Always On My Mind

Sadly, I have only been skiing three times this whole summer. A sad let down from the 17 days of skiing that I had last summer.


I finally got a new ipod and bought myself an itunes gift card (due to the fact that I didn't have to pay a penny for my new ipod!). So lately I've been thinking about what music to get, any suggestions would be welcome.


This season's theme is "Quest For Perfection." ...'Nuff said.


If only...


My team just finished a tournament. We beat my old team, beat Sparta premier, tied Rangers premier, and lost to the top team in the state for our age group in the final. I played pretty well and we're pleased with our result. I'm so incredibly sore.


The strain of drumline captain is getting to me. I've always taken it seriously when people have said to me, 'You need to go home and practice and have that ready to play by tomorrow.' Clearly this isn't the case with everyone. Grr...


Oh my goodness, this movie is incredible. Freaky, but incredible.

Now, regarding the situation at work that you all want to hear about: I can't tell you anything until it's all over, I'm sorry.

My babies

These are my new cleats. The picture really doesn't do them justice. They are truly a thing of beauty and were it not for the second of the ten commandments--well, you get my point.

A few nice things about them are:

1. They are made of Kangaroo leather-an extremely lightweight, durable material that breaks in quickly and forms perfectly to your foot.
2. That's pretty much all I had in mind, but they are freakin' sweet and well worth the $130 I paid for them (For those of you going, "What an idiot! $130! Is he out of his mind?!"--130 dollars really is not that expensive when it comes to soccer cleats, top of the line cleats are up around $300 or more.).

Tag and some news

The rules are as follows: List 3 Joys, 3 Fears, 3 Goals, 3 Current Obsessions, and 3 Random Surprising Facts About Yourself. Tag 5 people at the end of your post by leaving their names.

Joys:

1. Family
2. Friends
3. Life
(Sorry thomas, I know that was a direct copy, but that is really all I can think of to fit under "joys")

Fears:

1. Losing people close to me
2. Sustaining an injury which would leave me in misery for the rest of my life (seems like a legit fear to me)
3. Disappointing people who are counting on me

Goals:

1. Play well in my soccer game tomorrow night
2. Serve a mission
3. Live a happy life

Obsessions:

1. BYU football
2. Soccer
3. Right now, Harry Potter, I know I'm a big nerd, oh well, it keeps me away from the tv during the summer which is a good thing I guess

Surprising Facts:

1. At the end of the day I will often decide what the "word of the day" was for me
2. I'm getting a new pair of cleats tomorrow
3. I rarely stay up past 11:30

And now for the news:
I FREAKIN' PASSED THE AP TEST!! TODAY IS LIKE THE HAPPIEST DAY OF MY LIFE SO FAR!

oh yeah, I tag anyone that wants to do this that hasn't yet

The Best Ideas Are Stolen

This is from my aunt's blog:

I’m not really into tags, but this one speaks to my inner child. You see, on every person’s birthday in my childhood home (and remember there were TEN! of us), we sat around at dinner and recounted memories of the birthday person. Hands down, the person who enjoyed this tradition most was my dad—he practically shot sunshine out of his ears as we each took a minute to share a funny and/or touching memory of each other.

And now with my own little family, we have carried on the tradition of memory sharing. My kids especially like to recall the time I ripped a melty-sticky cookie from Max’s hands and yelled unintentionally like the Soup Nazi, “NO COOKIE FOR YOU!”

See how fun this is? I’m humiliated already!

Here are the directions:

1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn’t matter if you knew me a little or a lot, if we’ve actually met in person or not, anything you remember!

2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you.

It sounds like fun, although it seems that my little blogosphere that I created has started to die, though I hope it will quickly resurrect.