Recently if you have been reading Turpy-World you will see a few posts of sadness, a few of frustration and a few of despair! Well I just want to let everyone know that I am not a sad of person as it may seem! Blogging is a way of relieving feelings! I post on here when things out of the ordinary happen! I have had a lot of good moments in the recent past that have not made it just cause when I'm happy I don't need to relieve anything! I like where I am and don't think of blogging it! So I just want to take a moment to let everyone know that things have been going real good for me lately! Not everything is perfect.. but I don't believe that its possible to be! You have to take what good is in front of you, enjoy it, and learn from the bad so you have more joy in the future!
I had been having a bit of struggles the past few months. It all started when my work let me go in February! It was unexpected but with the economy how it was and is they had to make changes, a lot of us didn't make the cut! Finding a job was a difficult task, I was under qualified for the good jobs just cause there were so many people out there applying, and over qualified for the crap jobs! And I was not catching a break! I decided to go out to Boston with my old pal John Gay to do summer sales! He was real successful at it, and I didn't have many other options cause the bills were piling and the job offers were not! So I spent a few months out there, did OK! But eventually found out I was not the person that could knock doors 10 hours a day! And when I wasn't enjoying it, I didn't sale! And there was no point in staying if I wasn't selling. So I came home!
When I returned I came back to nothing, nowhere to live, no job, no friends, no money, nothing! Nothing but my family! So with bi-weekly plasma donations for funds and a great family for support I went out to find another job! But it still wasn't easy! It took me about 2 months to find a job and by that time I had a lot of debt from unemployed and lack of making money in Boston! Over the past 2 months I have played catch up on a lot and am finally out of the pit I felt Like I was in! Looking back at everything that happened makes me see the larger picture, and while I had many many struggles I feel like it was necessary to put me in a position I am in now! Going out to Boston hurt me a lot financially! But I also got a lot out of it! It gave me change, i met a lot of new friends out there who have helped me a lot here at home! And even though she is married and we don't talk! I had a blast when Brittney came out to visit! One of the best weekends I have had in a long time!! I am a better person spiritually! (not that I was bad) But a lot of happiness has came from changes i have and am making! I do miss living with Brandtly a lot! He is one of my best friends! I have never lived with someone I had so much fun doing nothing with! And have missed having that best friend I have been lacking lately! He also helped me through a lot of hard times! And I do miss him! But at the same time, i'm not in a bad position now where I live!
I felt for the longest time I was in a pit I couldn't get out of! Financially and emotionally, and i'm not a emotional person! but recently I have had so much fun it makes all the struggles and pains I went through almost worth it! Having had to struggle financially and realize I was not as qualified for jobs as I once thought I was has made me start school back in the spring! I have a good paying job now that is flexible and will allow me to do it! Struggling emotionally made me come out of the shell I crawled into recently and I now have met a lot of new friends! Hung out with people I already knew but never dared to ask them out! And things are going good! A large step in the right direction! I am happy! Things are not perfect... But if they were, thats when I would be really worried!
Thanks for all the help everyone has given me recently in helping me come back to the Turpy you all LOVE!! All the fun times that I needed when I was struggling! And the support! I have great friends and family and couldn't ask for more:-)
October 21, 2009
October 10, 2009
I'm Brandon Turpin, and today is the longest day of my life.
This blog entry is a Turpy-World exclusive... This will not be posted of facebook mainly for the reason is only those who know me well read Turpy-World.... Those who are not close to me may not truly understand what happened... That being said the following are actual events, no names, dates, or events have been changed. No matter how much you think I made this up... I didn't! All events occur in real time.
The following takes place between 7pm and 8pm on October 9, 2009
This Friday was a good Friday to this point... We went and picked my brother up from the airport Thursday night so I went into work a few hours late.. While working I had a good sales day ending at 17 sales in 4 hours! As I went home after work I found myself needing to get ready to go out for dinner later that evening. My car had not been cleaned inside much so I decided to go vacuum it our at lease. As I got to the car wash they had shampooers next to the vacuums! On my passengers seat was a stain from when someone, who will remain nameless for privacy reasons. Spilled food all over the seat awhile ago! It was cleaned off but there was still a spot that you could tell was discolored. So I decided to shampoo it while I was there. When I applied the foam I soon found out that the shampooer was made for the floors and not for the foam seats that soak up the foam! So as I was getting the stain out little did I know that I was also creating a white foam mark on my seats! After vacuuming out the foam I realized what I had done! So I couldn't just let it sit in the seat so I took it to sonic to get the seat professionally cleaned I don't know if they do just one seat regularly but the lady laughed at me and did it for $20 after that I went back to get ready for the night that little did I know would be the best... and worse night of my life! :)
The following takes place between 8pm and 10pm on October 9, 2009
At 8:30ish, I picked up my date for the nights events. The plans were to go to dinner at Los Hermanos and then over to Comedy Sportz (its tradition) and I was semi excited cause she had never been to Comedy Sportz before so I was getting to break her in.. At least that was the plan!
As we arrived at Los Hermanos we found the night starting off to a great start... Right in front of the restaurant and comedy place there was a open parking spot on center street in Provo on a Friday night! It was an amazing start to the night. As we walked into Los Hermanos we were greeted by the hostess who said "you just have 2?" with 2 menus and silverware in her hand! We didn't even get the chance to stop as we continued to the back room for dinner! As we sat down we were greeted by our waitress Tatiana, to keep it simple she defiantly loved what they were selling and was a A+ server!
Dinner was good, the food was OK! But before we knew it, we needed to leave for the show. As the tab came I grabbed my wallet to pay for dinner as I realized that for some odd reason my debit card was not in my wallet! And no cash! I had no way of paying for dinner! :-( I wouldn't have let her pay for it, but even if she wanted to she didn't have anything with her! As we sat there trying to figure out what to do the manager came up and told us we had to find a way of paying for it or he had to call the cops. Kinda worried now we found out that we could leave collateral and go get money! He said I could leave me phone.. my wallet or anything of value. So what did I do? I left both my phone and wallet! I didn't need the phone and there is no money in the wallet!
The following takes place between 10pm and 11pm on October 9, 2009
As we pulled out of Los Hermanos I noticed a police officer with his lights on behind me! I got nervous as I was not doing anything wrong but have not had the best of luck driving lately! Lucky for me he drove past us and picked off the people in front of us, as he passed I mentioned to my data that if I was to get pulled over I would be pissed! Still needing to get money we drove back up to my house in Cedar Hills! When we arrived there was a party in progress, we went in for a bit, found my card but had to split to pay the dinner! At this point the show was already started so we were in no hurry! As we were driving searching through music I looked up and saw a cop passing me.. as I looked in my rear view mirror I saw he did a U turn! Knowing there was nothing good going to come out of this I tried to get away as quick as possible without going over 30 mph! Unfortunately for me... its hard to out run a cop at 30 mph... he got me! For what I did not know, but I calmly pulled over!
The following takes place between 11pm and 12am on October 9-10, 2009
As the officer came to my window he informed my that apparently I had not come to a complete stop. (which I still am not 100% sure about) but as he asked for my drivers license I had to tell him that the restaurant had is cause I needed to leave collateral. He asked for my information to go look it up! As we were sitting there laughing about the situation the officer came back up and asked me to step out of the car. As I was walking to the back of the car it was a bit nippy so i put my hands in my pocket to keep them warm... I quickly found out that I was not pulled out of the car for a good reason as the officers abruptly told me to take my hands out of my pocket! They explained to me that a ticket I had gotten a few weeks prior was not taken care of and there was a warrant issued for my arrest! And i needed to come up with $815 dollars bail or they had to book my in jail! He asked if there was anyone I could call cause I wasn't carrying $850 cash on me. As I told him I would call my parents I remembered that I had left my phone at the restaurant. I asked if i could use my dates phone and he kindly said yes but then informed me as I was walking to my car that he had to handcuff me! I was handcuffed, searched and taken to my car where the officer explained to my date what was going on. She had to get out, call my moms number and hold the phone to my ear as I talked to my dad! After about 20min we worked it out that my old man was going to come up and pay $100 somehow to get let me go free! Unfortunately I had to be taken back to the police station till he arrived, as I told my date to take my car home I was put in the back of the cop car!
The following takes place between 12am and 1am on October 10, 2009
I was taken a few blocks to the police station where they took me in and put me in a holding room till my pops arrived. When they arrived I was pulled out and taken out where I found my sister taking pics of me which I'm sure will be on facebook soon! :) But I was free! I didn't have to go to jail and everything worked out.... except any plans we had for the night. I went and picked up my car and thanked her for everything and all the crap that happened! Needless to say I was quite embarrassed! All this over a stupid minor traffic ticket a few weeks prior! Thank heavens I have great parents... and the date was more amused by the situation than anything. Even though nothing went as planned... It makes for one heck of a story!!
The following takes place between 7pm and 8pm on October 9, 2009
This Friday was a good Friday to this point... We went and picked my brother up from the airport Thursday night so I went into work a few hours late.. While working I had a good sales day ending at 17 sales in 4 hours! As I went home after work I found myself needing to get ready to go out for dinner later that evening. My car had not been cleaned inside much so I decided to go vacuum it our at lease. As I got to the car wash they had shampooers next to the vacuums! On my passengers seat was a stain from when someone, who will remain nameless for privacy reasons. Spilled food all over the seat awhile ago! It was cleaned off but there was still a spot that you could tell was discolored. So I decided to shampoo it while I was there. When I applied the foam I soon found out that the shampooer was made for the floors and not for the foam seats that soak up the foam! So as I was getting the stain out little did I know that I was also creating a white foam mark on my seats! After vacuuming out the foam I realized what I had done! So I couldn't just let it sit in the seat so I took it to sonic to get the seat professionally cleaned I don't know if they do just one seat regularly but the lady laughed at me and did it for $20 after that I went back to get ready for the night that little did I know would be the best... and worse night of my life! :)
The following takes place between 8pm and 10pm on October 9, 2009
At 8:30ish, I picked up my date for the nights events. The plans were to go to dinner at Los Hermanos and then over to Comedy Sportz (its tradition) and I was semi excited cause she had never been to Comedy Sportz before so I was getting to break her in.. At least that was the plan!
As we arrived at Los Hermanos we found the night starting off to a great start... Right in front of the restaurant and comedy place there was a open parking spot on center street in Provo on a Friday night! It was an amazing start to the night. As we walked into Los Hermanos we were greeted by the hostess who said "you just have 2?" with 2 menus and silverware in her hand! We didn't even get the chance to stop as we continued to the back room for dinner! As we sat down we were greeted by our waitress Tatiana, to keep it simple she defiantly loved what they were selling and was a A+ server!
Dinner was good, the food was OK! But before we knew it, we needed to leave for the show. As the tab came I grabbed my wallet to pay for dinner as I realized that for some odd reason my debit card was not in my wallet! And no cash! I had no way of paying for dinner! :-( I wouldn't have let her pay for it, but even if she wanted to she didn't have anything with her! As we sat there trying to figure out what to do the manager came up and told us we had to find a way of paying for it or he had to call the cops. Kinda worried now we found out that we could leave collateral and go get money! He said I could leave me phone.. my wallet or anything of value. So what did I do? I left both my phone and wallet! I didn't need the phone and there is no money in the wallet!
