Climbing Rocks

three pet peeves

2010-09-16T20:56:00.003-06:00

Hello.

I'll just get right into it...

1. --> 10 yr. olds should not be given email addresses. I keep getting these 'you're going to die" emails. It's driving me crazy! 2001 called, they want their dumb emails back. And you can't tell their parents or reply and be like, "Hey, little nephew, stop sending dumb emails." Over the past 8 days I've died 33 times. Still here... still not going to forward the email.

2. --> I think cell phones should be revoked from some people. Every month the government should rock a communist email survey blast where we nominate one person. If that person is nominated by more than one person - GONE. Cell phone is taken away.

3. --> Facebook. Where do I start. Fascinating tool that is being misused. Zuckerman needs to get this big spring cleaning app that de-junks this billion dollar baby. But hey, its a big online sandbox that we all play in. I'm just going to hang out in the corner and dig for more turquoise.

fin

Barbies and Marshall

2009-07-17T15:18:00.004-06:00

Once again I'm getting requests to blog. This is totally weird, I never thought it would happen to me. alas, it has.

When I was in kindergarten I had a friend named Marshall. He was a nice pale skinned fellow 5 yr. old. Marshall played with Barbies. Yep. Barbies. Now I didn't have an opinion back then of the situation and 10 years ago I thought, "how horrible and bad is that for boys playing with barbies?!?!"

Ok so here is my theory now.

Really Marshall was merely getting jumpstarted on his venture into being a man. If you notice, Barbi dolls have extra long hair. What woman do you know has straight perfect hair down to her thighs...really?

Marshall learned that girls like their hair a certain way and how to match clothing. I can't tell you how many times I am asked, "Does this look good? Does this make me look fat?"

Marshall then learns about shoes, accessories, corvettes, everything. What I would give to know all about the varieties of ridiculous additions my wife can have and what is desirable over this or that.

When I was 16 I worked at Bath and Body works and did a damn fine job. People thought I had problems and even called me homosexual...but c'mon. While your munching corney dogs and orange julius's I'm massaging ladies hands and necks with aromatherapy serums.

Gay? I think not. I'm surrounded by women!

So to my friend Marshall. I'm sure your reading this right now on your blackberry in the Cayman islands from a google alert. You've been waiting for this blog post for years to prove to us all you were a step ahead of all of us. Your a rich CEO and probably invented coffee cup sleeves and your currently surrounded by maids. And you probably can read womens thoughts.

As for me. I think I'm pretty smooth for buying my wife a gift certificate to a quilt store today for $20. She has no idea and hopefully she will still love me in the morning.

Marshall. You are the man.

walking and talking

2009-06-11T22:16:00.004-06:00

This is my hot wife with her dad, John. Seriously the girl has the best taste in clothes. Today is her birthday and she is the hippest mom out there.

I didn't realize what a fox I married.

I always tell lisa to dye her hair platinum. She did one time when we went to Cancun and she looked soo good. Here she is of course sporting the plat. If lisa was an ice cream, she would be Prailines and Awesome.

When I first met lisa I made her believe I was a professional astronomer. It was totally false but I knew if lying was going to possibly get me a date then it had to be done.

I also told her I was a Mtn. bike guide and her eyes lit up; totally false but it worked.

We went long boarding that night and I let her drive my Subaru. That was a big deal. She saw all my DMB cd's and was pretty amped. That week I sent my first flirting texts and got my car stuck in the mountains.

She cut my hair and I took her out to dinner (with my parents, first date, and then a baptism; can you say cuckoo for cocao puffs?)

I then took her skiing and made turkey sandwiches with really spicy onions. We had lunch in the back of the car and I had peanut butter and fresh raspberry sandwiches. I woo'ed her with a foot rub and continued the date at Trimble hot springs. Probably the coolest date in history.
Not much else to say but I'm a lucky loser who pretty much won the lottery 4 years ago.

here we are

2009-04-29T16:23:00.000-06:00

The new job is great! Tough and a lot to learn but it's going well. Went to the mine today, it was nice being outside.

living a NM life

2009-04-22T20:11:00.000-06:00

We're here. In our little no-Internet apt. It's prolly a good thing actually. Loving it peeps, loveeng it.

Just got my first pair of steel toe boots for work on Monday.

I'm going going...back back to....Cali Cali

2009-04-07T09:39:00.003-06:00

Bye Bye -----
Just for an update. Lisa and I are moving to NM and were stoked!

Hello-----

hanging in nm

2009-03-21T17:40:00.000-06:00

Been here all week, it has been awesome. Iblogger is a bit disappointing, no pic upload. Otherwise I would give you some eye treats.

Hit trimble hot springs, mt biking, Durango, 4 wheeling, shooting, campfires, playing in the dirt, and watching cable.

Best week ever.

packing and cleaning

2009-03-04T22:52:00.002-07:00

Sounds like I'm moving, oh no still on the gun kick. This weekend I read Utah carry gun laws and even though I dont have my cfp yet, Utah is an open carry state. So yesterday I carried my gun on my hip into a gas station and grocery store.

I can't help but laugh at these girls for so many reasons. Please tell me this is on your facebook profile picture. As you were.

Might have had a couple looks but wasn't sure, no comments.

Tonight lisa and I went to walmart. No comments, couple looks. And then...

The question:

Checkout clerk (male) " ah your the guy no one messes with on the street"

*pointing at my hip*

Me "ah, yeah, I guess so."

Clerk "are you a cop?"

Me "no, Utah is an open carry state."

Clerk "oh yeah I know, and it's none of my business. Your just the first person I've ever seen actually do it. Do you have your concealed?"

Me: " no. As long as you have a clear chamber you can carry."

Not bad for a noob. Didn't have a run in with a manager but gotta start somewhere. The clerk was cool and it was nice to have an open conversation about rights.

So for my brothers out there who think I'm detached; I still am from basketball and football stats, but I'm getting better at the important stuff.

Happy carrying.... Err shopping!

Weekend Shoot out

2009-03-01T23:04:00.002-07:00

Got to shoot the gun yesterday. Lisa shot my glock 22 with the interchanged barrel so it turned my .40 into a 9mm with the lone wolf barrel. Very snazzy. My mom commented that she still can't believe I'm getting into guns.

It's weird for me too but I don't really think to hard about it. And for the record mom shot the glock too and had a great time.

After shooting out at the range we rested back at the house and played with the kiddos. It was a fun weekend for sure. I'm not sure if I'll wake up tomorrow morning cuz I'm fuhreakin tired.

Today we blessed Beckham. It was fun to have Kendall come visit from Kamas, I've known him for 2 years-ish and today got to meet his kids and wife for the first time. Very stand up crew.

And my sister Heather had some watch envy that she had no hesitations in expressing. If I had a million dollars I would buy her a Nixon Rotolog in a heart beat, but for now I'll see what I can do to help her pick one out.

Gearwhore

2009-02-25T11:11:00.004-07:00

My mom is probably reading this and saying "Adam, you shouldn't use such language!" and I say to that, "oh come on Mom. You know I'm a gearwhore."

I recently got two pairs of END shoes in the mail to do some reviews on gear.com. I got the 8oz. and the 10oz. yeah those are the weight. Have you ever walked outside real quick to your car barefoot in the winter? Well don't. It's freezing and you could stub your toe on a buried snow shovel.

Imagine walking outside barefoot but running. Oh and you are wearing shoes but it feels like you're running barefoot. And it's winter or summer and you run through a puddle and your feet don't get wet. Oh and imagine your killing it to, like totally in the zone making love to the pavement. And your listening to B.Y.O.B. and everyone around you is like taking pictures of your calves.

Imagine no more. And live the reality of END footwear. Your feet will thank you later. You can thank me now.

....I'm not back, but kind of am....

2009-02-25T10:40:00.006-07:00

Cozumel, Mexico. WARNING: This photo has nothing to do with the rest of the blog.

My Return

You know you haven't blogged in a while when blogger.com doesn't automatically sign you in. For those few readers still salivating at the (1) next to Climbing Rocks on your Google Reader and for the new lurkers: Hello.

Blogging Definition

This pretty much is a blog intro due to my break from blogger. Why you ask? Blogging is like dating a girl who thinks you like her and you think she likes you. You constantly are in the dark on who is buying dinner next, awkward car rides, and the once a week end-of-the-night pat on the back to replace the hug and kiss.

When I was in Montana I went on a date with this one girl. She was...hmmm how do I describe? Ignorant? Yeah thats it. Probably the most awkward 3 hours of my life.

