

Two sister missionaries taught me. One from Phoenix and one from Evanston, Wyoming, both going to the New York City South Mission.

One more thing, how annoying are all these BYU fans with the Jimmer idolizing? I mean, please don't ruin a good thing people. First All-American in years and these zoobies try their hardest to make Jimmer uncool. I love Jimmer. He's awesome (at basketball), but stupid BYUers acting like they actually like Jimmer when in reality they just think it's funny to take things overboard, is unacceptable. Do that with Di Luigi or someone like that, but don't do it with Jimmer and make BYU look like idiots to the rest of the nation. Thank you.

Working Hard at Hardly Working

2011-01-28T15:43:00.005-07:00

Two of my favorite writers are Bill Simmons (Espn.com, "The Book of Basketball") and Malcolm Gladwell ("Tipping Point","Blink","Outliers"). Today I was reading an article from Simmons and he had linked to a couple of articles that he had wrote with Gladwell. I've been reading Bill Simmons work since I was 16 when I would spend time between my classes at Big Bend reading his articles on Page 2, along with Jim Caple, Jason Whitlock and Hunter S. Thompson's work. I didn't start reading Gladwell's stuff until this past year and I love it. So, I the time I read the Gladwell vs. Simmons articles I didn't really know who Gladwell was so I decided to re-read them today and I came across some interesting stuff.

Simmons asks Gladwell how hard he works at writing and they begin to discuss athletes and their dedication to working at their profession. Gladwell writes:

This is actually a question I'm obsessed with: Why don't people work hard when it's in their best interest to do so? Why does Eddy Curry come to camp every year overweight?
The (short) answer is that it's really risky to work hard, because then if you fail you can no longer say that you failed because you didn't work hard. It's a form of self-protection. I swear that's why Mickelson has that almost absurdly calm demeanor. If he loses, he can always say: Well, I could have practiced more, and maybe next year I will and I'll win then. When Tiger loses, what does he tell himself? He worked as hard as he possibly could. He prepared like no one else in the game and he still lost. That has to be devastating, and dealing with that kind of conclusion takes a very special and rare kind of resilience. Most of the psychological research on this is focused on why some kids don't study for tests -- which is a much more serious version of the same problem. If you get drunk the night before an exam instead of studying and you fail, then the problem is that you got drunk. If you do study and you fail, the problem is that you're stupid -- and stupid, for a student, is a death sentence. The point is that it is far more psychologically dangerous and difficult to prepare for a task than not to prepare. People think that Tiger is tougher than Mickelson because he works harder. Wrong: Tiger is tougher than Mickelson and because of that he works harder.

Do you ever not work at something because it would be demoralizing to work hard and fail than to not work hard and fail?

I feel that this applies to me sometimes, especially with school. I rarely study and I get decent grades and I feel that sometimes I do this because what if I were to study as hard as I can and fail? I feel like that would be devastating to me. This also comes into play with the ladies. Isn't it worse if I try to get a girl and I get rejected than if I don't try and don't get her?

Now, just so you know, I do work at some things and sometimes it happens to be school and at getting girls, but not all the time.

Also, here is the link to the article I was reading.

Jack Lalanne

2011-01-24T07:53:00.003-07:00

Jack Lalanne died yesterday of respiratory failure due to pneumonia. He was 96.

Do you people even know who this man is? I'm sure the older folks know him or have at least heard of him. Jack was born in San Francisco aka the home of the sitcom "Full House" starring Uncle Jesse and some other people. He said while growing up as a child he was addicted to sugar and it made his life hell. Paul Bragg, a pioneer nutritionist of sorts, gave a talk that Jack heard and in that talk Bragg talked about the benefits of brown rice, whole wheat and a vegetarian diet. Jack took it to heart and it changed his life.

Ok. So, basically this guy was an animal. A few years ago, I read about ole Jack and I was pretty impressed by some of the feats he accomplished. Let's just start at when he was 66 years old. When he was 66 (1980), he towed 10 boats in North Miami, Florida. The boats carried 77 people, and he towed them for over one mile (1.6 km) in less than one hour. Pretty crazy. At 66.

At 61 (1975), he (again) swam the entire length of the Golden Gate Bridge, underwater and handcuffed, but this time he was shackled and towed a 1,000-pound boat.

In a world today where athletes supposedly have the best equipment, the best training, and and the best nutritional wisdom in the history of the world available to them, we tend to think that people back in the day could not be as superior athletically as our athletes today. For me, Jack proves the point that people "back in the day" could still be superior athletically while supposedly having less.

I Only Write Posts At Night

2011-01-22T03:41:00.004-07:00

You people ever see "Juno"? A couple of friends and I watched it tonight. I had already seen it a couple times, but someone hadn't seen it so we put it in the PS3 (it was in blue-ray and teen pregnancy isn't teen pregnancy unless it's in hi-def). I think Ellen Page is pretty good looking, but Michael Cera can't be good looking to chicks, right? I mean, righhhhhht?????? He seems to be hookin up with hot chicks in every movie and we all know that movies are the exact portrayal of what happens in real life.

What if my teenage daughter got pregnant? How would I react? I feel like this is gonna happen to me. I feel like every crazy thing that could happen to my kids will happen. I can almost guarantee my kids won't be "normal".

Also, Jennifer Garner is overrated on the hotness scale. Just saying. I mean, she's kinda got manly features, like Hillary Swank. She's obviously still out of my league though.

P.S. I reached 1000 friends on Facebook. I've been dreaming about this day for so long, and now it has finally come true. That was on my bucket list and I'm glad I get to check that off. Next thing to check off is to have 500 mutual friends with someone. My life is this sweet people.

Late Night Music Listening Time

2011-01-20T00:41:00.002-07:00

So, I got on here to read some blogs. I read through a couple and decided I'd like to type out a couple sentences too and see what I could conjure up thought-wise. I'm sitting here listening to some music. Every couple of weeks I take time to listen to classical music while I'm doing something else. On my iTunes I have about 3000 classical music songs which I probably won't ever be able to listen to all the way through. I was able to download most of them off of Amazon when they got good deals like "99 Essential Mozart Masterpieces" or "99 Most Essential Classical Masterpieces".

Anyway, you ever seen that movie "Mozart" from back in the 80's? Goofiest serious movie I've ever seen. Unfortunately, I always think of this movie when I think of Mozart. Check this clip out.

What a horrible laugh. He sounds like me when I laugh.

Top 5 Favorite Classical pieces:

5.Suite Bergamasque, L 75: Clair de lune by Claude Debussy

You've probably heard this a lot in movies or whatnot. It's a doozy. It was a favorite of a girl I knew so I kinda started to listen to it cause of her. Meh.

4. The Barber of Seville: Overture by Gioacchino Rossini

This one is a fun one. Lots of different things going on in this piece. Kind of makes me want to watch cartoons when I listen to it. Part of it is featured in this sweet Bugs Bunny clip (there is also a Seinfeld clip of it, but I couldn't find it).

3. Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27:2, "Moonlight Sonata": Adagio sostenuto by Ludwig Van Beethoven

This one really calms me down and makes me wonder how a deaf duder could write something so amazing as this. (This was finished in 1801 and he wasn't completely deaf until around 1815, but still).

2. Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14 by Sergei Rachmaninoff

This is a piece written for various instruments, but I like the Violin-Piano combo. It was written in the early 1900's and it always makes me think of like war torn Europe. It's kind of a sad piece to me, but I find it lovely.

1. Adagio in G Minor for Strings and Organ (after T. Albinoni) by Remo Giazotto

This is just a super sad, yet, super powerful piece to me. Kinda gets me in a solemn mood. I love it though. Enjoy.

Ramblings

2011-01-18T15:44:00.003-07:00

Once again I write to say I will try to write more. Or maybe I won't.

The other day I read an article at Slate.com (one of my favorite web sites). This article talked about how you are only supposed to use one space after a period instead of two spaces. Blew my mind. I remember taking typing class in 8th grade with Mr. Sandberg and he taught us to use two spaces. Or maybe it was in my 8th grade English class with Mrs. Frey. All I know is that some teacher lead my astray. To all you teachers and future teachers, don't lead the poor kids down the wrong path! One day they will write a blog post about how you were wrong.

I've eaten approximately 15 grapefruits in the past 4 days. That is no exaggeration. I've also been eating a lot of peanuts. I cut my own hair. I had previously cut it myself, you know, buzz style, and so it was really long on the sides. I tried to cut the sides and leave the top long, but I failed and ended up buzzing my head again.

I watched "Dinner for Schmucks" the other day. It sucked. There were a couple of funny parts, but most of it was dumb. Jemaine from Flight of the Conchords is in it and he was weird, but funny. Chris King and Jordan Baker told me it was good so I guess you can say they have bad taste in movies. Here is a favorite clip of mine of Jemaine in "Eagle vs. Shark". Enjoy.

