Three days later... all is just peaches and pie.

Well. It's been three day's since the last post. Nothing much to write about and nothing much to talk about. I ummm... am at school... but you know that already. Nothing exciting. Nothing to report. Boring Post. Blah Blah Blah Blagh.

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Matt

My Thought Process

So, I know some people are probably thinking how i Think... Think to think (Help help, We're sinking).Well... I don't know how to let you know how I think. I guess I'll just through... well type a bunch of random thoughts in my head to get them out.

"Steven Colbert really has things right, just gets to them in the weirdest and sometimes most disgusting ways."

"Strawberry's my favorite"

"If the healthy hand line forms here... where does the unhealthy hand line start?"

I know this really doesn't help you understand... but it's fun.

"2+2=fish
fish=food
food=good
good=alive
therefore we find that
2+2=alive."

"My sister is the most awesome person I know, I always learn so much from her. For example she wears her CTR ring so that the CTR is facing herself so it reminds her to choose the right. I know it's not a lot and it probably doesn't make sense but I always thought I'd wear my CTR facing away from me so it could remind others to Choose the Right. A subtle difference I know but Now I try to wear mine facing towards me cause I realized that to 'make the world a better place, take a look at YOURSELF. Then make the change' (Man in the Mirror)"

"I think kids have more wisdom than adults. We think that we need to teach kids the right way which we should be through examples and such. But sometimes we need to slow down and listen to our child because they are amazing. They have taught me so much"

"The moon is amazing tonight"

"Mars is bright tonight (Harry Potter Number something)"

I can never choose a favorite character from the Book of Mormon because they all have done through so much and a lot of them are filled with the Spirit. I'd just pick all of them somehow. They are all amazing."

"I need to somehow work on music or learning something more music related"

"OOOOO... I'm kinda teaching myself the drums. I just play with them and get rhythms down and work on becoming better. It helps me to not be boring during the summer... not lazy."

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Matt

I think I need to post... Bam... A post is born.

 Life moves fast... especially in college. Wow, the end of my first school week... Weird. You know what is even weirder... College girls. You wanna know why? Well... every girl in college from the age of 18-27 ish all look the same... Not the same as in... 'haven't i seen you before' same. Like there isn't an age put on girls in college. It's weird... Which also it very weird cause you start talking to a girl and since they are all so mature they just can talk to literally anyone. Well, I guess that also comes with the 'girl' or 'woman' status. But it's especially weird cause you start to get to know one of the girls and then the next class period you learn that she is 25 and almost done with college. It kinda freaks me out. I know, I know, 'grow up matt'. But it's still weird. College is just weird. Who came up with it... oh wait... probably girls.

It's the way for girls to freak out some little frosh by talking with him. Oh I get it. Just a giant conspiracy of girls trying to make Pre-missionaries feel weird. Oh great. How fun. It's scary. Watch Out.

'This post has been brought to you by Matt, "Tall and not all that small, snorkle". Please refrain for doing anything stupid while reading this post. (i.e. pick your nose, punch your computer, eat your arm, drive a car, read this post, ect.) Causes from reading this post include nausea, heartburn, indigestion, upset stomach, diarrhea (go pepto-bismal). Side effects can include and are not limited to death, dizziness, death, blindness, death, death, dearth, darth, considering things that start with the letter M, losing your head, going insane, death, teenagers, very small rocks, gravy, churches, a duck, death, death, Brad Pitt, restless leg syndrome, narcoleptic, madness, twitterpation, death, Eric Whitacre, Lights, Blind spots, seeing spot run, buying a puppy, crashing a car, having friends, losing friends, living, death, losing your hair and death. Don't eat 5 hours before reading this post. Must be taken with food. Don't eat anything 47 hours after reading this post. Don't be Dumb. Take with plenty of Mud, dirt and worms. Don't puke or else you will have to start everything over again. Fish. Don't lay down for 3 hours after reading this post. Don't go out in the sun. Get plenty of sunlight. Don't do Drugs. Read this post. Puke or not. Avatar. Sleep for 6 hours after reading this post. Don't Die. Love others. Have fun. Remember who you are, where you come from and what you're doing.'