Me: Theres this really cool rope swing I want to show you out by the lake.
Her: I hate the outdoors.
Me: Were going to watch 'The Power of One' tonight with some friends. Have you seen it?
Her: Is that like a non-animated Lion King?
(oh and she talked the whole time during the movie)
Me: *dropping her off* Well I had a great time! I'll see you around! aka Hey it's funner flirting with you at your part time job at Subway and tonight almost turned me gay.
Her: *trying to kiss me* Your such a sweet guy! I totally want to see you again!
Me: *quick pat on her back and sprint to the Saturn*

Lisa laughing at something stupid I probably said about picking apricots next to our favorite coffee shop with Carla.

Lisa <--- breath of fresh air. On the night we got engaged I told her I could see us spending the next 10 years together. 6 more years Lisa! And then I'll get out of your hair.

BLOG DISCLAIMER - Some of the events stated above are not recent and the names of participants have either been changed or not mentioned (ie Montana girl is not mentioned because I forgot her name). I can assure you that the content is new to you as you probably have never seen the picture of Lisa above.

Birth Control

2009-02-24T10:04:00.003-07:00

I dedicate this to my provo peeps. Your cool. We ALL think so.

I love my kids for the record. But yeah, pretty sure this is our Wal-Mart.

Day n' Night

2009-02-20T13:02:00.007-07:00

I've been so busy blogging I haven't had time to blog. Rena asked for an update so here it is:

2008

Went to North Carolina about 5 months ago to go see Bevan. It was really fun! I got to go bowling with my nephews.

Beckham

Beckham came to us the day after Christmas. He seriously is ultra alert and fun to hang out with.

Ryan

Here is Ryan rocking my fins. We have been going on dates lately which has been good for the whole attention getting battle. She is now with out a binkie which was a tough deal to rock, but she's is decreasing her fist slams on my face at night.

Lisa

As for me and Lisa, our marriage probably has never been better. I've been going to LDS counseling lately and its been great to help me learn about myself and my core beliefs. I really don't care who reads this either, counseling is a good thing and should not be swept under the rug or a "hush hush" subject.

Lisa is ultra hot as usual and we joined a gym and switch off the kids to go pump iron. The picture above is probably the only time you will see on film that we are flirting.

Adam

This is my new gun. Glock 22 (.40) it is a beauty. I'm loving it. I'm taking my concealed class tomorrow morning.

All is well with the SLC punks. Hope rena likes my update, or I'll probably lose sleep about it.

word

2009-02-15T12:53:00.000-07:00

here it goes

2009-02-08T18:34:00.000-07:00

Howdy, trying out my new iblogger on the iPhone.

Mobile Blogging from here.

I'm still alive

2008-11-17T20:24:00.000-07:00

We just put our Christmas tree up. So exciting.

Halloween is Horrible

2008-10-29T15:18:00.002-06:00

Please someone save this poor childs soul!!

Yeah thats right. I said it. And yes it is that time of the year for me to do my traditional Halloween is horrible post. And you thought I forgot...

So hear me out.

This all started once upon a time when I was a kid and got my candy stolen numerous times year after year. And then having a police officer at my house till 1am questioning me about who the candy stealers looked like; not ideal. Pipe bombs, endless tears, smashed pumpkins...these are a few of my non-favorite things.

As I got older nothing changed. Going to dances cross-dressing didn't help my view of the so called holiday. Not to mention that October is the worst month for retail, so if were having economy issues, lets turn off October.

To dampen the load of hate for Halloween, my wife took me to a haunted house last night. Hmm yeah I about peed myself numerous times. And shoving her in front of me as actors screamed obsentities in our faces, I'm so embarrassed. I was also wearing a blazer and at one point a scary freak-o-girl yelled..no...shrieked "hey prince charming where are you going!?!?"

I ABSOLUTELY loved being with my wife, there is nothing better. But holy crap I do not do well with clown infested dark rooms with bloody faced wretched people googling over my prince charminess.

God bless the snow

2008-10-16T01:19:00.001-06:00

C'mon over to Utah for some snizow!

SLC Punks Update

2008-10-05T15:03:00.004-06:00

Like I said, I have been on a Facebook kick lately, here is an update of some SLC punk happenings. We went to Aztec a couple weeks ago and I talked the family into Thai food. Boons Thai is the best thai I have had in a long time, definite must for passing through.

Here are the cousins hanging out together. Cousins = breaks from children.

After our trip I had to do this.
Because of this.

And then to jump a bit, yesterday we went to the Park Cafe for lunch. but as you can see I had breakfast. Best bacon and potatoes ever.

Heres us at Brewvies watching powderwhores. The best movie ever. This was our date last week, lisa is so impressed with me.

Here is miss Ryan with her new birthday hat. She wore this all through the store and looked great.

Weekend update

2008-10-02T20:57:00.001-06:00

I haven't blogged in a while. Things are good, work is keeping me really busy and I spend all my time on facebook. Hope all is well with everyone!

Charlie Engle to Run across America - DAMN!

2008-09-12T15:10:00.002-06:00

If your familiar with whereskarl.com then you know ultra running is a bit crazy and distance drives these bad-asses. Meet Charlie Engle. Homie is running America. Yeah, that one country...ya know?

Latest feat he has done is the Sahara desert for 111 days at 45 miles a day. Pretty sure my subaru wouldn't even handle that. Captain is from Greensboro where my brother lives. 3,106 miles is when you freaking change the oil on your car. Dude if this cat runs through SLC I am making him dinner.

Big Girl Now

2008-09-10T13:18:00.003-06:00

Ryan is stepping it up in the big girl world. Slept through the whole night on her new bed. $35 off KSL, we found this white little treasure and it has been great. Lisa gave it a quick paint job and we were set. I almost feel like we were a little behind, Ryan is such a little grown up.

Kayak Vids - Reel Cuts

2008-09-04T14:09:00.002-06:00

Out on the Animas wave for a killer day.

Goat but no boat.

Big deal in japan right now.

"Ya know professional kayakers just roll instead of swim."
- Jon Bayley

Popping back up like a mofo.

I'm gonna put together a little vid compilation but for now enjoy the reel.

Enough with the LDS flicks

2008-08-30T02:29:00.002-06:00

Gods Army, Singles Ward, Baptists at my girlfriends BBQ!!!!

Please stop!

The latest one I saw was Passage to Zarahemla by Chris Heimerdinger. At first I thought it was ok and then the movie started. Even sent my copy to my sister thinking she would dig it. Wow was I embarrassed after talking to her.

Well jeez can you imagine gathering your kids together to watch an exciting film about the lamanites and nephites they have been reading about. And then to find the main girl dressed up like a skank with her little drug dealer brother. Then you have got the violence...ok we get it. The wars were bloody. But remember, your crappy film is probably going to be put on the "can only watch on Sunday shelf". I usually try to find the good in movies but these LDS renditions need to end.

Ok my other rant about this flick was the pink lipstick on the mother. What!? Who put that big little detail in there. And whats with the freakin 10 kids...yea yeah we get it. Mormon families are big families, bit overboard dude.

Overall, I give this movie a negative 4 out of 10.

I think directors and filmmakers in the LDS industry need to get their creative juices flowing and make up their own story. I can't believe I am going to say this but Stephanie Meyer is the perfect example, went to BYU, Utah/AZ resident, author....does she write about ancient prophets flubbing up doctrine? NO! Makes up her own story and sold quite a few copies and has a website called Twilightmoms.com that probably receives more traffic in a day then the Passage movie sees in a year.

On a positive note I did like the best two years and I heard the errand of angels is coming or is currently showing. Can't judge it yet, hopefully its a good one.

Sorry to rant but does anyone else feel like these filmmakers are just screwing things up?

Alaska Trip

2008-08-17T02:24:00.007-06:00

Lake Marie accommodation.

Typical Morning.

BC.com buddy dave, randomly met in talkeetna!

Lunch Anyone?

Ginger + Brown Sugar + Salmon = Awesomely delicious! I caught lunch for the day...

Hiking to the fishing hole.

Rafting company we went with.

Flying to lake marie where we spent 5 days fishing, or was it 4 days? It was a lot of fishing.

Oh yeah you know this!

Ol' red getting reddy.

Denali national park.

I want to climb this in the next 5 years. Any takers?

Road to the big poppa peak.

Moving update

2008-08-08T13:15:00.002-06:00

wtf people? If we were moving out of utard land we would mention it. When we move 3 blocks we don't broadcast it. Doy! And yes that is our couch on a tacoma with no tie downs. Rebels.

