Things Like This

things have been happening.

2010-10-27T08:53:00.001-07:00

I have 8 followers of this blog. eight. I am so happy that you 8 follow my blog and are not ashamed to publicize it. thank you.

I made a website. It is all about my lover Cait. I made it to tell the world (Scott Mecham more specifically) why I love her.
Here is the link to it.

The end of days

2010-09-30T22:57:00.001-07:00

Web Design is the new Scrap-booking

2010-09-22T12:18:00.000-07:00

Well, for my Graphic Interface class I was told to make a short tutorial on some HTML stuff. I thought to myself I could make a button on my blog that would link to Facebook. I am a real big fat beginner with this web stuff so I felt that this would be pretty easy to explain and to do.
So I perused the world wide web for some tutorials for myself so that I could teach you all. I learned a few things.

-Moms love to blog. I found a hundred tutorials on how to make a button and put it on a blog, most of these were written by mothers. I even had to call my own mom to get some info on how to do this.
-Blogging is like scrap-booking.
-Now I know how to make a link from scratch.

Look to the right of your screen. I made the facebook.com button which when pressed will pull up a new window and link you to my Facebook profile. Awesome. This is pretty simple to do. You could start baking your cookies now and before they are out of the oven you will have your link up and running!

First off you need to make your design or steal one from the interwebz. I made this one in photoshop real quick like.

Then you must save for the web. File> Save for Web & Devices…

Your image needs to be saved as a PNG-24. The image size should be 125 px W by 125 px H. When it is saved as a PNG-24 the background is transparent so there will be no box around it. Save your image and name it something that is easy to remember.

Now go online to some image uploading site. I used photobucket.com because that is what my mom told me to do and I do what my mom tells me to do. Anyways, It is a really simple site to use and it's free. You will need to put your image online so that you can link to it.

After its online go to your blog. GO! Go to dashboard>design>page elements. (if you don't have blogspot.com there is most likely something very similar to this on your personal blog.)

Once on the page elements page click on (Add a Gadget). Go to HTML/JavaScript. This will open up a window wherein you may write some HTML.

Real quick lesson here: what is not highlighted is the HTML code for a link. The highlighted text is what the link look likes and what it does when you click it.

Now you will have to put all your information in it. This is really simple. All you really need to do is some copying and pasting, much like scrap-booking. Go back to photobucket.com, on the bottom left hand side you will find a menu that gives you the codes for your image. Copy the HTML Code.

Now go back to the HTML/Javascript page you were on with your blog. Once you're there Paste the code. You will need to change this a little bit (but not too much-it's super easy). Be sure to delete the URL for photobucket and replace it with the site that you want to link to. Write it inside the quotation marks. I am going to link to facebook.com. So that is what I have in the quotation marks.

This means it will open a new window.

This is the code and link to photobucket.com where you image is.

Click save and then check out your blog, you should have a pretty sweet little gadget on the side or wherever you place it. Now go trick out your ghetto blogs and make 'em steezy. Do what your momma tells you.

what is the point?

2010-09-02T10:56:00.000-07:00

Can Design actually make a difference?

I am feeling compelled as of late to do something more- I mean I want to do more. I have to do more than just make posters, packages, or whatever for my whole life. The idea of working in an office or a studio, making something and then talking about it to feel important sounds like a huge waste of a life. How can design be more practical and helpful or useful or uplifting? I am in a painting class-what a huge waste of time. I guess actually paintings are inspiring(or can be). Not my paintings though... haha I am seriously going to have to dig deep to stay in that class.

Anyways, I was walking from that class and I ran into Donny Merrill. He is getting a degree in design and education which is pretty cool. That will, in a small way, change the way people will see the world. Teachers have the awesome responsibility to teach our children how to react with one another. Education is so important.

My brother just finished flight school for the army. He is an Apache pilot- this is also very cool. He will also change the way people will see the world, in a different way, but it will still be educational... haha that is probably not the best way to talk about it but its still rad what he's doing. He is doing an important thing. I really feel strongly about the mission in Afghanistan but that is a whole other topic that I wont get into. I'm proud of him.

So I had the thought that I will be a sad person if all I do is make posters or ads or commercials for money. There must be some way to make a difference with design. How can I do this?

This is really important to me for some reason.

I want to involve myself in the worlds affairs.

I want to do something that will make a difference.

This blog probably sounds so unrealistic or idealistic or something(istic) it might make you sick reading this. I just had an urge to express this.

Site Critique

2010-09-01T10:54:00.000-07:00

Well, I am in school now and part of school, a large part, is doing assignments. This is one of them. Im excited for this class-if I can get in. It will help me with my grammar for one… which I am terrible at. I will be posting a lot more information on my blog from now on. So be excited all you 5 followers. haha.

