"First rule in Fight Club

...Don't talk about fight club! Second Rule about Fight Club: DON"T TALK ABOUT FIGHT CLUB!"

Oh well.

In the past three weeks an interesting phenomenon has started in Rexburg. Tuesday Night Fights has started. It is rumored to have started at either Tuscany or Rockland, but it has blossomed into a secret society of boxing. Last night was no exception. It was carried out in the Heritage lounge. I didn't go, but I've seen some video of the event. It's no holds bar boxing. Each person dons a pair of boxing gloves and they go at it. Last night had about 5 fights before it was broken up by Rexburg PD. 3 of the fights were guy on guy. The other 2 were girl on girl. I've only seen video from two of the fights from last night: 1 guy fight and 1 girl fight. The girl fight was vicious with eventually the one girl (who was pretty hot) being knocked to the ground.

This new group is interesting on two parts. 1. If they ever get caught by the administration - every student attending runs the risk of getting kicked out of school. 2. It is a supposed secret society. But ever since the nightclub got shut down, those students that need to live a little on the edge have been searching for something to do. So word is spreading. Last nights gathering had at least 200 students at it.

Here are some links of some of the original fights that helped lead to last night (Last nights haven't been posted yet):

Rockland 1
Rockland 2 (Please note the picture of the prophet on the mantel)
Rockland 3

Black History and Wind Ensemble

So...You've all been looking for black history posts, right? Yeah...about that. I am really busy this semester. I've been trying to post a blog on Oprah for about 10 days now - because let's be honest: hasn't she been the most influential black woman America has ever seen? Rosa Parks is close, but she never gave a car to 300 people at one time...

After 10 days, I still haven't had time to post. So, I'm just going to not do it this year. I'll pick it up next year from my new blog (because next year will no longer be "Life in Idaho." It will be "Life in Washington," "Life in Colorado" or "Life in Texas.").

I have been so busy this semester. I usually watch about 30 minutes of TV during the week: "The Office." But this past week I even skipped The Office so that I could go to a wind ensemble concert. If you remember, last semester SZ had me take her to a jazz concert. While there I was reminded how much I like brass instruments.

This particular wind ensemble concert had a focus was on Sousa. (That's right MR. "Stars & Stripes Forever.") It was an amazing concert. The performers were amazing. Each breath they took resulted in beautiful stirring music. There were two parts I didn't like, though. One was this opera singer. I'm not sure what an opera singer was doing at a wind ensemble concert, but she was there and wasn't impressed (I should mention that I'm never impressed with opera singers). The other part I didn't like was at the end. As part of the closing number, they had this massive American Flag drop from the ceiling, which of course meant everyone stood, which resulted in a standing ovation at the end. I felt kind of cheated into the standing ovation. I would have given it anyway, I just don't like being tricked into it.

Oh, but the songs were amazing. They didn't just stick to Sousa. There was Gershwin, Berlin, Brion, and even Kabalevsky. And each note was perfect. It was worth missing The Office for.

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On a side note, SZ was performing. She mentioned she was thinking of joining wind ensemble shortly before we broke-up, but I never knew her decision and then eventually forgot about it. I grossly underestimated her level of talent. I know the caliber of the performers she was playing with and she kept up with them. There was a part when 5 of the performers moved away from the music stands and used piccolos in front of the audience. SZ was in that group and performed marvelously. It was very impressive.

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On another side note, I have since watched the episode of The Office that I missed. I didn't miss much.

Lunch

While this won't matter to most of you - I had an interesting experience at lunch today. I had lunch with Elder Eyring's son. He was at BYU-Idaho doing some business. He was sitting two over from me and as this kid and I engaged in conversation about housing prices in the Bay Area (this kid just got home from the California San Jose Mission), this older gentleman chimed in. At the end of the conversation this kid I was talking to said "Good bye brother Erying." I turned to the older man and said "Brother Eyring? Are you any relation to Elder Eyring?" He said "That's my dad." Then, without skipping a beat, I asked, "That's great. Hey could you do me a favor? Could you pass a message on to Elder Scott for me?..."

little update

Hi All. People have started calling me asking about me - so I figure it is time to update you all on my life.

Job - I am an on-call model along with about 6 other people. My number hasn't come up yet so I've got no stories to tell you. Still no one at BYU-Idaho has seen me half naked except for those people I used to swim with my first year here. My goal is still to let some lucky girl see me completely naked before I graduate, but right now I'm not courting anyone so I doubt that goal will be achieved. I don't even really have any potentials.

