It is Christmas Time Again...Only This Time it is in Hawaii

Hey so I know I have been slacking off and haven't posted anything in like a month. Ya, my bad. Hopefully this one will make up for it all.

Ok well this past month actually has been pretty eventful. So my last post about the beginning of the two weeks with Gram and Pop. Well that week ended off really well. It was so fun to actually get to see them again and I can't wait to see them again in like two more weeks. Ya so I don't remember where I left off on my adventure with them but I think the biggest thing that happened towards the end of the stay with them was that we went down to the swap meet. Man I don't think I have ever blown through a paycheck so fast in my life. But on the bright side of the situation I did get pretty much all of my Christmas shopping done while I was down there. Like it was so much fun. I think I came back from there with like ten bags of stuff filling them up all the way. Ya I think that kinda wraps up the trip with them; well besides getting a load of stuff when they left too. That was always fun to get and I think I got left with enough food for a couple meals even.

So really the next big event of November was probably Harry Potter. I was so pumped to get to go see it! I really wanted to go to the midnight premier they had at the Palms, but ya that is a funny story. So it was like a week and a half till the movie came out and I ride down to the theater early to hopefully get some tickets, and I knew they still had some because my friend had bought some the day before. Ok so I ride down there and when I get there, the box office is closed till four. Ok well I had work at that same time so I was like ya I will just come by after work and I will pick some up. Ok so I go to work, ride back, go in to buy my tickets and this is the response I get: "I'm sorry but we just sold out of our midnight tickets 15 minutes ago. If you come back on that Friday though I will open up the box office early for you and you can swing by and grab your tickets then." Ok fine I'll do that. Ok so that Friday comes around (now mind you I am on a tight schedule at this point in time because of another big thing) and I ride over early like he told me to, ya box office is still closed. So after I go do my other thing I come back and I am finally able to pick up my tickets for Harry Potter. Ok so for Friday night they had said they were having like this big special party with like all the leftover prizes and stuff and they were going to be giving them away to anyone who came. Now it was going to cost an extra buck and a half but I was like, "Hey if I am going to win something ya why not?" So i paid for the ticket that night and when I got there, well you had to buy five dollars in concessions products to even get one raffle ticket. Ya I wasted all my money for snacks to buy the special ticket. Overall though I loved the movie that I would even see it again. Oh wait, I have seen it two more times since then.

Ok so the next event which was the one that was happening that same Friday was that President Monson was going to be at the Polynesian Cultural Center. Now me being an excellent stalker that I am planned my whole schedule around his. And actually it worked out for the best. Look at how close I got to be next to him during the Tongan show. Ok well its not working right now so I might have to just upload them another time. But I was really really close. On his way out he even shook my hand and told me I was a "fine looking young man." That's like the prophets way of sayin' you look hot. Or at least that's what I gathered form his spiritual insight. So I followed him and sat next to him in the Tongan show and then sat behind him at the Samoan show and then also to the night show. Ok so when the show was over it was so cool. The entire cast of the show came out on stage and sang "Teach Me to Walk in the Light" to him. It was awesome because even us in the crowd sang along. As he was getting into his car leaving PCC we all sang "We Thank Thee Oh God for a Prophet." It was such a touching experience. Then getting to go to the Laie, Hawaii Temple dedication on that Sunday was amazing as well.

So the next thing that has happened this past month would be Thanksgiving. So my ward had us meet down at the Palms theater at ten in to morning to go watch a movie. I lucked out and got to see Harry Potter for my third time that day. So after then movie we headed over to the Laie Stake Center and had our dinner. It was so good to actually have real food again. And food that is actually worth the money that I paid for the meal. Oh man at dinner that day I was sitting next to my friend from back home, Kelsey McIntire, and she stole the crayons from me and starts drawing. So at first I see her drawing a hand turkey and then it turns into a really good looking turkey and then the next time when I look back, she has a noose around its neck and him dangling from a tree branch with the words "Thanksgiving Sacrifice" under it. It was the most morbidly hilarious thing I have seen since I have been here. So after lunch/dinner I went back to my room and hung out and talked to family and I talked to Sarah. So overall it was a great day.

So really the only thing that has happened since then has been that I have gotten packages with decorations for my room in, talked to my family and Sarah a lot, and I have applied to transfer from being a concessions worker at PCC to being a tour guide at PCC. So I find out the results of my interview on Tuesday so everyone cross your fingers. Also I am getting so excited to go home. 12 days till I board the plane. I have things already laid out of what I want to do. I will let you guys know how my interview went when I find out on Tuesday.

