California Dreaming

This is the view at the Carmel house at sunset with the fog rolling in.

This is a daytime view in Carmel.

A backyard view in Alamo. A lovely place indeed.

Here in Cali

Well, here I am in California with just about nothing to do so I guess I will update my blog with a few fun little tidbits.

Stupidvideos.com, I don't know if you have been there but there is probably 10 straight hours of video you can watch of people doing, you guessed it, stupid things. Here are a couple of links to some videos you may enjot.

Aisha-homemade music video
Lego Breakdancing
Quiznos Commercial

So there you go. I'm looking for work in markeing so if you know anyone let me know.

The Hot Link

OK people. I have posted a few pictures on another site and can't seem to get them on mine right now so I will provide a couple of links for you.

This first picture is from our crazy rafting expeition where a watery grave was inviting us to stay. Yet, we came out mostly victorious with only scratches and stories of pure glory and triumph. What made it all worth it you ask? The 15 spectators on their lunch break who saw us take this...Oh Yeah!

Here is the video of the madness. 

The next picture is related to a picture below while I was at the US vs Costa Rica game. I was celebrating the soon to be goal of Landon Donovan's. I watched the whole thing unfold...

As for me I have been working at a soccer camp this week. I have 10 nine and ten year old boys that I oversee. It is a blast and relatively easy money for all of the money ima get. Holler!

Thee doctor md luncheon

Mark dalecki's homeboy dinner the day before he gets married. Here at tucanos were dining is a tradition for us.

USA vs Costa Rica

This is at the world cup qualifier in SLC june 4. I was on the field doing it vip style. It was one of the best days ever!

It's Back! Kareoke Night

There was a group of people last summer that used to frequent a local bar. Not to drink but to sing. Atchafalya is a local pub in Provo that caters those who have the courage to get on stage and sing songs in front of a crowd. Or to those who are too drunk to care. Either way it proves to be a great night of entertainment. It used to be free but then they started charging money to get in so we stopped going. But it has been too long and I have a deep yearning to perform.

Here is a list of songs I have sung at Kareoe night.

*Santeria-Sublime *Dirty Diana-Michael Jackson
*Hotel California-The Eagles *Screaming Infidelities-Dashboard Confessional *Sperfreak-Rick James (RIP) *Down Low-R Kelly
*Faith-George Michael *Let's Get It On-Marvin Gaye
*Nuthin But a G Thang-Dr. Dre *Business-Eminem
*Anything For Love-Meatloaf

Who knows what will be next. Will it be Let her Cry, by Hootie and the Blowfish or maybe How Do You Want It, by 2Pac (RIP)

I am planning a most radical expedition on the Downtown Provo River. Jim and Justin may remember our last adventure...this is going to be on a much grander scale. Last time we pulled off the chinciest raft ride since the senior picinic.

The river is really rushing. The Deer Creek Resevior is full, so all of the excess water is being pushed down the provo river. Our goal is to set in up at vivian park and finish somewhere past Deseret Industries. There are 2 huge water falls that we are going to try to navigate. It is going to be INSANE! Maybe there will be pictures.

go@blogger.com!

I just saw this and decided to check it out. Now I can send pictures from my cell phone and they will post on my blog. Is that rad or what!

This is in florida. A storm front was moving in.

Indeed it is DONE.

I have matriculated which is a school term for wasting time. Its over though. Finally! I will get my diploma in August and I have no more classes to take. So now I am bored...beyond bored. I don't have a job yet so I am just going through the process of finding one.

Today I went on monster.com and craigslist.com and applied for a couple of jobs. Yesterday I e-mailed a batallion of people to try to follow up on leads that I have been blessed with. I also applied for a job a Nu-Skin. that would keep me in Provo...I don't know how excited I am about that. Then again, its not like I have the job yet right? I applied at Golden Corral Buffet. Is that how you spell corral? or is it corrale...who cares really. Isn't it just another name for feeding bucket? I don't think I got the job. hard to believe. I don't know if my bachelor's degree under or over-qualifies me.

I should just focus on rapping or baseball. I could just persue the idea of papparazzi-ing the papparazzi. I'll get hired by famous people to bother and take pictures of the people that bother and take pictures of them. What a sweet idea. Anyone want in with me? I need some start up capital. And a crew. And clients. And I'd have to move to LA or NY. But other then that I am ready to go. I have the idea. That's really all I am good for...ideas. I get 'em every once in awhile.

