I wrote this message to myself in my Financial Management class notes.
5/20/08
Stock Stuff….
I just feel real tired today. Sorry if these notes are lame future Adam…
Oh well, hey I heard the Lakers won their series. Too bad I don't remember who they played. Maybe I'll remember... one day.
Word to yo mutha
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Thursday, March 6, 2008
Dealing with Bother
You know who is lame? Those kids that promote student elections. They annoy me so much. They tell me to vote for someone I've never heard of, for issues I don't care about (not even acknowledging their lack of ability to change issues), and ruin my peaceful walks in between classes.
For those of you with the same problem, I have derived a fool proof method of defusing their campaigning in ten words.
Tell them,"If you talk to me, I'm not voting for you."
Case 1: I told this to Amanda and Steele's patrons earlier today and the boy smiled and gave me a thumbs up. He assumed that I would vote for his candidates and felt he had accomplished his work. HA! Fat chance! There is now way I am voting for a girl, with MAN hiding inside of her, and some sort of mispelled building material.
Case 2: Chance and Adam maybe? I don't remember what their name was, since I don't practice nepotism even in politics, I won't be voting for them either. But they accosted me out side of the Tanner Building and I used my foolproof formula. However this weiner boy did ot take me seriously. He tried to explain the platform of his candidates. Right now there is probably tension in your mind, thinking, but Adam, you said ten words! Surely, in order to respond you will have to exceed your self-imposed limit of ten words. Here in lies the beauty of my dealing with bother. I merely pointed a finger at him, and gave him a warning look that all to clearly had insinuated that he had just lost my vote. He looked crestfallen, and on the inside I rejoiced.
I think most possible scenarios can be defused with the previous two cases as a guideline, let me know of any flaws/success stories you have!
For those of you with the same problem, I have derived a fool proof method of defusing their campaigning in ten words.
Tell them,"If you talk to me, I'm not voting for you."
Case 1: I told this to Amanda and Steele's patrons earlier today and the boy smiled and gave me a thumbs up. He assumed that I would vote for his candidates and felt he had accomplished his work. HA! Fat chance! There is now way I am voting for a girl, with MAN hiding inside of her, and some sort of mispelled building material.
Case 2: Chance and Adam maybe? I don't remember what their name was, since I don't practice nepotism even in politics, I won't be voting for them either. But they accosted me out side of the Tanner Building and I used my foolproof formula. However this weiner boy did ot take me seriously. He tried to explain the platform of his candidates. Right now there is probably tension in your mind, thinking, but Adam, you said ten words! Surely, in order to respond you will have to exceed your self-imposed limit of ten words. Here in lies the beauty of my dealing with bother. I merely pointed a finger at him, and gave him a warning look that all to clearly had insinuated that he had just lost my vote. He looked crestfallen, and on the inside I rejoiced.
I think most possible scenarios can be defused with the previous two cases as a guideline, let me know of any flaws/success stories you have!
Friday, February 15, 2008
Living the Good Life
Well, I am not quite sure what I want to talk about right now. It has been awhile and a lot has happened so I suppose we weill just see where this goes.
So first things first, I have a girlfriend! Girlfriend might be understating it... I have someone who I care about a bunch and who improves me each day. So I suppose I should write the whole story...
So on Jan 26 I had a date lined up for that night. Fortunately (normally this is a case where you would say unfortunately) my date could not go to the second half of the planned date. This sent me into scramble mode to try and find someone immediately! So I went over to Gabe's and we scavenged through the ward directory, me being a determined vulture, Gabe being my voice of reason (STEEEEOOOOOORRRRTTTTSSSSSSS, Newman...) hahaha. So any my rush through the ward directory I noticed a girl that I had never seen before, who has requested to remain nameless at the moment. I will refer to her as Bella. Bella was really pretty and I made it a mental note to find out who she was. I continued that day, finding a date and having a good time with each of the two people.
The next sunday, I saw Bella again! She was walking to church and looked really pretty! I told her that I liked her shoes. I had done it!! I talked to this girl from the ward directory, and upgraded myself from a mystery to her, to someone she may have had a vague recollection of! Watch out world!