The following takes place between 10pm and 11pm on October 9, 2009
As we pulled out of Los Hermanos I noticed a police officer with his lights on behind me! I got nervous as I was not doing anything wrong but have not had the best of luck driving lately! Lucky for me he drove past us and picked off the people in front of us, as he passed I mentioned to my data that if I was to get pulled over I would be pissed! Still needing to get money we drove back up to my house in Cedar Hills! When we arrived there was a party in progress, we went in for a bit, found my card but had to split to pay the dinner! At this point the show was already started so we were in no hurry! As we were driving searching through music I looked up and saw a cop passing me.. as I looked in my rear view mirror I saw he did a U turn! Knowing there was nothing good going to come out of this I tried to get away as quick as possible without going over 30 mph! Unfortunately for me... its hard to out run a cop at 30 mph... he got me! For what I did not know, but I calmly pulled over!
The following takes place between 11pm and 12am on October 9-10, 2009
As the officer came to my window he informed my that apparently I had not come to a complete stop. (which I still am not 100% sure about) but as he asked for my drivers license I had to tell him that the restaurant had is cause I needed to leave collateral. He asked for my information to go look it up! As we were sitting there laughing about the situation the officer came back up and asked me to step out of the car. As I was walking to the back of the car it was a bit nippy so i put my hands in my pocket to keep them warm... I quickly found out that I was not pulled out of the car for a good reason as the officers abruptly told me to take my hands out of my pocket! They explained to me that a ticket I had gotten a few weeks prior was not taken care of and there was a warrant issued for my arrest! And i needed to come up with $815 dollars bail or they had to book my in jail! He asked if there was anyone I could call cause I wasn't carrying $850 cash on me. As I told him I would call my parents I remembered that I had left my phone at the restaurant. I asked if i could use my dates phone and he kindly said yes but then informed me as I was walking to my car that he had to handcuff me! I was handcuffed, searched and taken to my car where the officer explained to my date what was going on. She had to get out, call my moms number and hold the phone to my ear as I talked to my dad! After about 20min we worked it out that my old man was going to come up and pay $100 somehow to get let me go free! Unfortunately I had to be taken back to the police station till he arrived, as I told my date to take my car home I was put in the back of the cop car!
The following takes place between 12am and 1am on October 10, 2009
I was taken a few blocks to the police station where they took me in and put me in a holding room till my pops arrived. When they arrived I was pulled out and taken out where I found my sister taking pics of me which I'm sure will be on facebook soon! :) But I was free! I didn't have to go to jail and everything worked out.... except any plans we had for the night. I went and picked up my car and thanked her for everything and all the crap that happened! Needless to say I was quite embarrassed! All this over a stupid minor traffic ticket a few weeks prior! Thank heavens I have great parents... and the date was more amused by the situation than anything. Even though nothing went as planned... It makes for one heck of a story!!
September 27, 2009
Why?
Sometimes I find I'm drifting,
In this place we call life.
Looking for a meaning,
Wondering why all this strife?
Does it have to be this hard?
Does it have to be this tough?
Do I have to keep on going
down a path that's just too rough?
Why is it when I'm sad,
nothing ever goes my way?
And when I'm feeling happy
It only lasts that day?
Why do my best friends,
and those to whom I care.
Always eventually treat me
Like I'm not even there?
Why do those I hand my heart,
Always throw it back?
And those that truly want it
make me want to yack?
Why do I do the things,
that make me unhappy?
When I know if I stopped,
I'd be a better me?
Why cant things be simple,
Like when I was young?
Why do I ever go against
what came from mothers tongue?
Why is drama all around?
It never goes away!
Why cant I ignore,
the things you do and say?
I guess the only reason,
I can see for all of this.
Is so when its all said and done,
we will not have missed.
The chance to grow, into a man,
to be the best me.
To reach my full potential,
So I can live happily!
In this place we call life.
Looking for a meaning,
Wondering why all this strife?
Does it have to be this hard?
Does it have to be this tough?
Do I have to keep on going
down a path that's just too rough?
Why is it when I'm sad,
nothing ever goes my way?
And when I'm feeling happy
It only lasts that day?
Why do my best friends,
and those to whom I care.
Always eventually treat me
Like I'm not even there?
Why do those I hand my heart,
Always throw it back?
And those that truly want it
make me want to yack?
Why do I do the things,
that make me unhappy?
When I know if I stopped,
I'd be a better me?
Why cant things be simple,
Like when I was young?
Why do I ever go against
what came from mothers tongue?
Why is drama all around?
It never goes away!
Why cant I ignore,
the things you do and say?
I guess the only reason,
I can see for all of this.
Is so when its all said and done,
we will not have missed.
The chance to grow, into a man,
to be the best me.
To reach my full potential,
So I can live happily!
July 31, 2009
My Life Is A Re-run!
Just the other day I was hit with a revelation. It was nothing great or spiritual, but it was life changing. I have found that the biography of my life has was the basis on which one of the biggest sit coms was written. You may be asking yourself right now... "Brandon how is this possible? You are just a average Joe!" And I appreciate your concern.. But let me go into further detail to which my life was recorded then acted out on TV!
Situation #1 - I am a young 21 year old looking for love in all the wrong places! When all of a sudden I realize that I am in love (or what one may consider to be) with my best friend! But we are best friends, that can never work.. Im in.. "The friend zone" so i say nothing and just live inside with this crush. One day my room mate finds out I like her and tells me to drop my balls and just tell her... I do not dare, the situation is never perfect, but I realize that the longer I wait, the more in "the zone" I will fall. So I tell her, and for the most part it works out, we date, until one day we decide to call it ends, but still remain friends!
Have ya figured it out? Let me give you another hint!!
Situation #2 - I am a good looking man with low self confidence! I could get many ladies that are interested in me but for some reason I keep going back to the comfort person that I know will never work out, who doesn't make me happy but I know she is there! Soon enough I realize that I have to stop and get out of this zone and thats when girl #2 comes in the picture. She is everything I lacked in the other girl, I could hang out and not have to make out, I wanted to cuddle! And girl #1 gets insanely jealous and tries to throw herself at me! I choose girl #2 that ends up not working out anyways but girl #2 helped me get out of that comfort zone!
Creepy huh? Still haven't guessed it... OK just one more clue!
Situation #3 - I have the best room mate! We do everything together, it was a match made in heaven. We had many many great nights and parties. Soon my room mate feel like he is in a position where he wants to live alone, so he tells me that we are no longer going to be friends! I go out and find a new room mate but realize that room mate #2 is not the same and miss room mate #1! Room mate #1 gets his own place but soon missed me and soon they are back together cause they both realize they have to be together to have the most fun!
All 3 of these situations are situations that I have found while watching the first 3 seasons of Friends! Its crazy how each persons life is a different stage in my life. Each story closely resembles stories in my life. I literally feel that Ross, Chandler and Joey are playing my life! Even the theme song makes me feel like im one of them!
So no one told you life was going to be this way.
Your job's a joke, you're broke, you're love life's DOA.
It's like you're always stuck in second gear,
Well, it hasn't been your day, your week, your month, or even your year.
But the show also tells a tell of close Friends that are there for each other as a family through life's ups and down, a close family that is always there for each other! And why we may not all be neighbors and hang out 24/7 I have my 2 close guy friends who are there for me no matter what and I trust, 3 girls who I can count on for anything! And more than anything! No matter what road your life takes, or bumps you come up on! As long as you have your Friends there for you, Life will be OK!!
Situation #1 - I am a young 21 year old looking for love in all the wrong places! When all of a sudden I realize that I am in love (or what one may consider to be) with my best friend! But we are best friends, that can never work.. Im in.. "The friend zone" so i say nothing and just live inside with this crush. One day my room mate finds out I like her and tells me to drop my balls and just tell her... I do not dare, the situation is never perfect, but I realize that the longer I wait, the more in "the zone" I will fall. So I tell her, and for the most part it works out, we date, until one day we decide to call it ends, but still remain friends!
Have ya figured it out? Let me give you another hint!!
Situation #2 - I am a good looking man with low self confidence! I could get many ladies that are interested in me but for some reason I keep going back to the comfort person that I know will never work out, who doesn't make me happy but I know she is there! Soon enough I realize that I have to stop and get out of this zone and thats when girl #2 comes in the picture. She is everything I lacked in the other girl, I could hang out and not have to make out, I wanted to cuddle! And girl #1 gets insanely jealous and tries to throw herself at me! I choose girl #2 that ends up not working out anyways but girl #2 helped me get out of that comfort zone!
Creepy huh? Still haven't guessed it... OK just one more clue!
Situation #3 - I have the best room mate! We do everything together, it was a match made in heaven. We had many many great nights and parties. Soon my room mate feel like he is in a position where he wants to live alone, so he tells me that we are no longer going to be friends! I go out and find a new room mate but realize that room mate #2 is not the same and miss room mate #1! Room mate #1 gets his own place but soon missed me and soon they are back together cause they both realize they have to be together to have the most fun!
All 3 of these situations are situations that I have found while watching the first 3 seasons of Friends! Its crazy how each persons life is a different stage in my life. Each story closely resembles stories in my life. I literally feel that Ross, Chandler and Joey are playing my life! Even the theme song makes me feel like im one of them!
So no one told you life was going to be this way.
Your job's a joke, you're broke, you're love life's DOA.
It's like you're always stuck in second gear,
Well, it hasn't been your day, your week, your month, or even your year.
But, I'll be there for you, when the rain starts to pour.
I'll be there for you, like I've been there before.
I'll be there for you, cause you're there for me too.
You're still in bed at ten, the work began at eight.
You've burned your breakfast, so far, things are going great.
Your mother warned you there'd be days like these,
But she didn't tell you when the world has brought you down to your knees.
That, I'll be there for you, when the rain starts to pour.
I'll be there for you, like I've been there before.
I'll be there for you, cause you're there for me too.
But the show also tells a tell of close Friends that are there for each other as a family through life's ups and down, a close family that is always there for each other! And why we may not all be neighbors and hang out 24/7 I have my 2 close guy friends who are there for me no matter what and I trust, 3 girls who I can count on for anything! And more than anything! No matter what road your life takes, or bumps you come up on! As long as you have your Friends there for you, Life will be OK!!
July 20, 2009
No Boundries!!
In sports there are some athletes that excel, some that do good, some that are OK and some that just cant pick it up. There are many factors that go into becoming good, hard work, dedication... But all that does nothing if you have no belief in yourself.
When I played little league baseball I was a roller coaster each year on how well I played. One year I would pitch and play short stop, hit home runs no prob, then the next I would be out in right field and strike out at the plate more than girls do with Brandt! Looking back I notice a pattern on why I was like that... I had the skill both years, but what changed was a coach that believed in me, that made me believe in myself. There were only 2 years I did not make the accelerated team, both years I was coached by a coach that did not believe in me. And coincidently I did not believe in myself and played badly those years.
