speaking (in parenthesis)

For this week's blog entry we were told to write about our favorite punctuation mark. Mine is the parenthesis.

Granted, I probably use the parenthesis wrong 99 percent of the time but it's definitely a personal favorite. I like it because it mimics my own style of thinking (which is sporadic and full of random information). It allows to make a statement and give supporting information in the same sentence. Even better, it allows me to clarify and explain inside the parameters of an ordinary sentence (which can often be boring). The parentheses are the best friend of an ADD kid (like me). When my thoughts drift and stray like a lost boat out at sea (which is all the time), the parentheses are the only thing that anchor me the topic's relevance. My use of them may or may not be slightly unorthodox, but for better or for worse (probably for worse), I use them in my personal writing. Thanks to parentheses my writing is much more (un)clear.

#nowplaying the cults- go outside

back to real life

“No man needs a vacation so much as the man who just had one.” -Elbert Hubbard

Well if you didn't know, I'm back. Back to the mid-west and back to real life which entails many dull and mundane things like school and responsibility. 

The East Coast on the other hand, proved to be nothing short of fantastic. Call me a traitor to my west coast roots, but I couldn't help but love it. Yes, it was cold but I loved every second of my visit there. This is says a lot, considering I am a San Diego kid that is used to 365 days of mild and usually warm weather. However, you wouldn't be able to tell by looking at me. My pasty white Utah skin and incredible talent for having red eyes in any picture that involves a flash was the running joke of the week. Though the word at Sundance this year is that they were casting for the fourth twilight movie and I'm seriously considering gracing Hollywood with my natural talent.

Anyways, here are some personal favorites from the trip:

We mastered self-timer on the camera. It's okay to be impressed.

I was told the best way to see the city was on a bicycle.  Our ability to squeeze past the police barricades in front of the White House is proof.

We practiced the art of modeling. This is "Akimbo Arms" in rare form. Yes, Tyra would be proud.

If you've never been to the Burger Joint in N.Y.C., then I highly recommend it. Not only is the food amazing, the experience of walking inside a four star hotel to the hidden entrance to this place is well worth it.  

This was one of my better vampire pictures (thank goodness for red-eye removal) but the Museum of Modern Art in N.Y.C is free on Friday afternoons. You might have to elbow your way past a slew of artsy hipsters and choke on the smell of teen spirit but this place is also well worth the visit.

(p.s. new buzzband/crystal castles album cover?)

Anyways, I think it's time to start planning my next vacation.

#nowplaying the notorious xx mixtape (aka biggie & the xx mashup album)

Good news. I made it out of Provo. After spending ten hours of travel (including the five hour lay over at the JFK airport), I finally arrived in Washington, D.C.  Within minutes, it was officially one of the best places I have ever seen. There are TREES. I mean real trees, not the small saplings that are imported into every new master-plan community in Southern California. The trees here are enormous and some, despite the fact that it's the middle of January, still have their leaves. I cannot wait to spend more time in the city and then later in New York City.

This Martin Luther King Day weekend has been nothing short of amazing. This weekend's adventures have taken me to a small place called Deep Creek, Maryland where each morning I wake up in a perfect winter wonderland. Thanks to the kindness and hospitality of the Gerard family, I am staying in a cozy cabin on a lake and enjoying every minute of it. Here's to lazy sundays with some pretty cool kids that love spending all day in their monster and moose pj's.

#nowplaying mgmt- kids

Blogging Enforced

After I thought it would be semi-comical to start a blog, I found out in my new M Comm class that I would in fact, be required to keep a blog throughout the semester. I guess the joke's on me.

So, being the entry-level blogger that I am, I will update you, my readers (assuming I have any), on some things I am looking forward to. In no particular order, they are:

1. My trip to Washington D.C. this week. I'm taking a red-eye flight on Thursday and spending the next ten days seeing everything there is to see in D.C. and New York City. It's pretty much a dream come true.

2. My new snowboard. A few days ago my brand new Capita Space Metal Fantasy board came in the mail. The name, Space Metal Fantasy, is fitting for the graphics, though it reminds me more of a cross between a David Bowie film and a La Roux music Video. Needless to say, it changed my life.

3. My class schedule/school in general. No, this is not the apocalypse, but yes, I am secretly looking forward to my new classes. It probably helps that I recently quit my full time job so that I could focus on school. I no longer have to make the hour drive to and from work everyday and attempting to watch accounting lessons on my laptop in the lunch room.

Anyways, 2011 is shaping up to be better than I could have ever imagined. I am blessed.

the beginning

This particular January 1st is the start of many new things. It's the start of the year 2011, the start of new years resolutions, and the start of my blog. Don't be fooled though. I don't blog, but, like an entry level chain-smoker approaching their first cigarette, I think I'll try it out. Welcome to twenty eleven.

Happy New Year.