This website is so sick. http://www.non-format.com/
Not necessarily the actual website but the content. which is why we all go online anyways (mostly) to find content and to look at it. Not to find a cool website and look at the design. But, this one is both. It has cool content and a really nicely designed site. I feel like It is really smooth to operate. Its a pretty basic layout which is fine- I guess its a little bit like Helvetica.. Everyone uses this type of website design but its ok because it is so easy and nice.

I feel like the design on the website fits their content well. Their work is super stylish and fresh yes, that is a good word to describe it. I like how it feels shiny and clean. haha. The menu is always on the left hand side of the page which is nice because you'll always know where you are and can choose where to go next without going back to the homepage. The site has an excellent sense of visual hierarchy with the images being extra large next to the small menu font and the even smaller submenu.

The color of this site is really basic and refreshing. Its just simple black and white allowing us to view the work without any distractions. I like how when you run your mouse over the different options the gray text turns black. I am also pretty stoked on the fact that there is no music playing in the background. I did not come to this site to be listening to some music but instead to see some good design work. I really hate it when blogs have music running in the background. oh well. It might actually be a good idea for this site to have an option of hearing some of the music that they have made album covers for. I just would like to have the option instead of it just automatically starting. They might be able to make some money if they set something up to sell the music they make designs for… just an idea.

This website is an online graphic design portfolio and I think it does a very good job at showing that without saying it.

Don't go to this site if you are depressed about how bad you are at design, it will only make you feel worse.

http://www.thesixtyone.com/
This is another cool website that plays music... this is ok because I am intentionally going there to listen to it. so visit it. I wont write about it because I am a bad writer and you're bored. The site is a little confusing though. Goodluck!

the End of July

2010-07-26T14:17:00.000-07:00

Well I have a tendency to take myself to seriously. I sometimes get so caught up in everything that I think I am so important and BA. Then something usually clicks in my brain, I see some creative thing that is so happy and free and whatever and then "Snap back to reality, Oh there goes gravity." Those are the times that I feel the most creative and expressive and loving and caring and all those things. Its kind of like a miniature bipolar disorder in a way. I like the feelings I get when I am on the back to reality stage. I get stressed when I'm in the outerspace stage or the BA stage. Haha I guess this might be kind of weird but its that stage of humility that I feel the most alive. How do I stay there?
But look at this- how can I NOT take myself SERIOULSY! Yeah BOYEE!I'm sexy like a movie star.
Haha ok anyways.
Cait will be home in a few days. 6 to be exact. It's still so FAR AWAY but so close. I am eagerly awaiting her arrival. 9:30 a.m. Sunday August 1, 2010 Delta Airlines. Terminal 2.

Perhaps I sound pathetic but look at her! How can I NOT be ANXIOUS for her to get back.
She is so HOT! haha
thats all. the end.

July 5th is the new July 4th

2010-07-05T21:39:00.000-07:00

I don't know why.
I don't know why not.

If I could type a whole lot of words really fast I would probably update this more. I can't. So I don't. If I could think of funny clever things to say I would probably update this more. I can't. So I don't.

I went on a hike last week in zee middle of zee night. It was beautiful outside in the wilderness. One side of the ridge I was hiking on was all lit up by the full moon and the other side of the ridge was pitch black. I would not appreciate it if God all of a sudden decided to make it dark. It would be really cold and dark. really fast. and it would be uncomfortable.

This is my favorite song. Or one of them. It really has nothing to do with the lyrics. its the sound the words make. and the music. Lyrics are usually dumb or depressing or cheesy or something but when a singer is a little creative then I get stoked. I love how this whole song sounds. unfortunately this music video is only a little bit of the song. But, you get my drift. I think. I hope?

I wish it would play the whole song. oh well.
Also, in other news, today is the 5th of July. Its almost over. The epic 3 day 4th of July weekend is almost over. I went to Provo on Saturday and went swimming with my sisters. We went to Deer Creek Reservoir and swam across it to an island. Well Shelby and I did. the rest did not. We saw a dead fish there in the water. It was just floating there under a tree. Shelby screamed and then we swam back across the lake. This 4th of July weekend was pretty fun. I didn't do much. I didn't try my hardest to be the loudest and the funniest. I didn't worry about anything really. It was pretty mellow and good. I love my life right now. I wish that Cait was here and Travis. I miss my brother. Other than that my life is good.

Now GO look up that song!

June 19. 2010 in 10 minutes.