Moving shizzle

2008-08-04T00:12:00.004-06:00

Moving Bushannon Style! Got my boots, my boat, and a bag of clothing.

Ooh downstair b-room, so very nice.

Front room, its in the front, and oh so totally awesome.

hm yeah thats a garage for all the toys.

Sweet little kitchen of love.

The den. I HAVE A DEN!

Oh what is this white box before us? A what? A dishwasher?!? Whats that do?

300th Post

2008-07-24T14:32:00.003-06:00

Well how about that...! 300 posts of crack commentary and professional photos of a SLC puNk. Im speechless actually. Here is an overview of the last 3 years;

mission, married, daughter, climb, snowshoe, bike, climb some more, school, more school, loans, vacation, cancun, snowboard, telemark, walks, no cell phone, wasatch touring, pelican photo, university bookstore, XANGO, sprint, backcountry.com, blogs, writing, running, rainier, kayaking, the office, skate clothes, ski chair, apple everything, skullcandy, shave legs and arms, broken glasses, lost glasses, moved 5 times, dave matthews concert, yellowcard, rob wykoffs mixdown podcast, annie peters, guitar hero, wii, transformers, yard sales, marathons, bike races, new mexico, colorado, connecticut, swimming, ryan walking and talking, backcountry skiing, mountaineering, frostbite, altitude sickness, driving, subaru, honda, scooter, sell gear, buy gear, facebook, myspace, twitter, plurk, blockbuster, chacos (4 pairs), blackberry, iphone, graduated, tired, adjusting, transition, baby boy, deer valley, park city, solitude, alta, brighton, snowbird, snowbasin, mountain bike, road bike, moab, wall street, lisa's foot rubs, lisa long hair, lisa short hair, suunto, nixon, hang nail, hitting a guy on a bike with my car, apartment managers, no insurance, medacaid (we love and hate you), salt lake city, utah, gospel doctrine, primary, seattle, public relations, social media, farmington, ebay, g5, macbook, never sick, ryans abc's, dora the explorer, curious george, clifford.

Ok thats enough for now. Not in any order whatsoever but well remembered no doubt.

iphone unlocking

2008-07-23T12:09:00.002-06:00

Ok, so I updated my iphone with the new itunes and stuff. Looked all over the internet, placed craigslists ads, and this is the only site your going to want.

Happy hacking!!!

2008-07-23T10:51:00.001-06:00

ABC

2008-07-17T15:30:00.000-06:00

Pretty cute.

Good Job Backcountry.com

2008-07-16T13:25:00.002-06:00

After leaving backcountry.com I wondered what would my relationship be. Still check out every ODAT everyday. Still watch the Goat. And still cruise their site.
This is awesome! I am so glad they have come out with an array of baby clothing. The customer speaks. Backcountry listens.

Case Study: Chainlove.com Launch

2008-07-15T11:31:00.001-06:00

Case Study: Chainlove.com Launch

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This is why i'm hot

2008-07-12T23:09:00.004-06:00

I love cell phone cameras. Why buy the big wheel at Kid to kid when I can just take a quick pic and ping it over to grandma? This place even looks like I own this big hardwood floor that has all the toys my little one could dream of.

Pill overdosage

2008-07-11T14:09:00.002-06:00

I love utah.

Rynnie

2008-07-06T13:33:00.004-06:00

That is probably the only time you will see the word Rynnie in this family. That is how she says her name, kind of. Rockin' her Dora on the iPod touch. I can't get enough of her doing this. It's sooo hilarious.

This is me right below her trying to get her to laugh. I finally had to kiss her toe, she looked at me with a straight face said, "Dora." And then looked back down. So hilarious.

Walking to church this morning. Lis' got her a new Dora backpack. It's so awesome. She holds the straps with her hands and putts around.

Freakin' awesome. All pictures were taken with my new iPhone. I am super pleased with this machine, good job Apple.

My brother-in-law can beat up your brother-in-law...

2008-07-04T00:13:00.003-06:00

No but seriously? He would rock you.

I usually don't poach pictures from my wife but I just wanted to make sure this was shown to the world. My brother in law is the man. We climbed rainier together, he taught me some boating tricks, hes always down for mid-afternoon office email, and has the best gear gnarlege.

And who else can pull the chacos/BMX match up? Werd.

Emily wears it well

2008-07-02T00:24:00.001-06:00

This is my friend emily. She is the best. Make sure to add a rating on youtube and give her your comments for an Aleve contest she is doing.

Oh...happy anniversary.

2008-07-01T00:30:00.012-06:00

'Solid'

The night Lisa and I got engaged. She said it didn't matter where we got married, as long as it was in the temple. Little did she know it would be in the armpit of the southern New Mexico desert.

'Trio'

My buds. Brandon Bulow and Josh Vanb, meant so much that they were there.

'Late to the party.'

The above picture describes us so well. This picture really does speak 1000 words.

'Trophy wife.'

'Chit chat'

Me: Yep, last time I had one of these was my senior prom. I actually took my sister...
Paula: Oh yeah?!? Wow thats pathetic.
Bonnie: Yeah totally pathetic. *what is lisa thinking?!?*

'Sun up. Sundown.'

Hanging on the 9th hole on the back nine...err veranda.

'Somewhere...'

Rainbows never hurt.

'All dressed in white.'

I'd like to thank lisa for letting me wear chacos at the reception. You are a lady and a scholar.

Not bad digs eh?

'Three left feet.'

I'm seriously a horrible dancer.

'Man of the hour.'

Ladies and Gentleman, I give you Scottie Cahoon.

Well there you have it folks. Basically a re-cap of the whole event. This goes out to all the people who said we shouldn't have gotten married.

Plurk? What?!?

2008-06-29T23:32:00.002-06:00

Plurk. Its a new verb. As if we didn't have enough already.

"Hi honey I'm home. I want ginger chicken for dinner, could you google the recipe?"

"Oh I had a great weekend, I totally blogged it today, check it out!"

"He is so cute! I'm totally going to myspace him"

"Youtube it."

Well a new found glory has risen. Plurk. Truly amazing. The best way I can describe it is Ultra blogging. Your just going to have to go there and check it out.

Enjoy!

New blog name

2008-06-29T00:30:00.004-06:00

For those of you reading this post, Congrats! You found my new named blog. Couple cool things happened this week. Wednesday night went out with high school peeps. We all live within 40 min. of each other and yeah I never make the effort to come see them. So this picture should go down in the books.

And this my friends is my new office. Its the brown cabin looking one straight ahead. Not bad digs.

This is paige watching dora via headphones. Dora episodes are $2 for 24 min. an episode on iTunes, thats way cheaper then a babysitter! Paige hates things on her head but when she heard the D-D-D-D-D- DORA! She couldn't keep them off. Lis' got her some baby phones so hopefully those fit better then the skullcandy goat phones.

blog switch

2008-06-26T16:56:00.002-06:00

Im switching my blog from freedaheel.blogspot.com to adambuchanan.blogspot.com. In lieu of my change, I am featuring the Switch pack by Osprey. Osprey killed it with this pack.

You've been warned.

Bye Backcountry.com

2008-06-20T11:46:00.009-06:00

Yep, today is my last day at backcountry. Moving on to do social media for a firm here in SLC.

Things I will miss at backcountry.com:

ski pass hook up
wearing chacos to work
unlimited supply of perfectly chilled Red Bulls
the GEAR!
the discount
my cubicle
the peeple
stickers
working in beautifully temperatured park city
working on the social networks
the site scuttle
and the rest is history

Stoked about my new digs, more updates to come.

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its official

2008-06-18T18:49:00.002-06:00

talk about good mail eh kristi?

Happy Birthday Lisa!!

2008-06-15T00:24:00.009-06:00

It was Lisa's birthday this week. The reason why I say it was this week is because we got married on her birthday so every year we juggle what day were gonna celebrate what and usually I just let her have the whole week. Whatevs. These pics were taken in the past month or so and they resemble how cool my wife is.

This is us in NM out in the dunes. If you don't know, Lisa is an all around bad-ace.

This is at the trimble hot springs in Durango. This was where we spent our first time making out, err first date after skiing. Now we bring our children here to make things more awkward.

This is lisas mom carla at her new house in Aztec. Lisa took this picture, I posted it because I love that Lisa takes pictures of stuff I wouldn't think to. Carla is a great lady and I hope lisa turns out just like her, she already has.

Here is lisa letting me kill myself. She has always encouraged me to do what I love, even if that sport doesn't love me.