Just a Dosage

2010-10-13T15:48:00.000-06:00

There are a group of things that I like to think about in this life. I like thinking about sports, but I mostly do that during the weekend when I’m scrambling to put my worthless fantasy football team together. Even when I’m laying on the couch in my Dr. Dre blanket (it’s so soft) watching hours of Sportscenter, Sportsnation, Around the Horn, Pardon the Interruption and Perry Mason, I hardly think about sports. Sometimes I think about girls, but then I get depressed and/or pissed so that happens rarely. Lately, I have been thinking about how poor I am and how I can’t find a job. I never think about homework. A good majority of my brain power during the day is focused on when and where I am going to get food.

Sometimes I think about certain subjects that are controversial. For the past couple years I have focused too much of my super brain powers toward thinking about proposition 8, my stand on it, and my Church’s stand on it and marriage.

I spend a lot of time thinking about how to make the argument secular, how I would justify not letting homosexuals get married and why I would be correct. I thought about the statistics I would use and how people would counter those stats with other stats and how I’d counter their counter. Then I’d be like “well, maybe they should be able to get married because married is just a word and basically they are doing everything married people would do anyway except get tax breaks”. I would go back and forth between the two often. I would have discussions with my friends, some who are completely homo phobic, some who don’t mind homosexuals, but don’t think they should get married, some who think they should be able to do what they want, and, actually have gay family members.

Now, my first mistake was to make the argument secular. If I believe that God exists, and loves His children and wants them to be happy, and has sent prophets to teach us about Him and how to live with Him again, and has given us a way (Holy Ghost) to know that these prophets speak the truth, then trying to make a secular argument for this situation would be wrong. I do understand both sides to the argument. I don’t hate people who are gay. I do believe marriage is between a man and a woman. Those beliefs come from my belief in God and his commandments. I know that these things are true and I can’t deny that fact.

I know most homosexual peeps don’t agree with me and that’s fine. Their beliefs stem from somewhere else, and since they do come from another source (philosophers, men’s minds, their idea of God and what he allows, etc.) they won’t be the same beliefs as mine. Who is right? I think I am. They think they are. But because a group of people want something that goes against what I believe and I try not to allow that, does that make me an oppressor? Should I be passive and let things that I don’t believe in happen? I’m sorry that I don’t follow the same way of thinking as others do (in this case gay people and their supporters), but I have chosen my path and my way of thinking and that choice was based on a couple of factors. We each have our own right to do and think what we want. You have the right to choose to be gay and to try to make gay marriage legal and I have to the right to go against that, but I know that whoever loses this battle will probably not change their way of thinking.

Take a Free Ride on My Thought

2010-09-23T15:48:00.004-06:00

Um, I was gonna write more about the mosque, but I don't think anyone wants to hear anymore about it. So, today's post is gonna be about something sweet. Something so, so, sweet.

I just finished reading one of the many books that I'm currently reading. It's called "Revolutionary Characters". Ever heard of it? Well, I bought this book awhile ago at UVU after the author came and gave a lecture. I figured out the other day that the book I have is actually signed by him. Awesome bonus!

It talks a little bit about the founding fathers and whatnot and how awesome there were. My favorite is George Washington because he is bad to the bone in every way. Talkin about George Washington reminds me of a trip I took to Lake Powell. I was sittin by my friend Brad Earl on the beach, both of us roasting to death, arguing about whether or not he is a red head or not.

Anyway, we ended up talking about if we could talk with any 3 people that have ever lived (excluding religious people Jesus, Joseph Smith, Brigham Young, etc.) who would we talk to. I started to name some, "George Washington, ummmm......." Brad interrupted me and said, "Dude, nobody wants to talk to George Washington. How boring would that be? What are you gonna talk about?"

Good question, Brad. Good question.

I think Brad said he would talk to Charles Barkley, Tiger Woods and Julio Iglesias (random).

So, which three people would I chat with?

1. Bill Simmons

Bill Simmons is a comical sports columnist. He writes for espn on page 2. I've been reading his stuff since 2001 and I even bought his book "The Book of Basketball". He's also done guest appearances on PTI and he has a sweet podcast.

2. George Washington

Now, the thing about George Washington is that he wasn't much of a talker in his day. He was more of a doer. So, me and him would probably have to strap up and kill a bunch of Tories.

3. Beastie Boys

They are my favorite music group of all time. They started rapping in the mid-80s and they are still makin albums today! They are trend setters in music and they have grey hair and rap. Grey hair!

Things Weighing On My Mind

2010-09-13T10:39:00.005-06:00

Now, we've all probably heard about this so-called "Ground Zero mosque". If you feel like you're sick of hearing about it go ahead and skip this blog post and read about my scabs. Mmmm scabs. If you feel like you could hear a little bit more before your head explodes then read on!

So, you can probably imagine there are a couple issues that surround this mosque. First of all, this mosque is expression of freedom of religion, so why can't it be built where they want it to be built. Second, 9/11 victim family members don't want the mosque there. Third, some Muslims are terrorists. Fourth, most Muslim's are not terrorists nor do they agree with terrorists. Fifth, those who oppose mosque near Ground Zero and support Qur'an book burnings and vice-versa. Sixth, what Mormons opinions should be (according to me).

What is this so called "Ground Zero mosque"? Let's look it up! Here is the website. We got a list of the facilities. You can navigate through the rest of the site and check it out, but basically it's a community center with a mosque included. Aka a training ground for terrorists!

Why can't a mosque be built next to Ground Zero? Because the terrorists who flew the planes into the building and who masterminded the plan were Muslim, you dummy! This (the building of the mosque) offends all who were affected by the tragedy. I guess it's like the equivalent of someone coming into my house, killing my family and then wanting to build a church there.

There are many Muslims in the world (around 1.5 billion). 60% live in Asia while 30% live in Middle East and Northern Africa. Here is where I got that info. So, of the 1.5 billion Muslims in the world, how many are responsible for the 9/11 attacks? And how many agree with what they did?

Now, it's perfectly legal for Muslims to build close to Ground Zero (mind you it's not on Ground Zero). I'm not questioning that, but is it "right" for them to build it there? Should we get all riled up about it? Should we protest? Who has the right to say where a Muslim can or can't build a mosque if it's perfectly legal? Is it even insensitive for a mosque to be built there if Muslim's and extremist Muslim's have completely different views on their own religion and, in turn, act totally different?

Seems to me that each religion has it's own extremists. Most of the time, head(s) of the religion denounce said extremists, but what happens when there is no head of religion such as the case with our Muslim friends? Does each individual have to say "no, I don't agree with what they did" for us to stop judging an entire religion on what a few people do?

To be continued....

BYU

2010-09-11T18:34:00.001-06:00

I just watched BYU lose and it was amazing. I hope everyone writes me hate comments.

Second Day In A Row

2010-09-09T14:41:00.002-06:00

Is it healthy to blog everyday? I guess I'll find out.

The Sock/Blister Saga

Last night I was too scared to take off my sock due to the bleeding that occurs after I do so. Sooo, I slept with one sock off and one on. I woke up this morning and was like, "Well, do I try to take my sock off and risk ripping the scab off or do I ......soak it in the shower?" I ended up getting in the shower with one sock on hoping to soak it so the scab didn't rip off when I took my sock off.

Didn't work. I took it off after being in the shower for like 5 minutes and it still ripped off. WHY ME?!?!?! WHAT DID I DO TO DESERVE THIS MISERABLE LIFE?!

I wore plaid slipper shoes today to A) be sexy and to B) avoid having the same problem. Hopefully this won't happen again.

Blogging Time

2010-09-08T23:45:00.002-06:00

School has once again started for Tyson Livingston Pyle (me). I got a nice line up of classes that includes a Spanish grammar class, an Arabic class, Survey of International Terrorism and some other bologna classes like Geology and Constitutional History to Plessy. Yay.

I want to weigh in on a couple of things here. Let Muslims build a mosque at "ground zero". Let that idiot burn the Koran (even though it's the stupidest thing ever and could endanger many troops and even himself). That guy is an idiot, but burning a Koran isn't against the law. Go America!

I went back to Moses Lake for the fair and ate a delicious Space Burger. Mmmm.

The other day I wrecked on a bicycle trying to jump it into a pond. Trust me, it was amazing. I jacked my tooth up and scraped up my body pretty good so that's a plus. I think there is a video of it on facebook somewhere. Find it if you feel like laughing.

Bam! Blog post totally done.

PS I live at Old Mill with Corbin Earl, Mike Earl and Kelly Hightower. It's in Provo and it's super sexy. Too sexy actually.

PSS I bought some new shoes the other day and had low cut socks on. Anyway, they gave me blisters on my heels and now every time I wear shoes the blisters reopen and bleed. At the end of the day my socks are stuck to my blisters and I reopen the wound when I take my socks off. Don't even tell me your life is tougher than mine. LOOK WHAT I HAVE TO DEAL WITH!!!

Chicago

2010-07-07T10:13:00.002-06:00

Some pics from my Chicago travels.

I Don't Like Glenn Beck

2010-01-06T00:24:00.000-07:00

Why should I?