2010-06-18T22:35:00.000-07:00

Hello people its been a hot minute since I wrote on this blog. That is ok though.
Its summer here in Logan and now that its about to stop being rainy and cold I have to go to school... I missed the last few weeks of summer due to my courageous service to my country via the National Guard. By courageous service I mean I was practically a pizza delivery guy for two weeks but I got to drive humvees around instead of honda civics or whatever. I brought food to the artillery batteries out in the field = super cool.
anyways.
I am have an allergic reaction to the cotton floating around in the air. I don't really appreciate it much. I do like to sneeze though. It feels good sometimes to get a good sneeze every once and a while. It is not so great when the back of your throat and the top of your mouth itches though. That's the uncomfortable part. I wish I could just sneeze without the itch.
Just a real quick update for all you people that need it so badly...
I am in love with a woman who is living thousands of miles away. We skype everyday practically except the past two weeks. That was like the itchy throat and mouth. uncomfortable. The skype part is like a sneeze. Its pretty nice and relieving. Seriously though, after two weeks of not being able to see her and talk to her I was ready for a sneeze. haha. I guess if skype is a sneeze and no contact is like an itchy mouth and throat then her being home is like being able to blow my nose and get rid of all that stuff in it. haha but alas, Its still going to be awhile before I can blow my nose. August actually. light years. away. hurry. up.
Listen to Here we go magic. or Dan Deacon. both of those are really great. good day to you.

my pants

2010-01-22T08:52:00.000-08:00

The other day I was getting ready for bed and I took of my pants. Which is normal. I didn't fold them up or anything. They were laying there on my floor next to my bed. Just chillin. I was thinking it would be nice to take off my body and let it lay there. Which may not be normal.

Logan

2010-01-16T12:04:00.000-08:00

School is back in session and the outside is beautiful. I'm sore. It's my legs, I cant walk up and down the stairs... but I have to. My bed is up there. Earlier in this blog I said the outside is beautiful. I went around the town and took some pics. here are a couple. This is the view from my window at night.
This is the view from the Temple into the island.It was pretty foggy the past coupla dayz. Today it's sunny. which is nice. I heard that we had the nations worst air the other day. That is pretty cool I think. Anyways, I'm trying to add some more photos but its not letting me. oh well. In other news, I've been gone from school for awhile and in this time of absence I might have become more of a student... haha I haven't stayed up past midnight on any nights of the week except for Friday, I haven't skipped any classes, I did my first homework assignment and turned it in on time. Only time will tell if this pattern persists but I think it will. My roommates are cool. My bed is comfortable. The weather is cold. This has been a pretty good semester so far.

run tun bun fun!

2009-06-07T22:01:00.001-07:00

Well I just got back from running along the alps in this country. There were some pretty epic views along the way but they came with a steep price... no pun intended haha. hilllllllllllls! yes! i love running up hills. its 7:02 a.m. and we are having breakfast then going to a town called Zermatt, here you can look over the Matterhorn. I heard its raining so we are not going to be able to see it. I said in my last post that we were going to the Matterhorn but in fact we didnt because that is what we are doing today... not that other day. today.
We had lunch in France the other day and the waitress was rude to us because we got 2 pizzas to share instead of one for each of us... I don't like that city even if it did look like it came from Disneyland. I did purchase a nice hat though. Yesterday we went swimming in the freezing cold Lake Geneva, there was a gigantic fork sculpture in the lake off the shore. I swam to it and touched it. then it started raining. raining and swimming is not a good mixture so we got out. and plus the water was really cold.
Well I am back from Zermatt, I was having troubles with the internet this morning so I never posted that one... but I will now. It was overcast and a little bit rainy up at the town so we didnt see the Matterhorn but I went on a pretty cool hike around the town up in the mountains. This country is pretty incredible and I wish you were here to hang out with me!
I can't decide what to do for the last few days of this trip!! i need some ideas. I think spending a few days at a beach town on the mediterranean would be nice.. Also here are some pictures of Sion and its castles.
Actually there will only be one photo of Sion and a wall of one of its castles. you will most likely see more sometime. unless you are one of my many online followers... then, you will probably never see more. thankyou goodbye.

land of the free

2009-06-04T13:48:00.000-07:00

Yesterday I was "on a boat," boating down the coast of Lake Geneva enjoying the sights of the French Riviera. Then we visited a castle on an island. Then we went on a walk to the train station and there was a pool and it was hot and I wanted to go swimming... but, that will have to wait.
Tomorrow we will be on another boat, boating to another exotic location. I enjoy boating on Lake Geneva, its nice. We are going to go to the Matterhorn or something. I heard it will rain and that is why I bought a nice waterproof jacket called the Precip.
Today we were just on a train, that's all. We went to a German speaking town which was cool because I could communicate more than making some noncommittal gestures and sounds. here are some pictures.Well pretty much I am super stoked to be in this country and its late so I am done. goodbye now friends of mine.