Lisa belaying at a couple months pregnant. I promise folks, it doesn't do a thing to the baby. Believe me, Im an expert at this stuff. Lisa is the best person to have around at the crag, she is always happy and smiling. At this particular climb I forgot my climbing shoes and it didn't bother me because of her attitude.

Here is lisa letting me kiss her in front of everyone at my graduation. This is pretty uncommon and I think its great how much she has come out of her comfort zone.

Here is lisa holding ryan just right so she will be comfortable. She kills it at being a mom, even when it's hard.

This is me at midnight the other night taking chili cheese nachos back to our lair. Lisa said she didn't want any but I made sure to get enough because she always wants some. This is also Lisa letting me get un-healthy food in the middle of the night.

Riding downtown SLC with about 10 other riders to the Farmers Market. Lisa is behind me but I love that Lisa goes to the market and rides her bike.

Ryan sitting on a mountain board at the Venture fest. Lisa will always be a good mom for ryan even if she wants to rock out on a mountain board and listen to the rolling stones.

So to reward Lisa for all her goodness I got her the Wii Fit. It's a really cool game that has a personal trainer to do yoga and all sorts of exercise.

"Lisa, you are my woman!"

Venture Fest

2008-06-15T00:16:00.002-06:00

Here is a vid from the venture fest today. It happens in Millcreek every year. It was taken with my new iPhone with a video camera feature thingy. I couldn't mess with it in my movie maker so that is why its tilted. Still figuring things out.

This next one was taken earlier this morning at the farmers market. The girls were loving the kettle corn. Once again the filming is sideways so I will work on getting that dialed.

Free stuff

2008-06-13T14:53:00.003-06:00

The other day I was looking for a tacoma on craigslist. We found this one that was way too good to be true, $3,500 super low miles 2004, DVD/Garmin Nav...blah blah. Turns out to be a scam, big surprise. Lisa says to me, "MAN! I just want something for nothing."

But then Milly pinged over this sweet treasure...

In case the link doesn't load, its a free Walrus head. Hmm yeah free walrus head. The description kills me!

"It's furry and could be fun to cuddle with, but doesn't really look good with the stuffed deer heads I have on my wall."

WTF?!

Photo Phreaks

2008-06-10T11:16:00.004-06:00

This post secret is dedicated to my sister and brother. Both good photographers with the big momma cameras, oh and this also goes out to Sharon. I aspire to take photos like all three of them but at the end of the day be able to state the above. I wish this post secret wasn't so secretive, I need some family pics done and would love to hire this "don't know crap" photographer.

2008-06-06T23:52:00.001-06:00

Yeah thats right. I am special, and now someone else thinks so too. More to come.

vail shmail

2008-06-06T00:11:00.002-06:00

Digs.

Made it to vail tonight. My eyes were glued to my window the last 3.5 hours staring at the CO river bursting down through the canyon. Amazing state, and the grand junction area is gorgeous. The houses, the landscape, truly remarkable. Stoked about being here for the Teva games, should be a great time. Hopefully this rain ditches the party and slides over to SLC.

I think I could get use to this place.

2008-06-05T01:48:00.002-06:00

You'll probably never see me laugh this hard. Found this while digging through my pics tonight. Now if I could only remember the joke...

This is for you steve and korby

2008-06-04T19:03:00.003-06:00

This one goes out to my homies. One night they took me to a dance in high school and had me where 3 things I hated:

Jeans
skate shoes

Hurley skater shirt

Well boys, watcha think of me now?

Last night as I was shopping on dogfunk.com for some new Ti Skullcandy headphones and I thought, "Dang! I need a new shirt!" Having nothing made by Burton I snagged this tee to switch things up a bit. Funny how things change.

Oh and the headphones absolutely bump. Made my order at 9pm last night, my order was ready at 10am this morning; good job backcountry.com you bunch of speedy little devils.

Start your Love affair

2008-06-03T11:45:00.002-06:00

As of midnight bikers around the globe are glued to the deals on Chainlove. Score bike gear to get rid of that winter fat you have been worried about. Roadies, DH, XC, Renegades? All are welcome to the love affair.

Mopeding around

2008-05-24T14:38:00.005-06:00

This is me and Kristi riding around SLC, it was hilarious! Enjoy!

Nothing like buzzing through the streets yelling, "I'm Graduating!!"

Deep Thoughts by Jack Handy

2008-05-21T15:46:00.002-06:00

I grew up memorizing the famous words of Mr. Jack Handy. Ya know, the eerie voice, soft music, strong punch line. I was perusing TGR today and ran across this sweet thread.Got any deep thoughts?

NM huffing

2008-05-19T13:49:00.006-06:00

We spent the weekend in Farmington, New Mexico. Do you know where that is? No, its not Farmington, Utah. And no I didn't studder, its NEW Mexico, not Mexico.

I grew up here and the last time I had residence was in 2005, not too long ago. If you were to google (yeah cuz thats a verb now) Farmington in google images your going to see a lot of desert and yellow license plates.

I always thought it was super lame growing up there. I thought the desert was ugly and there was nothing to do in this town. The desert ain't looking so bad and there is plenty to keep me busy.

Riding a 4Wheeler in the sand dunes is pretty dangerous. I was coming down a hill and hitting these massive bumps. Super swank and super fast. Brian taught me how to go up the hill and shift and all that. It was kinda like shooting a deer...kinda.

Here is another Bah Mitzvah moment. Driving a jeep in the choke cherry sandstone. Steve was gracious enough to let me drive his KILLER rubicon. The thing is so smooth and I didn't hear one scratch...or dent.

Something a little more my style. X-rock has so many great places to go, not just the X itself. The only problem is when you forget your climbing shoes you have to rock it out in Chacos. They did an ok job, the strap really dig into your skin when your trying to scrape on a slab, imagine that.

Eh, it works.

Look at the hot pregnant girl belaying like it ain't no thing. Didn't climb this time but is always a nice cheerleader to have around.

This is the Animas river running through the town. I was so stoked to take out my new boat. Steve, Brian, and John were all cheering me on. This was about the highest I got my tail up in the air, waves are way cool!

Still working on my roll, I am half way there.

Ouch!!

2008-05-16T22:06:00.003-06:00

wait for it...wait for it...

Ouch....!

It's all about Ryan

2008-05-12T22:19:00.007-06:00

Here's Ryan using the water fountain all by herself. Top step. Mouth can reach the water. Just need to work on pressing the button and were set.

Taking a breather.

Here's Ryan getting some face time with the nursery teacher. I think the other kids are like, "Crap, I should've thought of that." The window glare is from the parents window. She has no idea I am taking this picture...

Walking inside to church.

Oops...Daddies kayak shot. Thanks to Kevin for teaching me how to roll this weekend.

Great shot. Ryan has this signature "I'm a badass" smirk. Costa Vida surfboard in the back, I have never surfed in my life and probably won't for a long time.

You've Got Mail! Oh do I?!

2008-05-09T17:17:00.005-06:00

Raise your hand if you rely on email for your job.

Raise your hand if you have ever had this happen to you.

From: John Doe Subject: April Reports Date: May 15th 2008
From: Sally Omally Subject: Untitled Message Date: May 15th 2008

A week into my job I tried this with my boss and he set me straight real fast, "Always put a subject." I never really understood the frustrations of not having a subject until now. My inbox is basically my "to-do" list and I use it to knock things out for the day.

When I get one of these I really do want to scream!

Or the worst is when I get a "RE: " or a "FW: ".

What the crap are you replying to? What the crap are you forwarding me?

Next time I get a 'no subject' email I am going to write my entire response in the subject line and leave the message area blank.

Graduation pics

2008-05-08T14:11:00.003-06:00

People keep asking me how I feel about graduating. I still can't give them a straight answer, it comes out like, "hmm well surreal and great and lost all in one."

These pictures tell you how I feel. Enjoy.

This is our typical day.

Gotta love it.

On Friday May 2nd on the streets of Salt Lake, two nuts yelled and screamed for all to hear.

You know this.

My sister kristi showing me how its done.

Go red.

I forgot my tassle that I forgot to order that I forgot to pre-order that I forgot to...you get the idea. Click on the picture to see the text I wrote Lisa for hassling me about my non-existent tassle.

C'mon little one, lets get out of here.

Kristi always has a big momma kiss when she visits, even if I'm not graduating .

Freakin colgate smiles, what can I say?

The whole family.

Tassles seriously are lame. And are for strippers.

This picture sums it all up. This is how I feel.

Kristi absolutely killed it with pictures.

Shark Surfer

2008-05-07T14:38:00.001-06:00

I think its fake, but I can't find the answer on snopes. Little help people? Man-made shark submarine?

