No one

No one reads this, so i don't know why i even update it. But that's ok cuz it's really just a journal for myself.

So my life at the moment is kind of in an interesting position. I'm not in school as noted in a previous post, not dating anyone seriously, and i'm working full time. Theh "rut," i guess you could call it that i'm in, is really just i don't know what's going on with anything or....anything at all. I'm just chillin, running a race, but not going anywhere. The weird thing is, is i feel like right now i'm ok. I'm not sad, or depressed or freaking out about some small issue. I'm just living my life the best i can right now and not worrying to much about the future. I know what will come will come, and what will happen will happen and i don't need to wig out about it. Happy am I.

I'm not really in the mood for writing. I don't really have a lot to write about right now, at least here...maybe in my other Blog... But really people i just thought of somethign pretty cool i can write about.

So recently i've come to the conclusion that some things in life are just Impossible to be passionate about. For example: My current job, paper cuts, celery, mustard, cats, getting yelled at by angry customers, cell phone breaking, losing things, breaking an arm, etc. You know, the crappy things in life. Other things are difficult, but possible. Examples: Dating, school, parental pressure, driving the speed limit, forgiving others, to name a few. I have also recently discovered there is one thing, to me especially, that is SO easy to be passionate about and i found that it is one of the things i am most passionate for. Music.

You know, it doesn't really matter what kind of music as long as it's soothing and can help me understand and think. In fact, i think any kind of music can have a good effect on a person depending on their mood. Of course there is the music that is just annoying and dumb, rapping, or screaming vulgarities non stop, but even that can be healing power for some people. My healing power, i found, is just anything that sounds good. I don't care if someone says they hate it, or it's trendy pop, or it's lame. If i like it and i can relax while i'm listening to it, it's basically zen for me.

Two nights ago our friend Kat Tingey, who is an amazing guitarist and artist by the way and you should definitely check her out. Anyway she is pretty awesome, and decided to play at the Open Mic show at Velour on Tuesday night. We went, and it turned out she had to play very last...not to great cuz most people had left by then. In the middle of the show, one guy got up to play that goes by "Rockin Rob." Just imagine a mountain man, that can't hardly speak english cuz he has no teeth, huge bushy beard, long hair, cowboy boots with one pant leg tucked in, one leg not, and you have your man. He got up and tuned his guitar for liek 3 minutes at least....then started to look at it and started laughing....which made everyone else in the whole joint just kind of uneasy cuz it was an awkward weird, crazy man laugh. He played his song, which was...whatever...then after he tuned his guitar again and played a song call Mt. Timpanogos....my favorite line was "You are a mountain, a mountain to my heart." It was pretty classic...i just wish i had a video camera...that i SHOULD have..jeeze...but yeah, it was great.

This is KIND of what he looked like...

So anyway the night was pretty sweet. The best part was when we were walking out, they invited Kat to come back and play last night at the Acoustic Showcase...which was a real show. Kat played for about a half hour, including a song she wrote with heavy Muse influence...which was pretty rad. The bands that followed afterward, and i say bands cuz the rest of them..except the last one had more than just one member. The 3rd guy had a saxophone player...which was amazingly amazing...and awesome plus 10.

So with the last few days, and the Incubus DVD i bought, i really just KNOW that music is a passion and i love it!!

V-day

V-day. Who needs it really? All it is, is just another corporate world Holiday where people go out and spend way to much money on Heart Shaped plush animals, chocolates, and flowers. Of course it MAY be different if i had a girlfriend, but i don't so it's not.

I went to Wal-mart yesterday, yeah pretty GRAND mistake. The store was lined with confused guys. Not sure how to pick out flowers, or if the girl would like the oversized, $15, made in China, teddy bear. I just couldn't believe the ratio of people in the store to what it normally is. Sure there are the....Mexicans, the White Trash, the normal looking guys buying random assortments of cheap crap they will look at once and throw out. Wal-mart has everything, it's true. I do like to go there sometimes, but man NEVER again on valentines day!!

A Promise Kept is a Promise Earned

Sunday, what a wondrous day. It used to be, for me at least, one of sleeping in and relaxation til church and then more relaxation after church. Well for the most part it's still the same, only ever since i started working mornings, and waking up every morning at 6:30, i just CAN'T sleep in to long anymore. Exceptions are made when i go to bed like at 3 AM, like i did on Friday night. But even still, my body woke up like at 7 thinking it had to go to work. Luckily i was at home in Sandy, in a warm bed and didn't have to get up for anything.

