Which Doritos Flavor is the Best?

Apparently Nacho is better.

7 votes - Nacho 4(57%), Cool Ranch 0, Salsa Verde 3(42%), Spicy Nacho 0.

Nacho is the classic doritos flavor, the problem that I have with it is that it gets boring so quickly. I can only eat that flavor in spurts. Meaning I'll have some, then I'll go a couple of weeks before I'll even want anymore. Cool Ranch is ok, but I have to be in the mood for it. Spicy Nacho is about the same as nacho.

Salsa Verde however is the freaking bomb. I love it. I could always go for some, not to mention it's got a different, and spicy taste to it that makes it a little more interesting then the others. Funny story I once saw Chris eat like an entire bag by himself. It was pretty amazing.

So nacho flavor wins. I guess I just have kinda different tastes.

Which Villain Would Make The Best Hero?

Here are the results:

6 votes - Lex Luthor 2(33%), Green Goblin 0, Bizarro Superman 1(16%), Magneto 3(50%)

I totally agree with Magneto being the best hero. He's got intelligence, charisma, courage, and a really cool power. Not to mention the fact that at the root of his cause, he just wants to improve the rights for mutants. He started out being good he just goes about it in the wrong way. And he's already best friends with Professor X, so it's not to hard to imagine him being good.

Lex Luthor and the Green Goblin I think would be basically Batman. They got everything Batman does. Money, smarts, skills, and the gumption to do something. Bizarro Superman would be a good candidate, but his main draw back is his lack of intelligence. He really is just Superman, but without the brains. That lack of intelligence is kinda what turns him into a villain.

Go Magneto!

Personal Training

Today was our first day of personal training in this session of the Police Academy.

My Stats:

Vertical Jump - 21 inches
Pushups - 38
Situps in a minute - 42
300 meter run - 53 seconds
1 1/2 mile run - 16.06 minutes

I think I improved in everything but the vertical jump and the mile and a half run. I'm pretty sure that the 10 pounds I've put on since the last time I was tested on these has had an effect. I'm not real worried about it. I think since I already passed the physical test in the first block I don't have to pass it this time around. Not that I'm not going to try, just that I'm not going to kill myself. And two minutes isn't that much time to shave off in 5 months.

The second part of the class was more defensive tactics. It was mostly just a review of the stuff from the first block. They changed a few things on us just because the curriculm has changed, but it all came back without to much effort. The really exciting thing is that with the new curriculm they have there's apparently more ground techniques. Translation we do more actual fighting!!! How cool is that? I get to go to school to learn how to fight.

Lincoln vs. Gandhi

I've decided to put a poll up on my blog, and every week people can come and vote on the question. Then at the end of the week I'll put up the results and discuss what I think about it.









The question was who would win in a fight; Abraham Lincoln or Mahatma Gandhi? With 8 votes altogether, 87% (7) voted for Lincoln and 13% (1) voted for Gandhi.

Now here's the thing. Lincoln easily has the height and reach advantage. He probably also has Gandhi out weighed to. But the thing that Gandhi has going for him is that he's proven that his body can take significant amounts of punishment and still keep going. I would also venture to say that Gandhi is probably a quick little bugger. Is Gandhi fast enough to take down Lincoln before Lincoln can beat Gandhi in the ground?

As with most of the others that voted I would have to say Lincoln would win in a fight. With the reach that Lincoln would have over Gandhi, I don't think Gandhi could get in close enough to do any damage. Lincoln would definitely win.

Academy Update

Today was my first day of the second block. We didn't do anything real big, just talked about what was going to be going on this semester. I think it's gonna be really good. There isn't as much law and "class" work, quite a bit of it will be practicals. Although theres a bunch more certification classes that we will be going through. It's okay, I'm just really excited to be going again.

Oh and I got yelled at today. I wore my baton to class, and apparently we aren't to be wearing it until we're certified to use it. Go figure.

A Kicking Good Movie and Provo is Lame

Just last night I wanted to go do something. It was kinda late, but I figured there were still some places open. I texted Alex and when she got off work we went to go do something. The only problem is that in Provo on Saturday night everything closes at 11. It was so frustrating, there was nothing to do. So we ended up getting some ice cream and tried to rent a movie. I say try cause the stupid red box wouldn't take my card. We then went to my apartment and watched Fight Club. I should also mention that we played a couple of games of tetris and I won like five games to her one, but who's counting. :)

Fight Club is an awesome movie. It's so intense. Brad Pitt and Ed Norton do fantastic jobs. The story line is just perfect, they do an incredible job of not giving away the ending. I get so into it everytime I watch. I just want to go out and start a fight with a complete stranger, just to see what would happen.

