Texturizing Mousse!

Ok, so remember when i said i would write a good blog tommorow?

well, pretend today was that tommorow

i know i know, its like a week or 2 later.

i said pretend.

sheesh.

ok, so. good news.

christmas is in 4 DAYS KIDS! stoked.

also, today is the first day of winter! now we just need winter to not be lame and give us some of that fluffy white stuff we love so much! and not these lame 2 ichers, we need a good 12 at least! cool beans?

avatar. tomorrow. so excited. for reals.

so i watched The Best 2 Years. again. for like, the 902345293748 time. SO good.

im so stoked to go out there!

man alive. im already outta things to say. not good kids. not good.

so, again. better post to be arranged.

until later kids!

-Hank™

Not a Significant Source of Nutrients!

first off, i have very important news.

ya, i actually have something to say!

amazing, i know

anywho,

THE SPILL CANVAS REALESED ONE OF THEIR NEW SONGS from their upcoming album called "abnormalities"

the song is called "Gateway Drug" and its so amazing.

at very very first, i wasnt a fan. it was different from all their other stuff and had a weird vibe to it. but now...now i just cant stop listening to it! it deffinatly has the spill canvas groove and i LOVE it! check it out on their myspace, www.myspace.com/tsc called gateway drug

also, the recorded an acoustic version of another of their new songs called "Parallels and Money"

so good. a little rough, but hey, it was recorded in their kitchen haha.

ok, so its late and im tired. ill do a GOOD blog tommorow since i dont have work!

sounds good.

also, this month is "change your profile picture to your favorite pokemon" month. so, to all myspace/facebook or whatever users, please do it! good times.

well, until next time kids!

-Gwen?

Is it LOVE?! Maybe..

hi!

so, i cant possibly express my love for the snow in words.

seriously

i just love it so deeply and passionately! haha and i love to drive in it! the OIIIO likes to drive in it too!

so i am currently listening to the christmas playlist selja put on her blog, and so far i have listened to 2 songs in finnish, and man, what a crazy language haha, but the songs have but super legit. so check that out

also, i dunno if i said this in my last post or not, but i should be able to put in my mission papers again soon! like, january! im stoked!! i dunno how it works though, like, if i will have to compleatly re do them, just redo parts, or if i just send em in as is... ill keep you posted.

as i wrote that, i realized, all the things i said id keep ya posted on, i didnt. so, my room is not clean. at all. and im sad no one called in for rescue crews, it would have been nice! haha

so guys, i really need more interesting things to talk about.

hm

ok. so i have to tell you, my favorite christmas songs of all time.

1-wake up little child-peter breinholt

2-song for a winters night-sarah mcclachlan (spell?)

3-bring a torch, jeanette iseballa

4-what christmas means to me-stevie wonder

5-baby its cold outside

what great songs!

so so so so wonderful

oh! ok, so this guy, Paskal Jakobsen, he is the lead singer for one of my favorite bands, Bløf! he is so good! its a Dutch band, from the Netherlands, and they are pretty huge back their! but this guy...man, i love his voice so much! as long as you can get past the harsh dutch language haha

this is called Rijden door de nacht' from the album 'Helder'

and this one, its all of Bløf, and one of my favorite of their songs, "Oktober"

and last but not least, a new one of theirs, called "De Storm (Geef Niet Op)"

it wont let me embed this one, so here is the link if you wanna watch it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4bkGdRO0z8

ok i lied. one more. this is another of just Paskal Jakobsen, and is also one of my favorites

and acoustic version of "Alles is Liefde"

ok, well im gonna let ya go now! hope you enjoyed Bløf!

Cajun Squirrel Flavored Potato Crisps

so

lemme tell ya something kids.

blog'n is good. for real

and i am so super bad at it,

yet i really enjoy it

so, here i am! i dunno who reads this, and i gotta say, i just hope that a few totally random people that i dont know read it. cut that would just be super legit.

but if i dont say something cool soon, you random-ers are just gonna leave...stick around for a bit! i hope itl get more interesting.

so, 26 days till christmas! almost 25 cuz im writing this at 11:27 on sunday. so. ya.

that is good news

also, i now cant listen to christmas music! pretty much all i will listen to now is Taylor Swift and Peter Breinholts christmas albums, because they are just wonderful!

oh, and to you faithful readers, as to the progress of said previous dilema

no change...

anywho, good news. i watched elf today. for like....the 3rd time since thanksgiving. man alive i could watch that show all day!!

