Missionary Week

The weekend was really intense. I had a sleepless night on Tuesday, because I anticipated it coming on Wednesday. I decided to skip my evening class so I could come home and check the mail. I arrived as soon as the mailman had just put the mail in the mailbox. I open the mailbox. Bill, bill, bill; Danget! It didn’t come. It’s okay. I was told they usually mail them out to be received on Thursday.

I don’t have school on Thursday so I spent many hours sitting in Parley and Marilynn’s office; taking a quick peak out of the window every now and then in hopes of the mailman coming. It’s 3:30. Where the crap is the mailman? So I decided to give my mom a call:
“Mom, Can you call the bishop and ask him to find out where my papers are?”
“Sure, I’ll call him right now and call you back.” About five minutes later I receive a text from Sydney
“I think we have your call here.” I was so angry and called Sydney
“What did you just say?”
“I think we have your call. It’s in a big envelope and says Elder Samuel James Yoshida” Parley and Marilynn’s phone rings and its my mom.
“Sydney I’ll talk to you later.”
“Hi Sam. We have your call. Bryan just brought it in about five minutes ago.”
“WHAT? Whatever, at least I know I’m coming home for the weekend.”

My third sleepless night in a row was Thursday night. I had to take a communications test, and decided to skip my other classes.

7:00 finally rolled around and I swear there were nearly 50 people there. Here goes nothing:

Dear Elder Yoshida:

You are hereby called to serve as a missionary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. You are assigned to labor in the Chile Rancagua Mission. It is anticipated that you will serve for a period of 24 months.

You should report to the Missionary Training Center at Provo, Utah on Wednesday, 13 May 2009. You will prepare to preach the gospel in the Spanish language. Your mission president may modify your specific assignment according to the needs of the mission.

I’M GOING TO CHILE. I am so dang excited. I’m going to be able to talk to all my Mexican cousins when I get back. I’m so excited.

That was my exciting week. Go to my facebook and there I have a video of me opening my call.

Random thoughts and my week

First of all. MOM I WANT A DIGITAL CAMERA This blog would be so much better if I could put some pictures up.
Today was a prety productive week I think. I decided to actually start doing my homework which is a plus. I finally got my stupid communications project and my american heritage paper out of the way. Now all I have to worry about is my communications test this week which I am not looking forward to.
I also started working out again. I was so sore the first couple of days, and my chest and abs are still pretty sore. I want to be ripped so I can get more girls to want to write to me on my mission. :)
I don't know if I ever told anyone this, but for the past month or so I have spent a lot of time with Kylee, my cousin. She's always there for me and I hope that she can consider me one thats there for her as well. I tend to sleep over at their house at least twice a week now. I'll usually go later in the evenings and chill, and then Kylee will usually bring me back home on her way to school. I love spending time with her and Ben. I don't have many friends here so it's nice to have someone to talk to.
My Bishop back home called me on Thursday and told me that my call has been made. They are now in the process of sending out the letter to me. I will probably get it Wednesday or Thursday. I plan on making a trip to Idaho again to open my call. Since Parley and Marilynn's family are so excited to see where I go as well they want me to make sure no one tells them, and I will read it to them Sunday evening. I'm so excited. One thing that has gotten on my nerves though is when girls think they know more about the mission process than I do. No offense to Kylee, but sometimes it irritates me when she tells me what I will and won't be able to do and when this and that's going to happen and sometimes I just want to say, you know? How can you be so sure. Trust me, unless you're an RM yourself I will have a very hard time believing anything you say haha.
So we had an awesome churchball game on Friday. I kind of miss being the all-star like I was back home. Now I hardly score any points and it gets frustrating sometimes. I'm used mostly for defense now because I do play stellar defense. But anywho it was tied with one minute. A guy on our team made a 3 pointer with 30 seconds left. Then one of their guys made one with 10 seconds left. On the next play one of our guys drove the lane and put up some wild layup and it went in with three seconds left. They passed it down the court and the guy shot it at the buzzer and one of our guys fouled them. Are you freakin kidding me? so with .5 seconds the guy had two free throws. he missed the first one, tried to miss the second one, and accidentally made it so we won by 1 point. It was pretty intense.
Well that will do it for this week. I'm not sure if anyone besides Lindsay even follows this blog, but if you do give me some ideas to write about. I'm getting kind of bored. Look forward to my next issue where I will let everyone know where I'm going on my mission :)

You know you're a BYU student if...