Why should I like Rush Limbaugh or Sean Hannity? Why should I like Keith Olbermann or Bill O'Reilly?

All of these men make money according to how popular their shows are. All of their shows compete with each other. They have to outdo each other somehow. Do they embellish the stories they report? Do they cry on camera? Do they flat out lie? Do they yell? Do they call each other names? Do they accuse each other of crazy crap?

How am I supposed to respect any of these clowns?

I Almost Went to Jail

2009-12-21T23:51:00.005-07:00

Wannabe Mounties

I drove home to Moses Lake today. At the Utah/Idaho border I was stopped by an Idaho State patrolman. He came up to my car and I gave him the goods. He gives me the rundown:

COPPER: You know how fast you were going?
ME: 80ish
COPPER: I clocked you at 85.
ME: Ohhhh
COPPER: In Idaho we have a definite speed limit and on this stretch it's 75. So, even if you were going 80 mph I would still have to cite you.

At this point I'm like "Dude, I've been driving for about 8 yrs now. I know if I am even going 1 mph over I can get a ticket." Am I wrong about this? Are there states that have false speed limits? Do they just post the speed limit, but in reality the speed limit is higher than what is posted?

So, the cop goes to his car and comes back. The following conversation ensues:

Cop: So, I cited you for going 10 over, 85 in a 75. It was only a traffic violation so there is no jail time involved.

Luckily, I hadn't murdered anyone while going 10 over so I narrowly avoided jail time. I like to live life on the edge like that.

Dear Blog

2009-12-20T01:09:00.001-07:00

I am going to start using you more. I promise. I love you. Marry me.

Love,
Tyson

Your vs. You're

2009-07-28T13:47:00.003-06:00

You're = you are
Your = Belonging to you; of you; related to you

Why do people not know the difference? I mean, I can understand what people are saying when they write "your" instead of "you're", but, honestly, figure this crap out. It's not that hard. Let me explain how these two totally different, yet, similar sounding words work.

Example #1

Tyson: Hello, Robert.
Robert: Hello, Tyson.
Tyson: How are you today?
Robert: I am good. How are you?
Tyson: Great! You're kinda gay, Rob. FYI.

I use the word "you're" because I'm saying what Robert is and NOT saying what is his.

Now, if I were to write "Great, your kinda gay." That would mean that I was saying Robert's "kinda gay", which doesn't make any damned sense.

Maybe people just don't know how to spell, or maybe they are trying to abbreviate the phrase "you are" by just writing "your", but little do people know that "your" has another meaning entirely, and, in turn, look like idiots. IDIOTS.

Sometimes, we abbreviate words in conversational writing (ex. gonna, doin, whatcha, u, peeps, lol, lolz, idk, stfu, rofl, roflmao, 8===D). This is fine because all those examples I listed do not have other meanings.

Please, for the sake of my future children and grandchildren and illegitimate children, do not ruin the English language any more than it already has been ruined. Please.

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Year of Jubilee

2009-07-25T21:13:00.002-06:00

My keyboard is set on spanish because I used to have to write papers in spanish. It is annoying sometimes cause I don´t know where all the characters are sometimes. Anyway.

Back to the main subject. The year of Jubilee, or as I like to say The Jubilicious year.

The year of Jubilee was "celebrated" every 50 years back in bible times. Sins and debts were forgiven, prisoners and slaves were freed, and people in general were blessed. (SIDE NOTE: When you have a list within a sentence (ex. apples, potatoes, and beans) you can put a comma after the word that precedes the "and". That is called the oxford comma. sweet huh?)

This Year of Jubilee doesn't really happen anymore where we live, but I decided to do it in my own life. Nobody owes me money and I don't have any slaves (well, Robert is my love slave, but that is another story) and I don't have any prisoners. So, I've decided to forgive everyone.

Now, you are probably thinking, "Tyson, that is so sweet. You are amazing in every way." Well, duh. Just kidding. I thought about this idea one time when I was talking with my friends. Certain people always come up in the conversation and, even though I haven't seen or talked about those certain people for years, I only say and think negative things about them.

The point of this little blog post is to say that I'm not gonna think badly or talk crap about anyone anymore. Impossible? Possibly, but I think it's the right thing to do.

Employed

2009-07-25T21:12:00.001-06:00

I got a job as a tow truck driver. Everyone is gonna hate me now. Nothing new. It should help me get through school though. Thanks for the support!

Unemployed

2009-07-15T13:58:00.004-06:00

I am unemployed.

About 2 weeks ago I lost my job. I had been working for this company for 2.5 years and, all of a sudden, out of nowhere, they decided to can me and about 8 other employees due to budget cuts...or something stupid like that.

I was starting to hate that job anyway so that kind of helped me get out of that situation and find something else to do for work.

This is how my firing story goes..........................................

I got an email that day saying that I had some meeting with one of my co-workers at 3:30. So, we show up on time and our boss isn't there. We sit around for a couple minutes then he walks in with our HR manager. Uh oh. I figure something crazy is about to happen. My boss starts off, "Guys, we've had some budget cuts lately and we are forced to terminate a couple of positions and we have decided to get rid of your positions so we are going to have to let you go." I say, "You are kidding right?" Um, no. Then they have us read over what we will get for serverance and what we will do for insurance and blah blah blah. The other guy that is with me looks at me and says, "who are they going to get to do your job?" You see, I had job security cause nobody else could do my job, but they fired me anyway.

Now, I'm lookin for a job so if you know of any......let me know.

Thought this was funny

2009-04-28T20:52:00.002-06:00

Link Checks

2009-04-24T10:04:00.004-06:00

Every single day when I get to work, or when I'm at home, I check certain sites. Every single day. It's kinda like an OCD thing. I will be listing these sites today.

1. Facebook - I used to hit Facebook up a lot via computer, but nowadays I hit it up using my phone. Most of the time I get on Facebook when I'm in the bathroom or when I got downtime somewhere else, like at the Drs office or something. My favorite thing to do on facebook is comment on peoples statuses and pics. Why? Cause I don't really have anything good to say anyone so commenting suits me just fine.

2. Slickdeals - Slick deals is the greatest website known to man!! It has all kinds of radical deals on there. It has deals on everything from electronics to spatulas to boomboxes to cars to vacation deals. It's amazing. I bought a computer off of it once. I hardly use that computer though......maybe I should stop checkin this site out.

3. Whiskey Militia - Oh man. I've purchased many things off this website (I know my mom is gonna give me a hard time for this). It's one of those sites that has a deal every half hour. Most of their stuff sucks, but every so often they have some sweet shoes, or a shirt, or a sweater that I can rock.

4. Brociety - This is a cousin site of whiskey militia. They sell snowboarding stuff. I don't snowboard and I've never purchased anything from this site so I really don't know why I check it out. Maybe I'll stop.

5. Woot - They have one deal everyday and most of the time they suck. Well, they don't suck, but I don't ever need the item. I swear every other day they are selling a robot vacuum cleaner. Who needs a robot vacuum cleaner? Today's deal is a MyVu Solo Plus Personal Media Viewer. They sell crap like that all the time. Once again, I've never purchased anything from this site.

6. Shirt.Woot - Same thing as woot, but it's a different shirt everyday. They always suck and I never buy anything. Shirts usually go for 15 bucks. Wow, I'm starting to see a pattern here.

7. TeeFury - It's basically the same thing as Woot.Shirt, but they have sweeter shirts. I just found this one and I'll probably be snatching a shirt from it sometime soon. The shirts go for 9 bucks so definitely better than gay woot.shirt. (not that there's anything wrong with that)

8. Time - After I'm done checking out my retail sites, I like to get the news. I read most of the articles from time.com. I check out the politics section and read the political blogs from Swampland (you'll have to check it out to know what I'm talking about). They have like 6 bloggers that right about politics. They are pretty good articles sometimes and I enjoy them. Most are liberal, but you have to read from both liberal and conservative to get the full picture. Stupid media.

9. Slate - Slate.com is a opinion section sort of site. I really like it and have been reading it for years. A lot of their stuff is liberal, but they will have some conservative articles every once in awhile. I read a good article the other day about a case in the Supreme Court regarding the strip search of a 13 yr old girl at school. My kids will be going to private school if this nonsense continues.

10. Digg - Digg is just a site where there are random articles that people "digg". The more "diggs" an article gets, the farther up on the list it moves. It has articles about everything, but it also is fairly liberal. Bunch of idiots get on there and digg up articles from huffingtonpost.com (super liberal site) and also digg articles about marijuana legalization. Pretty ridiculous if you ask me, but they sometimes have sweet sites about tech stuff or stupid people. Dugg for radicalness.

11. Newsweek - Basically the same articles from Time, but sometimes it's different.

12. XKCD - A web-comic that is pretty funny. I suggest checkin it out and see what you think.

13. Toothpastefordinner - I post comics from there on my blog a lot. Those cruddy little drawings with some smart alec or sarcastic caption. My style.

That's about it folks. I visit these sites every single time I get on the computer.