The deed is done

2008-05-05T14:41:00.002-06:00

Friday was a great day in the book of Adam. Funny story. Didn't have a tassle, as you can see. Also didn't have a card to fill out my name so they could read it off. Finally get a card, fill it out just before they call my name. Some lady found a tassle on the ground and gave it to me. Classic.

I should have put name as Adam Danger Buchanan, thought of it right after, dangit!

2008-04-29T11:06:00.002-06:00

$1.99 Shipping on SteepandCheap today only!

In a world where good gear comes cheap, the average gear addict finds himself poor with crazy high shipping prices. To the rescue comes, $1.99 shipping! Is this a preview of things to come? Will the world ever survive this uncanny amount of gear? What about the children!!?!??

Get yo'self some.

2008-04-25T12:40:00.002-06:00

Finals Finally Finished

That's right folks. As of 10am this morning I am done with college! It doesn't feel real. It feels like I have to go back on Monday and do it all over again. This morning I had a Comm Law class that absolutely kicked my butt this semester. Looking back at what I learned and how my perception has changed about politics and contributing to the community locally and nationally.

This semester was the first time I have ever voted. I am 24 and have never voted before. This is the first time I called the govenors office to give them my opinion about the alcohol issue in Utah. I also made it a ritual to read more news and listen to NPR. I am not a pro but I am a whole lot better then when I started.

I am glad to have come out better then I went in. *Nacho Libre Accent* School has taught me a butt load crap about a ton of stuff! It's the best! Specially when you get down to the real, nitty gritty.

I had two teachers this year that absolutely knew how to teach. D.B. was an amazing hands on real-deal dude. I had a PR class with him and I have never learned so much and it helps that I am interested in the material. B.F. was great, she got me interested in things that I have never shown interest in before. It was a great finish to a long haul.

2008-04-23T20:15:00.002-06:00

My wife is pretty much a fox. check it out. Ryan ain't too bad either with her new Skullie Noggins cap.

2008-04-13T01:59:00.002-06:00

A Cup of our Weekend...

Lisa and I get bored easy. Too easy. It's nice to break away from the franchise sheep herd and enjoy the city life. The other night we went out with friends to my favorite greaser in town, Davanzas. Well known in Park City, this pizza joint delivers a fine brew of Dr. Pepper and darts. Now has a foothill location, praise to the man!

Afterwards we thought, local restaurant? local dessert joint? Headed over to, not sure of the name, 9th and 9th Coffee Place is what I call it. Starbucks is about 20 feet away and lis' asked if we should go there. Lets just say if your caught stiffing the 'Buy Local' initiative in Utah, your tires are slashed.

I just love this picture, really defines who lisa is. Not some overworked freak-housewife, but a good hardworker who keeps her cool. It's fun bringing Ryan to places like this and just having her trot around all the bookies. I was giving Lis' crap calling her Coffee-Drinker-Barbie.

9th and 9th Coffee Place offers high-speed and flavored cocoa. If your not in the mood for a Choco-overload from Hatch Family, this is your spot. Lis' got a coconut cocoa and I got the...amaretto. Really enjoyed it, the atmosphere can't be beat.

DISCLAIMER - NO COFFEE WAS CONSUMED IN THIS VISIT TO THE 9TH AND 9TH COFFEE PLACE BY ANY OF THE SUBJECTS ATTENDING THE GATHERING THE OTHER NIGHT. ALL CUPS CONTAIN HOT CHOCOLATE AND FOR ALL WE KNOW THE WORKERS SLIPPED IN A COUPLE BEANS.

Another Hobby, great....

2008-04-07T23:08:00.004-06:00

When I was younger we use to have a boat with waverunners. Our family always had a good time but I think as I got older I grew scared of the water. Something about being turned upside down strapped to a kneedboard is a bit dangerous, but at least when I peed my pants it warmed up the water a bit.

I have since moved to more non-motorized vehicles. Don't get me wrong, a car, fast boat, and 4-wheelers are great. But it is so nice to get out in the outdoors without worrying about gas or a fuel pump and the NOISE....just your body.

Since living in Salt Lake I have grown fond of kayaking. Not so much the little play boats, once again, a bit scary for me, but the big momma sea kayaks. This is Lisa rowing a 17" Perception Eclipse Airlite at bear lake. If you look up 'sexy' in the dictionary, there is a picture of this boat. It is so smooth, but for me and Lis' its a bit long. (is that what she said? oh yeah she did.)

What I want in a boat is something that has two hatches for storage so I can do a two-three night trip on the water. Luckily my buddy Kevin Green scored two stout 14" carolinas for a crazy price of $750! Were talking paddles, pfds, skirts, car rack, and of course the TWO boats. Let's just say one of those boats could have easily gone for $900. Yeah deal of the century...

This is us paddling around Liberty Park pond last Friday. Lisa and Tori met up with us to bring us Lollicups. As you can see Kevin is sipping away on a pina colada. The park ranger-person came up we asked if it was cool if we could event paddle around, he was like "You didn't talk to me, but I don't see why not?"

Kevin and I want to goto Lake Powell and do a 3-nighter to go check out some crazy canyons this summer. I think it would be so awesome and it's always been on my to-do list. When I lived in West Yellowstone I left with a deep love for road bikes and sea kayaks. The past 6 years has been great on my roadie, now I look forward to getting out on the water.

Things to sell to afford my new boat:

Apple Macbook - street value $800
Climbing Cams - street value $300
Trade Subaru in for a '79 Pacer - at least $10K
Blackberry I don't use anymore - $100 ish
Lemonade stand with Ryan sitting out front - $50 an hour
Underwear ad - $75

Anyway, a couple phone calls and eBay ads and I should be good.

Anything you have been dying to do? Whats it gonna take?

For me there is always Mt. Everest but that would take a divorce and a couple fingers. And Lisa has all the lawyers on her side of the family so I am gonna sit put.

BUCHANAN FOR AP

2008-04-06T10:38:00.004-06:00

Friday night I had my mission reunion. I am pretty sure Ryan was the oldest kid there. It was fun trying to entertain her while she terrorized the fruit tray.

This is how cool my wife is. Ryan was wigging out because she didn't have her binky, and usually I don't have much sympathy because she has TWO good thumbs she could use. So I ran her out to the car to prowl the car. No dice. Went to the store and didn't get back for at least 20 min. Lisa who was patiently sitting in the crowd.

In Korea with my Kiwi companion

I sat down and she said that she had to introduce our family that was 2/3rds absent. I am so glad I have a wife that doesn't back down from stuff like that. She probably forgot all about it but that is one of the great features Lisa offers, that and the heated seats.

Everyone at the reunion loved my post about moving to Korea. Both presidents were there which was nice. Ringwood (my last half of my mission president) put my arm around me and told Bangerter (my first half of my mission president) a really funny thing I did during the Christmas conference just 2 months before I came home:

What I did was I sat on the back row and handed out placards to about 14 elders. I knew President Ringwood was going to do a Q&A session which is usually a pretty serious deal. So just as he stood up to start the 15min. informative speech he asked through the microphone "Does anyone have any questions?"

I was so excited I just about peed myself! I stood up and said, "YES President I do!!!" Then I had all the elders hold up the placards which read:

BUCHANAN FOR AP!

Everyone turned around and absolutely lost it. President gave his nod of approval as he tried to hold back his laughter. I detracted about 3 minutes from the Q&A, but it was the best 3 minutes ever.

For those who are foreign to LDS mission lingo, AP stand for Assistant to the President. You don't RUN for this position, you are called to this position. Let me lay down the hierarchy.

Missionary - does missionary stuff, knock doors, teach people....

District Leader - same duties as above, runs meetings, records stats....

Zone Leader - same duties as above, runs more meetings, in charge of more missionaries....

Assistant to the President - same duties as above (if you have time) your pretty much the executive admin for the president. You do a lot of motivational speeches for the missionaries in the mission and help out the president a TON.

Positions really don't mean your better or worse then the other missionaries. Missions just need internal leadership and the president calls you to these positions. For the record I was a district leader for about 2 months and probably didn't do that killer of a job.

So to have one of the missionaries who is just about to go home at the Christmas gathering of around 150 missionaries solicit his AP candidacy is pretty hilarious. What can I say? It was the best two years of my life...

Big News!!!

2008-04-01T08:30:00.003-06:00

Lately Lisa and I have been praying and wondering what I should do for a job (stay at backcountry? try new things?). I graduate soon so it has been super nerve racking trying to make the next big decision. Well...that all ended yesterday...