On Wednesday I have a class at 1:00 and then one at 4:00 so it gives me plenty of time to have random thoughts come to my head. I've come up with 25 ways to tell if you're a BYU student. For those of you who are BYU students, don't be offended even though you know its true, and I'll admit that some of these pertain to me. I'm going to put asterisks next to the ones I'm guilty of, but here it goes.

You know you're a BYU student when:

1. 
   
   You're too lazy to bring your scriptures so you download them on your phone or just look them up from your laptop.


2. 
   
   You're happy you got a 46% on your American Heritage exam*


3. 
   
   You can't sleep at night when BYU loses.


4. 
   
   Some of your term papers are on dating and marriage.


5. 
   
   Facebook is the new way to text message.


6. 
   
   You sing hymns you've never heard before.*


7. 
   
   You pray about how grateful you are to attend this wonderful university.


8. 
   
   You drive two blocks to park for school when you only have to walk four.


9. 
   
   You think BYU is the best team in the Mountain West in every sport.


10. 
    
    The majority of 20 year old boys are dateless


11. 
    
    You get engaged after dating only two months


12. 
    
    You think you are rebellious because you have a mustache.


13. 
    
    Gangsters don't go to BYU. Don't wear your hat like you are one*


14. 
    
    Y Mountain is the best place to get action.


15. 
    
    You question every answer you got wrong and try to get the professor to okay it, and then you're pissed when he doesn't.


16. 
    
    You gasped because i said "pissed"


17. 
    
    If you're an RM, you think you are wiser and better than non RM's.


18. 
    
    You think holding hands on campus makes you immediately 15% cooloer.


19. 
    
    You think the football team will beat Oklahoma next year.


20. 
    
    At least 10% of the class is always 10 minutes late.


21. 
    
    Your professors tell the same jokes everyday*


22. 
    
    You count homework assignments or study groups as dates*


23. 
    
    Your second favoritest team is whoever plays Utah.


24. 
    
    You think its illegal to walk on the grass.


25. 
    
    You have to talk to your bishop about breaking curfew.

I'm running out of ideas to update my blog on so if you have any topics you would like me to talk about or anything interesting let me know. As far as my weekend it was great. I just went to Idaho and I finally got all my mission papers in. Yay. I'll have my call in a couple weeks. I can't wait.