What Astounds Me About the Male Gender

I honestly don't know what it is but it seems like I do not get along well with the male gender. Everything that they do almost astounds me...some of the things I do even astound me. Most of the time it is just their complete lack of thinking that annoys me and the fact that they ignore everything that is happening around them. Ok, so yesterday I was working at our haunted lagoon at the PCC and so I was going along selling candy and musubi and what not. So the line for the ride moves up and right in front of me is this couple that are probably in their late teens, maybe early twenties. Ok so the guy leans over to kiss girlfriend and gives her a kiss and I was like oh that's nice. I look away and look back and he has her shirt pulled up to expose her stomach and is feeling it all up and he is, at the same time, guiding her hands all over his butt. Like seriously dude! I'm looking right at you as you are doing this! Wait till you are at least somewhere where people can't be forced to see you or don't do it at all. Ok, another example. Back home I at least am told that I am the good kid and whatnot; never does anything wrong (or so they thought). But a majority of my friends are girls because it is easier to get along with them, and almost simultaneously, they all get boyfriends. So I was cool with this at first. I mean it meant less hanging out but at least I could still see them yes. Ok, well all of a sudden I can't hang out with anyone. All their boyfriends place me as a threat to their girlfriends. It's like, "Are you serious right now man! This is me you are talking about. I have a hard enough time getting a single girl to like me." Well everything eventually worked out with them and I thought the most of that was over. I come here and all of a sudden it is happening again. I can't hang out with my friend because her boyfriend, who is also one of my good friends here, has some thoughts that I'm trying to steal her away. He knows that I have someone else way better back home I am biding my time for and yet I'm accused of being a threat. Example number three and four packed into one theory. Does the term taken have any sway with boys whatsoever?...especially to a player. Ok, so the first example involves my sister. Dude, she is one of the nicest girls you are ever going to meet and is completely innocent. So we go on a church trip and she comes back completely infatuated with a boy and one day he decides to ask her out. At first he was an awesome guy. I mean he brought me chocolate and Oreos and fireworks. This guy got me good. ok so i come over here to Hawaii for school and I found out he has been asking her if it is alright if he goes on dates with other girls, or holds other girls hands, or dance with other girls. What sorta a jerk asks his girlfriend that! Like he has to be mentally retarded and not know that if he is taken, don't do that. Ok so example four involves my girlfriend back home. Ok, she is the coolest and most beautiful girlfriend you are ever going to meet. She just is awesome in every way. Ok well another player asks her out on a date while she is down there. I mean I didn't mind a whole bunch since I was 3,000 miles away...but what annoys me the most is that he completely avoided reality. Ok so he asks her to go out on this date at a dance and then adds her on Facebook that same night. Do the words "in a relationship" mean anything to you. Ok well he already asked her so it is all good to still go on it; but he goes and not only does he not count the date as a date but keeps playing her because nothing was "the date" when in fact everything was! But he goes on leading her on and then she doesn't find out from him that he doesn't actually like her and has been leading her on. No, she finds out from her roommate that was told that by him. Ok, if you are going to lead my girlfriend on, at least tell it to her face that you don't like her and don't crush her heart by telling her roommate. But while all this is happening he is also completely avoiding me. It is like he knew that he was doing something wrong but was going to pretend that nothing was wrong with the matter. Are you serious! I am right here watching you as you are playing her. At least have the decency to accept the fact that I am here. No the newest one is this group of boys. Ok they haven't done anything to me personally yet, but i don't want it to happen. Like I'm honestly waiting to see what they do next to me. So tonight they invite my girlfriend out to dinner and then over for some movies at their place. You know cool stuff, have fun, and all that junk. But what gets me is that like I can read their intentions. I can tell when there are boys that are looking to hang out and boys that are looking for more. I mean I can pick them out anywhere. Before Kelsi left for college, her friend invites her over to look at puppies. What teenage boy is going to invite a hot girl over to look at puppies and then do nothing about it? Only an idiot would. Ok so his story turns out to be that once she shows up to look at puppies, his friend and his friend's girlfriend show up. You know ya maybe just a coincidence. But then coincidence changes into plan when he takes her out to a movie on what was pretty much a double date. Dude, I called that from a state away. Like make it at least obvious to her what your intentions are before you invite her over. Like going around my back is what annoys me the most. Like if they were to tie me in a little bit I would be less annoyed but the fact they do everything they do and not expect me to find out. I can find out anything I want about you, so don't even try. I don't know what it is but boys annoy me. Like I would be so much happier if guy drama could calm down a little bit. It feels like I'm living in Days of Our Lives or something. I'm cool with not chillin in there though. Well lets hope I don't run into anymore annoying boys. I have a lacrosse stick if they keep it up?

A Little Bit of Info on a Tuesday Afternoon

All I can say about my bio test is dang. Like I honestly knew all the stuff that was on there but was it hard or what. It felt like i was going through a flashback of my junior year of high school and IB chemistry. Organic chemistry was definitely not my favorite subject in the world and now I have to do it all over again in college. I can't complain to much though. I go to school in Hawaii. So in this first little bit I will just kinda go over the basics of me. I have come from a very spiritual family which has led me to pick one of the most spiritual places in the world to come to college, BYU Hawaii. I absolutely love it here. It is so nice to have a chance to be somewhere where it is always the same temperature. I love having the chance to go over to the beach just after class whenever I want and I can't wait for winter to come! the waves get to be huge here and there are even whales over here. Dude, how cool would it be to see whales just outside your campus. Ya today at school wasn't to fascinating really. Like I have gotten into my regular school habit. I wake up early, go to class, eat breakfast, go to class, and then I'm done until work time...unless you get the day off today like me. Oh, I forgot to say that I have one of the best jobs around Hawaii. Just sayin. I get to sell smoothies, water/candy, and ice cream at the Polynesian Cultural Center. Talk about easy money. And I work with some of the coolest people around. They are literally from all over the world and are all cool. Ya I have no idea what to write about or even do right now. I guess I'll find something. Till then, aloha!