I am not going to pursue public relations for now but want to look for something in sales. What a better way to sell then something you know the best...yourself! For this summer Lisa and I will be living in Korea and teaching English!!! When I was there on a mission I always thought it would be really fun to do but never thought my future wife would be into it.

We leave two weeks after graduation and will be gone till August, but have the option of staying longer with the English Academy I signed with. Great thing is, Lisa can teach too and will probably get paid more then me because she is a pure blood English speaker.

We have really prayed and thought about this and we know this is the direction we should take while we only have one kid. We are super excited for our new adventure and can't wait to get some real Korean food!

We want you to teach English in our country!

April Foolio!

Fast Sunday

2008-03-30T14:42:00.002-06:00

When I was a kid I idolized David Letterman and the top 10 lists. If I was connected with his suggestion box I would submit this list.

Top 10 things not to do when your fasting on Fast Sunday.

10. eat pretzels out of your kids snack cup at church.
9. splash water on your face and take little sips.
8. brush your teeth 4 times and swallow the toothpaste.
7. drink mouthwash.
6. tilt your head back as your walking to church and swallow falling snow, that day it's frozen angel urine.
5. attend a church meeting 20 feet from Arctic Circle.
4. chew sunflower seeds and hope God won't notice.
3. take 9 helpings of the bread during sacrament.
2. eat at Hatch Family Chocolates the night before and suffer sugar withdrawls during Sunday school

And the number one thing NOT to do when your fasting on fast Sunday:

1. Buy a box of girl scout Samoa cookies the day before and stick them on the microwave for you to drool at till dinner.

Yep, a box of oh so sweet and holy samoas. I picked up this box from Dorothy at REI yesterday. And I have to say, the best place to sell this is REI; bunch of granola weight watchers who love to support girls in the outdoors. If you didn't know yesterday was the LAST day to buy. But don't worry, ebay has you covered!

I thought I would peak over to the auctions being run by entrepreneurial den mothers for a box as I knew our lonely stash above would get snatched up today after our fast. Bid was at 6 bids residing at $7.00 for 3 boxes. I through that puppy up to $15 w/ $6 shipping. 29 seconds left it goes up to $15.59. Just as I put in my $16 bid, WAMMO!

			Girl scout cookies, 3 boxes SAMOAS	Item number: 280212171256


	Sorry, you were outbid at the last minute. This item sold to luvable71 for US $15.49.

You enjoy those cookies luvable71, and I hope your laughing because I am the one who is laughing. Little do you know that in 58 min. twintechmom will be supplying me with 3 boxes of the sweet goodness. I hope your box is from 2007.

Tupperwhat? Tupper this!

2008-03-30T14:17:00.005-06:00

Tupperware was developed in 1946 by Earl Silas Tupper (1907-1983) in the USA. I haven't been a big user of this stuff until Carla came and stayed in our house for a week. Check out my doings today...

BEFORE

AFTER

Truly amazing. The one on the bottom left that I know your wondering "what the...?". Those are prunes. Yep...PRUNES. Found them smoking behind the football stands in my cupboard today. Something about them being a preservative or some junk, I about through them away because I am super anti-leftovers.

But I thought I would have Lisa stare them in the face for a week as she is the Prune lover. Dee-skusting.

Another benefit of Tupperware, not spelled Tupplewear (your firefox spell check will rock the red underline beat down), is the little window into the foods soul. Instead of the bowl/foil method where you don't know how long that stew has been brewing in your fridge, you can just peek through the plastic door for a routine check up on last weeks cauliflower.

HOLD ME TIGHT! im so scared....I CAN'T LOOK!!

Its just the worst when you open that puppy up and you get this white fuzzy surprise. "Honey, is this enchiladas? or Stir Fry? I can't tell...."

Once again, why I am super anti-leftovers.

Left-Handers unite!

2008-03-30T12:47:00.003-06:00

I have the privilege of being left-handed. It means the left side of my brain is better then yours and scissors never feel right. The only other lefties I know are my sister and brother in law brad. We always had to sit together for dinner at Christmas time and all that. Me and Lis' have yet to figure out that if she sits on my left we have problems.

I am proud of this picture for 2 reasons:

Ryan smiled when I said smile.
And her left hand is caked with cottage cheese.

She is a lefty! Now hopefully I can get her to vote for Obama.

eggs and un-eaten candy

2008-03-29T16:29:00.009-06:00

One year my parents left town for easter weekend. I told them that was fine because I was going to moab for a climbing trip. I remember sunday going to dinner at my teachers house and he had this screaming kid. Haven't been the biggest easter shananagins fan, I really don't get how a man in a bunny suit giving out caramel filled eggs got tied in with the resurrection.

But here we go!

This is ryan with her egg basket, trying to wear it like a purse. It took a while to learn the Easter practices of joshing other kids' eggs but she got the hang of it.

see what I mean? Precious!

Easter is a tough thing ya know. Give your kid all these eggs filled with candy and then you pry the goodies from their clenching teeth.

See what I mean? "Give me those damn beans!"

Then our favorite part was policing the event as ryan snaggle-toothed more beans into her mouth coupled with dirt and dead grass. Those are eyes of determination. I think we counted 8 beans that came out of her mouth.

*brrrrrrrip* "Scuse me..."

Great you found another egg! Now dump out the goods into the trash and make sure none of that sugar gets in your mouth!

got resurrection?

Happy easter everyone. Hope yours was as egg-o-rific as ever.

Backcountry Blog at the top of the list

2008-03-20T12:47:00.004-06:00

If your on your Dashboard make sure to check out the list on the lower right. The blogs to note section shows the Backcountryblog as one of the top ones to check out. Congrats to Powstash for absolutely killing it over there!

The blog has really thrown down the posts with Kim Havell posting some ski craziness and features from the Iditarod dog sled race and photo contests from yours truly. Outdoor blog for the hardcore blogger... err athlete.

Aqua Climbing? Aww c'mon...

2008-03-20T12:26:00.003-06:00

The first time I ever went rock climbing was when I was 14...wait...maybe 13. Oh whatever, it was in Durango and we stopped at the Pine Needle to get my first couple gear pieces.

Locking carabiner, a Petzl that absolutely shut down after about a month of use, I still have it and I probably couldn't give it away with a free turkey sandwhich.
My harness, the Black Diamond Blizzard. Still with me and also came on my first Rainier trip.
ATC, it was red and completely virgin of any rope. Lost it in moab...dangit!

Ok so the total that day was about 80 bills which was the first purchase of MANY. We went out to X-rock and I started on what is called school daze. The sun was out, hangin' with friends, learning how to belay, couldn't be better. Little did I know this trip would spark many moab excursions and indian creek crag fests.

I love to climb. It is my favorite thing to do. I love that my wife loves to climb. I love the community feeling at the crag. Nothing beats climbing.

So my question: Why are idiots promoting this Aqua climbing?Talk about a kick in the face. Way to de-masculine the sport. Bunch of nancies playing water polo then....oh yeah lets just go climb on the wall thingy over there.

That is like taking rugby and making them wear mini-skirts. I'm ok with sticking a little kiddie wall at the playground, my daughter actually likes it and I like that she likes it. But this is just ridiculous. And I can't imagine this is the safest thing in the world, don't you think your hands are a little hmmm....SLIPPERY?

I really want to see big Tony in the speedo with the hairy chest and gold chain climb this bad boy. "Heyey Tony, take it easy!"

Support Krista Moroge Burton Rep

2008-03-17T12:59:00.005-06:00

This weekend at Brighton outdoor peeps are pulling together for Krista Moroge who has breast cancer. She is the regions Burton rep and everyone is stoked to come and support.

The facebook event is here.

The blog is here.

The website is here.

Pick your fancy. Even if you can't make it to the event, which by my analytics will probably be the case, goto the blog and facebook page and share your thoughts/stories with some encouragement.

This is the flier for the slug games, come out for $10 and show your mad skillz, if you got em'. Or just come enjoy some music and support a killer kause.

Cancun Video live!

2008-03-17T09:57:00.001-06:00

Here we go, now its workin'. enjoy!

Our snowshoe buds

2008-03-15T16:44:00.004-06:00

real quick...

2008-03-07T23:09:00.003-07:00

I know your all awaiting some more pics but I just have to throw this out there.

Heard on the radio that you can call the governors office with your vote for the new alcohol law in Utah, from 3.2 proof to full. The number is 538.1000, just say you want to give your opinion. I thought it was the governors cell phone when I called from what I heard on the radio, its not.

