Snooty Falutie

I would like all of you less cultured people to know, I'm moving up in the world. Tonight Mindy and I were invited to a fancy dinner party, Brian (who was in town) came too. Anyway, the reason this dinner party was so fancy? Because we indulged in pheasant nachos. Can any of you say that? I didn't think so, it's so hard to come by for those of you uncouth. i must say, it was rather scrumptious.

Yay cougars

Just to let you know, do to the fact that I played tackle football for 4 years in highschool, the picture has it correct, this guy isn't tackling correctly. sure he has the fundamentals down ok, but everyone know's your sposed to tackle the other team. duh.

Confused cat vs. dedicated cop

awesome video

The escape

i had to get out of there, they authorities were after me, and i didn't know why, so i did the only thing that came to mind. i ran. as soon as i got out of that holding cell, i sprinted for about 10 minutes, hid for one to catch my breath, then as casual as could be i started walking slowly towards a nearby high school football field. I had almost made it to the chain link fence and the safety of the crowd, when white light flooded all around me. looking up in disbelieve i realized they had sent a helicopter. they had found me. rather than running for the entrance, i scrambled over the chain link fence and ducked into a crowd that was lined up for the concession stand. because i'm a little tall i ducked down to try and lose my self. slowly i started making my way to the other side of the stadium and under the bleachers. after waiting five minutes made my way over the back fence and started sneaking off in the dark toward the natural amphitheater about a mile away. walking slowly and taking the back roads i start dwelling on what had happened. all i knew was that one day i woke up and suddenly i'm fbi's most wanted. i have no idea why, but i can't let them catch me, i've done nothing wrong. they caught up to me a few blocks from the amphitheater. this time there was no helicopter, just a group of agents on foot. so i ran for it. i figured if i could lose them anywhere it would be at the amphitheater. to get them off my trail at firest i made sure to vary my route and take some odd turns. i seemed to lose them so i turned on as much speed as i could and ducked into the crowded amphitheater. even though there never shows there it had become the hang out for many of the local college students. it was large open and had several layers connected by sandstone pillars. i figured i could really get them to lose my scent, but the stunt i was about to pull was a lot more dangerous than i wanted it to be. i took a deep breath and jumped into space trying to grab onto one of the pillars. i hit it hard, but i was able to hold on and i started sliding to the bottom roughly 3 stories below. there is no way that they could think that i was crazy enough to pull that off. i quickly took off my sweater, and borrowed someones hat. the feds showed up, i could see a couple of them looking around from the top, they spread out, but after 5 minutes, they knew it was hopeless and left. relieved, i put my back against the wall, and sank to the ground ready for a quick rest. And then i woke up. This is pretty much the dream i had last night. i don't know if i got it all in translation, but eh.

Another Awesome Analogy

so as i watched this awesome cat i realized that i could take a life lesson out of this. here's my thinking. think of the box as sin. now satan does all he can to make us believe that we aren't cool if we aren't in the box. and sometimes he convinces us (maru the cat). so we try with all our might to be cool, to get inside the box. and once we finally get there, we realize, that sin isn't cool and we're stuck. but if your not into the whole analogy thing, than the movie is just awesome anyway

The most unfortunate children's book title ever

i saw this in a seagull book catalog, and laughed.

My youtube video, I'm famous

This was an assignment for my instructional technology class

My Halloween Costume

I am so excited to be Mega Mindy for halloween. Here is a sample of what I am suposed to look like...


Here is another youtube video of the real Mega Mindy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKWE3culI8Y&feature=related

What if life was like a musical

What if life was like a musical, and everyone randomly burst out into song? wouldn't that be awesome. oh wait.



and this is real life. yes the people who did it were in on it before hand. but this is just a regular old super market. cool huh

Survey

The survey off to the right is one that I created in my Technology class. I am gathering information to create graphs. When you take the survey it is automatically added to my google docs page. It would help me out if you took the quiz. Don't worry it will be anonymous. Thanks!
the Obama thing is in the way so I have to make this post longer so it will move.

