Lets go for a hike...

So its interesting to some situations we might come across that has some effect on us. Let me see if I can explain. I often struggle with wondering if I have a testimony or anything. Well yesterday at work I was talking with a coworker about God and his plan for us...the plan of Salvation. I really felt good talking about it and really felt that our Father in Heaven was talking through me. I really felt I was able to get across to him and he even said that what I said he understood. So that made me feel really good and I was thinking about it. Then I went on a hike with my old ward to a waterfall. Well everyone was happily watching the waterfall so i took a little journey down a little bit away from everyone. I found a nice rock next to the creek and just sat there pondering. In my pondering in my mind I started having a conversation with someone...no one was there and I'm not crazy but I was talking to someone. I sat there and argued about things and talked things out. I kinda had a full blow argument with God...thats the best way I can describe it. I really felt comforted and relaxed. It was nice. I don't know what happened or really anything but i felt peaceful and felt that things were going to be alright. I really felt a lot in that little time and it was nice to know.



So yeah and then after the hike I rocked out to classic rock the entire way home. Busting it out and rocking and singing. Few people driving next to us had a good laugh but I don't really care. Then later that night my ex text me to let me know she was engaged...neat. Why she felt the need to tell me I may never know. Kinda felt like a little lemon juice on a wound cause all my other friends are getting married but whatever. It is what it is.

A night to remember...

Alright so last night was one of the best nights I've had in awhile. It was freaking fun. We started the evening with me leaving work early cause lets be honest I was sick and tired of the bull shit that goes on there. So I went to Pizza Factory to meet up with Karli, Amanda, and Jillian. The fun has just begun. At the table we decide to watch a scary movie. "The Haunting in Connecticut". Movie was pretty scary. Not the scariest thing I've seen in my life but still pretty freaking creepy and gives you the chills. Well that wasn't good enough for Jillian and myself...we needed more scary. We felt to keep on the same track of the haunted house deal and rented "Amittyville Horror". Adding to the scary is we were at Blockbuster and the cashier goes, "Are you Steve?". I have no idea who this girl was but she knew who I was but luckily Amanda knew who she was...but what the hell...Anywho. The picture above is a picture that the History channel offered when they were doing a documentary of the home. According to the story surrounding this picture...there was no one in the house except the film crew and one of the photographers was going through the house taking pictures. The photographer claims that he felt a chill and like someone was watching him. When he developed the pictures he saw the picture of the little boy. So just the story can scare someone without watching the movie but we decided to watch the movie influenced by the story. Now take scary stories for what they are worth but I think there are times when the two worlds cross and in some places it might be more frequent than others. Anywho we watched that movie and I'm now scared to ever wake up at 3:15 am. If you have seen the movie or read the story you'll know why 3:15 am is so significant. After that we had the brilliant idea to walk through a graveyard! Yeah that's right...we already had the thrilling scary movies and now we needed some real life adventure of walking through a graveyard. So Jillian and I head out on our adventure. We went to one graveyard but that one was fenced off and we felt being caught in there would make someone fussy. Well I remembered a graveyard by Peties house that had no fence so we headed to American Fork. We both felt pits in our stomach as we reached closer to the graveyard. In the graveyard we started walking up the trail and got more and more creeped out the closer we got. The weather even changed drastically to a cold but no wind or anything could explain why it suddenly got cold. We mustered the courage to press on and the weather went back to the summer heat that was suppose to be there. We took some pictures but my camera was being fussy trying to take pictures with no light. Then we saw a cat randomly walking through the graveyard. Strange movements around us. And we saw this windmill on one of the grave plots that was spinning way fast as if there was a strong gust of wind moving through...there was no wind. We moved toward the windmill and when we got close it stopped...then proceeded to start moving again. That was way creepy. Then we felt like we had enough and called it a night. But seriously so much freaking fun!

