Last night my family y I watched a movie entitled, "The King of California". I had heard a lot about this movie from a dear friend. He was correct to tell me that the movie was worth watching and really really funny, but it was the message that stuck with me that made the difference.
It's a movie about a Dad y his daughter on a treasure hunt in California. Charlie tells Miranda that it wasn't about the gold, but the adventure was important.
This is how I would explain my adventures with my good friend. We decided that everyone was in a hurry that they are missing the excitement in life that they could all have. People are to stressed out with work, money, school y family. Those are all great things to worry about, but if you do not slow down every now and then, you're not going to enjoy life.
A couple of months ago, Desperado y I drove a Uhaul from Seattle to Provo UT. We stopped at anything that seemed interesting to take pictures, little restaurants to eat in. We enjoyed life y the drive home. 2 weeks later we drove to Southern Utah for fun. We spent the whole afternoon exploring little one street podunk towns. We've had a lot of adventures before are recent ones y we shall have many more as soon as he joins me on my carni tour!
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
update
So I've been here for about a month and we've had 4 shows. I'll try to be better on updating our shows. So here is a quick run through of our recent shows.
Dog Wood: I arrived here on a Wed after being up all night on a Gray Hound. I think it was one of the most entertaining trips that I have ever been on. Well I arrived and was whisked away to Lewiston ID, for our first weekend show. It was a fun little show. Nothing to exicting happened except for the tye-dye sign that read; Made in Oregon. I was so happy only because we all know that hippies come from Oregon and one of the whinches broke so we only had one bungee tramp.
Hippie fest: The next week we went to Moscow ID for there mini shaksperean festival. It was run by hippies for hippes and we made a fair share of money because we had a lot of climbers and the same whinch that we had fixed during the off week broke yet again. After setting up on Friday my Uncle and I drove all over Mosocw, Lewiston y Clackston trying to find a place to sleep. We finally found a walmart that was open y purchased sleeping bags. We drove back to the park around 1am and crashed in the truck.
They had live music and hippie dancing the whole day we were there working. The best group was a latino group from LA. We sat there and enjoyed the music that they played for us.
Oregon City: So far this has been the worst run fair that I have been to. It was suppost to be a family festival, but it was run by a gay man and ozzie ozbourne named Rebekah. I liked Rocky, I mean he was a very nice guy and really went out of his way to make everyone feel welcomed. The woman version of Ozzie was the complete oposite! She was in charge of the music and for two days we listened to rap, hevay metal and other crap. It wasn't a good show for us finacially. We packed everything up Sat night and drove home all night, so that we wouldn't have to be there on Sunday.
Anacortes: The first show in the heat of the summer. On Sat it was 93 degrees in northern WA. I truly loved the town of Anacortes. It is all surrouned by water. I left the show a lot darker than I have been since my mission. I figure that I will continue to darken up until I'm a nice golden color. We worked both days in the same kind of weather and loved it.
We have a week and a half off before we head out for 3 weeks straight. We'll start in Portland for 10 days and then off to a town close to Boise for a week. I'll do my best to keep ya'll posted!
Dog Wood: I arrived here on a Wed after being up all night on a Gray Hound. I think it was one of the most entertaining trips that I have ever been on. Well I arrived and was whisked away to Lewiston ID, for our first weekend show. It was a fun little show. Nothing to exicting happened except for the tye-dye sign that read; Made in Oregon. I was so happy only because we all know that hippies come from Oregon and one of the whinches broke so we only had one bungee tramp.
Hippie fest: The next week we went to Moscow ID for there mini shaksperean festival. It was run by hippies for hippes and we made a fair share of money because we had a lot of climbers and the same whinch that we had fixed during the off week broke yet again. After setting up on Friday my Uncle and I drove all over Mosocw, Lewiston y Clackston trying to find a place to sleep. We finally found a walmart that was open y purchased sleeping bags. We drove back to the park around 1am and crashed in the truck.
They had live music and hippie dancing the whole day we were there working. The best group was a latino group from LA. We sat there and enjoyed the music that they played for us.
Oregon City: So far this has been the worst run fair that I have been to. It was suppost to be a family festival, but it was run by a gay man and ozzie ozbourne named Rebekah. I liked Rocky, I mean he was a very nice guy and really went out of his way to make everyone feel welcomed. The woman version of Ozzie was the complete oposite! She was in charge of the music and for two days we listened to rap, hevay metal and other crap. It wasn't a good show for us finacially. We packed everything up Sat night and drove home all night, so that we wouldn't have to be there on Sunday.