My 100th Post!!!

Yes this is a big moment for me. This is my 100th post! Pretty exciting I know. If you feel like sending me medals, or awards please feel free. I just want everybody to take a moment and think of their favorite moment with me, or favorite saying.

Life would be pretty boring without me around.

Walmart is a Whore

If walmart is a whore, what then is America? Especially since we go back to it time, and time again.

With that in mind, I watched another documentary. As I'm sure you guessed this one was about walmart. Walmart has a lot of shady practices, and treats it's employees like crap. I'm all for capitalism, but there comes a point where companies need to be curtailed in what they're allowed to do.

The biggest thing that annoys me is how they treat the employees. Low wages, no or very poor benefits, won't let them work overtime or even 40 hours. The real kick in the pants is that they make it a policy for people that are struggling financially to go and sign up for government benefits. When you tell your employees that the only thing they can do is to go on welfare, you've got a problem. Walmart needs to take care of its people. Give them more money, let them work. Walmart is a business, they are out to make a profit but I think they've gotten a little to greedy. They can spend a little more on employee benefits.

But the only real reason that this is allowed to happen is because Americans demand cheap goods. What they don't intend to happen is for walmart to push out all the other businesses in the area, and for resale values to go down. But that's what happens when a walmart goes into an ares, the economy of that area takes a hit.

If people stopped buying from walmart, walmart wouldn't be this giant multi-national corporation sucking the life out of Smalltown, U.S.A. I doubt however this will ever happen, people demand cheap stuff.

"Corn King"

I watched a documentary the other night entitled "Corn King." Its about, as I'm sure you already guessed corn. Now you might ask yourself who in their right mind would make a documentary about corn? And who would be so bored as to watch it? A couple of guys from Boston made it, and I was bored enough to watch it. It was actually a pretty interesting flick.

For starters these guys didn't set out to talk about corn. They set out to talk about the eating and the health problem in America today. They boiled it down to one thing, corn. Specifically high fructose corn syrup (corn sugar), the vast majority of processed foods contain this corn syrup. So they go to the corn capitol of the world, Iowa, to grow corn and see why corn is and has become a major staple of the American diet. I won't ruin it for those who want to go see it (probably nobody), but they bring up a very interesting point that even though corn is normally good for you, we've engineered and created a food state where corn has become bad for us. It's worth watching, if you ever have about an hour and a half to kill.

Let Me Tell You About My Valentines Day

The best part of my valentines day was getting a "mystery" valentine. It's not a huge mystery because they left it for Thomas Payne, and there are only like 4 people in the world who ever call me by my full name. Two of them just happen to be Aubs and Katie Kat. I'm pretty positive it was them that left it on my door step, and it brightened my weekend. Even though they left for California.

So the day starts out with me texting Alex till like 4 in the morning, about when we're going to go to the gym. I think we ended up saying like 9. That wasn't bad, but I had to get up in the morning to find it snowing, and then Alex bailed on the gym (I ended up not going either). I got my new glasses, and dropped off a couple of valentines. All that was before 11am. And that was the entirety of my production for the day. Literally.

I spent the entire rest of the day on the couch watching movies and sitcoms, eating a crap load of junk food. I think I ate like 3 or 4 pounds of candy. I started the day at like 159lbs and ended it at like 163lbs. I was stuffed and sick. And that was my valentines day in a nut shell.

My Tastebuds Have Changed Allegiance

I thought my favorite candy bar was snickers. The mix of chocolate, caramel, peanuts, and nougat was amazing. I could eat those all day everyday. And sometimes I would.

Recently however, it seems I've been leaning to a different candy bar. The Twix. That mix of chocolate, caramel, and crunchy cookie has been forcing its way into my heart, through my mouth. Now this could be a passing fad, and I could return to the snickers in the end. But I have my doubts. I think I have been converted to the Twix.

New Glasses

I got my new glasses on Valentines day. They're a lot like the old ones, just a little narrower. I didn't want to have to get new glasses but it probably was time. "Old Glasses"

Everything you shouldn't do to glasses I've probably done to these. And I mean everything. Melted, dropped in acid and various chemicals, dropped off roof, thrown across room, frozen, scratched, smashed, etc... So they got kinda beaten up.