When I started wrestling in 9th grade, my 2nd year I was good enough for Varsity. Over the next 2 years I beet a lot of people that I should not have... I did not know at the time who they were. I did not know the big names. I just went out every match with a clear mind that I can win... half way through my Jr year I started being one of the elite wrestlers for my weight and I realized that when every week they would talk about me on a local radio station and always chose me to beat my opponent. I started knowing wrestlers, and names of good wrestlers! And I realized that when I knew the wrestlers were good I would subconciously think I could loose... And I started... I really noticed that I was doing this when during the summer of my JR and Sr year I was invited to Nationals... I did not know any wrestlers from the east coast or who they were... And in that tournament I beat 2 wrestlers that were nationally ranked... I was far from being. But I did not know till my coach told me after. I had to work on mental mindsets my Sr year to make sure I did not psych myself out.
In sales 90% of making the sale is not what you say but how you say it.. your confidence in what you say and what your selling, people can pick up when you don't believe the words you are saying...
Well recently I have had my eyes opened that I have fell back into one of these mental mindsets! I have had a rough few months, and a few situations that made me self confidence and belief in who I am change me. Its almost like I would look into a mirror and see the Turpy in my head and not the one actually looking back at me, and slowly I fell back into a state of mediocrity.
One of my favorite quotes I have always tried to remember is by Zig Ziglar. He said: "You are the only person that can cap your potential"
There are many things that can make us put a cap on that potential... The people we hang out with, if I hang out with someone who is negative... sooner or later I will become a negative person. Your thoughts, I don't think many of us realize but the things that go through our mind all day some how find a way of showing up in our lives. If every day we are thinking that we are worthless sooner or later we will let ourselves become worthless.
Every time I need help over coming this, I think if the Micheal Jordan video
Go to http://turpyworld.blogspot.com/2009/07/no-boundries.html to watch video if your in facebook
I know I am capable of great things and I will not stop till I become... With help from friends and overcoming these "fears and mindsets" I will succeed!
When I played little league baseball I was a roller coaster each year on how well I played. One year I would pitch and play short stop, hit home runs no prob, then the next I would be out in right field and strike out at the plate more than girls do with Brandt! Looking back I notice a pattern on why I was like that... I had the skill both years, but what changed was a coach that believed in me, that made me believe in myself. There were only 2 years I did not make the accelerated team, both years I was coached by a coach that did not believe in me. And coincidently I did not believe in myself and played badly those years.
When I started wrestling in 9th grade, my 2nd year I was good enough for Varsity. Over the next 2 years I beet a lot of people that I should not have... I did not know at the time who they were. I did not know the big names. I just went out every match with a clear mind that I can win... half way through my Jr year I started being one of the elite wrestlers for my weight and I realized that when every week they would talk about me on a local radio station and always chose me to beat my opponent. I started knowing wrestlers, and names of good wrestlers! And I realized that when I knew the wrestlers were good I would subconciously think I could loose... And I started... I really noticed that I was doing this when during the summer of my JR and Sr year I was invited to Nationals... I did not know any wrestlers from the east coast or who they were... And in that tournament I beat 2 wrestlers that were nationally ranked... I was far from being. But I did not know till my coach told me after. I had to work on mental mindsets my Sr year to make sure I did not psych myself out.
In sales 90% of making the sale is not what you say but how you say it.. your confidence in what you say and what your selling, people can pick up when you don't believe the words you are saying...
Well recently I have had my eyes opened that I have fell back into one of these mental mindsets! I have had a rough few months, and a few situations that made me self confidence and belief in who I am change me. Its almost like I would look into a mirror and see the Turpy in my head and not the one actually looking back at me, and slowly I fell back into a state of mediocrity.
One of my favorite quotes I have always tried to remember is by Zig Ziglar. He said: "You are the only person that can cap your potential"
There are many things that can make us put a cap on that potential... The people we hang out with, if I hang out with someone who is negative... sooner or later I will become a negative person. Your thoughts, I don't think many of us realize but the things that go through our mind all day some how find a way of showing up in our lives. If every day we are thinking that we are worthless sooner or later we will let ourselves become worthless.
The biggest obstacle we all face in staying positive is fear.. fear of rejection, fear of the unknown, fear of failure... But failure, disapointment and rejection are all part of becoming great. They should not be things that are feared. If we overcome these things we will all become things we never imagined!
Every time I need help over coming this, I think if the Micheal Jordan video
Go to http://turpyworld.blogspot.com/2009/07/no-boundries.html to watch video if your in facebook
I know I am capable of great things and I will not stop till I become... With help from friends and overcoming these "fears and mindsets" I will succeed!
July 4, 2009
The Gift of Trust
I think one of the most priceless gifts you can receive is the gift of trust. I believe we as humans are constantly looking for someone that we can share that trust with. Weather its family, a friend, a loved one or anyone else! We want to feel that trust! At times I think we have all been guilty of giving that trust away to someone who may not have deserved it, or that deserved it but in some way betrayed that trust you shared.
The first time I remember an incident of loosing that trust with someone was when I was about 8. As a group of friends we were always hanging out together, having fun! Sure we had our little boy scuffles, but after its all said and done we were friends once again. One day when I went to play with Brett Finlayson, as I came around the corner of his house I noticed that Matt Futch was at his house. We were all in the same group of friends and it was a normal thing. But this time it was much different. As I came around the corner they saw me and ran back into the house. I went around the block on my bike and went by again, they were back outside!... Now the details are a bit cloudy on how it went down but somehow I found out that Brett would not play with me because Matt told him he did not like me! I was young, the situation to my parents probably seemed silly, but I still remember how hard it was to breath as I was going home crying. The pain that my young heart felt from the betrayal from a friend! I went home and cried to my mom, and looking back even though it was just little kids being silly she helped me through the pain that I felt! As typical boys we were all friends again, probably a day later or so! But I will never forget the feeling I felt when the trust my young heart had in my friends was lost.
Over the next few years I know I felt that same feeling multiple times! In college I met a girl that I really started to like a lot! It was the first time I had a form of love for a girl. After a few months I saw her at her place cuddling with another guy watching a movie! Just like when I was 8, my chest hurt, I couldn't breath and when I went home crying once again my mother was there to comfort my heart.... Again after my mission, the first "real" relationship I was in. I had never given my heart to someone as much as I did her! And to this day I still don't think she realizes how much trust I put in her by opening my heart to her! I never said I loved her, but its was the closest I had been with any girl! After a series of events of being heart broken, I decided that I could not do it anymore and ended what relationship we had! It was by far the hardest thing I had to do. She was only the 2nd girl I had ever cried over before and after that point. But when everything happened I no longer was the tough 22 year old man! I was the 8 year old boy once again! Walking back to my place heart broken, couldn't breath, crying! And once again that 8 year old heart did the first thing it knew what to do... Called my mom, and once again she was there for me!
So why do we do it? Why do we continue to give our hearts, our trust to people that continue to hurt us over and over again? Why do we continue to open our hearts to girls that break them over and over again? Why do we continue to make friends with people who betray us over and over again? Even when we think there is someone that is different, a friend, a lover that is not going to do that, chances are it will happen! So why continue to put ourselves down that path? Would it be easier to never open up? never trust anyone?
My answer is NO!!
Why I'm not 100% sure! But I also know the best times I had as a kid were when me, Brett and Matt would go out and ride out bikes or hang out! The most fun I have had in the past are with friends that I have given myself to. The times when I am most complete is when I'm spending my time with a girl that I have given my whole to! With every betrayal and tear, come many good moments along the way! Moments I would not give up for anything!
So at the prime age of 25 when I am forced to make decisions on who I should trust, who is going to be there for me! Or what girl I should date! I wish I could say that everything is fine and all my friends are trustworthy! But thats not the case! Recently some friends have lost my trust, some breaths have been lost, some tears have been shed and hard times have gone by! Will this be a future changing thing? Or will it be like when I was 8 and tomorrow be fine? The answer I do not know! But there are 2 things i know for sure
1 - We have to be willing to put our feeling and self on the line. Give our all to some relationship! We will shed many tears along the way, have many hard times, but we will also have many great ones!
2 - When everything else has failed, when no one wants to hire you, when your friends don't wanna be friends, when a girl you like ignores you! When your heart hurts, its hard to breath, your crying and you feel like you cant go on anymore! There is always someone home waiting with open arms to help you! The people you know will never betray that trust you put in them! I love my family for all they are and don't know where I would be without them!
Times may be hard, tears may still keep comin. But when its all said and done! I will look back and say... IT WAS WORTH IT!!
The first time I remember an incident of loosing that trust with someone was when I was about 8. As a group of friends we were always hanging out together, having fun! Sure we had our little boy scuffles, but after its all said and done we were friends once again. One day when I went to play with Brett Finlayson, as I came around the corner of his house I noticed that Matt Futch was at his house. We were all in the same group of friends and it was a normal thing. But this time it was much different. As I came around the corner they saw me and ran back into the house. I went around the block on my bike and went by again, they were back outside!... Now the details are a bit cloudy on how it went down but somehow I found out that Brett would not play with me because Matt told him he did not like me! I was young, the situation to my parents probably seemed silly, but I still remember how hard it was to breath as I was going home crying. The pain that my young heart felt from the betrayal from a friend! I went home and cried to my mom, and looking back even though it was just little kids being silly she helped me through the pain that I felt! As typical boys we were all friends again, probably a day later or so! But I will never forget the feeling I felt when the trust my young heart had in my friends was lost.
Over the next few years I know I felt that same feeling multiple times! In college I met a girl that I really started to like a lot! It was the first time I had a form of love for a girl. After a few months I saw her at her place cuddling with another guy watching a movie! Just like when I was 8, my chest hurt, I couldn't breath and when I went home crying once again my mother was there to comfort my heart.... Again after my mission, the first "real" relationship I was in. I had never given my heart to someone as much as I did her! And to this day I still don't think she realizes how much trust I put in her by opening my heart to her! I never said I loved her, but its was the closest I had been with any girl! After a series of events of being heart broken, I decided that I could not do it anymore and ended what relationship we had! It was by far the hardest thing I had to do. She was only the 2nd girl I had ever cried over before and after that point. But when everything happened I no longer was the tough 22 year old man! I was the 8 year old boy once again! Walking back to my place heart broken, couldn't breath, crying! And once again that 8 year old heart did the first thing it knew what to do... Called my mom, and once again she was there for me!
So why do we do it? Why do we continue to give our hearts, our trust to people that continue to hurt us over and over again? Why do we continue to open our hearts to girls that break them over and over again? Why do we continue to make friends with people who betray us over and over again? Even when we think there is someone that is different, a friend, a lover that is not going to do that, chances are it will happen! So why continue to put ourselves down that path? Would it be easier to never open up? never trust anyone?
My answer is NO!!
Why I'm not 100% sure! But I also know the best times I had as a kid were when me, Brett and Matt would go out and ride out bikes or hang out! The most fun I have had in the past are with friends that I have given myself to. The times when I am most complete is when I'm spending my time with a girl that I have given my whole to! With every betrayal and tear, come many good moments along the way! Moments I would not give up for anything!