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Matt

Preparation

So, I've been preparing (who would of thought) for my mission and stuff. It's pretty fun. I love learning. I learn from my Book of Mormon class and my Mission Prep class. Well... I learn from those places more doctrine and stuff. But my favorite learning has been personal study. For an example, if you have see 'The Other Side of Heaven' the main guy in that movie (sorry, I can't remember his name) he learns the language from reading the Book of Mormon is his native language and then in the foreign language. Back and forth and Back and forth. Well, I'm trying it... but it's a Portuguese and not in Tongan? Samoan? Not sure which it was in the movie. Well if you want to check out the page 'Portuguese' I have new words on there. I'm kinda guessing at these words. I haven't checked them. I just guessed from what I read from English to Portuguese.

Anyways that has been the funnest preparation I've been doing. It feels awesome to be learning the scriptures and trying to learn Portuguese. It's way fun. If i can give any words of small counsel to people who are learning a foreign language, try it through the Book of Mormon. It does take a while to do but it's so much fun.

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Matt

First Day

So as some might know I started College today. I'm all grow up and saving china... well... saving something. Let me just tell you a little about college... HOLY COW, IT'S BIGGER THAN I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE!!!! Ha ha, I keep learning things I need to do so that I don't get tickets and stuff. There is a lot of stuff... Wow, let me tell you somethings I learned so that you don't get a ticket or die at BYU... If that's where you're going.

1. If you are going to live at home you need to turn in this weird form that says you're living at home. It's strange. I mean if you live in Provo or Orem why do you need to turn in something that says I live at home. The paper says it's a declaration. I declare that I live at home... Well, it's kinda obvious... I live at a place where my family lives. Is it really that bad. I mean come on. If it was something else I guess it'd be bad but I live at home. H... O... M... E... Don't forget it.

2. For some reason you need a bike license... to.. park you bike? huh? logic? what? It's strange. I find it strange. It's so that the campus police know which bikes they can slash the tires or not. I can just see it... "Does this one have a license on it? It doesn't... well... *slash* Mwhahahahahaha"

3. College everywhere you get a lot of homework... first day and wow... I feel sorry for the people who don't have religion classes cause theirs are probably harder. My classes are Monday-Thursday. I have a Book of Mormon class form 9-9:50 in the JSB. Then i go to Mission Prep from 10-10:50 at the MARB. For those who don't know what those are then the JSB is the Joseph Smith Building and the MARB is the Martin Building... But i've never had so much homework and I only have two classes. I guess the word(s) of wisdom here are don't fall behind and do get overwelmed.

Also I'd suggest getting to know the campus before you go... I got semi lost... just a little bit though. Names like acronyms are confusing.

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Matt

D&C (The Good Stuff)

Doctrine and Covenants 4: 2, 7
Doctrine and Covenants 6: 28
Doctrine and Covenants 8: 10
Doctrine and Covenants 9: 8
Doctrine and Covenants 10: 4
Doctrine and Covenants 11: 21
Doctrine and Covenants 15: 6
Doctrine and Covenants 18: 10
Doctrine and Covenants 24: 8
Doctrine and Covenants 25: 12
Doctrine and Covenants 31: 5, 12
Doctrine and Covenants 38: 30
Doctrine and Covenants 42: 14
Doctrine and Covenants 64: 10
Doctrine and Covenants 68: 4
Doctrine and Covenants 75: 5
Doctrine and Covenants 76: 1-4

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Matt

Weekend, You?

fru fru... Fruit... ok I'm home, it was great. Played games, had fun, slept and everything like that. I mean what else do you do at a cabin besides sleeping and playing games... It's what you do right?

Well that's what I did this weekend. Nothing really to report except that it was awesome.

What did you do this weekend?

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Blahg

Blog, Blahg, Blaug...

