Fauver Spooktacular!

OK, maybe this isn't too "spooktacular". I'm working the night shift tonight, which is a bummer. I wanted to be at home, to be able to see the Nursery kids in their costumes. Oh well. I'm really busy, so I'll post more tomorrow during my regular schedule.

Be safe tonight for your Happy Halloween! Rock, rock on !

None shall pass!

Well, it sounds like my friend Ben had a bad day yesterday, for which I feel bad for him. It seems like my "bad " days aren't as catastrophic as his. "Bad" for me is just stressful, so I won't feel bad for myself anymore.

It's been raining here since last night, and being a bit slow (mentally), I wore my leather jacket to work. Upon distancing myself about 15 miles from home, I realized that water and leather rarely, if ever, mix well. So, I left my coat in the car and walked in to work. Sometimes, my intelligence level astounds me. Duh!

A pre-lunch epiphany: It's real easy to eat unhealthily in the US. Greasy burgers, fries, tacos, onion rings, burritos, pizza, etc. These things harden the arteries, clog the heart, make us fat, and generally don't help us at all. But the really depressing part about these things...I can't afford to go get any of it! It's a bit depressing to know that all of that unhealthy food is out there, and I can't get my hands on any of it.

Don't get me wrong. Eating heathier is great. Val has found quite a few very good recipies for heart-healthy eating, all of which we have tried I have liked. However, I still like the taste of a nice juicy burger, some excellent fries, and fry sauce occasionally. Being poor isn't conducive to eating out, is it?

Well, enough depth for me today. I'm out for the rest of the day, unless something interesting happens. Have a great weekend, citizens!

*yawn*

It's been a slow day today, and I haven't seen anything worth mentioning , yet. So, sorry bloggers, today's Fauver's fix is going to have to pass unfulfilled. I'm out...

Wednesday stuff...

I have been reading the "Prelude to Glory" series by Ron Carter. It's set during the American Revolution, and is a series of historically accurate fiction. However, it has given me a deeper understanding of the problems that faced the Americans during the War, and the 10 years afterwards, and has made me admire such greats as George Washington, James Madison, Ben Franklin and others, more. The vision and the courage that they all had in setting up our government is frankly astounding. They created a form of government that was unknown at the time, and had never been thought about except by a few individuals. Our current form of government was the brainchild of James Madison, with input from George Washington and a select few others. This series of books has reaffirmed to me that Heavenly Father created this nation for a purpose, which was the Restoration of His church, and that he was watching and helping our leaders make good decisions, and helping others to make very poor decisions, which benifitted us.

I could do a whole other post on my astonishment at the ineptitude of some of the American generals during the Revolution, but I won't do that right now. Suffice to say, God made sure that things happened His way, in spite of the agency and stupidity of others. Simply amazing.

I started reading biographies before I got hooked on my current series, but I am going to read a biography on J. Robert Oppenheimer after I'm done. The bio on Einstein was quite informative, as was the one on FDR. Good info. I'll post later on today if something interesting happens. I'm out...

Giving new meaning to the phrase "Go away"

I thought that this was interesting...

Busy, busy, busy...

Well, this is the first time today that I have had enough time to sit and actually look at things on the computer here at work. One thing keeps happening after another here today.

Not much to say today, except that the son of my old bishop Mark Paulsen, Brandon Paulsen, died yesterday here in SLC of cancer. Apparently, he left a wife with 4 young children. He was pretty young himself, only a few years older than I am, and I'll be 28 in March. Our prayers are with his wife and family, and his parents.

Not much else today. I'm out...

On the Road Again...

Good day, fellow citizens! I'm back at work. I'm still a bit ambivalent about being back, but I'm trying to have a good attitude about it.

The picture on this post is the city of Seoul, South Korea. I got it from here. The reason I put it up there is because Thursday 20 Oct was Valerie's birthday. She wanted to go to one of the parks up towards the mountains to look at the changing leaves, have a campfire, roast marshmallows/hot dogs, etc. and have a good time. We got up there and the park was closed. We were puzzled as to why it was closed, since it was open last year at this time. We decided, on the drive home, that we would make a fire at home and cook hot dogs and such, since we couldn't make a fire where we had first wanted to. My mother-in-law has one of those playground type toys off to the side of her house, along with a sandbox. So, I made a small fire in the sandpit, and we got the smoke-in-clothes smell. We had a lot of fun, and Val was happy with how things turned out. And that's what really matters!

Now, the picture of Seoul. I saw that picture today, and I wondered if that's a little bit of how we looked Thursday night. All the lights off, and the only light around was a small fire.

I don't have any profound thoughts for right now, and I hope that everyone's Monday has been good. I'm out...

26 minutes and counting...

Well, in about 30 minutes I'll be leaving for the week. I'd really like to thank my friend Ben for his help with this site. That cool XML button down on the bottom right side is because of his expertise and knowledge. I'm grateful to him. I don't think I have much of anything else to talk about today, but I'll try to post something a couple of times this week. Have fun, and please keep in touch. Rock, rock on! (Shopping for Danger)

Monday morning....

Good day, blogging citizens! First thing, I'll be gone from work the rest of this week, due to vacation constraints. I'll probably be spending my time trying to recover my vocal capabilities that the sickness has robbed me of.
Val and I were reading in Alma last night about Korihor. Every time I read that chapter, I am reminded of what Alma says to Korihor in Alma 30:44 : The scriptures are laid before thee, yea, and all things denote there is a God; yea, even the earth, and all things that are upon the face of it, yea, and its motion, yea, and also all the planets which move in their regular form do witness that there is a Supreme Creator.
I couldn't help but be reminded of what Ben posted on Oct 15, 2005 about his discussion/mutilation with his co-workers on the nature of ethics and morality, and the bases thereof. (Mutilation of their arguments. I've been on the recieving end of those kind of "discussions" with Mr. Raty before. :D ) Atheists will deny the existence of God, even though, like Alma told Korihor, all things prove that there is a God. The non-believers have no proof, just their word and opinion.

