Sunday, February 28, 2010

Annual Blog Entry

So, today is the one year anniversary of my last post on this blog.  I'm going to claim that letting a year pass was all a part of my master scheme -- one year, that's ridiculous.  In brief, Cambra and I are on the tail end of our third semester in a row at BYU-Idaho in Rexburg.  The social aspect has been a blast and the school part has been challenging but rewarding.  That being said, here is the list of what has happened in the past year in no specific order.

  1. Came back to BYU-Idaho, joined the fast grad program.
  2. Cambra and I had our first Christmas at home.
  3. I had my first 4.0 in my college career carrying 14 credits.
  4. Cambra found out she had thyroid issues but got them promply fixed.
  5. Jumped off my first bridge because my friends were doing it too.
  6. Discovered the Felice Brothers as well as the Avett Brothers -- Thanks Tyler and Spencer.
  7. Made awesome friends.
  8. Got reaquainted with music.
  9. Helped run Open Mic night in Rexburg for two semesters.
  10. Got third place in a chilli cookoff.
  11. Played at Guitars Unplugged but didn't make it to Best Of... I guess I'm too cutting edge, haha.
  12. Joined Ryan and Garrett in starting the Mid-Morning's Mackles poetry society.
  13. Joined Phi Alpha Theta, the national history honors society.
  14. Bought a little girl bike and spray painted it gold.
  15. GREW A DISGUSTING MUSTACHE.
  16. Got glasses.
  17. Learned how to rock climb.
  18. Got to see the Portland Timber's pre-season game after their announced expansion into MLS.
  19. Was given an amazing Scot Thompson autographed jersey from Dylan because he is awesome like that.
  20. Made blackberry jam after gathering berries from the brambles at my parent's house.
  21. Was going to go to the beach but had fountainhead diarrhea -- I'm pretty sure it was the swine flu.
  22. I haven't gone to a devotional since being back at BYU-Idaho, not even Dallin H. Oaks' which made national news.
  23. Lifted weights a couple times, realized it was lame.
  24. Did yoga a couple of times, got lazy.
  25. Realized it's far easier to walk to school than it is to drive.
  26. I've read way too much. 
  27. Played soccer a couple of times, realized I was out of shape and stopped.
  28. Woke up in the early morning to clean glass that was burning into the floor.
  29. Bought a goldfish.
  30. Dressed up as Bob Dylan in the Subterranean Homesick Blues video for Halloween.
  31. Went to Rabbit Stick on Henry's Fork.
  32. Took pictures of Cambra celebrating her pink Canadian rain boots.
  33. Speaking of Canada, they just won the gold medal in Hockey.
  34. Learned how to recycle candles.
  35. Got stuck on the toilet at Wal-Mart during a blackout that spanned 20 miles.
  36. Fed ducks.
  37. Went to Arizona by way of Vegas.
  38. Took a wrong turn onto a one-way off-ramp in Vegas.
  39. Almost died in Vegas.
  40. Got a rash in Arizona.
  41. Learned how to play farcry on Xbox 360 -- double joysticks blow my mind.
  42. Got a new brother-in-law by way of shotgun.
  43. Got two new neices, one nephew and one more neice on the way.
  44. Took tourist shots at the hoover dam.
  45. Played a house show in Provo with a former American Idol contestant -- does this make me famous?
  46. On a whim took a drive up into the Targhee National Forest in winter, almost died again.
  47. Got a new cell phone.
  48. Got a big tub of honey at the Rexburg farmer's market.
  49. Took my two-year-old nephew Trey to an art gallery in Hood River where he managed to find interest in the only painting with naked women -- did we ever tell you that Darcey?
  50. Learned how to swim for reals... you know, talk to the fish and listen to the fish kind of swimming.
  51. Drove a U-Haul for the first time with Cambra only yelling at me once.
  52. Bought awesome fruit crates from an obscure antique shop in Wishram, Washington.
  53. Visited the faux-henge across the river from Biggs.
  54. Went to a bluegrass festival in I-Falls and tried slacklining.
  55. Camped in my parent's backyard.
  56. Hiked Oneonta Falls.
That is all I can think of as of now.  If you know more, please share.  Also, I'm totally going to start chronicling my life here more often.  Having an entire year without an entry is pretty absurd.

1 comment:

Zach said...

YAY for number 50!
That was fun teaching you guys how to swim.