boycott against at&t

well, let me start this story around january. i got a new phone, and plan on my own, and wouldn't you know the darn thing was awesome. it was called the shine. a mirror phone with a super awesome camera and huge screen and quality and a half. bi loved it. well, the thing fell off my couch, landed on the floor and quit working. so i went the at&t store and she said to just call warranty hotline humans and they'd send me another one. well the morons at the at&t hotline center were non-americans who couldn't speak english but both told me they weren't replacing it since i was white and spoke english. oh wait, and because it fell off of my couch and quit. so i went back to using my old phone which has survived hundreds of plummits to the ground a painful scooter wreck and a million other things and still works. they're made by the same brand. go figure it'd be my luck to get a lemon and them refuse to refund me. at&t and LG will both be receiving angry letters from me and i'll post that later. i'm still furious right now, and shopping for a new phone that'll set me back atleast a couple hundred dollars. stupid.

pues

i like funny words like the title of this post. pues was what i like to call a hiccup word for dominicans. it was the grammatically chosen way to say, 'um' or 'well' when you really don't know what to say. lately i've stumbled or fallen into such situations where ya kinda just wanna toss a pues bomb out. like the other day at work when we got torn up for who knows what, to respond to it, i kind of just wanted to say, 'pues' and that be the end of it. too bad pues doesn't solve much. so i playing with kaitlyn and natalie the other day who i lately have referred to as 'bad' and 'worse' and something hilarious happened....i'm gonna compose it in screen write form for more pleasureable reading...

flashback

(while sitting on the couch with beth and natalie during the holidays)

(natalie comes from a fresh shower and lotion wat nots from mom and into beth's lap, who's sitting beside me)

(i turn to natalie)

me: natalie, may i smell you please?

(natalie acknowledges my existance-rare-and smiles)

natalie: no.

it was hilarious!

So the other day i was in the chair with kaitlyn....

(while holding kaitlyn)

me: hey kaitlyn gimme a hug

kaitlyn: no

(then turns and gives me a kiss)

i wasn't quite expecting that one. me and seth played the wii and he flat waxed me in those games, it was pretty cool watching someone i'm over a decade older than explain to me how to play a game then follow by beating me like it's routine. good times. while beth was desparately trying to get the kids to help clean up a beach of candy in their livingroom carolyn decided to analyze everything and discuss what each thing was and i thought to myself, at this rate we'll finish sometime next week, we eventually finished but it was funny.

Seeing Double

i feel kinda like this guy in the gym!!! this super puney dude trying to lift a weight! i loved this picture. and he has a big nose like mine too. and his knees are bent in like mine too! oh, this picture killed me!!!

this picture was called "happy fat man!" i love it. if i'm ever above extra small and graduate to a fat man, i wanna be that guy!!

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take a step back... and smile

Yesterday was one of those days i wish i could put in a jar and pull back out the next time the clouds settle in and decide to rain on me. I sat down this morning and realized my life made sense and that was successful. yesterday i had the opportunity to participate in three blessings, and two setting apart's for callings. interestingly, i think that's a record, the laying on of hands 5 times in one day. i've been doing some soul searching lately and trying to figure out why i'm here, we all have a collective, obvious, universal purpose, but i believe we have specific purposes too. so i studied it out til i figured part of mine out. some of us are specifically here to set examples, others to provide marvelous works, some to invent, others to endure through the worst of times, some to walk right into great things and make them greater. part of the reason i'm here is simple, i'm here for someone else. i find myself happiest when i'm doing something for someone else. yesterday i got to be a friend, a leader, a brother, and God's instrument all in 24 hours. i ended the night giving a friend some advice, and i went to sleep happy. it didn't feel like one of those days where nothing ever stopped, it felt like one of those days where things kept happening. i've decided every morning i can wake up and think, "i'm still all empty inside," or i can wake up and say, "looks like there's a lot of room to fill me up today." it's all about our approach. when i'm there for someone else, i forget me, and trust me thinking much about my own disasters is enough to drive us all crazy. so i think others, and it works for me. so this morning as i thought of the burdens, troubles, struggles, and failures that surround my life, i simply took a step back - and smiled. what makes you smile?

Sure, this world is full of trouble
I ain't said it ain't.
Lord, I've had enough and double
Reason for complaint;
Rain and storm have come to fret me,
Skies are often gray;
Thorns and brambles have beset me
On the road — but say,
Ain't it fine today?

What's the use of always weepin',
Making trouble last?
What's the use of always keepin'
Thinkin' of the past?
Each must have his tribulation —
Water with his wine;
Life, it ain't no celebration,
Trouble? — I've had mine —
But today is fine!

It's today that I am livin',
Not a month ago.
Havin'; losin'; takin'; givin';
As time wills it so.
Yesterday a cloud of sorrow
Fell across the way,
It may rain again tomorrow,
It may rain — but say,
Ain't it fine today?

Mr. Bill gave me a great analogy about Chile last night. He talked about how bad the smog is there, and when it would rain it was a sick, nasty tough day of walking around. However, after the rain, there was always atleast a half a day of blue skies. So he began to love the rain, because although it wasn't so fun, he knew that following, would be atleast a half a day's blue skies. Wow. I love it. So, if you might be traveling through a smoggy, nasty rain remember- just around the corner is atleast a half a day of clear, blue skies. Its what gives me hope.

You said it, Douglas...

If you can't be a pine on the top of the hill,
Be a scrub in the valley-but be
The best little scrub by the side of the rill;
Be a bush if you can't be a tree.

If you can't be a bush be a bit of the grass,
And some highway happier make;
If you can't be a muskie then just be a bass-
But the liveliest bass in the lake!

We can't all be captains, we've got to be crew,
There's something for all of us here,
There's big work to do, and there's lesser to do,
And the task you must do is the near.

If you can't be a highway then just be a trail,
If you can't be the sun be a star;
It isn't by size that you win or you fail-
Be the best of whatever you are!

I absolutely love this poem. for the last several weeks at work my co-workers played 'the biggest loser' for weight loss, so i joined in on the fun, only i was trying to gain weight. well, everyone lost weight, even me. so i lost. i came in dead last, b/c i went in the wrong direction! so i'm no good at gaining weight, and that's alright with me. i like to think i'm the best a being little, i don't know too many other people who can fit through key holes, blow away in a healthy wind, and can disappear by turning sideways. so what are you best at?