3 Things

Hot Cocoa at work RULES!!!
"Wonderboy, what is the secret of your power?!?!" ~Jack Black (Tenacious D)
"Tell us your riddle woman!?!?!?!" ~Barats and Beretta
The End.

The True Story of the Epic Battle of the Gas Pump

(accept no imitations from other blogs! and enjoy the self produced animation :D)

This is the epic story of two people locked in the eternal struggle between who pays for the gas at the gas station.

It all started this evening after a long day of working in the Graingers, I went to pick up some friends from the airport.  Of course, being really nice they both offered to play for gas (in different ways) but since I also went to see my grandma it was under my own prerogative that I went, I was not spending any extra gas for travel.

Now for the main event: 

My car was devoid of gasoline after many trips to and from Provo over the holiday, so as I returned to the apartment complex and lugged the girls' luggage to their third floor apartment, I headed off toward the Chevron so that I could replenish my low stores of petroleum.

Natalia was kind enough to agree to accompany me to the gas station, and as we pulled into the station she asked for my wallet... a strange request in my opinion, but soon I understood her intentions.

She grabbed my arm as I reached for my wallet, which I was still able to extract from my pocket with the other but then she wouldn't let me leave the car... after a short struggle, I freed myself from her grip and the car.  I thought that this would be the end of the struggle, but I was wrong... dead wrong.

As I started toward the pump with my debit card in hand, I was blindsided by the flying fury of Natalia as she began the epic struggle for the credit card swiper.  I blocked her with the car and my body but she fought for the high ground, but I maintained my position and closed in on the prized swiping machine.  She grabbed me around the middle and at every lunge I attempted she countered with a ferocious tug, but finally I achieved my goal! the card was in!!! 

But to my dismay as I pulled the card from it's electronic sheath the screen showed a bright blow to my cause: the card had not read... (dun dun daaaaaah!!!)

As Natalia gloated in her momentary victory, I began to improve my defenses while still accomplishing my task.  I began the second assault on the machine with fervor while applying my skills acquired from years of basketball to keep Natalia from victory.

The second attempt was more quickly successful, I was even able to cancel the request for a car wash, but as I reached for the nozzle, Natalia quick as a cat hit the cancel button.  

Once again, the seemingly eternal struggle for the pump began  for the third round, ('ding' FIGHT!)  By this time I was beginning to develop a system that seemed to work quite well, quickly I began to slide the card into the victory slot.  I also quickly got the car wash button, and began to work towards the nozzle... this time she pushed the call cashier for assistance button! (by this time the lady in the white car behind us was probably watching with concern). Thusly I was able to get the nozzle off and start making stabs at the button to choose my level of ethanol... unfortunately her second desperate bid to stop the transaction was successful.

Well the next and final attempt was even more heatedly contested, I finally triumphed in all aspects of the contest!!! 

As the title states it was a battle of epic proportions!!! 

And I TRIUMPHED!!!

This was a legendary battle! the stuff of legend...

and there is no charge for awesomeness!!!

My Memory

I have been really frusterated with myself recently over a lack of memory.
I got an itunes gift card for christmas and I am making mental notes of songs that I want to get... the only problem is that any time I get in front of my computer I can never remember any of the songs that I decided I would buy... FRUSTRATING!!!!
I guess that is what happens when you keep all the knowledge in the world in your head... sometimes it is hard to find what you are looking for when you need it, (like a huge library with out a dewy decimal system; speaking of which if you have not seen conan the librarian then you have not lived: "don't you know the dewy deciamal system!?!?!" classic! oh so classic!)
I feel better now, thank you conan!

Video Game Tester

I have decided that I would make a good video game tester...
Live in my Parent's basement and eat their food while playing new games that I couldn't put down for hours on end... I would probably get sick of it after a while, but I think that it would be a pretty cool winter job (cut down on school stress).
This post in no way has anything to do with what I have been doing with all my free time over the last 72 hours. ;)

Peer Pressure

To the general public of the internet:
Finally succombing to the peer pressure (of peers of course), I have decided to officially begin a blog. I know that this probably shocks and horrifies many of you because now my abnormality will futher spread across the internet...
This is just a warning to everone out there... this blog will be updated extremely sparadocally and it will become increasingly more random and strange as I continue to update my technological skills and stuff.
so remember... YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!!!!!! (imagine scary/dramatic music and maybe even some lightning for dramatic effect)