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Film is not dead. These are a few photographs that my friend took for her black and white photography class. I was lucky enough to meet up with her between my classes at BYU. Mckenna is one talented and visionary artist. Here is the series I named "Ode to Learning". Circa 2011.</div>
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<br />I AM SAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05759345455421394814noreply@blogger.com0Harris Fine Arts Center, BYU Commercial Music Office, Provo, UT 84604, USA40.2501788 -111.648629000000030.070116300000002241 165.73418349999997 80.4302413 -29.031441500000028tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7954073752975028029.post-25363719169898138672015-03-11T22:30:00.000-07:002015-03-11T22:30:50.364-07:00Old Things Part I: EssaysAs I was scrolling through my archive of writings for various class assignments I came across this one. Sometimes I look at my past and think, "I was a funny one". <br />
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12/10/12 French 202 Class at Brigham Young University:<br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And here are the results... I really enjoyed our class this semester and I believe that because of the instruction, course content, and organization I felt like I vastly improved in my French speaking ability, understanding of the French culture, etc. Because of all the great learning opportunities, I felt like I was placed in a biosphere that provided all of us students with the optimal tools and best circumstances for growth in the French language. </span></div>
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Anyways, I know for a fact that statistics and graphs were not a requirement for that assignment, but there you are. <br />
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Lately, I've been thoroughly basking in my educational opportunities. I've taken a lot of courses at University level and have grown so much from a good education. I'm not done! (2 more years) But I'm almost done. I will be more than ready to graduate, but I will also be more than grateful for my education. This progression business that is progressing on Earth is exactly what I signed up for. I am a satisfied customer. I'll post a graph depicting my satisfaction levels later.I AM SAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05759345455421394814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7954073752975028029.post-46772621002765712552013-11-18T22:18:00.002-07:002013-11-18T22:18:11.101-07:00Learning is EasyLearning is hard. Especially when they are things that you think you don't need to learn, things you've felt like you've already learned, or things you simply don't want to learn. <br />
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Take my leg situation for example. I can't walk. I think I haven't been able to walk before. Yes, around this same time last year I had a knee surgery. I was alone in a state with no family or aware friends to care for me. I had to keep my job - and try to work without pain meds. I had to keep my grades up and attend all classes, tests, and activities going full time at school. I had to perform fantastically despite not being able to sleep from the pain at night, and lack of food from not being able to make it to the grocery store. I had to walk around a huge campus with crutches at 10mph in order to make it on time to my classes. But despite all of this, my head stayed afloat. Yes I had a few breakdowns, cutting remarks from coworkers expecting more, a few unfair points docked from tests and papers, financial troubles from missed days at work, anxiety attacks from not moving my body like how I need to for weeks on weeks, bad hair days, and long nights. But God knew everything. And I knew that, and I tried hard at meeting all demands and even harder at having faith in Him.<br /><br />And that is what makes the biggest difference.I AM SAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05759345455421394814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7954073752975028029.post-82935592424135542082013-04-24T23:44:00.002-07:002015-04-19T13:17:49.109-07:00Finals are Finished, the L word is rampant. <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> This poem by Victor Hugo is the perfect ending to this perfect semester. I am truly humbled by this warm, and unexpected shower of blessings.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Puisque j'ai mis ma lèvre à ta coupe encor pleine ;</span></span><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Puisque j'ai dans tes mains posé mon front pâli ; </span></span><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Puisque j'ai respiré parfois la douce haleine </span></span><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">De ton âme, parfum dans l'ombre enseveli ;</span></span><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></span></span><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Puisqu'il me fut donné de t'entendre me dire</span></span><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Les mots où se répand le coeur mystérieux ;</span></span><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Puisque j'ai vu pleurer, puisque j'ai vu sourire</span></span><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Ta bouche sur ma bouche et tes yeux sur mes yeux ;</span></span><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></span></span><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Puisque j'ai vu briller sur ma tête ravie</span></span><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Un rayon de ton astre, hélas ! voilé toujours ;</span></span><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Puisque j'ai vu tomber dans l'onde de ma vie</span></span><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Une feuille de rose arrachée à tes jours ;</span></span><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></span></span><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Je puis maintenant dire aux rapides années :</span></span><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">- Passez ! passez toujours ! je n'ai plus à vieillir !