A Quick One

This is suppose to just be a quick blog today. I have a lot on my mind lately, you know things feel like there going good and then some small things happen and your day just feels crappy again. So today I was reading a friends blog of mine and I had always thought this thought but I've never actually said it. I found out that like my friend I'm pessimistic about the future of man kind, for the most part at least. There is just so much greed and hate, we buy crap we don't need. We're mad when a food we don't like is served for dinner, its just a killer if our car won't start that day. You know you hear the stories of children starving people having to walk miles to just get a drink of water, and its all just a world away, out of sight out of mind right? I wish I could do more sometimes, I wish I could help more maybe and buy less crap and feel like I'm doing something good. That's all an excuse though, its all excuses we will always say " I wish I could help." There's got to be some way, some how I can do something more. Maybe I'll just keep my eyes open, I feel like I stress the little things about the commandments I follow. I feel like sometimes my service isn't that great, and I'm not doing enough for my fellow man. I don't feel like I'm out helping him enough. I want to do more of the "feeding the hungry and liberating the captive."

You know what the funny thing is about this is, I was about to write about something a bit different, I was about to stress my little problems about how I'm not sure if everyone understands me, a different topic for a different time, but you start writing and you go somewhere else, and you think about your problems and their nothing. I heard yesterday a quote that was talking about our problems and making them so much bigger then they really are, it said something a long the lines of, " The only person that I can think of with a real problem, is buried in a cemetery." I can't really remember it now and that maybe way off, but that's the just of it. So smile and be happy I guess.

I suppose my challenge for myself and everyone else is keep two things in mind. Service, and Gratitude. Look at what you've got rather than that you don't, and just to try and help others out there.

The Festival of Colors...

Well its been exactly a week which has taken me by surprise, I really can't believe that one week of fourth term is already over. I'm already almost done with my first year of high school... Insane. I'm ready for summer though I need some things to do mountain biking, playing sports, having a good time I'm just ready. Anyways I guess I'll start with Friday of my weekend, which I didn't do much except try and obtain a free free Frazil which was a mission failure. On my way out of the first Chevron though I was quite surprised one I happened to look up and see a giant Ford right in front of me. Jumping back and totally a feared for my life I happened to exclaim " Gal thanks for the signal/blinker" I don't know one of those two, don't ask me why but the guy did happen to turn in front of me without a signal but it wasn't really his fault, I was just surprised. Trust me this isn't my first time of yelling things after being surprised, I should work on this... Well with my luck this guy happened to have his window down, either one waiting for someone to yell at, or just enjoying a nice breeze come through his truck really that's just my guesses at why his window was down. Well he wasn't too happy about my surprising yelling and critiquing of his driving. To which he yelled at me "what was that!?" I thought he was done with that and would continue driving on... Na He was mad enough to stop his truck and put it in reverse to hear my answer. I very bravely said with a great defiance, I said " you should use your blinker." You know what I like about stories though you can make them sound how you want to and with the use of a few words you can change how you really sounded... Honestly I had just gotten pretty scared this guy had totally taken me off guard. So he said to me "thanks for being a considerate pedestrian" then a few other vulgar words which I decided not to put onto this blog and drove away.

I personally thought it was funny that he used words such as "considerate" and "pedestrian" and then cursed like a sailor, his vocab is very broad and massive if you can't tell. Anyways I hope you laughed at my pain and interesting story. Which brings me to a new topic of "fake swearing" Which I should probably work on seeing how it bugs me that I do it sometimes. I've never understood why I would say these things. Whats the difference between swearing and fake swearing? Is it the way the word sounds? really? I don't think that's the point of swearing its pretty much what you mean and some words are just as vulgar as any swear word. I really shouldn't use them. So I'm gonna work on that. At least I don't use the stupid ones like " Oh, Shiii-" You might as well just finish it. Really though swear or don't swear just make up your mind. So like I said I think I'm going to work on that, doesn't mean I'm getting rid of everything cause you have to stick to "dang" and "shoot" or what else would you mutter if you hit your thumb with the hammer.

Last and certainly not least or at least I hope its last, what I write about always gives me something else to write about... Such as my story and then fake swearing. Anyways I went to the festival of Colors on Saturday with my sister and a few of her friends, it was totally awesome. The festival of colors is a part of the celebration of Holi, what I would call a Hindu celebration, it was at the Krishna Temple in Spanish Fork. It is pretty exciting it includes throwing chalk in to the air in a celebration and welcoming of spring, which I am ready to do. Its pretty awesome you just have to be there it was a lot of fun. Highlight story of yesterday would be when the guy my sister is dating lets call him Dudely, no really his name is Kyle and that's what we're going to call him. Well Kyle is walking behind us when some guys were saying "we need some color, give us some color" in a high, stiletto voice, you know it sucks not being able to use your voice, maybe I should start a video blog. Anyways you should trust me I'm about 98% sure these guys were gay. After he was kind enough to throw some beautiful color on them he even went so far to ask for a hug which he gave him and gave him even more color, I wish you were there it was so much funnier then this story is. Kyle isn't gay either just so you know, that's why he's dating my sister.

