Bones, Mythbusters, Pokémon Diamond

So, there are really only three ways I've been wasting my time these days. Having essentially completed the longboard I was making, I found myself in an interesting place I call "between projects".

Pastime 1: To fill the void, I've caught up on all the episodes of Bones, a great series my family found while I was on a mission. I'd watched seasons 1-5 on Netflix since getting back, but season 6 is a bit harder to find.

Pastime 2: Recently there must've been some kind of marathon for Mythbusters, a favorite show of mine for years now. Mythbusters is right up my alley; science-y, inquisitive, and entertaining. So, after this marathon or whatever, there are, like, 15 or so episodes recorded. My dad doesn't like 'em taking up space, so I need to watch 'em and delete 'em. Each episode is 1 hr. long and I often end up restarting for siblings who want to see it. It's fun.

Pastime 3: Just recently Ashton showed me his latest Nintendo DS acquisition, Pokémon Diamond. Honestly, I don't think there has been a funner, more addicting series of games ever. I still love 'em. In fact, I'm getting Platinum, which is a version compatible with Diamond, so I can stop hijacking Ashton's game. It really is very fun.

That's a rundown of what I'm doing from day to day at the moment. Hopefully I'll be able to add "going to work", "drumming", "making iPod apps with Sean", and maybe even "working out" to this kind of list in the future. Why not today, eh? Monday's a good day for goals, yeah?

My New Longboard

Hey, so I've been making my new longboard. I've had the wood since the end of my junior year of high school, when I bought a 5x1' plank of 12-ply from Corey, who was taking a woods class. Anyway, Josie bought me some new trucks, which don't fit with my old board for a few reasons (I'm sure I'll post photos'n'such of my old board some day), so I decided to finally get on the stick and make a new board. I don't have photos of the process, but I got something better. An awesome Photoshop mock-up of the design of it. Here you go (and thanks to Sean for it, by the way; He's the Photoshop virtuoso who did it in, like, 5 min.):

Our President

Barack Hussein Obama II was elected and sworn in as the 44th president of the United States of America just before I left as a missionary. I honestly would have voted for him, had I remembered to register to vote.

But that's now why I'm posting. I'm posting because he's a funny guy:



'Kay bye.

O Brother

So, one time, I was up 'til about 7.00 in the morning with Sean playing the Halo: Reach campaign. Then I slept from then 'til 1.00 pm-ish.

I don't recommend it to anyone, but it's a memory. A good one.

As a side-note, when I got back (from my mission, that is) I was blown away by how good at this game and others my little brother, Ashton is. He's 10, almost, and rocks the house for a kid his age. It's actually pretty cool.

The talents of Ashton are many. Here's a list:

• He's got a memory like a tape recorder; whatever you say, he'll be able to repeat it, and after seeing a movie once, he'll remember how all of the best lines went.
• He's learning to play the piano, and he's quite good.
• He's doing ballroom dance at his elementary school. He loves it!
• He could talk up a storm about any U.S. figher plane from WWI to present.

I will not pretend this list is comprehensive.

Anyway, my brothers are cool.

There that is.