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!