my room, is an absolute disaster.

and im not talking like, cant see the floors.

im talkin about, im loosing desks, some walls, a family of ducks, and im quite sure there is a small yeti hiding amidst the madness. ill keep you posted, if i find a new species ill be sure to post pictures!

planning on trying to start cleaning tomorrow.

that, my friends, is scary.

if i dont contact y'all in a few days, send rescue crews.

and some in-n-out burger, that would be a wonderful last meal :)

so good news. im 99% sure i can re-submit my mission papers in january, and plan to head out april-ish! man alive, you kids have no idea how stoked i am. for real. ill keep ya updated on that as well!

well kids, this has been lame, so im going to go to bed so i dont bore you to sleep....

just wanted to let you all know that i am, indeed, still alive and kickin, and DESPRATLY needing more people to hang out with when i get off of work. seriously guys, who needs to do homework and to to school? lame. come play with me, that would be a much better alternative me thinks.

sounds great.

see ya soon then!

unil next time kids!

-Gwen

Purple Puppies Parachute Past Pumpkin Patches.

ok guys

i have a story to tell you

a sad story

but sad like tears

sad like "man, brady is sorta kinda a little pathetic" kind of sad.

so many of you should quite enjoy this!

so, this story begins awhile ago. i dont remember when. well i do, but im not going to tell you. it would give it all away

anywho, so back a ways

i was a happy lil camper, i was single (and i have only been single. ever. haha) , and was hangin out will all sorts of people, mostly ones i had not really hung out with much at all! good times. i love getting to know people better, tis wonderful.

so anyways, there was a certain somone there who i knew pretty well but only really saw at school and outside school on rare occasions, and she has always been extreamly attractive.

for reals

here is the sad part.

i have liked her a fair amount since that point. like....a year ago or something.

and i am being a lame little boy. and not doing anything about it.

:(

so ya. sad. cuz im lame.

haha

anywho, on another note, i have another story to tell.

so tonight i went out on my first discussion with the missionaries (i got called as a ward missionary until i leave on my actual mission) and this family is set to be baptized on the 14 of november, which is just wonderful! and we went over and gave them a lesson on quitting smoking and gave them 15 steps to stop smoking in 7 days, and man.

it was honestly one of the most spiritual moments i have had in ages! the faith and hope this couple had was just astounding, they have been going though some hard times and just how they keep on trekin' and have so much faith in the church and in the missionaries, i just love it! it was amazing, and it just made me realize that soon, i will be out there, bringing all that joy to other people! i cant even wait! i mean, i am just to happy right now, and i cant wait to bring all that happiness and more to others who just dont know of it yet! i seriously cant wait to leave on my mission!

last but not least, taylor swifts new songs = love.

:)

ok, well thats all for now!

- ydarb

so guys, i got a new lens for my camera!

im stoked!

and to make it better, i just got my camera back from being cleaned and repaired!

what a good day!

its a Vivitar EF100mm Macro Lens.

i got it for like 30 bucks and its usually like 150 (which is SUUUPER cheap)

and you can tell, its a way cheap lens. its plasticky and chattery and slow

but from reviews i read its optical quality is comparable to some 6-800 dollar lenes!

so, i just went out and took some pictures, ill post the best one of a bee i got. im stoked to take some portraits with it!! its such a sharp lens!

Not a Monster?

so guys, good news

i changed my blogger template

what do ya think?

im pretty darn sure that it is pretty legit!

hahahaha oh my i love it soooo much, it took me like an hour to find the perfect one!

so bad news though.

anthony is gone!

yes kids, he finally left on his mission, and now i am all alone!

kinda

i still have alex on very rare occasions

and soon i hope i will start hangin out with selja!

because apperently her friends are also kinda lame and ignore her?

which blows my mind.

who would not wanna chill with her?! she seriously is so fun

and not fake. i dont like fake people

haha

so i have a few stories for the world, but they can wait till tommorow.

because i need to go to bed.

really bad.

so

goodnight

O_o

:)

-Brady!

this is very inportant

guys, check out this video!!! SO FUNNY.

love it.

http://youtube.com/view=k8is03js

best ever.

:)

Let The Future Pass, and Don't Let Go

K guys

I have some bad news.

