Does this count as a journal?

So... the other day Jen and I were laughing at some old facebook "status updates". As lame as that may be, reading them all in order was kinda fun, and sometimes an interesting peak into my life.

And sometimes just disgusting.

They go back over a year. Enjoy.

10/2/07
-Jonathan is listening to a large man snore.
-Jonathan is listening to a larger man snore.

10/25/07
-Jonathan is cloning.

11/1/07
-Jonathan is cramming.

11/8/07
-Jonathan is moving into the library.

12/3/07
-Jonathan is researching motilities of CCL-225 carcinoma cells, and wondering why Tyler is on facebook.
-Jonathan is eating cold meatloaf with an old spoon.

12/8/07
-Jonathan is going to cut down a Christmas tree.
-Jonathan is cleaning pine tree mess.

12/11/07
-Jonathan is getting fat.

12/18/07
-Jonathan is a housewife.

1/30/08
-Jonathan is mastering physics.
-Jonathan is shaking his fist towards Florida.

1/31/08
-Jonathan is sleepy.

2/1/08
-Jonathan is glad he didn't take that genetics test yesterday. Snow day!

2/5/08
-Jonathan is so mad at McCain in WV that I'm about to huck my computer at a wall.
-Jonathan wants to spit on Mike Huckabee.

2/7/08
-Jonathan is plugging his nose.

2/20/08
-Jonathan isn't dancing

2/22/08
-Jonathan is going to San Fransisco!

3/10/08
-Jonathan isn't sleeping.

3/11/08
-Jonathan binged on facebook today.

3/25/08
-Jonathan is trying to move the left side of his face.

3/28/08
-Jonathan loves his wife.

3/31/08
-Jonathan remembers not studying.

4/3/08
-Jonathan has the ADD! Woo-hoo! And I like a girl song. And I have a beard.

4/13/08
-Jonathan just built a blanket hut.

4/25/08
-Jonathan likes his new putter.

4/29/08
-Jonathan wants to watch Ed.
-Jonathan wants to live in Stuckeyville.

5/5/08
-Jonathan thinks Tyler is kinda a wimp.
-Jonathan kinda thinks Tyler is a wimp, although my back did hurt yesterday.

5/7/08
-Jonathan purged on Ed.

5/15/08
-Jonathan hates those Lakers.

5/21/08
-Jonathan loves his wife. We just went to the temple and she set the officiator up on a blind date.

6/3/08
-Jonathan watched American Gladiators. Shame.

6/5/08
-Jonathan saw University of New England's campus right on the coast. I might be hooked for med school.

6/6/08
-Jonathan is a cheese sandwich master.

6/19/08
-Jonathan is fretting.

7/1/08
-Jonathan is eating ice cream for breakfast.

7/14/08
-Jonathan is no longer cool.

7/15/08
-Jonathan will get you, Brady.

7/29/08
-Jonathan has grown in dimples with his newer, fatter face.

8/11/08
-Jonathan detests new facebook.

8/18/08
-Jonathan is pining for a Callaway 460X driver.

9/1/08
-Jonathan is not golfing well.

9/3/08
-Jonathan used to be funny.

9/8/08
-Jonathan wants doughnuts.

9/11/08
-Jonathan is STILL doing applications.
-Jonathan got his first medical school interview.

9/12/08
-Jonathan is up really late. Again.

9/13/08
-Jonathan is going to watch the game today. And do nothing.
-Jonathan thought the BYU was going to be close. Jonathan thought wrong.

9/15/08
-Jonathan won't say.

9/16/08
-Jonathan was sure he had nutella.

9/18/08
-Jonathan is on a Moby kick.
-Jonathan is dancing around his apartment like a white man on fire to the Woodtick Mix.

9/20/08
-Jonathan thinks his new lucky BYU cup is the key.

9/23/08
-Jonathan just got his second medical school interview.

9/24/08
-Jonathan just got his THIRD medical school interview.

9/25/08
-Jonathan is grateful for Wheaties and tupperware.
-Jonathan just got shushed.
-Jonathan just got medical school interview invite #4.

9/28/08
-Jonathan 's wife just made monkey poo.
-Jonathan died.

9/29/08
-Jonathan just played racquetball with Jen.

9/30/08
-Jonathan just used a stall where the toilet paper was at LEAST 8 feet away from where I needed it. I won't be going there again.
-Jonathan thought his last "status" change was the funniest thing possible.


