Another English Post Response

Years ago. Across the great, endless, narrow ocean we call a road, undulating across knolls to wind around rocky foothills. It was there that I found peace among the wild elements.

At the base of the enormous dual pine tree trunks sat two large boulders, white and sparkly with abundant mica, a castle and fortress to warriors littered about from the most recent squirt-gun fight. As accelerating skate boarders flew past on the sidewalk directly under the trees a small boy watched them from high above. Gradually the wind grew from a small summer breeze to a swift moving current strong enough to rustle hair. As the storm became more intense dark clouds cast a shadow over the ground years below. The warriors became 4th grade students again upon retreating from the onslaught into their closed houses. The skateboarders cooly picked up their transportation and dashed inside. Only the boy was left, swaying as much as 20 feet in the ferocious wind, the giant tree almost buckling under the pressure. Luckily the storm held no lightning. The boy's hair whipped around in wild exhilaration as observation became survival. The strong truck was a lifeline, the steadying rock before the waterfall. We leave the boy there, yelling a challenge to the sky as the elements pegged him with dihydrogen monoxide.

What now?

Well, all's quite on the Western front!  Bio's relatively easy, chem's relatively hard, mission prep is relatively nice, life science seminar's relatively boring, and life's relatively great!

More later, for sure.  Just wanted everyone to know I'm still thinking about this blog!

Jon Schmidt Concert

Tonight our FHE (family home evening) group was planning to go to a Jon Schmidt concert.  Everybody felt they had too much homework except for Jerry and me, so it was only the two of us that attended.  Which is too bad.

IT WAS AWESOME!


We got there about 45 minutes early, bought our tickets, and then stood in line to get in.  We were near the front of the line.  As soon as we got in line about 300 more people got in line behind us, so we came at the perfect time.  We got into the theater and sat down almost on the front row right in the middle.  They pulled the piano out and we realized that we would be 20 feet away from him at a perfect angle to see his hands play the piano.  The music was incredible and impeccably presented.  He is not just a piano player: he is an entertainer.  We laughed when he did a backflip, when he told his corny jokes, and when he played the piano laying down on the bench under it and when he played with his toes and head.  He played a song that I'd never heard before that was awesome that he said was new and was coming out soon.  He played all of the favorites and then a few more.

It's really too bad that nobody else could go.  It was totally worth the measly $10 a ticket to see.

Afterwards I got to see Janessa because she was up here in Provo for a Leadership Academy field trip thing.  That was fun too.

Homemade Jokes

What did one pickle convince the other pickle to watch on TV?
    Dill or no Dill    -or-
    Pickleodeon
Australian chess players must have so many false check mates.
San Diego? Isn’t that a waffle on a beach?
An old man with a cane gets asked what his hobbies are. He responds that he doesn't have "hobbies." He has "hobbles."
How old does a cornstalk have to be to get his driver’s license in Utah?
    “16 ears”!
What’s the longest bone in your body? Your femur. That one's easy - everybody gets it.  Here's the hard one: what’s the second longest bone in your body?
    And of course, the answer is your other femur!  Nobody's ever gotten that one before.