So at the prime age of 25 when I am forced to make decisions on who I should trust, who is going to be there for me! Or what girl I should date! I wish I could say that everything is fine and all my friends are trustworthy! But thats not the case! Recently some friends have lost my trust, some breaths have been lost, some tears have been shed and hard times have gone by! Will this be a future changing thing? Or will it be like when I was 8 and tomorrow be fine? The answer I do not know! But there are 2 things i know for sure
1 - We have to be willing to put our feeling and self on the line. Give our all to some relationship! We will shed many tears along the way, have many hard times, but we will also have many great ones!
2 - When everything else has failed, when no one wants to hire you, when your friends don't wanna be friends, when a girl you like ignores you! When your heart hurts, its hard to breath, your crying and you feel like you cant go on anymore! There is always someone home waiting with open arms to help you! The people you know will never betray that trust you put in them! I love my family for all they are and don't know where I would be without them!
Times may be hard, tears may still keep comin. But when its all said and done! I will look back and say... IT WAS WORTH IT!!
June 29, 2009
Life With a Rewind Button
Sometimes I wish life had a rewind button. If something happened you didn't like you could just hit rewind and do it again! No regrets, no mistakes... No Worries! If I said something or did something I didn't like... I would rewind it and make sure the moment was perfect every time! But until I find that remote to help me out, I am stuck living from life's mistakes, regrets, mishaps or anything else in life I don't like! I wonder what would be different had I not gone to Boston? What if I would have stayed? What if I would have acted different with past girls I dated? Would I have found the one? What if I would have worked harder at a job, or in school? Would I have more money? There are many things I look back over the past few years and am 100% sure I did right. I'm glad I went on a mission, everything I am today stems from that time there! The only reason I would go back is to do the same thing all over again! But there are other things I'm not so sure about! Some minor what ifs, but some are larger, harder to forget what ifs. Its hard to look back see events or decisions that may, or may not have hindered the present! Was I better off with the decisions I made? Or were there larger decisions that I am oblivious to that would have changed my life?
But I cant change the past. Whats done is done! What I can do is take the most from every situation, good or bad, then on top of it learn from it. Don't make the same mistakes twice, and get the most out of every situation possible to make myself the better person for the future! There is no way to know the full effects of a particular decision before it happens. We just have to do what we think is right, and pray as much as we can that the decision was the best for us! Maybe if I kept a job longer I would have more money, but maybe with that money comes a job I'm not happy in. Maybe I pressured a girl a little to much to like me... But maybe being with that girl would have made me less happy then not having her! There are always 2 sides to every story and impossible to know if yours was the right one. From here on out, I'm not looking back with regret, I'm not going to wonder! There is not going to be a wrong side, just the side I chose! Cause having to learn from past mistakes makes me realize that when I am always looking behind me seeing what could have been... I am missing the beauty in front of me and what is to come! Life is what we make of it. The only bad decision is the one we decide to not learn from. Walk as if you have a destination to get to, not a place your running from. Cause if your always running from whats behind you. You will end up missing the destination!
But I cant change the past. Whats done is done! What I can do is take the most from every situation, good or bad, then on top of it learn from it. Don't make the same mistakes twice, and get the most out of every situation possible to make myself the better person for the future! There is no way to know the full effects of a particular decision before it happens. We just have to do what we think is right, and pray as much as we can that the decision was the best for us! Maybe if I kept a job longer I would have more money, but maybe with that money comes a job I'm not happy in. Maybe I pressured a girl a little to much to like me... But maybe being with that girl would have made me less happy then not having her! There are always 2 sides to every story and impossible to know if yours was the right one. From here on out, I'm not looking back with regret, I'm not going to wonder! There is not going to be a wrong side, just the side I chose! Cause having to learn from past mistakes makes me realize that when I am always looking behind me seeing what could have been... I am missing the beauty in front of me and what is to come! Life is what we make of it. The only bad decision is the one we decide to not learn from. Walk as if you have a destination to get to, not a place your running from. Cause if your always running from whats behind you. You will end up missing the destination!
June 19, 2009
The Roller Coaster We Call Life
Sometimes I like to look at life as a rollercoaster. It has its up and downs, parts that are thrilling, boring and parts that grow excitement for the rest of the ride! But there is always one part that is always constant throughout my life... Before you can go up you have to go down.
Just like a roller coaster before you can go back up the hill you have to go down to gain the speed needed to make it to the top! In sports its the hardest losses and disappointments that motivate you to become better, to work harder and become great! In life its the lows that help you get the faith and desire to get back up that hill. The problem is with roller coasters its simple physics that brings it back up, but in life you have to work a little harder to get back up, and that isn't always easy to do. I know that in order for me to appreciate and have the good times I have to work through those hard times, but even with that knowledge it seems to get harder and harder every time.
When I was wrestling in High School there was a point where I almost gave up, I was coming to practice every day, getting my butt kicked by better wrestlers with more experience, getting yelled at for not being able to run fast enough and it was pure hell! At the time the work did not seem worth the reward! The hell i was going through 2 times a day, 4 times a day all for 8 min of wrestling during the week and 20-30 min on the weekends! One point I told myself I was done! Its not worth it!... But I didn't quit! With encouragement from my parents, coaches and friends I came back! It was that low that made me work harder, if I was going through hell I was going to start winning and make it worth it! I grew a large desire to come back the next year and be a wrestler that people knew! Not as a simple win but they worry about wrestling me! Over the next 2 years with hard work and dedication I worked my way up to #4 in my weight in all of Utah and the highlight of my senior year when I beat a wrestler that was ranked 7th in the Nation! I didn't ever take state! But with the limited experience that i had in wrestling I became a known wrestler and exceeded the expectations I should have met!
Those experience help me to realize I need to keep strong and need to keep going, that soon enough the roller coaster will come back up! Its my friends and family that help me down the hill so when its time to go back up I have what it takes to make it! I have overcome many hills in my life... But it also seems that every hill I need to overcome gets bigger and bigger! Im not worried about falling off the roller coaster... But there is a side of me that worries how big the next one will be, or when i can get a quick break in between! Or when I will overcome the large hills that I don't have complete control over! But I realize that in my life, there will be a up... The hills will be over come, and eventually I will be back on top! That I need to enjoy it cause soon enough I will be going back down! But I also know that in life, just like in wrestling, if I stick it out, if I work all the way through, even if its hell during... That in the end I will exceed expectations, and that the real joy from the journey will begin!
Just like a roller coaster before you can go back up the hill you have to go down to gain the speed needed to make it to the top! In sports its the hardest losses and disappointments that motivate you to become better, to work harder and become great! In life its the lows that help you get the faith and desire to get back up that hill. The problem is with roller coasters its simple physics that brings it back up, but in life you have to work a little harder to get back up, and that isn't always easy to do. I know that in order for me to appreciate and have the good times I have to work through those hard times, but even with that knowledge it seems to get harder and harder every time.
When I was wrestling in High School there was a point where I almost gave up, I was coming to practice every day, getting my butt kicked by better wrestlers with more experience, getting yelled at for not being able to run fast enough and it was pure hell! At the time the work did not seem worth the reward! The hell i was going through 2 times a day, 4 times a day all for 8 min of wrestling during the week and 20-30 min on the weekends! One point I told myself I was done! Its not worth it!... But I didn't quit! With encouragement from my parents, coaches and friends I came back! It was that low that made me work harder, if I was going through hell I was going to start winning and make it worth it! I grew a large desire to come back the next year and be a wrestler that people knew! Not as a simple win but they worry about wrestling me! Over the next 2 years with hard work and dedication I worked my way up to #4 in my weight in all of Utah and the highlight of my senior year when I beat a wrestler that was ranked 7th in the Nation! I didn't ever take state! But with the limited experience that i had in wrestling I became a known wrestler and exceeded the expectations I should have met!
Those experience help me to realize I need to keep strong and need to keep going, that soon enough the roller coaster will come back up! Its my friends and family that help me down the hill so when its time to go back up I have what it takes to make it! I have overcome many hills in my life... But it also seems that every hill I need to overcome gets bigger and bigger! Im not worried about falling off the roller coaster... But there is a side of me that worries how big the next one will be, or when i can get a quick break in between! Or when I will overcome the large hills that I don't have complete control over! But I realize that in my life, there will be a up... The hills will be over come, and eventually I will be back on top! That I need to enjoy it cause soon enough I will be going back down! But I also know that in life, just like in wrestling, if I stick it out, if I work all the way through, even if its hell during... That in the end I will exceed expectations, and that the real joy from the journey will begin!
June 14, 2009
The Weekend of Firsts
John Denver was once quoted in one of his songs saying... "Thank God I'm a country boy!"
Well I'm here to tell you, that John Denver was full of sh**!
This weekend was a get away weekend for me. Needless to say I had a very bad week, Brandt called me and said that I was gonna come down with him to Mt Pleasant with him to go to our friends sky house for the weekend. Now those of you that do not know, Mt Pleasant is just down the street from Ephraim, where I went to school for one year before my mission. To keep it short and simple.. I hate that town! So I was not really wanting to go. And honestly I was not in much of a mood at all to go out! I told him no a few times but he was a stubborn sucker and told me I was going and I better be ready when I get there! So I did just what my #1 told me to do! It ended up being a week of many firsts for me!
I ended up going down with Brandt, Kendall, Whitney and Sky!
The first night we went to the drive in movies... Kendall's truck defiantly was not a drive in truck... and we could not hear any of the sounds. But it looked good! :-) It was a great night.. we just chilled and talked and played! It was a great thing for me to just get away from the worries and have some stress free fun with great friends... I will say though... That night thanks to me there were 3 very happy girls!! 1 of them was double happy! ;-)
To this point I was starting to understand where Mr Denver was coming from. While I would not like to spend my life in the country it was nice to just get away! But my weekend of firsts was not quite finished.
Saturday we went down to Fairview (which is another hole in Utah) to ride horses! This was the FIRST time I had ever been on a horse!
It ended up being one of the funnest things I have done in awhile... But it didn't start off that way. When we got to Fairview we went to this little arena thing. They started assigning us horses. I was the last one to be assigned. They told me to hop on, so I did. I then continued how to work this thing and they told me to give it a gentle tap in the side to go... So I did! Laffy Taffy (that's the horses name) started to walk. I was thinking inside, "yeah! I can do this its no so hard.." And just then Laffy Taffy wanted to catch up to the other horses and started going faster... and faster.... and faster... and faster! Soon enough it was off! I didn't know what to do, how to control this animal that was 5 times my size, or how to get it to stop. As it approached the group the other horses, that had people on them, started scattering a bit. And everyone had to control their horses! I didn't know what to do and honestly i thought I was in big trouble. Laffy Taffy was not slowing down. All of a sudden i herd sky say, pull back on the ropes!!! So I did and finally got her under control with no damage done to myself! But after that bad incident they decided to put me on the horse called Angel... and mainly cause she was a angel. It was the horse that little girls rode their first times, cause she is so calm. And even if it was 1 step above a pony.. You know what I just had a life threatening moment and was happy to take Angel. Then we continued to ride the horses for about a hour or so, it started hailing, raining. But it was still a blast!
