GObama!

Some people say, "Vote for so and so" or "Choose something, something." However, I have the solution for those of us that hate losing so much that it makes us clench our butt-cheeks so tight we could crack walnuts every time we get beat at racquetball, or swear when we lose at chess. This year, in order to save myself the agony of defeat, I chose not to vote or choose a party until it was almost set who the winner would be. Then I jumped on that bandwagon and rode baby rode.

That said, I would just like to say GO OBAMA!! I knew you could do it! You ROCK! Your policy on doing stuff for America sure was something of a something. Now I know that America will be somewhere (insert ambiguous adjective here) for at least the next 4 years.

I made some fudge and delivered it to some of my friends here in Utah. It was wrapped and had blue ribbons on it for the blue of the democrats. I delivered it just after I was sure McCain could not make a comeback saying, "happy Obama day." It was funny to see people react. Some were disgusted. Some laughed and admited to voting for Obama. I like that a lot of people think the world is coming to an end.

PS I really did vote...I am not an idiot...does anyone need some walnuts cracked?

Do Grape Trees Start as Nuts?

I have realized that no matter how much sugar or honey you put on Grapenuts cereal it still tastes very bland. You could sprinkle a light layer of Grapenuts on pure cane sugar eat it and it would still taste awful. Its weird though that only after a couple of bites you are full and you wont get hungry again for at least 5 hours. At least it is not taco bell where I feel nauseated for a week after eating it.

Just Married

I was driving toward Park City today on the freeway and as i was going I saw a car that had been decorated with 'Just Married" written on the back window broken down on the freeway. I couldn't help but laugh as i thought of the conversation that must have ensued at the time the car broke down:

"Well, dearest, the car broke down. We have waited this many years to have relations. Can we wait a few more hours while we wait for a taxi and a tow?"

Yeah. Not much of a conversation. I mean...what do you say to that? I would have offered a ride but I couldn't see anyone in the car so i just kept driving.

Beating Around the Bush

I decided my favorite kind of people is the kind that gets to the point quickly and precisely. I know that I am not always the best at this but my mentor at BYU's school of technology, her name is Beverly, is one of these people. The information comes at me so fast and intensely out of her mouth that my brain has absolutely no chance to wander off. If only I could get everyone that speaks in church to be like her it would make church much more informative for me.

Fudge. F Dash Dash Dash. The Grand-Daddy of All Swear Words.

My buddy Lee has an awesome fudge recipe. He sent this recipe to my email address with the above title which is from the movie "A Christmas Story", the one with the kid who has everyone tell him he'll shoot his eye out if he gets the ridiculously-long-named Red Rider bee bee gun. Also, I always wondered if they used contacts or movie tricks to make that one bully kid's eyes yellow in that movie. I thought yellow eyes would be pretty cool until I found out most people with yellow eyes either have jaundice or liver problems or both.

I have been on a no-sugar kick lately and haven't had large quantities of sugar in a long time. I allow myself, generally, one treat per week. I usually save it till Sunday because that is when my student ward has what I affectionately call "eat-a-cookie, take-a-lookie" or "snack and mack." Officially I think its name is "munch and mingle." I like mine better though. This is where we all get together in one of the apartments and eat the delicious desserts provided by the hosts. usually I eat a brownie or a cookie and then socialize for a while soaking up the energy of happy people around me. However, this time it was my apartments turn to host the shin-dig. What did I make? You guessed it! I made the fudge from Lee's recipe. It is great fudge but a small piece goes a long way, and 14 or 15 small pieces makes you want to throw up when you wake up in the morning...that is if you ever get off your sugar high long enough to get to sleep before the sun comes up. I unfortunately made the mistake of eating too much fudge when I had not eaten any significant amounts of sugar for a couple months. After dry-heaving out of my car door for about five minutes this morning before leaving for work I am not sure I will ever be able to look at the fudge the same way again.

P.S. does anyone know where I can buy one of those leg-lamps from that movie? :)

Heavy Petting

When I was in high school our bishop came into our sunday-school class and had a chat with us to explain a few things about being chaste. Towards the end of his lesson He gave a list of things that we should not be doing. As he went through the list I recognized most of the things that came up. But he got to a point that completely baffled me. He said that there should be no "petting" or "heavy petting." For the life of me I could not figure out what the heck that could mean. I wanted to ask what that was but I felt dumb because everyone else seemed to know exactly what he was talking about. 

A few questions came into my mind as I pictured myself running my hand from the top of a girls head down the back of her head and on to her upper back, just as if i was petting a dog. Why would anyone want to pet or be petted like a dog? Why in the world would that be something sinful or wrong? Is scratching behind the ears off limits too? It just did not add up. I figured it could not mean what I thought it was but still avoided petting girls like they were dogs more out of fear that they would just get really annoyed at me than out of fear of Hell-fire and Damnation. 

Later when I was about 19 someone finally explained it to me and I was enlightened just as if someone had finally placed the last puzzle piece into the puzzle to reveal all I needed to know about being chaste. Next time I think I will just ask at first so that my mind does not have to deal with these kinds of awesome mind puzzles and I can be free to ponder more important things like why fingers prune in the hot tub.

I'm IT!

Thanks Camille For tagging me. I was really struggling to find a blog topic today so it might as well be about how strange I am.

Here are the rules:
1. You link back to the person who tagged you
2. Post these rules on your blog
3. Share six unimportant things about yourself
4. Tag six random people at the end of your entry
5. Let the tagged people know by leaving a comment on their blogs
6. Enjoy the results!

One: I really hate it when different foods touch each other on my plate. Really the corn has no right to be in the mashed potatoes and gravy on the salad? that's a big no-no!

Two: I also choose to eat one item at a time on my plate starting with my least favorite and moving on to my most favorite item. This has helped me enjoy the unadulterated taste of each item on my plate as well as force me to eat everything I took. There are starving children in China you know!!!

Three: I have a really long middle finger...no really...it is long.

Four: When I was young I got stitches in my lip. now if I gain any kind of weight it goes straight to my face and the scar becomes much more visible as the normal skin around the scar plumps up. Also sometimes I get asked if I had a cleft pallet as a kid. But no, I just liked to jump on the bed a little too much.

Five: I used to hold my breath during math class in high school to see how long I could do it. My record is 2 minutes and 20 seconds. I could have gone longer but my friend said my lips were turning blue and it kind of scared me. I guess maybe I should have been paying attention to the teacher...

Six: I love cold weather. My motto is that you can always put more clothes on if you are cold but you can only take so much off before you are naked and unable to strip anything else off if you are hot.

Good luck with this Nat and Joe, Nathan and Megan, Maxene, Kim and Jon, Kim and Lee, and Benjamin.