St. George

I got back from my confrence on friday at about 3:30 and i think its safe to say that it was amazing. We did a whole bunch of stupid fun stuff without crossing the line so it was a very good time. I have a lot of stories about not wearing pants its pretty awesome and once i get the slide show i can show some cool pictures but just wanted to let you all know i am home safe and doing well.

whooooooa

So, here's the newest. Yesterday my boss was fired for popping pain pills that are not prescribed to her. She has been asking anyone and everyone around work for extra pain pills that they have and somehow thought she wouldn't be caught even though her license is already on probation for the same thing. Sheesh. Awkwardly enough me and my friend were in the breakroom when our supervisor came in with our boss to clean out her locker and turn in her keyes. Augh. So, now we are left with 2 nurses and no clinical coordinator. Hmmm. Stay away from bartering with that oxycontin kids. Thats the lesson for today.

Fourth of July

I went into Washington D.C. to celebrate the fourth of July. It was pretty fun. We mostly just walked around the mall durring the day, and saw the fireworks at night. We watched them from the Lincoln Memorial which was pretty awesome because we saw the fireworks and then saw the Washington monument and the Capital building in the background. The train ride back was an adventure though, there were tons of people and they all were getting off at the last stop, which is the stop that we got off at too... it was crazy, and very smelly but we got home ok.

In the year 2000

"The recording artist once named Pink will be called 'Beige' when people realize that that's the color you get when you mix her name with the crap she records."

"Thanks to advances in automation, Nike shoes will be made by robots. Unfortunately, the robots will be made by children in Malaysia."

"The New York Knicks and N' Sync will sue each other, each claiming it was their idea to be five guys who suck."

"John Kerry will win the Presidential election. He will spend the first three days in the Oval office scraping Pokemon stickers off the desk."

The US Olympic basketball team will make people forget their horrible performance in the Olympics with their even worse performance of Arthur Miller's 'Death of a Salesman.'"

"The ice caps will melt sooner than scientists expected when 'The OC' gets even hotter."

"Ruben Stutter will lose 200 pounds when he misplaces his 200 pound bag of bacon."

"Wall Street will take a severe beating when Star Jones includes it in her jogging route."

Clay Aiken will clear up all the uncertainty about his sexual preference when he releases his next album, 'I'm Aiken for Men.'"

"A law will be passed allowing women to kill one ex-boyfriend with no consequences. Longhaired base-players named Steve will be wiped off the face of the earth."

"The cast of 'Queer Eye for the Straight Guy' will change its name from the 'Fab Five' back to their original name, 'N Sync.'"

"Not having a joke to tell of his own, Larry King will take a phone call.
'Witchita falls, you're on the air.''Hello, Larry. Longtime listener, first-time caller.''Great.''What's your prediction?''Angelina Jolie will break up yet another happy marriage when she gets between Star Jones and her waffles.'"

"After receiving a grant from Anna Nicole Smith, scientists announced that they have succesfully cloned baby back ribs."

"Thanks to a clerical error U.S. fighter planes will accidentally bomb 'The Rock.' Fortunately the wrestler will be having dinner with Saddam Hussein at the time."

"Ruben Studdard will announce that in order to lose weight he has gotten his stomach stapled. Unfortunately the staples are made of pure Canadian bacon."

"Comedians will feel so guilty about all the MC Hammer jokes they have told that they will mail Hammer a check for 10 million dollars, which Hammer will immediately invest in a magical chocolate racehorse."

"Even gays will object to gay marriage when James Lipton marries Ice-T simply to become James Lipton Ice-T."

"Batman will admit that he's gay. Clay Aiken will admit that he's Batman."

"Tony Danza will refuse to play any more characters named 'Tony.' The first role he gets after making this announcement: a bartender named 'Doug Danza.'"

"Star Jones announces that she is suffering from anorexia, which she contracted by eating Mary-Kate Olsen."

"After the last 'Star Wars' movie ends its runs in theaters, loyal 'Star Wars' fans will return to their homes and jump out the window. Luckily, they live in their parents' basement, so no one is killed."

