In Tribute of a Great Man

This Sunday one of the best people passed away, Gordon B. Hinckley, the President of the LDS Church. When I found out the news of his passing I felt two very distinct impressions. First one of sadness that he is gone, and that I will miss hearing him speak, and being able to watch his example of how to be a better person. I also felt the emotion of happiness as I thought about him getting to see his sweet wife who passed away a few years ago. His wife, whom I know he missed greatly, is I am sure very happy to once again be united with him once more.

He showed us how to be a little kinder, how to be a little better. He gave the world so many wonderful things, and has left an impression on all that had the opportunity to meet him. He will be missed.

Below is a video of a person who had a similar feeling to what I felt about his passing. Watch and enjoy.

President, Change and Faith

Change, Change, Change, Change, Change, Change it is all I seem to hear from everyone. I think that I am about all changed out. Thank you Barrack for bringing this word to all of us.

The word change is becoming more and more of a buzz word each and every single day that the political race goes on. The last debate that I put myself through all I heard was the word change. Well let me tell you that my faith in politicians tends to go down with all of this talk. Talk is cheap, and a lot of the people in the political world seem to be full of this talking business. People forget that our govt is set up in such a way to prevent one person from doing HUGE changes. It takes many people to get something done. People can get in the way of it, and people can help it. Sure the president has some more power to do things on his or her own, but in reality to enact a lot of the changes that they are talking about they are not really going to be able to do it on their own. I am ok with this and I understand this, however, many people refuse to look at this little detail.

I want to hear about their ability to be able to motivate people to want to change. Just saying “I am going to bring change” does not cut it for me. I want a candidate that has gotten stuff done and not on their own, but through the use of the people around them. The President is going to need to be able to do this, and do it well to be able to get the really important things accomplished in 4 years.

I really don’t want to bash or buildup a particular candidate this entry, but merely state what I think in regards to something that I feel a candidate should do. There is one more things that I have touched on before that it very important to me in the next president. I want a president that gets down on their knees. I want a President that recognizes there is a higher power out there, and that he or she does not have all of the answers to everything. I don’t care what the religion is, but I want one that believes in God. Whether it is Christian or Jew or any other religion that recognizes the need for divine help on certain issues it is good with me.

The President is going to make some very important choices, and some of them will cost people’s lives. At some point the president is going to have to pick from really crappy choices. They are going to have to do the right thing, and at times that is not the popular choice. I want a person that I know has thought about everything, and that knows that there is someone out there that has all the answers and that is there to help out with tough choices, and asks for this help

This is not a role that a faithless person should have.

Is it really a job that a person can do alone? Is it really possible for one person to enact big change? These are just a couple questions that I like to think about from time to time.

My ambien

I take ambien from time to time to help me get to sleep. Well I am going to write this blog while I am on said drug. I have takin it ooooooo lets say 20 min ago, and this stuff works fast, so I am really starting to feel it that is for sure.

I am sorry for anything that I may say, and I also perhaps could become quite incapable of producing coherent sentences. and for exampele it jsut took me 9 thats right 9 tries to get "sentences" spelled right lol. whoa boy this could get fun.

So When I take this little blue wonder pill. No not that blue wonder pill, this one does the other effect. ok so I may have just made a comparison that I would rather have not made, but I have not done it and I am not chageing it. so moving right a long now.

When you take this pill it makes you sleepy, and fast. I'm talkting running around screaming hyper as can be, adn 20 min later ZZZZzzZZzzzZzZzz like a rock.

One of the fun things about this pill is when I take it and I try tot stay awake. (like I am doin now) you get more and more strange by the min. first the vision gets a little blurry, and then your motor skills are leaving. So far you are so good, but then your mind starts to slow down from the normal pace that was already. For people like me that is all good, but I know some people I am not sure we would want to slow them down anymore, I think that is called death. then the fun part, depth perception leaves you. A once smooth wall is not a mountain range, and a flat keyboard is now shaped like a bowl! eheheheh this is fun.

