So I Guess I'm a Blogger Now

So, yes, I'm starting a blog. Why? Well I guess b/c I never remember everything I want to tell my mom when I talk to her on the phone and I don't do a very good job of writing in my journal so this can be a good place for me to regurgitate some of my thoughts and experiences in a more lasting way than just saying them out loud. I guess I've been somewhat resistant to the idea of starting a blog b/c I mostly feel like, "Honestly, who cares what I have to say?" But, being far from my immediate family and not being much of a phone-talker I figure I should do SOMEthing to let them know what I'm up to.


That said, what have I been up to the last couple of days? Let's see, Thursday I had my AFROTC Leadership Lab class. We had our second "Warrior Day" of the semester. What that entails is we went up to rock canyon, split up into squadrons of GMC (which stands for General Military Course and basically just means the underclassmen) and took turns going through a course where we were periodically ambushed by POC (Professional Officer Course, or the upperclassmen) and members of the cadre (the active-duty officers assigned to our detachment who are basically teachers). I'm always down for running around in camo shooting at people with air soft rifles but waiting for our turn to run the course was pretty cold. That said once we got to go it was lots of fun, even if we weren't very good at not getting killed. After LeadLab I went to Grandma and Grandpa's house and enjoyed a relaxing afternoon there and a yummy dinner.

Friday was a pretty busy day. I was in classes until 5pm and when I got home Justin and I carved pumpkins with some of the people in our ward. I actually wasn't able to stick around until my partner and I finished our pumpkin b/c the teacher for my physical sciences class had managed to get all of us in the class free tickets to a concert by the BYU Symphony Band and Wind Symphony and I had to leave to make it to that on time. The concert was pretty good and when I got back there was a Halloween dance party going full-swing in the central court-yard area of my apartment complex. I was pretty impressed by some of the costumes people were wearing. I, on the other hand, did not have a costume. But let's be honest, when has something like that ever stopped me from dancin' it up? So that was fun and when the dance started winding down we watched one of the dumbest "scary movies" I've ever seen in my life. It was called "The Shortcut" and I'd say it comes awfully close to if not exceeding Twilight in terms of cinematic atrocity. Though to be honest, what do you expect when you go to Hollywood Video looking for a scary movie that's not R-rated the night before Halloween in Provo? There weren't too many options.

Well, if there was a lot going on yesterday it was matched by an equal amount of a lot NOT going on today. I basically spent the whole day in the Wilkinson Center working on essays for my Western Humanities class. The highlights of that experience were when I fell asleep and then when I turned on the Longhorns football game on ESPN's website. I could tell you all about the themes of chaos and order in ancient Greek art and literature but since I spent all day writing about it I think I won't. I got work done and the Horns killed Okie State so I suppose it was a pretty decent day.

So as I've been writing this I've been thinking I hope you don't get the impression I'll write something about what I do every single day. I really doubt I'll be that consistent. Also I'd like to use this space to write about some of my personal reflections on things I've been thinking about, kind of like Dad does on his blog (though you probably shouldn't expect the same level of critical thinking). So I'll update this as often as I can and hope y'all enjoy hearing from me. Good night!