T.V. Favorites

I was going to leave a comment on Jen and Em's blog to update them already but then Emily did and I noticed mine was growing gray hair and had sweaters on it's teeth.  So I'm here to freshen up my bad breath blog.  If you get the chance to read One Eyed Sleye's blog do so.  This post follows his.  Before I was a big kid I was a little one, who spent most of his time over at his friends or getting bruised up by his little sister (might have deserved it).  I never spent too much time in front of the television but there were a few shows I tried to catch growing up.  The first show I remember watching but don't remember too many details about was Fraggle Rock.  I do remember the intro with the little fraggle man trying to sneak past a dog and getting snatched up by a giant, who was really just normal sized but the Fraggles were tiny, like mice.  

A couple of cartoons that haven 't faded from my memory quite as much were Tale Spin and especially Duck Tales.  I use to get pretty excited about Duck Tales and even sing along with the song.  I thought it would be cool to have a neighbor who was really adventurous and maybe a little off the wall like Launch Pad McDuck or Doc from Back To The Future.  

When I grew a little older and cartoons weren't so "cool" I took  a real liking to Home Improvement.  Tim was the coolest dad!  Once in a blue moon I'll run across an old rerun and think of Jared Holyoak.  That was about the only show I can remember being able to sit down and watch during the middle of the day, right around the time another t.v. great was on the air.  Saved By the Bell was almost like Seinfeld for kids.  You could talk about it to just about anyone and they also knew what happened in the last episode.  Screech, A.C. Slater, Zack "Preppy", Kelly, Jessie, and Mr. Belding were the role models for us kids on how to deal with real issues.  Drugs, first love, lost love, financial issues, being bullied,  cheating, just to name a few. 

Another lasting favorite that I'll still watch if I run across it is The Fresh Prince of Bell-Air.  Will and his relatives the Banks (Uncle Phil, Carlton, Ashley and some others) along with Geoffrey the butler and Jazz got plenty of my attention.  Chad Clark reminded me of Fresh Prince quite a bit.  I just got the same feeling around him as I did watching Will.  Both pretty cool dudes older than me I guess.  

Thanks for the idea Scott.  I'd like to hear about your favorites.         

Murse for me

  I got an evaluation in the mail last week from Weber State on my school experience and a request for me to set up an exit interview.  Nobody knows better than me how long I've been in school and that little reminder didn't help much.  I wish I had known since I was in high school what it is I wanted to do when I grew up.  It would have saved me some time.  "Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want."  I've gotten a lot of experience from my school.  I feel I've become well rounded from the classes I've taken and I've gotten to know a lot of neat people. If I had to list just one thing that I've learned during my years at Weber State I would say that I've learned how to learn.  That is an invaluable quality that can only be gained through experience and, well, we now all know I've got that.  Professors have presented me with the task to learn a subject time and time again.  Nutrition, science, english, spanish, latin, math, communication, law, swimming, religion, video productions, billiards, volcanoes, economics, accounting, stress management, telecommunications, ................... and on and on.  I've got a little bit of everything under my belt.  "Jack of all trades and master of none" comes to mind.  I'm glad I married my better half to get me on track.  With a lot of patience and just a little pressure she has helped me decide what it is I need to focus on.  So I'm here today (mostly for myself) to announce (hold myself to) that I am going to follow in my wife's footsteps and work towards becoming a CRNA (nurse anesthetist).  I have a couple other friends doing the same thing that have been cheering me towards that direction.  My good friend Aaron (phantom friend) says that we'll be murses together.  A murse in a male nurse.  So here I go!  Thanks to all my friends who have helped me make the decision and especially my lovely wife Felicia.           

Look What I've Done!

Now I don't have to write another blog for a MONTH!  Just kiddin Jen.  I don't even think I like my new template.

A very special birthday girl

This blog is written a little late, like 4 days or so, but I'm finally done with school and have been feeling a little guilty for not updated the blog.  As most of you know it was Felicia's birthday on monday.  She turned 22........22!!!!!  Sometimes I forget how young she is.  She took work off and I planned a good time for us.  I made her a booklet of coupons.  Back rubs, movie night with treats, dinner to anywhere she wants, and one for enough money for a nice shopping spree.  I know she gets a lot of joy out of splurging on fun clothes so I figured we could just make a day of it.  I'll have to say she's got spendy taste but she doesn't every buy anything besides her favorite fruit and a Red Bull once in a while.  So to the Gateway we go.  Her favorite places are Banana Republic, Anthropologie, and Bastile.  If you know those stores you know your "shopping spree" funds can be exhausted quickly but at least in good taste.  We had a great time and the day, if you remember, couldn't have been more perfect for outdoor shopping.  We even ate outside that evening by a nice fire pit that kept us warm from the cool night's air at Typhoon.  

Bragging Time:  You probably already know this but Felicia was recently accepted into the Accelerated Nursing Program at Weber State.  To elaborate on how awesome that is, Weber gets around 1,000 to 1,200 applicants from all over.  They accept just 90 a year and of that 90 only 10 to 15 of those are accepted into the Accelerated program and of the 10-15, a handful have already done a semester or two of the regular nursing program.  That program finishes the degree in half the time.  The average person applies twice and some 3 times.  This was Felicia's first time applying.  I'm actually not that surprised, with her being in the Pinnacle Honor Society and constantly setting the curve in her classes. 

This is just one of the fields of life that she excels in.  She is an AWESOME person and a great wife.  I love her so much and am so thankful for having her in my life.