M.I.A.

For the next few days I will not be posting due to finals.

Lagoon

This post is very late but I kept forgetting to post about my trip to Lagoon. Just this last summer M and I along with two good friends went to Lagoon for a long over due day of fun for ourselves. First off we went on the Rattle Snake Rapids several times well before the day became hot to avoid the crowed. We did not stop riding it until each member of our group was drenched. It was my favorite ride when they first put it in several years ago and it still one of my favorite rides. A new feature of this ride is the the onlookers can drench the people who are on the ride. But seeing how we went early to this ride that was not a problem for us. The only thing we forgot to do was put our money and tickets into a plastic bag to keep them from getting soaked. Right after this ride we chose to continue with the wet them and rode the log ride once. It was not even a question after that ride we were going to try and dry off using the roller coaster and other rides to supply the wind. The tidal wave and the turn of the century were the ones we chose to attempt to sped up the drying process. Wet jeans just don't fit well. Well these two rides put M past her endurance and she became very sick. Even though she has been on them before and had a great time riding them this time it was too much and I think that she might not be able to go on rides again. Which was vary sad to say the least because we loved to go on rides together. The last time we went to Lagoon we had fun running from ride to ride and our favorite then was the Cliffhanger. So we took our friends over to it so we could show them what they had been missing. I love this ride, the seats are two rows that the operators can lock into position then rotate so the row is completely upside down twenty feet above the ground. To make it more interesting they shoot water up at the passengers. Only this time when I rode this ride I got a bloody nose from being held upside down too long. So even though it is a ride I enjoy I do not know if I can go on it again. To the left of this ride was the spider I have never been on this ride and did not care for what it looked like but our friends had and loved it so they encouraged me to ride it with them while M stayed on the sidelines while her sickness was going away. The Spider was a fun ride but it ranks up there with the wild mouse (which I hate and will never go on it again, However M likes the wild mouse) I would go on the Spider again but it would not be the first thing I would run to. The one I would run too would be Wicked this ride is one I could ride on all day it only last about ten seconds but it is a blast. I have only seen a few pictures of rides that looked like this and even then I wanted to go on one. This is Lagoon's newest ride and was vary popular the lie took about twenty to thirty minutes to get through; however, it was well worth the wait. I especially liked the sound effect of a rocket when the ride started signaling the take off up the vertical tower leading to a straight drop off. Just describing it makes me want to ride it again. M thought I was nuts to even want to go on a ride like this what can I say I must be a little nuts. It was very fun and I know M would have had a blast on it. There is one ride that M and I really enjoy it is the Top Eliminator this ride simulates real dragsters. It is position on tracks so that no one will crash but the control of the speed is all in the hands of the rider. Reaching speeds of 75 mph in less that 2.8 seconds to read more about it click hear. We raced three times to see who could get the best time and with four cars to race it was perfect we all could race against one another. The picture is bad but you can get the Idea. Each of the rides we went on can be found at Lagoon's web site. Before we could call it a day we had to ride three more rides one of them was the white roller coaster (this is another ride the I do not like) it is Lagoon's legacy ride it is old and made out of wood. Not one that is smooth in the turns or the rises. Every time I ride it I'm very thankful to not have died. I know others enjoy it so I will not make it out to seem worse than it is. Every time I go to Lagoon I ride it but every time. Manly it is because someone in my group wants to try it out. Even after all of my attempts to convince other wise. It wont be until after the ride that I will hear that they should have taken my advice. Unlike the Wild Mouse I will ride the White Roller coaster just in case any one was wondering what the difference is between the two. Next is also a new one that I have wanted to ride when it first was put in the park but M did not and even this trip would not ride it. The Rocket is a intense ride the like the name states stars off like a rocket. At about one hundred feet stops and drops back down to the starting platform. I thought for a second during this ride that I was going to die but just for a second other than that I enjoyed the comments from my friend as the ride took off. I wish that I could remember exactly what he said but that is impossible for me to recall. Just the force form taking off make the restraints feel loose and like I could fall out. Then on the way down the seat feel like they disappeared because now I was falling faster than gravity could pull giving a weight less effect even though the ground was rushing toward me. After the Rocket we all rode on the Bat which is the only hanging ride that Lagoon has and we all enjoyed that ride even M who said she would enjoy riding it again. It was a mild ride but still very fun and I could enjoy riding it several times. After all of our rides were done we went around to the games and tried our luck at several different ones. M won on the Mini golf challenge, and we almost won several times at the classic bottle and ball game. The one we won at was the whack-a-mol game which is where we won a couple of care bears for our girls. The only bad part of our day was the driving in Utah. That is always going to be a sore spot for me.