</span></span><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Allez-vous-en avec vos fleurs toutes fanées ;</span></span><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">J'ai dans l'âme une fleur que nul ne peut cueillir !</span></span><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></span></span><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Votre aile en le heurtant ne fera rien répandre</span></span><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Du vase où je m'abreuve et que j'ai bien rempli.</span></span><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Mon âme a plus de feu que vous n'avez de cendre ! </span></span><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Mon coeur a plus d'amour que vous n'avez d'oubli !</span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Since I have set my lips to your full cup, my sweet, </span><span style="line-height: 18px;">Since I my pallid face between your hands have laid, </span><span style="line-height: 18px;">Since I have known your soul, and all the bloom of it, </span><span style="line-height: 18px;">And all the perfume rare, now buried in the shade; </span><span style="line-height: 18px;"> </span><span style="line-height: 18px;">Since it was given to me to hear on happy while, </span><span style="line-height: 18px;">The words wherein your heart spoke all its mysteries, </span><span style="line-height: 18px;">Since I have seen you weep, and since I have seen you smile, </span><span style="line-height: 18px;">Your lips upon my lips, and your eyes upon my eyes; </span><span style="line-height: 18px;"> </span><span style="line-height: 18px;">Since I have known above my forehead glance and gleam, </span><span style="line-height: 18px;">A ray, a single ray, of your star, veiled always, </span><span style="line-height: 18px;">Since I have felt the fall, upon my lifetime's stream, </span><span style="line-height: 18px;">Of one rose petal plucked from the roses of your days; </span><span style="line-height: 18px;"> </span><span style="line-height: 18px;">I now am bold to say to the swift changing hours, </span><span style="line-height: 18px;">Pass, pass upon your way, for I grow never old, </span><span style="line-height: 18px;">Fleet to the dark abysm with all your fading flowers, </span><span style="line-height: 18px;">One rose that none may pluck, within my heart I hold. </span><span style="line-height: 18px;"> </span><span style="line-height: 18px;">Your flying wings may smite, but they can never spill </span><span style="line-height: 18px;">The cup fulfilled of love, from which my lips are wet; </span></span></span> </blockquote>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">My heart has far more fire than you can frost to chill, </span></span></span><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">My soul more love than you can make my soul forget</span><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span></blockquote>
I AM SAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05759345455421394814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7954073752975028029.post-37425623264825254762013-03-05T18:40:00.000-07:002013-03-05T18:40:23.497-07:00<a href="http://myincrediblewebsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Leap-of-Faith3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://myincrediblewebsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Leap-of-Faith3.jpg" width="275" /></a><br />
<blockquote>
<b>Fusing your soul with another person's soul is absolutely terrifying. </b></blockquote>
<br />
-Sami Lynch<br />
<br />
In Preparation:<br />
<br />
<b>1. Create the Magnet, and create it strong. </b><br />
- What am I creating in my own qualities, and my own character to attract what I want in a future relationship?<br />
-manners, civility, financial responsibility, common sense, dress, good taste, work ethic, pray, cooperate with others, communication skills, how to compromise, stay fit, our appearances, good humor, conversations, intelligence...etc<br />
- What qualities do i want in my future companion?<br />
<br />
<b>2. Get the two great questions in life, and in the RIGHT order. </b><br />
1. where am I going?<br />
2. who am I going with?<br />
<br />
<b>3. Begin your marriage like Adam and Eve began their marriage:</b><br />
-both open with each other, and not ashamed and stayed open with each other<br />
<b>- </b>Is there anything I have done that I would be ashamed to tell my spouse?<br />
<br />
<b>4. Expect to water camels (for the Girls), or Work seven years for a bride (for the guys). </b><br />
<b><br /></b>
The Decision Making:<br />
<br />
<b>The 10 Commandments for Decision Making:</b><br />
1. Don't make decisions based on fear.<br />
-all of decisions made out of fear are always the wrong ones<br />
-focus on the fruits of the promised land<br />
2. The Lord won't make the decision for you, but a lot of people want him to.<br />
-its a decision of preference, not necessarily because it is right. Because it could be.<br />
3. Beware of demanding, and asking the fire of God.<br />
4. Almost everyone gets cold feet, just expect it.<br />
when you do, ask yourself this: Are you nervous about a specific thing, or about the whole idea of marriage?<br />
5. The time is rarely right. Focus on the person not the timing.<br />
6. The name of the game is Courtship, not hanging out. (hanging out was invented by Lucifer)<br />
