I finally did it...

Well I finally got my picture taken with Cosmo. I've had a lot of chances to get a picture with him at games and everything, but for some reason mascots give me the creeps. I don't know why and I have nothing against Cosmo, it just gives me the EBGB's whenever I see a giant stuffed animal that doesn't talk and you can never tell what they are going to do. But today I was walking to the Wilk and he just happened to be right there in Brigham Square. I just wanted a free taco but he came up behind me and started posing and waiting for a picture. So I pulled out my camera. Cosmo, I now have a picture with you, so keep your distance and I'll keep mine :)

It's Fall? What happened to Summer?

So these past couple weeks have been cold. Cold and miserable. I never knew I hated cold weather and snow so much until I had to start walking in it to school every day for 20 minutes. And then I started thinking, I never really had a summer break, and it looks like I probably won't, at least not for a very long time. Isn't that depressing? Here's how my summer went. I graduated high school in the end of May. I had three weeks until I came down to BYU and I was super stressed. During those three weeks I just packed and tried to get ready. I did have a big goodbye party for myself. I think half of the high school was there. But that's about all I did with my short "summer" break. The rest of my summer consisted of homework, tests, stressing, more homework, and a little bit of fun. After my 8 weeks at BYU, I had 2 weeks for a break. I tried to get in as much swimming, boating, and partying as I could. But it still didn't feel like I had a summer break. And it still doesn't. I'm probably just making it a bigger deal than it is, but it really is depressing. SO here are some of my pictures from my "summer."

Oouuucccchhhhh!

So I went and had allergy testing done this week. Everyone said it would be a breeze, even the doctor. She said she was going to prick me with 32 allergens and see what I reacted to. The ones that I didn't react they would have to give to me again as shots. So... I only reacted to 2 of the 32. That means I got 30 shots, on the same arm. They weren't big shots, they just stuck needles under my skin and put the stuff in. But it was still 30 shots. I found out that I am allergic to dust, cats, and some grasses and weeds. And my arm hurts.

The Sketchy Pep Rally

So this week is homecoming week. Everyone is full of the "True Blue" Cougar Spirit and campus has a new "bounce" and excitement to it, even though it finally got below 60 this week. So here's the creepy story... On Tuesday I picked up the University Paper like I always do. But this time there was a big red stamp on it that said http://www.smootwaswrong.com/ and I thought that was a little weird. I looked at the other papers and some of them had the same stamp. I went to class and pulled out the little side table thing and taped to it was a paper with the same website. Sketchy? Yes. So I hurried over to the library and went to the website and there was this little story about how the campus burned down in its early years and Smoot deemed it a failure. And then you had to fill out this little clue box. After you did that it took you to an invitation. This was even more creepy. So if course I had to tell my friends and we all made plans to go to it. It was wednesday night in the stadium. We went there and there were posters with the website all over the place. We all went and sat down and there were probably like 100 people there. And it was all dark. We almost left because we had midterms to study for but then Max Hall, the quarter back and all the seniors on the football team came running out. They talked to us about school spirit. I felt like I was at one of our weekly pep rallys during high school, it was sorta lame. And then the marching band came out and played the fight song, this was probably the best part. And then they had this big firework display. I think they expected more people to show up, but it was creepy how they did it and only lame freshman (yes, that's me) came to see what it was. Overall, it was very creepy and sketchy at the same time. Here are some pictures of the posters, the pep talk, and then like half of the group that I got to come with me.

Dreams...

So last night I had a dream of something that happened on the senior trip to Lagoon this past summer. Me and my friend Lindsey rode the Sky Coaster, and it scarred me for life, emotionally. But it was so much fun and I would do it again in a heartbeat, even though I hate heights and it still haunts my dreams every now and then. Those first 5 seconds when we first dropped were the scariest 5 seconds of my life, just ask Lindsey. Last night I dreamed we were falling again and I jumped in my sleep. Good times, good times. :) Oh and it might sound like Lindsey is screaming like a girl in the video, but no, I'm almost positive it was me haha.

Well I guess I have to name 6 weird things about myself...? This was quite hard because, well, I'm really not that weird! Haha here it goes....

1) Every night before bed I have to wash my hands. If I don't then it drives me crazy and I can't sleep. But I'm NOT a germaphobe!

2) I HATE when people slurp food or drinks or anything, especially cereal. And both of my roommates do it so I have to go eat in my room. It makes me gag.

3) You know those people who are always singing along in their cars like no one can see them? Yeah, that's me. But only when I am alone and especailly when I am driving back home or to Utah by myself. It keeps me awake!

4) I sleep with 3 pillows every night. One for my head, one by my feet (that sounds a lot weirder than it actually is), and one on my side. I don't know why that is so don's ask.

5) I like watching surgeries, with all the blood and everything. But the one thing I can't watch are surgeries of eyes. Or anything that involves eyes. Even someone rubbing their eye makes me look away in fear. I have dreams about going blind or that one of my eyes just fall out. It scares me to death!

6) I like to think of baby names....? This is the only other thing I can think of. Some names that I like....Hayden (but we already have a Braden and a Kayden so it might be confusing), Marin (as in Marin county where mom is from) and I like the name Emma and Izzy. Those are just girl names though...

Well hopefully you didn't already know these things about me. And I would tag someone else but I'm pretty sure Erin is the only one who reads this haha. So there you have it Erin.

Roommates.....

Roommates can be fun, or they can be the biggest problem you can ever face in college. Mine is both. At times we can have fun, but the rest of the time he drives me crazy. Last night he bought a new song, "I'm Yours" by Jason Mraz. I really like this song, except for when my roommate puts it on repeat and plays it over and over and sings along with it in a, how do I say it, cringe-worthy voice. I made him put his headphones in because I was tired of it. And so....he just mouths along with it instead. So I put my camera on record, set it on my desk, and went to brush my teeth. This is what I found. Most of it is slow and boring, but at times he gets very into the song. Oh and there's no sound.

BYU vs. UCLA

This was my very first BYU fooball game! This guy in my ward had a ticket but ended up not being able to go so he sold me his ticket for $10. It just happened to be one of the best games in BYU history. They dominated UCLA, 59-0. We actually kind of felt bad for them, but it was a lot of fun to be there. My seating group was a little weird and very, very energetic. It was fun to watch them because the game got bored after about halftime. It was probably 85 degrees and I probably got my last tan/burn of the season :)



Kickoff

One of the touchdowns

These were some girls that I met who were in my seating group.

And this was the final score!

Back at the Y....again

Well I got back to BYU on Thursday after a long, lonely drive. It wasn't as hard this time leaving home, but I still miss it a lot. But I'm having fun here. Yesterday I had to go to some meetings and buy my books (over $400) and then we played card games all night. Today I went to my first ward party which are always awkward because you say the same thing to everyone. "Hi I'm Michael from Sugar City, Idaho." "Hi Michael! That's sweet.... Get it? Sugar City...sweet....haha." Do people really think I haven't heard that lame joke before? Seriously, come on. And then there are the dreaded bishopbric meetings, and I had to admit I play piano to avoid getting a teaching calling. But all in all it was fun. Today is also the first football game, but I can't go because I didn't get my pass in time and they are all sold out. Bummer. So here I am blogging. How do I post pictures?

Here we go...

Well I finally gave in to getting a blog, thanks to my sister Erin. And since I know how much she wants to keep up with my life (haha) and she won't get a facebook, this is my compromise. This is for you Erin!