A short, thoughtful poem for you

As I walked back from early class,
In the steady, cool morning air,
I passed hoards of my fellow freshmen,
And got high from their wafting perfume.

Yummy.

Quick Update

So I'm about three weeks into college.

It's great. I can't say it's what I expected. I also don't know exactly what I expected, but whatever it was, this isn't exactly it. It's great though! I started my job this week, and that has been stressful, but good. I'm taking 12 credits and working 20 hours a week. I love BYU. I love that we have a prayer before class. I love cheering at the games as a student. I hope all is well with you and yours. I hope that I can post a little more often as I get the hang of everything.

“If you saw two guys named Hambone and Flippy, which one would you think liked dolphins most? I'd say Flippy, wouldn't you? You'd be wrong though. It's Hambone.”
Jack Handy quote

Thank you, friend.

Good friends have been on my mind lately. I have had a ton of good friends in my life. I could go on for hours explaining all the people who have influenced me and how they have changed my life, but it suffices me to say this:

Thank you. Thank you for being my friend. I love you guys and truly know that the Lord has guided my life in a specific way. I only hope that I can give Him back a life of service and love and friendship to His children.

I am so blessed. It overwhelms me to think about how richly blessed I am. Thank you again.

P.S. I am moving down to provo in two days!! I'll hopefully be posting more once I'm moved in, considering that I don't really know what I'm going to do with myself for entertainment (other than BYU football, of course :)

Headline on this month's readers digest

On the front cover of this month's readers digest read the story headline "13 things identity thieves won't tell you."

First off, how many of you are in contact with your identity thief/thieves and how honest are they with you? Are they holding back their secrets? Is the relationship open and personal? Or secretive? What isn't he/she telling you?

Now, to further mock this stupidly chosen headline, I have come up with my own list of 13 things that I doubt that identity thieves will tell you.

13. His (for the sake of this list, we're assuming it's a dude) mother's maiden name.
12. The answer to his "secret question" to change his passwords.
11. His credit card number
10. His social security number
9. Bank account number
8. Pin number
7. Kids names and birthdays
6. Passwords
5. His name
4. His address
3. His phone number
2. Where he keeps his valuables

And number one on the list of things that Josh thinks that your identity thief won't tell you:

1. Uh...THE FACT THAT HE'S STOLEN YOUR IDENTITY.

This whole "wait-a-year-to-get-into-the-mission-field" plan really stinks.

See title.

How does this sound?

$10 an hour
My own schedule
Free vacation/break time
Consistent, rewarding work
By myself (free to listen to ipod, think, sing, etc)
For the rest of the summer

Man, I am so blessed. My prayers were truly answered.

Help Available

You know, like "Help Wanted" except it's "Help Available"

I need a job.

Lame post.

Here's a Nice Follow Up to the Invincible Teenager Post

So I'm going to college in the fall. College is expensive. BYU didn't give me an academic scholarship despite good grades and a good act score. I then applied for a scholarship from the diabetes scholars foundation for 5,000 dollars. I put together an amazing application, if I do say so myself. No dice. Found out just now that I didn't get it.

Gosh dang it.

This sucks. Why doesn't anyone want to help me out? I don't know how I'm going to pay for college.

Another Flashback

I'm graduating from High School next week. This reminded me of this experience:

I was probably about 9 or 10 years old. We were living at our old house (2 streets over from where we live now). I was sitting on my bedroom floor looking at the coin collecting book my parents got for me for my birthday, on the page for the state quarters. Each state's slot fell under the year its quarter would be released. I remember looking at the four slots for the year 2008 and my heart sinking.

"I'll be able to drive." I thought. And I started crying. Just the fact that this year was in the foreseeable future, that it was written in this book, scared me to death.

I don't cry about growing up any more, but it is weird to think that my life is going to change more than ever before in the next year. The next 3 months, really.

I'm so stoked. Bring on the world. Bring on college, mission, career, family. I know--I have invincible teenager syndrome. And I love it.

Word Documents From My Computer Through The Years

1st 9th grade essay
AP Euro Summer project
6 Dollar Burger Poem
Blog fill in the blank story
Concert Critique
Conference Bingo
Cougar Report
Cover for poem project
Cover for SBO portfolio
Diabetes Scholarship Application
Edited Blog Stories
Essay Rewrite
Favorite Quotes
Hell Newspaper
In the Valley of Prumbles
Jack Handy Quotes
Josh's Poems
Josh's Resume
Josh's Short Story
Life of Pi and Lord of the Flies
Mr. Rogers Newspaper
Mr. Wolf
On Top of Water
Reflective Writing
Sacrament Talk
Stats Project
Sweet 16 Invite
Waterskiing Project
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