2009??? Already? But 2008 Just Started!

Well...I guess it's about time I do a sappy "it's the end of the year....I had such a great year...full of changes...fun times....2008 was amazing..." type of post.  So, here it is.  Well...as of right now...2008 has a mere 4 hours 57 minutes left.  Quite a bit of fun stuff happened this year.  I decided the University of Utah well, wasn't that fun.  I found out Utah State is waaaay better!  I learned that working at Kohl's isn't a good idea.  I found my love for guitar and graphic design again.  I got the worst grades of my life, then got the best grades of my life.  And my social life, well it's getting there.  All in all...pretty spiffy year.  All I really can say about 2009 is...BRING IT!  Anyway here are some pics from December fun!

This is the "smokin' missionary" snowman the fellas made at Grandma and Grandpa's.  He's even got a trash bag for a mouth.  Tells ya he's been hanging around too many sailors.

And here I've got photographic evidence that Grandpa's grass is seriously super green ALL YEAR LONG!  Look at that stuff!  Most people can't even get theirs that green during the summer!

Last night I had some of the Snow cousins (Lindsay & Kip & Gracie, Brad, and Kylie) over for some super delicious Korean food!  I whipped up some Bi Bim Bap and wow!  It was gooooood!

See, Lindsay even finished her entire bowl!  

Okay...this picture was a complete accident.  But, it turned out really cool!  I swear you'd see that kind of lighting in some magazine ad or something!  

It's here!

Okay...I know I should be studying for my Life Science final tomorrow.  But really, who wants to do that?!?!?!?!  But, the big news of the week (even though it happened last week) is that Ben's CD is all done and now we've got 10 boxes of CDs stacked up in our kitchen!  I'm really surprised at how well it all turned out.  The music of course is amazing!  It's definitely getting some good play time on my iPod.  The songs are just so...I don't know...happy.  I think my favorite is Simple Wish.  That song just rocks!  The release concert went pretty well.  Ben had a ton of fun playing.  I had a ton of fun being stressed out over stuff not working.  Ben even sold a few CDs!  Woooo!  Just a few more hundred to sell now!  I would highly recommend this CD!  It's just all around snazzy! 

Anyway, here are a few pics of the fun!

Just a Few More Days...

In just a few more days my good friend, Ben Oman, will release his newest CD:  OPTIMIZE!!!!  This is one sweet CD!  I've had the music on my iPod for quite a while now and I am loving it!  Ben was nice enough to let me do the graphic design on the CD and I had a blast doing it!  It turned out great!  Ben and I had plenty of idea changes on the design, but we are both happy with the final result.  I've posted the cover below (I used at least 13 original photographs in making that cover...cool eh?), but to see the rest of the art work you will just have to buy the CD!  Trust me, it will be well worth your 10 dollars.  If you want to buy his CD try going to his website: BEN OMAN.  He will probably be selling that starting on December 5th.  If it's not there and you want a copy, just let me know and I'll hook ya up!  Oh, you can also listen to some of the songs on his website, as well as on his facebook page!  So, be a nice chum and go check it out!

Trace Bundy!!!!

So last Thursday Trace Bundy did a concert up here at school...and wow!  That was one amazing concert!  Not only is he super good at the guitar, he's a funny down to earth guy!  He's turned down record deals just because he wants to keep it simple and not be really famous.  So, definitely check him out if you've never heard of him!

Halloweeeeeeeen!

I think this was probably the funnest (is that even a word?)  halloween I've had for years!  I mean, heck, I actually dressed up!  That hasn't happened for a while.  So, Friday came around and I went to the Howl up here at USU.  Let me tell ya, that was quite the experience.  Luckily it wasn't as "eventful" as it has been in earlier years.  I hear that was quite the wild party a few years ago.  This year wasn't too bad.  The coolest part was the band Recycled Percussion.  That was a blast!  Anyway, it was just a good time hangin out with some good friends and seeing plenty of weird people!  Oh, for the record we saw about 15 guys dressed up as the Joker.  But, my friend Justin was the best one out of them all!

Did anything important happen today???

I sure hope not!  I swear I didn't get anything done today!  I did go for a run this morning which was really nice.  I even did a few hours of studying...but it was all biology.  I think after that my brian just didn't want to do anything else because, well biology just is not fun.  But, as usual the roomies and I had some fun (if that's what you call this) tonight.

Is It Over Yet???

Okay...so, the elections is almost over!!!  Woooooo!  I'm almost to the point where I don't even care who wins, I just want it to be done!  But, anyway....I stumbled across a really funny website today that just made me laugh so I thought I'd just share it here!

http://www.palinaspresident.us/

Just click on random stuff in the room and get some laughs!

Crazy College Life!

Well, I think pictures best describe the fun we have in U4!

Here's Ben dressed up as Billy Joe Armstrong (the singer/guitarist for Green Day).  I think he nailed the costume!

I think I'm going to quit school and take up this job!....not!!!

Ryan fixing his back.  The best part of this pic is Ben's face.  What a goof!

We finally decided to get rid of all the orange juice boxes...but not without a little fun first!

I love my toothbrush!

Roomie Night!

Gotta love roomie night!  Plus having some great shrimp fried rice and california rolls is always a bonus!

Jake, Ryan, Casey, and Ben...good times!

Mmmmmmm!

I went home for the weekend and I went crazy w/ Joey!

It's already the end?!?!?!?!

Wow...who would've thought summer could go by that quickly.  Well, summer has come and gone, and now I'm up at Utah State University.  And, well, of course I'm loving it!  It's been a great first week.  I just have to re-train my brian how to do school work.  But, I'm sure I'll get it working about 3/4 of the way through the semester.  Only to have it give out  a week later.  Oh well, that's life eh?  But, hey, I'm gonna have a lot more fun this semester!  I'm living with a bunch of fun guys and USU is just a ton better than the UofU!!!!

Hey Hey!

Wow!  It's a blog!  Super!  Oh, don't mind the date on this post...it's actually August 1st.  I just decided I didn't like the first post I did on this blog.  So anyway, here are some pics from a great great weekend up at Bear Lake with the one and only Ben Oman.  Thank ya much Ben and Ben's Parents!  It was a great time!  Enjoy the pics everyone!  I'll probably put more up too.

That's me trying to get up on a wake board...I got really good at falling flat on my face!!!!


One frickin' big pizza!  I was sick after we ate that...I think I'm good not eating pizza for another year at least now!