Then later that night we hit up the Hot Pots out there! They are naturally warmed water pots that didn't smell like sulfur! It was real nice and relaxing! It was a great weekend... A weekend I really needed... A weekend of first
First drive in movie with girls, first kisses, first 17 year older, first 40 year older, first time on a horse, first time almost getting killed by a horse, first time to the hot pots. And first time in a long time I was able to get out with my best friends and have a great time! Thank you all that were there! It was a blast!
Well I'm here to tell you, that John Denver was full of sh**!
This weekend was a get away weekend for me. Needless to say I had a very bad week, Brandt called me and said that I was gonna come down with him to Mt Pleasant with him to go to our friends sky house for the weekend. Now those of you that do not know, Mt Pleasant is just down the street from Ephraim, where I went to school for one year before my mission. To keep it short and simple.. I hate that town! So I was not really wanting to go. And honestly I was not in much of a mood at all to go out! I told him no a few times but he was a stubborn sucker and told me I was going and I better be ready when I get there! So I did just what my #1 told me to do! It ended up being a week of many firsts for me!
I ended up going down with Brandt, Kendall, Whitney and Sky!
The first night we went to the drive in movies... Kendall's truck defiantly was not a drive in truck... and we could not hear any of the sounds. But it looked good! :-) It was a great night.. we just chilled and talked and played! It was a great thing for me to just get away from the worries and have some stress free fun with great friends... I will say though... That night thanks to me there were 3 very happy girls!! 1 of them was double happy! ;-)
To this point I was starting to understand where Mr Denver was coming from. While I would not like to spend my life in the country it was nice to just get away! But my weekend of firsts was not quite finished.
Saturday we went down to Fairview (which is another hole in Utah) to ride horses! This was the FIRST time I had ever been on a horse!
It ended up being one of the funnest things I have done in awhile... But it didn't start off that way. When we got to Fairview we went to this little arena thing. They started assigning us horses. I was the last one to be assigned. They told me to hop on, so I did. I then continued how to work this thing and they told me to give it a gentle tap in the side to go... So I did! Laffy Taffy (that's the horses name) started to walk. I was thinking inside, "yeah! I can do this its no so hard.." And just then Laffy Taffy wanted to catch up to the other horses and started going faster... and faster.... and faster... and faster! Soon enough it was off! I didn't know what to do, how to control this animal that was 5 times my size, or how to get it to stop. As it approached the group the other horses, that had people on them, started scattering a bit. And everyone had to control their horses! I didn't know what to do and honestly i thought I was in big trouble. Laffy Taffy was not slowing down. All of a sudden i herd sky say, pull back on the ropes!!! So I did and finally got her under control with no damage done to myself! But after that bad incident they decided to put me on the horse called Angel... and mainly cause she was a angel. It was the horse that little girls rode their first times, cause she is so calm. And even if it was 1 step above a pony.. You know what I just had a life threatening moment and was happy to take Angel. Then we continued to ride the horses for about a hour or so, it started hailing, raining. But it was still a blast!
Then later that night we hit up the Hot Pots out there! They are naturally warmed water pots that didn't smell like sulfur! It was real nice and relaxing! It was a great weekend... A weekend I really needed... A weekend of first
First drive in movie with girls, first kisses, first 17 year older, first 40 year older, first time on a horse, first time almost getting killed by a horse, first time to the hot pots. And first time in a long time I was able to get out with my best friends and have a great time! Thank you all that were there! It was a blast!
June 6, 2009
The Utah Return
Once again i go months without a entry... Last time I wrote i was livin it up in Boston for work. I was out there with some good people and had lots of fun times. While i was out there there were a few highlights that are Turpy-World worthy... If you are reading this on Facebook... Be sure ti visit Turpy-World (http://www.turpyworld.blogspot.com) for the videos that facebook removes.
The Celtics/Magic Game 6
We got tickets to go see the 6th game of the Orlando Magic and Boston Celtics... Even though i am a avid Utah Jazz fan and would never support a team over the Jazz. I am a NBA fan in whole, and i love going to any sports events! The game itself was a complete blow out and the Magic dominated, but it was a great experience. I got to see the Boston Garden!
Possibly the coolest thing happened to me this year was at the game though! All my life i have tried to get on the jumbotron at the Jazz games. I have tried many signs, face paint... I have done it all and have been unseccessfull! As we were sitting there at the Celtics game all of a sudden a guy walked out with a camera... What was this camera for? Was it a stadium camera? TNT? Regardless of why it was there, there was one thing for sure! I was gonna try and get him to film me. Carson and I stood up yelling and screaming! He was going side to side looking for the perfect combination of enthusiasm, and beauty. All of a sudden everything just fell perfectly into place. The music started playing! And it was a perfect song! Carson and I synchronized out dance moves and before we knew it we were picked with the perfect combination. We did it! We were on the jumbotron. And it wasn't like "oh look there is Brandon in the back... if you squint!" No the whole jumbotron was taken by Carson and I! It was like a life long goal that i had accomplished
The other great event on Boston was 1 weekend I had Brittney come visit me. We went around and did tourist things and i got to see all the fun, cool parts of Boston.
Thefirst thing we did, before even going back to the apartment, was go on the Duck Tour. This was a WWII vehicle that looks like a boat... probably cause it is.It drives on land but can also go right into the water as a boat. We went around and saw a few cool places and herd a lot about the history of Boston. Then we dipped in the water for a tour on the water. Our tour guide was Sven the Viking! He was a tool! Brittney and I were the last ones on the Duck so we were stuck in the very front right next to Sven. He came on the vehicle wearing a viking hat, tight shirt, and a wool skirt that made it half way to his knees.. This man was not a man that can say he was in shape either! Right as he comes on the first thing he does is check all the safety features... Unfortunately for us it just happened to be right in front of us... On the ground so he had to bend over! His butt was within inside voice distance... And i know she wont admit it, but i cought Britt taking a peek! ;-)
After we got off the Duck tour it started pouring rain! Rain so hard that we had nowhere to hide from it. It felt like each drop was 2 inches in diameter and we were blocks from out car. We ran all the way to the mall to get cover, but by that time we were soaked to the bone. As we walked through the mall we noticed a abundance of weird people dressed up like it was Halloween! With neon hair, swards, capes, bunny ears, you name it, and it was there! We were baffled on the reason why so many people were like this. As we were looking for a exit we stumbled across a convention center that was full of hundreds of these weirdos.. All dressed up so weird! As we walked we noticed that we had entered the Anime Convention. They were everywhere! I couldn't help but take a video of these people! And the sick thing is most were wearing outfits that i would not recommend! Big girls in mini skirts, white pale guys with pot guts in a belly shirt! We could not help but laugh as they passed us. And they couldn't help but notice that we were laughing at them! :)Fire And Ice
Later that night we went out to eat at a place called Fire and Ice. This place was the bomb. You go in and it is a all you can eat style restaurant. There are tables of veggies, meats, sea food, salads and flavors. You get a bowl, go get all the food you can fit in it. Once you fill it up you get any flavors you may want and take it over to a huge grill that is positioned in the middle of the restaurant. They take your food and place it on the grill and grill it all right in front of you, then they place it on a plate and you eat! The great thing is you can go back as many times as you want! And it isn't cheep chuck a rama food! They has shrimp, crab legs, steak... Good food! And all that for just $14 a person. I decided to top the dinner off with a nice Italian Lemonade... Little did i know that the main ingredient was liquor!About a week after that I had made the decision to come back to Utah. I felt really bad letting down my good friends out there. I was out there with my college room mate John Gay! And my manager Malko it was very hard to tell them that i was coming home. It was mainly for personal reasons. When i was out there i did good and was selling OK! But over time i had lost my motivation and selling was getting harder and harder to motivate myself to do. And since i was confident that i could come back and find a good job i decided to make the county side trip again back to Utah.
I left Monday morning about 3pm EST (5pm MST) and drove for 11 hours strait till 2am EST (4am MST) i slept that night until 8am EST (10am MST) and went to the gas station to fill my car up. I went in the bathroom and gave myself a quick wash, washing the important things to avoid being dirty (face, hands, pits, and even feet) then hit the road again driving this time till 3am EST (5am MST) 18 strait hours stopping only for gas! I slept for 3 hours and then finished the trip the rest of the 7 hours home to old Utah.
There are many things that happen to the human mind being alone all that time.. the following video is a demonstration of just the type of games your mind can start to play on you.. and did play on my on a regular basis durring the drive home! :)
It is good to be back, there were many things i missed, but for those of you out in Boston i do miss you a lot! I regret that we were never able to hit the clubs.. although we defiantly did try many times before!
I am happy with where things are right now. I am confident and positive that the decision to return was the right one, even though it was a very tough decision to make!
For now I look forward to hang out with those of you that went through Turpy withdrawals while i was gone.. I have seen a few and apologize that i can not see you all in the same night! But don't worry! You are on the list and you will get your Turpy-Time soon enough!
May 7, 2009
The Transition to the East Coast!
So it has been quite some time since i have blogged! For all the dedicated readers I apologize it wont happen again, but now it is time to catch everyone up on what has happened in the past few weeks... I have quite a few stories...
Well the trip out here was.... HELL!!! I drove 2400 miles cross country.... ALONE! It was the most boring time i have ever experienced. I started Sunday morning at 11:00am The plan was to get to Omaha NE and spend the night in a hotel there! I bought a car charger for my phone before i left and downloaded a gps application so i could find my way no problems.. Well about a hour into the trip i found out the hard way that the charger was not working and since the gps was on the whole hour the battery was dead... I was not sure exactly where to go. I went as far as i could remember then got off in a Cheyenne to get a new charger. First T-mobile did not exists there so there was no t-mobile store. I found a walgreens that had crap charges so i went on a hunt for a walmart. I was directed from a very disgusting associate at walgreens. After a hour i finally found the walmart and bought the charger... plugged it in and my phone still would not charge! WTF? I didn't know what to do, i didn't know where to go! I figured maybe the charger was bad as well so i found a wall outlet at a gas station to plug it in. But that did not work either.. i was pissed! Figured my G1 was busted! i sat there letting it sit plugged into the charger... thinking of what to do. So i took the battery off and found out that the battery was half out so it would not charge! Once i got some juice i got back on the road! I arrived in Omaha at 3am which was 30 min too late for check in! I worked with them and they gave me a room without having to check in.
The next day i drove for 6 hours to chicago. I got a hotel online from hotwire.com and it put me in the McDonalds Hamburger University Lodge! When i got there i was thinking what the Hell did i get myself into? I checked in and it was actually quite nice! I was happy! That night i went out and hung out wiht one of my friends that i had not seen in over a year! Susie! It was good to see her we went and had some chicago style pizza and jsut chilled! The next day i set off to finish the drive! another 14 hours to boston. At about 3 am i started getting tired so i pulled off the toll road to one of the rest areas and slept till almost noon the next day! Then i finished my trip the next morning!
I have been here in the Boston area for a few weeks now. It is a lot different! Everything is old. The roads are crazy, and they people are different! Very nice but in their own way can be jerks! We have drove downtown a few times only do get lost in some underground tunnel that goes under the whole city! I have met a new good friend out here.. I would like to introduce everyone to Ri Ri the Security Guy!
He is a good man we have had lots of fun from getting lost going to church and having to pay $7 for driving through a parking garage or getting lost every time we drive around!