So, as I wrote long long ago, I have wanted to write a song for a very long time

So, I busted out my guitar today and started to play around a little. So far that part is actually going better than I had expected. Im not good at guitar, I can play a few chords, but that’s about it. So, to make it a little more interesting I am veering away from standard tuning and changing it with an alternate tuning, dadf#ad. An open d tuning. So, its all cool, ‘cept in that tuning I only know 2 chords, but no worries. Im not too good at strumming and such so im gonna be picking(I think) and that im semi good at and gives me more options….so I kinda have the beginning of what I think wont suck too bad.

But heres the deal

I have never had a hard time writing lyrical things, like poems. Ever. I have always just been able to spew out a pretty good piece of poetry at random, without any sort of reason or inspiration.

But of course, when I finally have even just a little bit on the guitar, I cant thing of even a single word.

Boo

I don’t know why this is happening, but its upsetting me

So, my plan is to just finish up the guitar part, and then record it. So that way I have the entire musical part done. Then maybe by then I will be able to come up with some hopefully mediocre lyrics? I dunno. Ill keep y’all updated though.

I have heard it gets easier to write songs the more you do it, but I think my biggest problem is I have very little instrumental talent, so its hard to make something with the 5 chords I know.

Anyways, as I said ill keep ya updated, maybe put a little clip of the begginging on here or something. All I can say is if I do that I would really appreciate some feedback (I know, I HATE when people complain that no one ever comments on their blog and such, but If I do something where I honestly would like some feedback, please give me some J haha )

Anywho, I don’t really have much else to say

Im crabby because my internet has not worked for 3 days, im currently typing this in word so I can paste it to my blog whenever it decides to work again….

Selena Gomez is so freakin attractive. Just incase you forgot.

And twitter is being freakin lame today. Im not getting anything and it wont send any of mine

Bugger.

well, sorry this has been a really lame post. but alas, im am currently writing a pretty dope one. so dont even worry

unil next time!

Man Talk

wow

it has been a long time since i have really blogged!

dont worry guys, im still breathing!

but ya know, annie is the only one who has updated really

props to you annie

props to you.

but ok, so i was going to bed last night, but instead watched nearly every single one of Selena Gomez's video blogs and interviews on youtube?

why you may ask?

well, i wasnt tired, so i had watched "the princess protection program" on my computer and had a sudden relization

i am sad to say, and never though i would say

it hurts my heart so,

but

i am not going to marry taylor swift.

im going to marry selena gomez

haha

ok, so hear me out

as we all know, there is a HUGE difference in the these words:

hot

beautiful

cute

pretty

attractive

HUGE

if you are a guy, you know

if you are a girl, you might *kinda* get it

but prolly not

so, let me explain

i am physically attracted to cute girls

why?

i dunno

but ok

here are the best definitions i can muster

pretty-

ok, this is one girls use alot to describe other girls.

guys know that this is not a good thing

if a girl says her friend is really pretty, a guy will immediatly think

"oh ok so she isnt hot but i wont be scared to look at her"

pretty usually means they are much less than spectacular.

but, only if a girl says it

if a guy says it, its still on the lesser scale, but not nearly as much

we men trust the judgement of our fellow men

next

cute-

ok, i have no idea how i am going to explain this one

ill explain the others first, that will help

hot-

ok, hot is where they are just smokin!

as in, they INSTANTLY grab your attention at how good lookin they are

often times, hot is very barbie-ish and fake

hot is extreamly superficial

if i guy calls you hot, its for sure a complement but with a hint of "you look toooooooo good"

mostly

again, these are hard to explain. ask me questions to clarify if you have them

beautiful-

one of my faves

so to me, a beautiful person is attractive from the get go, but more so with time

and they dont look fake or barbie-ish, they are just all around extreamly good looking.

not saying you cant be beautiful from the start

its just....i dunno

if a guy calls you beautiful, you should take it as a serious compliment, because that is some awesome praise! good good good good.

honestly the highest you can get.

beautiful also encompasses the personality of the person to a degree, but doesnt have to.

cute-

in a way like you would say a kitty or puppy is cute.

man, i really have no idea how to describe this.

lemme give some examples

hot -- megan fox, hayden panettierre (ya i cant spell her name...), emma watson, demi lovato

pretty -- miley cyrus

beautiful -- bekah davis, julia dahdah, this one is more *personal* to the beholder...haha

cute -- selena gomez

attractive-

forgot to explain this one.

it is kinda all of them

not so much hot though. i would NEVER call taylor swift hot, but oh my goodness she is soooo attractive!

