1. The first CD I ever bought was Boston's self titled debut album from 1976.
2. I would come home from school every day and blast it on mom's stereo in the living room and sing along to every word at the top of my lungs.
3. Nobody was home.
4. Most people think of me as quiet and shy when they first meet me.
5. Most people don't think of me as quiet and shy once they get to know me.
6. If you want to completely shut down the lines of communication with me, cut me off mid-sentence more than once.
7. I just got a letter from myself from Seminary my Sophomore year.
8. I can't believe my teacher
a. held on to it for 10 years, and
b. actually mailed it to me.
9. It said that I expected myself to be home from a mission, married, and graduating as a physical therapist. (Two out of three isn't bad.)
10. I forgot that I wanted to be a physical therapist.
11. Only one of my seminary teachers really made an impact on my life. It was 9th grade seminary with Brother Beardall. He was a great teacher and he cared a lot about us. He also understood my sense of humor.
12. I had some great professors in college.
13. I only really regret taking one class in college, it was called philosophy of religion. I know, it sounded good to me too. It was a joke.
14. Zero percent preparation by professor = painful class experience.
15. My first car was a maroon 1987 Chevrolet Camaro.
16. It was fast, but I drove it like a grandma.
16. My second car was a Toyota 4WD Wagon, and it was great in the snow.
17. My third car was a 1984 Honda.
18. It was in really good condition, but It couldn't handle the Nevada desert heat, or the Logan winter cold. It died - a lot.
19. In one summer that little honda broke down 6 times. Two alternators, two fuel pumps, and one electrical system overhaul are some things I remember.
20. Oh, did I mention that same summer it was broken into. They took my CD's (a bunch), and all the tools I had amassed trying to fix the car during that summer.
21. A week later, when I left the apartment to go sell living scriptures in Carson City an hour away, my car was gone. It was stolen.
22. It was stolen by a 6 foot tall red headed cowboy.
23. He smoked.
24. Three days later, he drove my car to a dealership to "test drive" a Toyota supra.
25. I was just amazed that the car held up for three days without breaking down again.
26. When he didn't show up with the Supra, the dealership dug through the glove box and found my information.
27. When I got the car back, It no longer had a CD player or speakers.
28. It was okay, cause the other guy had already taken my CD's.
29. I was really grateful at that point for all the singing I had done in seventh grade in the living room after school.
30. I cried when a cop pulled me over on my first day in Logandale Nevada. It had been a long day of scorching heat (111 degrees, no A.C.), dead ends, being lost, and rejection.
31. He asked me if "my manager was bearing down" on me.
32. James was my manager.
33. Jeremy was REALLY stressed that he wasn't going to make enough money.
34. From living scriptures sales school "be funny, make money."
35. That meant we were supposed to plan out some really lame jokes to work into our presentations.
36. Man, that was just a great summer.
34. Recess in elementary school was amazing.
35. Biker shorts were a really cool thing to wear in the fourth grade.
36. I just threw up into my mouth a little.
37. I had a pair of said biker shorts.
38. They fit quite loosely. I'm not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing. Either way, it's not surprising.
39. We moved offices this week.
40. We were at Bastille in the Gateway mall.
41. Now we're in the Dakota Lofts on 4th west and 2nd south.
42. I'm pretty happy with the new setup except that all the heat vents are on the ceiling and the heat just goes right up the stairs.
43. I'm a huge wuss when it comes to the cold.
44. because I don't have much meat on my bones.
45. I played in a band called 30 Life Code in college.
46. Yes, that is a Contra reference from the original NES game.
47. Up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, b, a, b, a, select, start. That's for two player.
48. Up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, b, a, b, a, start. That's for one player.
49. We played about 100 billion shows in our year and a half as a band.
50. I miss college life sometimes.
6 comments:
I am so glad you're my brother. This made me laugh. And smile. And laugh some more. I think you are hilarious. (And an amazing writer, by the way. I knew you were an amazing poet/lyricist, but the writing is stellar, too.)
I'm just so glad you're my brother. Did I mention that already?
Good post Jesse! I loved all the car ones, you always have fun car stories/problems. But you forgot thunder wheels where you had to reverse to get the tape deck to work, or the ride home from SLC when the van was telling us it was 110 outside in late october, and then it died and we had to ride from Willard to Logan in the Belchers car I'm pretty sure there like 6 or 7 of us in that little car.
Holy crap dude. That list was hilarious, I hope part two is promptly on it's way!
Some response:
1, 2, 3: Sorry I made fun of Boston that one time at Curt's cabin. To my defense, I was saying the least mean things out of everyone. But I'm still sorry.
13, 14: It was a joke-it was a really funny one though.
17-36: Great car, great summer, great heat, great stress, great hell...wait a second.
And yes, I was stressed and no I didn't make enough money, my over $3,500 in cancellations+Living Scriptures not giving me the 2nd half of my money till Dec/Jan=me having to take out a loan to be able to pay for school and rent my 2nd semester that year. I learned a lot from that summer, but I paid the price of mortal hell.
Hallie makes some good points about Thuder Wheels. There was also the time we drove down to SLC for Strung Out in the horrifying blizzard with 5 feet visibility, almost dying and then having the fuel line freeze up on us in Ogden. In the blizzard, I remember texting people and telling them to pray for us cause I thought we were going to die.
Love it! Thanks for doing this! I've learned so much about you!
Sorry about the Honda and your Nev. Summer. You are a great son and so funny. It was fun to read.
Dad
You are a funny, funny guy, Jesse. This is the best. And I did like your long hair.
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