I Lose My Temper Often

2009-04-20T14:25:00.005-06:00

So, last week at our soccer game I got really, really mad at this dude for checking a chick teammate of ours into the wall. I got mad at him and it ended up with me taking myself out of the game (I didn't get thrown out). When I was younger I seemed to lose my cool a lot more. It could've been at any sort of social function or gathering and I would've found something to get riled up about. Nowadays, it seems like I only get mad when I'm playing sports. Oh, I do get mad in traffic, but only in Utah and in southern Idaho.

The funny thing is that I don't think I used to get as mad as often when I played sports. This has only happened since I have been down here in Utah Valley. I attribute this to the awesome people that reside in this great valley. I've never played with more poor sports, cheap shot artists, whiners, complainers, smack talkers in my entire life. I don't mind playing a little rough in basketball and soccer and whatnot, but the dudes down here take cheap shots at people and act like they didn't do anything. Then I have to say "dude, what is that all about?" then they start talking crap. This is where I get confused....did not this man take a cheap shot? Is he really going to act like he did not commit such an atrocity?

One time, I was playing a soccer game. Outdoor 11 on 11 style. Anyway, so this individual on the other team and I were both running toward the ball. Like this:

Now, as you can see, we are running neck and neck. We aren't close to the ball yet. Just running towards it. Well, this jerk decides to cut me off and put on the brakes. Like this:

I end up running into him and "fouling" him. Clearly this is a dirty play cause instead of him going for the ball he basically does the basketball equivalent of a flop. That dirty [insert bad word here]. Who flops in some no name soccer league?! Needless to say I let him break my fall. Later on in the game, he started to show off while my good friend Corbin was defending him. In my head I'm thinking "once again this is some no name soccer league" so I tell Corbin that the dude isn't that good. I say "dude Corbin don't worry, this guy sucks". The dude passes the ball and says to me "you are trash" so I tell him he is a piece of poop. We start running down the field and he tries to shoulder me kinda how some cornerbacks tackle people by running into them with their shoulder. Ok so we aren't even close to the ball and I notice this in a heartbeat. He tries to hit me with his shoulder and I use my Brazilian fighting skills to toss his dirty playin self to the ground. "Why do you do these things Tyson?" you might ask. Cause I can. That is why. I got to put people in their place. People who try to cheap shot me, or anyone for that matter, deserve to have me throw their aces to the ground.

I'm pretty sure I've never been this mad, this often, in my whole life. Only since I've been down here and playing sports. Do I have little man's syndrome? No. Do I like to play rough? Occasionally. Am I bad to the bone? Of course. Is Brad Ellis gay? Most definitely. Is Corbin Earl bald? Mostly. Does Robert Ellis pwn noobs on a regular basis? Affirmative. Are Utah Valley people super poor sports? Yes

P.S. Josiah Norm Lybbert was in attendance at this game and probably thinks I'm a dirty player because I beat his little, curly haired friend up. Please don't think these things Norm.

Also, here is a pic of my new girlfriend Chelsea.

She's soo hot. Don't be jealous guys.

Worst Blogger Ever

2009-04-13T15:46:00.002-06:00

I am the worst blogger ever. I feel that most of the time I have nothing to write about. I have about 3 or 4 unfinished blog posts in my drafts folder because I start writing them and about 3/4 of the way into them I talk myself into thinking that nobody is gonna read or care about what I'm writing so it would be better off to keep it to myself.

So I do.

I have a canker sore on my lip. On the inside. It hurts when I eat salt.

Just a little re-post.

2009-03-23T00:06:00.001-06:00

Apparently, the NFL is going to be on the lookout this next year for all those "gangbangers" and their "gang signs". After Paul Pierce was fined f or flashin a gang sign, the NFL decided to take action. Reading the article, you'll see that they have experts going through tape spottin these gang signs. Who are these experts? Snoop Dogg? Tupac from the grave? In fact, they should get the whole Death Row crew on this one. Or maybe even HULK HOGAN?!?! They are even looking at Mitt Romney (make sure to click the links to see these experts in action).

Below is a pic of some gang signs so you can spot them yourself.

The most used gang sign, I think, has to be the White Person's favorite gang sign......the Deuce. Oh...you don't know what the Deuce is? Have you ever seen a picture of any group of people between the ages of 12 to 28? If you have then you have probably seen the Deuce rearing its ugly head. Here is an example of the Deuce.

Even bloggers have their own gang signs.

Folks, just keep an eye out for those "gangbangers" flashing their "signs".

Stupid YouTube/Warner Pics.

2009-02-05T14:51:00.003-07:00

Here is a different HELLLOOOOO clip. YouTube took down my other one. Punks.

Hellllllllloooooooo. La La Laaa

2009-02-04T16:59:00.000-07:00

Interrupters

2009-02-02T19:14:00.001-07:00

Seriously. Interrupt me one more time while I am talking to someone and I'll punch you in the mouth.

Macintosh

2009-01-29T17:43:00.000-07:00

I thought this was funny.

Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard

P.S. It isn't real.

Listen Up Infidels

2009-01-26T17:42:00.003-07:00

The Middle East is a place where all your wildest dreams can come true. That's right. Wildest. Dreams. Come. True. Shut. Up. Now.

The Middle East is an amazing place. There are lots of farms. Huge farms. The people all kinda talk different. And the Mississippi River runs through it. Wait....what? Oh, I got confused with the Midwest. My bad.

Back to the Middle East. There are some sweet countries there. Israel, Jordan (baker), Iraq, Iran, United Arab Emirates, Saudia Arabia, Egypt (sorta), and a slew of other Bad mama jama countries. They do things a little but different than us, but we do seem to have a couple things in common. I am gonna make a sweet A list of those things.

1. Ghost Ride The Whip
We all like to Ghost Ride the Whip. That's ride. Ghost ride the whip. For those of you who don't know what that is click here. or here. Well, Jews and Muslims also love to Ghost Ride The Whip. Click here for some Middle Eastern Ghost Riding.

2. Drifting
I remember back in the good ole days of 2008 when I'd take the Neon out for a good drift. What? You are over 30 and don't know what drifting is? Click here. Drifting is becoming more and more popular by the second. All over the lower 48 states, teenagers and twenty-somethings alike are out drifting their cars, trucks, vans, etc. all over your beautifully paved asphalt. You might think, while watching Hamas taking a beating on the evening news, "I wish that these poor poor Middle Eastern people had the same opportunities we have.........to drift to their heart's content." Well idiots, they do. Check check check it out. Now that we got that Beastie Boys clip out of the way, you can watch some Arab drifting. Click here. Amazing!! Here is some more Arab drifting (you gotta click this one).

3. Skating while holding on to Cars (skitching).
There is nothing more American than holding on to cars while skating/skateboarding. Well, at least that is what you thought til I finally cultured you ignorant sloths today. Click here for some good ole American past time skating. Now, the Middle Eastern folk have been paying attention to Western society for quiet sometime and have mastered the art of Skating Next to cars. Click here if you dare.

4. Spinning Buildings.
I am from Washington State. It is better than your state. I don't care where you are from. So shut it. First of all, we don't have idiot drivers like the empty headed dolts in Utah (see previous blog). Secondly, we have a rotating building. CLICK HERE TO SEE IT IN ALL IT'S GLORY. Now click here to see it spinnnnnnn. The Middle Eastern folk are all over that like my cousin Brad on any type of food. They are building an even sweeter one as we speak!!! Check it here. Now, I realize The Russians are building one too, but you know what?......we got the Red October. Suckers.

I had to post because my foot was asleep

2009-01-16T17:58:00.002-07:00

I was about to leave work, but I tried to stand up and my foot was asleep. So, I decided to post.
Mitch's Post inspired me to name one thing that I hate.

1. Utah Drivers

Pearl Jam and Neil Young

2008-12-10T16:30:00.001-07:00

Random

2008-12-08T15:13:00.002-07:00

To My Single Mormon Friends

2008-11-20T15:18:00.001-07:00

Here is a little article that I found. I thought it was interesting enough to share. Click here.

Tawatha

2008-11-14T00:04:00.001-07:00

Interesting

2008-11-11T15:03:00.000-07:00

http://fieldnotes.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/11/10/1667441.aspx

Michael Jordan.........

2008-11-08T14:17:00.001-07:00

.........in my opinion, is NOT the greatest Basketball player ever.

Tagged?!?! WTF?!

2008-11-05T10:58:00.003-07:00

Brannigan tagged me.

RULES: You have to post the 4th picture in the 4th folder in your pictures folder. Then give a brief description before you tag a few others.

Sweetest trip ever. This pic was from Spring/Summer of 2004. I still had not left for my mission yet so when my sisters dance group when to Disney and Universal Studios in Cali, I went with them......and so did these carnies. From left to right is my bro AJ (on mission in Las Vegas), Quinn Baker (on mission in Fiji), Tyson Pyle and Mike Earl (mission in Paraguay). I think these guys were freshmen in High School in this pic. Anyway, it was a sweet trip. Highlight of the trip was when I got a fake tatoo on my face like Mike Tyson. I ain't taggin anyone either.