but still, all the above people are attractive. again, this one is a little more dependent on the beholder, but to me if i call you attractive that is pretty much the highest praise you could get from me, even though i made it look easy to be attractive, i dont use it lightly.

girls, just think like us men and you will understand all of this....

haha

but back to my original thoughs, selena gomez.

i always have been waaaay more attracted to the "cute" look than anything.

like, if you look at selena gomez she is so freakin cute. and sooooo attractive.

taylor swift, while so attractive and quite beautiful, is not so much cute.

and selena gomez has always been close second to taylor swift (sorry cassadee pope(who is hot))

but now, selena has taken up 1st place.

ok, so ya, this has been an uber superficial blog, but its something i just felt that i needed to share!

The Codex Alera

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Originally uploaded by mhelfstein

So, The Codex Alera Series.

SO AMAZING!

i am requireing all of my blog readers to head over to the nearest book store or library and get the first book, "Furies of Calderon"

so so good.

yes, its a fantasy book

and the magic is super cool

ahhh

im in love

but, the books dont have a map in them...which SUCKS. because there is a ton of stuff that you need a map for, and its hard to keep track of things without one. so, i googled for a map and found this dude on flickr who made all these maps


i could kiss him.

ok, no i couldent, but i was just overjoyed to have a map! so i am sharing it with you.

so, again, go NOW to get Furies of Calderon.

and just ignore the cover of the book, i thought it was cool-ish, but after reading the book, what is depicted on the cover of the book never actually happens, and even if it did its a small part of the book....

and if you are still reading this, i am mad at you because you havent left yet to go get the book....

Happy Camper?! Yes, Yes I Do Belive I Am!

so

im updating again, in like...the same week!

we should have a party

really

cuz who knows if it will ever happen again!

but im blogging about something specific today

weird i know!

the ballad of brady having a subject?!

can it be done?!



probably not.


haha

well i will try

so first off

the camping.

so, me jocelyn, jeff, nick, suzanne, kevin, john, alyssa, and gail all headed off to the sand dunes!!

so epic

lots of fun!

haha i got like 20 min notice, and we put all the stuff from kevins truck into the space van and went off! got there and set up camp and headed out to the sandy wilderness and had a party flippin and jumpin off the dunes!

went back to camp, ate, made a bonfire with like 40 ft flames....

then played sardines till we gave that up because it was redicuosly hard....

then went and played red rover

which ended ended up eith only 2 black eyes and 6 stiches!

so no worries!

had the apocalypse at the sand dunes at night with howling winds and rain!

thank goodness for the bed in the space van!


ok, so now the point of this post

i just have to say that i am a happy little boy

ok, well, im not really that little...

but you get the point?

i dunno

i hope.

haha

but james!!

also known as laura.

who i spoke of last post

she is freakin amazing! really!!

we talk all the freakin time and well,

im just a really really REALLY happy guy!

just bummed she lives so far....meh, whats a 11 hour drive?!

i can digg it....haha

well, peace out!!

Playing in Photoshop

LJAK? Maybe.

ok guys, i am super bad at blogging

and yes, i am aware that i start pretty much every single blog post like this, so i am sorry about that... haha

but it is true

and you know it.

so anywho, i really wanna write just some epic blog post today, to maybe kinda make up for my horrible habbit of...well, of not blogging! haha

so i am at the library, because my computer is in my living room and wireless internet is just uber slow and i cant handle it. and i need a new book on tape to listen to while i work, i am almost done with all the harry potters now haha.

so the keyboard here is knarly....its huge, and stands like 3 inches above the table so my wrists already hurt, making me a sad panda....

so i have a story for you all. one you may not belive! i mean, i, after all, barely belive it!!

...

my room is CLEAN!

yep, you read that right folks. clean. well, except jasmines cage, but hey, one thing at a time...

so i got a new job. i now have like 3 jobs....haha it makes me feel special cuz i just read jocelyns blog about how she needs a job way bad and she gets an interview and realizes she really does not want that job...haha. but i now work at Craig's, i work for my moms handyman guy up at her shoping center, like painting and cleaning and such. and then i work for my mom where at that same shoping center where i have to wake up at an unholy hour of the morning to empty the trash and make sure theres none in the parking lot and such....yup. great fun, just like it sounds...hahaha but i get paid well for em all! so soon i will have some money! yay!

so kristin, after how hot today was, when are you opening your pool? haha

ok, so another story. yes, it might be lame. decide for yourself...