Ok another thing. Lisa went to NM this weekend and left me with two movies from B.Buster. And what other would it be then:

The Jane Austen Book Club
and
Miss Potter

Dag yo...

Cancun Wrap-up

2008-03-06T14:29:00.006-07:00

Ouch! Nice Sunburnage...

We made it back in one piece with all of our intestines still attached. Cancun is an all out party, its freakin nutzy nuts there. We kept it chill, did some beach jogging, snorkeling, chillin', bartering... what it is.

Doesn't get any better then this

The Beach was a 20 second walk from our hotel room. The sand was absolutely flawless, and we found the coolest craziest shells. Lisa is hording them though, I heard rumors of selling them on eBay, confirm with her.

Peepin' down into this crazy cave thing.

On our way to Nephi's castle, our tour guide took us to this awesome water hole thingy. Super gorgeous.

Looking from the bottom.

Some chicka-malekka was swimming around in the water. When I stick my hand in water and my fingers come out with ice on them; not a fan.

PEEPS! These are just a few pics of the trip. I'm gonna throw together a slideshow so expect that in the next couple days. Any requests for music for the soundtrack?

Bitter sweet

2008-02-27T11:24:00.002-07:00

Lisa use to have a ringtone on her phone that was the Bittersweet Symphony from....crap can't remember. 5 shrute bucks to the person who knows...

The beach we are going to be on, holy crap!

Tomorrow we are flying out to Cancun. Super stoked. We had a less then par honeymoon and this is my make up to Lisa. The honeymoon was ok, the allens were so gracious to let us stay at their cabin it was great. But I promised lisa I was going to take her somewhere we BOTH had never been before...the only place I had never been during our honeymoon was the bathrooom with another girl.

Ok so the bitter part about this trip tomorrow, guess what airline were flying. You guessed it, American Airlines. Man I hope I can breath ok during the flight and I hope if I ask for a cup of water they give it to me. If you have turned off the world for the past week you have missed out on one of the most ridiculous PR case studies. Check out this bull crap:

Mr. Hotard (AA spokesperson) said a flight attendant initially told Ms. Desir (Couldn't breath on flight last friday) that diabetes wasn't usually a factor that justified use of oxygen, but he then checked with the lead flight attendant. When the flight attendant returned to Ms. Desir, she said she was having difficulty breathing, Mr. Hotard said.

Eerie....

"Excuse me miss? Yes, I have this thing on my back I think its a cyst. Could you take a look at it while your pouring my ginger ale?"

Looks like AA is training their flight attendants to be freakin' doctors! URGGGH! The story makes me livid, AA handled this pretty bad. Go ahead, see for yourself.

What do you think?

Gelande what?

2008-02-20T15:05:00.001-07:00

Quaffing, Gelande Quaffing.

The team is training to represent bc and the international Jackson Hole Gelande Quaffing Tournament. Freakin' hilarious...great team to be part of.

Well over due...

2008-02-19T18:26:00.011-07:00

My sister thinks I am the most hardcore person there is. But I think she gets more outdoor lovin' then I do. She is always making running goals, actually running all the time, then runs marathons, then lugs around this big digital slr along with a double stroller with two active kids....

Dude sis, you got me beat. This week I'm trying to kill it a little bit more, yesterday I took lisa and Ryan snowshoeing, Lisa has been running about 3-4 days a week.

Yeah she ruled it. She kept doing circles around me, not a bad curvy little body either.

Ryan is thinking, "This over Guitar Hero?!?! Are you kidding me?!?" Kristi this is that wool hoody Jeff snagged off the site, oh man I absolutely love it! Don't I look all natural? Minus the loud beanie and knuckle-dragger shades.

Ryan is such a trooper. She kept off falling to one side in the carrier, she can be such a baby sometimes...GOsh!

All smiles from Lis' as I catch my breath.

This is on the way to Solitude Mill D, F, J or something. Don't really care where it is, as long as there is no people.

And then tonight for a study break I went for a run to liberty.

This is a high quality pic here. What I do is I have a screen that I put in front of my cell phone to create this looking through a window effect. Pretty sharp I might say.

As for the run, I ran for about an hour in the snow and did some hills (ps. SLC kids have it so nice, there was this huge hill that was covered in snow from the storm a week ago, would have killed for that growing up). It was all about the music baby. Kristi actually first introduced me to listening to music while working out on...get this a 32 mb Yepp.

Here's to you sis' for absolutely killing out there in the big city! I'll update you on what I do tomorrow...

Lemon Attack!

2008-02-12T17:21:00.000-07:00

Got to love viral videos. This was presented in our PR class, very convincing but oh so full of CRAP! Think of how many lemons you have put in your drinks. Hundreds? Bagillions? If they haven't killed me yet, they ain't going to. Just the wording and how they break up the phone call with the micro-biologist, c'mon people...

Fun stats on the youtubes, this video posted 4 months ago now has 300K views, another posted 4 days ago 13K views. Seriously people, do you think lemons are going to kill you? I just had one in my Barqs at lunch today along with a lime in my fish taco and I feel great! I mean really BLAH!!! *uncontrollable choking starts* BLAAAAUGHH HAAAWWK *face turning red* UGHHRRRRRRR *insides exploding* KAAABOOOM! *face hits the keyboard* AFIJFEJIFEWPAEWBMBJOAEWF EO!~!@#$O #$T( JT$(IJ

Weekend Warriorism

2008-02-11T10:45:00.001-07:00

this weekend was all out intense. Saturday Lisa and I did some COSTCO action....WHoa!

Lisa got me a new work table for my birthday so I fixed my ski chair....Whoa!!

Then we had a Beni-hana birthday, Whoa! "One part egg-nog, two parts SAKI!!"

Lisa threw me this kick-ace-krazy party. This was taken at 5am, lisa looks pretty good. (jk)

Lisa made this sweet cake for me, yellow on the inside choco on the outside. Whoa!!

And this is me killing it on guitar hero. FACT: we did have two guitars and me and my neighbor stayed up until 1am playing.

I couldn't sleep so I stayed up till 3am watching CSI. Yeah, I'm a big deal in Japan right now. *fist pump*!

So it's up to you bloggers. If you think I'm the weekend warrior then lend me your vote in the comments box, simply put "Your the weekend warrior!".

If you think my sister won, then comment on her blog with the same comment.

Just got word that Kristi wasn't feeling so hot this weekend. So lets keep this in the brain bank and kill it later.

Today is my birthday, feb. 9th

2008-02-10T01:13:00.000-07:00

Ryan's vocabulary lesson #1. Word: stuck.

It's 1:13 am and I just got done with a guitar hero session, im super tired. I am what you would call one of those independent-like folks. Here is a couple highlights to prove my independency tied in with my birthday.

18th B-day - Took myself cross country skiing for the first time, ever. Didn't think to ask anyone else to come, just got in my car and went. Got home around 5pm.

17th B-day - Took myself ice climbing for the first time. Once again, went alone and didn't offer to have anyone else come. I think the only thing I ate that day was a free cliff bar I got at the Ouray festival. Probably not the most healthy diet in the world but definitely most common for me.

Vocabulary lesson #2. Word: expensive leather chair

Those are the only two I can think of really, I have others but they aren't as hardcore. This week Lisa has been asking me what I want to do for my b-day. I thought skiing at Alta would be fun, snowshoeing, all this stuff... but my goal this year was to hang with Lisa and Ryan no matter what.

I figure the independent bull crap should probably stop. You will get the full run down of my Saturday on Monday but the bottom line: I stuck to my goal and spent the whole day with the wife and kid. Except for bathroom breaks.

I just hate looking back on my birthdays when I was alone unnecessarily.

After the stellar day last week at alta

Am I still independent? I think so, Lisa would definitely say yes when considering my wardrobe. Do I still like hiking alone? Very much so!

I have pulled up to numerous trail heads with a car full of gear just for me. Theres nothing like not having to wait for anyone. And if I want to rest for 20 min. on the trail, I can, its all up to me! I love it!

Vocabulary lesson #3. Word: fracking cold

I think I hit my ultimate independency in West yellowstone. I went out backpacking for an overnighter in bear country....yeah, pretty stupid. I got one of those bells to hang on the pack to scare bears away, hmmm yeah way to let them know their lunch is stomping down the trail.

After a couple times of really scaring myself I gave up dangerousness in the outdoors. But slowly fell back into the habit over the years.Looking across the street from Alta

During my mission the hardest thing, seriously, was staying with another dude for 24/7. So when I got home I was like "PEACE LOVE, I'm outta here!". Jumped in my car and went backcountry skiing at Mt. Timp where an avalanche had just happened, yeah...puuurretty stupid.