Voting Time

2008-11-04T11:00:00.000-07:00

I'm going to Vote. Wish me luck. I'll probably take some pics so everyone can share in my voting experience.

"It's close to midnight and something evil is lurkin from the dark...."

2008-10-28T15:17:00.004-06:00

I was thinking today about Thriller and how it is like our own little Halloween Anthem. It is probably the greatest music video ever and the song isn't too shabby either. I am put together a bunch of sweet Thriller wannabes for your viewing.

1. Of course the Thriller himself.

Due to YouTube and Michael Jackson being gay, I can't embed the video on here. You'll have to go to this link to see it.

2. The inmates from a prison in the Philippines having a ball doing the Thriller.

3. One of my personal favorites......sweet sweet Bollywood Thriller.

4. We got us some Counter Strike Thriller

5. World of Warcraft Thriller

6. University of Washington students throwing down the Thriller.

7. Thomas the Tank engine Thriller?!?!?!?!?

8. The Nittany Lion THRILLER?!?!

9. I don't even know what this is, but fast forward to 2:30

Share your sweet thriller vids.

Books, Libros and Livros

2008-10-23T17:27:00.004-06:00

I've read a lot of books in my time. Some good. Some bad. Some funny. Some sad. I remember I read a bunch of "series books" when I was younger. Encyclopedia Brown was a series of books that I read. Encyclopedia Brown is kid that solves crimes. That is about all that he does. I also read a lot of John Grisham and Michael Crichton books growing up. In High School, I would come home from whatever I did that night and go into my room and lay on the bed and read. My mom or dad would come in to tell me to go to bed (AJ would be sleeping with the lights on) and I'd be like "ok I'm about to finish the chapter". They would re-enter about an hour later and just shut the light off.

I read pretty avidly til my mission. I also read on my mission, but mostly church books. Some were allowed. Some weren't. When I got home I read some books, too. The PROBLEM that I am having nowadays is that I don't find time to read and I keep buying books. I buy them and then read them all at the same time. It's ridiculous. Here are some of the books that I am currently reading:

1. Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling by Richard Lyman Bushman. I love this book. I think it's great. Unfortunately, if I read more than 5 pages in 45 minutes my head will explode from information overload. Good book though.

2. Come On People by Bill Cosby. I was watching some news show one day on MSNBC or Fox and ole Cos was on there talking about this book. I got up, drove to Barnes and Noble and bought it. It's a great book. I think Bill Cosby is a good guy trying to help the Black community out by helping them realize that they have to be better parents to their kids. Good message.

3. To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. I bought this when I bought The Giver. I remember reading it in 6th grade, but the only thing I remember was the trial when Atticus Finch gives them the business. I think this book helps kids realize that racism is horrible. I'll let you know my updated opinion after I finish it.

4. The Reagan Diaries by Ronald Regan. I've been reading this one for awhile. It's a different read for sure. Ronald Regan kept a diary everyday for the 8 years he was president. That is pretty good and it inspires me to keep a journal too.

5. An Approach To The Book Of Mormon by Hugh Nibley. I don't know if you've ever read Hugh Nibley books or talks or articles, but they are always interesting no matter who you are. The last chapter I read in here talked about Lehi's times and what the culture was at the time and how we can see that culture in the Book Of Mormon. Interesting.

Alright, those are 5 of the books I am reading at this time. It's hard to find time to finish all these books AND play my mandatory 15 hours of Rock Band a week AND my mandatory 1.5 hours of RON (Rise of Nations) a night. It's tough to be me.

The Giver

2008-10-17T07:31:00.002-06:00

So, about a week or two ago a group of us were talking in my apartment about books we used to read when we were little. I used to read tons of books I was little and they did too so we were spoutin off titles for about a half hour. One of the books said was The Giver. I don't remember in which grade I read The Giver, but I remember it was pretty young. (Read Tyler's blog post on the real Giver.)

Anyway, one of the girls in the group was like, "oh, I didn't like that book. It was weird." I was like "What the?! The Giver is AWESOME!!" when in reality I didn't remember too much of the book. I vaguely remembered some parts of the book, like how the Community didn't see color, how things were super orderly and kind of how Jonas escaped. That was it.

Well, I went out and bought The Giver (and To Kill a Mockingbird, but that is another story). I've been reading it and while reading I'm thinking to myself "how do elementary kids understand this? How did I understand it?" Then I started wondering "What do kids nowadays read? Do they even read?" I have no idea.

Mmm yes It's business time.

2008-10-01T11:00:00.002-06:00

BYU and their Amazingly hard schedule

2008-09-21T11:01:00.002-06:00

BYU beat Wyoming 44-0 yesterday. Next week they play Utah State. This is one of the hardest schedules in Division I college football. No wonder BYU football fans can be found complaining from July to March about how BYU should be in a BCS bowl game. I mean THEY HAVE TO PLAY UTAH STATE AND WYOMING!!! AND NORTHERN IOWA!! I mean, golly, thats a tough schedule people. Give the Cougars a break and send them to a BCS bowl so all these BYU football fans can stop complaining.

Nothing like a good punch dance

2008-08-27T22:08:00.003-06:00

Lately, I have been seeing more and more shows and movies going back to what works...........punch dancing. That is right. Screenwriters, producers and directors have all seen the light. They want more $, but how are they going to get it. Big explosions? Sexy ladies? Crude comedy? Think again America. It is all about the sexiness of punch dancing.

Exhibit A

Hot Rod isn't hot for nothing. He does a great re-enactment in his quiet spot.

Exhibit B

Bret McKenzie from Flight of the Conchords is the sexiest New Zealander known to man........

AND THE ORIGINAL

Moral of the story: We need more punch dancing.

Joe Cocker Rocks My Socks Off

2008-08-26T09:43:00.002-06:00

...

2008-08-24T11:01:00.001-06:00

Some Sweet Old School Olympic Moments

2008-08-14T20:38:00.007-06:00

In honor of the annual Grant County Fair, I decided to do a "Some Sweet Old School Olympic Moments" blog post.

1. Kerri Strug in the 1996 Olympics

Um, this is an olympic moment that defines the 90's. Kerri Strug busts up her ankle on the 1st vault then goes out and does a 2nd vault to beat the commies and win the Gold. (We get a little peek at her parents and I'm pretty sure I've seen pictures of Jeff Earl wearin the same glasses as Strug's mom in the 70's)

2. The Dream Team

An amazing vid of an amazing team with an amazing song in the background. The Dream Team completely dominated the competition and inspired all NBA players today. USA rules once again.

3. Jesse Owens

A black man winning 4 gold medals in Nazi Germany. Pretty amazing. Jesse Owens = bad mamma jamma. Here is a link to Wiki wiki pedia.

4. Derek Redomond '92 Barcelona

Derek Redmond pulls a hammie while racing in the 400m (my event in high school). He pulls up, then tries to finish the race out. His dad comes and helps him cross the finish line. Classy.

5. Tommie Smith/John Carolos '68 Mexico City

These two used the Olympics as a platform to protest against racial injustice. sweet beans.

6. '80 Winter Olympics USA Hockey Team

The Amateur USA Hockey Team beats the professional USSR team.

7. Mark Andrew Spitz '72 Munich Fools

UHHHHHHHH Mark Spitz with a Stache.

And If You Ask Me How I'm Feeling..

2008-08-12T13:41:00.002-06:00

An amazing link that I wanted to share with you all right here.

Pop Vs. Soda II

2008-08-07T13:04:00.026-06:00

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Um, I don't really have a problem with people saying "Soda" or "Coke", it just bugs me when they say that I'm wrong.

This is a little blurb I got from a website.

The word soda comes from soda-water (sodium bicarbonate with acid to create fizz). Its original meaning was sodium carbonate, Na2CO3, but has evolved into one of the generic terms for a soft drink.

Pop was introduced later in 1812 by Robert Southey,

A new manufactory of a nectar, between soda-water and ginger-beer, and called pop, because ‘pop goes the cork’ when it is drawn.

Trailing soda and pop in popularity is coke, which has influence in the south likely due to the location of the Coca-Cola plant in Georgia. “I’ll have a coke,” “What kind of coke?”, “Root beer please”.

People, it is clear that POP prevails. For a link to where I got this info, go here.

I Like My Bed Urine Free

2008-08-01T01:16:00.002-06:00

Mogadishu?

2008-07-23T18:32:00.002-06:00

This sounds like a sweet idea.

Stackin It Up: How to Cope with Gang Signs

2008-07-17T09:34:00.009-06:00

Hi! I am a Celebrity and I am more awesome than you are.

2008-07-06T08:16:00.013-06:00

We all know that this is how most celebrities think

I was reading some TIME articles this morning, while waiting to leave to Alaska, when I stumbled over this magnificent article about how celebrities are "going green". I loved it. It perfectly reflects how I feel about celebrities and their opinions and how supposedly what they do is cool and more important than what the common person does.