7. It is possible that God can say "Yes" to one and "No" to another.<br />
8. Be careful of the images of the world. (whats the key to a successful marriage? low expectations. Guys problem - with image expectations, Girls -<br />
9. Ordinances and Covenants bring an increased spiritual maturity, that if they are not made, one can spiritually plateau.<br />
10. There are more Davids than Josephs. -the bridling of passion is an expression of love.<br />
<br />
Two Final Questions:<br />
<br />
1. Are you in love with the person, and not the feeling? Love is a deep unity maintained by the will and distinct power for unity.<br />
2. Will God seal an empty jar?I AM SAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05759345455421394814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7954073752975028029.post-32935128130714248202012-11-27T09:06:00.001-07:002012-11-27T09:08:28.741-07:00Alexander Hamilton<blockquote class="tr_bq">
"<b>The Man</b>" is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slang" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial;" title="Slang">slang</a> phrase that may refer to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial;" title="Government">government</a> or to some other <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authority" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial;" title="Authority">authority</a> in a position of power. In addition to this derogatory connotation, it may also serve as a term of respect and praise.</blockquote>
<blockquote>
The phrase "the Man is keeping me down" is commonly used to describe oppression. The phrase "stick it to the Man" encourages resistance to authority, and essentially means "fight back" or "resist", either openly or via <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabotage" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial;" title="Sabotage">sabotage</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_man#cite_note-1" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial; white-space: nowrap;">[1]</a></sup><span class="mw-headline" id="History"><span style="font-size: 13px;">The earliest recorded use</span><span style="font-size: 13px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 13px;">of the term "the Man" in the American sense dates back to a letter written by a young</span><span style="font-size: 13px;"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Hamilton" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: initial;" title="Alexander Hamilton">Alexander Hamilton</a><span style="font-size: 13px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 13px;">in September 1772, when he was 15. In a letter to his father James Hamilton, published in the Royal Dutch-American Gazette, he described the response of the Danish governor of</span><span style="font-size: 13px;"> </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Croix" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: initial;" title="St. Croix">St. Croix</a><span style="font-size: 13px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 13px;">to a hurricane that raked that island on August 31, 1772. "Our General has issued several very salutary and humane regulations and both in his publick and private measures, has shewn himself the Man."</span><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_man#cite_note-2" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial; white-space: nowrap;">[2]</a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="line-height: 1em; white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Disputed_statement" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial;" title="Wikipedia:Disputed statement"><span title="The material in the vicinity of this tag may not be factual or accurate from May 2012">dubious</span></a> <span class="metadata">– <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:The_Man#Hamilton_quote" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial;" title="Talk:The Man">discuss</a></span></i>]</sup><span style="font-size: 13px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 13px;">In the</span><span style="font-size: 13px;"> </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Southern_states" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: initial;" title="U.S. Southern states">Southern U.S. states</a><span style="font-size: 13px;">, the phrase came to be applied to any man or any group in a position of authority, or to authority in the abstract. From about the 1950s the phrase was also an</span><span style="font-size: 13px;"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organized_crime" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: initial;" title="Organized crime">underworld</a><span style="font-size: 13px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 13px;">code word for</span><span style="font-size: 13px;"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: initial;" title="Police">police</a><span style="font-size: 13px;">, the warden of a</span><span style="font-size: 13px;"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prison" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: initial;" title="Prison">prison</a><span style="font-size: 13px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 13px;">or other law enforcement or penal authorities.</span></span></blockquote>
<br />
I was writing a paper that had the term "the man" used in it as a metaphor that I was to analyze. And so, I looked up the history behind it....and that's when he first became one of my heroes.<br />
<br />
Then, this week especially with all of the homework I have to get motivated for, I've been on quite the rap kick. My favorite type of kick.<br />
<br />
So I didn't think life could get better after listening to Mobb Deep/Emancipators - Shook until I found Alexander Hamilton embodied in a rap song. And then, it did.<br />
