I Know What to do With My Life

I have finally figured out what I should do with my life! I can't believe that I didn't see it before!

First of all, I'm going to quit percussion, and all music, in fact. No more wasting my time playing piano or fiddling around with drums. I'm done with that junk.
Also, I'm quitting journalism, and anything else that has to do with writing. I know that I've always aspired to be a writer, but I really don't have what it takes. I guess that I don't even enjoy it all that much, it's just, yuck.
And my little passtimes like Chess and stuff are out too. Hobbies are distracting me from my ultimate goal.
Finally, I'm contacting BYU and telling them that I no longer want to attend, because the answer to what I'm going to do has just come in the mail.

I just received a scholarship to play basketball at the University of Utah. 


It's seriously like all my dreams have come true. This is a real chance for me to let people see my real talent, for it is on the court that I really shine. I plan to play for 4 years for UVU, and lead them to some incredible victories, and then I'll go straight on to play professional basketball. This is a great option for me, I feel, because I will have plenty of money and I won't have to spend time studying or anything like that. I know that I haven't let many people know about my secret passion for basketball because I thought that they would make fun of me, but now that I'm actually playing on a college team I don't even care what people think about me anymore, because I will be doing what I love. I'm so excited!

 This will be me one day.

 My hero, right there.

 So cool.

Look at that. Wow. 

There's really nothing quite like that feeling you get when the ball swishes right through the hoop from a perfect three. It's just paradise. 

Oh, and in case you didn't quite realize yet...

April fools. 

It's a Sunny Saturday

Once upon a time, I woke up on a beautiful spring Saturday. The ground was covered in fresh snow and the sunlight glistened off the ground and the trees like diamonds. The birds were singing joyful songs and all of the small woodland creatures scurried among the forest. I knew that it was a day for excitement, for adventure, for wonder, and so I set off to rock canyon bowl, unaware of the challenges I had yet to face. When I arrived in the strange land, there were many people gallivanting about, playing ultimate frisbee! If you have any question in your mind whether or not I joined in, I did. It was awesome because there were so many awesome people there, like the Woodruffs, Jesp, Maren and Steph, Rosy, a couple Tanners, a Ryan, Johnny, Willy, Robbie, and many many more awesome graduated people. It was amazing to play on the snow strewn field, because you could totally dive and catch the frisbee without dying. Plus it all looked much more epic. We played for probably at least 3 hours. After that I ran a bit, and then home, just in case I wasn't already tired enough.

At around 2:00 I headed off to Zoe's house for a crepe party, which was amazing. I like crepes. We also played ping pong and basketball there. It was extra fun because so many more of my favorite people were there, like Zoe (of course), Yon Soo, Danny T, Wendy, Miriam Bay, Andrew and Jacob, Caroline, Kate, and I think Kat was there. Maybe. I'm not sure. I was pretty tired, I can't really remember who was there, but they were all cool people, and it was awesome.

Of course, I hadn't quite had enough social interaction for the day, so I went to backstage jazz night! This means that I got to dance with most of my favorite people, except the ones who weren't there, and also I probably missed some who were. Basically it was a very great (and exhausting) day. I enjoyed myself thoroughly. I should try and remember who I danced with. Let's see, Kate, Kat, Karli, Lauren, Mary, Gwen, Miranda, Shelby, Dani, Claire, Wendy, Mackenzie, Whitney, Jessie, Kenna, and I know there's more but I can't think of them. I like dancing to Jazzy music. It's more fun than awkward school slow dances.

Now I'm sore and tired, but yesterday was still the best day ever.

John Oldroyd just loves happy days. For him, today was a happy day. It started out with a churchball game, in which his team obviously dominated, due to their incredible skill level, and was quickly followed up by a fantastic breakfast at the Summers twins' abode. After that, the entire team went and played more basketball, since the first game was too easy.
Following those shenanigans (that's a fun word) John headed off to Timpview where he sat watching strange children from a little high school up north put on a production in his auditorium. After that, he had to fix the stage to back how it was supposed to be, and even got to drop the keys off the catwalk in the process. (Yes, he did do it on purpose, and yes, he got permission.)
After work, Johann hat zu Shelby's haus gefahrt und hangt mit Karli und Shelby aus. It was very nice. They made milkshakes.

Progress

Today at the Timpview basketball game, for which I was playing in the pep band, I managed to break my 6th bass mallet. Breaking even one is impressive, so I think I may have some kind of a school record. I like bass drum.