Livin it One Day at A Time

Just found some notes I had been writing during a somewhat boring combined EQ/RS meeting. I thought it was funny, but I was also low on blood sugar…

“You need to suggest that us guys get visit taught/baked goodies in RS”

and

“Isn’t there some type of Law or Commandment that R.S. meetings are suppose to have snacks? Like mini-candybars or frosted cookies (must be 2/3rds frosted sugary goodness, 1/3rd cookie) shaped to look like the angel Moroni.”

I got some attitude.

I’d look forward to free pastries all the time!

Now I need to do some exercise.

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But maybe next week.

So I ate some breakfast.

The Dinner of Champions for the Single Male.

The Dinner invite was not so much because of the sunburn, more along the lines of “I know you will not eat, unless you are fed”.

Not true, but I’ll take the free food. I’m not picky.

I’m also thinking of renaming the blog. I just don’t know what to rename it.

I view this little area as part pop culture-junkie, part geek, part single guy, part mormon and part geek.

Basically it’s a mutt. Ideas?

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Oh my goodness I am sunburnt. In typical male fashion, I will complain about it instead of going to buy myself some aloa vera.

I mean really, why fix something when I can schmooze as much sympathy from the opposite gender as possible?

I could score a free Sunday meal out of this! Or some attention! Or mockage.

I’m shooting for the meal.

I was up late last night, trying to get some cheap tickets for the amusement park we went to today. The activities director had shown up and we were surfing the Six Flags website and he was showing me the tickets he was planning on buying (this was on his very slow, virus laden laptop). I started reading the fine print on the Church group package.

We had to send the request in two weeks ago.

Well, that settled that. It looked like the Activities Director and I would just be taking people to the local park, and pushing them in swings. Eventually through my masterful use of google, and my astounding ability read a website, I found that King Soopers had a good deal on tickets.

Which leads me to my question.

Whilst I was riding the rides (Family, I rode a roller coaster, and I have witnesses) and walking the park, I noticed that I was getting some extra attention from a girl. Whilst I may be slow, I’m not stupid. When a girl starts talking to you a lot and sitting close to you, well, you start to notice the attention.

So here’s my question.

Most of the time, when I first meet a girl, my attraction level is pretty much set and if I’m attracted, I’ll move from there. This happens in the space of a few seconds. Guys, you agree or disagree?

For you Girls, it seems like a girl can all the sudden decide she likes a guy depending on if the wind is blowing the right way. Am I wrong?

Let me know. It’s time for me to take a shower and go to bed.

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Last night I had a companion from the mission over.

And his Wife.

And his Son.

It’s a tad bit surreal. I had a fun time talking with him. Catching up on the many years that have passed, the fun times we had, the fact that his son was able to find the gumball machine in my apartment (for those of you who don’t know, I am crazy, I have a gumball machine.)

And this is what you see when you walk in the door.

I am such a nerd.

Anyways, I was showing off the apartment when I heard the clink of change (that had previously been in the little boys mouth) and the sound of the gumball making it’s way to the shute.

Who said my apartment wasn’t kid friendly!

I do look forward to the day when I can wear me some sans a belt slacks (plaid mind you) and watch the neighbor kids with the pants yanked up to my armpits.

That will be fun.

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It’s the bee’s knees

It’s the Cats Pajamas

The cat’s miaow

Scratch a Man’s Back and he’ll Purr like a Walrus..

Who thought this stuff up?

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Over the past week I’ve been going through highs and lows. I even went and changed the layout of the blog. I changed the name.

Eventually I changed it back again.

I even wrote two pieces about my feelings about the current state of mormon female bloggers complaining.

Twice I deleted those pieces. They just didn’t sit right.

Yesterday I went to the funeral of my friend. It was interesting. He belong to a Baptist Church. It was interesting to see how they had parts of the gospel down, but that there are still parts that they have no idea about.

Concepts of the plan of happiness. What happens when we die. What we do after we pass on. These concepts, which I take so much for granted are unknowns to them.

As I was driving back from the memorial, I reflected that the things I was getting angry about, irritated. They don’t matter.

What do we take away each day that makes us more of who we are?

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Mom. Sit. Back. Down.

It’s not that type of love. You see, I have this obsession..

Yes Yes, I know, I have the Pinball obsession, but this is all part of my personality.

Whilst perusing Makezine I found a link to Do It Yourself Laser tag.

I was smitten at once. Nay, I was in deep twitterpation.

This system (MilesTag)is built with free code and based off the Army’s laser tag system (I went to Fort Irwin whilst on my mission. It’s home to one of the biggest lasertag games I’ve ever seen. The soldiers based there even where different uniforms). Of course, this means it rocks, and you can change it to do whatever you want.

I’m already starting to gather parts to build my gun(s).

So that it can join my halfway completed MAME Cabinet

It’s on it’s second build (oh how I love it so)

Pinball Dolly

My You Don’t know Jack controller

My non working Coke Machine

And of course, my mass of non-working pinball machines.
(this is not a cry for help people).

Ok.. Ok…

Maybe I’m just the techno-geek equivalent of the white trash neighbor who lives down the block. You know him. He has the engine block sitting out in the yard, along with the bath tub.

My front yard will just contain the remnants of arcade games, or go carts. I’m not sure which..

Tyson, Albie, Gordon or Brian.

You want in?

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