There is a little breakdown about me. I think the coolest thing I heard all day was what Lisa said to me twice, "I am happy you were born into this world 24 years ago...". After the awkward moment I said thanks and slowly walked away. Pretty deep for a Pennsylvania girl (oh that probably pissed some of you off, jk just wanted to make sure your not asleep). No but it was sweet, in a "I'm cool with deep sayings" kind of way.

The heat is on

2008-02-07T16:08:00.000-07:00

Kristi and I are doing a contest this Saturday called the "Weekend Warrior!" The deal is we each have to do a post on Monday morning of our Saturday, Feb. 9th. The post has to include:

One Video
A couple pictures
and wordage explaining the day

Then we will throw it out to the bloggers to vote on our posts. Whoever wins gets to change their profile name to 'Weekend Warrior' for a week. So I come to you, lurkers, posters, commenters....Bloggers. As a blip on the radar in the massive blogosphere, vote for me. I will wow you with my pyrotechnics, pure craziness, and amazing good times. And its my birthday on Sat. so thats all I really want, is your vote.

How to vote?

Simply comment under the post "Your the Weekend Warrior".

Await greatness...

Powderwhoreing

2008-02-03T17:07:00.001-07:00

C'mon over to Utah for some snizow!

blessing or curse

2008-01-31T14:54:00.000-07:00

The whole premise of Heroes is random peeps find their powers and then learn how to use them. I found my special power; remembering birthdays. Lame, I know but it came in handy today. My friend from grade school, who I haven't spoken to in about 8 years, turns 24 today, 9 days before I turn 24. It was fun to call her and catch up on things.

Now this power comes with some probs because there are two birthdays I can NEVER remember and my deepest apologies. Those two birthdays: my sister heather and my brother bevan. I know their in like July or June or something, so this is what happens to my mind when the end of May rolls around - "Ok bevan's birthday is on the 22nd, but is that heathers? no heathers is the 24th, but is that in june or july? but isn't july 24th pioneer day? can't be on that day...aww SCREW IT!"

Here's proof of my special power :

K. cutler - jan. 8th
j. cutler - jan. 25th
a. webb - jan. 31st
k. jolly - feb. 8th (use to live across the street from us in 3rd grade)
s. mcgee - feb. 17th (grade school friend)
mom - april 1st (that one is easy)
d. stradling - May 9th (friend from grade school)
s. roberts - May 25th (high school friend)
wife - june 11th (super easy)
t. gale - Aug. 7th
rpb - sept. 18th
R. buch - Oct. 7th
A.K. Cutler - Nov. 24th (i think)
dad - Dec. 18th
j. smith - dec. 25th

I think thats it for now, if your not on here then, well thats a bummer. Maybe you just need to raise a stink about your bday?

How many bdays can you remember? If your number swamps mine and the ones you remember are OFF the wall then I will pass my power title on to you.

Many more to come...

2008-01-30T20:30:00.000-07:00

thats what she said.This is my ski chair. Its the first functioning chair of the series from three years ago. Some people have certain opinions about ski chair makers that I am not 100% in love with, when your dad has an uncanny amount of planks what else are you gonna do with 'em?

For Christmas I got power tools...saw, drill, the whole bit, no pun intended. I also have 5 pairs of sticks waiting to be drilled. Ski Chairs; many more to come.
This is Ryan. She is a baby and today she had her first time out. She threw some milk during dinner and I made her sit in the corner. Lisa and I looked at each other like, "Ok so what do we do now?". She sat in her little 'ryan' chair and screamed for a bit and then came back to the table. We gave her some luv's and we were all good. Time outs; many more to come.

New Movie

2008-01-29T12:42:00.000-07:00

Ok here is the movie you have been waiting for....

2008-01-28T09:48:00.000-07:00

My movie maker isn't working, good job leopard, can't cover up me laughing with Jack Johnson hits. There is another video of Ryan doing more of the popcorn popping actions, its super awesome but that is a 160mb, so gots to shrink it down somehow.

I looked out the window...

2008-01-21T22:15:00.000-07:00

Taken with the Blackberry.

Quite the dump overnight. The streets were slammed with snow. I was stoked for night skiing though, we had a killer time.

Compliments to the blackberry.

This is at the Brighton parking lot just before our night-shred fest started. Try 2 degrees on for size(thats what she said...). Bitter cold, soft fluffy un-touched powder, super swankness. Those goggles I am wearing were giving to me from someone at work, Scott....something...very simple and awesome. Good job Scott USA, you make a great free goggle. It looks like Lisa and I put on 40 pounds just under our necks, just puffy coats people....puffy coats.

I tried I really Tried!!

2008-01-19T15:36:00.000-07:00

I have gone about 2 years without a cell phone and today that all ends. I have been thinking about getting one after school is out as a sweet kick in the pants for a good job. But yeah, went ahead and 'linked' up today.

I really wanted an iPhone but the service is SO expensive and the whole touch screen is kinda lame. I went with the blackberry pearl in BLACK. Things I wanted in a cell phone that are dorky:

camera to take pictures of skiing and climbing
bluetooth, im so sick of cords
email and internet link up that doesn't rape my wallet
some sort of syncing ability with iCal
not too massive, thats what my laptop is for

Ok, well my life has now begun according to everyone who has laughed at me for not having one all this time. Oh and on the rant side of this whole deal; CONTRACTS. wtf? Seriously, do you really think I'm gonna cancel this thing? I will probably have it until I die, and if your service sucks enough to cancel then work on that. I mean seriously!

blog makeover

2008-01-18T12:03:00.000-07:00

If you have checked out my blog lately I apologize. Besides throwing up every time I saw it I just want it a bit more sexy so please be patient. If you have cool ideas for a template let me know, the whole iphone template was LAme.

Face Shots for all

2008-01-15T14:01:00.000-07:00

Skiing was totally swank on Friday morning. Had FRESHIES every run! Its so nice to go skiing when you have the place to yourself, which I find often in Utah (right time right place mind you). The snow is still coming, making days in the cubicle rough. Ski school starts next week for the U of U students. Once again I don't have pictures of Alta skiing but maybe this week I won't be lazy and actually carry a 19 oz. camera with me. We shall see!

One way trip to Rainiers core

I also got the Rainier fuzzies the other day. We have a ton of stuff planned this year so I don't know how to fit it in. This time I am shooting for zero frostbite.

Friday plans

2008-01-10T09:18:00.000-07:00

Things I learned about Friday this week. Its the best day to print bad news in the newspaper about a company because everyone doesn't pay attention to the paper on Friday. My plans for tomorrow? Partaking of 19" of fresh at Alta, oh yeah buddy, definitely won't be reading the newspaper tomorrow.

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2008-01-09T10:26:00.000-07:00

Super Corny and morbid...

Time for school once again. Last semester. 2 more classes. Hopefully my Guitar Hero career won't be affected by school this semester, kidding. I have been to my classes already and they are going to be really awesome. Both high level, the pr class is going to be so cool. Were actually going to do consulting for an actual business here in SLC. Wow, real life experience? Pulling away from multiple choice tests? Are you sure about that? DOY!

Will It Blend?

2008-01-02T10:05:00.000-07:00

This is just too funny. I wasn't too offended as its an XBoX Guitar Hero. Oh bytheway when the clock hit midnight on New Years Lisa was just finishing up the Killers while I was cleaning our house. Yeah, were sort of a big deal in Japan right now.

Christmas Wrap-Up

2007-12-28T11:16:00.000-07:00

Oh man I get myself every time, get it? Wrap-up? This blog will be compliments of my good friend Billy Joel to the tune of "We didn't start the fire":

Headed down to New Mexico
Where its hot there is no snow
Drove too fast
Cheaper Gas
Pulled up at 5

Crab legs, grilled shrimp, Fresca,
Forgot my Lunesta
Stayed up late
Junk I ate
Late night Target run

Chorus
Christmas in New Mexico!
The Wal-Marts have a Wii
And we got to ski

Christmas in New Mexico!
Don't miss I-15
Friendly driving

Finally found Guitar Hero
Christmas brought a skiff of snow
IBC's
Savannah got new skis
Polar Express

Posole at Si Senor
Drove Mom and Dad's car
Power Tools
Good grades from school
New puffy vest

Chorus
Christmas in New Mexico!
Hot weather skiing
Late night Jacuzzing

Christmas in New Mexico!
The trip is done
We got the Office season 1!