Thursday, April 15, 2010

My Love for Concerts


Death Cab for Cutie at Red Butte Gardens in Salt Lake City


Kalai at Westminster College


Citizen Cope at The Depot in Salt Lake City


I love me a good concert. I hit the Citizen Cope concert up last night and it was AMAZING! We were on the second row amongst the drunks and pot heads and it was a blast. They are in my top ten favorite bands which would probably consist of DMB, Death Cab for Cutie, Coldplay, John Mayer, Jack Johnson, Bob Marley, Atmosphere, Sublime, and The Shins. The list could go on forever though. I'll be hittin up a Jack Johnson concert in August and I'm sure I'll hit up a couple more in between.

Last summer I went to a Death Cab for Cutie concert and loved every second of it. It was at Red Butte Gardens, which was a sweet venue and it was the perfect night. I listened to nothing but Death Cab for six months straight after that concert. They put on a great show if anyone wants to know. It was probably my favorite concert.

Sunday, April 11, 2010

25-Years-Old & Prank Calling



My boy Conrad and I were watching the tube at four in the morning when Pastor James came on. He said, "Today is the day to sew your seed with the Lord by donating money to his church." That is all the information we needed. We dialed immediately to "sew our seeds." We probably called them 15 times before realizing that there were only two people answering the phones and they were angered with us. It's a crying shame the Condog couldn't hold a straight face.

Thursday, April 8, 2010

Spring Break 2010


P-COVE!!!!!!


Paradise


Swimmin in the cove


The crew


The tennis master


The gang at Coronado Beach


Our Coronado Beach House


Our humble abode


Joey and I in front of the San Diego Bridge


Hotel Del Coronado


Coronado Beach


Night Riders in Coronado


Right before "ravin' the cave"


Tennis in Geezy


The heated shuffle board match


Spring Break 2010 was a spring break never to be forgotten! I loved every second of it. Our plans were to leave for St. George Saturday morning on May 13th and return to Salt Lake on Thursday afternoon on May 18th. We packed our things up Saturday (afternoon, due to some difficulties deciding who was driving) and took off to catch the sweet sweet rays of St. Geezy.

The ride down was absolute HELL! The four-hour drive turned into a seven-hour drive due to the blizzard from Beaver to Cedar City. We arrived super late and decided to hit the sack (not because we don’t like to party, but because church was in the morn and their were babes waiting for us to hit on them in the chapel). I don’t know what it is about St. George, we never hit on girls in Northern Utah but once we get down south it’s like our hormones shoot through the roof and we go on the search at all the student wards. I can’t say we talk to tons of girls but boy do we stare and sometimes make the catch! (most ladies are catch and release though)

That Sunday we got word that our friends from Utah State (Summer Tillotson and her girls) were coming down and wanted to hang. So Sunday night we headed over to Grandma Tillotson’s for a lovely night of volleyball, swimming, scum, jumping off the waterfall, a little ping-pong and a heated match of shuffle board (which ended with profanity and the double bird). We couldn’t have asked for a better night! When we were leaving they extended the invite to Pirates Cove on Tuesday, an offer we couldn’t refuse.

We had to find something to do while we patiently awaited P-Cove so we decided to round up the troops Monday night to “rave the cave.” (Raving the cave consists of a hike down into a volcanic cave in the ground, which opens up into this huge room, cutting glow sticks, throwing them all over yourselves and the walls and playing hide and go seek) At 1:30 in the morn we rounded up about 20 peeps and went up Snow Canyon to party! We bought about $70 worth of glow sticks and hiked down into the volcanic cave. The estimated hike of 15 minutes turned into over an hour due to lack of directions and leaving from the wrong parking lot but we made it and it was a splendid experience.

When Tuesday rolled around we woke up and headed to the one and only P-COVE! We swam and rocked the water slides for five hours straight. When we were sick of swimming we filmed an MTV Cribs, which was pretty lame but extremely entertaining. When we were departing from the ladies, Summer said, “If you guys get bored in St. George, you should come to Cali.” We laughed and wished them a great trip.

When we awoke in St. George the next day the spirit confirmed to all of us that we needed to be in Cali for the remainder of our trip. After some St. George swimming, beach volleyball, and a little Texas Roadhouse we packed our bags, typed Coronado in the GPS and took off. At the moment of our depart, we were not quite sure if Summer meant what she said but at that moment in time… we didn’t care! We were going to Cali whether she liked it or not!!!

Seven hours and a huge speeding ticket later we made it. It was a sick beach house right on the Coronado Bay and the sweet salty air had never smelt so good. Coronado consisted of day/night bike rides, beach volleyball, $14 nachos, sunrays, tennis, 75-degree weather, Nate’s first encounter with the ocean, beach bon fire, body surfing, and tasty, expensive food among great company. It was a hoot!

Our four day, $50 trip turned out to be an eight day, $300 trip (not including the ticket) and it was worth every penny! So the lesson learned here is, when good times are on the line, and you haven't been invited, invite yourselves... it's worth it!

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

The "To Do List" for Summer 2010

Everyone of these things will be checked off starting in May and ending before school starts in August. Those who would like to join me... let me know

1. One full day on the lake with friends
2. Camping trip in Bear Lake
3. Hogle Zoo
4. White Trash BBQ
5. Ruth’s Diner
6. Scooter and/or motorcycle ride
7. Sunday night bon fires (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
8. Tennis tournament
9. Bee’s game
10. REAL soccer game
11. Classic Skating
12. Float Provo River
13. Lagoon
14. Trip to Joey’s cabin
15. Get Hatches Ice Cream
16. Valais golf tournament at Wasatch and/or Homestead
17. A night at the Yurt
18. Go fishing
19. Demolition Derby
20. Shoot the Tube
21. Soccer Game at the park
22. Fright Night at Provo Cabin
23. Park City date night (Alpine Slide and/or Roller Coaster)
24. Hike Bell Canyon
25. Wendover Fun Bus
26. Drive-in movie night
27. Seven Peaks
28. Frisbee Football
29. Moab
30. Hike Mt. Timpanogus
31. Hot tub at Snowbird
32. Gallivan Center Concert
33. Dunk Ball
34. Oakley Cabin
35. Test drive sweet cars
36. Make a funny movie and/or music video
37. Studio 600
38. Attend a strangers wedding
39. Rodeo
40. Horseback Riding
41. Visit scary sites
42. Driving Range
43. St. Geezy
44. Make homemade ice cream
45. Tin foil dinners
46. Jack Johnson at USANA (Aug. 13, 2010)
47. Hike to Mary’s Lake
48. Ogden Surfing
49. Bear Lake (Ric’s cabin)
50. Ice Blocking
51. John Mayer at USANA (Aug. 31, 2010)
52. Sleep at haunted hotel in Ogden
53. Paintball up on Wasatch