I also thought that this picture was really cool.

I also was feeling a bit melancholy last night, discussing high school with my wife. Probably like most people, I wish I could go back and do things differently. I wonder how my life would be different now if i had asked people out who I had crushes on, or if I had attended choir like I had wanted to, or if I had played basketball while I was in junior high and continued in high school. I wanted to do all those things, but I was too chicken to do them. I never realized, at that time, that by asking out those people, and if they had said "no", then it wasn't that they didn't want to be my friend or associate with me, just that they didn't want to pursue any sort of romantic relationship. I'm kinda haunted by what might have been. I want to make clear that I love my wife, and I am happy with my life with her. I just wonder how my life would be different if I had chosen otherwise.
Kinda deep for a Monday morning. Sorry, I'll let you get on with your day... Rock, rock on!

Finally Friday!

I don't have too many thoughts of what to post this afternoon. It's been a busy day here at work. I got about 3 or 4 hours of sleep last night because of the congestion I have, but I don't feel too bad right now. I'm ready to go home, but I still have 2 hours to go before I can go home. Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Inferiority Complex....

Although I feel like I don't have as many intelligent things to talk about/discuss like my friend Ben does, I wanted to put my musings up for people to see about this: Investigations are underway concerning a "boat trip" that about 20 members of the Minnesota Vikings football team took last Thursday. Employees of the company that chartered the boat say that minutes after leaving the dock, women that the players had brought with them started taking their clothes off, heavy drinking ensued, along with public sex acts. The players harrassed the female employees of the charter company, offering them money to take their clothes off also and join them. Check this out for more info. I'll disregard the fact that alcohol makes idiots, morons and buttwipes out of most people, but what posseses men to think that public sex is all right, and that asking other women to join in on your debauchery is civil at all? I don't care how much alcohol you've had to drink. I have a feeling that these "men" would have acted this way stone-cold sober. What do their wives have to say about this? Why are these losers looked at as role models? I understand that these guys make lots more money than I do, and like my friend Ben, are lots bigger and tougher than I am. But no amount of money, prestige or power entitles people to act in this way. I guess my question then becomes: Why should these men be looked up to? Are athletes really good examples for us to pattern our lives after? What do you think has happened to their senses of decency/decorum. Let me know what you think. I'm out for today.

Something new and exciting!

Last night I helped Valerie set up a new blog here on blogspot. Her url is right here , or you can click the "Valerie's Site" link off on the right. Right now I'm really busy at work right now, so I'll post something more, later.

Oh, yes...

i almost forgot that it's my sister Leah's birthday. i think she's 22 or somewhere close. it's too bad that she lives so far away, i miss her. she's almost as cute as my wife! happy birthday, lemur! <3 jordan

*blah*

well, i'm not feeling much better. my head hurts right behind my right ear, my nose is runny and my throat hurts. but, i'm still at work!!
val and i went to "meet the candidates" night last night for centerville. 2 mayoral candidates and 4 for city council. it was kinda frustrating because they all seem like nice people and would do their best to represent the people's interests. i'm leaning toward the young mayoral candidate, who is about val's age. the city council people are a bit harder to quantify, but i think the lady has some good ideas. i don't know which of the other 3 men to vote for, but i still have a month to decide. isn't democracy great!?!?!
i don't have much more to say right now, but prolly something will happen later on.
HAPPY COLUMBUS DAY!

NINJA !!!!!!

i heard about this list on the radio this afternoon, and it seems pretty funny. #17 is my favorite. check this out... :) see you tomorrow.

Not Much to Say 2

sorry. the last post i did was in black, so it doesn't show up with the BLACK background. well, i don't have much to say this morning. i think i'm getting sick from a co-worker, 'cause my throat is hurting and the nose is runny. happy happy, joy joy. being sick sucks. at least i have a job that lets me sit for the most part. if i had to walk around for 6-8 hrs per day, i'd have called in sick, or something. i'm a bit upset this morning, because i reinstalled MW3 last night, got past 1 mission, and it crashed again. i don't understand what is making it crap out like this. i patched it and set it to run in windows95 mode, and it still dies. gaaaaaaah! oh well, i might have to google something tonight to see if i can get it to work. *sigh*

2.20 pm musings

well, here goes the 2nd try. i hope everybody doesn't mind that i don't capitalize when i type. i do when i write, but not typing.
i like playing games. console games, computer games, card games, etc. i don't like word searches, but i like crossword puzzles. one idea of a good evening for me is getting together with my bros.-in-law, hooking up the LAN( !gasp! capitalized) and playing mechwarrior4 or the new counterstrike. currently, i'm getting back into mechwarrior 3, which i haven't played for 2.5 years. but, i begin to wonder.... is it unhealthy to want to play these games, which so often i play by myself, rather than spend that time doing something more constructive? now, i really enjoy playing games, and some people would say that sitting by myself, playing a 1 player game, isn't constructive, but i think it is. i find it's a good way to relax, but i think i might be crossing a line some times, because i sometimes get irritated when i don't get to play. but i do things to help my wife, help with dinner, exercise, etc. before i play. maybe the mantra "all things in moderation" or"a time and place for all things" are applicable here.

First Post Ever!

well, i've never done this before, so here goes! my name is jordan, and i live in centerville, utah. that's in the salt lake valley. i'm not quite sure what to blog on, but i'm sure i'll think of something later!