So after all of the then the two best parts of this all. Your memory decides that it is no longer int he mood for storing memory. So you forget a lot about what happens to you. I may not even remember this blog is up where I wake up. would that be cool or what? anway, the ultimate best part about all of this is sleep walking. you transisiton from awake sorta to sleepwalking. it is so much fen let me tell you. honesty, and tact are now not even suggestions. they jsut don't excist.

as a result of a many many different situations, and some are far worse then other, I have really dug my self in a hole with people cause I think that I am ok to talk to them on the phone or chat online. Sure I can do so, for about 20 min then nope it is a VERY BAD idea to talk to people. I am justifying a blog at least cause it really contains nothing in it. I think you may even be less intelligent just from reading this. (FYI my monitor is now looking like it is waving like a flag. kinda confused about that) But getting back to the point I have a pact with myself and God that when I take this pill, unless the person sleeps in my house, I will not talk to anyone about anything after the first 15 min of ambien, and after that I must get off. So I will not talk to people cause basically, I make a total @$% (edited due to me reading this the morning after, and realizing that I had used a word that I do not want to use) of myself when I do. There are however a group of people whom will remain unnamed, but viddy thinks that it is funny to throw coasters at me when I am ambien high. He also like to do it when I am after the point of when the little memory man that lives in my head takes a nap. so I don't remember it at all. Haa Haa very funny viddy. crap I wasn't going to use anyones name.. . . . . . eh oh well, I'll figure it out how to fix that later.

Well I am getting really tired, and I have not read over what this is, and I am not going to change it at all other than spellck. er well at least what will have an answer for,

I am sorry for anything that I may have said offends anyone, but I take full blame for being the dufus here, and the moron that takes ambian and talks to people.


well I have just spellchecked it, er well I think I tried to, I am not sure if I got anything. So enjoy this, and i. . . . . . . . .look a pretty white cup. I must drink from it........................u

I too stole this, my year in review survey

I stole this survey from someone else :)
[X] Became single
[X] got kissed
[X] kissed someone new
[ ] kissed in the snow
[ ] kissed in the rain
[ ] kissed on the beach
[x] 'fell in love'
[ ] 'fell in love' with a fool
[X] had my heart broken
[X] broke someone else's heart
[X] had a stalker
[X] lost a friend
[X] had a good relationship with someone
[ ] came out of my closet
[ ] got married
[ ] had a divorce
[] kissed someone of the same sex (on the cheek)
[X] dated someone that you will never forget
[X] did something I regret
[] lost faith in love
[] kissed under mistletoe
[] got a promotion
[x] got a pay raise
[x] changed jobs
[x] quit my job
[ ] dated a co-worker
[ ] dated my boss
[ ] dated my boss's son/ daughter
[ ] got fired from my job
[ ] got straight A's
[] met a teacher who I became friends with
[] met a teacher who I really hate
[] found the subject I love
[] failed a class
[] cut class
[] skipped school
[] got in a fight with a classmate
[X] did something I was proud of
[X] discovered a new talent
[X] proved myself that I'm an idiot
[] embarrassed myself in front of the class
[] fell in love with a teacher
[] got the lead/minor lead role in the school play
[] made a team
[X] was involved in something that I will never forget
[] painted a picture
[x] wrote a poem
[x] ran a mile
[X] listened to music I couldn't stand
[X] double dipped
[] went to a sleepover
[] went to camp
[] threw a surprise party
[X] laughed till I cried
[X] flirted shamelessly
[] visited a foreign country
[X]visited a state
[x] cooked a disastrous meal
[X] lost something important to me
[X] got a gift I love
[X] realized something new about myself
[x] went on a diet
[] tried to gain weight
[] dyed my hair
[] came close to losing my life
[] someone/thing close to me died
[] got arrested
[X] read a great book
[X] saw a great movie
[ ] saw a movie so scary that it made me cry
[ ] saw a favorite band live
[X] did something that I wanted to tell everyone
[X] experienced something new
[X] made new friends
[X] found out who your real friends are
[X] lied to your parents
[ ] snuck out
[ ] got in trouble with the po-po
[ ] kissed in a pool
[X] kissed under the stars
[X] had the time of your life
[X] danced
[ ] fell out of love
[X] had a crush on someone
[X] swam in a pool
[x] made a snowman
[ ] went snowboarding
[x] went sledding
[X] slept in past 2pm
[X] held someone’s hand that you care about
[ ] got wasted in a public place
[X] told someone you like them as more than a friend
[X] gone on vacation
[X] gone on vacation with a friend
[X] driven a car
[ ] danced in the rain
[X] got in a car accident
[X] seen someone get in a car accident
[ ] got in a fist fight
[X] laughed until you couldn't breathe
[X] missed someone
[ ] sent someone to the hospital
[ ] got a new pet

