Almost (au)GUS(t)

1. I have been getting a huge kick out of watching my co-workers slowly walk up to the candy bowl only to see that it's empty. Dan and I escalated our fun by dumping in some bbq flavored sun flower seeds, half a stick of Black Jack chewing gum, some really old star bursts, and a salt and pepper shaker. How would you feel if you were anticipating a few piece of chocolate only to find the above mentioned items? THIS IS AWESOME!

2. On Saturday, I chipped a tooth when I was eating a Big Hunk candy bar. (Serves me right in a way. What I mean by that is it's about time I felt some damage from eating too much candy. Thankfully it wasn't diabetes.) It was kind of weird how it happened. Amelia broke off a piece and handed it to me. I threw it in, chomped on it a few times, and then sent it down the chute. Well, afterwards I thought some of the taffy might have gotten stuck on my teeth. It didn't take long before I felt a small nick on a lateral incisor. A part of me has been lost.

The Ultimate Party Wagon

The Jordy & Bedelia dream camper.

Tunnels Under BYU

This morning I got a complete tour of the basement of the Harold B. Lee Library. It took well over 30 minutes to walk through. It's an immense work of pipes, fan rooms, and electrical work that spans from the elevators at the north of the building all the way to what I believe is an entrance to the basement of the ASB. I found a door that I think would have gotten us into the ASB, but someone had written on the side of the door, "ALARMED DOOR". At one point, we went through a door and entered some concrete hallway that was completely black. My supervisor said, "Go ahead and walk down there and tell me when you get to the end." I started walking after I saw K go, but he stopped then scared the beejeebee's out of me. Since I have to visit part of the basement every day, I'm going to bring a camera in on Monday and get some pictures.

This is blues power!

1. Talked to a guy I work with about his philosophy on life. I don’t buy philosophy for a number of reasons. 1. It seems like philosophy questions way too much, because it is constantly questioning everything! 2. I couldn’t be happy that way; I don’t know how anyone can. 3. Do I exist?
2. Never sit on the front row in the Provo temple unless you’re ready to tilt your head all the way back during the film.
3. August is almost here. That’s like February for the second half of the year.
4. I started reading Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith. I’ve attempted it a couple of times and I’ve never gotten through it. This may take me 2 months to get through, but I'm optimistic about the outcome it can have.
   

Book Report: The Prestige

I picked this book up just for the shear fact that it is being made into a movie by Christopher Nolan. I loved Batman Begins, and I thought that if Nolan could build upon a creation like Batman, he ought to be able to do that with this book.

It’s been a long time since I read a book that kept my attention the majority of the time. I admit there are some slow parts, but I trudged through them to find out the answers to all the questions posed by the author. Luckily it’s not too long before things start picking up. The last 50 pages could not be read without a break.

I’ll give a brief synopsis, simply because you won’t get this kind anywhere else.

Andrew Westley has always felt as if he had a twin brother, somehow separated from him at birth. His situation is peculiar however, in that he feels he can communicate with his twin brother by almost telepathic means. The messages are never in words, only impressions. One day Westley receives a book written by a man named Alfred Borden, an ancestor of his from a family line that put him up for adoption at the age of 3. At the time he receives this book, which detail the illusions of his great grandfather, he is on assignment to cover a story of apparent spectral apparitions in a convent outside of Derbyshire, England. There, with a book detailing the intricacies of magic written by a great grandfather, and an acquaintance he’s never met, he begins to open doors that lead him to answer the greatest question he’s ever had.

Rating: 9/10

Odds and Ends

1. I've been eating lots of bbq flavored sunflower seeds.
2. I forgot that I have Otterpops in the fridge at work.
3. I was told that I shouldn't use the word "hate" by the production director of 570 KLIF. This was in reference to my use of the word in this e-mail:

I'm so glad Dr. Laura isn't on 570 Klif anymore. I hated her show. Thanks for making this station much better.

-Jordan

4. I'm not even in Texas, but I can stream the station on the internet.
5. Jonah is eating rice cereal. We're wondering whether or not he's allergic to it.
6. Does anyone else besides me watch 'The Office'?
7. I have to go get some Otter Pops.

Trying to Evacuate by E-Mail

The U.S Embassy is trying to help evacuate Americans out of Lebanon, but some of the people are running into problems... like this guy:

Jonathan Chakhtoura, a 19-year-old Lebanese-American student, said he registered electronically with the U.S. Embassy to be evacuated, but he has not heard back for three days, except for an e-mail acknowledging his registration. (Dallas Morning News)

It says he registered electronically to evacuate. If you were in a war zone, would you do that?

The Gut

It's awkward having your physical defects pointed out.

This morning, at the library, one of my co-workers asked, "What's the belly from?" Kind of shocked that that was a real question, I said, "It's runs in my family". He then went on to say, "I was just curious because not many people have them here". Then pointing to his own flat stomach he says, "most people have flat stomachs". All I could really say was that most people here run for fun, but I don't do that. I'm just fat.

Worky, Ready, No Bloggy

There'a few reasons why I haven't written a blog in well over a month. They're all pretty solid reasons; meaning they've led to me being more productive than I would have been struggling all day to figure out what to post.

I picked up a second job at the Harold B. Lee Library. I get up at 4:30am, and am at work by 5am. It's just doing custodial work. I like it. Our crew cleans 5 bathrooms then we each do our respective jobs. Mine is on the "big vac". I haven't used a pedometer yet, but walking for 2 hours in the Periodicals and Social Sciences rooms probably racks up a mile or two.

I've also started reading a book called "The Prestige". Reading for fun is something I rarely do, so that means this books is extremely interesting to me. It's being turned into a film which comes out in October. You can see the trailer at www.apple.com/quicktime/trailers/. I'd hate to ruin anything about the book, so if you want to spoil it for yourself, check wikipedia.

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I don't know why the blog templates aren't working. I'll mess with this later.