Some of the questions are cut off. most of them can still be read. but the second question says: what item could you not travel without?
and the last word on the 5th question is city

Information Technology

As a Elementary Education major I am required to take an information literacy class. This is one of my favorite classes right now. I am learning many fun things like making classroom blogs, classroom wikis, and podcasts. here are some URLs to my class blog and my resent educational podcast.
mgubler.blogspot.com
http://helpsavetheearth.mypodcast.com/index.html
here is a wiki that my info lit class made together
http://inst4010.wetpaint.com/

I have learned a lot and I am excited to use this information in my future classroom.

Peter I almost understand

Peter, since the family reunion in the mountains, i've been trying to figure out why you turned into a traitorous turncoat, a patsy, a benedict arnold. I mean how does someone turn into a democrat seemingly overnight? was it just because you wanted to stand out in the gubler world of staunch conservatives? or are you really liberal? who knows, but as i searched the whole wide world over (on the internet) i came across something that i think may be the reason you changed your allegiances here is my find.



you didn't tell me that barack obama was a super hero, i mean that's something to believe in. now only if i could get batman to run for office

"Last chance before school starts" party!

The best kind of parties are the ones that aren't planned! It all started when we wanted to do something with Cari and Brady Shakespeare. Then James realized that we hadn't done anything with Justin and Hailee Caplin in a really long time. So we invited both of them over to do something at our house. Then we remembered that Brian Gibson was coming up to visit, so we told him to grab a date on his way. Our friends Aubrey and Curtis Henrie had told us they had plans and couldn't come over, however, when their plans got canceled they came over too! That's 8 people, and James and I made 10!
We had tonz of fun! First we created pictures with noodles and glue, then we finger painted with chocolate and vanilla pudding. After we finished with our projects we played Catch Phrase and Oh Shucks. Everyone had a great time!

Star wars Fans unite

This is AWESOME, and rather enjoyable. I know that this is kind of a cop out when it comes to posting, but it's a post so there you go.

Movie Reviews

How Dare You question my reviewing style CID! I am the critic, it is i who lodge complaints or worship wonderful work on my not so regular basis. Therefore as i have decided, just now, i will continue in my reviewing way. I will comment on instances that are interesting and unique, not delve into the mundane world of plot and storyline as some people that will not be named have suggested. No Peter, i will not dirty myself with petty things such as that. it would bias my review, and make my work no better than wikipedia, Disgusting, Disgusting. I will leave you to your puerile prose now as i leave to further the literary world of critical movie reviews. thank you very much

the last movie

Sadly enough, Mindy and I have come to the end of the line, yes its true. We have finished our 4 free months of netflix. This wonderful time was provided by mindy's mother. anyway, we didn't squander our last pick. we used it on a wonderful old movie calld " the island at the top of the world." not saying it's the best movie ever, and in fact, if not for about 3 or 4 one golden one liners, this movie might not have been worth it.
"May I remind you that I am in command here! Only an idiot would attempt such a thing. I will do it myself." and a paraphrase, because i couldn't find the quote on the internet, it failed me. sad. anyway it went kind of like this. "today we are making history, there should be flags, there should be parades, the pesident should be making a nice little speech. Instead we have two young children and a pack of goats. I recommend this movie, especially if you like not quite realistic old timey special effects and a soundtrack that could have been part of the hit horror movie, "The Car" it was a good fun thing.

Shipoopi

Just so you know what i'm talking about here is the definition of the aforementioned title
Shi'Poo'pi - The Girl who is hard to get, Submitted by the famous song titled Shipoopi from the Music man.
That's right, The Music Man, One of the better known classic musicals, for some interesting plot but mostly for it's amazing sound track. Besides the fact that they were willing to fit a song titled Shipoopi into their majorly musical hollywood production, they also fit other songs in there such as. Talk alittle pick a little, and Madame Librarian (my favorite by the way.) I think that anybody watching this movie will almost want to jump out of their seat and play the air trombone, as seen in various scenes throughout the movie. if you haven't seen it yet, you should cause it's a rip roaring super awesome good time

I'm a marked man.