New Features

I have discovered several new features that I can offer on my blog and I have added a few that I think will be beneficial for everyone including me. I'm only having one little problem and that is putting it all together in a visual appeasing manner that will allow them to be seen and used. So far I added another daily quote at the top of my blog, a new picture, a poll on random questions, a new blog buddies list titled double stuff (if you want to be added to that let me know who you are and I will add it), a followers link, What's up in the world breaking news, a subscribe to, a slide show, labels, New music, a music search, astronomy picture of the day, NASA picture of the day, Watch shows online, and a you tube slide show. How ever I need some opinions on what I should keep and where I should put it. I do not like clutter or random placed objects. However, If you think my site would do better off with out a specific item, perhaps I'm missing something, or should move it to a different spot let me know.

Music Tag

I found this at ramblings of an otherwise coherent mind and thought it look like fun. You might enjoy what your about to read or not but I liked it.

Rules:

1. Put you music player on shuffle.

2. Press forward for each question.

3. Use the song title as the answer to the question even if it doesn't make sense. NO CHEATING!

4. Tag 5 people (or not)

5. With the answer, give your own comments on how it relates to the questions.

Questions:

1. HOW ARE YOU FEELING TODAY?

Something's Missing (John Mayer) - Some times it does feel that way.

2. WILL YOU GET FAR IN LIFE?

Ignition Remix (R. Kelly) - All I need to do is start the ignition

3. HOW DO YOUR FRIENDS SEE YOU?

Invisible Touch (Genesis) - I'm Invisible!

4. WILL YOU GET MARRIED?

The Space Between (Dave Matthews) - The Space between me and my spouse grows smaller and smaller each day.

5. WHAT IS YOUR BEST FRIEND'S THEME SONG?

Turn it on Again (Genesis) - I had no Idea that it was your theme song..

6. WHAT IS THE STORY OF YOUR LIFE?

That's All (Genesis) - Apparently that's all of it.

7. WHAT WAS HIGH SCHOOL LIKE?

Bigger than my body (John Mayer) - I often felt lost in the crowd.

8. HOW CAN YOU GET AHEAD IN LIFE?

Hold On My Heart (Genesis) - Keep what maters most to me close.

9. WHAT IS THE BEST THING ABOUT YOUR FRIENDS?

Play (Jennifer Lopez) - We play games together be it board games or golf.

10. WHAT IS IN STORE FOR THIS WEEKEND?

Stay (Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories) - Could not have put it better myself stay home.

11. THE BEST THING TO DESCRIBE YOUR GRANDPARENTS?

A thousand Miles (Vanessa Carlton) - It felt like they lived a thousand miles away before they passed on.

12. HOW IS YOUR LIFE GOING?

Hanging by a moment (Lifehouse) - Some times it is hanging by a moment like around finals week

13. WHAT SONG WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?

Sadhana (Steve Stevens) - I love this song it is a guitar solo found on the woods and steal record(I wish I could play like that).

14. HOW DOES THE WORLD SEE YOU?

Can't Escape my love (Enrique Iglesias) - I'm very sweet to everyone (unless they can't drive well).

15. WILL YOU HAVE A HAPPY LIFE?

Heaven is a place on earth (Belinda Carlisle) - How reassuring is that.

16. WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS REALLY THINK ABOUT YOU?

Move Along (All American Rejects) - Either I have some great dance moves or I need to go on to something new.

17. DO PEOPLE SECRETLY LUST AFTER YOU?

Disturbia (Rihanna) - I guess that the answer is disturbing ;)

18. HOW CAN I MAKE MYSELF HAPPY?

No Such Thing (John Mayer) - **Whimper** that's not good.

19. WHAT SHOULD YOU DO WITH YOUR LIFE?

Higher (Gloria Estefan) - Reach for the stars.

20. WILL YOU EVER HAVE CHILDREN?

Swing Swing All-American Rejects) - This song is the one that my girls love. I used it (along with the visualization in media player)to distract them when they were crying.

21. WHAT SONG WOULD YOU STRIP TO?

Can't Help Falling In love (A*Teens) - Well it does have a nice beat and good lyrics.

22. IF A MAN IN A VAN OFFERED YOU CANDY, WHAT WOULD YOU DO?

Say (John Mayer) - I would say a lot of things to this person none of which I should repeat.

23. WHAT DOES YOUR MOM THINK OF YOU?

Life is a Highway (Rascal Flatts) - I always kept her on her toes. One word Ants.

24. WHAT IS YOUR DEEP DARK SECRET?

Reach (Gloria Estefan) - I'm really elastic man! Able to stretch to "fantastic" lengths. (there is NO hidden meaning M just pure chance *wink wink*)

25. WHAT IS YOUR MORTAL ENEMY'S THEME SONG?

Apologize (Timbaland) - That's right. They had better apologize.

26. WHAT IS YOUR PERSONALITY LIKE?

Ride Wit Me (City Spud) - Lets go for a ride.

