Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Halo 3 and seminary

While i was day dreaming about the release of Halo 3 during seminary, I hardly knew what was going on, besides the fact that 18 out of the 33 seminary students were busily playing the Halo 3 campaign. I felt jealousy. After my day dream, I decided to actually pay attention in seminary and heard an interesting comment. My teachers was talking about Halo 3 and how those kinds of first-person shooters are gory and violent. I agree, but he said something that I don't agree with. He said we should run away from those games and people. The part i disagree with is the fact taht he is telling us to run away from something. Becoming fearful. As a strong member of the LDS church I know that fear is a trait of the devil. We, as a whole should not be fearful at all, in any circumstance. The LDS religion teaches us to not be fearful, but to set an example. This is where my teacher made a mistake. Running away helps for the short-term, but will come and bite you in the buttocks later on. My theory is we should set an example and instead of running away from a game or a movie you can stand up and say "I don't want to watch that" or I don't feel comfortable watching this or playing. I'm glad I didn't say this aloud, because I would've crucified my teacher. And on a happy note, Halo 3 is one of the best games that i've played in my life and it's dang fun :)

Tuesday, September 4, 2007

Ugg! Homework and Homecoming

As the first few weeks of school and also the last few weeks of summer go on by I get very depressed and go into a hormonal overload frenzy, but this year is different, instead I get to study and read for at least 2 hours a day and then take my daily 5:00PM nap. Days seem to start repeating themselves over and over again, but with one twist. Homecoming! I've realized that I can go to my first ever dance if I wanted to which I did until bad news came along. As a polite young man I am (at least I think I am) I should pay for my date and organize everything to make a successful homecoming experience for my date, but I don't have the money to do so. A few weeks ago my cell phone broke, my upgrade was up in a few months, but my dads upgrade was up so we were able to switch contracts and I was able to use his upgrade. I bought a new phone for myself that costed a good 130$. I now have a meezly 40$ left in my account. Then I thought why not transfer money from my savings to checking? No. My account is in a CD meaning I cannot withdraw money from my savings. Then I thought why not ask my parents for 50 bucks or so. Too bad. My Dad has started to do training for the new hired firemen in Park City. We as a family are loosing 1000$ a month, plus my mom just paid my brothers 1200$ school fees. Lesson I've learned is to be patient. I really wanted to ask Francesca to homecomming and I explained to her my complicated problem and luckily she was nice enough to forgive me and in return I will take her out on a date in the very near future. So after being so excited for homecoming it turned out to be a big dissapointment. At least there are more dances in the future.
Quote: "If life is so fair, why do roses have thorns?"- Tickle me Emo: Youtube