Me at work

2008-06-25T14:10:00.002-06:00

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Fun Fact About Me #2

2008-06-25T14:06:00.001-06:00

When I was in elementary school I wanted to be a lawyer. Lame huh?

17 June....

2008-06-17T14:06:00.001-06:00

....is my birthday. My mom wrote a blog post about me. Check it out.

Fun Fact About Me

2008-06-14T10:56:00.001-06:00

I'm the worst back seat driver ever.

NBA Championship Game 3

2008-06-10T18:16:00.004-06:00

So one of my favorite sports writers (Bill Simmons a.k.a The Sports Guy) sometimes does a "Running Blog" of certain games. I don't know if this is plagiarism or not, but I'm going to do the same thing this game. I hope you all enjoy it.

Pre-Game Show

Stuart Scot is running the pre-game show and is accompanied by Mike Wilbon, JB aka Jon Barry and Mr. NBA himself, Jerry West. Last game they had Bill Russell in the guest spot (West is there this game). Russell reminded me of one of those old people that you always feel awkward to be around because you never know if they are gonna same something that will offend all those in the room.

(Side note: West is the GM for the Grizzlies and he is the one that traded Gasol to the Lakers for whatever was in the Lakers' GM's pocket (which was a paper clip, lint, 2 nickels and a penny).)

Ok, no more blogging until the game actually starts.

David Cook sucked at singing the National Anthem, but he is still cooler than David Archuleta.

They just got done showing the little video they show before they do the starting lineups. It got me thinking. Whenever I think of The Lakers, I think of dirty, nasty and immoral. Wilt the Stilt supposedly slept with 20,000 women, Magic got AIDS from sleeping around and Kobe was charged with rape. I know that other teams are just as bad, but that is what comes to my mind. Dirty.

THIS IS CHAMPIONSHIP BASKETBALL!!!! (I wonder how many times I'll hear that tonight).

11:20 Celtics know how to pass. I'm lovin it.

10:55 Odom with the first foul. I wonder if Jackson is gonna whine about that.

10:18 Pau Gasol is one ugly mo fo. How come all NBA players sport the nasty, scraggly facial hair nowadays? Check out Paul Pierce and Pau Gasol for example.

9:38 Pierce seriously ran out of bounds all the way up to the 2nd Tier. I thought he was gonna pull a Ron Artest on some peeps.

7:53 Celtics are foulin and Garnett is missin lots of shots. Not a good start for the Celtics.

7:32 So I guess that the Lakers are going to get all the calls today since Fisher just got away with shoving Ray Allen out of the way on the way to get a loose ball. 2-9 Lakers.

7:19 I wonder what bizarre argument Jeff Van Gundy and Mark Jackson are going to get into tonight.

5:16 Perkins reminds me of Danny Lawson. I even think they look alike, besides the obvious skin color difference.

4:00 I almost forgot that Kobe is perfect and never commits errors or fouls. My bad.

2:36 The Celtics are scrappers. They fight for every loose ball. The Lakers do too, but they decide to go after the loose ball just a hair too late. It's like they are hopin the Celts are just gonna let it roll out of bounds, and when they see that isn't what is gonna happen, then they run after it.

Garnett also has nasty facial hair. And he is 0 for 5. Big Three 1 for 12.

1:00 Sam Cassell = Ugliest Person in LA right now.

End of 1st quarter. 20-20.

How did anyone get the go ahead to make another Hulk movie?

Orlando is running an ad to get season tickets with your stimulus check. I would get Celtics tickets if I lived in Boston, but I live in Utah and have to settle with the Jazz. I actually root against the Jazz in everyone of their games. I hate them and the color purple.

2nd Quarter

11:30 Odom 0 points and 3 fouls. Yes!!

10:00 Lakers are finally starting to scrap for the ball. We got 2 Bill Walton impressions already tonight. Things are lookin bad for the Celtics.

9:50 WHOA!!!! PJ Brown almost knocked Famar's head right off his (Farmar's) shoulders.

A 2nd Hulk AND a 2nd HellBoy??!! What is going on in Hollywood?!?! Next we are going to be seeing a Wild, Wild West 2 and a Driven 2.

8:00 Mark Jackson just commented that Kobe Bryant has played every second of this half so far. WELL HE FRICKEN BETTER!!!!!!! He isn't getting paid millions of dollars to suck, unlike half of the NBA.

7:12 Garnett 0-7. Dangit.

6:23 Apparently we are going to start calling Traveling now. Lakers ball.

5:57 Garnett just about cracked his skull against the rim on an alley-oop play.

5:00 Garnett 1-9

3:57 Ray Allen can't guard Kobe Bryant. He's just too old and Bryant is too quick.

3:02 DANNY LAWSON....err....Perkins with the Slam.

1:49 Ray Allen couldn't play any worse defense tonight. Whoever is shooting is at the peak of their shot when he is just thinking about jumping up to get a hand in their face.

:40 34-43 Lakers......TV Timeout. Someone just ate a 5 dollar bill. What if they ate 20 quarters? That'd be sweet.

End of the HALFFFFFFFFF. 37 Celtics, 43 Lakers
I am not a fan of Michael Jordan, but how can they even compare Kobe Bryant to MJ??!?! I don't even want to get into statistics.......but seriously. He would be the closest though.....post-MJ.

I need them for my footsies. I text Jordan, Martin and Riley every time I see that commercial. I know they love it. oh... oh oh.....I just found out that Dwayne is in Chuck's fav five. He's so lucky.

Start of the 3rd Quarter

11:16 Rondo hurts his ankle. Crapper.
Commercial. M. Night Shamasdlfaksdfasd has a rated R movie......who cares?

8:11 Lakers crowd doesn't hold a candle to the Celtics crowd. P.S. What would we do without the sideline reporters? Seriously.

Cuba Gooding Jr. went from winning Oscars to doing Hanes commercials. Come on now?! This man was the star of Radio!!!

5:47 Garnett with the jump hook to tie the game.
Do Lakers fans even care about who wins?

So I'm just sitting in my hotel room in Florida watching the game by myself. It's kind of pathetic, but rad at the same time. I walked to the closest 7-11 before the game and bought some milk, oreos, potato chips and some dip. That is about the only food I've eaten all day. There was almost a tornado here earlier today, also. Jealous? You should be.

Does anyone not survive Japanese game shows? But really.......do people die? I wouldn't be surprised if they did.

4:17 Odom with his first FG of the game. Congratulations Odom.

3:18 Boston 56, Lakers 52

This is a long blog. I will be surprised if anyone reads it.

These commentators are a bunch of clowns. haha you seriously have to hear the crap that they talk about. Talking about Nick Lachey and Alyssa Milano. WTF?

end of the 3rd Quarter!!!!!!!!!!

11:35 Vujacic or however you spell it just put the Lakers up.

11:25 Ray Allen with the three right in Odom's grill. Once again Odom is dominating!!!!

10:08 Both teams (with the exception of Kobe) are playing like poop. They are sloppy and are missing a lot of foul shots. Making crappy passes. Taking off balance shots.

9:36 Odom with the offensive foul!!! I love this guy. What a stud.

9:00 Farmar just flopped to get the charge. I got no problem with that anymore I guess. I used to get super pissed. Now I just take it as part of the game. Next year, though, they are supposedly going to fine big time floppers. Sucks to be you GINOBLI.

8:00 I've officially eaten half a carton/thing of oreos and half a bag of potato chips. MMMMMm

7:59 Jeff van Gundy is crazy. He is going off about how he gets charged full price for a hair cut and he is bald. Cut your own hair then you friggen carnie!!!

6:54 Bryant got the ball up top, all alone, for about 5 seconds and then hit the three. Nobody ran out to guard him. It's Kobe Bryant people!!! Mark Jackson makes a good point that the last time he was that open it was when he was in the gym by himself the day before. Nice comment Marcus.

5:13 Pau and Odom have decided to actually play now. Sucks for the Celtics.

4:02 Pau Gasol = Tom Green + Daniel Stern

3:22 I honestly think that Kobe Bryant believes he never fouls anyone. Seriously. He about cries every time he gets hit with a foul. I mean he about knocked over Pierce, got called for a foul, then stomped around the court yelling. He almost got hit with another T and that would've taken him out of the game. What a team player.

2:58 I just laughed out loud cause Gasol threw the ball at the shot clock.

1:53 Lakers just hit a three. They are up by 5. Dagnabit.

1:33 Fisher hits his first free throw. And 2nd. Give Odom the ball!!!

:38 HOW IS RAY ALLEN GOING TO GUARD KOBE 1 ON 1?!?!?!?!?! Come on Doc. Holy crap.

I farted and it stinks.

:21 Offensive foul on Garnett. Game over. LAkers are up by 6.

:6 HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA Odom is the fricken man. They basically give him an open shot and he gets a foul. He's the man.

Game Over.