Well that is the end I hope that it made you smile even a little and yes my player was on shuffle these were the ones that came up. My music is not the most extensive but I do have a lot of songs. If you want to try it then you have been tagged. I do however want to tag a couple of people, they are:

"M"

"Jason"

"Rhoda"

"Leah"

"Kara"

Have fun and I can't what to read your post's. Now you know what type of music I listen to

Photos

This is site is a must see.  First off the creator is a good friend who has treated me well.  I had know that he has taken pictures in the past in fact I know what happens to the pictures that are deemed as "looser pictures".  Needles to say I'm not sure who has them, or where the stack of 300+ pictures are at this moment.  Aside form those looser pictures I had seen few of the pictures that were deemed good.  Now I have the opportunity to purchase anyone that I want which is a staggering task of trying to narrow down my favorites to one or even just a few.  Right now on his sight if you send people to it you can be entered into a contest to win the picture of your choice, but hurry the drawing will end soon visit his site http://www.alongthebackroads.com/webpages/homepage.html to learn more about the giveaway.  If you would like to read his blog you can click the link here Adventures & Misadventures of Daily Living or select his blog from my list of friends under the heading "Double Stuff".  Tell him Rich sent you. 

Fall Fun

Even though the Autumn season started a wile ago It was not until yesterday that our tree out front started to drop it's leafs.  Our sidewalk, grass, and car was covered in a thick layer of leafs.  We decides to take advantage of the new fallen leafs by gartering them up into a large pile and jump in them.  M and I have never played like this in the leafs so what a perfect time to start and share what we missed out on growing up and make sure that our girls have a good memories.  We jumped in piles of leaf tossed had full of leafs into the air and took lots of pictures.  It turned out to be a good opportunity to grow closer as a family.    

Blessings

For our anniversary M and I gave each other the books that we have been wanting for awhile.  M's book is "Inside every woman" and mine is "Brisingr" along with the preceding two books.  Latter that evening we went to a trunk or treat in our old ward.  All of our neighbors are in that ward while M and I are in a different ward of our choosing.  The event was enjoyable and entertaining.  Plus the girls were having a ball playing games and receiving candy.  The girls, M, and I had a great time.  For our family costume we decided to go as a set of Lego's.  We used cardboard boxes and plastic cups that we spray painted.  To attach the cups we cut out holes, in the front of the box, that were just smaller than the cup so we could insert the cups snugly.  I was the blue Lego M was the red Lego J was the purple Lego and A was the pink Lego.

When we came home we decided to use our circular cutouts to "spot" our neighbors door.  Before we had a chance to take a snapshot of our handy work we were interrupted by a car screeching to a halt right out front of our house.  For about ten seconds all I could see was clouds of blue smoke wafting into the head light beams of the car.  M on the other hand saw the whole thing happen the little girl wanting her mommy then running out into the street after her only to be hit by the car.  I have never been so close to an accident like that before M took off running to the girl almost instantly while I stood in unbelief not completely knowing what had just happened.  Luckily the little girls was not injured even though she was knocked down. Needless to say we ended our anniversary on a very sobering note.  We did get a picture of the door though and had a little fun with our neighbors before the day was over.  The note says "You've been spotted!" 

Anniversary

Six years ago at 10:30 I was blessed with the companionship of the most wonderful person in the world.  I just wanted to post a little about her.  My nick name for her is "M".  She has been the driving force behind me to get back into school.  On top of that she is an wonderful example for how to be a good parent, student, and friend.  Today she let me sleep in until I needed to go into work, and brought me breakfast in bed.  I just wanted to take this opportunity to say how much I love her and thank her for all she had done for me.  I love you M.

Did you know!

My CIS teacher showed us this clip of information and I thought it had a lot of amazing information. So I decided to share it with everyone.  The First one is the one my teacher showed my class just follow the link bellow.  The second one is one I found online and it almost shows the same information.

1.  Click on the link bellow to view it.

http://release.theplatform.com/content.select?pid=x7aVOMrlfkkijQwcLllwk6WjB5JE0zrF

 

2.  Click on the play button to view it.

Projects

Yesterday I had a presentation due in my biology lab.  My group decided to find information on amphibians to present.  Well I was chosen to create the power point while everyone else would send me the important points of there parts.  Well It did not turn out that way.  What happened was one person sent me information that I could not open because it was corrupt.  The second one sent me information but not in the format that would have helped me make the presentation.  So not only did I have to create the power point but I had to sift through all the information and find the key points to present.  I did not mind much until I realized that I had forgotten and missed the dead line for an online quiz because I was spending so much time on the presentation.  Then I was not very happy good thing that my grad could take the hit and not be effected by it too much.  But it was not only my quiz that I missed but study time for a math test.  My math class is one that I'm struggling in and I know that it is my fault for letting it go and not worrying about it.  It just never seem like there is enough time in the day for everything that I need to do.  Lately it feels like I start something and the next minuet it is 1 a.m. and I'm no were near being done or understanding what I'm studding.  I think that I have a learning block or something I just can not grasp things very quickly and it is not limited to math and biology but every class that I have taken (minus the P.E. ones) have turned out that way.  Questions that I should know the answer to I draw a complete blank even if we just went over the answer five seconds ago.  What could help me remember? 

 Why can't I remember?  That are the question I keep trying to find an answer to.

Here is a picture of an amphibian that I did my presentation on it is called a caecilian