Friday night was interesting to say the least. I decided to opt out of a speed dating thing Mike wanted me to go to, even though i heard later on that it was pretty much the coolest thing ever. Needless to say though, i did enjoy myself at home for a day and a half. I drove up and met my sister and her now fiance (yeah she got engaged a few days ago...really weird. It's been really fast since she met the guy just recently, but i'm way happy for her. August 2nd is the official date. Anyway...) at her school cuz she was setting up to go back on track on Monday. I basically hadn't eaten anything all day, so we went to go get some food. Max, her fiance, was kind enough to buy me lunch...even though it was like 3 pm, but hey that's life right? I'm actually pretty stoked about having a brother in law considering she is the oldest and i don't have one yet....So the rest of the night, Steve came down and we watched Wildboyz. Pretty much the most ridiculous thing ever. If you enjoy watching people let a bear lick honey and eat marshmallows off them, or get bitten by Alligators on purpose, or even just watching stupid humans, it's a great show. It's basically Jack-Ass but with animals included. You can actually learn something from the show...ironically. Then we watched the Jazz lose, quite to Steve's liking since he's a huge Kings fan. Then we watched Blood Diamond...it'll make you think twice about buying a diamond out of any random jewelry store. Good flick. Then i was pretty dang tired since i got up like at 6:45 that morning and never had a nap. Steve gets the idea that an airsoft gun war would be the best thing for 1:30 in the morning. Good thing my 17 year old brother has exactly 3 guns. One that shoots like 450 ft/second. Pretty ridiculous if you ask me...since he shot me in the knee with it and i STILL have a mark, and today is Sunday. At least i didn't get shot in the butt like Steve did. He didn't know my brother shot him, and kept playing. But when it kept hurting had to call a time out. I'd totally insert a picture here of the wicked welt it left him with, but i'm not to keen on taking pictures of butts....especially of a guys...not that i would ever take a picture of anyone's butt for that matter, but it may have been worth it had i had a camera handy. We finished with more wildboyz and hit the sack.

Saturday, i got to go see my Grandma in the hospital. Seriously some people have a crappy life, and that's all there is to it. I had a companion that taught me basically only one thing when i was with him. He was pretty much trunky and didn't want to work anymore, but was all about service and helping people. I remember we helped this 16 yr old member get back in touch with the church and get straight with the Lord and it felt amazing. Anyway he always said "siempre hay alguien con una situacion peor que tu" "There's always someone worse off." Basically it's true. If you are ever in a slump, or life is getting you down and everything seems like it's gone to crap, there really is someone worse off. My Grandma has been living with a tube in her stomach for the past 15 years. She cant' swallow even Saliva. Basically she had Thyroid cancer or something and everything got all messed up with the treatment. She lived ok with that for a long time, but has always been pretty grumpy. According to my dad though she's kind of had a grumpy attitude ever since my Grandpa died back when my dad was a teenager. But despite everything like that i love her and i'm thankful she's with us. She had a stroke about 2 years ago, a little less. So with that her life is just turned upside down. The problem is, she really was healthy physically....just couldn't move very well or eat or anything. It's pretty hard seeing her so sad and down on life, when everyone around her loves her and gives her so much support. I can completely understand though why she would be down. I can't imagine living like she has had too. But that's why we have the gospel in our lives and we need to follow the commandments and live righteously. As long as we know what we need to do to get back to Heavenly Father, and do it, despite any hardships, we will return to him. It's a great thing to know. I love my Grandma, she's so special and loves us so much too.

Sometimes i know we take things for granted. Life in general, but i have learned so much in seriously the past just...like 3 weeks. From Stake Conference last Sunday, to this past week, I'm learning a lot about who i am and what i want from life. It's kind of weird. Stake conference last week, President Baker said he hadn't missed a day of reading his scriptures in TWENTY-FIVE YEARS. I can't believe it. That's so nuts. I committed to myself that i won't miss a day ever again, as long as i can control it. I've done it now for a week, and while that's not 25 years...it does make a difference. I'm glad i can be back on track.

Today was interesting. First of all, i got my calling finalized. I had my Stake interview and then was sustained and set-apart after church. I was called to be Assistant Executive Secretary to the Bishop of my ward. It sounds intense but really isn't. All i have to do is basically go to some meetings on Sundays, and then be there for the interviews on Tuesday nights. Not to hard, but it's important and i think I'll learn a lot.

After church i came home and walked in to the wonderful smell of Roast finishing up. So juicy and wonderful. One of the best parts of Sunday dinner is the fact that usually some new people show up and we make friends. This week it was Lacy's (Ace's Girlfriend) roommates, Anita and Amanda (sisters in fact). Now the title of this blog comes from a promise i made to Anita. We were playing Rock Band, and Eric insulted me about something and i was pretty hurt...maybe...possibly...but regardless he apologized, and she gave me a hug for him since Erica and I don't exactly have a hugging relationship, although i'm not a homo phobe so it wouldn't bother me that much. Anyway, she gave me a hug for him but the first time it was kind of a weird hug cuz i had a guitar on and was starting to play. She gave me a second hug cuz Eric wanted me to know he truly felt sorry. I'm still not sure if i believe him :) Anyway, so there ya go! I kept my promise! I wrote about the hug i got from my new BFF Anita!! I love meeting wonderful new people. It makes life much more fun and meaningful. I like being a friend too. I think i make a good one. Yet one more thing in Living Life and Being good at it. Anyway i'm done for now, this Blog entry is massive. Peace

Table Burns

Yes. They do exist. How does one get a table burn? Spoons. This case, more specifically, at FHE. Yeah ok, it wasn't like the "burn" was that drastic, but i didn't know you could get a table burn. I guess when your roommate is on top of your arm, rubbing it on the table with all his body weight trying to pry a plastic spoon from my kungfu grips, even though in his other hand he already has one and doesn't even realize it. Yes folks, this game can be extremely violent. If there is anyone out there reading this, who doesn't know what spoons is, here ya go here ya go. Spoons is a great game. I mean, what's not great about tackling someone over a spoon? Maybe that didn't happen, but you get my point. Yet again, another part of life and being good at it.

