Its FINALLY here!

I got a call today from the help desk, saying that my laptop has finally arrived. After a month and a bit of waiting it is finally here! In addition to the computer pics, I thrown in a couple of my Rexburg home, and of my new cell phone.

This here is Darth Tater (thank you Aread) our designated room mascot and flag bearer. It is his destiny.

Paint Balling

This last weekend was very eventful. My Friday consisted of a crazy Egyptian dance party, watching the movie "the Mummy", and playin some Rock band and Halo back in the dorms after curfew. A few hours later at about 8:30 on Saturday, a group of 5 of us headed off to go paint balling, to shoot and be shot. It was my second time paint balling, and Becky's first, the other three guys in our group had more experience. About 30 or more people showed up, and all came dresses in camo. We were about the only ones who didn't.

In this epic "you don't want to mess with us" picture is: Trevor, Me, Devon, Becky, and my roommate Ben.

Me, Becky, Devon, and Ben

Trevor after having been shot in the hand.

Becky, who claimed to be nervous, ended up having more guts than any of the guys. She could be found on the battle field shouting "shoot me! I dare ya! Give me your best shot! shoot me, SHOOT ME! (Only a slight exaggeration) She agreed to be the hostage in one of the scenarios. She ended up getting shot over 8 times, though it doesn't show up very well in the picture below.

At this place, getting shot in the gun, counts as a death. I got shot a bunch of times, but only about two left noticeable bruises.

This above picture just reminded me of Metal Gear Solid.

The trip was totally awesome, and I cant wait to do it again, and get shot even more!

Duty to God Award

Self Portrait

Recently I just decided to have fun with my camera and photoshop, and this is what I came up with. Now it only needs a name. I was thinking somthing like... "Trapped Emotions", "Imprisoned Personality", or "The Kitchen Chair of Alternate Dimensions". If you have any better ideas, let me know.

Rockin Out in our Family Room

We did it, we have Rock Band. Mike and I split the cost and got the game, drums, mic, and two guitars, off of Craigslist for a good deal. To top it off, we downloaded the Cars album off Xbox live. Mom and Dad were both as eager to try as we were.

We decided to play it for family home evening, so as Mike and I were ready to play, Mom and Dad come downstairs in leather jackets and bandannas. We all agreed that this needed to be recorded, so Mike and I went upstairs and modified our wardrobe in kind.

Seminary Graduation

Seminary is finally over! A couple weeks ago we had seminary graduation. All the grads were consumed with terror and dread upon realizing that no speakers had been assigned on the program. Our worst fears were confirmed when the stake president announced that they would be calling up individuals to go up and speak for three minutes on a randomly chosen scripture mastery. I was not chosen. They did well though, nothing embarrassing happened. We finished off the night with floats, pictures and socializing. To be honest, I will miss seminary. I always loved going to seminary. We had a great teacher and great lessons.

Bishop Davis, Kelly Knudsen, Jake Madarang, Aread Leano, Sister Knudsen, Brian Walton, Quinn Marceil, Kumiko Murakami

Grad Time!

So far my grad experience has consisted of Commencement, Grad Dinner/Dance, and then Dry Grad. Those don't necessarily mark the end of school, they just mark one month till school is over. Kind of anticlimactic. Oh well, it's almost over now, then I get to start work at a box factory for the summer. Fun!

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If it was hard to hear in the video i got two scholarships, one for visual arts, and one for being a patient of Dr. Maduke (orthodontist). After commencement, for a grad present, Mom and Mad got me a TomTom GPS car Navigator. Exactly what I need for my poor sense of direction. I changed the voice so that Austin Powers is giving me directions in the car. "Groovy driving! Yeah!"

Delicious cheese cake at the dinner/dance

The theme of this years dry grad was Las Vagas, so there were gambling tables, show girls, and a fake tattoo place. There were also inflatable jumping castles and obstacle courses, virgin drinks, a hypnotist show, good food, a couple drunk people, door prizes, a place to get your caricature done, and a place to cash in our fake gambling winnings for candy. I left with Purdey's Chocolate, a $25 gift card to metrotown, and a whole whack of sinfully purchased candy. Actually I used less money to purchase the candy than I started off with. Dang wheel! Overall I was a little disappointed, but it was still very fun.

This is getting my Caricature done at dry grad.