sorry its been so long. the truth is that i have had this video in the works for some time, but something kept messing up. well, its still not 100% perfect, but it is close enough.
amelia and i went on a trip to arizona to visit my extended family. on the way we stopped in las vegas and saw the hoover dam. it was great. there is nothing i love more than to go on trips with amelia. i am so excited to always have such a perfect roadtripping companion.
while in arizona, my grandma threw a little party so that everyone could meet amelia. we also decided to take a trip to tombstone, which was probably the coolest thing i have ever done in arizona.
enjoy the picture show
Friday, November 7, 2008
Thursday, September 25, 2008
port townsend
FINALLY...part three of our trip back to washington. a lot has changed since then. this footage is already over a month old! we are both back in school, amelia got her cosmetology lisence and we are now engaged. this video shows us in my favorite washington city; port townsend. we went to the game farm and fed some bears, deer, and buffalo. then we wandered around downtown, then toured the old bunkers. we even stopped for ice cream served by the most cantankerous woman i think i have ever met. please excuse the footage. i dropped the camera alot. if you have any complaints, i suggest YOU try feeding bread to a buffalo that is bigger than your car. or be headbutted by a llama.
enjoy the picture show.
enjoy the picture show.
Friday, September 12, 2008
pepper sprayed
so in order to carry pepper spray as a guard at byu, you must first be pepper sprayed. its a process that most young guards, including myself, have gone through. sure, it its painful and embarassing, but considering its my only weapon against any and all of the perverts who sneak into the motion picture studio, its worth it, i think. it is not worth it for someone like...say...the museum of art guards. what if they miss the pervert and accidentally douse a monet in pepper spray? not worth it. besides, the byu museum of art is like 2o feet away from the campus police dept. i would just call one of those guys oveer and have him tased.
enjoy the picture show
enjoy the picture show
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
seattle
the second post from my recent trip home to washington:
the monday after we arrived, amelia and i were off to seattle. since it was her first time in the city, i decided to pull out all the stops and wow her with seattles best attractions: the underground tour, pike place market and the seattle center. then we met up with my brother who was kind enough to show us some other fun places like the freemont troll, sculpture gardens, a lenin statue and the best view of seattle. in all, it was a lovely day. the best day of young amelia's life.
enjoy the picture show.
the monday after we arrived, amelia and i were off to seattle. since it was her first time in the city, i decided to pull out all the stops and wow her with seattles best attractions: the underground tour, pike place market and the seattle center. then we met up with my brother who was kind enough to show us some other fun places like the freemont troll, sculpture gardens, a lenin statue and the best view of seattle. in all, it was a lovely day. the best day of young amelia's life.
enjoy the picture show.
Sunday, August 24, 2008
the bachelor party
oh man. i got back yesterday from quite possibly the greatest roadtrip i have ever taken. amelia and i went back to good old washington to relax and see some of what that glorious state has to offer. the trip itself will be shown in 3 different posts, so to start it off, i'll tell you about the main reason for the trip: rob got married. good for you, rob. i wish you and your wife all the best.
so the night before the wedding is, of course, the bachelor party. and what better way is there to celebrate your last night of bachelorhood than whirlyball? its probably the best game ever invented. if im not mistaken it was started by the ancient meso american civilizations. then, when the popularity of the sport spread to edmonds, they added whiffle balls, scoops, and bumper cars. they also did away with the ritualistic sacrificing of the losing team. thank goodness. my team lost every round. but even without the human sacrifices, we still had one guy who took the game just as seriously as if his life depended on it.
enjoy the picture show.
so the night before the wedding is, of course, the bachelor party. and what better way is there to celebrate your last night of bachelorhood than whirlyball? its probably the best game ever invented. if im not mistaken it was started by the ancient meso american civilizations. then, when the popularity of the sport spread to edmonds, they added whiffle balls, scoops, and bumper cars. they also did away with the ritualistic sacrificing of the losing team. thank goodness. my team lost every round. but even without the human sacrifices, we still had one guy who took the game just as seriously as if his life depended on it.
enjoy the picture show.
Sunday, August 10, 2008
to make up for the break:
ive decided to post 2 times in 3 days! CRAZY. yesterday amelia and i decided to head back to eureka for the tintic gold and silver festival. the day started off right with a parade down mainstreet. i dont know for sure whether there were more people in than parade than watching it, but i have a feeling the number of spectaters was probably close to the amount of musicians in the tintic high school marching band. i had a couple of favorite parade entries. one being a man who was just walking down the middle of the road playing the squeeze box. brilliant. the other was a fireman who tossed a frisbee to a 10 year old boy. when the boy was unable to catch the frisbee, the fireman didnt hesitate to let the boy know how much he sucked. both are in this weeks video.
after the parade we wandered into the eureka mining museum where we were soon met by a man named bill. Bill had mined in eureka when he was a younger man. in fact, he had mined there for 45 years. he was kind enough to give us our own personal tour of the museum. i know what youre thinking, so what? we were probably the only ones in the museum and he was just excited to have anyone there? WRONG. there were at least 5 other people in that place at any given time who did NOT get a personal tour from bill. he also offered to take us up to the mouth of the mine next time we are in eureka.
anyways, to make a long story short, i won nothing in the auction, not even a hannah montana gift basket. i suppose it is because i didnt bid on anything. who wants to pay 50 bucks for a hannah montana gift basket?
enjoy the picture show.
after the parade we wandered into the eureka mining museum where we were soon met by a man named bill. Bill had mined in eureka when he was a younger man. in fact, he had mined there for 45 years. he was kind enough to give us our own personal tour of the museum. i know what youre thinking, so what? we were probably the only ones in the museum and he was just excited to have anyone there? WRONG. there were at least 5 other people in that place at any given time who did NOT get a personal tour from bill. he also offered to take us up to the mouth of the mine next time we are in eureka.
anyways, to make a long story short, i won nothing in the auction, not even a hannah montana gift basket. i suppose it is because i didnt bid on anything. who wants to pay 50 bucks for a hannah montana gift basket?
enjoy the picture show.