Ok today is a day of a month called June. Today is a day.

So I really don't know what to tell you for today. I'm going to my cabin so I wont have a post tomorrow.
I'm thinking of not blogging everyday like an awesome Journal log thingy but do it whenever I feel like there is something to be said. Like today, I have nothing to say. Blah.

Smile (Spiritually Minded is Life Eternal)
Don't Do Drugs

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This Guy

I'll miss you.

We all say it. We all say it a little to liberally too... It's usually accompanied with phrases of "let's hang out" or "Let's play". It's accompanied with feelings of good intentions. But we all know good intentions aren't going to get us anywhere. Good intentions are just intended. Intended is another way of say "I was going to do it, but then i didn't but it's the thought that counts right." I don't know but good thoughts and good intentions aren't going to keep a friendship alive.

To stay alive we need to actually act. Act on something we think/know is right. No more good intentions of hanging out. I challenge those who read this blog to act and to challenge those they see/meet/chat/text/talk to act. To go and make friendships, grow them stronger and get away from the computer. Shut it off. Don't use it for more than like an hour or less. Find something better to do. ACT. I commit to start growing my friendships. I commit to not using the computer more than is needful.

What do you commit?
Pass it on.

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Matt

This is a blog

This is a blog.

Blog:
1.Words or thoughts that randomly pop into ones head and are transferred onto the computer
2. A Journal type idea that is shared with the whole world
3. Something created out of pure boredom and is kept running out of pure boredom
4  Has absolutely nothing to do with logs.
5. The owners of these things usually have no life except to follow others blogs/Post something.
6. An idea to try to keep people connected
7. Things usually filled with ADD people.
8. For more information look up 'Computer' 'No Life' 'Internet' 'Boredom'

Ok, I still don't know what to post today. I'm trying to post something everyday but after a while it's hard to post something new. Oh i know. I have family who are cool and fun to talk about. Well i have a niece that is really cute (like all of them are, They are going to be heartbreakers growing up).Well this cute niece is pretty much funny. She loves to do things her way. If she has an idea she'll do it and if it's something she isn't supposed to do or if she is told she can't do it while she's half way doing it or right about to start doing it (Try to follow that 'do'ness) Then she'll do it anyways. It like she can't stop herself. Then she's act all cute like she's innocent. It's pretty funny. Well this little girl is really really funny because she loves to be independent and wants everything to be her idea. Well whenever she is with others and they say something like 'I want to go outside.' She'll repeat it like it was her idea. Then try to get others to go with her. It's pretty funny.

So today i was weeding like i'm going to be doing tomorrow and the day after that. Well as i was doing that this niece and another niece come out. So there is two of them. Well the niece (who i'm not talking about) asks me a question. As i start to answer the niece (who i am talking about) asks that same question. So i wait then answer it. It's like have a copy and play machine that always follows you around. I just got in the habit of waiting for both of them to say the same question then answer it so i wouldn't be interrupted. It was cute/annoying (like i've talked about before). I really hope she gets out of that habit before she starts school or else she'll have a hard time copying everyones ideas and probably lose herself in process. Well... That's about it folks. I know. It's time already? But i need to work. Don't Do Drug (DDD).

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Matt

Cool Guy

All this post is about is a guy

Look him up

He's really really really cool

His CD's are AWESOME

Jon Schmidt...

The End

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Matt

Lego Man and Forgetting Sleep,

I didn't post Saturday...

Sue me

No takers? Good cause I have nothing to be taken or anything that can be taken... well i guess you can take the things that i claim are mine... but really they aren't... but then you'd have to sue my family. So that wouldn't work.

I haven't really told much about graduating and stuff like that. well here it is.

Gradiation... twas fun. Well, honestly I thought it was a waste of time for about one tiny little thing. I really think Gradiation is for the parents sake. It's so they can think "oh my cute little child is all grow up and savin China" (Movie Quote... Guess?) But seriously, what teenager really wants to sit for an hour and a half procession with rehearsals and everything inbetween? It's proposterous.

