I Live in West Jordan, Utah, a Suburb of Salt Lake City

Whenever we have to speak to people foreign to Utah, we are forced to say that we’re from Salt Lake City, which, for all nearly three million of us (except for the 180,000 who live in Salt Lake), this is a lie. The problem is that Salt Lake City is really the only city known [...]

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Financial Relief

It was 6th period, and we were doing nothing in Take Ten; I was busy trying to connect through the network to Kelly DeHaan’s computer so as to print from my netbook. Kelly D disappeared for around fifteen minutes, but then came back and asked for my name in his regular stern way. Standing up, [...]

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Redemption

I am going to be hated and shunned for my views on dances and other such social memorobilia, however, I say this to hopefully help redeem myself (I also believe it with a wholeness of heart):
All men are created equal; women are created better.
–Jordan Spencer Cunningham

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Monday in the Park With Julie: Beginning of a Tradition, Awkwardness at a Maximum

I decided a long time ago that I would explore as much of the world that I could while spending hardly any money at all this summer. Most of that exploration and adventure is to come from taking Julie on walks to various locations– I’ll often go to the park– and then writing in my [...]

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The Sweet, Succulent Smell of Glorious New Books

Today, I was wicked. After being called and asked by my good priesthood leader, Brother Catmull, to call five or so of the priests to ask them to come and set up chairs before church, I completely spaced it. Instead, I went to Barnes & Noble for over two hours and bought some satisfying literature [...]

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Not Going to Prom: Good for You, Boys & Girls; Reasoning Against the “Sanctity” of Dances

Whether you’re of the male or female segment and you’re not going to prom (or any other overmarketed school dance), you ought to get over yourself and enjoy life, as it’s probably a good thing that you’re not going. They’re overrated, anyway. The only reason schools have such social activities are, and in order of [...]

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At Peace = Good, Obviously

An insane Canadian once told me that if you love life and things are going well, then you’re doing something wrong. I have come to find that she is a fool for speaking such blasphemy, and I refuse to listen to her insanity ever again, respectfully. When you are truly happy, and you find yourself [...]

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Pure and Holy Feeling

Though time and living takes me through treacherous ground, and I am left uninspired, weak, and pining for a higher tier, I always find I end up here once again, fresh, anew, alive, well, ready. A gentle thought passes through the passages of my secluded mind, and then even the back alleyways are flushed, and [...]

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In Rememberance, There Will Be Rest

As an afterthought, I intend to post the Madrigal recordings of these two pieces as soon as I get my hands on them.
We recently arrived home from our touring of Seattle. There is too much to say about the entire experience just now, so only this will be able to suffice. This piece, “There [...]

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Intrinsic Influences, Volume III: Here’s to the Past

I just realized that today, April 12th, is the birthday of one of my former best buddies. He’ll be turning eighteen. I’m not entirely sure why he started despising Gus Gus and myself, but he did anyway, and I say more power to him.
I remember many good times with that old buddy. Our friendship first [...]

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Remeniscing That Soothes the Soul

I happened to be sifting through some ancient files around 12:45 AM Mountain Time, and I came across an old encrypted journal I used to keep in eighth grade.  It was kept from January 2005 to January 2006. I was reading through some of the hilarious entrees, and I found one that was publishable. The [...]

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