Graduation - I'll graduate July 18th, 2007 with a BS degree in Sociology. Instead of a minor I'll have two clusters - one in Public Relations and one in Literature. After that I'm planning on moving. I'm looking for work in Denver, Seattle and San Antonio. I have a week off between winter semester and summer semester. I'm either going to Seattle or Denver for a little recon mission. (I was going to go to Wiscon. but I need to go look for work instead.)

Why no blog - For the first time in my college career - my classes are more important to me than my extraciricular activities. This is coming from the guy who always aspired to the quote by Mark Twain "I never let school get in the way of my education." But I'm really enjoying my classes but they involve a lot of reading - so I read and read. Additionally, I'm working on a project with the Mechanical Engineering Department to design better, yet still inexpensive, wheelchairs so that WCB can go on after I leave (I'm currently the only wheelchair mechanic on campus). Lastly, I'm working with my father on a project for my niece's b'day in February. That project involves a lot.

I hope you are all well. I promise I'll post my first nude modeling experience.

Sean

I got a job - As a Nude Model

Hi everyone! I'm sorry I have updated in a while. My life went from peaceful to accelerated with one small decision. Instead of graduating in July, I decided to graduate in April. That meant taking 5 classes this semester instead of just the one. It meant begging to get into those classes and then getting Fin aid to transfer money around and do a whole bunch other stuff. Now everything is settled. My classes are settled and I'm ready to start returning to a normal life.

However, one more duck had to fall into place before life was settled. I had to get a job. Today I got word that I will be working as a BYU-Idaho Nude Model this semester. BYU-Idaho's Art Department hires "average" people to draw pictures of. I'm "average." So I will be working 1-3 days a week as a model for the art department.

Now - before you throw up...I won't be completely nude. Not among all of these nice little Mormon kids. Nope - instead I'll be wearing shorts that my new boss said were the equivalent of wearing a Speedo.

I know my sister (who was an art major) will be happy to hear I'm progressing the word of art. For me, though, it just sounds like a cool job. How many people get to put on their resume that they were a model?? I can.

my food intake

I have a Hiatal Hernia. I've had it for about 4 years now (off topic - but I've owned my truck for 5 years as of Sunday. 123,000 miles later it's still doing good). It has been a long process getting used to changing my diet. I am often asked what exactly I can and cannot have. I recently found this list on a GERD website. Let's start here:

citrus fruits
chocolate
drinks with caffeine
fatty and fried foods
garlic and onions
mint flavorings
spicy foods
tomato-based foods, like spaghetti sauce, chili, and pizza

Additionally I have found that I can't have spicy food, a lot of Chinese food, or carbonation beverages. Occasionally you will see me eating chocolate or drinking Cherry Coke. I have learned how to tolerate these and how to get my body to accept them (early in the day and in small portions).

There are three other foods that I consider to be of the Devil:
raisins
pickles
raw bananas (I'll eat dried bananas just fine without throwing up, and banana bread is my third favorite type of bread.)

With these food challenges, I have two other challenges - to eat better and to exercise more. To eat better I turn here.

So there you have it. If you are ever hosting me or trying to feed me - there is my guideline.

28

I turned 28 a few hours ago. Surely you must have heard the fanfare. No? Really? Weird.

I'd like to think I'm not only older but I'm wiser, but I'm not sure about that. I learned a long time ago not to date 18 year-olds yet I did it twice this year with the same results. My life experiences out weigh their life experiences and they get scared.

I only had a few different majors this year and they were more thought out before I changed them...but I still had about 4 different majors. I'm now a University Studies major with a really high possibility of graduating April 6-7th.

Up to about 2 days ago I thought I was moving to CO or UT, but being home does something for you. Being in Cali with lots of jobs and high pay and a dream of a better life...makes those mountains, trees and rivers less important. We'll see where I stand in 14 weeks.

I was going to spend my time here in CA catching up on my writing, reading some books, visiting some historic sites...but I'm just being lazy and sleeping all day. I go out at night and sleep all day. I really would like to be doing more with my life but after last semester's trauma, and all of the drama from 2006 - I'm pretty happy just sleeping and watching House and The Office on the internet.

Merry Christmas to all! Happy New year!

Love, Sean