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hey kids.

whats going on?!

ok, so ive slacked on blogging lately my friends. for reals.

ive been trying to catch up writing all my boys on missions.

i have been partially successful. still have a few to go!

i finally had written shippy. for the first time.

i know i know, im a horrible friend :(

but i did get a glorious letter back! man oh man i miss that kid! so much! im not going to see him for like another 3 years probably....madness!

so i dunno if i have updated yall, but I am getting all my stuff together to get my call reinstated! as in, i should get a new date to leave on my mish! woohoo!

so, my life is so utterly boring. ya.

and im not all that sad about it.

ok, so thats a lie. im pretty darn bummed, but im still a super happy kid i guess haha. its just buggin me that a monday is the same as a friday. i work, come home, and thats about it. i never hang out with anyone, because lets face it, most my friends are on missions. so, i dunno what to do hahaha. the people i want to hang out with never show much interest in hangin out with me (or anyone else really, for that matter, so nothing personal :) ) and so me and the spill canvas have gotten to know each other even better haha.

speakin of which, i have a demand. you MUST go buy their new EP, called "Abnormalities". its just like 3 bucks. 3 songs. GLORIOUS. oh man. so stoked! i have been waiting for new spill for sooo long!

AMERICAN IDOL!
so happy right now.

there were alot of good'ns on tonight! my favorite so far is Justin Williams, i dont think he will win, but he will go pretty far. im a fan.

ok. so. i have to wake up in like 6 hours to go to institute in the morning before work. yippe!

so until tommorow kids!

and yes, i will blog tommorow, i have a few good stories that need tellin!

-Stan

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!

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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!