Alec's BYU '07 - '08 Recap

So, i took my last test today - BOM/Rel. 122, and got a 97 by the way - and decided it would be appropriate to post a little (heh) collage of the pictures and memories I've collected this year. Some of them you've probably seen already in previous posts, others haven't been, but either way, enjoy!

upside down pants party at like 3 am one morning

Jordan and I won in the ward talent show with our "karate" routine

Chris and me showing our south side of the hall pride

"freeze fest" date thing

an art exhibit in the HFAC

yes, that is actually me wearing my stache in class. the whole time too.

LAUNDRY!!! AT 3 AM!!!

goofy/awesome decorations at the George Q. Cannon

This is us guys on the JFSB roof looking at Tanner pranking people by faking so shave their head

At the BYU football game

it really wasn't on purpose, i just caught the irony in time to take the picture

at the Canc. i impressed myself by picking up those horizontal fries like that

This is the first time i ever saw President Hinckley (the light blur) at a Tuesday devotional

The shirt Jordan won for sweeping the BBall court at halftime. it was easy by the way to fit them in it, it was wider than it was long.

Me in Chris's black suit from Japan. oh and Jordan of course

After true blue day at Helaman fields

just a late night...

Well that's it! i hope you laughed at least a little (at our expense)

Sunburn!! and sharp needles!!

Hey everyone,

well i got my mission immunizations on Thursday (at least the first bit of them - i've got to go back for some more with the hepatitis ones). for some reason had a sick day of hockey later that day with sore arms... had a hat trick in our little half-rink scrimmage, and i usually am not a scorer.

well then on Saturday Merrill hall had a "belly flop contest" and that is in quotes because only like 3 guys even did them. mostly just swimming/water bball and free food. but i was really smart and stayed out in the sun (wasn't too worried - it was only like 50 degrees outside) for like 2 hours when i am way white. needless to say i am and especially was earlier majorly burned. the picture does not do it justice, you can only kindof see some pink. if you saw me in person on like Sunday, my sunburn looked like one of those ancient Egyptian gold chest covering things, except in red. it was enough to make it hard to sleep sometimes. if you look at my neck you can kindof see the line where i got burned/didn't get burned.

just imagine that what i outlined in red is actually my bright red sunburn

Week of and weekend of Conference, and some old memories/pictures

well, this was a great week - it's crazy to think that next week is the last full week of classes for my BYU freshman year. It was a good week - played basketball a few times, as well as soccer. Hockey of course, which was way fun - trying to enjoy it while i can because it will be over for a while in a couple weeks! I'm gonna try and get some pictures too next week. I also went on a lunch date on Thursday. On Friday i went to the first part of my mission physical, glad to be getting it done.



Jordan opened his mission call on Wednesday - Hamburg, Germany. It's a big mission, and has a few large cities in it such as: Hamburg, Hannover, Dortmund, Essen (and most of that populated area - i.e. Hagen ), Bremen, Wolfsburg. so cool stuff.

And i remembered that i have some stuff i wanted to put on but forgot to on the first post. First off the German flag in the picture i surprised Jordan with on Thursday - it has the Eagle German crest as you can see, and that means it is the government's flag. it is actually a fine for anyone else in Germany to have this one - hehe. Also i wanted to post a couple pictures i got when talking to Ben and Elliott at Christmastime - just because i found them and they are awesome.

I especially like this one - looks like Elliott is trying to fly away with his jacket

Love you all and blog you next weekend!

Canadian bound

well, not way too much happened this week - alot of tests and other stuff like that. It was a good week in that i learned alot, a good amount of it from kicks in the butt, but i'll take it from where i need it the most. Hockey was great as always - as well as indoor soccer with Jon.

it snowed like 5 inches today - very random. i knew it was coming but only because the weatherman in our hall told me about it - helpful guy.

Oh and two guys got their calls to Canada - one to Toronto, and the other guy got his to Vancouver so as soon as he gets back from chilling with his Fam, i'm gonna talk with him alot about that. Well, hope next week is more eventful so i can post something of significance -

The week leading up to Easter - sports and a prank

Hey everybody,

this week started pretty normal - on Tuesday was hockey again and did better than i had been. Later that night had an indoor game with Jon, we won 2-1. I felt alot better about this game, though their goal i could have done better. Sounds more like a full-field soccer game than indoor (normally like 7 - 12). But i had alot of fun, and had two really good saves. i'll describe them to you because they felt great. the first was a full diving save from a guy that shot pretty far out - but it's old man indoor soccer and so the players move slow, but have hard shots. I reacted a little slow but was able to get across to my left side and deflected it with my left hand; as i fell i saw it hit the upper 90 and bounce back across the goal behind me to the right corner of the field. we were tied 1-1 at that point i think. then my other one was when the ball had bounced around close to my goal on the right side, and it ended up only like 7 feet away from me. I had a defender in front of me so i couldn't charge the player as he was winding up for the shot - so i just dove to the right behind my defender just before the guy shot and i blocked it with my right hand. To be honest it was probably one of the best saves i've ever made. we were up 2 - 1 at that point. so it was great to have a good game to help us win.