I think the best parts of this Gradiation had three parts.

Part 1: Song 1
When you're weary, Feelin small? It's so great. I love it. That song just has so much meaning in my life. I sang it my sophomore year with Mr. Mendenhall and it was the best thing ever. I loved it especially that year cause there weren't any solos. Everytime there was a solo we sang as a group. But I bet since we had a choir of 28ish people then it would be easier to mix and blend and make it sound awesome. It's great cause we really never had the feeling that we were better than each other and we all just grew closer. But that song is such an amazing song with such an awesome groove in it. So I just got in the groove and forgot everything and probably sounded really gross which i do... a lot... all the time... Moving on

Part 2: Lego Man
Just a short little side note. A bunch of the seniors gave Principle Ray legos. You could tell when he got one cause right after he congratulated someone who gave him a lego. With the ease of a principle who has done this before, he'd switch the lego into his other hand and into his pocket. I thought it was brilliant.

Part 3: Song AWESOME
BOOOOOOM!!!!!

The End of Gradiation

That night AFTER Gradiation we had a senior all night party which was pretty much the bomb. Forgetting sleep you say... well that's not what that's about. Senior all night party was the best because i played basketball literally all night. I'd say over half of the time i spent at the party was spent playing basketball and was spent getting reeeeeallllly sweaty. But there were times they made us stop and go to an activity.

The activity that I say in 'Forgetting Sleep' is the hypnosis activity. A guy came and hypnotized people. It was pretty much the coolest thing ever and i'd love to do it. But he never choose me. Sad. But it was really awesome to watch the people who were hypnotized. They were FUNNY!!!! Awesomely funny. I'd want to watch it again and again.

Well... that's about all i can really think to talk about or really have time to talk about now.

Singing out
Matt

Nieces

Here are my house, right now, this very day. Awesome days. I have 7 Nieces/Nephews living here. So of course comes with it (since this is Nana's house (Grandma)) comes toys. New things of splendor to catch the eye of the little ones so they don't end up being annoying all day long. It happens in every house hold... I wouldn't say annoying... ok I would. But not in a mean way. It's a cute annoying and you love it so much that you don't care it's slightly annoying. But moving on, we have this toy. It's a video game. A Smart Cycle as seen in this ---> pic. It's like a video game. It's pretty darn cool and if it wasn't so small i'd probably be riding it for exercise training or something cool. But if you look really close at the picture there is a small red joystick. Don't know why it's a JOYstick. Weee? But right below this "Joystick" closer to the little cute/annoying boy, are three buttons. These three bottons are as follow

- Green background with a little picture of a map

- Red background with a little picture of a hand like in the position of halt

- Blue background with a little picture of a book.

Well this story only involves the Blue button. Well it's a lot to explain for such a little thing. I really didn't have to tell about everything but you'll still read everything so HA HA. Moving on. I have two nieces who were playing on this bike playing this video game. They were "Learning". They were having "Fun". But as i sat and watch one would try to help the other with the game. It's was cute. If it were me it'd be cute/annoying/still freaking cute. But it wasn't. Now these two girls are cousins and the love each other as much as that can work. But at one point the girl who wasn't on the bike point to the Blue button and said "Press the Book of Mormon to get to... ect."

My brain stopped, I didn't hear anything else that was said except Book of Mormon. It was the coolest thing i have ever heard/seen/been in the same room with. It just made me so glad to know they are being taught and the first thing they think of is the Book of Mormon.

Another story while i'm here posting. While we were on vacation in Missouri/Illinois i had the opportunity to be in the same car with one of my nieces. We were just talking and counting trees and stuff when all of a sudden she bursts out with a phrase of "Jesus knows everything"

It reminds me of 3rd Nephi in The Book of Mormon when Jesus Christ has come down to the Nephites. He teaches them then at one point in Chapter 26 Verse 16 "...and they both saw and heard these children; yea, even babes did open their mouths and utter marvelous things;..." Also in Alma Chapter 32 Verse 23 "...words given to little children which confound the wise and learned..."