That night, I think I stalked her into a couple different apartments during munch and mingle. Then I talked to her again! Yes!! She told me about how she worked at BYU in their study abroad department. She also talked about how she was taking the GMAT this week and was a little nervous. I offered my services to her, and dropped off some ice cream during the week, and wished her well on her test.
(I think I should add a disclaimer that I still have a lot to type and things might be a little mushy from here on out.)
The following Saturday rolled around and Barney, Keith, and I were watching sports all day. Literally, we watched the BYU basketball game and then went to cafe rio so we could watch the Jazz game that night as well. We decided that we should go on a group date that night with our roomates and Gabe. I immediately wanted to ask out Bella, and called her on the phone.
The transcript over the phone is as follows.
Adam: Hi is Bella there?
Bella: This is her.
Adam: Hi, it's me Adam Murphy (I adopted this tactic from you James, stating your first and last names immediately after calling someone minimizes the chance that they will mistake you for someone else, or even worse not associate you with anyone they know.)
how are you?
Bella: I am good.
Adam: to myself in the back of my head this is where we are supposed to ask her out.
YOU want to go to the movies with us?
Bella: Yes, (at this point I can't remember anything that she said, I just remember being relieved and excited.)
Soooo we went and saw the Golden Compass, which has been covered extensively in my peers' blogs. And we just have gone from there! I held her hand Tuesday February 5 and we have been official as of Sunday February 10. I am way pleased with where things are. I don't want to get too personal or anything but I did want to share one experience I really thought was cool.
So Wednesday I had to go to work and supervise intramural tennis. Usually this is one of the easiest jobs on campus I can imagine. It takes about five minutes per hour, during which I make one check mark and write the names of the winners down on a single sheet of paper. During the down time I can study at my own leisure and really do whatever. Sounds easy eh? Will when I got there at six o'clock on Wednesday, the courts were all being used by the Boise State women;s team. After a lot of confusin and about 30 phone calls I had to cancel the matches that had been scheduled and explain to the sixteen couples that they wouldnt be able to play today. Most of the people were very understanding, a few made it a little more stressful, and I jsut wanted it ot be over. I just thought about seeing Bella that night and I felt way more relaxed. The night was hectic all night and I just needed a break. Well Bella, k I am tired of typing bella, SHANNON picked me up from work and we spent the remainder of the night watching Nacho Libre!! It was sweet! Just what I needed. I was way grateful for someone that I could just count on to keep me calm. It is such a blessing to have someone that can take away all the stress from your life. It is refreshing to be with someone that you can improve yourself with. Just one more thing and I swear I'll be done. I just wanted to follow up with my very first blogs, talking about communication. Shannon is easily the easiest person to talk to after only knowing her such a shortwhile. I think that is the biggest area in which I have seen improvement already is communciation.
Well that was a bunch and I still haven't updated too much on life itself. I apologize for being one dimensional but it is time for bed!
So first things first, I have a girlfriend! Girlfriend might be understating it... I have someone who I care about a bunch and who improves me each day. So I suppose I should write the whole story...
So on Jan 26 I had a date lined up for that night. Fortunately (normally this is a case where you would say unfortunately) my date could not go to the second half of the planned date. This sent me into scramble mode to try and find someone immediately! So I went over to Gabe's and we scavenged through the ward directory, me being a determined vulture, Gabe being my voice of reason (STEEEEOOOOOORRRRTTTTSSSSSSS, Newman...) hahaha. So any my rush through the ward directory I noticed a girl that I had never seen before, who has requested to remain nameless at the moment. I will refer to her as Bella. Bella was really pretty and I made it a mental note to find out who she was. I continued that day, finding a date and having a good time with each of the two people.
The next sunday, I saw Bella again! She was walking to church and looked really pretty! I told her that I liked her shoes. I had done it!! I talked to this girl from the ward directory, and upgraded myself from a mystery to her, to someone she may have had a vague recollection of! Watch out world!
That night, I think I stalked her into a couple different apartments during munch and mingle. Then I talked to her again! Yes!! She told me about how she worked at BYU in their study abroad department. She also talked about how she was taking the GMAT this week and was a little nervous. I offered my services to her, and dropped off some ice cream during the week, and wished her well on her test.
(I think I should add a disclaimer that I still have a lot to type and things might be a little mushy from here on out.)