Anacortes: The first show in the heat of the summer. On Sat it was 93 degrees in northern WA. I truly loved the town of Anacortes. It is all surrouned by water. I left the show a lot darker than I have been since my mission. I figure that I will continue to darken up until I'm a nice golden color. We worked both days in the same kind of weather and loved it.
We have a week and a half off before we head out for 3 weeks straight. We'll start in Portland for 10 days and then off to a town close to Boise for a week. I'll do my best to keep ya'll posted!
Monday, May 19, 2008
Change
I spent a day in Seattle with my father y his partner Denny. Whenever I am with them we usually go to the movies and we went to see Prince Caspian. It is an amazing movie, but it helped me realize that it is time for me to grow up and mature.
I'm the kind of person that it more comfortable playing with litte kids y trying to befriend the teenagers to given them a good role model, for a change. I've let my hair grow y now with my tan I remind people of a surf bum from California.
I've felt like it is time for me to grow up y take things more seriously than I have before. I mean I am immature y jump to a lot of rational conclussions, but this is not one of them. I've spent a lot of time looking at what has happened to me over the past year. I haven't made any new friends due to the fact that I'm not able to feel comfortable around them. I'm still trying to hold on to apart of my past because I'm affraid to walk off into the darkness not knowing where to go.
Another thing that has helped me realize this is spending time with my three girls (Addie, Kate y Zoe). They are the cutest little girls that you could ever know. I've seen what it takes to be a parent and I've come to the realization that I'm not ready for that, I've a long way to go to ever consider getting married.
The first thing that will change is the appearance. I'm no longer going to have long hair, for it is a sign of laziness and a slob. I want people to look at me as they did when I was a missionary. I was clean cut and the first impression was always good. The one person that I need to be more like is my little brother.
By changing my outward appearnce I'll be able to change, slowly but do able, my personality to become a more reponsible young man y someone that people can turn to, to get things done.
I'm the kind of person that it more comfortable playing with litte kids y trying to befriend the teenagers to given them a good role model, for a change. I've let my hair grow y now with my tan I remind people of a surf bum from California.
I've felt like it is time for me to grow up y take things more seriously than I have before. I mean I am immature y jump to a lot of rational conclussions, but this is not one of them. I've spent a lot of time looking at what has happened to me over the past year. I haven't made any new friends due to the fact that I'm not able to feel comfortable around them. I'm still trying to hold on to apart of my past because I'm affraid to walk off into the darkness not knowing where to go.
Another thing that has helped me realize this is spending time with my three girls (Addie, Kate y Zoe). They are the cutest little girls that you could ever know. I've seen what it takes to be a parent and I've come to the realization that I'm not ready for that, I've a long way to go to ever consider getting married.
The first thing that will change is the appearance. I'm no longer going to have long hair, for it is a sign of laziness and a slob. I want people to look at me as they did when I was a missionary. I was clean cut and the first impression was always good. The one person that I need to be more like is my little brother.
By changing my outward appearnce I'll be able to change, slowly but do able, my personality to become a more reponsible young man y someone that people can turn to, to get things done.
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
David Archuletta Sucks
I'm sorry to offend all of you Archuletta fanatics, but I cannot stand him. Okay so I've never been a person to watch American Idol, but since I've been living here at my Aunt's house and her girls are in love with the show, I watch it with them.
I have been impressed by Dave Cook. I think he will make the most money than all of the other contestants at this moment. He's just a person that can really belt out the music and he knows how to perform.
Now why I do not like Señor Archuletta. Well there is only one reason, he destroys amazing songs. I'm not saying that he does not have a good voice, but his renditions of the lyrics and the music is almost as bad as my own singing. I just wish America would wisen up and vote him off.
I have been impressed by Dave Cook. I think he will make the most money than all of the other contestants at this moment. He's just a person that can really belt out the music and he knows how to perform.
Now why I do not like Señor Archuletta. Well there is only one reason, he destroys amazing songs. I'm not saying that he does not have a good voice, but his renditions of the lyrics and the music is almost as bad as my own singing. I just wish America would wisen up and vote him off.
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Intruder
I'm hoping to blog more this summer so that a few of my good friends that I will not see for a few, can understand what it is like to be a carni. First off Zac don't worry you'll be here soon enough and Kenny you should come and ditch the love birds to chill with me and Zac, I'll get you a couple of passes for a show or two.
