Las Vegas

A 4-day weekend in Las Vegas. Boo ya! It began Thursday at 4 o clock. Some friends and I headed out to Las Vegas to take a break from the traditional weekend at BYU. The drive down was long and uneventful but that was made up for in Vegas. We did alot of cool things but going up the stratosphere was probably the most memorable.

Friday night we decided to go on a few rides on top of the stratosphere. It was easy getting to it because, if Vegas knows how to do one thing, its accommadate people. They probably have as many car garages as provo has cars. This was nice because we found a spot easily and made our way into the stratosphere. At the bottom of the stratosphere we bought our tickets for two rides, insanity and big shot. We went on bigshot first which is alot like the rocket at Lagoon just not as big or fast, BUT it was on top of the stratosphere and we could see the all of Vegas which might have compensated for the lack of the other things. After the bigshot we went on insanity which is a ride that hangs you out in middair and spins you around like a cheap carnival ride. It was only cool because we were about 1200 feet above the ground which was a little intimidating but exciting. After spinning for what felt too long, I became sick and thought I would hurl. Luckily the ride stopped before this occurred. We jumped off and talked about how cool it was then went back down the elevator to ground level. We checked out the fountains at the Bellagio and attempted to see the volcano at the Mirage but it closed right when we got there. Then we just hurried home and went to bed. It was a good night.

Redbox Confrontation

Wednesday in Mcom 320 Professor Shayne Clarke gave his students an unusual but interesting homework assignment. This assignment entailed of each student giving a complete stranger something. I was planning on buying someone lunch on Friday, but somehow I completely forgot about this assignment until saturday night around one o clock in the morning. 

I walked into fatcats and decided I would give a pop from the pop machine to one of the fatcat workers. For some reason the pop machine wouldn't take my dollar so I bagged that idea and went to seven eleven. I walked inside grabbed a fresh cold lemonade from behind the glass. After I purchased the drink, I kind of wandered around the store and around the parking lot looking for someone to give this lemonade too. Then I saw a man chillin at redbox choosing a movie to watch with his girl probably. I approached him and asked him if he would liked lemonade. He said yes so I gave him the lemonade, hopped in my truck and drove home. A wonderful way  to end the night.

Bam!

Another weekend has past. Its crazy to think this semester is fourth the way through. So far, it has not been too bad. I am enjoying my classes. This past weekend was pretty good; it started out with making pizza and playing water pong. The pizza's we made were from scratch and turned out super well. Oh and Friday we attempted golfing at cascade in Orem. However, we only got to the third hole until it began to pour down rain. We were getting soaked so the cascade man told us we could come back Saturday and finish our game when the weather cleared up. Saturday we finished up our golfing. I was not on my a game and played horribly, but it was still fun. After golf hit up the BYU football game and then ended the night with a pazooka and fifa. Another great weekend  at BYU. Yaya

Oh Snap!

Okay this week was brutal and awesome. It began with a midterm on Monday for Russian literature and ended with phenomenal talks from general conference. In between I had two more midterms and also went to the football game, BYU vs Utah State. It was such a good game. My friend and I showed up after the half-time show and honestly, I thought we were going to lose. The last 4 minutes of the game were amazing. Riley pulled through and made some very good runs and throws. The game was great, which is more than I can say for my midterms. They all went relatively well except for my accounting exam. I’m not sure what my score is but I probably bombed it. Hopefully I find out today and maybe general conference will be able to cheer me up after I find out my score.  I am ready to put this week behind me and take on the next week!

PROVO

I'm taking a golf class this semester because I thought it would be a good idea. However I didn't know it was 4 days a week for an hour. It has been good though. For the class we have to go golfing at least 3 times through out the course of the semester. So today, My roommate and I pulled out the clubs and got our golf groove on. I won't lie, I'm pretty crappy at golfing. If i remember correctly, I lost multiple golf balls. But I am starting to get this technical game down. My biggest problem is driving. I can't seem to get the ball to go straight down the fairway; it always slices to the right.

 My other classes this semester are alright. I actually am really enjoying my business writing class. I already implement the things I have learned in it and it has been awesome!

Golf

I'm taking a golf class this semester because I thought it would be a good idea. However I didn't know it was 4 days a week for an hour. It has been good though. For the class we have to go golfing at least 3 times through out the course of the semester. So today, My roommate and I pulled out the clubs and got our golf groove on. I won't lie, I

The Climb

Okay so last weekend we decided to veer from the natural routine of watching a movie Friday night and, instead, prepared ourselves to hike Mount Timp. Word on the street is if you haven’t climbed this Mountain, you aren’t a true human. Therefore we climbed it. We didn’t just climb it, however. We climbed it in the middle of the night in hopes to see the sun rise from its hiding place while chilling on the summit. And that is exactly what we did.

This little venture was exhausting and mentally tiring. I found myself stranded on a random glacier, soaked by hidden water holes, separated from the group, and at a dead end of multiple trails.  Nevertheless, I did make it to the top and was able to see the beautiful sun rise from the east.  It was worth the climb most definitely. It is one of those things I am glad I did but will probably never do it again, at least not for awhile.