The following Saturday rolled around and Barney, Keith, and I were watching sports all day. Literally, we watched the BYU basketball game and then went to cafe rio so we could watch the Jazz game that night as well. We decided that we should go on a group date that night with our roomates and Gabe. I immediately wanted to ask out Bella, and called her on the phone.
The transcript over the phone is as follows.
Adam: Hi is Bella there?
Bella: This is her.
Adam: Hi, it's me Adam Murphy (I adopted this tactic from you James, stating your first and last names immediately after calling someone minimizes the chance that they will mistake you for someone else, or even worse not associate you with anyone they know.)
how are you?
Bella: I am good.
Adam: to myself in the back of my head this is where we are supposed to ask her out.
YOU want to go to the movies with us?
Bella: Yes, (at this point I can't remember anything that she said, I just remember being relieved and excited.)
Soooo we went and saw the Golden Compass, which has been covered extensively in my peers' blogs. And we just have gone from there! I held her hand Tuesday February 5 and we have been official as of Sunday February 10. I am way pleased with where things are. I don't want to get too personal or anything but I did want to share one experience I really thought was cool.
So Wednesday I had to go to work and supervise intramural tennis. Usually this is one of the easiest jobs on campus I can imagine. It takes about five minutes per hour, during which I make one check mark and write the names of the winners down on a single sheet of paper. During the down time I can study at my own leisure and really do whatever. Sounds easy eh? Will when I got there at six o'clock on Wednesday, the courts were all being used by the Boise State women;s team. After a lot of confusin and about 30 phone calls I had to cancel the matches that had been scheduled and explain to the sixteen couples that they wouldnt be able to play today. Most of the people were very understanding, a few made it a little more stressful, and I jsut wanted it ot be over. I just thought about seeing Bella that night and I felt way more relaxed. The night was hectic all night and I just needed a break. Well Bella, k I am tired of typing bella, SHANNON picked me up from work and we spent the remainder of the night watching Nacho Libre!! It was sweet! Just what I needed. I was way grateful for someone that I could just count on to keep me calm. It is such a blessing to have someone that can take away all the stress from your life. It is refreshing to be with someone that you can improve yourself with. Just one more thing and I swear I'll be done. I just wanted to follow up with my very first blogs, talking about communication. Shannon is easily the easiest person to talk to after only knowing her such a shortwhile. I think that is the biggest area in which I have seen improvement already is communciation.
Well that was a bunch and I still haven't updated too much on life itself. I apologize for being one dimensional but it is time for bed!
Saturday, February 2, 2008
Rivals
I think one of my favorite things about life is having rivals. I may not appear to be too overtly competitive, but I really enjoy having people that are nemesis. I have an example. So all of my classes are way far from each other. I go from the Richards building up the endless stair too the basement of the JFSB or to the end of the JSB then too the seventh floor of the Tanner building, any way I am rushing to class and am never aided by professors. Each of my professors suffers from the superiority complex that they have the most important thing to say to you at that instant. Soooo stemming from this situation a rival developed.
So there is this cute girl that I like to sit by in my old testament class. I hustle out of my volleyball class tuesdays and thursdays and sprint up the stupid stairs and then traverse over to the JSB. Now on tuesdays I have no problem getting into our seats in the back and life is enjoyable. Thursdays, not so much. (K I think I need to put a disclaimer in here that I do not really hate this person at all) Thursdays, I show up and someone is always in my seat! And not a different someone the same someone!! She is a nice, pregnant student who can probably only attend one of the two classes a week. I know not her name nor her origin, I do know where she sits on Thursdays. So this last thursday, I figured I would beat this soon-to-be mother at her own game, sitting in that seat I like on Thursdays. So sometimes I shower after volleyball, not this day! I perfectly made sure I put forth minimal effort in class to prevent the need to shower. Normally, I get a drink after volleyball. Drink?!?!? And waste a full minute hydrating? Pointless! Normally I wait for this girl outside the lockerroom after volleyball. This Thursday! HA! Never! I was going to smoke this young woman. I gathered my stuff after not putting the volleyball awayduring class even though I was the one who had it in his hands when class ended. I changed in record time, and passed like 75 people on the steps. I felt like a real athlete. I hastily walked to the JSB not stopping once. I entered 178 in the JSB with a flourish!!! Not only was the seat unoccupied, but the cute girl was already there! That woman and her developing child were no match for me!!! I rejoiced in the moment for awhile and waited to see the face of the lady when she had been hoodwinked out of her spot!! HEHEHEHHEHEHE She entered with a flourish looking tired, and well looking for a seat!! HAHAHA look over here m'am!! I am in your seat!! Take that! You were once so proud, ooking down at me with disdain from your throne of the rear of the class, boasting your successful relationship that was soon to yield a child, waving the fact that I don't even have a girlfriend yet!! You were so cruel, now your day o comeuppance has arrived. In the words of Ralphy from A Christmas Story, "Alright Pregnant lady( He actually says Black Bart, we'll assume he would agree with my stance), now you get yours. And then something happened. As she entered the class there were really no more seats left! There was one at the very inside of a row, but she was in no condition! OH! How my winning glory faded! How I felt the pangs of a shameful, abominable victory!! The act of all of the students moving for the pregnant lady was so notable that the professor even noted it before he started his lecture. Fortunately he neglected to proclaim the savage manner in which I had pilfered the seat from this young woman.