The Drive Out
Well the trip out here was.... HELL!!! I drove 2400 miles cross country.... ALONE! It was the most boring time i have ever experienced. I started Sunday morning at 11:00am The plan was to get to Omaha NE and spend the night in a hotel there! I bought a car charger for my phone before i left and downloaded a gps application so i could find my way no problems.. Well about a hour into the trip i found out the hard way that the charger was not working and since the gps was on the whole hour the battery was dead... I was not sure exactly where to go. I went as far as i could remember then got off in a Cheyenne to get a new charger. First T-mobile did not exists there so there was no t-mobile store. I found a walgreens that had crap charges so i went on a hunt for a walmart. I was directed from a very disgusting associate at walgreens. After a hour i finally found the walmart and bought the charger... plugged it in and my phone still would not charge! WTF? I didn't know what to do, i didn't know where to go! I figured maybe the charger was bad as well so i found a wall outlet at a gas station to plug it in. But that did not work either.. i was pissed! Figured my G1 was busted! i sat there letting it sit plugged into the charger... thinking of what to do. So i took the battery off and found out that the battery was half out so it would not charge! Once i got some juice i got back on the road! I arrived in Omaha at 3am which was 30 min too late for check in! I worked with them and they gave me a room without having to check in.
The next day i drove for 6 hours to chicago. I got a hotel online from hotwire.com and it put me in the McDonalds Hamburger University Lodge! When i got there i was thinking what the Hell did i get myself into? I checked in and it was actually quite nice! I was happy! That night i went out and hung out wiht one of my friends that i had not seen in over a year! Susie! It was good to see her we went and had some chicago style pizza and jsut chilled! The next day i set off to finish the drive! another 14 hours to boston. At about 3 am i started getting tired so i pulled off the toll road to one of the rest areas and slept till almost noon the next day! Then i finished my trip the next morning!
Time in Boston
I have been here in the Boston area for a few weeks now. It is a lot different! Everything is old. The roads are crazy, and they people are different! Very nice but in their own way can be jerks! We have drove downtown a few times only do get lost in some underground tunnel that goes under the whole city! I have met a new good friend out here.. I would like to introduce everyone to Ri Ri the Security Guy!
He is a good man we have had lots of fun from getting lost going to church and having to pay $7 for driving through a parking garage or getting lost every time we drive around!
I am also out here with my good friend John Gay (Burch) from the snow college days!
I think the best experience out here this far has just been the fresh start. Even though i miss home and cant wait to get back. It was a way for me to put all my worries aside, and start fixing everything i had been lacking! I fell like i have changed a lot of personal things that will help me be a better person!
this one was a toss up... It may have been the drive its self! But i already told ya bout that so the close 2nd was the man in the park...
So there i was on a warm MA day working my butt off! I had to go get some paperwork signed by a customer i was working with. I went to their place and got it and drove to a secluded parking lot to fill out the rest. As i was sitting there in my car, another car drove by! He was inspecting my car. First thing that went through my mind. "oh perfect another person paranoid about a Utah car in their neighborhood!" the car parked close to me but not next! As i was filling out my paperwork i would look up from time to time. And he was looking! Great i was just ready for the police to show up! It was only a matter of time cause im sure this paranoid old man called them! then he got out of his car! Started walking over to my car! Inspecting the car as he passed, looking at the plates, lookin at the side of the car! Man this guy was super paranoid! He came over to my window! I didnt wanna deal with this! As i rolled down my window i could only imagine what he was going to say to me... But i defiantly was not prepared for what i was about to hear... As i rolled the window down i said "hey, what can i do for ya" he looked at me then said "oh just thought i would come see how you were doing" pffewf i thought, just a crazy man looking for a friend... And that he was, i was just not aware up to that point what kind of friend he was really looking for. After a moment of silence he asked me "so what ya up to?" I quickly replied "just doing some paperwork before i get back to work, what you up to?" That was the wrong question! I should have realized that i was not in Utah no more! That statement was like a open invitation! He quickly casually replied "oh you know, just lookin for some sex!" WTF! Did i just hear that right? Was he trying to pick up on me? That sick old degenerate man!! I was appalled sooo much that i didn't know what to say! The only thing that came out was "well big guy i think your lookin in the wrong place! maybe you should go find yourself a good looking girl." The old man was crushed! He put everything he had into a young, good looking, hansom, in shape, good looking, cool, nice, good looking man! As he walked off he said well,, you never know!
I was so disgusted! I had never been picked up by a man before! And if i did, i didn't want the first one to be a old creepy man! I didn't ever want a man to pick up on me, but i would like to think that if i did ever butter that side of the bread that i could get a decent young man! If that is what is waiting for me on the other side of the place... than no thank you! I will stay where i am! I like my team!
Best Experience
I think the best experience out here this far has just been the fresh start. Even though i miss home and cant wait to get back. It was a way for me to put all my worries aside, and start fixing everything i had been lacking! I fell like i have changed a lot of personal things that will help me be a better person!
Worse Experience!
this one was a toss up... It may have been the drive its self! But i already told ya bout that so the close 2nd was the man in the park...
So there i was on a warm MA day working my butt off! I had to go get some paperwork signed by a customer i was working with. I went to their place and got it and drove to a secluded parking lot to fill out the rest. As i was sitting there in my car, another car drove by! He was inspecting my car. First thing that went through my mind. "oh perfect another person paranoid about a Utah car in their neighborhood!" the car parked close to me but not next! As i was filling out my paperwork i would look up from time to time. And he was looking! Great i was just ready for the police to show up! It was only a matter of time cause im sure this paranoid old man called them! then he got out of his car! Started walking over to my car! Inspecting the car as he passed, looking at the plates, lookin at the side of the car! Man this guy was super paranoid! He came over to my window! I didnt wanna deal with this! As i rolled down my window i could only imagine what he was going to say to me... But i defiantly was not prepared for what i was about to hear... As i rolled the window down i said "hey, what can i do for ya" he looked at me then said "oh just thought i would come see how you were doing" pffewf i thought, just a crazy man looking for a friend... And that he was, i was just not aware up to that point what kind of friend he was really looking for. After a moment of silence he asked me "so what ya up to?" I quickly replied "just doing some paperwork before i get back to work, what you up to?" That was the wrong question! I should have realized that i was not in Utah no more! That statement was like a open invitation! He quickly casually replied "oh you know, just lookin for some sex!" WTF! Did i just hear that right? Was he trying to pick up on me? That sick old degenerate man!! I was appalled sooo much that i didn't know what to say! The only thing that came out was "well big guy i think your lookin in the wrong place! maybe you should go find yourself a good looking girl." The old man was crushed! He put everything he had into a young, good looking, hansom, in shape, good looking, cool, nice, good looking man! As he walked off he said well,, you never know!
I was so disgusted! I had never been picked up by a man before! And if i did, i didn't want the first one to be a old creepy man! I didn't ever want a man to pick up on me, but i would like to think that if i did ever butter that side of the bread that i could get a decent young man! If that is what is waiting for me on the other side of the place... than no thank you! I will stay where i am! I like my team!
April 8, 2009
Like Kids In A Candy Store
So this year I celebrated my 25th birthday! For the first time in my life I felt old, the first time ever I felt like my dad always said about me! And i don't like it, I miss being a kid. And even though 25 really isn't that old and i am still in the prime of my youth, I still like from time to time like to go back in time... And today was the best day that i have had in years.
When i was a wee lad me and my family lived over in Orem over on center street. One of my favorite placed to go when i was a toddler was a place called Chuck-e-Cheese! And i had not been there since i was 8 or 9.
This is the last week before I leave for Boston, I have been saying goodbye and hanging out with a few of my close friends. Today I hung out with my good friend Megan, and we visited that place that I used to love as a kid. Chuck-e-Cheese!
Today was the best day of my life, from the time we walked in there was a special magical feeling in the air. The music, sounds, smell... Everything about the place reminded me of my time as a young kid! As we sat down to enjoy our pepperoni and olive pizza, we watched the show of chuck himself and his friends sing to us. Then we went to play some games, and ride some rides. With $10 in tokens we had hours of fun. Ski Ball, Shooter, Basketball... and much much more! Every ticket that we won we donated to the cutest kid in the room at the time. Each time the kid would smile and get all excited like we gave them gold!
Then the last thing we did before we left was have chuck-e-cheese sketch a photo of the great time we had! It took a few takes but we finally got Megan to not laugh and hold the pose!
When i was a wee lad me and my family lived over in Orem over on center street. One of my favorite placed to go when i was a toddler was a place called Chuck-e-Cheese! And i had not been there since i was 8 or 9.
This is the last week before I leave for Boston, I have been saying goodbye and hanging out with a few of my close friends. Today I hung out with my good friend Megan, and we visited that place that I used to love as a kid. Chuck-e-Cheese!
Today was the best day of my life, from the time we walked in there was a special magical feeling in the air. The music, sounds, smell... Everything about the place reminded me of my time as a young kid! As we sat down to enjoy our pepperoni and olive pizza, we watched the show of chuck himself and his friends sing to us. Then we went to play some games, and ride some rides. With $10 in tokens we had hours of fun. Ski Ball, Shooter, Basketball... and much much more! Every ticket that we won we donated to the cutest kid in the room at the time. Each time the kid would smile and get all excited like we gave them gold!
Then the last thing we did before we left was have chuck-e-cheese sketch a photo of the great time we had! It took a few takes but we finally got Megan to not laugh and hold the pose!I would have to say that this was by far the best experience i have had in a long time. Some people may mock me, say that it is not fun, but those people are stupid! Even though maybe most the games were not made for people over the age of.... 10! It was fun to just go out and do something different!
April 3, 2009
Dating Goes Online Pt 2
Ok so reciently i posted about how the world was changing. How when i was a kid we didnt have internet or text message, or IM.. Heck we didnt even have a computer. But with the recent technology changes everythign is going online from finding new friends, to finding a wife! If you did not read it you can check it out HERE
Her name is Cris she is 20 yrs old. she used to dance doing ballet..jazz..etc.. she is a really nice girl, down to earth, i can get along with just about anyone she def a smartass but she also knows when to be serious. She knows what she is looking for in a guy so you could say shes picky..but thats not a bad thing.. she is looking for someone between the ages of 20-26ish..someone whos nice but not toooo nice.they need that tough side :P anyways she likes to hangout with friends go out have a good time but she also loves watching movies just relaxing :). she is extremely trustworthy shes never cheated nor will she ever...umm.. She absoultely LOVES animals..She donates to the aspca..and she thinks everyone should.. she does not know what else to say lol...if you want to know more then find me on her space my space dot com / cristineanne
This is kait, she is 18 and goes to college, she is studying fashion journalism and photography... she's not here for dating just looking to hang out.. if youre twice my age or only interested in getting in her pants, dont bother. she doesnt really know what else to write.. she is fun and laid back and she wants to meet interesting people..
With the sudden change i figured instead of being like my old man and make fun of kids these days i would become one and join them... So i did it, no i am not engaged, I went online to find a date. Was i going seriously? Absolutly not! But i had fun in the mean time. I found a few places that i would like to introduce as a motive of findind that special someone out there, or a new person to just hang out with.