haha

anywho, so last week good'ole anthony went outta town, to st george, and it sucked might i say....seriously, like the week i needed friends and stuff more than anything, anthony leaves and the rest of my friends chose that week to be the one week where they cant hang out (or cant hang out with non-college folk) even more so than usual. this was a bummer. so i spent all week being a little mopey because no one wanted to play....

until that saturday. i finally get ahold of some people and they are playing at jocelyns house in the sunshine and it was glorious. but alas, they all left to go to some dance at the U. except jocelyn, but she was haning out with some of her girls so no luck there...so again, no friends....haha

speaking of jocelyn not playing, so hear this. apparently long ago when me anthony kristin and joce went to sushi happy hour, before that joce and kristin were watching gray's at her place, but i was not invited, which i dont mind they were just finishing it up when i found out and then we were going to get some sushi. so we go get the food. which was amazing. and then joce drives us out by skyline to get a slurpee at a 7 11 because they had what jocelyn thought was the most incredible slurpee ever. and yes, it was good, but i wouldent drive out there to get it....

anyways, im going of track. so she takes me back home first and i supposed they were just going back home as it was a little late. so the next day i find out RIGHT when i got outta the car joce asks anthony if he wants to go to her house and watch more greys with her and kristin (which kristin apperently VETOED and so he went home as well. but they didnt ask me...

so i have to ask...do i smell or something? hahaha cuz just tell me...i can take it like a man...haha

but, maybe it has to do something with how joce has been with anthony the last lil bit....hahahahahaha

ok, so anthony has been talkin about how uber extra friendly she has been towards him latley. just talking to him a ton, texing him at random, and like just wanting to talk and talk and talk....which is something joce NEVER does. to either of us. so it was just weird. and he just talks about all the outta the ordianry things she was doing...hahaha

so, i need to change up this post.....for no reason i have talked alot about joce....hahaha

i dunno why.

so i have something to tell you

and i dont really want to because i feel super lame about it.

really.

and because i dunno who reads this...oh well!

and random, this keybored has one of the super lame backspace keys that is really really tiny, and i keep missing it.

so this post prbably has a plethora of typos.

like, mucho more than usual....

which, as my loyal readers know, is ALOT

haha


ok, so back on track...

(yes, i did just have to scroll up a bit to see what i was just about to say....man im lame...hahaha)

so, a few weeks back, i commented on my good friend tims wall (cassandra taylor) and by wall i mean her profile picture...haha

it was of her and some unknown girl, who, was super super attractive.

and then she added me!

happy camper was i.

haha

so then we started texting and we talk all the time and she is just super awesome.

i call her james.

but, lemme say i did not thing that it was possible to like someone so much when you havent even met them....

hence, i feel lame.

i mean

i like her pretty much as much as a person possible can without ever meeting them

so ya.

mock me all you want.

but its true, she is freakin awesome.

so random side tangent

the kid sitting next to me is super awkward and has been playing like super lame games on the computer forever. like, this weird like washing a dog game...and its lame. but point being, man alive he needs some deoderant....badly. ugh.

anywho.

i was getting really excited about the length of this post. but then i realized that half my lenght is because im weird.

and split up everything

like this.

haha

but i like doing it this way.

so i shall continue.

so, i lost the game.

so i start like everything with so

this is lame

so i will try to stop.

man alive i have already failed...

hahaha so i texted my sis heather today, and just said i miss you! or something like that

and oh my, she called me right then and was just chatty chattty chatty!! hahaha she just wanted to talk and talk! it was so funny.

so i need something fun to talk about.

ok, the office. i want your thoughts on where its going! like what do you think about the whole Michael Scott Paper Company? i think its like the funniest thing ever. i LOVE it. its a great new turn on the show and i am a FAN

next, american idol. so if y'all watched disco week....