I had a lot of fun typing that, I have moments like these where I get so caught up I just end up doing something silly. Sometimes I think that I am a nice guy, then I slip up and make life worse for pregnant people. HAHA oh well! Please do not judge me, I plan to let that woman sit in her seat forevermore. So it is almost four a.m. I should probably wrap it up.
Oh one more thing, I think I crafted my best facebook status ever, it is up currently let me know what you think and rebuke me for light mindedness if necessary.
Toodles
-A
So there is this cute girl that I like to sit by in my old testament class. I hustle out of my volleyball class tuesdays and thursdays and sprint up the stupid stairs and then traverse over to the JSB. Now on tuesdays I have no problem getting into our seats in the back and life is enjoyable. Thursdays, not so much. (K I think I need to put a disclaimer in here that I do not really hate this person at all) Thursdays, I show up and someone is always in my seat! And not a different someone the same someone!! She is a nice, pregnant student who can probably only attend one of the two classes a week. I know not her name nor her origin, I do know where she sits on Thursdays. So this last thursday, I figured I would beat this soon-to-be mother at her own game, sitting in that seat I like on Thursdays. So sometimes I shower after volleyball, not this day! I perfectly made sure I put forth minimal effort in class to prevent the need to shower. Normally, I get a drink after volleyball. Drink?!?!? And waste a full minute hydrating? Pointless! Normally I wait for this girl outside the lockerroom after volleyball. This Thursday! HA! Never! I was going to smoke this young woman. I gathered my stuff after not putting the volleyball awayduring class even though I was the one who had it in his hands when class ended. I changed in record time, and passed like 75 people on the steps. I felt like a real athlete. I hastily walked to the JSB not stopping once. I entered 178 in the JSB with a flourish!!! Not only was the seat unoccupied, but the cute girl was already there! That woman and her developing child were no match for me!!! I rejoiced in the moment for awhile and waited to see the face of the lady when she had been hoodwinked out of her spot!! HEHEHEHHEHEHE She entered with a flourish looking tired, and well looking for a seat!! HAHAHA look over here m'am!! I am in your seat!! Take that! You were once so proud, ooking down at me with disdain from your throne of the rear of the class, boasting your successful relationship that was soon to yield a child, waving the fact that I don't even have a girlfriend yet!! You were so cruel, now your day o comeuppance has arrived. In the words of Ralphy from A Christmas Story, "Alright Pregnant lady( He actually says Black Bart, we'll assume he would agree with my stance), now you get yours. And then something happened. As she entered the class there were really no more seats left! There was one at the very inside of a row, but she was in no condition! OH! How my winning glory faded! How I felt the pangs of a shameful, abominable victory!! The act of all of the students moving for the pregnant lady was so notable that the professor even noted it before he started his lecture. Fortunately he neglected to proclaim the savage manner in which I had pilfered the seat from this young woman.
I had a lot of fun typing that, I have moments like these where I get so caught up I just end up doing something silly. Sometimes I think that I am a nice guy, then I slip up and make life worse for pregnant people. HAHA oh well! Please do not judge me, I plan to let that woman sit in her seat forevermore. So it is almost four a.m. I should probably wrap it up.
Oh one more thing, I think I crafted my best facebook status ever, it is up currently let me know what you think and rebuke me for light mindedness if necessary.
