Sunday, September 19, 2010

8 hours 14 miles and 12,00 feet later...

Yesterday I got a call when I woke up at noon and it was from my sister Emily. She said "Hey do you wanna hike timp?" "Uh....when?" "Like 2:30" "Uh..... you know that takes all day right?" "We'll bring flashlights." So that's how I got dragged into this insanity. So we ended up started at like 3:30. It was sunny and warm and generally pleasant.  Spirits were high and the hike was going well. We kept getting conflicting reports about how long it was to the summit. So we didn't really know what to expect. Well long story short it ended up taking A LOT longer than we though. We got to this one point were there were tons of rocks and we all rolled our ankles and it was jolly fun. We saw some mountain goats. I hate those things. Well we got to the top right after the sun went down so it was still really gorgeous albeit very very windy. I wish I had a real camera so you could tell. But it was really fun. Then when we walked down it was really cool because it was dark and we used the moonlight for most the time except were we went over the rocks again that kinda sucked. it was all fun until about hour 2.5 of the ascent. We thought we'd be done by then and everything looked unfamiliar so we got a little worried for a bit but we eventually got to the bottom. It was very tiring and Emily almost rolled off a cliff once but I saved her. I couldn't walk after that but it was an "experience" and if anything my legs are slightly stronger.
The beginning
Partway Up
The summit
Provo at night
The Pass

Funny thing; 65% of Antropology majors become professors. That means a majority of the people who learn the subject just go on to teach more people about it who will only go on to teach other people. It's a vicious circle.

Last Saturday my Honors Writing class had lunch at my teachers house, Rebecca Clarke, and she gave us a tour of her house. It was very interesting. One of the rooms was originally a log cabin built in 1867, she said it's the second oldest standing building in the area. Living in the house was like a puzzle, they kept discovering secrets like rooms that were buried underground and windows and doors that had been covered and lots of old tools hidden in the dirt. It was a very cool house.

This rock says "In Provo We Trust 1899' They found it when remodeling their house

This was a pond where a two year old died almost a century ago

I caught a snake!
Their walls had 7 layers of different wallpaper
And they have a half-pipe

Friday, September 10, 2010

Bought my first real six string, bought it at the five and dime....

I bought a guitar! It's a Fender and it was only $100. I'm pretty excited. Hopefully I don't suck at this whole guitar playing thing. I realized a have a lot of down time. There's only so much you can do when you only have two dvd's and a couple computer games for entertainment. Plus chicks dig guys who can play guitar it turns out. I tried to get some piano music today at the bookstore but their selection sucked. So we'll have to wait on that. I also figured out I'm pretty talented at riding-a-bike-one-handed-whilst-holding-a-guitar. It's hard than it looks....

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Man's search for a brain

So today a girl randomly walked by me in the cafeteria and said "I like your jeans." So thank you Emily for picking them out. The funny thing was I got dressed in the dark this morning. So chance worked out in my favor. I basically wanna punch the people in my physical science class. Today some one said "How did [Millikan] know the charge?" Professor; "He measured it." Student: "With his eyes?" Yes. He measured an electrical charge of  1.69x10^-19 with his eyes. Hooray for common sense. On the brighter side my bike is extremely fast and alone today saved me 40 minutes of walking and eating breakfast from a vending machine.
My wheels

A quote I overheard:
"You've never walked this way?!? Oh man! you're in for a treat! You'll never walk the old way again."
First Day
The guy who designed Po was from BYU so they built a giant panda statue

Saturday, September 4, 2010

How to not sell a bike

So I was looking at ads for bikes on craigslist, and I proceeded to stumble upon this beauty
http://provo.craigslist.org/bik/1936645863.html

If you'll notice a few things:
1. He is selling his bike because he is unable to put a chain back on. I think i was 7 the first time i fixed a bike chain.
2. He also models his abs. Are those included in the purchase?
3. Finally, for artistic purposes there is a black and white photo. Because not have color helps interest buyers.

Which brings me to my final point
4. Don't go to UVU.

Hello there.

I made a blog. For funsies. Mostly so my mom can stalk me without having to call so much and waste all our minutes. I also keep thinking of all these cool posts that are too long for facebook. I'm new to this whole blogging thing... so here goes!