well enough bragging about stopping old men from scoring (big deal...), I played alot of pickup bball the rest of the week, as well as hockey on thursday which was goalie. i'm probably not going to play goalie anymore because i bruise/mess up my knees and they don't need any more beating than they get anyways. Friday was pretty cool - though i'll admit to everyone i didn't go to either of my two classes that day, slept in and decided to do other homework. it's ok though, they are the two ones that post the powerpoint or just talk about the same thing. watched alot of college basketball and later hung out with a girl i know at heritage.

Saturday was the happening day - had our first intramural bball tourney game. we lost but it's ok because we really weren't that good and i had some good plays in the game. no blocks though :`(
I hung with Mom and Rachel because they were in town - that was fun. Then later that day after Jordan and I got back from the tumble gym, we found our room in complete disarray - as in they guys had switched our sides of the room, like our stuff. it was pretty weird and really funny. i wanted to go to bed as it was but Jordan said he couldn't stand it so we put it all back. but luckily the guys taped and took pictures for alot of it: you'll recognize Bennett and Tanner from a past blog, and the tall skinny guy is Doug, the one with gelled black hair is Trammell, and the other guy with black hair is Chris. enjoy looking at our room getting turned upside down:

Chris and Trammell enjoying a moment

My posters and guitar on Jordan's side of the room.

Here is the beginning of the whole thing - introduced by Trammell

UM.. this week of business (well, busyness more like it)

Hey everyone, i don't think i have any pictures for this past week, sorry. It's hard when i don't have a camera and no one takes initiative to bring theirs...

Was a good start to the week though - such as launching water ballons at a couple totally making out or doing something on a picnic blanket just outside our dorms. bad idea - going at it right behind freshman dorms. dorms. so yeah that was great.

Hockey was only one day this week and it was eh... but still fun. oh i went to the BYU baseball game and that was way fun. the game went down to the 9th inning, where the UVU coach got thrown out and our pitcher struck out their big hitter with the bases loaded (when we were up by one run).

Took three tests over the week - Humanities, Survey of World Religions, and Book of Mormon, all of them midterms. I also had three assignments due over the course of the week. so yeah it was pretty busy... other than the few breaks for fun activities (baseball game for example)

Watched a movie on Thursday night with a bunch of people. edited version of The Shawshank Redemption - i liked it alot, i really did - but watch it edited for sure.

Oh and on Friday night i played capture the flag with lots of people in my ward. It was way fun - especially because i captured the last flag in a very sweet fashion. snuck around in some bushes and looked for the flag while hidden. saw it like 2 feet in front of me, was able to snatch it without them knowing, stowed it away in my pant leg, and they didn't even know i had it or it was gone until i pulled it out on my side. ohohoho i felt so cool, even though it was just a capture the flag game.

Saturday was an exhausting day; started with our Intramural bball game. i did well, but we lost. i was still happy though because i haven't done well in our games in the past, but i broke that record with at least 6 points (solid for me - including two free throws) some rebounds, prolly like 6 as well, and i think like three steals if i can remember right... at least two i think - but that's totally just speculation right now. so even without a block i felt great about it. then after that, i played indoor calle soccer with jon for like 3 hours in which jon and i carried most of the playing burden (we were on a team of keepers and not-competitive soccer players), especially Jon. i felt bad because he had an intramural soccer game before playing in our bball game, and then calle where he ran much more than me. so yeah - it was fun too especially when we beat one of the "best" teams who was playing. hehe.

excited for this upcoming week - hope i can make it the best so far, and also have pictures for you guys next time...

About Last week... written this week

it was a pretty cool week last week... Hockey was fun - I did goalie (with the hockey rink's equipment) and i am ok when i have good pads. I also am starting to really feel natural on skates and it feels really good. I also watched the movie "Hero" with Jet Li for the second time ever - and i liked it just as much as last time; this much: |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| which is alot. Oh and i'll give a picture i got of Jordan and i fooling around in the Cannon Center - those 12 pnut bars were all connected so i just took them all! we ate most of them, but it took determination, courage, and a little bit of dishonesty (we snuck two out).