Friday, March 27, 2009
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Friday, March 13, 2009
Randomonium
Today after my mid-term I am leaving on Spring Break! Finally! Although it's not going to be much of a break because I'll be driving all over Hades, but it will be nice to get out of the city. I think I've caught a cold for the second time in two months. Probably because school has me in a constant state of stress and I get no sleep and NOBODY washes their hands on my floor. What's up with that? Anyways, until next time...
This is a pic of me at Cabela's, right after we dropped Shay off at the MTC. Hey, did you know Aaron Eckhart served a mission for the church?
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Other updates
Shay was called to the Mississippi Jackson mission and has been out for almost 4 months. (Poopy missions last so freaking long!) Kendra was married end of November, right before Thanksgiving. His name is Zack Lanier and he's from Colorado.
Brief Update On My Life
Okay, here's a brief update for everyone:
Mid-January I arrived in Bozeman to attend MSU and my first few hours here I was thinking, "What the H am I doing here?" The next day was orientation (retarded) and then two days later classes started. I'm taking Modern Political Theory, Public Administration, Politics of Food and Hunger, and (my favorite) American Indian Policy and Law. I'm doing well in most classes (except for Food and Hunger). I'm trying to get more involved with the Native American stuff, like Talking Circle on Wednesdays, and I love love love it! Native ppl are so awesome!
Every Tuesday and Wednesday night I go to institute in our little building. Wednesday nights is Book of Mormon with Emily (Poulsen) Steadman's mom teaching! She's so good and of course her and Emily are so much alike it's like having Emily there. Kind of weird sometimes, but still awesome! On Tuesdays we study the New Testament with the stake president, President Heap. He's so amazing it's indescribable! I've learned more from him and Sister Poulsen in the past few short weeks than most of my institute and seminary teachers. The ward up here is great, but completely different from Idaho. Everyone is super nice and the ward is tiny so people are closer than the wards at BYUI. Also, since Mormons are very much the minority here, the people who go to church and institute have to have really strong testimonies. No offense to BYUI, but since the Mormons up here aren't surrounded by other Mormons and since most of them are converts, they're a lot stronger in the gospel than so many people I met in Rexburg. Also, up here marriage isn't crammed down your throat at every turn, which I love. Everyone in the ward is about the same age, so there's no "grandma", if you know what I mean. It's very hard to describe how awesome the ward is.
I'm making friends, but not what you'd consider "good" or "best" friends. In fact, I had a realization tonight at dinner. I looked around at all the people I was sitting with and thought about all the people I usually sit with and realized that outside of church, there were only two girls I really talk with, and I see them maybe once a week. So all of my friends are guys, which is weird for me. It makes for interesting meal-time conversations though. They'll all start to check a girl out or talk about what girls are looking for in guys and I'm like, um, hello I'm sitting here. Whatever. To be frank, many times the conversations with my non-member guy friends are much more fun than the conversations I've had and overheard with member girl friends. Go figure.
Anyway, I love it up here and wish I could stay over summer break, but I'm so poor that dirt poor is richer than me. Oh well.
Mid-January I arrived in Bozeman to attend MSU and my first few hours here I was thinking, "What the H am I doing here?" The next day was orientation (retarded) and then two days later classes started. I'm taking Modern Political Theory, Public Administration, Politics of Food and Hunger, and (my favorite) American Indian Policy and Law. I'm doing well in most classes (except for Food and Hunger). I'm trying to get more involved with the Native American stuff, like Talking Circle on Wednesdays, and I love love love it! Native ppl are so awesome!
Every Tuesday and Wednesday night I go to institute in our little building. Wednesday nights is Book of Mormon with Emily (Poulsen) Steadman's mom teaching! She's so good and of course her and Emily are so much alike it's like having Emily there. Kind of weird sometimes, but still awesome! On Tuesdays we study the New Testament with the stake president, President Heap. He's so amazing it's indescribable! I've learned more from him and Sister Poulsen in the past few short weeks than most of my institute and seminary teachers. The ward up here is great, but completely different from Idaho. Everyone is super nice and the ward is tiny so people are closer than the wards at BYUI. Also, since Mormons are very much the minority here, the people who go to church and institute have to have really strong testimonies. No offense to BYUI, but since the Mormons up here aren't surrounded by other Mormons and since most of them are converts, they're a lot stronger in the gospel than so many people I met in Rexburg. Also, up here marriage isn't crammed down your throat at every turn, which I love. Everyone in the ward is about the same age, so there's no "grandma", if you know what I mean. It's very hard to describe how awesome the ward is.
I'm making friends, but not what you'd consider "good" or "best" friends. In fact, I had a realization tonight at dinner. I looked around at all the people I was sitting with and thought about all the people I usually sit with and realized that outside of church, there were only two girls I really talk with, and I see them maybe once a week. So all of my friends are guys, which is weird for me. It makes for interesting meal-time conversations though. They'll all start to check a girl out or talk about what girls are looking for in guys and I'm like, um, hello I'm sitting here. Whatever. To be frank, many times the conversations with my non-member guy friends are much more fun than the conversations I've had and overheard with member girl friends. Go figure.
Anyway, I love it up here and wish I could stay over summer break, but I'm so poor that dirt poor is richer than me. Oh well.
Shaybee
I decided to post a picture of Shay because I miss him. Plus, he looks retarded in this picture but there's nothing he can do about it because he's half way across the country. Ha ha ha!Monday, March 9, 2009
Pieces
a piece of a day
becomes
a piece of a year
and far is only
pieces of near
a piece of a look
is a piece of a life
and a piece of a lie
is a piece of strife
pieces of dreams
become
pieces of real
just as
pieces of love
are the pieces
that heal
pieces of blood
become
pieces of man
just as
pieces of can't
become
pieces of can
but the most
important piece
of all pieces I see
are the
pieces of you
becoming
pieces of me
becomes
a piece of a year
and far is only
pieces of near
a piece of a look
is a piece of a life
and a piece of a lie
is a piece of strife
pieces of dreams
become
pieces of real
just as
pieces of love
are the pieces
that heal
pieces of blood
become
pieces of man
just as
pieces of can't
become
pieces of can
but the most
important piece
of all pieces I see
are the
pieces of you
becoming
pieces of me
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