"After Kirstie Alley joins Star Jones on 'The View,' the show is officially renamed, 'The Obstructed View.'"

"Ryan Seacrest will admit that his catch phrase, 'Seacrest Out' is not a cheesy sign-off, but instead a heartfelt declaration of his homosexuality."

"There will be yet another spin-off of 'The Apprentice.' This time featuring O.J. Simpson and his signature catch phrase, 'You're Murdered.'"

"After Celine Dion begins a 3 year contract show in Las Vegas, the U.S. government announces that it plans on resuming nuclear testing in Nevada."

"Michael Moore will protest the war in Iraq by going on a hunger strike. No one will notice for the first fifteen years."

"When it is discovered that it takes exactly 437 licks to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop, it will be announced that science is officially over."

"A strange virus will kill every man in the world except Conan O'Brien, and every woman in the world except Jennifer Lopez. The marriage will last 32 days."

"For his next project the artist Christo will spend eight months wrapping up a doggy bag for Ruben Studdard."

here i am

well here i am i haven't written/ looked at this for a while so i thought i would inform you of my life etc i work a lot but it is not bad and sometimes fun this next week i will be doing reception work all week which should be interesting i have been hanging out with whit and the gang every night after work but it is wearing me down so i think i am going to have to limit myself there you go i am pretty dang boring have a nice day/ night

hi

hi girls and guys- had a day off yesterday and so did joe...we went to a movie at gateway and browsing stores after. girls bath and body works is having their bi annual sale so if you want to get a lot of little hand sanitizers and lotions for your purses for cheap this is the time. Also if you want to see most of the people on the earth killed The War of the Worlds is the movie to see. James, we are for sure coming to D.C. now. We booked our flight and hotel and all at 1 am couple of nights ago (we always do stuff like that late). We are coming the 21-25 I know not all that long , but we have so much going on right now. Well ta ta all.

sick of life

I've decided that I am very sick of my life right now. We were in New Mexico this weekend with Joe's family and I wanted to do anything but come back to Utah. I am applying for new jobs dreading that I will get a new one, but hoping with everything that I have that I have that I do because I am so sick of everyone that I work with- I know that we are short staffed on nurses right now but maybe my little weenie boss needs one more nurse to quit to start shaping up. Okay, besides my job I think that everything is pretty good. James, me and Joe just got the third edition of Ethan's movie and I think that we are coming to D.C. so when we come we will have to bring it. OK, well, wish me luck at my interview today and at work tomorrow with the stupid patient who's wife thinks I am trying to kill her husband- retard.


Elizabeth the bitter

Another typical day in maryland

Hey everybody. I don't even know if everyone reads this anymore, but instead of writing an e-mail and carbon copying it to everyone, I am doing this. Besides you can't make nifty comments on an e-mail. So, where to begin in describing my exciting life. Hmmm. I am still sick. That makes me really angry because it has been almost an entire week, and I still have a cold. Grrr. I probably don't help the matter by playing tennis and staying up late to watch the NBA finals (both of which I did last night) but oh well. I started a new class on Monday, there are actually people other than Scott Howell in the class so that is nice. Variety is the spice of life. (I actually am growing to like scott so that is good too). One of the people in the class is a Kaohsiung missionary, he was in the same zone as me in jia yi so that is fun. We told some mission stories today. The class is pretty good. I was expecting something on a little higher level though. We just translate written Chinese all day, but everyone has a laptop and we can type the translations so that is nice. Other than that, not much is going on. I will start to work with my mentor on July 22, and he just sent me an e-mail saying he has work for me to do, so I am excited about that. I really wanted to do this to give me a taste of what it would be like to work at the agency so I hope I can get a good feel for that working with my mentor. I trust that everyone has recovered from your trip back east. Liz, are you and Joe still planning on comming back here? That would be super cool if you did. I think that Susie and Ann got here today, so I will probably go to dinner with them tonight. Cat, did you start your new job yet? How do you like eight hours of scanning documents? I bet it is boatloads of fun!! Well, have fun out there in Utah, I will think of you on Sunday when it is ninety degrees and ninety percent humidity. Ugh.

graduation

wow, I realized how bitter about the whole high school experience I am. Anyway, did you have a fun time last night catherine?? Have fun in D.C. guys. Have fun with the guys James-o.

wahoo

Hi Siblings,

Things are great here in the cinderblock abodes of University Village. Joe love's his calling because he gets to help people move in and out and I still like nursery except maybe whiney poo. Other than that we are just boring--we have been redecorating our little apartment- it looks cute if I do say so myself. Work is ok and school is ok and tra la la. Have a good day!