OH MY GOODESS! Adam Lambers BLEW me away. the first time anyone on that show, ever, gave me real and true goosebumps it was so good. he is absolulty FLAWLESS! and if you are one of the dumb people who dont like him, then first of, get a new head, because yours is broken, and second, you cannot deny that he is absolutly perfect when he sings. look at the preformance. he didnt even kinda miss anything. it was PERFECT! haha i would almost become gay for him.

really

so so good. after it, i just watched it over and over and over and over on my DVR. and i just kept getting better. it was pure magic. for reals guys. perfection.

and i agree with anthony, WHY do they have to bring paula back from the dead eery week? serisously she is so outta it all the time....


man i really do need to do this more often. i know i have like 1223943 things to talk about, but since i waited so so long i have forgotten everything by now and it is just not so cool....

random thing about me.

i am OBSESSED with ginger snaps. if you ever wanna make me super happy, bring me ginger snaps, or kumquats. haha

so i only have 12 min left on this comp. so i am going to just kinda ramble for 12 more min...

not like i havent been rambling, but i...never mind. just keep reading

it might just be the most amazing little bit of writing that you wil ever read.

probably not

but maybe.

just maybe...

anywho.

oh! alex, if you still read blogs, is anywho ok? just wonderin....

oh man so do i have a story for you!

...

ok, so not really. i was hoping that would give me some inspiration about what i should talk about.

it didnt.

oh! ok so i saw 17 again with anthony.

it was, i must say, quite incredible!! oh my, i used to really kinda dislike him....but he actually proved, with this and hairspray, that he actually can act!

and oh my it was hillarious. so many just super awkward moments and funny funny situations and lines and...oh my. so so good. the biggest bummer about it? i had jan from the office in it.

and i dont really like her all that much.

mostly because i see her, and thing of jan from the office....

does anyone like jan? because man, she is crazy....

woo! ok so no one wants this computer, so i was able to extend.

good news folks.

now you get to read even more of the random ramblings from me!

i know, i know. it could be life changing.

just try to hold in all your excitement.

actually, dont. it would make me super happy if you just jumped up and danced with all the absolte joy and happyness that you feel now.

so do it. let loose!

ok, back to my life.

so i just got a seriousr craving to go to a beach. really bad. man alive how i want to just play in the water....

bear lake party. this spring. it WILL HAPPEN this time. for reals. ill make sure of it.

so i think i found my calling.

i am going to write really random childrens books!!

haha, you know how i am pretty much the worlds best on the spot story teller?

well am.

hahah

so i am going to do something about it!

i am going to actually sit down and write a good ole childrens book

and then james is going to illustrate it!

haha

i think it is going to work out quite well.

so i have found a new pet peeve.

i really really really dont like when people whine that no one comments on blogs....

yes, i LOVE LOVE LOVE comments.

but if i dont get many,

meh

oh well

i guess it was not a good enough of a post to warrent a comment!

i mean, i am bad at commenting on blogs, because i will only comment it i really loved somthing about it, i want to make a lame joke about what someone said....

so, in short, if you want comments, dont whine and ask for em. because people still read you blog even if they dont comment. which means i need to comment on Annies more. because for real, she has the BEST posts ever. they are just random and fun and full of adventrue!! not just a long rant about "my life is a bummer" or "pity me" or just lame long lists of things to complain about....

and yes, i did my fair share of whining.

but im funny about it

just remember that...

hahahahahaha

so again. if you want comments, write a good post.

and i am a horrible example, because when i post (which is rare, but will hopefully change) i pretty much dont talk about anything....but yet, i think "man, that was an AWESOME post..." but i go back and read it like the next day and think, man alive i didnt say anything in that long post...

or rather, that short post....

haha

but so far i do belive this to be a good one.

so, good news. today, coming home from work. i saw a guy in a bear suit. just walkin down the street.

i wanted to go and give him a hug.

ok, no i didnt want to.

but still. i thought it was cool

hahaha


OK so now what alot of you have been waiting for...

why am in not at my 1st day at the MTC right now?

well, im not going to tell you

OH MY! a guy across from me (like the guy who is super white but thinks that he is black? like all the bling and hat and baggy clothes and such?) ok well his phone just went off. and it was totally blasing "womanizer" by brittnay. wowsa.

ok, back to my story. so again i wont tell you. i have told 2 people, soon to be 3. and that is all that will know.

so dont ask.

but, there is just something i had to take care of (no, im not like a felon or porn addict or anything so no worries) and i also need to make some more money.

so lets just leave it at that. i will let ya know when i leave when i know. anywhere from 2 months to 12 months. so i will let you know

ok well the computer is booting me off in like 30 seconds so ta-ta for now!!

peace out everyone!

until next time kiddies!

