the new year...

So here I am, on the last day of 2009, thinking about the new year. In all honesty this has been a really rough but wonderful year for me. I was being all nostalgic and decided to look through old journal and blog entries. My year had a definite rough start but I'm hoping the beginning of this next one will be so much better. According to my journal I started my year like this: :)

Tuesday 6 January 2009

Today was my first day of class. I woke up early and studied my scriptures for 30 min. then I got ready, dropped off my rent, got textbooks and headed to my first and only class. On my way to class I slid down the stairs and banged my arm pretty good. Then I got to walk around campus with my very visible, soaking wet butt...

Despite the rough start I got a fantastic archaeology job in Nevada and got to go on a field trip to California in March AND September. I moved to Tonopah, Nevada and worked for the Forest Service for the summer. It was quite adventurous and I loved every minute of it!!! Check here for some stats from that adventure. After moving back home a 6ft square of space to live in...I'm not bitter folks, just cramped...I took the GRE. I got right back into the swing of things with school, got scuba diving certified, started training with my good friend Otis (we ran, we swam, we had a blast), applied for grad school, decided to go to Syria at the end of April. Oh, and on a lesser note, I decided to take a hiatus from dating anyone seriously and get my life in order...best decision ever...getting back into the swing of things, harder decision. :)

So there is a very, very fast summary of this last crazy year. Hopefully the start of this next year I will be able to find a job, get into grad school, and be able to afford to go to Syria. Let's cross our fingers folks!

Thank you Roberto!

Ok probably the best spoof off of the Twilight madness I've seen. :)

Twilight Years from Tom on Vimeo.

The Diagram.

So I am in the second day of my finals week. This finals week has been my best by far because all but one of my finals is a take home exam or a paper. That has been kind of nice. It's also been a good thing because I got another coughing cold of death and so I'm able to do my stuff from my bed, which has been a blessing. So I'm faced with a major dilemma, I mean the kind of dilemma that I will likely laugh about in decade but for the moment it's a little stressing. This is my last semester...yay! I am very nearly broke, university really sucks you dry, and am tired like you wouldn't believe. Not the dilemma though. So to better show the simple intricacies of this dilemma I created a diagram...lame but oh so true.
14 And it came to pass at the end of four years that the Lord came again unto the brother of Jared, and stood in a cloud and ^atalked with him. And for the space of three hours did the Lord talk with the brother of Jared, and ^bchastened him because he remembered not to ^ccall upon the name of the Lord.

Last, last day...

Yesterday was my last, last day of classes. That was very nice...I think.

How to be alone

So it doesn't feel that simple but at least it's a nice thought. :)