Good TImes

Well since I am the only one writing on this silly thing, I guess I will update you on recent happenings. Yesterday was a pretty super lazy day. I didn't wake up until about nine thirty, and I didn't really shower until like six. After I woke up I read for a little bit, and then my roomates woke up and we watched BBQ University on PBS. It is this cooking show that is solely dedicated to grilling and barbeque. Then around three or so three of us went to target to buy tennis rackets so we could play tennis. I ended up playing tennis for like two and a half hours after that. It was very tiring. Then I went with one of my roomates out to eat and to a movie. We saw Cinderella Man, it was very good. Today I don't really have many plans, I found a church near here that starts at one, so I will probably go to that one. The singles ward looks like it meets all the way down in DC which is a fairly long drive from here, while this other one only takes seven minutes to get to. Andrew I liked your picture, I guess we now know why Susie likes Elray so much, she wants his brains!! How is everything going with everyone else? I could read about it if you would get off your lazy bums and post something once and a while. Not that I'm bitter or anything. I guess I will see you in a week anyway. I am excited.

Long time no write

Hey everyone. How is everybody doing. Sorry I have not been very good at corresponding over the email. I am just home for my second day. Today was a long day. We had a whole day of briefing. I found out that I only get four hundred and some odd dollars for my trip here and my trip back. That made me mad because I remeber the lady specifically telling me that it would be seven hundred. Oh well, what can you do. I met some of the people that I would be working with this summer, they seemed really nice. It turns out that Elder Howell is the only other Chinese speaker in the whole program. I am not so excited about that, but I guess I will just have to make the most of it eh? I am the only one going to the location by the airport tomorrow, everyone else is going to fort meade so I will be driving by myself to work tomorrow. It should be interesting. I take a language proficiency test first thing tomorrow, I am excited to see how I do. Well, I miss you all and I will keep you posted as to how things are going.

P.S. Star Jones is fat.

James will like

Conan delivered another amazing show last night, but the highlight was in the segment where he sent celeberties a quiz that they filled out and the statement was "its hard to get up in the morning when..." and star jones put "when one of the pulleys is broken" hahaha oh man thats rich ok bye

hi there...where are you

Hi James, are you there? Are you near a computer? If so write to us and tell us how you are....Hi Catherine tell us about your adventures across the country. Come on guys...I am the one typing and I have nothing exciting to write about. Love you- adventurers and non-adventurers alike.

Yellowstone Pictures

If you're interested, you can see pictures of the trip Elizabeth and I took to Yellowstone at:

http://home.utah.edu/~u0391696/yellowstone/

hey

All the crappy poetry you could ever want

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Yea Jameso!!!

Yea for Jamesie!! Our NSA professional. Wow what a cool title "I work for the NSA" or I guess you have to say yo uwork for the government or else you will have to kill them, huh? Nothing fun going on here. I burst into tears the other day at work because I take things too personally (Wed. a bunch of patients had to be told some things and they weren't very happy with me) I' m a mean one. Well, have a happy weekend.

BABIES

Is anyone home?

BACOS

i hate bacos me and james went on a quest for bacos today it took like 20 minutes to find them and so they are banished

that thing you do

Hmmm. I'm sitting here watching my fav "Law and Order". It's been awhile since I saw a new one. Next door there is some beautiful guitar music strumming (our neighbor has his own group and I couldn't figure out what it was and then these images of a 60's (or was it 70's band)on the road rolling up to number one on the charts. Ahhhh- That thing you do --over and over and over and over. Oh well, practice makes perfect for the band.