Pink Floyd-Another Brick in the Wall

So I'm sitting at my desk listening to some Pink Floyd and was just thinking. Its interesting to me that one day you can be in a really good mood...that night have a sleepless night where your mind won't stop thinking and then they next day you are uber fussy and over thinking your life. Last few days I been thinking about my friends lives and then comparing my life to theirs. Yeah I have some different experiences than them and some circumstances that are more out of the ordinary. I have friends getting married left and right. That's crazy to me because when I was in High School I thought I would be someone who would marry pretty young. Only to find out its really not that easy. Its amazing what things really aren't that easy as you grow up. I thought I'd have no problem picking a career and getting through school to get it. Yet here I am still in school trying to obtain that dream career. I even tried to sell myself short and take a lesser job of the dream but somethings happened and I ended back up in the start as if it didn't happen other than the scars that came with it. People tell me things happen for a reason and I'll understand later or I just need to be patient...well I'm ready to know the reason I think. I know somethings are out of my control and I'm not really being proactive in others but seriously...wtf?! I'm not really looking for that wife right now because I don't think I'm ready. In fact I know I'm not ready to make that commitment to someone cause thats freaking huge. I look at these people getting married so quickly and I'm happy for them and a little envious that they can make it happen so easily and quickly. I really want my marriage to be a strong relationship of love and friendship. Love is such an interesting thing cause you can love someone but no you could never live with that person. I guess I'm waiting for that no doubt love situation where they feel the same for me. Careers are just intense. I have always wanted a career where my objective every day is to help people and I have leaned toward law enforcement. Most people kinda shiver when they hear that for whatever reason but really I think it takes a certain person to be able to do that job and do it well...i want to be that person. I'm also learning more about the real world. The real world isn't all about doing the right thing and going after those not doing the right thing. I have this coworker that in my opinion is one of the most dishonest people I have ever met but he still comes to work every day even though the upper management doesn't trust him either! They just kinda look away from what he is doing and hope it works itself out. What would Captain America do? Its amazing to me how grown up I thought I was once I graduated high school and now I realize I'm still a kid and pretty naive when it comes to things. I know a fair amount more than others but not enough sometimes it seems. A friend of mine is going through his second divorce and he has kids with both spouses and I couldn't imagine being in his situation and feeling what he feels. He is very upet and troubled by the situation. I try to offer words of comfort and advice but who I am someone who doesn't have any kids or a wife. Who I'm I to offer him advise but yet he comes to me?! Basically this blog feels like I'm just whining but it kinda feels nice...so deal with it or stop reading. I think about the quote, "What you do in life, echoes in eternity" but what have I done in my life that will echo in eternity? I don't know...sometimes I just want the girl of my dreams to come wrap her arms around me and tell me she is all mine. Then I land the dream job. Then live happily ever after. Happily ever after possible really? I like to think it is. Just gotta make it through the mind games of dating, the stress of school to get that piece of paper that says you are qualified for a job you have never done, and the stress of bills to get you there. Well there ya have it...I should get back to work.

"We create the world in which we live; if that world becomes unfit for human life, it is because we tire of our responsibility"

Mini-vans were sent to this world to destroy people...

So I have another theory on mini-vans. I think the mini-van was designed in hell and sent to this world to take human life. Every mini-van i come across on the road has this strange desire to take me out and kill me! It must be getting closer to my time. This morning on my way to work i was in the turn lane farthest out and for some reason the mini-van in the lane next to me decided that staying in his lane around the turn wasn't very fun so came into my lane and almost wiped me out.
Mini-vans are just dangerous! Its not just the elderly or the Moms who make these vans dangerous. Its anyone who gets behind the wheel. I was driving and this mini-van with teenage girls decided that stopping at the stop sign was a bad idea and almost t-boned me.
All Mini-vans have a small Gnome living inside the engine who emits a powder that disorients the driver and makes their driving more difficult. In some cases the powder even puts the driver in a dream state where they think everything is perfect and dandy but really they are driving horrible!
I mean who really wants to buy a mini-van? They are freaking ugly! I think a small gnome comes to these people in their sleep and puts them in a trance that convinces them to buy a mini-van. My only other thought is the car salesman is possessed by some demonic force and convinces people to buy a mini-van when really they have no desire for a mini-van.
If you see a mini-van on the road be careful...you might be next!

Lost in the woods...

So we had this brilliant idea that we should go camping...little did we know what was going to happen.
Brock, Victor, Steve, and Tyler decide to go up the canyon and find a camp ground where they can happily fish and camp. Driving through the canyon are many pay to camp sites that no one really wanted to pay for. Suddenly out the side is a random dirt road. They take the road with slight caution to come across a beautiful campground right next to the river. It had fire pits, picnic tables and available camp sites right next to the creek. Strangely enough no one else was camping in the area. It was as if no one knew about this camp site. It was...to good to be true. Without thinking much they unpack and set up camp...still no one shows up. Just them alone in this amazing free camp site they came across.
Then Brock and Steve notice something...there isn't any wildlife in the area either. Its just a strange silence. Night quickly came and the stars lite the sky. That was the only light illuminating the camp. Suddenly the camp ground was surrounded by strange noises but the brush surrounding the camp showed nothing of that it would be. For hours they search around the camp with flashlights and lanterns but can not find what is bringing the strange noise surrounding the camp.
There was a need for more firewood so they decide to leave the safety of the camp and go on a search for more wood. The search turned difficult in the pitch black of the camp. Nothing could be seen except for what the flash light lite. No wind blew but the bushes still shook and stirred. Quickly returning to camp with what wood they acquired they built a large campfire to illuminate the area more. Pictures were taken and faces can be seen in the pictures. The faces of unknown people. For the remainder of the night strange noises surrounded the camp. Was it ghosts? Demons? or just animals? No one knows but they will never be the same...
Just kidding. Camping was amazing this weekend. We did find a really nice camp ground where no one else camped at and it was really nice. We did scare ourselves pretty good and did hear strange things around the camp but we have no idea what it was. I'm sure we psyched ourselves out more than it really was. I really want to get a bunch of people and go back there to camp for a weekend because it was a blast and really nice camp grounds.