July 2007 Archives

Obviously the Sloan boys do. Who doesn't love the Kwik-E-Mart? Our Harry Potter loving sisters, that's who! Hehehe...

So yeah. While down in southern Utah a week and a half ago, Dan, Steve and I decided to take a day trip out to Henderson, NV to check out one of a handful of 7-11's that were converted into Kwik-E-Marts to promote the Simpsons Movie. It was a blast-- they had squishees, pink frosted donuts with sprinkles, all kinds of Kwik-E-Mart signage with Simpsons characters all over, employees with Kwik-E-Mart shirts, Buzz Cola, a comic book, and other stuff. Sadly they were out of Krusty-O's... I was so looking forward to those.

In any case, it was a good time-- fun to see how many people just showed up and started snapping pictures of everything. Here's an idea of what it was like...

Click the link below to see all the shenanigans...

A couple weeks back I flipped through all the archives of my blog looking for a picture. It was fun but at the same time sad to see how far the blog has degenerated... I used to post pictures regularly. First I stopped posting pictures, then I stopped taking very many... it's so pathetic, somehow I lost that habit of always taking pictures.

So here's one. I took my camera with me up to Lake Catherine a couple weeks back, and there were some cool wild flowers with very vibrant colors. I almost forgot how much I liked macro photography. I must get back into it...

My brother Shawn (Elder Sloan, that is) rebuked me and a couple of my siblings today for not "pursuing eternal companions". Dang it, I'm a sinner!

the apostles have spoken that after a mission, there is nothing that should prevent you from starting a family, Elder Oaks speaks very very strongly about that. He even says in an ensign that if they are that age and not doing their part to seek an eternal companion, they are sinning and need to repent. That was a real "wow" statement, seems a bit harsh, but it was spoken by the mouth of an apostle of the Lord. So, get going siblings, do your part!

I guess I better do my part, huh? Maybe tomorrow.

Edit: ahhh, Marianne comes up with a winning idea... contrasting words from Sister Kato Sloanie from last week:

Ok, I had the funniest personal study the other day. I was reading in 1 Corinthians 7, and I was thinking "This is SO for my brothers!" In verse 8 it says "I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I." Then in verse 27 it says "Art thou bound unto a wife? Seek not to be loosed. ART THOU LOOSED FROM A WIFE? SEEK NOT A WIFE." Haha! That made me laugh so I thought I'd share it. I know Paul is likely speaking of not getting married after a divorce, but whatever. I interpretted it as "Art thou single! Live it up!" Haha! Sorry, that was lame and I know it didn't make Soogs happy, so I apologize! =)

Actually I was thinking I should just get me a man-servant to go find me a wife. You know, like when Abraham's servant goes and finds a wife for his son Isaac. Hmm....

I watched this video snippet last night of an interview with the makers of Homestarrunner.com. Matt Chapman seriously cracks me up-- I'm not sure what's funnier, the characters in the cartoons or just watching Matt do their voices. The part that just had me rolling was the part a little over half way into this video where Matt is talking about Ninento, and he goes into Bubs' voice...

I’m driving to work. The gas light illuminates on the dash, letting me know I’ve got less than a quarter tank left. I pull in to the Holiday Oil to tank up before work. I notice the total from the car before me is a nice round number (some dollar amount with zero cents at the end). The pump fills the tank until it gets close to $43, then it slows down and stops at exactly $43.00. Hmm... Yeah. It won’t let me pump more even if I want to.

I get in the car and run it through the car wash, only to notice that I’m just barely over 3/4 of a tank. GAY. So I pull up to another pump and fill it the rest of the way up, another 11 dollars, mind you.

WTH does the gas station do this? Are they just GUESSING at how much gas you need? I clearly put another 3 – 4 gallons in the tank the second time around. Are they just playing mind games with you to soften the blow of high gas prices so you’ll *think* you aren’t getting bent over? “Holy crap, my car is a gas guzzler, I’m down to 3/4 a tank already!” Are they trying to conserve their supply of gasoline? What gives? Does it have anything to do with using a debit card (are there limits to how much you can pump per charge? The car before me had a tank with over $60 / 20 gallons of gas).

Anyways. I thought I’d share this strange and slightly annoying experience.