A YEAR-END SURVEY1.) Who was your best friend at the beginning of this year? The end?
Well I don't really want to name names. My great friends know who they are.

2.) What was your status by Valentine's Day? Single.

3.) Were you in school (anytime this year)? nope

4.) How did you earn your keep? Sales and Marketing, and Quality Control

5.) Did you ever have to go to the hospital? nope, knock on wood

6.) Have you encountered the police this year? :)

7.) Where did you go on vacation? Penn, and So. Carolina, and Hawaii

8.) What did you purchase that was over $500? Car, Laptop,

9.) Did you know anybody who got married? that I do

10.) Did you know anybody who passed away? nope, also knock on wood

11.)How many times did you go on facebook/myspace? many many times

12.) Did you move anywhere? Herndon

13.) What sporting events did you go to? Nationals

14.) What concerts did you go to? none

15) Are you registered to vote? nope

16.) If so, did you do your patriotic duty on Nov. 6? nope did not know anything about anyone

17.) Where do you live now? technically, Herndon, VA

18.) Describe your birthday. well some people remembered it. I was working, and on a buisness trip.

19.) What's the one thing you thought you would never do but did in 2007? quit my job and work for myself

20.) What is one thing you regretted this year? How I handled some situations

21.) What's something you learned about yourself?I can't explain that in this small space. I guess I can blog about it.

22.) Any new additions to your family? not this year.

23.) What was your best month? November or December, can pick.

24.) How would you rate this year with a scale from 1 (crappy) to 10 (amazing)? hmmm I think a 7.8 sounds good.

Absolutly the Exception

All around us in life there are rules, laws, ideas, theories and many many other things like these. We are surrounded by them everyday and in everything that we do. In church, work, school, & families we will find these things. There are so many rules, and regulations in everything that at times it is hard to know what is right, what is wrong. What is absolute, and what is just a strong guideline?

Before I move forward anymore I would like to clarify what I mean by "absolute." Absolute is something that has no exceptions and there is so way other than the one set forth. For example gravity is an absolute. It always works, and does not change. You could call it a law, but that word does not always work cause I am referring to everything.

It seems to me that some people think in absolutes. That what they know is the way it is period. If it is right to them, then it is right and that is all that there is too it. There are other people that do not think this way. They think in guidelines and have a more open mind for lack of a better phrase.

I feel that I fit the second description better than the first. I know that in some things there are absolutes, but for me to think this way about something it needs to be proven to me. I will believe something but I may not believe that it is absolutely correct.

I was going to list some specific examples of things that I believe to be absolute. However, I am planning on doing another opinions blog, and I think that I would rather put it in there. But I think that if you look at how you think you may see that you think in absolutes or not.

Is there anything that is an absolute? If so what are they? I leave that question for you.

Just Answer the Question!! - Part 2

I thought for sure that I would not have more to write about in the last 10 min of the debate. I was wrong.