1) SpeedDate.com - I stumbled upon this as a application on facebook but aparently you do not need to have facebook to use, you can just go directly to the website! Basicly what SpeedDate is just regular speed dating but all online. When you log in the system will find a person near you that you can chit chat with. It pulls the person up. You have 3 min to talk to the person they match you with. At the end of the 3 min you have to say if you liked the person or not. If you both click yes then you are SpeedDate buddies that you can talk to at any time you are online. I want to give you a short example of what a conversation consists of.
katiemae2007, 19 of Denver, CO
brandonturpin: hey you are beautiful!1
katiemae2007: :-) thanks
katiemae2007: how are you?
brandonturpin: im alot better now i finaly got someone cute on here!
katiemae2007: lol
katiemae2007: thats good
brandonturpin: i would def have to say you are the best i have seen!
brandonturpin: whats your name?!?
katiemae2007: :-)
katiemae2007: Katie
brandonturpin: katie! Thats a good name!
brandonturpin: katie Turpin... Hmmmm that has a ring to it!
katiemae2007: ppl call me Katie Mae
brandonturpin: Katie mae Turpin!! Beautiful!!
katiemae2007: lol ;) thanks
brandonturpin: I wish i had another 3 min to talk to you!
katiemae2007: ad me on msn kt_aldrich07@hotmail.com
katiemae2007: ad me on msn kt_aldrich07@hotmail.com
2) PlentyOfFish.com - This is a free dating website that anyone can join! This is jsut a basic dating website, but i like cause girls can vote on your picture and rate how hot they think you are... You can then view what everyone voted on your website... I would like to show you the top 3 people who find me the most attractive on plentyoffish.com
This is the photo I have on the website
Top Turpy Voter
This is Cristine219x click here to see her
She Rated me a 9
Her name is Cris she is 20 yrs old. she used to dance doing ballet..jazz..etc.. she is a really nice girl, down to earth, i can get along with just about anyone she def a smartass but she also knows when to be serious. She knows what she is looking for in a guy so you could say shes picky..but thats not a bad thing.. she is looking for someone between the ages of 20-26ish..someone whos nice but not toooo nice.they need that tough side :P anyways she likes to hangout with friends go out have a good time but she also loves watching movies just relaxing :). she is extremely trustworthy shes never cheated nor will she ever...umm.. She absoultely LOVES animals..She donates to the aspca..and she thinks everyone should.. she does not know what else to say lol...if you want to know more then find me on her space my space dot com / cristineanne
This is solobigblue click to visit
He Rated me a 9 DAMN HOMO
He is looking for a all time good person! Im not going to go into detail cause he is a guy but i wanted to put him on here so he can be forced to come out of the closet!
This is Kaitt1 click here to see
She rated me a 9This is kait, she is 18 and goes to college, she is studying fashion journalism and photography... she's not here for dating just looking to hang out.. if youre twice my age or only interested in getting in her pants, dont bother. she doesnt really know what else to write.. she is fun and laid back and she wants to meet interesting people..
So that is it! My overall success was pretty good! I have learned alot of things I think the 1 thing you would have to remember when picking up online is...
1) Have fun!!!!
Thats it! I dont have any dates from it, nor do i think i will try. (you never know though) But i did have fun while i was doing it!!
March 26, 2009
Living in a girls world!!
... I am blessed to have some wonderful friends in this world... That are willing to do some wonderful things for me! And I appreciate every kind act that comes my way. Recently I discovered that one of my better friends had a hidden talent of knitting! I didn’t think that anyone under the age of 65 even had that talent... I would like to take a min to introduce Wits Knits!!
Founded by young entrepreneur Whitney Lynch, Whits Knits has been around for years. At the young age of 19 Whitney has successfully knitted hundreds of beanies, sweaters, blankets, place mats and much much more! She picked up this talent as she watched Nana Lynch knitting and was quickly fascinated. Her work has been locally agnologed by many and look to as some of the better knits in the whole Utah Valley. I personally have received many knitted goods from Whit in many different styles, and give my Turpy stamp of approval on her work. You can find more about Ms. Lynch at her facebook profile here!
Founded by young entrepreneur Whitney Lynch, Whits Knits has been around for years. At the young age of 19 Whitney has successfully knitted hundreds of beanies, sweaters, blankets, place mats and much much more! She picked up this talent as she watched Nana Lynch knitting and was quickly fascinated. Her work has been locally agnologed by many and look to as some of the better knits in the whole Utah Valley. I personally have received many knitted goods from Whit in many different styles, and give my Turpy stamp of approval on her work. You can find more about Ms. Lynch at her facebook profile here!
Now even though the work is top quality and unbeatable, you still have to be careful what you are ordering. Recently I got a new white knitted beanie from Whits Nits! I love it! Thick, soft, comfortable, warm... I couldn’t ask for anything better. But tonight I realized that there were some out there who did not appreciate the work as much
as I and did not like it as much. Tonight we went ou
t on the town a little. Went bowling at Fat cats and got some Frozen Yogurt at Red Mango. To these events I was clothed in the new white knitted beanie that I received form Whits Nits. And I was loving life... But that soon changed toward the end of the night. When we walked into Red Mango the girl at the counter seemed upset that we would enter the facility 15 min before they closed! She mumbled something under her breath which I don’t even want to know what was said! As we were eating the less then good frozen yogurt a conversation came up about my wonderful beanie! As I was bragging up my beanie by BFF brandtly decided to ask a few girls there if they liked the beanie. The problem was h
e went to the girl at the counter that didn’t even want us in her store. He asked her what she thought... As I modeled the beanie for her the girl the first thing she said is... "I think its lame when guys wear hats when it’s not winter" Besides the fact that we did not ask if it was adequate weather for the beanie, and she didn’t answer the question. It was brutally rude! I looked at her and said... "Its 40 degrees outside!" As she realized that I had a point and that the beanie was appropriate for the weather she told me that it looked like a girls beanie. I was pissed! Who would say such a thing? Even if she didn’t like it you don’t say that to a complete stranger!! I had my friend Krista model it and she said that it looked better on her than me! At this
point I was furious!! I wanted to drop a few swear words.. But I didn’t! I swallowed my pride and forgot about it!
So that’s it. A beanie I love and a girl I don’t... which to I believe? My instinct or someone else’s? After many many hours of contemplation of what I should do I have decided to leave it up to you! You tell me if it looks good or if I should give it to my sister? Vote below! At the end I will do whatever the general public tells me to do... I am leaving my fashion future in your hands. The only thing I ask is you think deeply before making a decision! Thanks
March 21, 2009
Dating goes online....
Since the beginning of time man has had something deep down inside him that makes him need a woman. Something that drives him to fill the other side that is empty that only seems to be filled with the company of a female. I’m sure when the first men stepped foot on the earth, man looked at woman, I’m sure she was in the nude, and within the first 10 seconds of the earth’s creation the attraction a man feels was felt for the very first time as he saw woman standing there among the trees and bushes, wearing the same thing that each one of us wear coming into this world... NOTHING! Also from the first 10 seconds of history woman had a crazy hold upon man! I’m sure back in the day man tried to find any way to impress woman, and since then tactics may have changed but the idea is the same!When Mr. and Ms Turpin were young, before the conceived the very good looking man in 1984, things were different. When a man wanted a woman, he went down to the local burger joint or the drive up theatre to watch Grease! As times change so do the tactics used by man. The drive up theatre is almost inexistent, and those that are left are not good places to find the female race… burger joints? I don’t think McDonalds is the place to go sat night.... so these days where do men go to satisfy that side that needs woman!?!?..... ONLINE!!
Technology changes and finding new people gets easier and easier to do from the comfort of your own home. Myspace, Facebook, Twitter and many more! Well sooner or later no matter who you are. You will become victim of this tactic!
Tonight Brandt and I went out to hang out with 2 females.... They were not girls we worked with, we don’t go to school, and church? we haven’t been to our ward for weeks upon weeks. How did we first contact these girls?.... Facebook! 24 hours ago Brand and I were sitting on the couch after our search for our Applebees hotties! Unsuccessfully we sat watching the NBA game wondering where we can find them... At that moment my good looking buddy Brandt received a IM on Facebook... It read something like.. "Do i know you?... If not we should change that!" It was a girl that Brandt thought he knew but as the friendship was accepted and we looked closer at the photos we realized we did not know her. But she sure wanted to get to know Brandtly... 24 hours later we had set up a meeting at Iggies with the mysterious Facebook friend and her friend! We got there, unfortunately had to wait a extra 20 min for them to show up since they were late, but once they showed up we went in to get food... Now I’m not gonna go into details! The dinner was good, the girls were cute and cool but that is not the reason of this post! Could it be possible that picking girls up online has become a mainstream thing and not creepy? Or if a girl gets a friendship invite from a random man are their first instinct to think they are a creepo!?! I have come up with a few ideas to take the online picking up to a whole new level...
1) Online Speed Dating - Webcam and a mic is a must!
2) Online State Street - People drive virtually up and down the street in their car until they find one that has a cute looking girl. With the keys on the keyboard you try to signal them to pull over... Once they do then a face to face chat will start where you can chat online and maybe go to the next lever and meet in person
It just makes me wonder how far this whole thing will go... What about a virtual conference wedding? Who knows!! Tonight was good for us, and currently is good for Brandt as I sit home blogging to the world. But my entrepreneur side is thinking that there is something big that will come out soon.. A social pickup website. I should invest now!!
January 26, 2009
The Undesputed Champs
This weekend we played in a softball tourney in Skeet! We did OK! We played some good games but my athletic highlight of the week had nothing to do with the tourney or softball in general! This week I uncovered a skill i didn't even know I had.... Put Put Golf!I know what your saying.... Oh Brandon that is not a skill. But i am here to prove to you that in fact, put put golf is one of my main skills. Saturday night we went to a neon mini golf course to play around. Soon found ourselves so into it that we were yelling and making rules! And some of us, not to name anyone individually (but i will say that only 2 of the 4 were cheating.. and none of them were from our team) So it was me and Brandt against Seth and Amanda! Now let me take a second to educate you young put putters lookin to make it to the big leagues some day! If you are playing as a team doubles, personal selfish individual performance is not the way to go. Some times you have to sacrafice your personal score for the overall good of the team! If this were a individual performance i am 100% certian that those of us that played as a team (me and brandt) would have scored alot better! But we did better as a team than we would have if we played selfish put put and just tried to shine on our own. That being said when the end of the night came we (Brandt and I) were holding the champoinship belt as we exited the course. But the road to victory was not a easy one! we were faced with trials and tribulation... and even worse, cheaters! This is the story of the Champoinship night... You be the judge on how good we are.
Put Put Champs!!
by Brandon Turpin
by Brandon Turpin
As we started the night we decided to pair up one team member with a team member of the opposite team to discurage cheating... But as you will see, if you are dedicated you will find a way...
As we started off the night I was paired with Amanda and Brandt with Seth. The Very first whole Brandt went first and got a +2 on the course. Seth went and got a even par. I wend and got a +2... At this point I was worried. Then Amanda went. My worry was swept away as Amanda took 4 shots to even get off the green. She would hit the ball and it would come back, 4 times! Now Amanda played the poor girl act and i was feeling generous in the beginning and let her start over every hit. I did not penalize her or make her even count those hits. She ended up finishing that course with a +2 (unofficially) and officially a +6 but we did not count them. Toward the end we started getting real close.. That is when the real cheating came in..