Shouldn't I be out travelling? Isn't that what College Grads without jobs do? I should be in Europe or Asia or Boston or at the beach house...see it? it's right there.

So have a great day everyone. I'd like to give a shout out to ray ray and big steve.

It's Done!...I think.

So, it's complicated but I think I am done with school, maybe forever. Sweet. It makes me happy to think about it. But now I am working on filling a serious void in my life. I have been going to school pretty much non-stop since I was 5. Now I am 25. So what to do for the next 20 years? Hopefully I can find jobs/careers that motivate me and that I find success in. Then I could stop working and say the same thing about work that I am saying about school. I should also probably get married in the next 20 years. That would be sweet. Then I could have some kids and play catch with 'em. I wish I would have stuck with baseball. I think I could have been pretty good. oh well...

AHHHH! FINALS!!!

I should be studying but I'm not. I can't, or at least, I REALLY don't want to. The one good thing that comes out of all this is a diploma. I am virtually done with school. That makes me happy. But it also scares me. I don't know what I am going to do. It is one of those points in life some would like to call a defining moment. Sure, why not? I mean, I don't know what direction my life is about to take. I could end up here in Utah, California, Arizona, who knows! I know what I want to be doing but I can't do it yet. I need some experience in the business field before I can go out giving people advice on how to do their marketing. At least I have something to work towards right?

I'd like to meet the woman I am supposed to marry. I am at the point of...I hate it. I want somebody. Everyone else I know has someone. Jealousy won't get me anywhere. But they all had wingmen that helped get them in the right spot. I ain't got no wingman cause they all went down in the blaze of glory. Now it is just me against whatever it is I am facing.

Sorry. Just lonely. But I hate finals. check out some new poems. yep, its true! Caleb has another crush that ain't gonna work out. Read all about it. HA!

The Trouble With Love Is...

In relationships today there is an inherent problem, love. Couples get involved with each other and “fall in love.” Cool. I’m not bashing love. I want to talk about people’s propensity to love and propensity to be loved.
There are several ways to love someone. Forgive me if I miss one. 1. Physically 2. With gifts 3. With time 4. With service 5. With words.

In relationships, especially with ones dealing with love we must be careful, we must understand what our partner needs. You see, some people need to be loved in certain ways. Some like to be showered with gifts, others like to be told that they are loved.

The key to a successful relationship where love is being addressed is; how does my partner need to be loved? How do they respond to love? Do they need gifts; do they need the physical touch, or my physical presence to know they are loved? How do they need to be loved?

Once we know what our partner wants we must also know what we want. How do I need to be loved? Once you know, you need to communicate that to your partner. This is one of my love recipes. I figure this would save a lot of people a lot of turmoil, a lot of tears.

You see the problem with love is that not everyone responds to it in the same way. Let’s say a guy, Jack, loves a girl, Jill. Jack wants Jill to know he loves her so he buys her gifts; all kinds of gifts. What if Jill just needs to be told that she is loved? All of Jacks gifts, while nice gestures, are in vain. Jill is not getting the point. Now there is tension between them. Jill doesn’t know if Jack loves her and Jack doesn’t know why Jill doesn’t appreciate his gifts.
I see this type of thing happening all the time.

So my advice, not that I am qualified to speak on such a topic, is know how to love and know how you need to be loved.

Up, but Out Dated

Hey! Hey! Hey!

I have a confession to make. I didn't go camping this past weekend like I told a few people. I went to Daytona Beach Florida. I went with a buddy of mine to support the UVSC women's dance team at the National Dance Association National Competition. It was a blast. Our girls place 9th in Division-1. Their routine was flawless right to the end. We had a couple of minor falls at the very very end. Without those deductions we could have placed 3rd. They did awesome and I am proud of them.

Sort of on the same note... Girls are wierd, funny, gross, and on and on. Spending time with women this past weekend only confirmed this. But you know what? I love it! They are SO different from guys and that is why we love them.

I am going to think more about what happened and get back to you. In the mean time check out the new poems I added to my other site.

DANG!

Yo, Sorry about the delay. I think about updating this like every single day...but I don't.

First things first. Megan we miss you. Do your thang. Get yours!

Next: *News flash* I'm not very good at golf. Oh well, I guess I'll try to play more? You see I came to this realization this past weekend while celebrating UVSC's 3 day spring break. I went home to beautiful Alamo California and was able to spend a couple days out on the course with my dad. We had a good time but I really need some work.

