Multitasking

So last night i had tons and tons of homework but I really wanted to watch the Cavs game. I knew that if I had the game turned on that I would accomplish nothing and my name and the date would be the only thing that would appear on the paper I was working on. I am so happy that the Cav's website updates the scores instantly so I could do my homework and every time I drew a blank(which lets face it was about every two minutes) I could check the score and see how my team was doing. For the record I was NOT happy with the score and I am currently not happy with the score of tonight's game, they have 4 min and 45 seconds to make me proud although it looks like tonight will be another disappointment...but I am happy that the Cavs understand that I have papers to write so they will let me check up on the score without watching the game haha!

Start The Day Out Right

So for the past little bit I have been trying to do what I can to "start the day out right." I have noticed that if I have a bad morning he rest of the day usually turns out bad. I am NOT a morning person at all and do not like waking up at all. I have started to listen to music in the morning and have found that this has impacted my day a lot. Once I get a song in my head I continually sing it through out the day. This has really helped to wake me up and get me excited for the day. A while ago I heard the song He'll Carry You by Hillary Weeks and I was really touched by this song. For the past few days I have been listening to it while I get ready in the morning and found that it has really helped me out a lot. It causes me start my morning by thinking about Christ and I think that spiritual music can have such a huge impact on us.

Power Point

Recently I have been reminded of how much I love power point! I have never disliked power point but I rarely think about how much of an amazing resource that it is. I love being able to access the power points from my classes and use them as I study. In another class I have to give a presentation and we are allowed to use power point. It is so nice to be able to flash up tons of information on the screen. It is very quick and inexpensive. I remember "back in the day" aka elementary school when we had to give presentations using a poster. It took a long time to write everything out and cut and paste pictures on in attempts to make it look presentable. It also is SO much nicer to be able to type things up instead of having to write out lots of information on the whiteboard.

"Man" Movies

So the other day I was looking through my roommates huge stack of movies and came across a movie that I had really really wanted to see but never got around to watching it when it was in theaters. I have wanted to see it but just never had. I just love it when things like that happen. Not only did I get to see it for free but I got to watch it on my nice comfy couch. In case you want to know what movie it was....it was Ironman. I loved it! It is exactly the type of movie that I love to watch. I like action and adventure and this movie fit me perfectly. I was really in a movie watching mood so I decided to explore the movie stack more and I came across Spiderman. Now I have seen this movie before but it was years ago. I saw it when it first came out and then my family bought it, but I don't think I have seen it much since. So i decided to continue my "man" marathon and watch it. It was good. It was not the best movie of all time by any stretch but I think I liked it more than the first time I saw it.

Guitar Hero!!!!!

Last class made me think a lot about how there is good in video games. Most of the time we focus on the negative aspects but I think that there are also positives. I think that some games can be great social activities. For example, I love the game guitar hero. A few years ago my younger brother got it for Christmas and it has been a great bonding activity for us. I am eight years older than him but this is something that we seem to really be able to connect over. We have tons of fun and are laughing and talking the whole time. It has also turned into a family event and it is something that everyone in my family enjoys!

Mormon Messages

The other day I was on the Church website and watched several of the Mormon Messages. They are all very inspiring and are wonderful short clips that have so much truth and power. If you have not watched any of them, I highly recommend that you check them out. They deal with topics like finding hope. They add new ones fairly often and are definitely worth the time. I also think that they are a great missionary tool and something short that you can share with someone else!

General Conference

This past week I have been reflecting on how grateful I am for the media. General Conference was amazing and I am so glad that I was able to watch it in my living room. It is not possible for all the members of the church to watch it together in Salt Lake, so I am glad that we are able to watch it through out the world. I am also glad that the talks are immediately posted on the internet. Even before the written manuscripts were published, we were able to go to the church website and re watch the talks. There is so much good in the media and I believe that General Conference is the perfect example of how the media can be used to benefit mankind.

Books! Books! Books!

My favorite book as a child was The Hatchet. The book is about a boy that is in a plane crash. One of the only things he has with him is his hatchet. I loved this book because it is full of action and adventure. I don't really like to read but I fell in love with this book. This book really helped to expand my imagination and it impacted my life because it increased my desire to read. My favorite book now is 1984. I read it back in high school and it is one of the few books that I actually remember. I liked the plot and thought that it was exciting. It impacted my life because it got me interested in the world of politics. The book is about a government that controls the people. I use to not be interested in politics at all and now I am more aware of the government and the control that it can have on its people.