-herbie

Little Plastic People

ok, so i am really bad at blogging.

really.

so, i wanted to write like twice a week.

i havent.

obviously.

haha, ok but i really wanna try harder before my mission.

anywho, right now i am in Albany new york, with my sister, bro in law, and nephew! mason, my nephew, is pretty much the cutest little thing ever. oh my, he has bright red hair, and is obsessed with balls and cars. he loves to throw balls across the room and it is the cutest thing!

so on saturday, we hit up the Hill Cumorah, the Palmyra Temple, and the Sacred Grove! it was so incredible! i loved it! so much! i am going to put up some pictures a little later, but they are going to be on my other blog which i created awhile ago but i havent really told anyone about. so it is http://brm-photography.blogspot.com/ and i am just going to post some pictures that i take! so check it out and follow it!

so this weekend, i have taken so many pictures in new york! i have filled up 2 2gig memory cards, and 1 4gig card! granted, every picture i took saved a jpeg and a raw file, so that took up a TON of memory, but it will be worth it! raw is so much better!

so, if for some reason you dont know, my mission farewell is April 19th, at the church by clayton. it is like 1500 s and 1900 e or something like that....its big and white. haha

so i need something fun to talk about. because lets face it, my blog is not all that exciting (except that its MINE, and i am pretty darn special!) i mean, annie talks about some seriously random things, and i ALWAYS read it with a huge smile and it is just so entertaining. mine is just...me. being lame. haha

oh, and if you see alex at all, give her a hug. i think she needs one.

oh, and do any of you readers have a problem seeing my layout, the sad fish? my sisters computer doesnt like it so much and it has all these weird things at the top....lemme know and i will change it if its like that for alot of you.

well, until next time!

-herbie

Fred Weasley

so im blogging again.

yes, hallelujah should be playing in your head right now.

so i keep starting to type, just when i realize that i told that story in the previous post.

man i am boring.

this is a bummer.

more for you though, you have to read it.

ok, no you dont have to, but its my amazing charm and wit that keeps you from leaving isnt it?!

i knew it.
i love you
...

i have now been staring at the screen for 10 min trying to come up with something else interesting and clever.

nothing.

well i am trying to learn "walking in memphis" om the banjo.
its quite hard, the chord changes are uber fast. so ill let ya know how that goes.

i just lost the game

ok. really i need some subject ideas.

ok, from google Anylitics (super cool things that tells you where people are reading you blog, how they got to it, etc) i have had people from the uk, ireland, canada, sweden, belgium, and Australia read my blog. and some keep coming back! so if you are one of these, comment! lemme know who you are! im super glad my blog is gettin out there! and i have all but 18 of the states covered! and most Found it via a serch engine, with the keywords i usually have in my title (which, as you probably know, have nothing to do with my post).

again i say, SKYPE! if you dont have it, get it. its free
brady.macarthur
i would love to talk to you.

im bored, so here is a list:

25 things you should waste your time reading about Brady

25.i love dimes. alot.
24.i am horrible at baseball
23.i AM going to marry taylor swift. just you wait.
22.i want a whomping willow.
21.purple is my favorite color
20. mountain dew is my love of life.
19. i HATE the number "9"
18.i dont speak Swahili.
17.i am way funnier than you think i am
16. i am not a big deal. at all.
15.i have a hard time looking at somthing besides the carrie underwood and taylor swift posters in my room.
14. i hate when my feet are hot.
13.motorcycles = love
12.i have an unhealty obsession with ferraris. and speed racer. and BMW's. well, cars in general.
11.this one is too deep for me. next random fact please.
10.i LOVE curly hair on the ladies.
9.my nickname is herbie. use it.
8.i name nearly everything i own.
7. i am actually super shy.
6.i found waldo.
5.i know where in the world carmen sandiego is.
4.i sure am going to miss the spill canvas while on my mission.
3. i LOVE the smell of new plastic things.
2. i admit i judge too quickly
1. i buried a seceret message somewhere in this post. find it and you get a gold star.

well, Goedenavond, Blijf van me af, Zijn er lakens in de kamer,

Tot Zeins!

