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!

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!

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...

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!

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!