January 2012
1 post
Dear BYU
Dear BYU,
Congratulations on stepping up your game. Not only did you discover my phony mailing address but you somehow found out where I actually live. You didn’t stop there though. Instead of sending your documents in the traditional BYU letterhead (because you probably know everything I get from BYU, I throw away…except for miniature diplomas), you outdid yourself by using some...
December 2011
1 post
The Truth Behind Mini Diplomas
Today I received a piece of mail. This is not unusual. I receive on average 4 pieces of mail per week. There was a point when I first moved to Colorado that I would purposefully write my address down on mall display raffles and credit card debt surveys knowing that I would receive a litany of junk mail in return. I hold fast to the idea that mail and publicity are the same in that they have now...
September 2011
4 posts
9 tags
Really Ugly Towels
A very smart person once told me that you can tell a lot about a person by the things that they spend their money on. This is actually a lie. No wise sage ever told me this; rather it’s something I say. It just sounds a lot cooler when I allude to this mystery being because somehow it makes it more valid. This is getting wildly off topic.
Like I was saying, by taking a look into...
May 2011
1 post
Thirty Day Blog Challenge: Five Ways to Win My...
I recently read the blog post of my dear friend Sorah and saw that she was doing a thirty day blog challenge. I decided that I needed something to inspire my blog writing so I have accepted said challenge. A lot of these topics I’m sure were intended for women (ie deeply emotional inquiries having to do with self image, clothing and dark chocolate) but I’ll try to make them as...
March 2011
1 post
The Day I Realized That I Was Special
For some reason I find myself thinking back to the time when I realized that I probably wasn’t a normal kid. This wasn’t a, “I am bound to do something great in my life,” kind of realization (don’t worry, I have those on a daily basis) but this was more like a, “Maybe I’m one of those special kids” realization.
I was a third grader. At this point in my life I was spending an average of 20.4...
February 2011
1 post
So, what are you doing after graduation?
You know what I love? When people ask me questions that I don’t have the answer to. This all started back in elementary school when a teacher asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I had no idea because I adopt the same philosophy then that I do now. The philosophy being just plan out the rest of the day because that’s all you can handle right about now.
Ever since then the questions have...
November 2010
1 post
October 2010
2 posts
My Sincerest Apologies to the City of Cleveland
I was talking with my roommate yesterday when it dawned on me that of all the hard-luck sports cities, Cleveland has been hit the hardest. This is not just because of that LeBron character that skipped town. In 2007 all three of their professional sports team were budding with playoff success. Not only did these teams have quality rosters but they were budding with young talent. Now each of those...
WatchJustin Timberlake + Jimmy Fallon + A History of Hip Hop = PURE GOLD
July 2010
1 post
Homelessness: A True Story
I have always wondered what it would be like to be homeless. I wondered what led people to such a situation and how I would perform if I had nothing. Well my friends, now I know. The following story is rather extensive and 100% true. Enjoy.
It all started Wednesday morning when I made the mistake of leaving my keys at work. I’m not sure why, but whenever I get to work in the morning I...
June 2010
1 post
Schmoozing
People who know me, know that I’m a fairly social creature. I like to talk with folks and I hope that they like to converse with me also. There is something that I feel that I haven’t quite mastered yet and that is the art of the schmooze.
I bring this up because the place where I am doing my internship is all about “networking” and making connections. This last week we...
May 2010
2 posts
The M&M Man
Every once in a while you meet people that you wish you could see on a regular basis. Because of the circumstance your paths only cross for a few minutes but in that time they make a very distinct impression.
One of my assignments today at work was to go make a delivery at the Ralph Lauren building. While getting checked through security, which is pretty extensive at most office buildings, I met...
The Game for All America by William Earnest...
Yesterday one of the greatest baseball announcers of all time, William Harwell passed away. He was the voice of the Detroit Tigers for many years and will forever be one of baseball’s most beloved figures. In his honor I have decided to post his brilliant essay on baseball called The Game for All America.
Baseball is President Eisenhower tossing out the first ball of the season; and a...
April 2010
2 posts
Goal #6- Run in a race of any distance
It was a couple hours after midnight on January 1st of this year and thought how I wanted to add a little pizazz to the year 2010. I concluded that making new years resolutions usually failed in the past because they were vague and nonspecific like “save money” or “be more motivated”. So I decided that I needed to make very specific goals and have them finished by the end...
March 2010
3 posts
How did I get here?
As I sit here about to fall asleep on an unfamiliar couch in an unfamiliar house, I ask myself this very question. How did I get here? Sure there is an arduous explanation that would piece together my long journey to said couch but I still feel that it doesn’t give justice. Some people hate not following their scripted plan but I love being thrown off of my beaten path. Nothing makes me...
Open Letter to My Pedestrian Friends
Dear Pedestrian,
I get it. The law states that you have the right of way but does that mean you have to abandon common sense by walking out into oncoming traffic Absolutely not. You can wait a few more seconds for me to pass and then you can walk across the street. And don’t think for a second that by looking me down that it is going to make me stop. Yes, I can see you and no, I will not...
“I robbed a bank, just for love
To give to those who don’t have much....”
– From If Words Were Bullets by The Daylights
February 2010
10 posts
Jake Welch...Meet the Beauty Industry and NYC
Last time I checked I was in the sixth grade and my teacher was reading the book Oh The Places You’ll Go by Dr. Suess. She asked us where we thought we would be in ten years. Well it has been over ten years and here I am doing things that might constitute as a real life.
Just the other day I was offered an internship at L’Oreal in New York City. That’s right, L’Oreal, one...
Internship Interview: Fail
I am still getting used to this whole internship interview process but I am pretty sure that when the interviewer tells you to go work somewhere else your chances of getting the internship are pretty much squashed.
One of the premier ad agencies in the world CP+Bogusky came to our school to make a presentation and interview students for internships. I was able to be part of a group interview and...
Valiant Valentines Day Effort...and Subsequent...
Just for the record, I’ve never had an official valentine. The only time I ever came close was back in the 5th grade when some mystery girl dropped off a nice bag of goodies at my doorstep with a nice note confessing her undying like for me.
I never found out who that girl was so for that reason I have never declared myself captivated with love and wonder on February 14th.
That being said,...
Scar Story #1= Brandon Brookfield and The Chicken...
It was my freshman year of high school at brand new Mountain Visita High School and I was deemed worthy to participate in the freshman boys basketball team. Granite it does not take much to achieve such a position, however, I relish it none the less. For it was on this basketball team that I received scar #1.
This freshman basketball team of ours was neither very good or very bad. We...
Good to See You Too
My roommate and I have a very interesting relationship. It goes as follows.
First off, I work a very bizarre schedule and he works a perfectly normal one which leads to very little interaction between the two of us. We are very rarely in the house at the same time.
There is, however, one point of the day when we do cross paths.
Every morning around 9:00am I get back from my grave shift and Doug...
Bon Iver - Beach Baby
Because we all need a...
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