June 29, 2009

The King Of Pop Who Paved The Way

In the past couple of days there has been a lot of news coverage about the death of Michael Jackson. Personally, I think that it is a little much. His body wasn't even cold before they had specials on TV about his life. The only music on the radio is Michael Jackson. He was a good singer, but he also was a creeper. The only memory that comes to my mind is my ninth grade Algebra 2 teacher Mrs. Ricks. She wasn’t the best teacher (I got a bad feeling in my stomach everyday I went into her class I disliked the class so much), but she was fun to be around in a crazy sort of way. She also had an obsession with Michael Jackson. She would always tell us how much she liked him and how he was “The King of Pop Who Paved the Way.” I definitely remember a day before a holiday where we did nothing but watch Michael Jackson’s comeback concert that was just on TV (How many comebacks can one person have?). Oh the fun times of wasting time in High School.

So, in memory of Michael Jackson one of my best friend’s brother decided that people should wear white socks to honor him and his legacy. So I did, which was a real sacrifice considering I wear flip flops all year long. You’ll be missed MJ. Thanks for “paving the way.”

June 21, 2009

Pennsylvania and Some Homemade Pumpkin Pie



This week found me finishing classes, taking finals, selling books back, visiting the new Temple in South Jordan and flying to Pennsylvania instead of California. Hopefully we’ll get to go at the end of the summer. It has been a very relaxing time so far. I haven’t really done that much actually. It has been nice not having to do anything. It should be an exciting summer though. Hopefully I will make it to Philadelphia and Palmyra, but we will see. The only really exciting thing since I got home is the nest that a bird built in our grill. It was huge!

June 15, 2009

A Week Long Marathon

Well this week has been a blur really. After having tons of pages of reading, two papers due and working at the Cannon Center, I hardly made it to the weekend. It kicked off with going to a barbeque, which was actually scheduled for next Friday. So Owen and I made some Italian sausage in a spaghetti sauce that was halfway decent actually. Then we went and got Quantum of Solace for free from Redbox. It was really good. We’re still trying to figure out how the title fit into everything. After chatting with the honeys for awhile, I came home and went to bed, only to be awakened at 5:15 by the alarm clock.

At six we left to volunteer at the Utah Valley Marathon. We were at station number sixteen which is apparently the halfway point. It was fun. We got to cheer the runners on. Keep Going. Good Job. My hands hurt afterwards though. A friend from the mission was running. Bryan Brockbank surprised me when he came running by. His parents showed up five minutes after he came by and I recognized them from the photos he had shown me on the mission. Steven King, former Ward Prayer coordinator also ran in the race. He had a big contingent following him. There were people filming the race and people with signs. They even recruited us the “non-partial” judges to wear Burger “Steven” King crowns on his behalf. It was a lot of fun. Then I came back and did laundry and went to work, which consisted of me reading because nobody comes to the Cannon Center on Saturday. Then more reading when I came home. Good news: I finished the last of my readings for the Semester. Yay!



Sunday came early as well. Church at nine in the morning…well actually 9:15 because somebody forgot about the Sacrament. A Russian spoke through a translator. That was pretty cool. Quote of the Day by Owen----“Wouldn’t be cool if Emily Ahn had a sister named Carrie?” (Our closing hymn was entitled “Carry On”) Then we came home and made stuffing meatloaf. It was surprisingly good.




Then some conversation and a phone call with the parents. They’re excited for me to come home. Then dinner. Sam made spaghetti. It was way good. Just way too much pasta, and not enough sauce. Ward prayer followed. No candy basket from the Bishop’s Wife again. Then I decided to update my blog. So I guess the point of this post is that the week has been a busy one. It all caught up with me in Sunday School as you can see from the picture below.



P.S. I am now addicted to this song. It's really great.