On whole 4 Brandt was given a non legal putter. The head of the putter was loose and was not regulation standard for official put put play! When Brandt hit it the head of the putter bent and the ball moved in crazy directions, no fault of the golfer. Regulations state in chapter 6.1.3 - "if a golfers putter do not meet the National Mini Golf Association (NMGA) regulations and the golfer is given the faulty putter. The putter has the option of picking up the ball and re shooting the shot with a additional putter" Seth would not let this happen! He was furious that the hit did not count. Even though we were backed by offical NMGA rules we decided to take the stroke just so they had no way of complaining of unfair play.
Later on brandt hit the golf ball and the putter rolled over the top of the ball... Seth imidatly demanded that Brandt take a 3 stroke penelty for the act. Even though it was not a official call and the outcome of the hole was not effected in any way. We decided to once again take the hit just so we can say that we beet them! Through a few more series of cheating from Amanda and seth we ended the game with Brandt/Brandon 94 - Seth/Amanda 96 (this is including the 4 strokes that brandt was man enough to add on and the 4 that i was gullable to remove off Amanda's score card in the first hole) But that was not enough.... They needed to find a way to cheet! Amanda quickly changed some scores on her paper claiming that they were not correct on my paper... Once again knowing that i was 100% correct i added hers up and it would have gave them a 94 meaning we tied! Knowing that they already had 8 strokes removed from their score we decided to give them the extra 2 on top of that to end in a tie! Meaning we had a 1 hole sudden death to determine the champs (even though we had already earned it... But i was not worried, karma always comes back) Brandt went first and got a 5 shot. Amanda went 2nd on got a 6. then i went and got an amazing 2 shots! Whiched forced Seth to have to get a whole in 1 to even tie!.... Which obviously he did not! :) we Left the offical undisputed champs of the world!
Seth later tried to blame Amanda for bad golfing when the pressure was on in the sudden death! And honestly she did a great job! Shw was only 1 stroke above Brandt! That is far from blamable! But it is that selfish me attitude that ended up making them take 2nd place!
In the end on paper seth was the overall winner at 39... but individual stats do nothing and if you take the 9 shots that we added on Brandts score that were not true he would have taken 2nd to Brandt!
SO there you have it! The undesputed champs of mini put put! Some may say that it is not a title worth being proud of.. I say it is the only one of being proud of!
As we started off the night I was paired with Amanda and Brandt with Seth. The Very first whole Brandt went first and got a +2 on the course. Seth went and got a even par. I wend and got a +2... At this point I was worried. Then Amanda went. My worry was swept away as Amanda took 4 shots to even get off the green. She would hit the ball and it would come back, 4 times! Now Amanda played the poor girl act and i was feeling generous in the beginning and let her start over every hit. I did not penalize her or make her even count those hits. She ended up finishing that course with a +2 (unofficially) and officially a +6 but we did not count them. Toward the end we started getting real close.. That is when the real cheating came in..
On whole 4 Brandt was given a non legal putter. The head of the putter was loose and was not regulation standard for official put put play! When Brandt hit it the head of the putter bent and the ball moved in crazy directions, no fault of the golfer. Regulations state in chapter 6.1.3 - "if a golfers putter do not meet the National Mini Golf Association (NMGA) regulations and the golfer is given the faulty putter. The putter has the option of picking up the ball and re shooting the shot with a additional putter" Seth would not let this happen! He was furious that the hit did not count. Even though we were backed by offical NMGA rules we decided to take the stroke just so they had no way of complaining of unfair play.
Later on brandt hit the golf ball and the putter rolled over the top of the ball... Seth imidatly demanded that Brandt take a 3 stroke penelty for the act. Even though it was not a official call and the outcome of the hole was not effected in any way. We decided to once again take the hit just so we can say that we beet them! Through a few more series of cheating from Amanda and seth we ended the game with Brandt/Brandon 94 - Seth/Amanda 96 (this is including the 4 strokes that brandt was man enough to add on and the 4 that i was gullable to remove off Amanda's score card in the first hole) But that was not enough.... They needed to find a way to cheet! Amanda quickly changed some scores on her paper claiming that they were not correct on my paper... Once again knowing that i was 100% correct i added hers up and it would have gave them a 94 meaning we tied! Knowing that they already had 8 strokes removed from their score we decided to give them the extra 2 on top of that to end in a tie! Meaning we had a 1 hole sudden death to determine the champs (even though we had already earned it... But i was not worried, karma always comes back) Brandt went first and got a 5 shot. Amanda went 2nd on got a 6. then i went and got an amazing 2 shots! Whiched forced Seth to have to get a whole in 1 to even tie!.... Which obviously he did not! :) we Left the offical undisputed champs of the world!
Seth later tried to blame Amanda for bad golfing when the pressure was on in the sudden death! And honestly she did a great job! Shw was only 1 stroke above Brandt! That is far from blamable! But it is that selfish me attitude that ended up making them take 2nd place!
In the end on paper seth was the overall winner at 39... but individual stats do nothing and if you take the 9 shots that we added on Brandts score that were not true he would have taken 2nd to Brandt!
SO there you have it! The undesputed champs of mini put put! Some may say that it is not a title worth being proud of.. I say it is the only one of being proud of!
January 8, 2009
Bunco.... Not only for old ladies!!
I recently received a invitation to be part of a elite group of gamers! When the invitation was extended the only memory that i had of the great American game of Bunco was my mother getting together and playing with all her old woman friends! I didn't think that game was even played anymore except in retirement homes! But me being someone that will try almost anything out before he bashes it (like i did with the twilight movie) I figured i would give Bunco its fair shot!
I went over to some friends of my buddy Brandt! It was a larger group of which i did not know anyone! When the game was explained to me i cought myself thinking to myself, what have i got myself into? Then the games started... Soon i was captured by the Bunco rush! I was the first to get a Bunco, and i did it in a matter of munites! The addrenalyn started rushing and i soon found myself getting into it! Keeping track of my longest streaks and plotting to be on the opposing team of those that were ahead of me just so i could pass them! There are 4 prizes in Bunco... The most Buncos, most wins, least wins (looser prize) and a traveling bunco that goes from player to player durring the game with each Bunco. Who ever has it when the game ends takes the prize! As the last round started i was 1 win behind the leader and tied in Buncos and i had the traveling bunco! Sitting at the high rollers table I could smell the victory! As we played my team soon found ourselves winning that round and adding another W on my wheal of success! it wasnt but 10 sec before the last round ended that someone got bunco and took the traveling Bunco from me! At the time i was worried about my sweep not being a possibility. But after when i realized that the traveling prize was a box of tampons i soon felt like i dodged a bullet! After the round was over we tallied up all scores and i found myself Tied in wins and buncos... Through a series of intence tie breakers i was declaired the champ for both catagories! It was a sweep in my books! I may not have won the traveling bunco, but i won for the person that had the most Buncos, which i find better, and the most wins! That is like the Championship Belt! As i claimed my prizes i could hear people in the back chanting my name!! .... TURPY.... TURPY.... TURPY.... TURPY!!! (it may have just been brandt) i wanted to be hoisted on everyones shoulders and carried out to my car like a champ! The rocky theme song started playing in my mind! And as we left i walked by the b-ball court at the complex... The same Court that i got Ronnie Price (a NBA player) out in a game of dodgeball! This was just one more great champion memory that i added in my book of Village on the Parkway!
That being said! I am not a fan of Bunco! I will even go play with my mother and all her old ladie friends next time they play! I love it! Cant get enough of it! And quite frankly i am the best at it! The end.. Roll credits!!
January 6, 2009
Is it possible to have a good experience at Wally?
For those of you that don't know.. which is probably very few... There are a few things in this world that i absolutely hate with a passion! One of those things is the super store Walmart. I hate the store, I hate the people that shop there, i hate the employees, i hate the smell, i hate the checkout lines, I hate the self check out lines. Bassicly i hate everything about Walmart.. But more than anything, I hate that i cant stop going there! But something happened to me today!
Today as i was comming hom Ii realized that I needed some water and drinks for the pad... So i stopped by Wally World... From the instant second i placed my car tire on the parking lot i felt like i was in some kind of paralell universe. First thing is i found a front row parking spot! This alone was enough to make me wonder what was going on... But it didnt stop there!
When i walked in the front door i was expecting the grumpy old man standing on a 1/4" rubber pad to mumble some kind of welcome to me... But that was not the case... It was a female... and a decently attractive one. As she gazed into my eyes and welcomed me, It put a warm fuzzy feeling in my heart! When i was getting my Dr Pepper and watter I had a few watters fall out of the bundle that i grabbed... Out of nowhere this kind old man started picking them up for me! He was earning that $8 he was being paid to support his famitly! As i got all the necesities i went to the front to check out which is usually a long drawn out experience that no man wishes to experince. I went to the front and just like i guessed.... long lines. That warm fuzzy feeling that had been with me from when i walked in was starting to deminish! All of a sudden i looked over and right there was something that you NEVER see at wally world! It was a completly open lane! There was not a soul in the line! There had to be a reasonable explination for this. As i walked by i notinced that, indeed it was open.. But it was a self check out line and we all know that you are bound to have 2-3 errors per item. But it was better then standing in line. So i continued to move towrd the self check out line. As i started checking out i was planning on having quite a few errors, expecially since i has some items that were unbagable that always makes me wait for assistance! As i was checking out my 10 items or so i succesfully scanned each product with out one single error coming up! It was a complete assistance free check out! As i was walking out i was reflecting upon the events that just happened when it hit me.... That was probably the only time i would experience a positive walmart experience! As i was walking out i inhaled deeply to intake the one time i had a good walmart experience! I know this will never happen again.. and i want to never go back just so i go out on top with a positive exerience.... But then again i start to realize that i will alwasy go back, and that just pisses me off again that i cant loosen myself from the chains that Walmart binds around me!
January 1, 2009
My new years!!
So..... a new year has come! It is now officially 2009!! It seems like my whole life i was waiting for my post high school life to come and each year went by like that time would never come, and now that it is here, it goes by faster than i can keep up with! For most people new years is a time to go to a slutty dance and make out with as many people of the opposite sex as possible!.... and yes while that sounds nice, new years is so much more than that! I prefer those that i am closest to to be there when the clock ticks midnight so i start off this year the best possible. That could be family, friends, or someone that you are currently shacking! Who ever it is! I think its important to be with those people! And tonight was great! I was with the 2 people in the world that make me happy! Those 2 people would be my current room mate Brandt... And room mate until a few weeks ago, Chris! It was a perfect night in whole! I started it off with the best way possible! The last thing that i ate in 2008 was a DCBB or Double Cheesy Beef Burrito from Taco Bell! And it was amazing! mmmmmm!! Then we ended up spending the last munities of 2008 with some of my old friends from raintree that i had not seen for awhile! some married, some not! And just seeing everyone there when i went in put a huge smile on my face!!.... You may be saying to yourself!
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