January!

So, I guess I should post a decent entry for the month of January, seeing as how its the last day of the month. Wow. I seriously rock at life. January has actually been a pretty intense month so far, and if its any hint as to what the rest of 2009 is going to be like, we're in for a roller coaster ride. I hate to do this again, but its the best way to do something like this. Here's a quick highlight of all the things that happened this month!

- I went back to BYU for my 2nd semester! (I also aced (yes, aced = 100%) my first test in the testing center.) Also, the Singletons came up for the San Diego State Basketball game which we won! Great time!


- Justin, Sarah, and Elliott moved all the way out to Virginia! I miss them all the time.


-Matt came up to Provo/Pleasant Grove for a weekend and we partied it up with SherRon and Matt, singing karaoke and seeing the liger!



- Season 5 of LOST started, and I'm still addicted. We also got my cousin Nacia hooked and partied it up at Ryan's house with Rockband 2!



- There were loads of birthdays on my floor, and I decorated for most of them. Thank goodness for Streamers!!!


- The Jazz. . . well, the Jazz have been a disappointment. AK had surgery, and we've been losing games since. But, I'm not just a fair weather fan, I'm a fan through thick and thin, so we'll just hope for the best in the rest of the season.



-I was able to come home this weekend for Stahlie's baptism! Best day ever! Really, I love her to death, and its been an all around good day.



-Ryry dislocated and broke his elbow today. Poor kid. :(



So, here's to January. An intense month hopefully not alluding to what the year still has to bring.

21 Days 'Til Christmas!! My Room Decorations!

This is the wonderful drawing donning our door because I was bored Monday night when we were having another random study party in my room. It's been partially erased and touched up more than a few times, but I enjoy it, and midnight is always a party changing the numbers with The Chipmunk Christmas Album playing in the background.

So, I decided that since I decorated my room for Christmas with the lights I got over Thanksgiving, I need to post some pictures for all to see. I figured I should include some with the normal lights on as well as off so you can see how awesome my room really is!

My Half of the room from the door.

My bed and the reconstructed picture wall!

My most amazing Jazz wall.
Includes the Poster of D. Will and Boozer, plus individual pictures of every Jazz man. Its amazing.

The Jazz Wall paired with my Weezer Concert wall.

My work space! Totally cluttered, but sorted! haha

Incredible! The view of the window from the door! I love the Christmas lights!
My awesome workspace with the Lights!

Another sweet view of the window. I just love it so much!

Most nights we leave the Christmas lights on by themselves just for a little bit longer. Morgan likes falling asleep with them on, but I can't because the only night my parents would leave the lights on all night was Christmas Eve, and I'm pretty sure its programmed into my brain to get excited and stay up all night when the lights are on all night. I really like them though because they help me not completely freak out about finals and remember the sweet things in life like Christmas and my birthday.




*Be sure to check out my post below about LOST! It's freaking awesome! I get excited every time I watch it!*

"You Found Me" : LOST : January 21, 2009

Ryan got me hooked on LOST about this time last year right after I got my new laptop. He gave me the first season, and I finished the 3rd season in the middle of the summer. I got the 4th season from him, and thinking that the 5th season would start soon, I finished them all as fast as I could. To my surprise, the 5th season doesn't start until January, so I've been trying to wait patiently for it to come. I was reminded about it today by the free downloads on iTunes, and I couldn't pass them up. Now I'm pumped for the show again, which isn't so good because its twice as far away as Christmas!!!!! This will just have to last me until then!

Make sure you watch the music video. Thats the best part. After the Teaser, 3 screens will come up, then watch the music video.

The End of October

October 2008 had to be the greatest month of the year, if not the greatest month of my life. Here are a few highlights of what my Roctober experience included.

• Ringing in October at Midnight on Wednesday, October 1 with Jason, Patria, and JD!

• Taking my new college friends RJ, Jason, and Patria down to G-wood over Conference Weekend to give them a taste of the country life. hahaha That was super fun!
  
• Nicholas Jorgensen (founder of October) getting his mission call to Seoul, South Korea! He leaves on January 14th.

• Going to my first and most awesome concert of my life - Seeing Weezer LIVE in SLC on Tuesday October 7th. I was within feet of Rivers. . .

• Having the Singleton's come up to the BYU Homecoming football game
  
• Getting new contacts. It may seem silly, but its so nice to be able to see again!

• Having the Glenwood YW come up to the most intense BYU Home Football game this season!

• Babysitting my nephew Elliott with Amy for the first time!
  
• Starting a new job at the Continuing Education office on BYU campus.

• The Beginning of the 2008-09 Utah Jazz Season . . . With a Win!

• Carving Pumpkins with Trent, Manda, and Sara the night before Halloween

• Halloween at Helaman Halls.

Each of these experiences combined with numberless other random joys that occur during my day to day life made October 2008 a month not soon to be forgotten. Until next year!

=w= The Greatest Band That Ever Lived =w=

Tuesday night I got to participate in the most amazing night of my life. After taking the American Heritage Mid-Term, I said goodbye to my chillins at BYU and left Provo with SherRon with the destination of The E Center and my idol, Rivers Cuomo ahead of us.