<br />
God Bless America. <br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 26.383333206176758px;">[Verse 1]</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: HGPSoeiKakupoptai;">How
does a bastard, orphan, son of a whore<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: HGPSoeiKakupoptai;">And
a Scotsman, dropped in the middle of a forgotten spot<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: HGPSoeiKakupoptai;">In
the Carribbean, by Providence impoverished, to squalor<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: HGPSoeiKakupoptai;">Grow
up to be a hero and a scholar?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: HGPSoeiKakupoptai;">The
ten-dollar Founding Father without a father<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: HGPSoeiKakupoptai;">Got
a lot farther<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: HGPSoeiKakupoptai;">By
workin' a lot harder<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: HGPSoeiKakupoptai;">By
bein' a lot smarter<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: HGPSoeiKakupoptai;">By
bein' a self-starter<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: HGPSoeiKakupoptai;">By
fourteen they had placed him in charge of the trade and charter<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: HGPSoeiKakupoptai;">And
every day while slaves were being slaughtered<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: HGPSoeiKakupoptai;">And
carted away across the waves<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: HGPSoeiKakupoptai;">Our
Hamilton kept his guard up<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: HGPSoeiKakupoptai;">Inside
he was longing for something to be a part of<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: HGPSoeiKakupoptai;">The
brother was ready to beg steal borrow or barter<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: HGPSoeiKakupoptai;">Then
a hurricane came and<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: HGPSoeiKakupoptai;">Devastation
reigned and<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: HGPSoeiKakupoptai;">Our
man saw his future drip drippin' down the drain<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: HGPSoeiKakupoptai;">Put
a pencil to his temple<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: HGPSoeiKakupoptai;">Connected
it to his brain<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: HGPSoeiKakupoptai;">And
he wrote his first refrain<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: HGPSoeiKakupoptai;">A
testament to his pain<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: HGPSoeiKakupoptai;">When
the word got around, they said, "This kid is insane, man!"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: HGPSoeiKakupoptai;">Took
up a collection just to send him to the mainland<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: HGPSoeiKakupoptai;">Getcha
education, don't forget from whence you came<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: HGPSoeiKakupoptai;">And
the world is gonna know your name!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: HGPSoeiKakupoptai;">What's
your name, man?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: HGPSoeiKakupoptai;">Alexander
Hamilton. His name is Alexander Hamilton<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: HGPSoeiKakupoptai;">And
there's a million things he hasn't done<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: HGPSoeiKakupoptai;">But
just you wait. Just you wait<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: HGPSoeiKakupoptai;">[Verse
2]<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: HGPSoeiKakupoptai;">When
he was 10, his father split<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: HGPSoeiKakupoptai;">Full
of it, debt-ridden<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: HGPSoeiKakupoptai;">Two
years later, see Alexander's mother, bed-ridden<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: HGPSoeiKakupoptai;">Half-dead,
sittin' in their own sick<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: HGPSoeiKakupoptai;">The
scent thick<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: HGPSoeiKakupoptai;">And
Alex got better but his mother went quick<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: HGPSoeiKakupoptai;">Moved
in with a cousin. The cousin committed suicide<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: HGPSoeiKakupoptai;">Left
him with nothin' but ruined pride<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: HGPSoeiKakupoptai;">Somethin'
new inside, a voice<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: HGPSoeiKakupoptai;">Saying
Alex, you gotta fend for yourself<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: HGPSoeiKakupoptai;">He
started retreatin'<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: HGPSoeiKakupoptai;">And
readin'<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: HGPSoeiKakupoptai;">Every
treatise on the shelf<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: HGPSoeiKakupoptai;">There
would've been nothin' left to do<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: HGPSoeiKakupoptai;">For
someone less astute<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: HGPSoeiKakupoptai;">He
would've been dead and destitute<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: HGPSoeiKakupoptai;">Without
a cent of restitution<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: HGPSoeiKakupoptai;">Started
workin'<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: HGPSoeiKakupoptai;">Clerkin'
for his late mother's landlord<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: HGPSoeiKakupoptai;">Tradin'