Little children are such a blessing and they are so close to God. We usually don't realize it cause people see them as "distractions", "annoying", "Waste of Time" and "Short People with nobody". They are far from that. They are amazing and cute. "If there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, we seek after these things." (Article of Faith 13)

Take time to listen to a child. Take time to hear their words. Take time to love them. Try to teach them but in many cases they will teach you. The Book of Mormon is a Holy book of scripture that i know to be true. I have read it and have prayed about it and the Holy Spirit has witnessed to me that it is true. That the people in the book really lived. They learned like we do growing up and learned by raising children. Jesus does know everything and he lived for us because he loves us. Joseph Smith and many other men, including more women and children have died for The Book of Mormon. If they didn't know if was true themselves then they wouldn't of done that. Like what was said in Elder Hollands talk about the Book of Mormon.

" Later, when actually incarcerated in the jail, Joseph the Prophet turned to the guards who held him captive and bore a powerful testimony of the divine authenticity of the Book of Mormon. Shortly thereafter pistol and ball would take the lives of these two testators.

As one of a thousand elements of my own testimony of the divinity of the Book of Mormon, I submit this as yet one more evidence of its truthfulness. In this their greatest—and last—hour of need, I ask you: would these men blaspheme before God by continuing to fix their lives, their honor, and their own search for eternal salvation on a book (and by implication a church and a ministry) they had fictitiously created out of whole cloth?

Never mind that their wives are about to be widows and their children fatherless. Never mind that their little band of followers will yet be “houseless, friendless and homeless” and that their children will leave footprints of blood across frozen rivers and an untamed prairie floor. Never mind that legions will die and other legions live declaring in the four quarters of this earth that they know the Book of Mormon and the Church which espouses it to be true. Disregard all of that, and tell me whether in this hour of death these two men would enter the presence of their Eternal Judge quoting from and finding solace in a book which, if notthe very word of God, would brand them as imposters and charlatans until the end of time? They would not do that! They were willing to die rather than deny the divine origin and the eternal truthfulness of the Book of Mormon.

For 179 years this book has been examined and attacked, denied and deconstructed, targeted and torn apart like perhaps no other book in modern religious history—perhaps like no other book in anyreligious history. And still it stands. Failed theories about its origins have been born and parroted and have died—from Ethan Smith to Solomon Spaulding to deranged paranoid to cunning genius. None of these frankly pathetic answers for this book has ever withstood examination because there is no other answer than the one Joseph gave as its young unlearned translator. In this I stand with my own great-grandfather, who said simply enough, “No wicked man could write such a book as this; and no good man would write it, unless it were true and he were commanded of God to do so.” " (Elder Holland Oct 2009 General Conference)

Think, a little girl knows what the book of Mormon is. She knows what the book of mormon is. "...words given to little children which confound the wise and learned..." (Alma Chapter 32 Verse 23)


Signing Out 
Matt

Movement of a Third Kind

So as some people might that know me might know or if you car to know my parents are moving... yeah moving... But i'm not going with them... which is a little or a lottle strange. Some people probably think that it's impossible to not stay with your parents... HELLO!!!! It's call college and a mission. It's just wonderful. So my parents are moving to Jacksonville, Florida to become mission presidents. Since they are leaving this city. But because they are leaving and with all that is happening by "coincidence'... My dad is leaving his dental practice and i just happen to have a brother who is graduating from dental school. It's like an awesome switcheroo. My brother comes back and just gets a house to live in (my parents old house) and a up and full and running dental practice. It's like everything happened by  "coincidence'. Strange huh.

Well it's more strange because... well i grew up as the youngest and a lot of that was either being the only child in the home or with one/two sisters. Now i'm living with 4 little kids until i leave. And right now i have a sister and a brother visiting so that's 3 more kids. So i'm living with 7 kids... Uhhh... it's strange. I mean think about it. Now i'm sharing a house like most of my friends do with little brothers and sisters. Except they are neices and nephews. It's... strange. Life is strange... It brings new things to help us learn and become bigger and stronger. It's weird though...

