Buddy Holly-Weezer

In honor of yesterday's 50's night(and the fact that I talk and post music often) I thought that I would post this video up here. Very cool however it is that they did it.

Youth Group 50's night

I thought I would post some pics from last night's church youth group event. There was a variety of styles there, I dressed like a greaser who looked like Fonzie from "Happy Days".

On a whole different topic I wanted to let any readers of this blog know that my other blog that I leave just pictures on ( www.heyyoulookatthesepictures.blogspot.com ) is temporarily not going to be updated because I need to get my camera fixed. There is a lens problem, I think some sand might have gotten inside and jammed it. Should be back soon though.

Forget and Not Slow Down-Relient k

Yessssss! I've been waiting for a new single from them for a while. This is just awesome!Can't wait until October 6th!

college kid

Yesterday I took my first step into the college world. (Well actually it wasn't the first "step", I have been there lots of times before!) I actually started my first class about computer applications (like Microsoft Office) yesterday and later today is my first music theory college class.

The computer lab was pretty tidy and clean and all of the students there seemed to be nice. We didn't do too much actual computer lectures yet but rather the teacher did some intros. He reminded me a lot like Dwight from the TV show "The Office" but still not as weird as that. I was not looked down upon that I knew of because I was still in High School either. Although most of the students were around their 20's or 30's in age, there was a diversity of people. There were even people who had not even been to school in 32 years and not even touched a computer in 6 years. None of the people on campus were mean or rude to anyone like that. Overall the class is looking like its going to be pretty simple and I think I can work it out.

Almost immediately following the class my family and I headed off to Disneyland since our year passes were back for the first time after the Summer blackout dates, but also to celebrate Levi's 2nd Birthday a few days ago.Dad was also there but he came later in the evening after he got off of work. It was really busy there but we managed to get on a reasonable amount of rides and see some shows/parades. Overall I think Levi had a good time there, especially seeing the Pixar Parade.

How much would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

Well I found out that everyone who voted on my poll to the right, picked that they didn't exactly know what a woodchuck is. A woodchuck is actually a groundhog!

From my "extensive research" I have actually found the answer to this tounge-twister! It is here in this LINK

Toyota Driving Expectations

Saturday my Dad and I went to the National Toyota Center which is actually located nearby here in California. We heard about this driving program from a friend of our that had recommended it, but we did not really expect much of the program. We left very surprised at how well the event had been put together with effort and content.

To start off they had us sign a few waivers for accidents but also another to use the participants in their Toyota media. I thought that there might be a few professional camera guys walking around every now and then taking pictures for a website or fl yer but they went all out. Pretty much wherever we turned there was a camera crew ready to capture our next move in the class. My group had special attention with the video cameras because there was a guy who had won some sort of contest and ended up here to be in a production of Toyota's (I'm not sure what it is).


The instructors guiding us through the course were very nice and some of them even came from Texas just to do this event. They split us off from our parents and had us do our own classes while the guardians did some of their own. Some of our topics included how the physics of a car, how weather affects an active car, finical responsibility, and also about anti-lock brakes. After each classroom session we got to get in groups of about 3 people and go in a car to try out some driving courses they had set out.

On one course I got put in the same car as the contest winner guy,an instructor, and another participant. There were Hollywood-quality camera cranes put out in order to catch what the students did. I joked that they even had the car bugged to get sound. Just then a camera man came up to the parked car we were in and opened the door to say "We can hear you". We turned around and looked in the trunk and sure enough there was a sound system there. I also saw that there was a camera attached to the passenger's front window to see whatever the driver's reaction was.

The first course consisted of hitting the gas pedal to get as much speed as possible in a small distance(about 40 MPH) and then to slam the brakes as hard as we could to stop the car, as the Anti lock Braking System kicked in.
The 2nd course was one that we weave between cones and then speed and then slam the brakes in a small area of water that had been set out on the floor.
The 3rd part's main focus was to distract the driver as much as possible while getting through a small set of cones and signs. Music was blasting in the car, while the instructor through a small ball around. He also had me drink a small bottle water while calling a number on my cell phone, while still driving through the course.

After we had rotated turns from each other, the camera crew took the contest winner aside and started asking him questions about his experience that he just had, like they usually did after he did something. This time they called me out as I was walking away. I thought that maybe I had dropped something so I turned back around so I turned around and checked to see what they wanted from me. It turns out that they also wanted to interview me and the other guy that were in the car along with the contest winner to interview us as well. I did that and answered a few short questions that they needed and then went along to finish the rest of the course.

As we were leaving the event, each person got his/her own share of Toyota bling. This included Scion plush cars, T-Shirts, hats, sunscreen, keychains, chapstick, flyers, car first aid kits, and even Toyota sponsored music samplers. If you ever see this event come up you should try it out or recommend it to someone you know that could use it. Also let me know if you see a guy in a bright green Relient k t-shirt and a brown hat in any kind of Toyota media, because that would most likely be me.

A Time Changing weatherman eating Chicken Alfredo over British/English muffins is By Your Side

Hello readers of my blog! I had a pretty good day today. After getting ready for church this morning I taught myself how to play "By Your Side" by Tenth Avenue North on my acoustic guitar.My family and I all returned to our home church this morning and was welcomed with warm embraces from our church family. Later on after church my family also went to Olive Garden which was really good. After having some good Chicken Alfredo, I came home and relaxed with some JCTV. There was a movie that was on it at one point called "Time Changers". If you haven't seen it before you should pick it up from wherever it is that you can find it. I've seen it before today but it's still kind of entertaining to watch again. It may be a cheesy Christian film but it has a good message and a lot of funny moments.



Besides today I can't think of much to blog about so I am going to go on some random topics right now.

1.I am realizing that over time one of my local ABC weather guys is starting to look more and more like Dustin Hoffman's character of Mr. Magorium from Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium. They both even have pinstripe suits and wear yellow ties!

Mr. Magorium


2. Why are British muffins and English Muffins two different things? I mean really English and British people are the same thing basically and so why have 2 different kinds of muffins?
I looked it up and it appears that our American "English" Muffins aren't even close to actually English muffins. I'm not sure about British muffins though. The only real change between English and British muffins I think is that one is White Bread and the other is Wheat.


Well that was quite random but I have nothing to post about at the moment. I should have a lot to post about in the upcoming week though. If anyone has an idea of something to write about anything(well.....almost anything), I will try to write something about it.