sugar cane and rum and other things he can't afford<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: HGPSoeiKakupoptai;">Scannin'
for every book he can get his hands on<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: HGPSoeiKakupoptai;">Plannin'
for the future, see him now<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: HGPSoeiKakupoptai;">As
he stands on the bow of a ship headed for a new land<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: HGPSoeiKakupoptai;">In
New York you can be a new man<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: HGPSoeiKakupoptai;">The
ship is in the harbor now<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: HGPSoeiKakupoptai;">See
if you can spot him<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: HGPSoeiKakupoptai;">Another
immigrant comin' up from the bottom<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: HGPSoeiKakupoptai;">His
enemies destroyed his rep, America forgot him<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: HGPSoeiKakupoptai;">And
me? I'm the damn fool that shot him<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: HGPSoeiKakupoptai;">Alexander
Hamilton<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: HGPSoeiKakupoptai;">We
were waiting in the weeds for you<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: HGPSoeiKakupoptai;">You
could never back down<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: HGPSoeiKakupoptai;">You
always had to speak your mind<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: HGPSoeiKakupoptai;">But
Alexander Hamilton, we could never take your deeds from you<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: HGPSoeiKakupoptai;">In
our cowardice and our shame<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: HGPSoeiKakupoptai;">We
will try to destroy your name<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: HGPSoeiKakupoptai;">The
world will never be the same, Alexander!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: HGPSoeiKakupoptai;">Yeah,
I'm the damn genius that shot him<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Tonight it felt like yesterday. It's moments like these that make me realize how beautiful it is to be a human. And in these moments, I've never been more sure that I exist. I've never felt more alive. </span></div>
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I AM SAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05759345455421394814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7954073752975028029.post-61581754805358866292012-10-29T01:45:00.001-07:002015-04-19T13:15:36.935-07:00Words clicked and clucked. <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Maybe not today, or next year for that matter</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">will I hope that he sees this raw uncooked batter.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> These words of advice from someone much younger</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">not written to be labeled as one's power hunger.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Instead I write because truth does exist,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I want to show him in poem, instead of using my fist. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Afterall he's a guy, human with pride and such</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and its hard to change someone or convince them of stuff. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> But I don't want to be accountable for not being brave</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">enough to transmit the truth to him via radio wave. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Welp, sometimes I'm too serious for my own good, and sometimes I'm serious and its for my good. In this case, I plead the fifth. Hey look, I wrote a Ghazal. Gah. What's a Ghazal? This is:</span><br />
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I AM SAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05759345455421394814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7954073752975028029.post-79090058937615400102012-10-26T09:00:00.002-07:002012-10-26T09:04:26.847-07:00Kiss You Forever<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chobani Mango yogurt</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">my daily goals</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">massages</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">neuroscience</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">mesomorphs</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Voltaire</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Finding a social media issue for my upcoming 10 page paper that I want to dominate</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">writing</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">my music, as usual, because its flawless</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">buying some of my favorite clothes online, I didn't know I liked shopping until I discovered Amazon</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">my future career, because its awesome</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">America</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I absolutely [<i>love</i>] this song. Summertime in October? Yes, please. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">together everyday</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">our world is a game</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I want to kiss you forever, forever, forever, forever yeah...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I want to kiss you forever, just want to kiss you forever.</span></div>