We met up with her fiance, Matt at IKEA, and after stopping to get some interesting but delicious tapioca, we were finally there. We waited on the steps outside the E Center for an hour before they let us in to get our wristbands for the floor, only to wait another hour until the opening act.

I could hardly contain myself. I couldn't believe it. I still can't believe it. I've listened to Weezer the better 14 years of my life, and to actually be in the same building as them, let alone finally be seeing them live was a dream coming true.

I had been dreaming about this moment from the time my older brothers got to see them on their Enlightenment Tour (and even got their picture on weezer.com), and was thoroughly disappointed when SLC wasn't on their Make Believe Tour. I was scared that Make Believe might be their last album, that they might break up, and Weezer would be done. Rivers had graduated college finally, and was married. There was a definite possibility of the end.












Then one day I was bored at school and decided to see what was happening on weezer.com because it was one of the few sites that isn't blocked. I was shocked to see that Karl had posted plans for a new album, a new single, a new everything from Weezer. Words cannot express how excited I was for this album! The cover, the 3rd self title, everything. Even though the single Pork and Beans was NOT prime Weezer material, I was excited to hear something new, and even more stoked for the eventual release of the album.

I had been misinformed of the release date, and was very disappointed to see the CD on sale at Wal-Mart when I was back east for the CHT. I was so tempted to buy it, but it wasn't the deluxe version, so I held off. It was so worth it; the deluxe version helped fill my need for more Weezer goodness. One thing that made me even more elated when I bought the deluxe version on iTunes was the promise of a pre-sale code for tickets for the upcoming tour! I hoped with all my heart that Weezer would make a stop in SLC, and that I would be able to go.

The tour schedule was finally posted on weezer.com, and sure enough, there was a date scheduled in Salt Lake. I was so excited. I immediately started emailing my brothers asking who was going, expecting that they would be excited as well and I'd definitely have a ride. To my demise, nobody was interested. Ryan said it wasn't worth paying for, and Justin said that anyone going to the concert was still "living in the 90's". I was crushed. My dream of finally seeing Weezer live and seeing my idol Rivers seemed like it was going to slip through my fingers.

Then my friend SherRon sent me a text as I was on my way to Carrie's wedding saying she had gotten tickets. I was so jealous. She said she was only going because her boyfriend (soon to be fiance) was a die-hard fan. Seriously. I started thinking, and a few weeks ago, I realized she lives in Orem, I live in Provo, if I get a ticket, she could be my ride. I asked her, and she complied. I started looking for tickets. But I was too late! Everyday I checked, and every day the best tickets were only for seats. I was disappointed, but I decided it would be worth it nonetheless. Then, I checked one last time before agreeing to get seats with Steve Hurd. To my amazement there was a ticket for General Admission- No Seat! Exactly what I was hoping for! I bought it without a question and could hardly wait for the weeks to pass by.

The day finally arrived, Tuesday, October 7, 2008. I went to devotional, had taken my American Heritage mid-term, and finally SherRon picked me up at about 4:30.

Once inside the E Center, the anticipation was killing me. It was my first concert, and Matt was trying to give me all the details of how things would happen. I don't remember much of what he said, but I thank him for the effort.

7:30 came around, and Tolchock Trio opened, which was pretty cool. I recognized some of their songs from the iPod Justin gave me, but not enough to satisfy my want of Weezer. Half an hour of a set change later, Angels and Airwaves came out. I honestly was not impressed. The lead singer sounded like a whiny depressed emo kid, and he kept dancing randomly and freakishly around the stage. After I think 5 songs which were continuously tied to each other, they were off stage and I was seriously about to have a heart attack.

The stage crew started bringing out everything: Pat's Drums, Rivers' Drums, a mini-trampoline, a Dora the Explorer ball, Rivers' harmonica, Rivers' freaking Guitar with the Lightening Bolt Strap! By this point, the crowd had already compacted, and I was 2 people away from the railing. It took all my strength not to start squeaking with excitement.

Finally the lights went out, and I screamed for a good minute until the band started coming out on stage. They were wearing White Jump Suits and Rivers' was wearing an additional white Ski Cap, so you could only see his eyes and his stache.

From here on out, words cannot describe how amazing and wonderful and perfect and incredible it was. So I will just grace you with pictures and the set list.

1. My Name Is Jonas 2. Pink Triangle 3. Perfect Situation 4. Say It Ain't So 5. Suzanne 6. Keep Fishin' 7. King 8. Undone (The Sweater Song) (w/ Angels & Airwaves) 9. Pork And Beans 10. Dreamin' 11. Dope Nose 12. Troublemaker 13. Automatic 14. Hash Pipe 15. El Scorcho 16. Morning Glory (Cover - Originally By Oasis) 17. The Greatest Man That Ever Lived (Variations On A Shaker Hymn) 18. Island In The Sun (Hootenanny Style) 19. Beverly Hills (Hootenanny Style) 20. Heart Songs (Vinyl LP Played On Record Player) 21. Silver (Cover - Originally By Nirvana) 22. Buddy Holly

I've now told my story of the best night of my life with the Greatest Band That Ever Lived. Thanks for Reading!!!

Oh yeah! Rivers himself even said that Weezer would be back next year! To Salt Lake even! I'm holding him to his word! haha. Ahhh. . . even thinking about it still makes me excited. =w=