Toodles
-A
Friday, January 25, 2008
Monday, January 21, 2008
Life
Awww life. Sometimes I just wonder who's pulling the strings both for good and bad. So this weekend was nice, I spent sometime Friday with James and celebrated Kirk's birthday on Saturday. So how many of you would need an alarm clock to wake up at say 10 a.m.? 11? Daresay, noon? I am here to tell you that I evidently require an alarm clock in order to wake up before 1:48 p.m. That's right, I turned over Saturday morning, errrr afternoon to realize that I had slept through the first game that I was suppose to supervise and had almost missed the second game. Luckily I had some one working with me when usually I wouldn't who was able to cover for me, phew!
So right now I am in one of those weird phases where, right after I take a girl out, she'll inevitably end up having a boyfriend who isn't me. Oh well. Not sure really how to prevent it, but sadly I can see where it can happen twice more this week! HAHAHA what you gonna do? I wonder if I should pursue girls more aggressively. I have been doing good lately with expressing my feelings towards girls with my actions, however at the moment I am putting out indecisive actions, because well... I feel indecisive. Seems like just when something looks like it is going somewhere, it fizzles something else springs up, it fizzles.... It kind of feels like I am a giant vat of soda and every once in awhile someone drops Pop Rocks into my vat in different areas, and I go towards the fizzle, then when I get there the original fizzle is gone, and I here more pop rocks, and go follow them, and so on. I think that analogy was a result of blogging close to three. HAHA oh well.
My classes are very interesting. They all just blow my mind in so many different ways. Marriage Prep has been a super awkward/informative/silly/fun/inspiring class. I have had a number of times in class where I have introspected and found things I definitely could improve about myself. On Friday, Professor Barlow showed a video that really helped put things into perspective. The video was just pictures of old couples smiling, holding hands, kissing, just being happy together. It really just helped me put into perspective that the only thing I need to be successful in is marriage. When I was watching the video, nothing meant more to me then having a happy, loving marriage, and really deep down I think that is how I really am. Money doesn't matter, having a successful career doesn't matter, early failures in life don't matter. If I can just get to where I am old and in love life has been fulfilled. I wish I could have that feeling of the simplicity all the time.
My international business course is pretty much the exact opposite. The professor has had a wide variety of jobs, in marketing, sales, profit-loss, management, entreprenurial, being a CEO, in a wide variety of international settings as well. The guy has done it all. I wonder if I have what it takes to succeed in business. I just do not think that I am cutthroat enough. I think personal financial planning would be a much better fit for myself. None the less, I have really enjoyed the exposure my international business class has given me.
Astronomy is the last course in which I feel really stimulated by. The class is in the planetarium with these AMAZING cushy seats that recline way far back so you can look straight up. Space has always intrigued me. It has always had a calming influence. I love just looking at the stars and pondering my life.
You know what, I think I like someone.
I am going to ask her out till she tells me to stop! Take that! I'll report back later.
So right now I am in one of those weird phases where, right after I take a girl out, she'll inevitably end up having a boyfriend who isn't me. Oh well. Not sure really how to prevent it, but sadly I can see where it can happen twice more this week! HAHAHA what you gonna do? I wonder if I should pursue girls more aggressively. I have been doing good lately with expressing my feelings towards girls with my actions, however at the moment I am putting out indecisive actions, because well... I feel indecisive. Seems like just when something looks like it is going somewhere, it fizzles something else springs up, it fizzles.... It kind of feels like I am a giant vat of soda and every once in awhile someone drops Pop Rocks into my vat in different areas, and I go towards the fizzle, then when I get there the original fizzle is gone, and I here more pop rocks, and go follow them, and so on. I think that analogy was a result of blogging close to three. HAHA oh well.
My classes are very interesting. They all just blow my mind in so many different ways. Marriage Prep has been a super awkward/informative/silly/fun/inspiring class. I have had a number of times in class where I have introspected and found things I definitely could improve about myself. On Friday, Professor Barlow showed a video that really helped put things into perspective. The video was just pictures of old couples smiling, holding hands, kissing, just being happy together. It really just helped me put into perspective that the only thing I need to be successful in is marriage. When I was watching the video, nothing meant more to me then having a happy, loving marriage, and really deep down I think that is how I really am. Money doesn't matter, having a successful career doesn't matter, early failures in life don't matter. If I can just get to where I am old and in love life has been fulfilled. I wish I could have that feeling of the simplicity all the time.