Well, that sucks. Celtics played like crap. Kobe played good. Odom should be wearing green cause he is so awesome. I am going to bed. Peace

CELTICS-LAKERS!!!!!!!

2008-05-31T12:22:00.002-06:00

I've been waiting for this all year. This is one of the greatest rivalries of all time!!!! You got your Yankees-Red Sox. You got your Michigan-Ohio State. You got your Ali-Frazier. Duke-UNC. Then you got the Lakers and the Celtics. Oh so beautiful. Does anyone know how heated that rivalry was in the 80's?!?!?! If not, then check out this little gem: McHale clotheslines Kurt Rambis.

Each of these teams has had some of the best players of all time play for them. Lakers: Wilt Chamberlain, Jerry West, Magic Johnson, Kareem, Elgin Baylor, Shaq and Kobe. Celtics: Bill Russell, Larry Bird, Bob Cousy, Paul Pierce, Keven Garnett, Kevin McHale, John Havlicek.

Then each team has a bunch of old men that play for them at the end of their careers e.g. Gary Payton, Karl Malone, Dominque Wilkins etc.

I predict that the Celtics will win in 7. Number 17.

If you watch the News.......

2008-05-30T19:56:00.001-06:00

......this might interest you. I think ole Bob Dole makes a good point. Read this article.

If you get this you are a nerd....

2008-05-30T09:09:00.002-06:00

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An Old Newness.....

2008-05-20T10:17:00.002-06:00

This presidential campaign is an important one. The new President is going to have to undertake all sorts of problems facing our country today. 2 Wars (Iraq and Afghanistan), crazy terrorists, a looming recession, etc. I feel it is important to pick a President based on his/her qualifications. We shouldn't pick a President based on demographics. Someone sent me an email with a link to this article. It's a good one. An Old Newness By Thomas Sowell.

Past's Strong and Today's Weak.

2008-05-16T08:45:00.008-06:00

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Butte: Montana's Shining Star

2008-05-14T12:45:00.004-06:00

This last weekend I had the chance to go to Butte, Montana. By gracing Butte with my presence, I completed Life Goal #234...."Visit Butte, Montana".

I rode up Saturday morning with the Wigglesworth's(Tyler & Krista) and Krista's friend, Alex. We arrived in the metropolis of Butte at about 5 pm (I really have no clue when we got there). Lyle (the dad) immediately took Tyler and I to test drive a truck that would be deemed a Greek God among Men......if it weren't a machine. Then we went back to the house and ate some grub that Mary Wigglesworth cooked up for us. We played the "So, What Have You Been Up To? You Going To School?" game for part of the evening.

I fell asleep that night watching "Dances with Wolves".

Now, the next day was Sunday. We went to church. This is where I saw the true Butte, MT. Just as Superman draws his superhuman strength from our yellow sun, the residents of Butte draw their superhuman abilities from a big lake of toxic waste in the middle of the city. If you don't believe me, watch the following clip.

This clip clearly shows you the genius of the residents of Butte. Another evidence that these citizens have the intellect to challenge any Mensa member is that Butte had the longest running Red Light District in all of the US. In fact, they had brothels functioning until the 1980's.

Church was great though. We had a nice sacrament meeting about mom's and how rad they are (I came to the conclusion that they are very rad). I got to meet a lot of awesome Buttites and they are wonderful people. They remind me a lot of a kind soul from Moses Lake named Mike Wright.

Spent the rest of the Sunday by watching 2 spectacular moves, "Just Like Heaven" and "Ladder 49". Then I smoked everyone at a game "Ticket to Ride".

Your mom!

2008-05-12T17:01:00.000-06:00

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2008-05-07T11:13:00.003-06:00

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Music?!

2008-05-06T14:28:00.009-06:00

Do you ever hear a song that immediately takes you back to some moment in time? Happens to me with about every song. It's nuts. I'm going to Party Shuffle my iTunes and see where my back to the future machine takes me today.

1. The Whole World by Outkast - So, my junior year I did that Guy/Girl Drill team dealy. Sara Hyer was my partner. Anyways, we had to get up at like the butt crack of dawn to go to practice with the Drill team girls. While all of us dudes would lay on the gym floor half awake, the drill team girls would warm up to this.

2. Who Ride Wit Us by Kurupt - My sophomore year high school I think aka 2001? ....I think. Riding in Jordan Baker's sweet Blazer. That year Emerson Ferguson (ML High School Alum) had made his own rap about the High School's Basketball team to Kurupt's beat. If anyone has this song on an old CD......let me know.

3. Boys of Summer by The Ataris - Dude, this takes me back to month in the year 2003......this was the month that never existed. Why didn't it exist, Tyson? Well, it's because I spent that whole fricken month in the cab of a 10 wheeler driving around in potato fields for Reid Baker. I remember driving out by RD 7.5 NE, while the sun was setting, listening to this song. That was about the time that most of my friends started taking off for missions and school and everything else. I also remember getting into potato throwing war and I broke a windshield on one of the trucks. Rad.

4. Fat Lip by Sum 41 - Summer of 2001. Riding in Todd Palmer's sweet mini van. We were driving to Othello for a softball game. Funny story.....so I was at that softball tourney when I saw Spencer Piercy from Royal City. We were thirsty so we went to the Gas Station to get some drinks. We saw a box of bottled lemonade.....Mike's Hard Lemonade. So Spencer takes it up to the cashier and she's like "let me see your ID". He's like "what? why?" Because it has alcohol in it........yeah we are cool. Don't worry, we put it back and bought some decent alcoholic beverages. Just kidding.

5. Aint No Mountain High Enough by The Temptations - Man, I used to hate this song. It is in that stupid movie Remember The Titans. I can't stand that movie. All the guys on my football team would watch that before every game. Please. Watch a decent football movie like Rudy or The Longest Yard (not the remake). None of this pansy crap. Anyways, takes me back to a Greyhound bus on the way to a playoff game in Spokane my senior year I think. I'm pretty sure we watched this movie on the bus.

Best Cover Songs....

2008-05-01T09:55:00.003-06:00

I basically spend all day at work listening to music. I have approximately 922 songs on my iTunes. Not that much compared to a lot of people these days, but still nothing to sneeze at. I was listening and wondered to myself, "What are the best cover songs ever created in the history of the universe?!?!"

Anyways. So I think I'm gonna make a list of my favorite covers. They are:

1. Cake - I Will Survive. I love it cause it's rad? Yes, that is why. I'm just a big fan of Cake. They aren't great musicians and he doesn't have great vocals but they are a classic band. Maybe it's cause of the sweet bass line throughout the song. Original was sang by Gloria Gaynor.

2. Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You. This song was originally sang by none other than ..........DOLLY PARTON?! She sang it in the Blockbuster hit "Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" and Houston's was for "The Bodyguard" soundtrack. Rad. I'm sure we can all agree that we like Houston's version better.......even if she is a coke head.

3. Joe Cocker - With A Little Help From My Friends. Not only is this an awesome cover of the Beatles song, but he has all the gyrations of an epileptic. I would say this is the better version also and I bet most people don't know it is a cover.

4. Beastie Boys - Sucker MCs. A Run-DMC original. The Beastie Boys performed this at a Run-DMC tribute dealy. I would say the Beastie Boys outperformed Run-DMC on this one. Plus, Doug E Fresh makes a sweet beat boxin performance. Also, Flavor Fav is doin some crazy dance in the crowd at about 3:20.

5. The Soggy Bottom Boys (aka Dan Tyminksi) - Man of Constant Sorrow. This song is as old as dirt. Originally performed by Dick Burnett at the start of the 20th century aka early 1900's for all you idiots. The oldest clip I could find was of Bob Dylan performing this in the 60's. Anyways. Check these clips out. The Soggy Bottom Boys version is one of my personal favorites.

So these are some sweet covers that I like. Go ahead and tell me some of your personal favorites. I know there are a bunch out there so don't give me any guff for my choices.

Some Reasons why Democrats are evil

2008-04-29T09:19:00.005-06:00

Democrats suck......watch the vid.

War Protest Songs

2008-04-22T15:17:00.004-06:00

About 2 seconds ago I was meandering through my iTunes, trying to decide which illegally downloaded song would appease the inner rocker within. First I tried listening to Mark on the Bus by the Beastie Boys, but that didn't do it for me. So I scrolled down further.......to the C's. I saw Cake's moving rendition of Gloria Gaynor's hit "I Will Survive". I decided to listen to about 30 seconds of it until it bored me. That is when I saw what I was yearning for..........CCR (Creedence Clearwater Revival for all you uncultured teeny boppers). I have a couple of songs by them, but the one that stuck out the most was Fortunate Son. I double clicked.

I was immediately taken back to a montage of the Vietnam War. Flags waving in the air, soldiers dropping napalm bombs, hugging their families and kissing the ground. I remember watching a program or something of that sort that had John Foggerty talking about this song (John was part of the band). He said he hated it when people used his song as a patriotic song when actually it was an anti-war song.