zee Sweetzerlahnd

2009-06-02T11:45:00.000-07:00

Well my journey started with none other than a severe case of H1n1... which is my favorite disease of all time. The lady I was sitting next to on the plane trip to Phoenix was from Mexico, flying back to Mexico, couldn't speak english, and was coughing into a hankerchief. Then in Philadelphia I got a Philly Cheese Steak sandwhich. Then we flew over the atlantic ocean to Zurich. There was a movie playing called inkheart that is perhaps the worst film I have ever watched... I tried to sleep but the sun kept going down and then back up cause we were flying toward it. its also hard to sleep sitting up. im tired right now. so tired. im going to sleep now. and ill write more laterz. this country is amazing by the way. and i almost caught a butterfly. the end

here is a row of coins

2009-04-16T08:35:00.000-07:00

I haven't written on this thing for a long time. and I don't think that anybody has really noticed at all... haha but that is ok. I have been super busy doing work. I hate work. My life right now is work and sleep and work and play... Then sleep. Then work. But be tired at work. Everynight I have to make a decision if I should go to sleep early or hang out and go to work tired. I usually choose to hang out. I would rather look back on memories with my friends than try and remember cool dreams I had while sleeping. Here's one: my dad got a truck and it has a bench seat so my friends and I drove through bountiful with country music blaring all sitting in the front bench seat. What a stupid thing to do. We stopped at Keva Juice, Yoghurt Stop, and Baskin and Robbins. Got our snacks and went back home. Its a small dumb thing but I love things like that. Plus being tired isn't all that bad. except in the mornings. I drive to work with my Dad at 530 in the morning every morning and I am the worst passenger. I dont talk and when he tries to talk to me I mumble something grumpily under my breath. I hope he knows that I love him though.
Anyways. I was sitting here this morning.. (I skipped work today because I have to get a haircut.those things take a long time.) as a disclaimer I admit that sometimes I do OCD things like jump over cracks on large slabs of cement, otherwise known as sidewalks... Or at resturaunts I will stack dirty dishes on top of one another... its a weird thing I do. I have all these coins on my desk and I lined them up from biggest to smallest and then made rows of them... well i noticed that all of the coins where facing the same way except the pennies. I celebrate differences. even little ones. this is a little one but it is neat.
My life is best when it is full of these small pennies of experiences (even if some of them are seemingly negative)... haha this is so lame. But, if you have a hundred little pennies you have a dollar bill, with a hundred dollar bills you have a hundred dollars... haha with a hundred hundred dollar bills you have 10,000 dollars... every little thing counts I guess. Soon enough you will be a rich man or woman. So thats all I guess.

Life is like Jenga

2009-02-16T00:09:00.000-08:00

its fun. then it falls apart.

happy birthday

2009-02-12T15:35:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday Abraham Lincoln
Today is the birthday of Abraham Lincoln. He was born February 12, 1809. he was also the 16th president of the United States of America. I woke up this morning really early because of a dream... I was dreaming about peeing. I was with a bunch of my buddies and we were going to go play some paintball but they were all waiting on me to go pee. I peed for hours in that dream haha. I didn't pee the bed though. It was like 530 a.m. when I woke up and I couldn't go back to sleep so I got on the internet and read all about my zodiac sign (the rat). Then I learned a little bit about what it means to be an Aquarius. Abraham Lincoln was an Aquarius. So am I. February seems like a month of a lot of birthdays. Todd, Me,Hallie, Becca, Rachelle, Scott, John Bytheway... all these people have birthdays in Feb. There are most likely a lot a lot more. Just look at that man there-he is so noble looking. This reminds me of Barack Obama, he is being compared to this guy. So far I dont think that he should be. Barack Obama seems to be a little crazy in the head. I read that the government might just print more money in order to pay off debt. I dont know much about economics but that doesnt seem like a good idea at all. It seems like the politicians right now are having some crazy brainstorming sessions and the news guys are reporting every crazy thought in their heads. I will stop now.
Happy Birthday Abraham Lincoln.

hello world wide web

2009-02-11T14:00:00.000-08:00

Hello
one time when i was 18 years old i tried to kiss a girl name marianne moon and i started hyperventilating because i was so nervous. she asked me if i was crying and i said no. then i had to ask her if i could kiss her. then we kissed. that was my first kissing experience, it was also 6 years ago this weekend. to commemorate that event i have decided to start a blog. this is my first blog. welcome to my blog. who came up with the word blog? heres a picture. that is me. i think that soon i will understand the workings of the blog machine and will make this better but for now this is it. goodbye.