Stupid Questions with Granola Bars for Breakfast.

Saturday. A wonderful day. A break from the busy week, the one day when we should be able to relax and have a day to ourselves. Not for me, and why? I'm at work.

I know i've complained about working on Saturdays before, but honestly who can like working on a saturday. You know, i've been thinking, maybe i should get a job somewhere where i actually don't get annoyed at every actual working moment. At my current job i answer phone calls from people who want to place orders, or sign up accounts, or do other random things. The majority of the calls i get are from people complaining that we charged their credit card without them authorizing it, which is BS. Most of those calls consist of "well i told the person that ordered these vitamins for me that i wanted to try them once and then i would decided if i want them after." So the question comes up "did you give them your CC #?" You know, if it were me, i would say "What is the # so I CAN call and place the order." The problem is, in this world, most people are way to trusting and/or lazy to do things themselves or make sure what they want is actually done. Example: I had a lady call in just awhile ago that had an ADR (Automatic Delivery Rewards) order, which by far is the absolute best way to buy Expensive Nuskin products. The A in ADR stands for, as previously noted, AUTOMATIC. Well, this lady who i'm sure is a wonderful person and has many great qualities, called in pissed off at the company, and more specifically at me since i was the fortunate lucky soul to take her call, because she had gotten an order when she said she had cancled her ADR online. A) This is not possible. The company has made it impossible to cancel the order online, since we control alot of the benefits of the order they have to call in to cancel it, which is fine because that's what we're here for. So the lady calls in angry that her order wasn't actually canceled and wants an INSTANT refund, which we ALL know never happens from ANY company, EVER. I tell her this and she says she's paying overdraft fees on her checking account. Our problem? No. She goes on to tell me that there is nothing online saying she has to call in to cancel her ADR (something i told her, one of the many facts that she was angry with me about). B) Also not true. I went online and found, in the FAQ's (Frequently Asked Questions for those illiterate in online lingo) and found that it actually DOES say exactly what the lady did, doesn't work. Direct quote from the website:

How do I cancel my ADR order?
To cancel your ADR, you must call 1-800-487-1000. Removing all items from your ADR cart online does not cancel your ADR.

This lady told me she removed everything from her cart, thinking that it would delete her order since she had nothing in her cart. If it were me, and i told her this and she took offense to it thinking i was saying she didn't know what she was doing (which was true), if it were me and i wanted to cancel an order. Regardless of what i THOUGHT i could or couldn't do online, i would still call in to make sure it was canceled. She also told me she didn't think we should expect her to look all over the website for information about cancelling her order. It was really only like 3 clicks to find out about cancelling her order. Anyway, in the end, i gave her a full refund and told her to send it back and she proceeded to tell me i am a horrible representative of Nuskin. I've worked at Nuskin almost 2 years now, and that was the FIRST time i've EVER been told that i was a bad representative. In fact, i've been told so many times that i was such a pleasure to talk to, her insult was hardly a dent in my reputation.

It really annoys me that some people in this world can't take responsbility for something they've done. Everyone messes up, no one is perfect, and no one ever will be. If everyone really would learn to take responsibility for their own errors and mistakes, the world would be at least 50% better. There would be less hate crimes, less arrogance, less pride, less world wide anger. Maybe not so much, but i'm pretty sure the world WOULD improve some. Isn't that what we're all fighting for? A better world? A better life? Shouldn't we all at least have SOME desire to improve the world. It's like Jesus once said, "remove the moat first from your own eye before telling your brother to remove the needle in his eye," or something like that. Point being, is we need to change ourselves first before we can accuse someone else of being imperfect. I was polite to the lady, never raised my voice, and really just stated how it was. People hate hearing the truth. What was i supposed to do, tell her "dont' worry mam, everything will be ok, you're right and we're wrong." I do realize that the "customer is always right," and in this case i told her i understood her frustration, and i was doing what i could to help her out, but she still didn't understand. Now this lady was elderly, and i'm not being discriminatory but at the same time i know that most older people don't fully understand the computer. My own mother, who does understand it for the most part, still sometimes has really basic and easy questions. So the real question is, how CAN we expect them to do things online when it really isn't their thing. So who's right? Who's wrong? There really isn't any way to tell, it's 6's in the air, and maybe it's not right. All i can say is i just wish people WOULD learn How to Live Life and be GOOD at it. It would make my job so much easier, and less stressful as well.

I'm eating Granola bars for Breakfast these days, thank goodness for Costco. Working at 7 AM everyday, it's butt early and really i dont' have time to eat anything. So Granola Bars and Yogurt have been my sustaining for quite some time. Thank you Costco.