My Trip To Idaho

This weeend was an exciting weekend and I just have to share it.
I made a trip to Idaho, mostly for my mission papers, but I got to do many things while I was there that made this trip very awesome.
I arrived in Burley Wednesday night which ironically was the Burley Minico game at Burley. I did not sit in the student section, unlike some grad students that do, but I found myself cheering very loud and acting just as rowdy as I did last year. It was a great game. Kyle Hepworth was struggling, and it was a good thing A.J. Hunter stepped up and hit some big three's or else we might've lost.
I got beat up on Thursday. It started at 9 AM when I went to get my physical. They had to take a urine sample, a blood test (which I almost passed out), and a tuberculosis check (they shoved a needle under my skin that made it look like a bee sting). I also had to drop the drawers and get an examination, and that's about as far as I'll go. After that I had to go straight to my dentist appointment where I also got my teeth cleaned. There they weren't very careful in poking my teeth with sharp objects in which I bled a little bit. I got a little break, but then I had to go get my shots. I had a shot for meningitis, hepititis A and B, MMR, and tetanus. I was so scared at first but the lady there was really good, and it didn't hurt at all.
Later that day I went to Sydney's church volleyball game. They lost in two sets. After that game I went to Dairy Queen to visit one of my good friends Sam Foiles who was also in Burley at the time. It was great to see her and talk with her for a while. Then I went to Zach's churchball game. They played Kyler's ward and we destroyed them. It was 92-36 or something like that. I was thinking "Where was this team last year" They played defense better and they shot a lot better than they ever did when I played with them. I think part of it was more experience and a lot of it was better coaching. After the game I went and helped Kyler clean the bank, and then chilled at his house for a while.
Friday evening Kyler and I went snowboarding. This was the first time going for me, and let me tell you it was a fun experience. I'm grateful Kyler had enough patience with me, because I fell a lot. I did learn fast though, and I must say I got pretty good for my first time. I still got a lot more practice to be as good as him or any other experienced snowboarder for that fact. My butt was so sore though. I could barely sit in his truck haha. I spent the night at his house and Zach came over after work as well.
On Saturday I spent the whole day just chilling at home. I did go and pick up my brand new suit though. Later that night though Kyler came over along with his friend/date, Danielle Tilley. Andrea also came from Poky to visit. We played Ticket to Ride which Andrea won, and then we watched a movie. I had a lot of fun just talking and laughing with each other. I think all of us had a good experience.
Sunday I had my bishop's interview for my mission papers. I'll still have one more interview with him, and then an interview with the Stake President and then my mission papers will be done. Woohoo! I'm so excited and can't wait to see where I'm going.
I'm planning on going back to Burley again this weekend to get those interviews. Look forward to my next issue where I will be discussing that weekend.
PEACE!!!

I am a Guitar Hero

So I've made it a habit of writing on this thing weekly and well today was the super bowl, but I don't really feel like talking about it. It was a good game, and I wish the Cardinals would have won, but I didn't really care none the less. So I decided to write on something I'm good at, and that is Guitar Hero.
Now I know you're all thinking wow, this guy really needs to get out and do something with his life. The thing is... video games are my life. I would rather do them more than almost anything, and guitar hero is one of my favorite games.
My crave started when I first played it at Andrea's house one time. I was pretty good to start off. I went straight to medium. By the end of the night I was playing some songs on Hard. Then I went to Kyler's house when he had borrowed it. I was playing a few songs on Hard and slowly getting the hang of it. I thought to myself "I've got to get this game." So I went out and bought Guitar Hero 3: Legends of Rock.
I quickly ran through Hard. It took me forever to beat it on Expert, but I finally did. It was an exciting time in my life, but I knew my mission was not complete. I had to do what very few have done. I had to complete what was known as "The Inhuman Achievement" and that was to beat Through the Fire and Flames on Expert. Over 3,000 notes. Some notes coming as fast as 21 a second. It took me nearly 2 months (not of solid play mind you) but I finally beat it. I have now beaten that song 3 times i think? and I have not come up against anyone who can beat me, besides some people on XBOX Live. Even on LIVE I dominate and the only people that beat me are the ones who devote hours to just one song and have it down to perfection so they will beat me even if i miss 3 notes.
There was a guitar hero tournament at BYU and I was really anxious to enter, but I ended up having to work that day and I wasn't able to enter. I still think I'm one of the better guys on campus and I can beat anyone who tried.
This is the only thing I can be cocky about and I know it's lame, but this is what I love to do. People always like to tell me, "Wow, you don't have a life." or "You need to get out more" What if I bashed on the thing you liked to do. "Wow, find something else to do besides snowboard." "You need to stop hanging out and do this a little more" Don't hate just because I'm good at something I love to do, because I don't belittle your talents at other things even though I'm not interested in them