What do these two pictures have in common? Only the latest international government conspiracy theory. Here it comes. So after a nice refreshing walk, Mindy and I decide we want to go play catch with a football, so we head to the local park. On the way there, a little white dog, that looks like a rat by the way, decides to circle and bark at us. Well momma aint raised no fool so I stood still to let the dog smell me. Unfortunately that was my mistake. When I looked down, the aforementioned dog had peed on my shoe, affectively marking me his property. To add insult to shame my own wife laughed at me. Anyway, after a nice game of catch, we walked home. Only to be stopped at our door by who else, The FBI, well at least an agent of such. He wanted to do a background check on some neighbors that had just moved out. Anyway, here is the conspiracy. I submit, that the "dog" in question is either a highly trained kanine operative, or a robot, put in place in the neighborhood to search out likely sources of information and then to mark them. I mean how else could the FBI have known that we would be returning home at that precise moment? that is my question.

Our East coast adventure!

Like most vacations, ours started out different than we had expected. We purchased our plane tickets last fall when we found a great price for them. And since then we had been making plans for your stay in CT. We planned on our plane leaving at 11:58pm on Friday May 15th and arriving in New York at 5:30am. upon arrival Alishia and Grant Peterson were going to pick us up, let us sleep at their house for a few hours, and then we would tour around New York that day. Well, the day finally came and we were ready to leave for CT; my parents dropped us off at the air port and we went to check in. When we got to the check in counter the nice lady kindly told us that we were a day early! I did not believe her and she had to show me on my flight plans where it said that we leave Saturday at 11:50pm and not Friday like I had thought it was. Discouraged and laughing at ourselves, I pulled out my phone to call my parents and tell them to come back. While I was calling them the nice lady behind the counter said that for $ 0.40 we could leave a day early, and we would be guaranteed seats. We took the offer and we were so grateful that things worked out so nicely!
When we got into New York the Grant was so kind to come get us at 5:30am. He took us back to his house on Staten Island and we crashed for a few hours. When we woke up the Peterson's took us on a tour of New York City. We did not see much there, but it was a fun adventure. The next day was Sunday and we went to the first hour of church before taking a ferry, subway, and finally a train to CT where Malisa (my sister), and her husband Dave picked us up. It was so wonderful to see them!!! We relaxed the rest of the day, and our adventure began again on Monday when James, Malisa, and I went to the Yankee Candle Factory. It was really big and we bought a black cherry candle. On Tuesday we all left for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was a very large city with many sky scrapers, but it was not as busy as New York City. People walked more leisurely, and it was more of a slow paced city, I liked it a lot!. While we were there we visited a museum called the Mutter Museum. It is a physicians museum filled with a whole bunch of creepy and weird medical conditions. here is a link to the museums site and make sure you take their virtual tour: http://www.collphyphil.org/mutter.asp . We also saw the Liberty Bell, the outside of Independence hall, and the constitution museum where we took pictures of bronze sculptures of those present at the signing of the constitution.
When went back to CT on Thursday and stopped at the Twelves bar and grill. The name of the restraint is a big deal because Malisa and Daves last name is Twelves. So we ate at the Twelves restaurant, sat at table 12 with the Twelves, while James ate the Twelves burger for $12! Wow that was intense!
Friday was a lazy day, and the highlight of my day, and possibly the whole trip, was my trip to the Hill-Stead museum. I am a huge fan of Van Gough, Monet, Degas, and all the other impressionist painters! At the museum they had original Monet and Degas paintings. I almost cried when I saw them because I could see the brush strokes and feel what they felt and picture them there painting them. Oh i was over joyed!
Wow this blog is getting way too long! I think I'm going to simplify the rest of our trip :)
Well, during the rest of our trip we went to Providence, Rhode Island and saw an artist water/fire show called Water Fire and it was beautiful! We went to the Mystic sea port in Connecticut, were I bought a lot of fun souvenirs. Then on our last day we went to the Temple in Boston, Massachusetts, it was absolutely beautiful, and a wonderful way to end a vacation!
The best part of this whole vacation was that we spent the whole time with Dave and Malisa! we love them and miss them already! (thanks for such a great time guys!)
Here are some pictures from our vacation: in order from top to bottom, Hill-Stead Museum, Eating at the Twelves restaurant, me and James eating out, James with a bronze statue and the constitution museum, the liberty bell, and James and I at the Boston Temple.