10/1/08
-Jonathan planted a pomegranate.
-Jonathan planted a pomegranate and blogged about it.


10/2/08
-Jonathan doesn't think the Utes should be ranked as high as they are. They struggled with Air Force and allowed WEBER 21 points.
-Jonathan 's fat face looks fatter with his haircut.


10/3/08
-Jonathan is miffed that my tax dollars went towards bailing out Wall street. If the corner grocery store makes bad decisions it just goes bankrupt. Accountability??

10/4/08
-Jonathan is listening to Album Leaf, contemplating conference.

10/5/08
-Jonathan wonders if "greater Kansas City area" means "Independance, MO."

10/8/08
-Jonathan rocked his interview.

10/9/08
-Jonathan blogged about Vegas.

10/11/08
-Jonathan is cleaning.

10/12/08
-Jonathan thinks people should use the word "nifty" more often.

10/13/08
-Jonathan 's wife makes great dinners.
-Jonathan endured the funniest most socially awkward experience of his life tonight. Wow.

10/14/08
-Jonathan is packing for Denver.
-Jonathan is in Denver.

10/16/08
-Jonathan LOVED Rocky Vista University! Brand new school in Denver.
-Jonathan can't BELIEVE I'm missing tonight's game.
-Jonathan doesn't want to hear it about the BYU game.

10/17/08
-Jonathan got into medical school. Viva Las Vegas.

10/19/08
-Jonathan ate four pieces of pie.

10/20/08
-Jonathan flossed.

10/22/08
-Jonathan is waiting for another plane. I've been bumped from two flights...
-Jonathan (while waiting for possible plane #3) met the US women's dive team. I'm done with rainstorms.

10/24/08
-Jonathan is bracing himself for the opening of the stock market. Its going to be ugly.

10/25/08
-Jonathan has to do homework.
-Jonathan blogged.

10/26/08
-Jonathan decided against going to medical school interview #5.

10/29/08
-Jonathan is going to get 4 hours of sleep. Then its off to Pennsylvania.
-Jonathan just got accepted to medical school #THREE!

11/4/08
-Jonathan won't be "plugging his nose".
-Jonathan is glad he won, but is worried about the economy, abortion, and nationalized healthcare.

11/5/08
-Jonathan has the flu.

11/6/08
-Jonathan STILL has the flu. Yuck.
-Jonathan's wife is trying to drug him!

11/7/08
-Jonathan is feeling really, REALLY guilty.

11/8/08
-Jonathan bottomed out.
-Jonathan is coloring in a dinosaur coloring book.

11/10/08
-Jonathan lost 9 pounds on a steady diet of oreo shakes.

11/12/08
-Jonathan played hooky.
-Jonathanilla on Suomeen ikava.

11/14/08
-Jonathan looks just like his mom. With his dad's hairline.

11/16/08
-Jonathan really wants a veiled chameleon.

11/18/08
-Jonathan is wearing slightly damp underwear. Yeesh.

11/20/08
-Jonathan has a fancy person's phone.

11/22/08
-Jonathan hopes Pitta's knee is better, we keep pressure on Johnson, and Asiata brakes both his legs.
-Jonathan blames BYU, not Utah.

11/23/08
-Jonathan just ate over 30 oreos. Worth it.

11/24/08
-Jonathan agrees with Mike. The world needs to see this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1kjkUAA9VM.
-Jonathan was really a big fan of "Death and All His Friends" until he looked up the lyrics.

11/30/08
-Jonathan just got home from Sun Valley with his family and everything seems....quiet?

12/1/08
-Jonathan needs suggestions for his Christmas music list. What's your favorite Christmas song?
-Jonathan is going to compile the best Christmas music list EVER. Any suggestions? Also, does anyone have MoTab's "Rejoice and Be Merry?"

12/2/08
-Jonathan is sad about Elder Wirthlin.

12/3/08
-Jonathan thinks.

12/4/08
-Jonathan has grown a really, really awesome beard.

12/5/08
-Jonathan is a bearded rascal.

12/6/08
-Jonathan 's wife is getting him an Ikea for Christmas.
-Jonathan just spent 20 minutes wrestling his wife because she was trying to blow up his nose.

12/9/08
-Jonathan has a bung toe.

12/10/08
-Jonathan is upgrading his bung toe status to "superstar".

12/12/08
-Jonathan is eating an orange that tastes like batteries.

12/14/08
-Jonathan is being a grump.
-Jonathan thinks his status updates are superior.