This led me to think......where have all the war protest songs gone? Recording Artists today suck. Back in the day they actually felt like the war was wrong and put their heart in soul into the music. Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On?" was commercially redone by some MTV sellouts, but other than that there hasn't been a modern day anti-war song that stands out. Maybe it's because they have no talent and can't really write a non-commercialized song. I am not a big fan of war protesters, but at least they gave us good music back in the 60's and 70's and even 80's.

P.S. I hate Bono. WHY does this individual think anybody in the world would care what he has to say? HE IS FROM IRELAND!!!! I mean this man does nothing more for world peace than my right thumb. He says "Africa is poor. Send them more food." We all know they are poor you idiot. Shutup and get off my TV screen.

pop or soda

2008-04-14T13:32:00.001-06:00

Next person that tells me it is "soda", not "pop", I'm going to punch that person in the mouth without hesitating.

April 29, 1992

2008-04-14T07:47:00.003-06:00

Do any of you know what happened on April 29, 1992?

I'm sure most of you are familiar with the name Rodney King. He was severely beaten by LA Police when he resisted arrest following a high-speed pursuit. Anyways, that happened in March of 1991. The police involved went to trial later and were acquitted of all charges. This happened on April 29, 1992. This pretty much pissed everyone off and riots in LA ensued. The riots lasted 4 days and between 50 to 60 people lost their lives because of it. The LA weekly claimed that there were 53 people that died and provided an article with details of each death. The National Guard would eventually be brought out to help control things. Wikipedia obviously has a good entry about the whole situation.

I just thought I'd would write a little bit about this event because I've been listening to some Sublime lately and they got a song about it.

Conference....

2008-04-07T10:08:00.003-06:00

I had the chance to go to Conference this weekend. It was just as good as I expected. I am a fan of watching Conference at home but you have to experience going to the Conference Center at least once in your life.
We got there pretty early Sunday morning so I had a lot of time to gaze at the lovely daughters of God and to check out the building itself. I was impressed. In fact I'm impressed with all the buildings that the Church has. Just think of all the meetinghouses, temples and other structures that the Church has built throughout the world. Aren't they amazing?
Here are a couple of links talking about Mormon architecture and I hope you all check them out.

Latter-Day Saint Architecture by Meridian Magazine: Talks a little bit about some of the Temples the Saints have built and also about some pretty sweet meetinghouses.
Latter-Day Fortresses by Slate: Slate can be pretty critical sometimes. This is a good article even though he kinda talks about the temple being in his nightmares at the end of it.
Temple Architecture (LDS Church) by Wikipedia: Not really an article but provides lots of information including some floor plans for old Nauvoo temple!!! sweetness
www.ldschurchtemples.com: Site with Temple pics, facts, trivia, etc.

See you at the Crossroads, Crossroads, Crossroads.....

2008-04-04T10:05:00.003-06:00

Once upon a time there was a kid.....a Karate Kid. He had lived a life worthy of adjective "bodacious". He was fluent in The Crane and car waxing. GET HIM A BODY BAG!!! Anyways. Well, one day he decided to travel south to learn to play the blues. He had many adventures but his biggest adventure was winning his friend's soul back in a guitar duel with none other than Jack Butler. It was a duel to remember.

Are there really no more Mohicans?!

2008-04-03T07:55:00.010-06:00

I was reading Tyler Winterton's blog and decided I need to continue my blog.

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This man embodied the sexy long-hairedness of the early 90's.

So yesterday I was browsing my iTunes looking for something good to listen to. I've been pretty bored with my music lately and with all the new music coming out. I started to search the undisturbed corners of my brain to find some forgotten music. That is when I remembered that a lot of missionaries in one of my mission listened to the Last of the Mohicans soundtrack. So I YouTubed it.

The main song of is titled "Promentory" or something like that. Little did I know I'd find so many gems. Here is what the original sounds like. Then you got some dude bustin out all 4 parts on his acoustic guitar. And then another of a girl playing it on her violin.........by ear supposedly. And last but not least a kid wailing away on his electric guitar.

Did you know.........?

That Daniel Day-Lewis (main actor in Last of the Mohicans) has won 2 Academy Awards for Best Actor?

That Last of the Mohicans was originally a book written by James Fenimore Cooper?

Guns on campus?

2008-02-21T11:23:00.002-07:00

I just read an article about a student that carries a gun on a university campus. I had to ponder on this for a couple of minutes. Is this right or wrong?

Well, imagine yourself as one of the students at one of these universities. You are in class and a gunmen walks in and starts shooting. Nobody has a gun to defend themselves and the class is left to succumb to the shooters rage. How many people will the shooter kill or wound? What will he do next? Will he be caught? Nobody knows.

Now, from the other perspective. The shooter walks in and starts shooting. One student is carrying a gun for self defense. He or she pulls it out and shoots the attacker. The student either kills or wounds the attacker. This would stop the shooting spree. Makes sense to me.

Another thing. Illinois had no legislation regarding guns on campus. Virginia did. There was a ban for being able to carry guns on campus. Did this prevent the shooter from doing so? Obviously not. So do these bans really protect students or render them defenseless? Good question.

Haircut.....

2008-02-19T14:04:00.002-07:00

Yesterday I got a haircut.

It was sweet.

I was working during the day and I felt like something was annoying me, but I couldn't put my finger on it. So I just sat at work. Annoyed. For like half the day. Then I was like, "Oh I know what it is!". I had figured out that it was my hair. I was trying to grow my hair out but it was just too annoying. I felt like Pedro from Napoleon Dynamite.

So I leave work at like 3:00 and drive to University Mall. I get my haircut there for a couple of reasons. When I first moved to Orem I needed a haircut and this little Mexican Salon in the mall was the only place that I knew of (because I had seen it earlier that week while shopping). I went there and they did a good job so thats the place I go to now. It's too risky to go out trying new haircut places when I already got a good place to cut my hair at.

I get there and there are like 243623451256234 little mexican kids runnin all over the place. Their mom was gettin a hair cut so they were running back and forth between stores and in the walking area of the mall. It was sweet. Security came and told them to knock it off. Haha. Awesome.

I was bored waiting so I started to dig through the magazines. At hair cut places they always got the crappiest magazines it seems like. Mostly hair style ones. But not recent hair styles....I'm talking hair styles from the early 90's late 80's. I ended up finding a Readers Digest. Why are Readers Digests so small? Remember the TV Guide? Those were small too.

My hair eventually got cut and I went back to work.

Mexican Lobsters

2008-02-14T09:46:00.003-07:00

Since I am pretty much the YouTube Master I figure I'll put some videos on here for all to see. This is one of my recent favorites. Takes me back to the day when the Muppets ruled the world. The Swedish Chef is the sweetest muppet ever. Just look at the way he cooks.

I can't see....

2008-02-08T16:06:00.000-07:00

So I had to go to the eye doctor today to make sure everything was ok for this clinical test shiz. They dilated my eyes and did some tests. It was sweet.

I drove back from SLC with my eyes dilated and blurry. I couldn't see anything and I had to wear glasses. I was also texting while I was driving. And there was bad traffic. I was obviously born to drive under any condition.

Right now I'm sitting in my office with the lights off and I am wearing sunglasses and its still kinda bright.

My first real post?

2008-02-08T09:32:00.000-07:00

So I better actually start writing on this thing. Yesterday was pretty sweet. I woke up late and got into work at about 11:30 a.m. So I got in and started up my Facebook and checked my emails then got to work. 1 o'clock rolls around and I get a call. Well, about a week ago I signed up with this company to do some clinical trials (you know....test out medicine and stuff). It is a 3 day, 2 night deal. They give you the medicine they are testing and you sleep over in their building and they run tests on you the whole time basically. It pays like 1 grand though just for doing that. I'm all about easy money. So, they call me to go in for a screening at 3. I'm like sweet and I take off from work at 1:30. Nobody knows why I left that early.

I get to Salt Lake City (actually Murray) at 2. So I'm like "CRAP, I'm fricken a whole hour early." So I get on State street looking for a guitar shop. I end up just driving around til 3. I go in and they do a bunch of tests on me and have me sign a bunch of papers. It takes 2.5 hours!! During this whole process they check out my heart and how it beats (I don't know the technical terms). Well, they think that I have a heart murmur. Weird. I could care less for some reason.
I get back here at 6 and go straight to work. I worked until 11:30 p.m. then I went home. That was my day. So sweet.

Maybe I'll write something funny next time.

2008-02-06T12:01:00.000-07:00

sweet

am i even going to attempt to keep a blog?

2008-02-06T08:38:00.001-07:00

I'm still trying to decide if it is worth my time or anyone elses to have a blog.....I will decide by 12 o' clock today.....

End of the Year

2007-12-27T10:45:00.001-07:00

Well, it's the end of the year.......almost. The 27th is pretty close. Anyways. Tonight is Moses Lake Stake's 3 on 3 Basketball Brawl. It's gonna be sweet.

I Pwn Blogs!!

2007-12-18T15:47:00.000-07:00

This is the first sentence of my blog. I'm so excited.