5 word poem 2

Well, I finally came up with something. This one was tough!! words: (cleric, respectably, magnifying glass, expeditionary force, swine)


A cleric, once, I knew him well
respectably at Kent did dwell
and once with magnifying glass
did stumble on a bonnie lass.
No expeditionary force
nor swine, nor bull, nor palace horse
no rushing wind or fire's ray
could make him turn his eyes away.

I know. Not much. But, they're all in there. Words for the next one are taken out of James Patterson's "Lifeguard": beating, investment,including, jumped and muttered.
If you would like to write a poem with these words feel free or find your own words randomly from any book (dictionaries work well. For other books take the nearest "not normal" word to the one your finger points to, otherwise you end up with "and, for, then, with, the etc etc") Happy hunting!

I'm charging each of you a penny for these thoughts

Well, my room is FINALLY clean! I know! Crazy! I ended up throwing out 5 bags of trash, somewhere around 7 empty boxes, a bag of clothes and a ton of other stuff. I combined all of my small boxes into two tubs that now sit waterproofly in my closet. I shredded like 5 gallons of papers. Hopefully I can keep it this way. It's weird walking into my room.... no like literally being able to walk into my room.
Other news, I got new glasses on Saturday (thanks Jess). They should be here this week I hope. I got contacts too, and they called and told me the contacts are in already. I'm also trying to update my look, not necessarily for every day, but just some dressier clothes. Also, I finally got my ingrown toenail sorta cut out. He numbed it (most of the way the first time, and eventually all the way after I screamed) and cut out the part that was causing the problem. It feels much much better. I go back in on Friday to see how it's doing and to schedule a time to get the root cut out so it won't keep coming back. It's nice to be able to put on shoes though.
I wonder how I should go about telling a girl that I know that I can't imagine her ending up with any type of guy. I've pondered it a lot, and she finally asked about it on her blog and facebook so I feel like this is my chance.... but I don't know how to tell her. Trust me, I've thought about it. As she is... I don't think such a man exists.... if she were to change some key things then it's possible. She's the same girl that I blogged about before that had a list of like 100+ things she was looking for in a guy. I'm sorry, but if you've dated 80+ guys.... it's not them.... it's you.
Well, I think that's it. Still haven't written my second 5 random word poem. It's giving me grief. Till next time.

5 Random Word Poetry

Well, spring cleaning is well under way. I've thrown out 4 garbage bags full of stuff, I've sorted through every box and shredded everything that needed to be shredded. My room is still a mess, but I think one more day will do it. Ps. I love heated mattress pads, especially on a cold night like tonight. MMmmm warm!
If you recall one of my goals this year is to blog more, but only slightly less known is this: to write more poetry. So I've come up with a creative way to get the juices flowing. :O Happy Groundhog day!!!! Just had to say that! =) Best Holiday EVER!! Ok, where was I? Oh, right, creativity. So I've started writing poems starting with 5 random words from a book. My first poem comes from 5 words from the first Harry Potter book. The words were speech, behind, don't, my and over. The goal isn't to create a masterpiece, it's just to tie the words together in some sort of rhyming...thing. So here is my first attempt

(I think I'll call it..) Jessica Potter

I gave a speech without my mouth
But only with my actions
Behind the words my body spoke
Were all of my reactions
Don't listen to the words I say
For when my words are over
The things I've done or tried to do
Will show how much I love her

Tadaa! This one was considerably easier than the next one I get to write. For that one I picked 5 random words from my spanish dictionary (from the english-spanish half of the book) The words are cleric, respectably, magnifying glass, expeditionary force and swine.
:-/ I'm not exactly sure what I'm going to do with those yet (not even exactly sure what all of them mean) but it should be fun to try. Stay tuned for that post. Peace.

Actual Writing Contest

So..... my roomie came up with a brilliant idea for promoting his website promotethegood dot com. He's having a writing contest AND you can vote for your favorites by "liking" it on the website through facebook AND the winner of the contest gets 100 BUCKS AND he'll donate another 100 bucks to a charity you can choose from a list also on the website. SO, if you would like to win 100 bucks and know how to write go to his website, register, submit and VOTE :D yay! There are a few catches.... first.. at least 30 people have to enter the contest, second, the contest ends saturday at midnight, and third, as in contests like this he gets the rights to the work, but it would be the same if you submitted it to the ensign or where ever else. The topic is something, I don't remember how he phrased it (it's probably on the website) but something like the inseperable connection between virtue and happiness. So write write write.
In other news, things are going well. I took a half sick day today because I was afraid I was getting whatever Dan and Danny have had, and as long as I don't move it's ok but still feel a little sick. I've started my spring cleaning early this year (Thanks, Jessica, for your help in getting started and motivated.) I went to Walmart and bought some plastic tubs to put all my stuff in (plastic tubs are more waterproof than cardboard boxes) and I also got a paper shredder and a clothes hamper and a garbage can that I can keep in my room to keep the clutter off the floor. OH, and an accordian file folder to sort papers in. So far I've filled two garbage bags, gone through all of my "important papers" and sorted out anything that needed shredding, been through half of my boxes to throw away anything I don't actually use/need/want, and cut up and thrown away all of my old garments. I need to create a DI pile too, get rid of all those old clothes that haven't fit me for 40 lbs or so. It has been fun. I'm glad to finally have something tangible to see progress in and to have a process for storing and keeping track of all my junk.
I've also started reading a new book. My therapist recommended it and Jessica checked it out of the library and let me borrow it when she was done. It is called "How to avoid marrying a jerk: the foolproof way to follow your heart without losing your mind" by John Van Epp. It has been an amazing read so far. Just the things that I have learned about my needs and wants and behaviors etc has been great! And reading it I wanted to get some feedback from you all: What would you say are the top 3 things you wish you had learned about your spouse before you got married? Or, what 3 things are you glad you learned about your spouse before you got married? What would you say are the top 3 stresses on your marriage right now? (nothing specific, obviously, but be honest) I'm trying to get a feel for how you all make your marriages work and how you felt you knew your spouse well enough to make that big leap. Anyways, any help in this would be much appreciated. I think that's a long enough post for now, so remember - write an entry for that contest, and answer the marriage questions. Peace.