Friday, August 8, 2008
sad news
last week i took an amazing backpacking trip down in southern utah with a class of mine. It was alot of fun and i took some brilliant video clips of the more exciting activities and some breathtaking views and geological oddities. the second day we were primarily hiking in the river, due to the dense poison ivy along certain parts of the trail...i had safely stored my camera in a ziplock back to avoid any water damage. the precaution was a success until i took a step into a deep part of the river, and heard the ziplock pop open, and that was then end of my camera. all is lost from that trip. its a real shame. im hoping somehow to open it up and retrieve any kind of data card or something and salvage the footage. it would have made an EXCELLENT blog movie.
but luckily ashleigh has the same camera and has let me use hers until i can buy myself a new one. thanks ashleigh! the night i got back from the trip, amelia and i headed to the potter household and played one of my favorite board games. i took only a few shots because i was so focused on how i could win the game while still maintaining to facade of someone who doesnt take this game as seriously as i actually do...
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but luckily ashleigh has the same camera and has let me use hers until i can buy myself a new one. thanks ashleigh! the night i got back from the trip, amelia and i headed to the potter household and played one of my favorite board games. i took only a few shots because i was so focused on how i could win the game while still maintaining to facade of someone who doesnt take this game as seriously as i actually do...
enjoy the picture show
Friday, July 25, 2008
pioneer day
wikipedia:
"pioneer day"
Pioneer Day (also archaically called the Day of Deliverance[1]) is an official Utah state holiday celebrated on July 24 in the U.S. state of Utah, with some celebrations in regions of surrounding states originally settled by Mormon pioneers. It commemorates the entry of Brigham Young and the first group of Mormon Pioneers into the Salt Lake Valley on July 24, 1847, where the Latter-day Saints settled after being forced from Nauvoo, Illinois and other locations in the eastern United States. Parades, fireworks, rodeos, and other festivities help commemorate the event.
amelia and i celebrated by visiting a shining example of pioneer heritage and legacy: eureka. we saw a cabin that belonged to porter rockwell, met the class president of tintic high school, and even played a bit of baseball.
enjoy the picture show.
"pioneer day"
Pioneer Day (also archaically called the Day of Deliverance[1]) is an official Utah state holiday celebrated on July 24 in the U.S. state of Utah, with some celebrations in regions of surrounding states originally settled by Mormon pioneers. It commemorates the entry of Brigham Young and the first group of Mormon Pioneers into the Salt Lake Valley on July 24, 1847, where the Latter-day Saints settled after being forced from Nauvoo, Illinois and other locations in the eastern United States. Parades, fireworks, rodeos, and other festivities help commemorate the event.
amelia and i celebrated by visiting a shining example of pioneer heritage and legacy: eureka. we saw a cabin that belonged to porter rockwell, met the class president of tintic high school, and even played a bit of baseball.
enjoy the picture show.
Sunday, July 20, 2008
llama fest
today we went to llama fest in spanish fork. i hadnt been since 2002, neither had ashleigh, neither had amelia.
llama fest was full of excitement. there was an area where you could buy llama treats and feed/pet/hug/be terrified by actual llamas.
there was a llama race. llamas hate racing.
there was mango juice served from buckets marked "for temple cleaning only". it was delicious.
but my favorite part was the llama obstacle course. what it is: some guy pulling around a llama trying to get him to step over things, climb in and out of vans and go up ramps. however, there was one part that seemed to give trouble to every llama...every time a llama would approach this obstacle, they would freeze and go no further...its was made of 3 archways, each draped with streamers and balloons, thus proving that llamas hate tunnels and birthday parties in addition to racing.
enjoy the picture show.
llama fest was full of excitement. there was an area where you could buy llama treats and feed/pet/hug/be terrified by actual llamas.
there was a llama race. llamas hate racing.
there was mango juice served from buckets marked "for temple cleaning only". it was delicious.
but my favorite part was the llama obstacle course. what it is: some guy pulling around a llama trying to get him to step over things, climb in and out of vans and go up ramps. however, there was one part that seemed to give trouble to every llama...every time a llama would approach this obstacle, they would freeze and go no further...its was made of 3 archways, each draped with streamers and balloons, thus proving that llamas hate tunnels and birthday parties in addition to racing.
enjoy the picture show.
Thursday, July 17, 2008
starting today:
i am going to start keeping a new blog about things that happen to me, people i know, and fun places i go to. im thinking maybe having it be more of a video journal. an example of this is the following, documenting a snowboarding excursion with my brother and sister about 5 months ago.
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