"A veces en la vida hay que saber luchar no sólo sin miedo, sino también sin esperanza."-Alessandro Pertini

Life truly throws some interesting curve balls. That's for sure.

Crazy as it may sound (and it's not that crazy, because I know that you, the reader of this blog, have thought this at least one time before), sometimes when I am alone in my room, walking around campus, watching a ball game, etc. I'll have this strange thought like, "What if all of this is fake and my life is really just like The Truman Show?" Eerie as it is to think, would there be any way to really, I mean REALLY, know if it wasn't? Taking the gospel point of view from it all (I do hope by now that nobody reading this is really convinced that I am seriously considering this to be possible, rather thinking, "what if..."), because obviously we could be very analytical about it and argue things like "but answers to prayer..." and "the Spirit would tell you..." and that is all true. But I am just saying, what if really there was a huge audience watching your every move? What if all the crazy things that happen in your life (such as the one spawning this rant) were just purely for the entertainment of others (referring to that huge television audience).

Ok.
Sit for a second.
Think, contemplate it.
Now, admit that this thought has crossed your mind at least once...

Thanks.

Anyway, Nicaragua preparations are coming along alright. I still need to check up on my shot information and see what else I need. I am getting excited because the day is coming quite quickly--I'm not sure if that's a good or bad thing.

Still coughing like a madman, unfortunately.

Oh, and just to leave on a humorous note, I read this partial essay (by Eric D. Snider, a former BYU student and current humor columnist) about LDS dating that left me cracking up:


"In a normal society, people ask other people to dances merely by, well, ASKING them. But for some reason, at BYU, you have to do something clever. For example, a guy might bake a cake with a note inside of it. When the girl eats the cake and reads the note, which says, 'Will you go with me to Homecoming?' she responds to the invitation by, say, setting the guy's bed on fire. Then, to indicate that he received her acceptance message, he has to use computer-hacking techniques to erase all electronic evidence of her identity. She responds to this by maiming one of his family members. And it escalates like that.

"Only at BYU does asking someone on a date require careful planning, extensive props and, occasionally, pyrotechnic devices. The number of fingers lost and eyes poked out prior to Preference and Homecoming dances, due to creative asking methods, is probably enough to create several new people."

El viaje

Though it may not have a lot to do with me going to Nicaragua, I have to say that my final "hoorah" with my friends was sick. In a totally good way (not in a "Oh man, I just ate menudo" kinda sick). Anyway, Crew 201 and Co. went to Dana Point, California and had a blast..I will surely post my "video montage" when I'm done with it...but for the meantime this will have to suffice:

La verdad

Well, no really "new" updates about Nicaragua. Essentially I'm just counting the days and stressing a bit more about school-related things. Not too much longer though! Anyway, this post is really more to highlight something that is not at all "nicaraguan" in nature (riiiight): the temple. LDS temples have become a matter of question, comment, and, at times, criticism. I, however, believe that the church has done a great job offering a BRIEF insight into what the temple is and why it's necessary:

El Inicio

So here it is. My Blog. Finally. I've done it. It's been done.

Okay, well, I figured that I ought to start this thing before I actually go to Nicaragua, because I get bored and I imagine that I will update it a lot before I even go, which could or couldn't be a good thing. Depends on how you feel about it. 

So just a little run-down about what I will be doing in Nicaragua (and why I felt that I should make a blog to tell about it):

-I am going to teaching employment workshops throughout the country. It will be an awesome opportunity to serve the people down there...that will be exciting.

-I will continue taking classes but via internet.

-I will have a "teaching companion" of sorts. His name is Justin T...I'll refer to him as JT (not to be confused with Justin Timberlake). We'll travel to the various spots, teach the workshop, hopefully get to the beach, and loads of other stuff. He's a cool kid. They assigned us to work together the other week.

Anywho, the primary reason for me making this blog is to keep in touch with friends and family seeing as how I've still opted not to go the "facebook route" (though there is no doubt that it'd be much easier). 

Oh, and in case you haven't seen it yet...