Finals, Finals, Finals

So I just finished my last final for the semester. Whew! Well actually I only had two finals this semester and one of the two was a take home paper. Even the final that I took in the testing center was open book. My teacher also assured us that anything attached to the book could be used so here are some pictures of my Franken-book. I just took all my notes and stapled them to an index page. I do like how it’s multi dimensional now.

Also, on Friday we went to REI and I bought a climbing harness. So now we have all the gear to top rope (That’s when you have a rope that is attached to the top or the rock face with a carabineer and one end is on the ground with the person belaying you and then you have the other end tied to you as you climb. So like what they have at indoor rock climbing walls.)

Anyway we decided to try out our gear today and we had our friend Chris teach us how to safely top rope. It was way fun. I didn’t make it to the top cause my legs are out of shape but Britt went all the way up. Now all I need is a pair of climbing shoes and I’ll be good to go for a while.

Here I am with Chris.

I only made it up a little higher than this. The picture is zoomed in so you cant see how high up I got.

Here is Britt as she was going up.

I had to zoom all the way in to get this one.

Here is some perspective for how high up it was.

We also had a BYUSA Dr. Who Club party one week ago. I figures that since we were shelling out all the club money for the party, I would also send in a request form to buy the 3 Dr Who Box Sets. They belong to BYUSA but they need a place to stay while the club is using them so I figure my house is as good a place as any.

Also, I got to see Jon and Kassie Voigt. I grew up with Jon in Minnesota and it was fun hanging out with them. (And that is Henry Weinhard root beer we are holding, just in case you were wondering)

Happy finals and graduation everybody!!!!

Past Life

Here is what has passed in my life over the last few weeks.

March 26 -Wednesday
Ever since we've been married, Britt has wanted to go to the Luau here on campus. So I finally got tickets and we went. We even knew a few of the performers so it was a lot of fun. Afterwards we tried to go to a Polynesian restaurant but they all close at 9:00 and we didn’t get out till 9:05, so I promised Britt that we will go to one of them before she heads for Seattle.

March 27 -Thursday
I am currently in a class where they teach us how to move around in the business world. We learned all about dealing with hostile co-workers and bosses, how to get an extra 20K when you interview for a job, and most recently how to be well mannered at a business dinner. To further teach the point, the school took the whole class out to Carrabba's Italian Grill to eat (and they paid for it too. Cool huh).

Here are a few things that I learned at the dinner.

• Tipping is now a standard 20-25% across the US




• Tipping is not a reflection of the service you receive but a reflection of yourself




• Think of dinner service as Ladies and Gentlemen serving Ladies and Gentlemen (your server could be in business school and be your boss one day)




• Your server will tell you their name at the beginning of the meal, use it. (Nobody wants to be called "hey you" unless their name is Heauue)




• If you need something from you server then make eye contact and just raise your hand slightly. Don't bang your glass or snap.




• If you absolutely need a refill on your drink and you server is MIA then just ask another server, they will usually be happy to fill your drink or find your server.

So it was a fun time. Between this experience and going to the other etiquette dinner with Britt, I think I'm ready for most business dinners.

March 28 - Friday
A week ago Friday we had the iOscars. I didn’t win but they did show our movie on the big screen and we had a fun time doing it. We even got a few people to clap for us. Someone asked about adding background music and I thought about it but the movie that we were copying didn’t have any music since the whole movie is filmed on a home video camera and is meant to be like real life. The one that I thought was the best was an Indiana Jones movie that they showed at the start. It was sooo funny but it didn’t even make it to the top three. But the winning film was good too. I was going to insert the movies so you could watch them but they aren’t up on the iOscar website yet.

April 3 - Thursday
Another exciting chapter of my life happened about 2 weeks ago. There was an E-business day here at school and they were raffling off an Xbox 360. Well I decided to go and try my chances at winning the raffle. Well when the time came to give away the prizes, I actually won a lunch with one of the main speakers. It was with Blake Modersitzki. Well this last Thursday was the time we set for lunch. I went up to Salt Lake and I ate lunch with Blake and 2 other employees from UV Partners. I had a great time and learned a lot about their business.

April 8 - Tonight (Tuesday)
We finaly get to watch the latest episode of Dr. Who!!! For club night we are watching Episode 1 of Season 4 for Dr. Who Club. I heard that it is a grat episode but i have refrained from watching it till tonight so it will be new for me and the club members. We also hope to have a club party on the last day of class. We'll see if we can get everything approved in time!