The last question that was asked was, out of all your past debates what is one thing that you would like to take back? Well Thank you Hillary and Obama for not answering the question. They decided that they did not want to answer the question. They decided that they would rather talk about how much better they are than the Republicans.



Thank you for yet again proving my point. Politicians suck and answering questions.

Just Answer the Question!!

I sit here in my Hotel room in NJ watching the New Hampshire debates, and I am overwhelmed by something. Many of these people look like idiots, and will not directly answer questions. I am watching the democrats right now, and I sadly missed the Republicans so I can not speak for them, but I am willing to bet that it is a lot of the same. I am sick and tired of these people just saying what they want to say, and being asked a question and then answering a totally different question than the one asked.

Senator Clinton was directly asked a question about whether or not she thinks that the other candidates can do the job of taking on opposition of if she is just saying that she can do it. This is a either or questions, and she proudly responded with "absolutely" . . . . . . uh ok that is not how you answer the questions. That was like being asked if your name is Bob, and you respond with, "yes I have a name!"

I would like to see a candidate that will answer a question, and also one the will admit when he/she is wrong. I am sick of seeing these people not admitting that they are wrong when they are called out on something.

Well that is all, I am going to go back to watching the debate. Maybe I will have more to post afterwards.

My New Years Resolution

In the years past I have been the one that would listen to everyones new years resolutions and would quietly laugh to myself as I hear the others. I have thought to myself, "thats stupid, why have one?" I just have never saw the need to set one. This year I have realized that I was wrong all those years when I was laughing at some of them (I mean come on, some peoples resolutions are just odd, and funny)

My new years resolution is to work on not gossiping about anyone.

I had a companion on my mission whos name was Elder Laufatu. He was Samoan straight from the island. Nice guy, but we did not always see eye to eye one everything. I learned a lot from this man though. He had a quality that to this day I can't seem to get out of my head. he never gossiped. EVER! I never once heard him say something about someone else. I would be saying something about someone else, and I would not think it was gossip at all, and he would just ignore it, and or say something good about the person. At first I did not notice, then it would bug me. I one day realized why it bugged me. He could not gossip and I couldn't stop gossiping.

I was not that person that you were scared to say something to by any means. I try to be pretty honest, but if I saw something I might talk about it, even when it was not based in fact. Elder Laufatu however, he would nto engage in conversation about someone else even when it was based in fact. He just did not talk about other people.

When I realized that I was becoming a gossiper I wanted to stop. I did not like that I was doing it. So I tried to quit. I tried my best to not talk bad about people. Well that was a few years ago, and I have not gotten it under control. So this year is the year to kick that habit. I am no longer going to talk about other peoples relationships, hardships, problems, shortcomings, slip-ups or anything like that. I may discuss things about another if I am trying to build them up. I will only engage in positive conversation about others, and only if i am based on fact. I will always give the person the benefit of the doubt that they are a good person.

I know that I will fall short this year, and at time I may engage in gossiping. However, when I catch it this time I will not continue it. I will stop doing it. I may have to institute the push-up program to help rid myself of this. We shall see as the year progresses.

Part of the reasoning for taking this one on is I remember how I felt about Elder Laufatu. I never worried that he was going to talk about me when I was not around. I knew that he would not talk bad about me. It was a good thing. It makes you respect one, and their friendship more. There are things in life that are no ones business, but the people involved. There are things in life that are not for everyone to hear. So I am going to stay away from people and their lives. I am not going to help spread the gossip about others. I am not going to dig into other peoples personal lives. will I be tempted to? Sure, I don't see why I would not, but now I am going to condition myself to walk away from it, and not help it.

So why am I telling you all this? I don't know. Perhaps if you have not made a new years resolution then you could take this one up. I think that the world would be a lot better with out the gossiping that is in it. I think that we all would rest easier knowing that people are not not going to talk about us behind out backs.

Is it really going to be easy to do? Is it really going to make a difference? I would like to think so.