12/15/08
-Jonathan froze his pancakes.

12/16/08
-Jonathan ate a grumpy halibut.

12/17/08
-Jonathan won't be scammed. No sir.

12/18/08
-Jonathan is one of the 4,400.

12/20/08
-Jonathan is getting the BEST toy for Christmas.

12/21/08
-Jonathan takes his hot chocolate black.

12/22/08
-Jonathan is eating Ben and Jerry's oatmeal cookie chunk. That pretty much makes him superior to everyone.

12/23/08
-Jonathan is 99.9% done with his Christmas shopping.

12/24/08
-Jonathan wants to be Matt Harding.

12/26/08
-Jonathan made his wife breakfast in bed. At noon.
-Jonathan mase his wife breakfast in bed. At noon. Because that is when he woke up. She's been hungry since nine.
-Jonathan thinks that if his wife wants to change his status on facebook, she could at least spell things correctly. So there. Neener neener.

12/31/08
-Jonathan isn't feeling creative enough for a status change.

1/2/09
-Jonathan binged on facebook.
-Jonathan congratulates Ute fans on possibly the greatest win in the State's history. Impressive.

1/4/09
-Jonathan can't BELIEVE he's hungry again! What the heck is going on with my metabolism?
-Jonathan just finished registering for classes which start tomorrow.
-Jonathan just wrestled his pregnant wife over an otter pop.

1/6/09
-Jonathan is considering a lunch of Reese's Christmas trees. Darn estradiol.

1/8/09
-Jonathan is done with the "expecting" phase, I want my baby now.

1/9/09
-Jonathan hates computers. Hates them.
-Jonathan also hates really low urinals.

1/10/09
-Jonathan ate brownies for breakfast.
-Jonathan ate brownies for dinner.
-Jonathan is JJWT. Seriously.

1/11/09
-Jonathan is married to a little tart.

1/12/09
-Jonathan is eating homemade sourdough bread and delicious balsamic.

1/13/09
-Jonathan can't believe "Animal Cops" is still a show.

1/14/08
-Jonathan is feeling egotistical about his latest blog.

A Holiday Recap.

Y’know, it seems inevitable. Any time in my life when I’ve kept a regular journal, it seems there’s a huge gap between the end of November and the beginning of the new year. Apparently the rule works for blogs as well. I’ll try to catch you up.

Thanksgiving was wonderful. The entire extended family overcrowded into three condos in Sun Valley. I loved it. We stayed up nearly every night playing hearts and eating too much while grandma worried. The highlights would have to be Jake properly using the word “décolletage” and our nearly running out of gas on the drive home.

There were seven of us in the Jeep; Me, Jen, Jameson, Samantha, Brady, Dan, and Sharli. If I remember right we were all belting away to Ace of Base in an ipod-Idol sing off. It was during this mad ruckus when Brady calmly (inaudibly?) inquired if I had taken a peak at our gas gauge lately.

I hadn’t.

We looked to our left, and we looked to our right. Nothing but miles of lava rock. We had 16 miles to empty, and the next stop was who knows how far off. This was trouble. Luckily, after 20 miles or so we found a pump. We had to lift a series of levers to pressurize the system. Wanna buy a goat? They were for sale there too.


Christmas was magical. I’m excited for the day when we have young kids listening for the pitter-patter of reindeer hoofs, but for now, its really great just being a couple and enjoying Christmas for what it should be.

Then again, Jen woke me up jumping on the bed at 6:30. “It’s Christmas! It’s Christmas!”

I’m still suffering the effects of New Years. We were going to play with our friends Jared and Katrina, but they bailed on us sick. So New Years Eve we got a call from Tyler and Michelle telling us that their plans might fall through and that we were on reserve. That felt nice.

We all played games until 3 in the morning laughing like giddy school children. We had so much fun we did it all over again the very next night, and then again two days later.

But here’s my problem: I tried warning them about Jen, but they didn’t listen. I told them she’d win, destroy them, annihilate us all, but my warnings fell on deaf ears. I was Lehi. They were Jerusalem. It was incredibly frustrating to scream until I was blue in the face only to be ignored. Their loss, she dominated.


….AND she’s pregnant.

Stay tuned...

OK, so I promise a new blog entry soon. Possibly later today. It will highlight Thanksgiving, Christmas, my experiences as a prophet, and possibly a big announcement. It should be pretty good. Stay tuned.