I like these new ones, but they're taking a little to get used to. I'm having a little difficulty walking. I don't know if it's the new perscription or if I'm just retarded but just walking down the street or up stairs was a chore that first day. Oh well, here's to spending $320 I don't have to spend!

Wonder Hostess

Wonder Hostess has got to be the greatest food brand, and store in existence. I say that because the other day I was at the gas station and saw those fantastic fruit pies. The problem was that I didn't want to be paying $1.40 for them (yeah I'm kinda cheap sometimes). Then I remembered that near our house there was a wonder hostess thrift store that sold all the wonder products at a discounted price. I figured that if there's one there got to be more. And I was right! I went online and looked and wouldn't you know there's one in orem. Awesome!

Suffice it to say I went and bought a box of 15 fruit pies, and they were only like 83 cents a piece. It turned into one awesome day.

At the Worst Possible Time

Why does it seem like really crappy things happen at the worst possible time? I was getting ready to go to work and I picked up my glasses, and wouldn't you know it but they break on me. The frame just snaps. What the crap? They broke in a spot that makes it very nearly impossible to tape back together. So I'm gonna have to go to like walmart tomorrow and get a new pair made.

It was the worst possible time because not only was I late to work (I had to find my sunglasses because I can't drive without a pair), but it happens the month before the police academy starts and I've got a lot of crap to pay for. I just hope nothing else goes wrong, or I'm really gonna be upset.

Not Near 185lbs.

Several months ago I made it a goal to get in shape, and put on some weight. I was going to post a pic of me every week to see if there was some improvement. I haven't done that at all. So here's the latest pics. This first one is just of me standing and not flexing at all.
Not a ton of improvement, but there is some. I'm up to 158lbs, with 13% body fat.

Here are a couple with me flexing.


I actually really like the way that I look. I might not be anywhere near my goal of 185lbs and 10% body fat, but I feel really good. It's safe to say that this is the best shape I've ever been in. Let's hope this trend stays up.

A Ride Along

I went on a ride along with Drew the other night. It was pretty sweet. He's got the dodge charger as his squad car, and boy is it nice. Not only is it cool and fast, it's got some pretty sweet gadgets.

The night itself was pretty uneventful. Probably because of the crappy weather, but on the bright side there were to jet fighters parked at the provo airport that we got to go up and see. So it made up for not being able to catch any drunks.

Electric Shavers

I got myself an electric shaver. For a couple of reasons. First and foremost is that I cut my face up something fierce with a straight blade. And second I really need to shave like every day, especially when in the academy.

I have mixed feelings. On the one hand its easier and faster. And on the other it just doesn't get the job done as well. Maybe theres a trick to using it that I haven't figured out. I guess I can just use a blade for special occasions, but then what was the point of getting the shaver if I still need to have a blade around?

It must be a conspiracy to make us spend as much money as we can on as much stuff as we can. Capitalism at its finest!

Tai Chi

I was told the other day by Alex that I need to get myself a hobby, seeing as how I have way to much free time on my hands. I started my search at Barnes and Noble, since they have books on practically everything you could imagine. One of the things that caught my eye was a book and dvd combo on tai chi. I bought it. I tried it. I think I just might love it.

It's an introduction to tai chi. And it goes over the stretching and warm up stuff to do and then gets into some of the moves. I'm not super coordinated or smooth and it gets a little tricky for me. But I think that once I get it all down, it'll be super relaxing and a lot of fun. I don't really know why tai chi, but I think it's gonna turn out to be a good pick.

I also got books on stretching, and body building. I figured those would come in handy to.

So Lazy

I didn't do much of anything productive today.

I got home from work, ate breakfast, went to sleep, woke up, exercised, ate lunch, went to sleep, woke up, ate dinner, went back to sleep, woke up, showered, went to work. That was my day in a nut shell.

I was gonna get a date for this weekend, but alas I fell asleep. What ever will I do with myself?

So It Is A New Year...

For starters I did finish the first block of the police academy. I got a 94% on the written and smoked the physical test. I'll be starting the second block March 4. WooHoo!

I've made a few new year resolutions:
1. Bulk up to 180lbs. (Probably not going to happen, but I'd be ok with 170)
2. Graduate the Academy and get hired with a police department. (I'm trying to talk to two departments a week)
3. Be in a steady relationship. (with a girl, I have been on several dates so far, just with more then one girl)
4. Read my scriptures on a regular basis. (I've started with the old testament)
5. Be more cultured. (Like theater, museums, and symphonies)