Guess Who Loves Photosthop!?!

~~THE ORIGONAL~~

~~THE PHOTOSHOP CUT~~

So I guess this is what happens to me at midnight on a Sunday...I thought it'd be fun to try, and it was! Oh, and I found out that its really really hard to draw a straight line with a mouse.

Whiteout!!

I freaking love snow, it is by far the best. Unfortunately, on Saturday I was cooped up inside taking the dreaded ACT. But I did get to spend some time driving home drifting in the church parking lot, one of the best things to do when it snows. I had the honors of giving new meaning to first tracks, and, um, got my PT Cruiser stuck in a snowbank. It was epic, but way worth it! Then, my best friend Connor and I went out to get dates for Snowball, and as we were driving, we got hit with some serious whiteout. It was heinous driving down state street, and not being able to see anything but a couple of pinpricks of red tailight. It was intense. Plus, getting out of the girl's neighborhood was intense, because the roads in her neighborhood got iced over, and then snowed on, so traction was down to nil. It was great. So, after one of the best snow days ever, I welcome in the snow, but, geeze, didn't it take long enough?!

A Hero

Today, and every day, I am the luckiest guy on planet Earth. Every day I'm lucky I wake up, I'm lucky I get to be educated, I'm lucky I've got a well loved pair of Adidas to put on my feet to wear around school. And when I get to school, I'm lucky I have a hero there every step of the way. This guy is a giant among men, and I am extremely lucky that I get to make his aquaintance every day. He's mentally and physically fit, he's honest, funny, and he holds his priesthood with honor, and he's one of the coolest guys I'll ever meet. I think what I like most about him is that he's always raising the bar, and isn't ever satisfied with medocrity, which is a trait i struggle to attain. It's extremely important to have these heroes around. Mine keeps me on the strait and narrow every day, and I doubt he notices it, but his influence is there. Heores like this guy are so important because they are the example we strive to be. A hero like my friend is not afraid to stand up, not afraid to accept responsibility, and is not afraid to stand out and be a shining example in someone's life. I'm one lucky guy to have this hero as one of my friends, and I hope one day I can get to where he is now. Be a hero in someone's life. Go foreward in life with faith, and by doing so, leave behind no regrets.

Friends

I decided this week that friends are way stinkin important. See, this week I got told by a girl that we were "just friends," and, as any guy would think, it hurt to hear that. I kinda got bummed out, and ended up feeling depressed about life in general. It was dumb. I decided to try and give her the cold shoulder, but she's kinda in a lot of my classes, so it was tough. Plus she's like one of the nicest people you will ever meet. Anyway, i was thumbing through my wallet on Saturday and found my copy of For The Strength Of Youth, and, ironically enough, I glanced at the section about dating. The General Authortities specifically said to avoid relationships in your teenage years, which was kinda what i was throwing a tantrum about not getting into this week. I read on, and it said that relationships deprive you of long lasting friendships...Wow. So I pondered, a good thing to do when you read something really heavy, and I came to the conclusion that this girl, though blocking me from something that I thought I really wanted, was helping me and giving me something so much more valuable: friendship. It was humbling, and it made me really proud and honored that she wanted to be just friends.