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!

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!

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

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

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 9

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..

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!!

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!

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

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!!

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

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!