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25. Quarter of a Century. Halfway to 50. Round up to 30. You're old.

Here are 25 very important things I've learned over the past 25 years.

1. Wear clean underwear whenever possible

2. Pizza makes a good breakfast, lunch or dinner

3. Understanding women is as simple as understanding nuclear physics with a second grade education


4. Find something you're good at or really like and pursue it


5. Spray on deodorant is not fun to use when it's really cold

6. Don't be a jerk

7. Don't pick your nose in public


8. Don't take someone's food without asking. It's really annoying when someone does it

9. You can always find something cheaper online.

10. Fannypacks had their place in time but should be done forever

11. Don't be that guy (Gym guy, golf guy, softball guy etc.)


12. Parents shouldn't start their kids off in a bad spot in life by giving them a bad name. (Lemonjello, Oragello, Lafonda, Lone Wolf, Blanket, Apple, Abcde)
13. Cats suck



14. Just because someone has money doesn't mean they're smart.

15. People who dress their pets have issues


16. Laugh at yourself when you do stupid stuff. I laugh alot.

17. Flight of the Conchords can change your life



18. Skiing is the closest thing to flying without using a parachute or a flight suit

19. It's not that hard to learn the guitar if you actually practice

20. Always check your fly after pit stops

21. When you inevitably are caught with your fly down act like to meant to leave it down





22. Black clothes are more economical than white clothes because you can wear them more between washes

23. Stride and Trident are the longest lasting gums

24. Never eat a hotdog from a gas station

25. Enjoy everyday

Yesterday I was riding up the lift with Spencer (my 11 year old brother) and we heard a girl scream, probably because she fell. He instantly perked up and said "A hot girl needs me!!" Typical Spence.

"Buenos noches!" "Buenos nachos!"

So a few days this last few weeks I've woken up early and haven't been able to go back to sleep. Whats up with that? That never happens. I wake up early when I don't want to and I can't wake up early when I want to. I usually don't get sick either but since I've been walking around with soaked feet at work the last few nights I woke up today feeling like crap. I don't think that landing on my head yesterday at the Bird helped. Thank goodness for massage chairs.

So I'm lying here on my couch watching a movie that has some of the best and funniest quotes I've heard in a long time such as:

"Buenos noches!"
"Buenos nachos!"

"I'm just hear to control the funkiness"

"I'm American."
"No way, I'm Mexican."

If you can correctly identify this movie based on the quotes I'll let you sit in the massage chair I stole from my parents house.

I had a random question come to my mind the other day, and girls, please don't get mad at this. I think it's a legitimate question.

I was on the tram and there was a person next to me with a decent mustache. Mustaches were on my mind since my roomates were having a mustache party in a few days. I thought to myself, "That's a nice mustache, they'd be welcome at the party." I looked a bit closer and then realized that this was not a man, it was a woman. So here is my question. When women have abnormal amounts of facial hair why do they not shave it, wax it or laser it away? Do they not notice it? What goes through their mind when they see it in the mirror? "Yes, that is a nice mustache if I say so myself. My husband will definitely be jealous when he sees this." If your razor is already out to shave your legs why not just make a quick run over your upper lip? That is all.

T Ride the lift

Here's a summary of my trip to Telluride, Colorado

Daryn gets way to excited to travel

Carston jumps off/over anything and everything

When we got to Telluride Tim and I found out that our housing fell through

I couch surfed the next 4 nights

The snow wasn't as bad as I thought/heard it would be

The comp was fun

Some of my friends got to ride in a helicopter but then had to stand on top of a freezing peak for 4 hours

I sat at the bottom of the freezing peak for 3 hours

I couldn't feel my toes for 5 hours

Telluride locals don't know directions to anything in their own town

They assume that because a restaurant isn't super expensive it isn't good

Emilio's is great

Being the DD at the after party can be fun

It's amazing what you see when you watch the party from a balcony

It gives you tons of reasons not to drink

Rounding up your hung over friends that are scattered all over town the next morning so you can go home can be a challenge

There were alot of funny things said such as (all of these are from sober people)

"What day is it?"
"Wednesday. We went over this this morning. It's going to be Wednesday for the rest of today."

"You got glasses?"
"Yeah"
"For your eyes?"
"Yep"

"Whats in the bean and cheese burrito?"

Between Tim and a girl he had met 5 minutes before
"Do you guys speak French?"
"I do."
"Weirdo."


"How many inches to Salt Lake?"
"About 8"

And I saw this youtube video which I think is one of the funniest things I've ever seen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpg3xM-niVw

Telluride - Before

I'm leaving for Telluride in the morning for the FWT Qualifier, I'm kind of nervous even though I know what lines I want to ski but this is the first year I've felt that I can actually be competitive. I've been skiing well and working hard this season so hopefully it will all pay off with a great comp! No matter how it turns out I'll be there with some of my best friends having a great time so it'll be fun either way.