The Beginning

Well, here goes nothing. I guess I'm gonna do a blog. The thing that intrigues me about a blog is that someone told me you can print them off at the end of the year as kind of a journal. I think that is quite the novel idea even though there will be slight variations from what I would put in a journal.
So lately, for several reasons, I've been thinking I might move away from Utah for a little while. I applied for a job with Wells Fargo as a Service Manager in Seattle where my brother and sister-in-law just moved to. I highly doubt I'll get it or even be strongly considered but there is a chance. Why? Well, things have kind of been slow here in the old Beehive state. I just got my associates degree in general studies from Salt Lake Community College and have been told I'm too late to apply/register for school in the fall at the University of Utah. So school will have to wait until spring anyway. I've kind of been irritated with the dating and girls scene here lately. Moving to another state isn't necessarily the answer or solution to this irritation but it is one of them.
I was irritated at work last week as well. I never have problems at work but last week was not a good week. Sales were not good at all. I had a terrible day on Tuesday with some personal problems and I kind of let it show. I didn't want to talk about it with anyone and of course that is when everyone wants to know what is wrong. I didn't tell anyone what was wrong until Thursday. I confided in my service manager and friend Carlos and that turned out to be a mistake. I know he was trying to help but sometimes you just need to vent to someone and all you need is for that person to say, "Hey man, that sucks, I'm here for you if you need anything." That is not what I got. Instead I got a lecture on positive thinking and how my problems are my problems because of my attitude. Anyway, I got pissed at him, and we are okay now. The next day I told him that if he ever becomes a Bishop or anything that he needs to work on his empathy skills.

Anyway, I love music. Any person who knows me should know that. I think this is a good outlet for me to share with you some of my favorite songs and why they are my favorites.

One of my favorite songs is Such Great Heights. A band called the Postal Service did the song first. Ben Gibbard, vocalist for Postal Service and Death Cab for Cutie, wrote this song. Ben Gibbard is one of the best lyricists writing music today. This song has been covered by Iron and Wine and is a very good cover. You can also find a version of Ben Folds covering this song on Youtube.... anyway here are the lyrics and maybe the video if I can manage it.

Such Great Heights

I am thinking it's a sign that the freckles
In our eyes are mirror images and when
We kiss they're perfectly aligned
And I have to speculate that God himself
Did make us into corresponding shapes like
Puzzle pieces from the clay
True, it may seem like a stretch, but
Its thoughts like this that catch my troubled
Head when you're away when I am missing you to death
When you are out there on the road for
Several weeks of shows and when you scan
The radio, I hope this song will guide you home

They will see us waving from such great
Heights, 'come down now,' they'll say
But everything looks perfect from far away,
'come down now,' but we'll stay...

I tried my best to leave this all on your
Machine but the persistent beat it sounded
Thin upon listening
That frankly will not fly. you will hear
The shrillest highs and lowest lows with
The windows down when this is guiding you home