Next: Holler if you hear me! I saw Jim Lee aka Bird Boy. That kid cracks me up. I have to think of the Master P song, "I Miss My Hommies." Cause I do. Look, this is how it is these days:
1. Jim Lee (Bird Boy)- lives in SF
2. Justin Wilde (Taco)- Lives in North Carolina
3. Spencer Evans (The Real Dilly)-Connecticut right? Working for the FB Aight!
4. Matt Coons (Judge Wapner)- Now in LA
5. Matt McCasline (Snip)- Up in Oregon. Portland I think.
6. Mark Dalecki (Thee Doctor MD)- Who knows. Salt Lake is my best guess.
7. Robb MacDonald (El Guapo)- He is in Provo
8. Shayne Thueson (Rasta)- Provo as far as I know.

I think that covers it. All my boys are gone or not in contact. It is sad. I really miss you dudes. Hence, Holler if you hear me!
Peace Out

Update!

Ok, so here are the haps. This past weekend I ended up in Jackson, WY. I was invited to help judge a regional snowboarding tournament. I have done 4 other tourneys and was inroduced into the game by John Recalde, my roomates older brother and fellow soccer buddy. It has been pretty fun. This was the biggest tournament I have been involved with. The people in charge put us up in a hotel in Jackson, paid us $400, paid for our meals, gas, and gave us comped passes.

Jackson Hole Ski Resort is a fun mountain. It is steep, I'm talking straight up and down. It is a strange to look back off the lift and see a perfectly flat valley below. It is like the mountain just shoots up out of no where. This is a cool part of their website. (Dead Link)  It has 360` photos and video of the resort. It is a fun mountain to ride, that's for sure.

It takes me back to Rick's College, now BYU-Idaho, when Jim Lee, Matt Coons, Mark Dalecki, Dave Beck, and I took a little bus ride to Jackson Hole and spent the day rooting some serious core, peeling the mountain, and basically spreading the Lopez mentality throughout the resort. I have only one picture that proves we where there but it is worth a thousand words.

Have a good day and keep it posted, I'll try to keep you entertained.

This is what family is.

Krista thank you for your poem. I love you. I love all of my sisters with an eternal supply of love. I have parents that love me more than life. For this bond, relationship, love...I can not be thankful enough to God. I have been blessed beyond measure and am indebted to Him forever. I don't know what I did to be so very lucky.

Here is a Poem by my sister Krista entitled "For My Brother"

FOR MY BROTHER

I know these poems
I wrote them too once
You feel so low
It’s a way to let go
You hurt, you’re confused
At that very moment there is nothing to lose
I look back now at what made me so sad
And I think to myself, “I remember that hurting so bad”
But now the pain is gone
Life has moved on
You know it always does.

But when I read your stories
It instigates all my worries
The tears start flowing
And my heart starts mourning
I sit here wanting you hold you
To cry with you, or for you
To do anything to help you
I sit here wanting to let you know
That I DO know the worth of your soul
My brother, the one who has loved me so much
My friend, the one I want to meet up with for lunch
An example of someone not afraid to feel
A person who has enough courage to heal
A son of whom my Dad can be proud
A student of life, not one of the crowd
A confidant, a lover, an ally, a friend
Someone who will just let me cry till my worries end,
Dedicated, trustworthy, and honorable
Can’t you see that you’ve got it all?

So when you are there feeling so low
Remember there is a little girl who loves you so
And even though I am not able to be there
Please kneel down and say a prayer
And right then I hope you will feel me say
“I’m loving you from just a little ways away”
I won’t hurt you or abandon your heart
For that I am much too smart
Because I know your love
And I hold you above
I know I am me because there was you
I know that because of you I will always be true
And you are always part of me
Because you were part of what I grew up wanting to be

Bubby, I hope you know
That so many girls will come and go
But someday the right one will come around and stay
And she will be a challenge and a beauty in your life every day
And she will see you the same way I do
She will be part of you too
And she will come, don’t you doubt
And then you will realize what all this time in between was about

But in the meantime you have 5 girls
Who all want to be a part of your world
Women who know you for what you are
Women who care about things like the name of your car
And we are here
To bring you great cheer
So in your times of pity and self-doubt
Please understand that I know what those times are about
And if you feel alone
You can call me, I will be home
And when you pray please hear me say
“I’m loving you from just a little ways away.”