The Story of the Dixie Red Storm Logo

It was a dark and stormy night, lightning flashed once, twice, and then a bone rattling boom shook the car, well not our car, our car was in utah, the storm, obviously was somewhere else.  anyway, as the reverberations ceased a giant yellow eye was to be seen amidst the swirling inky black storm clouds.  It appeared to be searching, and then as it gazed upon the car, (again, this is not our car) it stopped, widened, then closed.  As the people inside uttered a sigh or relief over the disappearance of the eye, a funnel reached down from the mass of clouds and struck the earth with a shattering explosion, and to the cute little family in the car's horror, the massive eye had returned, but this time, it wasn't alone.  this time it had brought it's twin brother, and some friends.  The people were silent, for jutting out of the fierce black winds, was a massive snout, framed with the points of horns that were of biblical proportions, not to mention those huge staring yellow eyes.  And then the eerie silence was broken, as the giant black bull, opened its mouth, and the same bone shattering roar as before issued forth to the horror of the family.  Unfortunately for them, the epic cow was the last thing they saw, as a giant hoof came down and squashed the car, however, the littlest boy escaped, little timbo that was, and survived.  he then made an epic journey to southern utah, from his current location in spain.  14 years, and many bovine infested nightmares later, he enrolled himself at dixie art school, determined to study art under the tutelage of the man know as the Del Parson.  in his junior year at the not so ancient nor prestigious college, there was a competition to find a new symbol for the school, something fearsome, something to be respected, and to instill awe.  Little Timbo, now Timbo the man, knew there was only one thing that fit the bill, and so he worked day and night, for 7 months, to capture the essence of the mighty beast that destroyed his family and shattered his life all those years ago.  he did so well, that the judges were in awe of his skill.  they could almost hear the destructive roar of the beast, and its yellow eyes drove fear into their hearts, they knew that this had to be their new image. and thus The Dixie Red Storm had it's new symbol, one to be feared and loved across the land.  Red, the Black Storm Bull

Happy Easter!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpFhS0dAduc

14 inches of snow in one day!

The day before these pictures were taken it was 50 degrees and the sun was shinning beautifully! We were sure that winter was over and spring was on its way. Then the weather threw us a curve ball. It snowed 7 inches in one night and through the rest of the day we got 7 more inches! James and I took advantage of the snow and went to a park near our house and played find the frisbee in the snow. We would throw the frizbee, it would land so deep in the snow that we couldn't see it and we would race madly to see who could find it first.

Where have all the good movies gone.

Snuggie vs. Slanket

I have just stumbled upon the biggest treachery of all. Here i was thinking that the all-american snuggie was original, yet now in this dreary reality i find that, in fact, it is the elaborate rip-off of a poor college kid's dream. The snuggie appears to be patterned after the hipper Slanket. Even though the snuggie apparently is geared towards feeble elderly, whereas the slanket is pointed at the lazy youth of today, I find it appalling that a large corporation that makes the snuggie (who also made "Bendaroos (Amazing Flexible Building Sticks!); Aqua Globes (Never Worry About Leaving Plants Unattended Again!); and Topsy Turvy (Unique Upside-down Tomato Tree!)." Would take this idea and sell it as their own. However there obvious and revolting treachery is not for me to decide, but rather for you, what do you think?

Holy Bat-Logic

Mindy and I watched Batman: The Movie, mad sometime around 1967. While enjoying this technological marvel of old movie magic, we discovered that Batman and Robin had a stunning intellect. Not only can they solve riddles no other man could have solved, they also know how to read way too far into something to get out that crucial piece of information that would have been missed by any lesser mind. Some examples of this amazing ability are:
Q. What weighs 6 ounces, sits in a tree, and is very dangerous.
A. A sparrow with a machine gun. - robin guessed this one, and he was right on the money.

Discussing who could possibly be the criminals they needed to catch after being attacked by an exploding shark after a yacht disappeared, robin again came up with this gem of pure logical thinking: "We were attacked at sea, see? C as in Catwoman!" I don't even think star trek's Mr. Spock could have come to the same conclusion.