Update on my Life

I have slacked off on this blog, but I promise I will do better. In the wonderful story of my life we left off at Thanksgiving. I'm not going to go into deep details because nothing too exciting happened. Yes of course there was Christmas and New Years, but I figure if I haven't told you about that already then you are not important to hear it now. :)
My second semester at BYU started about three weeks ago. I'm taking the second half of the Book of Mormon, American Heritage, Family History, English 150, and Communications 101. The classes aren't too bad yet. I know it's going to be harder than last semester, but I think I will enjoy the classes more. My favorite is English 150. The homework sucks in that class, but there are only 20 people in that class. My teacher is so awesome, not to mention attractive. She had us play a few bonding games, and now I'm really tight with them all.
Work at APX has changed a little for me. I found out that I was getting let go off of Data Entry, and for the mean time I will be working on a project for contract admin. It's an alright project I suppose. It gets kind of monotonous, but it's almost done. I'm a little worried, because I'm not quite sure whether or not they will put me back in Data Entry after the project is over.
Girls --- We'll leave it at that
This week I have officially started working on my papers for my mission. I'm way excited, and I hope I get sent somewhere awesome, but in the end I'll be happy to go anywhere, because it's the Lord's decision. I'm kind of scared to get shots though. Hopefully it won't be too bad.
I'll try to keep this thing more updated, but until then... PEACE!!!

Thanksgiving Weekend

I had waited all month to finally go home and visit the family for Thanksgiving and boy did I have a blast. Unfortunately I do not have any pictures from this weekend so you'll just have to read about it. Mom... Digital Camera is #1 on my Christmas list.
I had to work Wednesday morning from 8-4:30, but my work was kind to me and let me leave an hour early. Liann Bolingbroke carpooled down with me, because she does not have a car. It was fun to have someone to talk with me on the way there and back. The best news of that day was that RedOctane finally sent me my fixed cymbal for my Guitar Hero World Tour. We were going to have a party this weekend. We got into Burley about 7. I dropped Liann off and went straight to my dad's house. Ben, Stacey, and Luke were there and it was great to see them. We played guitar hero the whole night. It was a blast.
Thanksgiving was a long day for me. First we all went to Lori's mom's house like always and had dinner with them. I hadn't seen Lori's family in a long time so it was great to see them. After dinner Zach, Sydney, and I went over to Lora and Blaine's house for their Thanksgiving. All of Lora and Blaine's family was there plus Mom, Brian, and Charlie. It was fun. We played some guitar hero with Jamie, because she's always dying to play some guitar hero :) After that party we went back over to Dad's to spend the night.
Friday was an awesome day. It was Dad's birthday (Happy 46th) and for my birthday present to him he, Zach, and I went to the Boise State Fresno State football game. It was so awesome. The game got off to a slow start. It was only 13-10 at halftime, but then Boise State exploded in the 2nd half scoring 51 unanswered points and destroying them 61-10. It was so cool. Ian Johnson also tied Marshaull Faulk for the most rushing TD's in WAC history. I'm still upset that they might not go to a BCS bowl even though they went undefeated
Saturday was pretty fun as well. All of the family went to Zach Searle's basketball game against Preston. They lost by about eight. After that we stayed for the varsity game to check out and see how the team will fare this year. I would have to say the team is not that good. I can tell it's going to be a long season for them. We left in the middle of the 3rd quarter and they were down by 19. I got to see Katelin Robins there who I have not seen since Halloween. It was great to see her again. That night I went over to Kyler's house where Tom Whipple and Riley Christenson came over. We all played some more guitar hero. It was fun. Then we watched Iron Man. I love that show.
Sunday was just a chill day. I went to sacrament meeting. Mom, Brian, Sydney, Zach, and I played LIFE. I took everyone to school. Then I got everything packed out, picked Liann back up, and we headed back home.
This weekend was an awesome experience. I can't wait to be back home again for Christmas... especially when I'll be seeing Lindsay, Craig, and Katelyn. I'm so excited.