Color Quiz

My good friend Dylan and his wife Sarah had this posted on their blog, so I thought I'd take the quiz. Take it and see how you fit in!

you are dodgerblue #1E90FF

Your dominant hues are cyan and blue. You like people and enjoy making friends. You're conservative and like to make sure things make sense before you step into them, especially in relationships. You are curious but respected for your opinions by people who you sometimes wouldn't even suspect. Your saturation level is high - you get into life and have a strong personality. Everyone you meet will either love you or hate you - either way, your goal is to get them to change the world with you. You are very hard working and don't have much patience for people without your initiative. Your outlook on life is very bright. You are sunny and optimistic about life and others find it very encouraging, but remember to tone it down if you sense irritation.

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I've Been Tagged

My sister has tagged me and essentially, what that means is that I now have to describe 6 things or habits about myself. I assume that means that I have to write down six things or habits that no one already knows, but I'm not really sure. As such, the first six things to pour forth from my fingers are what you get.

• I hate answering the phone. I think it has to do with the fact that when Angela and I were first living in our own house we got more telemarketing calls than a normal person gets (yes, even after we were on the do-not-call list for some reason.) So, I hate going to the phone to see who it is because nine times out of ten, someone just wants money.
• I have a deep and abiding addiction to toffee covered nuts. For some reason, they agree with my taste buds and I can't get enough of them. It's a strange thing to be addicted to, but there you have it. I first started my infatuation at BYU where they bring them in fresh everyday to the bookstore. Honestly, I couldn't not go in and get some. Especially since the student center was right next to the fine arts center (where most of my classes were) and it was so easy and convenient. Did I mention how good they tasted?
• I am fabulous with names. I can remember just about anyone's name even if I've only ever met them once. For some reason, it sticks in my head. Honestly, I think it stems from being on a mission and having to remember everyone's names in all the wards I was serving in. I found I got better response from the members if I remembered their names and their kids names. After all, if I ask brother so-and-so how his kids are and name them, he's a lot more likely to give me a referral. It's all about the networking.
• I love 14th century choral music. This probably doesn't come as a surprise to most of you since I sing with the Tab Choir, but the truth is that I'm very specific about the kind of choral music I listen to on my own time--and to be honest, I rarely listen to popular stuff (rock, pop, alternative) when I have a choice. It's all Palestrina, Josquain Depres, Viadano, and others. I'm not even that big a fan of 16th or 17th century choral music. I like my music light, fluffy and with clean, sonorous harmonies. Here, try some.
• I watch the Food Network with regularity. Honestly, it's scary how much I watch this channel. After Angela goes to sleep I switch between it and ESPN while I'm winding down. I loves me some Ace of Cakes, Emeril Live, Feasting on Asphault, Good Eats with Alton Brown and many others. You know, this is my second entry about food. I'm not sure what this says about me.
• I read in to stuff people say all the time. For some reason, being a writer has always made me more sensitive to the way words are used and how they're spoken or written. I'm sure my entire family, all of whom write to some degree or another, could attest to the same thing. The problem is that, as Freud has said, sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. I usually have to remember that when people are talking and not to read into every little thing they say. It's a tough road for me, but I'll get over it.

Ok, so that's it! Now, I'm supposed to tag six other people, but I don't know six other people. Sad, I know. So, I'm going to tag a few people that I know and hopefully that will suffice. My dad, Zuke, cousin William, Matt and that's it.

By the way, I'm almost done with school and the choir Christmas concerts are coming up so I may be incognito over the next few weeks. Not like that's different from any other time, but now I have a reason. I'll try to post before Christmas about what's going on. Oh, and Angela is getting huge! I'll have pictures of that soon too.

USC is Pandemonium!

As usual, Angela and I made our annual trip to Los Angeles to take in a USC Football game and to enjoy the good weather. We do so enjoy going to L.A. and going to the games. They truly are a huge party!

On campus, it's a complete circus. There are people everywhere, there are lines to get into the bookstore (yes, lines) and everyone has these enormous set-ups complete with big-screen TVs, stoves, refrigerators and more food than you can shake a stick at. I even saw one tent with a chandelier. A chandelier I tell you!

On the way into the stadium, you pass the USC rose garden and let me tell you, it is stunning. The picture above doesn't do it any justice, but it is gorgeous. It's a surprisingly peaceful setting what with all the hoopla just on the border of the garden.

Once you step into the L.A. Colosseum (that's where USC plays it's football games) the one thing that I marvel at is it's size. The stadium seats about 100,000 people which is enormous. As a point of reference, The Old Mile High Stadium in Denver sat a little less than 70,000 and the Delta Center in Salt Lake seats about 17,000. So, yeah, it's huge.

But the picture of me above is in the famous arch ways at the north end of the stadium. Outside the archways are images of famous sports people in America (Knute Rockne, Pop Warner, and a few others) as well as a wall of all the winners during the 1984 Olympics. It was cool to walk around and see that.

As we got to our seats, we gave the traditional Trojan hand symbol for their motto which is "Fight On!" It's essentially a peace sign, but at USC it's meant to be a V which, as you might guess, stands for victory. Fortunately, the football team does a lot of that victory-ing.

When night falls on the stadium, the lights come on and combined with all the smoke from all the grills that surround the stadium because of the tailgating parties, an eerie look surrounds the field. It's almost surreal--as if you were watching something that wasn't happening. It's tough to describe unless you're there, but man is it an odd site.

The game was a blast (we played Oregon State and won, 24-3) and we enjoyed being back in California together. We visited a couple of our favorite eatery's (dad will be jealous that we had the Japanese curry--yum!) and just soaked up the California sun. While it was a short trip, it was most enjoyable and I, for one, can't wait to get back.

My Office Does "The Office"

So, I'm sure you've heard of the NBC Sitcom "The Office." It's a hilarious spoof on modern office life and everyone who I work with at my own office loves it. In fact, we love it so much, that we decided to dress up as characters from the show for Halloween. And someone was nice enough to take a picture of us, in our warehouse, ironically enough, stuffed with printed paper products.

To add to the merriment, we also decorated our office space with pictures from The Office including a "World's Best Boss" mug and Official Seiko Timepiece Certification for our Michael Scott, a Dwight Bobble-head for our Dwight Schrute and more cat pictures than I could even imagine for our Angela. We even had the whole thing topped off with sign at the entrance to our area of the building that said "Welcome to Dunder Mifflin Scranton."

While we didn't have all the characters (we're missing a Kevin, an Oscar, a Creed, a Stanley and a Toby) we do have several. See if you can name them! That is if you watch The Office. And if you don't you really should. It's hilarious.

By the way, I'm including a picture of the real characters so you can see the comparison. Some of our characters are pretty close. Enjoy!