President Benson for President

Thats right! We're bring him back and electing him President of the United States of America. Okay...not really. I am in a "study of Mormon culture" class and we are covering a book which talks about the 10 individuals who were Mormon and Presidential candidates (or hoped to be.) I am covering Ezra Taft Benson. He was a very politically active person before being the President of the church. Interesting stuff really.

Well, sadly I must run.

I wish...
...that money wasn't such a necessity.
...that I had 3 hours every friday to just sit in a library and dig around and read whatever I wanted to expand my horizons.
...I wish I had more motivation to accomplish things.
...I wish I had the energy to renew some friendships with some old friends, and to try and be a positive influence on them. But it takes so much energy. It's so sad...because I really think I could do a lot of good, but its just so hard.

Yeah, for "porch swing" talks. Last night, I enjoyed an hour long "porch swing" talk with Emily. It was great.

Which brings me to another topic. "Ya. Yea. Yay. Yeah. Yah." I wish I (and everyone else) knew how to use these 5 words correctly. It can be very confusing.

I wish...
-I had a better knowledge of the scriptures. I just can't remember things. I've read the books tons of time...but still can't.
-I could take a glimpse of one day, 6 months into the future. Just to see who was there in that day, and what I was doing and such. It would be very telling.

Great answer!

So, I asked someone the two wishes question and got a great response. One of the best responses I've had in years...and I ask a lot of people. She said "I wish I could meet someone that would change my life." Brilliant. And actually she said it a little differently, but I can't remember the exact wording, but it was good. It's true. I guess we all want to meet someone who will change our lives (for the better), but never put it in words. It gives you a desire to meet new people though.

That reminds me, for some reason I've also had this feeling that there is someone I am supposed to listen to. Like there is someone I could 'change there life'. Whoa! I didn't even think until right then that they could be related events. But maybe not. Anyway, for like a week straight in my scripture study, in another book I was reading, and at the temple, I had this thought. The thought was "Listen to people. It is important to be a good listener at this time in your life. There is someone who needs you." So, I've been keeping my ears open, but at the same time it also taught me that I could definitely be a better friend to a lot of people and be a better listener.

Anyway, so my two wishes today are: 1) Meet someone that will change my life for the better. 2) Listen to someone and change their life.

If you had two wishes everyday of your life...AND Porch Swing Talks

My most favorite thing to do is to think if I was/were (<-not sure which) given two wishes everyday, what would my two wishes be for today. The idea is that you've always gotten two wishes so its not like some big deal. I also really enjoy posing this question to other people. It often stimulates interesting conversations. Anyways, I've been keeping track of my wishes in a book, but I can't find it anymore, so I decided I could put them on here...especially since I don't know of anyone that knows I have this blog. My two wishes for today are: 1) I wish every week I could pick a person that I could just sit on a porch swing, or sit in front of a fire, or a sunset, or a statue, or on top of a building, or on a mountain, and TALK with them. Just talk. Just be free and open and fun and frank. Just reminisce or talk about the future or about current life or whatever. In the past I have had some of these opportunities and they make up some of my favorite memories, and some have been life changing conversations. Seriously. They are like therapy. I can release thoughts and feelings. If only I could do that every week. That'd be awesome. And they have to be at a time very relaxed. It can't be rushed by anything. So, like a Sunday afternoon or something. So, I'm going to name them "porch swing talks." Some of my favorite porch swing talks in the past have been with Emilie, my dad, Marissa, Arie, Melissa, Jared, Bryan, my mom, & Nick. 2)I wish I wasn't such a chicken. It's funny because I was just talking to someone else the other day about them being a chicken. But there are so many times where I should say something that I don't. I see people that are having a bad day, and I know asking them about it could be helpful to them, but I don't do it. Or moments I really wanted to tell someone that they are special to me, but I don't do it. Or times that I should say 'thank you' and REALLY REALLY mean it, but I don't. Or people that I find fascinating and pleasant that I would like to get to know, but don't ever talk to them.


So, the great thing about these two wishes everyday, is that sometimes it causes me to put down on paper (or its electronic equivalent) things that I wish, and then I look at them and say "I'm going to do this, dang it!" and I do it. But...sometimes I don't say that. But thats okay. Some are more realistic than others. But I try to live my wishes!

Comedy movies VS. Blogs

I had some free time tonight and so I started reading blogs of friends...and I love it. Seriously, in a match between comedy movies and blogs, I would pick blogs to win. Personalities are so visible in blogs and I love that for some reason. If I read a response paper for an English class from all these same bloggers, I would not be able to tell them apart. But in a blog, they are free to write how they want and it so much more creative and healthy.

So, this all lead me to want to blog. And so, here I am...blogging. So, hmm...some important discoveries I've made in the last little while of life:

-Watermelons float!
-At least according to a couple of blogs...I plan to test it myself. And just for the record, my hypothesis was that they would.

-I hate writing response papers!
-They are the worst kind of writing that I have discovered. They leave very little room for the random thoughts that I have about the article...and they have to contain big words.

-I don't know what writing in the passive voice means! 'nuff said.

-I enjoy writing in this bullet style format. I take all my notes in this manner. I even journalize in this fashion. It is good.

-Bad communication makes me sad.

-Life is good!
-I like t-shirts with quality sayings. Like the "life is good" shirts. Why can't there be more of those in existence.

-I have serious writing issues in which I leave out words in my sentences. I have a problem getting words from my mind to paper/computer screen. I also say did, when I really mean didn't. and it's bad.

THE END.

48 states. 5 days. 3 men. 1 car.

These guys are planning to drive thru all the lower 48 states in 120 hours. Crazy! Only stopping to fuel up and expel bodily waste. Sounds like something I would do. Crazy Utahns.

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Laura's Loopy Life: Visit from Hoey and Nick

Laura's Loopy Life: Visit from Hoey and Nick