-Herbie

Wheel of the World

ok.

im making a new years resolution...2 weeks late. to update at least twice a week.

they probably wont be very fun...haha. all i do nowadays is fill out crappy government forms so i can live in belguim and the netherlands for 2 years. and that sure is fun...

not.

so, im really obsessed with american idol, especially the ones that even i feel awkward for them...oh, but what fun it is! and just the whole music competition, is just so, fun to watch! lemme expand on my feelings.

so, as many of you know, last year, me and my daddio went down to california, (much to lakes displeasure) and i auditioned for this reality tv show called "high school musical: get in the picture". it was some good times. waiting in endless lines in blistering heat with a whole bunch of teens. what fun! so we drove for like....12 hours straight from SLC! it was some good times, and we arrived at our destination at like...5am. we were about in the halfway point in the line. so this competition was kinda vague on what it was all about, what we did know though was that the winner was going to become the next member of the "HSM" family. but it would be some sort of singing/dancing competition. so, i like to think i can sing, and if i was terrible my dad sure wouldnt have drivin 12 hours to take me there...haha, im not the best but im not tone def for sure. but, as many, many of you know, i am 100% white boy, i cannot dance, even the amazing mr. mcclellan said i was his hardest subject to teach to dance when i was Ryan in HSM(i have some vids on facebook and youtube if you wanna see my "dancing"). so, that would be an adventure. so back to the story. we got in line, and there was another guy my age right next to me in line, named Jacob Haren. and oh my, we became fast friends. it would have sucked being in those lines without him! we talked and sang and just had a good time! ( OH MY GOSH JACOB! ITS NICK LACHEY!!) hahahah, oh man good times! so when it finnaly got to audition time, we sang to some girl (there were all sorts of these "booths" with people in them that you sang at and auditioned. so got to my station and sang some songs, and so did the other 2 that were in my little group. one guy got through, and me and the other girl did not. i guess i just wasnt what they were lookin for!! its a thing that you can be good, but if you dont fit a profile you are a no-go. and thats how american idol kinda all plays into this.

i have heard alot of people talk about the process, where there are some who have incredible voices, and will be turned down just so some horrible person can be on the show instead. so, not only do you have to be good, its also just a load of luck! no ill feelings about not makin it! jacob made it through the first 3 rounds i think...oh, and he also played ryan in HSM on stage, so pretty much we are the coolest. haha.

i was sad i didnt audition for american idol when they came to slc, i mean, i could have walked to the auditions...but i just...didnt. and i have my mission coming up so maybe in 2..or 3 years!!

speakin of my mission, ok. so i havent blogged since i got it...wow.

im bad at blogging.

so, if you didnt know, i got my mission call to the Belgium Brussels/Netherlands Mission Dutch speaking!! so now im just working on getting my visa so i can live there...haha. i leave for the MTC (missionary training center) April 22, go into the field june 23rd, and come home April 27 2011. so i will be gone for 2 years and 5 days. or 735 days.

for those who arent LDS(mormon) or familiar with them, a mission is where i will act as a representative of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and i will go out and preach the restored gospel as we belive, and i will do this for 2 years. you are always with your companion, another missionary, and it is just an awesome thing! any questions just ask!

so i am super pumped for that. and im really excited to learn dutch. it is such a knarly language! i hope i can get it down!

right now, im listening to Carrie Underwood and Taylor Swift. what a GREAT combo! man i would marry any of them witout hesitation...mostly taylor, shes my age. and so attractive! man, i cant handle how attractive she is...

i got skype. so skype me. brady.macarthur

so in the next little while, i am going to go to cali (for real this time) and visit jacob, and alec. so if your in, lemme know. we should do it soon, while gas is cheap!

so, i am here for 3 more months here. if anyone wants to hook me up on a date or 2, lemme know! haha (i know jacob does...!!haha)

i got a new electric razor to shave my peach fuzz. i am very excited about this.

man, my blog is more lame then...not exciting things...haha, i tried to come up with something clever, and it failed. as you well know.

i lost the game.

whipped cream(dont ask)

so now i will leave you with this.

Oktober overvalt ons ieder jaar
We kijken naar elkaar, naar een overvolle zomer
En we zijn alweer veranderd
Maar het voelt niet meer vertrouwd
Nu we plotseling beseffen dat wij onszelf niet zijn
In oktober
Oktober is de wreedste maand oktober
Met de dingen die voorbij gaan maar wel ergens blijven hangen
Ze komen steeds weer bij ons terug
Ergens in oktober
Oktober overvalt ons ieder jaar
We blijven bij elkaar na een veel te korte zomer
En we zijn alweer veranderd, niet ten goede of ten kwade
Maar veranderd niettemin
In oktober
Oktober is de wreedste maand oktober
Met de dingen die voorbij gaan maar wel ergens blijven hangen
Ze komen steeds weer bij ons terug
En meestal in oktober
Meestal in oktober

lyrics to the song "Oktober" by the band BLØF

until next time!

-ducky