Also it's strange because i'm so used to how things were for 18 years. Everything has a place and now those places are gone. Now when i open a drawer looking for a spatula i find everything but that spatula. It's like a talent that i have developed. Like a super hero i have the super power of moving into a house i've lived in for 18 years. To know how it is to moving into your house that you're living in right now... have someone move your drawers around in your room so you have no idea where things are. It still looks that same... but everything is out of place. Try it.

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Matt

Wa to the ter

I know, you're probably thinking why in the heck would he devote an entire blog post to water. It's ridiculous. It's preposterous. It's idiotic. It only takes up most of the planet. Why talk about it? We don't need it... do we?

Back to reality pal... Water = Essential. Water is awesome... with no possum. Sorry. Can you imagine a world with no water... we'd have to artificially make everything. Water is such a blessing and it's so weird. H2O... Weird. And think of how many things it cures and without it think of all the sickness.

Fever, Headaches, Bodyaches, Fatigue. It keeps our whole body running and going. People say that certain objects or things make the world go round. I say Water.

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Matt

Summer Time

"Summer time, and the livin is easy." Too easy, It's like i don't have anything to do and i don't want to start anything too long cause i don't know what a day has in store for me. Think of it. Having nothing to do but only look forward to the couple of times you actually have something planned. But those are too far away to really think about. I mean come on, it's not like everyone has everything planned for every second of the day. And being graduated and all; all you want to do is just sit and be lazy. Start the summer out with a bang... Then what. I spend morning time just working and then about... now i'm done and have nothing to do.

I guess i could make a list of things to do and i'll put it on here for ideas for other people. I got this idea from a friend and she is totally awesome and since we are basically related i think i can put it too. Any how oppose this motion say NAY....*silence* YAY! Ok since no one opposes or since no one can oppose except me, lets get this show on the road... paper... internet.

-Music- I guess i could write something or do a music search. Spend a whole day on just music or spend as much as i want, I could even do it everyday if i was so inclined. But i guess it would get to a point where it would just be boring. How about music in moderation. That sounds good.

-Biking- I can go on bike rides and with friends too. But that can't happen everyday. Let the Planning begin.

-Video Games- I know WASTE OF TIME. But it gives me something to do so i don't get bored.

-Studying- I start school June 21 so this comes into play... then.

-FRISBEE- The best idea i could ever come up with. If i could multiply myself by like 13 then i'd go play a good game of 7 on 7. Man. A game against myself would be epic. But unfortunately no one has invented a cloning machine i guess that 7 VS. 7 Games of Matt must wait for the future. But this is another planning things. The Great Planning of 2010 will need to be planned... sometime.

-Learning not to be stuck up- As you can tell from the frisbee idea... moving on

-Exercise- This is a good idea. But i only can do it for like... 30 mins or maybe 60 mins. So... I guess will happen anyways.

-Swimming- WEEEEEE!!!!! PLANNING

-Piano- I just got a piano to play. For those of you who didn't know my parents have moved our grand piano to my cousins house cause she a piano performance major. But my Brother and Sister just moved in yesterday so they brought a piano... but the out of tune might not be very fun.

-Working more?- Who in their right minds would... but an idea.

-Bowling- PLAN

-Lazer Tag- Plan... again

Ooooo -Date- I guess could find someone to take on a date. Cheap dates will be the plan.

Signing out for now
Matt

New and Clean

People Change

Blogs Change

I Change

Just puttin ideas into space

I'm kinda strange that way

I'm not all that insightful

Or anything like that

This blog is just

A mind list.

I guess this post

Is just to say

My mind is empty

And i have nothing to say

It's just wide open space

With beautiful faces

Rolling hills

Nothing to block the path

Goes on forever

With the potential

To grow and learn

New and Clean

Signing Out
Matt