Heroes!

Have you ever wished you had a superpower? If so, what kind of power would you want? How do you think it would affect your life? Would you use your power to help others or yourself? How do you think people around you would react once they found out you had a superpower? I've thought a lot about these type of questions ever since I started watching NBC's popular TV show "Heroes". Heroes is now in its third season and is very popular. I had heard a lot about the show the past year but never watched it. A few weeks ago I saw a preview for the new season premier of Heroes and it looked awesome. After a few days I decided to go to Hollywood Video to rent Season 1 on DVD. I sat down\and watched the first two episodes back to back. I thought it was very entertaining and fell in love with it right away. I couldn't stop watching episode after episode. Basically it is about a bunch of different people who start developing different "special abilities". Some of these abilities include walking through walls, self regeneration, flying, painting the future, time traveling, mind reading, and many more. Some of these people use their powers for good while others for bad. Together, the good people try to "save the world". Over the past few weeks I have watched both seasons that were released on DVD. If you like TV shows that make you think a lot and wonder what is going to happen next, then Heroes is the show for you! As to answer my own question, I would want the power that Hiro Nakamura has. Hiro can time travel and also freeze time. I think it would be fun to go back in time and see different historical events.

For my post this week, I thought I would write a little bit about BYU football. The past two weeks I've had the awesome opportunity of attending both of BYU's football games. The Cougars had received much criticism prior to the BYU/UCLA football game. BYU had won a very close game against Washington. Many sports analysts believed that Washington was cheated and the game should have gone into overtime. All the sports analysts could talk about regarding BYU prior to the UCLA game was how they didn't deserve the win against Washington and how BYU was an overrated football team.
Since the game in Washington, BYU has been dominating teams. First was against former #23 ranked UCLA where BYU handed UCLA its worst loss in over 79 years. The final score was 59-0. This game was a statement game for the Cougars. The next game was versus Wyoming who was 2-1 going into the game. BYU showed no mercy in this game either shutting out the Cowboys 44-0!
At the beginning of the football stadium, BYU was ranked #16 in the nation. After the game against Wyoming, BYU had moved to the #11 spot. The Cougars are on a mission this year. They want an opportunity to compete in a BCS bowl game. By the way they have playing, BYU definitely has a shot at being in a BCS bowl game and possibly even the national championship game!

Giving away a coke

Have you every bought something for someone you didn't know? Maybe you did it because you felt like being nice, or maybe you did it because you were assigned to do it by your teacher. This week, our assignment for English 316 was to purchase a coke for a random person you didn't know. I knew it was going to be awkward for me because the person would look at you weird and wonder why you would do such a thing. I did it while i was at Seven-Eleven the other day getting gas. I went into the gas station and grabbed two cokes. One was for myself and the other was for the next person in line behind me. After i paid for it, i handed the coke to the guy right behind me. He looked at me weird and said "umm...thanks". I smiled and told him "no prob" then walked out quickly because I was feeling awkward. It was definitely the awkward highlight of my week.

Camping last weekend

Last weekend I went camping with my cousins and Aunt Patti. We went camping down by Nephi, Utah and it was actually the first time I've been camping since before my mission. I had a wonderful time with them and I am happy I went. It did start our scary though. While my Aunt Patti and I were driving down, we got a phone call from my cousin Carolynn and she told us that there had been a 4-wheeler accident and Matthew (my Cousin Jason's 2 year old boy) was hurt. The 4-wheeler had tipped while Matthew was on the back and his hand was severely injured. Matthew was life flighted to a children's hospital in Salt Lake and my cousin Jason and Olivia drove up to Salt Lake to meet the helicopter. My Aunt and I continued to drive to the camp site to meet up with my other cousins. We later found out that Matthew was fine. He received some stitches and had a small break in his hand.

Despite the crazy start of our camping trip, we were all able to make the best of the trip and have a fun time. While we were there, we were able to participate in a lot of activities. Zack brought a few of his guns up including his .22 rifle and his shotgun. We shot at targets with his .22 and clay pigeons with his shotgun. One of the mornings, Zack, Britney and I went fishing at 6am. We had a blow up boat and we went in the middle of this pond to fish. Although we were not able to catch any fish, we had a fun time. My favorite activity was driving the 4-wheeler. I had an opportunity to go out on them several times. My favorite part of the 4-wheeling was when we went off the main road onto the small trails. At our campsite, we had a little bee problem. Hundreds of bees would come out and annoy us every time we were eating. Zack had found the bees nest and decided that right before we left, he was going to blow it away with his shotgun. Hopefully by destroying the bees nest, the next people that camped at this site wouldn’t have such a problem with the bees.

I am happy that I had the opportunity to go camping and enjoy the beautiful. I love spending time in nature while enjoying the peaceful sounds and the wonderful outdoor smell. I hope that next time I will not wait so long to go camping and enjoy these wonderful blessings from our Heavenly Father.