Noteworthy Moments in my Life

April 1979: Birth (thanks mom and dad)

January 1984: BYU football wins only national championship. I have no recollection of the event as I was just five, nonetheless, few things more important have occurred during my lifetime.

Sometime in 1986: Wreck my second car...life nearly ends at the hands of The Unit.

April 1987: Baptized

June 1991: First time to Wrigley Field...can only cry when Harry Caray sings.

March 1993: 1.7 GPA in 8th grade...life nearly ends at the hands of The Unit.

July 1994: The Unit piles us in a van along with Johnny to see The Grateful Dead before Jerry dies.

January 1997: Omarr Morgan comes up with huge interception and Cougars hold off K State in Cotton Bowl...first time I recall crying at a BYU win.

May 1997: Graduate high school...barely.

June 1997 & 1998: Jazz play in two consecutive NBA finals losing both...my most intense love affair with any team in sports begins.

April 1999-2001: Mission...very hot for two years.

November 2001: Mark Grace leads off the 9th inning with a single against Mariano Rivera...takes home a World Series ring.

August 2003: Marry my beautiful wife.

May 2004: Graduate college.

July 2005: Greatest baseball trip ever -- Camden, PNC, Citizens Bank, Great American and Cooperstown.

August 2008:










Review from the Seattle PI:

Radiohead: In a league of its own
AUBURN -- There are bands, and then there is Radiohead. That simple statement is enough to summarize the band's mesmerizing two-hour concert at White River Amphitheatre on Wednesday. However, there's nothing simple about Radiohead.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/pop/375919_radiohead22q.html

Review from the Seattle Times:

Radiohead sound check: seething, soaring, squeaking — all good
For two-plus hours at White River Amphitheatre Wednesday night, life on Earth made sense: The best band in the world was the most popular band in the world, and everybody present felt the appropriate sense of awe.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/musicnightlife/2008129668_radiohead22.html

Review from the Seattle Weekly:

I’m inspired to superlative by last night’s show. To say it was mind blowing would be an understatement. It was more like a suicide bomber drove into my cerebellum. Granted, I could be on concert high. I’ve been known to turn into an obsessive compulsive lunatic after a particularly enjoyable show and I’m sure I’m on the sane side of a week-long Radiohead bender.
http://blogs.seattleweekly.com/reverb/2008/08/last_night_radiohead_at_the_wh.php

Setlist:

01 15 Step
02 Reckoner
03 Optimistic
04 There There
05 All I Need
06 Pyramid Song
07 Talk Show Host
08 The National Anthem
09 The Gloaming
10 Videotape
11 Lucky
12 Faust Arp
13 Jigsaw Falling Into Place
14 Climbing Up The Walls
15 Dollars & Cents
16 Nude
17 Bodysnatchers

18 How To Disappear Completely
19 Weird Fishes/Arpeggi
20 Idioteque
21 In Limbo
22 Street Spirit (Fade Out)

23 You And Whose Army?
24 No Surprises
25 Everything In Its Right Place

Without a doubt one of the great moments in my 29 years of life. As I tried to sing along with Thom, I felt like I was 12 trying to sing along with Harry Caray all over again. Thanks Dad and Trav for coming up and battling the traffic with us (and for picking up the tickets!).

Dad and Trav

Dad and Trav were in town last week. They got here last Wednesday and Dad went back to Utah on Friday while Trav hung around until Sunday. Here's some pictures from their visit.


Trav Dogg hanging out at Golden Gardens after devouring his Paseo's sandwich at their new location (in a head-to-head matchup, however, he still chose Pike Place Chowder's crab roll as the "best sandwich ever invented.")

We hit up a game at Safeco -- M's lost...surprise.

We went on a little hike and The Unit stopped at every single blackberry bush to pick berries. He handpicked this photo to appear on the blog.

This is at the bottom of Snoqualmie Falls.

The top of the falls.

On Thursday morning we were flipping through channels and for some reason ended up on Martha Stewart's show. They were featuring this S'more cupcake from a local shop, so we decided to head over and try it out. Very tasty.

On Friday night Trav and I went to check these guys out at a concert in the park (that would be Pela).

This is Billy sprawled out on the stage after jumping backward off the amps and breaking his foot. Poor guy.

Deron Gets Gold

Congratulations to Deron and Team USA for bringing home the gold from Beijing. I lost a lot of sleep getting up early in the morning to watch their games, but at 2:30 am this morning, it was all worth it to see Deron on the stand receiving his gold medal.

My Latest Obsession

I usually leave the opinions on all things music to John Connors, because lets be honest, he is the expert. But I just wanted to take a minute to plug this artist because I am obsessed. Her name is Santogold and her self titled CD is the most eclectic mix of music and somehow it just works. Her CD is like listening to a mixed CD because every song sounds so different. She kind of sounds like MIA, but I like her better. Now if only I knew the words so I could sing along. Anyway, check her out, she will not disappoint.

One Night of Fashion

My friend Melissa took me on a date. The night started with drinks at Joey's (where I got smashed on a cranberry and seltzer water -- the Erica special) and then we walked in our heels to the South Lake Union Marina where the fashion show was held. The night started out somewhat embarrassing. Everyone was dressed in their finest cocktail dresses, and I of course was in jeans. Then there was a red carpet -- which we couldn't stop laughting about -- and the lady that was in charge of the show kept screaming at the top of her lungs, "there's a celebrity here!" And let me just add that no one knew who that person was, I asked around. To make things worse, we thought the show started at 7, but really it didn't start until 9. In the mean time we also found out that our tickets were standing room only...and we were in heels!

The night consisted of all the little boutiques around the city having their own segment to show clothes that they sell in their stores. And although it was not Bryant Park, it was fun and I had a good time hanging out with my friend that I don't see too often due to our busy schedules. With some luck, we actually ended up seeing some empty chairs and got to sit through the show....thank goodness!


One of the models strutting her stuff.

One of the segments of the show was called "Seamless in Seattle" and I guess it was a little like Project Runway for local designers. All the finalists got to show their line and then they announced the winner. The picture below is not the winner, but I feel like he was well deserving of the title. His clothes were constructed so well and although it is was very avant-garde and commercially inaccessible, I thought it was very creative. In my opion, if you can take something so weird and construct it to look good, then you can make a simple black cocktail dress as well.



Overall, I had a great time and got to check one thing off my life's list. Thank you, Melissa!

5 Years Later....

Today is our five year anniversary and we still love each other, which is a good thing I think.