Resolution #2

Ok, so I'm really bad at planning new year's resolutions, so sometimes when the year starts and opportunities come up then I decide to make whatever it is a resolution. This is the case for last night. Russ and I went to work to use the copier/scanner to email ourselves this song that we want to learn (King's Singers: Goodnight, My Angel) and on the way home it was freezing so I stopped at the Sevs to get some hot chocolate. (ps they have really good hot chocolate) As I was getting out of my car a young man stopped me and asked if he could have a ride down to 5900 south (about 2 miles) and I told him that would be fine but that I was going to go get some hot chocolate first. So he waited for me outside and I drove him to what I imagine was his house and didn't even get mugged or anything. So that became resolution #2: help a stranger in some inconvenient way.
I always hesitate blogging two days in a row because people tend to only see the first one, so if you are reading this and haven't read my blog from yesterday you should check it out. I guess I'll have to wait to see what adventures come my way tomorrow.

Demo-crazy

So, I've decided one of my new year's resolutions is to blog more. I'm not sure why exactly, but probably because it's easy. So I have this co-worker, you know, at work that sits right behind me. This co-worker is an ok guy, seems nice enough, but happens to be a democrat. Well, I've noticed a disturbing trend lately that whenever I buy a bag of Fritos at the gas station ( I like both the chili cheese and the honey bbq twists, not important to the story, so you could have skipped reading this part as per the common use of parenthesis) this guy takes it upon himself to put his 65 year old hand in the bag and grab some.... without asking or even thanking me for the fritos. I don't know where he gets his self-entitlement to my bag of fritos, maybe it's a generational thing, maybe he has an unsatiable need for corn and fake chili seasoning, but my guess is it's because he's a democrat, I mean, isn't that the democrat way? have someone else earn something and then take whatever you want? Let's face it, I do have more fritos than he does, and don't we ALL deserve fritos and have the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of empty carbs? It has become kind of a game I play now (I refer to "now" to imply that this has been going on for a while and is not an isolated event, again, not information you needed to understand the story) so today I bought some and didn't open the bag, just left them sitting on my desk. Finally I couldn't take it any more so I opened them like 5 minutes before lunch and sure enough... there was his old gross hand!! Grabbing my fritos!! I don't know what the deal is, and a confrontational me would say something, but let's face it I don't need ALL of the fritos and I would share a lot more than he takes if he'd ask. Just irks me. Anyways, there's my blog for the day. Expect a bunch more. Oh, I'd also like to start writing more poetry so if anybody wants to suggest any ideas, they would be appreciated.

Dangit, Gym!

Hello!! How is everyone? Things is going well. It has been an amazingly long couple of weeks. Jessica and I just passed our 2 month anniversary, but it honestly feels like a year or so. 2 days ago was my half birthday, that means 28.5 which can be rounded up to 29. =( oh well, more years to come I guess. Jessica and I were looking for things that we can do together so we decided to start going to the gym. She's had a membership for a while so I just added me to hers. We've been 3 times this week and I've gotta say, other than the pain and anguish it has been pretty fun. What bothers me though is that they have like a whole warehouse full of machines to workout on, but what the crap do they all do?? Seriously? How many different machines do you need that simulate a bench press? One, that's right. They've got like 12 and they are all different in some way, how far you lean back the different types of handles etc. but at the end of the day all you are doing is pushing weight away from your chest. I don't get it. But my favorite part is the cardio cinema room! I love it! I've done almost an hour of cardio this week while watching movies. I like it because it's dark in there so I don't have so many distractions, other than watching Jess run on the treadmill infront of me. I haven't tried the treadmills yet mostly because, well, I'm a big dude so I think I'll stick to the lower impact ones. My muscles have been sore all week. It started with my legs, could hardly walk. Now they are doing better but my arms are really sore. So far I'm up like a pound and a half, but that's ok. I can't imagine that it's muscle, but probably swelling in my muscles. Other than the gym we've been pretty busy. Christmas time is a time for getting together apparently, so we've been doing that a lot with different people. But/yet/and it has been fun. We are going to St. George (hopefully ACTUALLY going to St George) for Christmas and I'm marginally excited about that. OH, and guys... if you want some really awesome smelling lotion Vaseline makes some for men that is "fast absorbing" and it smells awesome. Anyways, I guess that's it for now. Hope all is well and that you all have a merry merry christmas this year.