After figuring out that The Penguin, Cat woman, The Joker, and the Riddler are all out to conquer the world, Commissioner Gordon, another wise man with whom the dynamic duo keep company states this: "Some of the Angles of the rectangle is too monstrous to contemplate."

Though I must say that it amazes me that even Batman and Robin avoid the elaborate schemes that those master criminals cooked up. Such as Penguin's scheme to "Perhaps i could lure him (Batman) into the fatal embrace of a giant exploding octopus."

Also later, another riddle that Robin solves.
Q: What has yellow skin and writes?
A: A ball point banana!

And last, some of Batman's stupendous wisdom in this wise proverb, "Some days you just can't get rid of a bomb."

The only thing that I don't understand, is that with their obviously high I.Q.s, why would they feel the need to label everything they own, and use. Also why does everything have to be named with a "BAT-" somewhere in the title, like "Bat-ladder," or "Shark Repellent Bat-spray." Maybe know who's property is who's, or something else that a feeble mind like mine could never understand. We might never know.

Maybe the best movie ever

"Fortuosity" is the only term to describe our recent movie viewing pleasure. Mindy and I were blessed to have stumbled on one of the best movies ever. It is called, The Happiest Millionaire. It was a truly wonderful story of a rich man, who loves boxing, alligators, and the USA. His daughter goes off and gets engaged and bedlam ensues. Even after the full three hours length we still wanted more. If any who read this, have the chance to find this wonderful movie, I would advise them to do so. For those who don't like musicals, this song may not be for them, for all the rest of the cool people, you'll enjoy it, as we have. Some memorable quotes from the movie include.

John Lawless: Now there's a gorgeous sight! Are you getting ready for a party, Mrs. Worth?
Mrs. Worth: [seriously] No, Mr. Biddle's on a chocolate cake diet.
John Lawless: I beg your pardon?
Mrs. Worth: He says it's the perfect food, containing "every essential element."

Angie Duke: Cordy, you and I are going to elope!
Mrs. Duke: Over my dead body!
Angie Duke: Only if absolutely necessary, Mother.

John Lawless: it never rains but it pours, to lose your only daughter and your pet alligators all on the same black night.

The Red-Box Effect

Dig this. Mindy and I, living in the frigid north, bored. We can't play outside very often because of this equation: Go Outside + Logan + Winter = Death. I don't know all that math, but from personal experiences, i've come to accept this as true. On top of that it's only possible to play two player games for so long. Except for the weekend, we really don't hang with nobody. And, the kicker, we have watched every movie we own, more than twice. So, welcome to the RED-BOX EFFECT. when going to a red box, really the choice is between the two or three movies that you have heard about that you really wanted to see, or a bunch of random knockoffs or grade C- movies, that could yield something "tasty," or "unappetizing." If you are lucky, you will be smart enough not to delve into seeing movies from the latter selection. Mindy and I, have not been so lucky. Amid seeing such fun movies as Wall-E and Kung Fu Panda (both of which we saw in the theaters), we forced ourselves to endure such films as IGOR, and City of Ember, not to mention The Seeker. What i'm trying to say that the RED-BOX Effect states, if you want to watch a good movie from redbox, only pick a good movie you've already seen, at the very least have heard of it. because, "The Red Box Lottery" only pays out pocket lint, and used kitty litter. Plus, last thought, who runs the Red Box operation. I submit, it might be the devil, he lures us in with convenient and cheap movies, with the hope of a good one, only to dash our hopes.

Mindy's Names

1. YOUR ROCK STAR NAME: (first pet & current car) Mickey Civic

2. YOUR ROCKSTAR TOUR'S NAME: ("The" + Your fave hobby/craft, fave weather element + “Tour”) The Reading Snow Tour.

3. YOUR GANGSTA NAME: (fave ice cream flavor, favorite cookie)
Cookies-n-cream maccadania nut

4. YOUR “FLY Guy/Girl” NAME: (first initial of first name, first three letters of your last name) M-Gub

5. YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite color, favorite animal) Yellow Penguin

6. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, city where you were born) Ogden (I don't have a middle name either)

7. YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first) Gub-Mi

8. SUPERHERO NAME: ("The" + 2nd favorite color, favorite drink) The Green OJ

9. NASCAR NAME: (the first names of your grandfathers) Ernie Burt

10. STRIPPER NAME: (the name of your favorite perfume/cologne/scent, favorite candy) Betty Barlay Twix

11. WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (mother’s & father’s middle names ) Lynn (my mom doesn't have a middle name, it's a tradition in our family that the girls aren't given middle names, James says that our girls will have middle names anyway:)

12. TV WEATHER ANCHOR NAME: (Your 5th grade teacher’s last name, a major city that starts with the same letter) Pitcher Panama

13. SPY NAME: (your favorite season/holiday, flower) Spring Daisy

14. CARTOON NAME: (favorite fruit, article of clothing you’re wearing right now + “ie” or “y”) Raspberry Socky

15. HIPPY NAME: (What you ate for breakfast, your favorite tree) Banana Maple

Grade A, Supa Deluxe, No You Diddn't, Now You Oughtta Watch Yo Back, Death Stare

Well here is a contest for all y'all that is not faint o' heart. The contest is this, out of the three contestants pictured below, who would you not want to meet down a dark alley in the middle of the night. The ratings are based on the death stare that the said contestants are giving you. Hint: do not faint, hopefully you will never meet any of these murderous stares.This born killer, apparently is a descendant of sabertooth tigers, Jaguars, and Al Capone's cat.
Contestant #2 detests happiness, fun, cute animals, parfaits, and of course snuggies.
The last picture is a self portrait from Mindy. This is her concentration face, that also doubles as, "if you don't leave my personal bubble, you will die," face.

the snuggie and other asorted items

The snuggie, the coolest thing since sliced bread. apparently the invention known as the blanket was missing something, sleeves. i can't believe that i have gone through 23 whole years of my life not knowing something so wonderful even existed. i feel like they i've almost wasted them. anyway it looks cool, and now all i need is a light saber to become the next jedi master. below is the link to the snuggie sight, so that you can see why you can get a snuggie, apparently worth 75 dollars for only 15! also, a funny clip where a drunk man passes the test, but accidently admits he's drunk and still gets arrested, plus the one and only emo band name generator. ever felt like you don't belong. almost as if the whole world has turned it's back on you. well now you can grow long hair, wear tight black clothes and rock out with fellow emo kids. this particular blog entry was pointless. but, i felt the need to share some of my favorite things. you know, brown paper packages, and such.

1. the drunk test. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-489885651925767878&ei=NyxsScODB52wqAPF-KGiBQ&q=drunk+test
2. the snuggie
https://www.freesnuggie.com/?mid=523259
3. the emo band name generator
http://rumandmonkey.com/widgets/toys/namegen/786/

The Many Faces of James

I am Mega Mindy/ ik ben Mega Mindy

Mega Mindy is a popular child TV show in the Netherlands. For Christmas my brother gave me a Mega Mindy poster and her pink mask! It is so cool. you can check it out at www.megamindy.be
To see clips, click on "ga verder" then you can click on the three pink bubbles to see clips.

Winter Wonderland (hopefully a snow day too!)

Snow, frozen water, deceitfully beautiful like a rose. It intices one to touch it only to bite their finger almost like a thorn with it's bitter cold. It invaded our frigid northland clime, over three inches in the mere space of today. Only one thing, one bright shimmering speck of hope, can possibly save us from our otherwise inescapable demise. A Snow Day, I mean, in St. George we get half a centimeter and everyone stops everything, why can't Logan postpone it's higher education for over two whole feet? Anyway, our snow is a little deceptive, you'd think that with about two feet you could dive in and land on what would appear to be a cloud, or even a large marshmellow. Wrong. the first foot and a half came before a freak miniature heat wave. so it melted a little and turned to almost rock solid ice. Also funny thing, our front yard is almost totally shielded from the sun throughout the day. so we have well over two feet, whereas our neighbors might have a little over one. Mindy and i had lots of fun today playing in the snow, even if it won't even pack to make a snow man. we did snow angels, drew faces on the car and i even tried to jump in the large amount of snow in the front yard. we also made a fort, as shown by the beautiful model in the above photo.