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I AM SAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05759345455421394814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7954073752975028029.post-32894665753813918102012-10-25T14:53:00.000-07:002012-10-25T14:53:03.620-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>J'aime cet homme. Il n'est pas "l'homme universel" mais il a l'esprit. Et l'esprit est quatre choses que on a besoin si tu veux exister. Je voudrais exister, sourtout avec l'esprit comme lui. </b></span></div>
I AM SAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05759345455421394814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7954073752975028029.post-85442583416780224002012-10-05T12:03:00.005-07:002012-10-26T09:02:47.213-07:00Have You Got It In You?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Yes, I do. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>And so do you. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Imogen Heap - <a href="http://soundowl.com/track/1w9x/imogen-heap-headlock" target="_blank">Headlock</a></span></div>
I AM SAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05759345455421394814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7954073752975028029.post-59670218203405937352012-09-17T12:43:00.001-07:002012-09-17T18:10:31.142-07:00No One Likes A Sequel.<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
Especially one involving my precious right leg.</div>
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But it's true, I'll admit. I can't deny this reality. Life's started the hardness, pain, humiliation, and temporary damnation all over today. I'm reliving my nightmare, though it was once real life. But I know I'll live through it. It's not the end of the world, things will get better soon. Other people are going through harder things than me right now, and they too are hidden under a blanket in public. </div>
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I wonder what the guy sitting next to me at this BYU's computer lab is going through right now. Maybe a death, maybe a break up, maybe a fight, or maybe absolutely nothing and his life is perfect and he is happy blah blah blah. <br />
That's what we all tend to assume about everyone else, right? Well people, 'tis false doctrine. Now go smile at someone and do something nice for someone - who knows, you might just be what they need right now. <br />
Like how I needed my mom's phone call a few minutes ago. And how I need to go to class and love learning and ignore all dwellings on the pain and stares.</div>
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Anyways, here's a confession: sometimes I write poetry. It's what comes out of my thoughts and begs expression. Then I write it down/type it out/rap it to a nearby friend. Then it feels like I just sneezed the most satisfying sneeze. That's called human expression people. Its refreshing. Even better than Lemonade. </div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Today I received news that changes my life</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> The significance sinks in and blinds me with strife.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Does anyone know the importance of today?</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Of this stale blow of air that breathes hope away?</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Not the man walking next to me or the girl walking by.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> While I’m clenching my bag firmly, not wanting to cry.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> <b><a href="http://owl.fm/2foh" target="_blank">Off to the Races</a> - Lana Del Rey</b></span><br />
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I AM SAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05759345455421394814noreply@blogger.com0France46.227638 2.21374940.608644 -7.893673 51.846632 12.321171tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7954073752975028029.post-42242793178514757362012-07-27T13:43:00.000-07:002012-07-27T13:45:12.956-07:00Gifted A Body My goal for this week was to do one creative thing a day whether it be write song lyrics, a poem, design and record a new style, or make art with photography. Today, I decided to write a poem because its definition fits well with the circumstance. Topher went into surgery this morning, the surgery we had all been anticipating, the surgery that is most abrasive to the body. Topher's health has been bad enough so for him to go into this surgery made me nervous. I've assisted with surgeries, shoot, I've done surgeries before and I know how invasive they can be and how damaging they are. Topher's poor body. Anyways, because of all this I fasted yesterday and felt loads better about it as I naturally should. Thank you for the opportunity to use tools like fasting to bring faith, peace, and assurance.<br />
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<span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">His frail body went into surgery today.</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">His tight muscles gripped, his skin fell away</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">Under the knife. His cells they would raid.</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">Scared, apprehensive, worried: I won't be.</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">I fasted yesterday for this same surgery.</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">A healing will happen, as we once were told.</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">Now gifted a young body, that's no longer old. </span></div>
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<span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">dedicated to my brother, </span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Topher</span></div>