Anyways here's some Festival of Colors picture I kifed from someone Else's blog I kind of wish I had a camera with me.

Just. A Lot.

And Remember Kids This Blog Is...

Have you ever just had one of those rough days? Of course you have. I feel bad when I feel like I've ruined someone else's day... Or just being a jerk or just screwing things up for other people. I don't know I just feel like I'm a total jerk sometimes, maybe not but I just feel like I'm just not doing any good for anyone or any thing. Your just not thinking so your just stupid about things sometimes. Oh. Well I hope I'm not ruining your lives too bad or anything or screwing up your nights at all.

Anyways on much, much lighter notes I will hopefully and just maybe succeed in being funny? Isn't funny a funny word? Aren't we a funny people? Really have you thought about what we do for entertainment? We watch t.v. shows like I don't even understand that we watch other peoples lives and laugh at things. We really just sit there and watch not saying its not enjoyable but it is kind of a weird thought, or playing video games nothing like pushing a bunch of buttons... Even sports I love putting a ball through a hole n' all but I don't understand how that's fun... Maybe I'm alone in this thought process, maybe it does just seem like fun when you think about it... but for me it just sounds weird, sorry I think too much and have weird thoughts and ideas sometimes...

Anyways that was completely off topic I just felt like putting that in there and so I did. Anyways back to being funny. Or rather just telling stories. Did you know that you cannot not ship goods wholly, or partially made by prisons or prison labor to Australia? Who would of thought... You also cannot ship goods made by a brand named Anzac, used bedding and new OR used fruit cartons. Just letting you know. You also can't ship holy books to the middle east but that's a different story... There was also this one time I had to write a story in English, the story would be based on a bunch of random numbers I had picked. My Character: A new mother, My Setting: a wedding reception What happened: A big meal My problem/conflict: how things have changed... I didn't know what to write about, I mean what the heck this is what I wrote about ladies after the meal at a wedding talking just talking and soon in their conversation they talk about how times have changed. I mean holy cow Justin are you really that unoriginal? You know who I truly feel bad for in this whole mess, no, not me I feel so bad for my English teacher who has to read that story, I mean really its like two pages of girls talking. Really what was I supposed to do, at the wedding have a hardcore rock concert or a war going on and have a lady shout "My how these weddings have changed!" then she gets popped in the head... Yeah that's a great story for an English class. I guess I could of maybe been a bit more creative but hey I'm pretty sure that story was doomed from the start. Maybe I'll throw in some Harry Potter next time it really could of used some wizards.

Really things are good and life is good just ignore the top but I'm not going to remove it, I would just to like you all know that I'm sorry when I'm a jerk and hopefully I stay cool, and think before I talk. I hope I'm creative again, hopefully I made the college quote book again (let me know if you ever read this Carli) and remember "everyone has parents," really Carli you should let your friend know about that...

Also: I was spell checking and it said your name's spelt wrong. Sucks for you! just kidding of course.

Life and All of its Adventures

Its a time of being unsure and questions. Today is a time for change some say. We are often confused, or at least I know I am. Life is a roller coaster and it is full of highs n' lows. Speaking of highs n lows I would suggest the song "High's n' Low's" by Kid Cudi. If you can handle swearing rough terms and not perfect lyrics. Great song I don't agree with all the lyrics but I love some of them. "I be low when I cant seem to make a way"; "I be low when I realize I'm by myself"; "I be high when I get what I couldn't before"; there is so many more just maybe check it out... Seeing what the future holds, having hope how lows keep us humble. Its a pretty sweet song.

So what does the future hold for us?... For me? I don't know, I don't think any of us really do. You know I wish I could kind of be one of those people who will just see when they get there. Its kind of a nice way to live you just enjoy the journey. I'm such a dang planner it would never happen. I guess I'm just at a standstill in my life, I'm just unsure about somethings and just struggling. I love my religion and Utah, just not sure about all the people in Utah. They either think they are too cool for the rest of us, or there's just too much of a Mormon culture bubble and such competition and judgement that people don't even realize that they shouldn't be doing that. That is of course a generalization.

I would like to be more funny on this blog. If I even am funny... Sometimes I think I am and sometimes I think I'm just lame. Its kind of hard to be in that weird mood and just say whatever and be funny and weird. Its nice to have a blog you can just open up in it and for the most part be pretty honest. I dono its good to laugh I know that much. No matter how crazy life is just do your best to laugh through it.

Anyways just get use to life's adventures and enjoy them why don cha'? Figure out what you like in life and go for it and don't worry too much about getting there, cause there's a long road that you have to take and you might as well enjoy it. "Figure out what your priorities are, and forget everything else." Whatever those are, just do it. Of course this isn't all me I just wish it was sometimes. Anyways I do hope you have a good one and enjoy laugh, we will try to be funny next time...