Well on Sunday afternoon, when my aunt and I returned to her humble home, her three dautghers came running out of the house to greet us. They mentioned how much they had missed us and were glad that we were home.
I followed the four of them into the house and sat back to watch my aunt go up to the living room and sit there with my uncle and their 4 kids. I felt like I was somewhere where I shouldn't be. Not that I couldn't have joined them and been welcomed, but I felt like they needed their time as a family.
It helped me see what really does matter here in this life time and that is to be able to have a family and be able to support them. I know it's not easy to have one, trust me I've expeirenced it here over the past week, but it's the little moments that makes everything else pass away. It also made me feel homesick. I've never felt like that before y I've traveled a ton. On my mission I never once was home sick. But this past weekend I was.
Well on Sunday afternoon, when my aunt and I returned to her humble home, her three dautghers came running out of the house to greet us. They mentioned how much they had missed us and were glad that we were home.
I followed the four of them into the house and sat back to watch my aunt go up to the living room and sit there with my uncle and their 4 kids. I felt like I was somewhere where I shouldn't be. Not that I couldn't have joined them and been welcomed, but I felt like they needed their time as a family.
It helped me see what really does matter here in this life time and that is to be able to have a family and be able to support them. I know it's not easy to have one, trust me I've expeirenced it here over the past week, but it's the little moments that makes everything else pass away. It also made me feel homesick. I've never felt like that before y I've traveled a ton. On my mission I never once was home sick. But this past weekend I was.
Thursday, April 17, 2008
New Job
Well this past weekend was my first taste of my new job and I will tell you that I'm in heaven. I felt like I actually was able to do something that I enjoy.
It's not like I didn't like my other job, but I never really enjoyed it. I never once felt like people wanted or needed me there. They said they did, but they really didn't.
I'm just happy to be doing something new and exciting. I'll miss a couple of people that I worked with at my old job, but other than those few, I will not look back.
It's not like I didn't like my other job, but I never really enjoyed it. I never once felt like people wanted or needed me there. They said they did, but they really didn't.
I'm just happy to be doing something new and exciting. I'll miss a couple of people that I worked with at my old job, but other than those few, I will not look back.
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Education
Our English teacher yesterday was trying to explain the importance of hard work. He was showing us examples of people that have work hard to become perfectionists in their area of work. One of the examples he used was that of Jimmy Page.
He introduced Jimmy as being a member of the greatest American rock band to exist. As soon as he mentioned American Rock and greatest, I knew he was talking about Led Zeppelin. I was sitting next to 3 freshman, all of whom are 18, and the looks on their faces when he mentioned Led Zeppelin made me shake my head in disgust. They had no idea who Led Zeppelin was.
I watched them look at each other and shake their heads, as if our teacher was crazy and had no idea what music really was. I almost took the ipod away from one of them to "see" what their idea of music was, but I decided to sit back and enjoy their blank stares.
As I was leaving I heard one of them mention the name Kurt Cobain. That almost sent me over the edge. They were that uneducated that first off they had never heard of Led Zeppelin and #2 they actually thought Nirvana, a talentless band, had talent.
I'll give Kurt enough credit to say that he was a lyrical genius but nothing else. He doesn't even rank amongst the best guitar players in the world, living and dead.
Led Zeppelin brought something into this world that will never be taken out of it! Kurt Cobain tried to do something but failed miserably.
He introduced Jimmy as being a member of the greatest American rock band to exist. As soon as he mentioned American Rock and greatest, I knew he was talking about Led Zeppelin. I was sitting next to 3 freshman, all of whom are 18, and the looks on their faces when he mentioned Led Zeppelin made me shake my head in disgust. They had no idea who Led Zeppelin was.
I watched them look at each other and shake their heads, as if our teacher was crazy and had no idea what music really was. I almost took the ipod away from one of them to "see" what their idea of music was, but I decided to sit back and enjoy their blank stares.
As I was leaving I heard one of them mention the name Kurt Cobain. That almost sent me over the edge. They were that uneducated that first off they had never heard of Led Zeppelin and #2 they actually thought Nirvana, a talentless band, had talent.
I'll give Kurt enough credit to say that he was a lyrical genius but nothing else. He doesn't even rank amongst the best guitar players in the world, living and dead.
Led Zeppelin brought something into this world that will never be taken out of it! Kurt Cobain tried to do something but failed miserably.
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