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I AM SAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05759345455421394814noreply@blogger.com0Fontainebleau, France48.404676 2.7016248.320346 2.5436915 48.489006 2.8595485000000003tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7954073752975028029.post-92128941685345707122012-06-19T13:45:00.003-07:002012-08-17T12:43:26.545-07:00Angst in the Bones<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I come home one night and experience one of those "good timing moments" that you <b>never</b> forget. The speakers were playing <b>full blast</b> in the living room while my dad is lost in a world known as Rock & Roll, dancing, singing, and obviously grooving as the Bee Gees single-handedly pump him up for his date that evening. </span></div>
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I AM SAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05759345455421394814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7954073752975028029.post-60596806379865823682012-06-01T11:27:00.000-07:002012-06-01T12:29:23.225-07:00Stop Loving Everything<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Not today at least, it's been such a good day. Why? Because I love a lot of things in my life right now. Yes, I'm making another list people, it's what I do. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">- my friends Sasha, Danielle, Melanie, & Kristopher</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">- the muscles sprouting on my forearms</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">- music, particularly this song by The Botaniks feat. Bernhoft - <a href="http://dl.soundowl.com/3izq.mp3" target="_blank">Fond of Jane</a> and this song by Usher - <a href="http://soundowl.com/track/2vn1/usher-ft-diplo-climax-original-mix" target="_blank">Climax</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">- my job and the women I work with, its nice to be surrounded by people older than you sometimes</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">- my iPhone</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">- yoga in the mornings</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">- relationship advice from the father, stepmum, & real mum. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">- crisp mountain air - Utah summers are incredible</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">- the great weather</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">- mechanical pencils</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">- Amazon prime</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">- Southwest Airlines - I leave for AZ tonight</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">- my next weeks layout: climbing e'ry day, sailing, Mexico con mi madre, & American Fork canyon climb w/friends</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">- my next 6 weeks plans: California w/Tori, a huge party, St. George lake trip, Zion's National Park, then off to Paris with Melanie!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">- more hours at work = more money, we all love that green stuff</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">- General Conference talks in the morning</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">- my Book of Mormon, was so excited reading today</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">- clean laundry, warm bed, clean room, food in my cupboards, and rent, car, and speeding ticket are over and done with.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">- BYU</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">- random facebook messages from friends you haven't talked to since you were 15</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">- 6 more hours until I am done with work. </span>I AM SAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05759345455421394814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7954073752975028029.post-24492660546922146042012-05-25T12:27:00.001-07:002012-06-01T12:29:51.455-07:00Microwaves<div style="text-align: center;">
Today I helped a frustrated medical doctor cook his lunch in a microwave. We are all truly humans. And I love my job. </div>
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The Presets - <a href="http://soundowl.com/track/abw/the-presets-this-boys-in-love-lifelike-remix" target="_blank">This Boy's In Love (Lifelike Remix)</a></div>I AM SAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05759345455421394814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7954073752975028029.post-55609268444005308642012-05-17T14:20:00.001-07:002012-06-01T04:50:34.296-07:00Chalk Bag <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> So I'm really excited to start my new art project for the summer. I've been needing a chalk bag for a while now for climbing and haven't been able to get myself to buy a $20 bag off of Amazon. It's bloody expensive for such a simple object. Therefore, I'm taking it into my own hands and creating this goodness out of nothing...or out of some nylon straps, cording, fleece, and fabric. I got the pattern from another blog: <a href="http://blog.tramdang.com/2009/09/16/better-than-basic-chalk-bag-sewing-pattern-available/" target="_blank">The Handy Hippie</a>. It's quite awesome, just like this Better Than Basic Chalk Bag design:</span><br />
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enjoy this jem. and happy mothers day. </div>I AM SAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05759345455421394814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7954073752975028029.post-20318111753402698922012-05-08T18:46:00.001-07:002012-06-01T04:55:18.766-07:00My Day Through the Eyes of Instagram<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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