My international business course is pretty much the exact opposite. The professor has had a wide variety of jobs, in marketing, sales, profit-loss, management, entreprenurial, being a CEO, in a wide variety of international settings as well. The guy has done it all. I wonder if I have what it takes to succeed in business. I just do not think that I am cutthroat enough. I think personal financial planning would be a much better fit for myself. None the less, I have really enjoyed the exposure my international business class has given me.
Astronomy is the last course in which I feel really stimulated by. The class is in the planetarium with these AMAZING cushy seats that recline way far back so you can look straight up. Space has always intrigued me. It has always had a calming influence. I love just looking at the stars and pondering my life.
You know what, I think I like someone.
I am going to ask her out till she tells me to stop! Take that! I'll report back later.
Monday, January 7, 2008
Break and Return
Howdy Howdy! Well break was dandy. I felt like I could separate myself from everything in Provo, both my educational pursuits and otherwise. HAHA I am watching the National Championship game right now, and I keep typing the wrong words (I tried to type economical instead of educational in the line above, I don't have any economic pursuits at all). Couple of things on my mind. So I really don't like Mitt Romney, I haven't conducted a full research of him by any means. He seems very swarmy to me. He switched on abortion, on the you tube debate I thought some of his answers were lame, and the thing that might bother me the most is that during his term as governor, gay marriages were legally issued, the first state to allow gay marriage, there are now two, and nine recognize marriages performed in Iowa and Massachusetts. Now Governor Romney spoke out against the form in which the ruling was brought down(a one vote majority descision by the Massachusetts highest court), however he spoke against gay marriage too late. In my opinion, he could have tried to prevent the issue from coming to the surface. In California, proposition 22 was passed reaffirming marriage as being between a man and a woman. Granted Massachusetts is a predominatly liberal state, who knows if the bill would have passed, California, another largely liberal state passed such a measure. I guess the bottom line is that I just don't think that I could vote for him, despite his religious affiliation. I have a hard problem with politics at this point in my life. I find it much easier to not vote at all, then to either a)vote for a large party candidate that I don't completely agree with, b) vote for an unorthodox candidate that I feel is closer to what I want but won't win, or c) what I did the last election I voted in, the California Governor recall, voted for someone I thought would be funny to have in office and that someone was Gary Coleman, who you should wikipedia right now if you don't know who he is. How do you get motivated to vote? How do you compromise your beliefs, by sometimes voting for someone whose stances are completely contrary to some of your own? I am by no means set on my political views if you could even call them that, and would enjoy feedback.
I was thinking about some things over break. I came up with the number one thing I don't want to ever have happen, get divorced late in life. So over break I had to split a lot of time with mom and dad, it wasn't that bad just pretty much doubled the time committments while I was at home, no big deal didn't really bother me at all. What did was how tough it has got to be for both my parents. My dad has a girlfriend it is kind of weird, his girlfriend has two kids that are 12 and 10 if I'm not mistaken, my mom still hasn't gone on a date. Either way it's weird, whether it is starting a new relationship late or being alone. I don't know who's life I would pick. I was wondering to, if you were say 50 and found yourself in a relationship that you weren't fulfilled in, would you stick it out our would you get a divorce that late in life... hmm
I am going to take marriage prep should be fun my firstday was good. Battery dying Night!
I was thinking about some things over break. I came up with the number one thing I don't want to ever have happen, get divorced late in life. So over break I had to split a lot of time with mom and dad, it wasn't that bad just pretty much doubled the time committments while I was at home, no big deal didn't really bother me at all. What did was how tough it has got to be for both my parents. My dad has a girlfriend it is kind of weird, his girlfriend has two kids that are 12 and 10 if I'm not mistaken, my mom still hasn't gone on a date. Either way it's weird, whether it is starting a new relationship late or being alone. I don't know who's life I would pick. I was wondering to, if you were say 50 and found yourself in a relationship that you weren't fulfilled in, would you stick it out our would you get a divorce that late in life... hmm
I am going to take marriage prep should be fun my firstday was good. Battery dying Night!
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