March 2006

Mar

2006

Intense situation involving GIRLS!

My history class, once again, causes anguish to my poor poor soul. It seems like every week we have to read a new book. Read read and read some more. Ladies and gentlemen…that’s exactly why i’m not majoring in history. Don’t get me wrong…I love to read. But reading about meaningless dead people gets old (scriptures on the other hand are very profitable spiritually). Double pun. I promise it wasn’t intended. Haha. So anyway…right now the reading doesn’t seem to end.

So anyway…I went to the bookstore to go pick up the new book we were assigned to read for this upcoming week. I’m sick of procrastinating. So I resolved to getting this done EARLY this week. The assignment is due next wednesday at midnight. I wanna get it done early.

So I get to the book store to find that they are sold out! Aaaagghhh! You have got to be kidding me. No flippin’ way! I MUST have this book. It’s a very rare book about Merchant Muslims from the 18th century so I figured my only hope was the scary looking, gothic-mystiqueing, dungeon-feeling, Firestone Library. That place is HUGE!

So from the bookstore I jog to Firestone. If they were to have it they’d only have one. And I was afraid maybe one of my classmates was gonna beat me to it. So I jogged. Today was a beautiful Spring Day so as I was entering the building I noticed two hot Princeton honeys just chatting outside on the lawn. I hadn’t seen them before. I for sure I was gonna make two new friends out of them.

And the intense situation of many begun. Haha…I love it.

I was faced with the tough decision. I could a) meet them then and there, risking not getting the much needed book due to another classmate getting there before me. or b) I could go in and get the book, and hopefully on the way out the two girls would still be there.

You know me. What did I choose? I love girls. And I don’t like history. It seems like an easy choice. Obviously i’m gonna go talk to the girls…right?

Wrong. I wouldn’t be at Princeton if I had that mentality. I chose academics first. I sprinted for the Library doors and went in searching the catacombs of Firestone library for my book. I couldn’t find it anywhere. So I went and spoke with a librarian on the main floor. Her desk was right next to the window so I could see the girls were still out there chit-chattin’ away. Yes. There was still love in the air. I could feel the aroma. It smelt ike my mother’s christmas morning breakfast. Oh so delicious.

So anyway…I got to the Librarian’s desk and she was on the phone. I could have gone and spoken to other librarians but the angle I had to have. I had to make sure those girls didn’t take off. So I decided to wait till she was off the phone.

Haha…the funny thing is that she was in her own little dilemma. I could tell she was really flustered. Some dude on the other line was looking from some magazine…being a bozo not being able to find it….and just asking the librarian stupid quesitons. I could tell she was trying to finish things up. But the dude just wouldn’t let her off.

So not only am I in my own world of intensity. She is too. She wants to get off the phone with this bozo and attend to my needs. Furthermore, it was at this point that a dude walked up to the girls outside and started talking to them. This got me a little more nervous…perhaps they were gonna take off and walk together.

Aaaaaggggghhhhh! What was I to do?

Finally the lady got off the phone. I told her the book title. Badda bing badda boom. She couldn’t find it. I said no way, jose. It’s gotta be here. I said I’d check online the exact title of it. So I went to a local computer cluster and found the title. By the time I was done the librarian came over to me and said she found it. And it was already checked out. One of my classmates beat me to it. Darn them!

[the sound of defeat/doom goes here]

I was cooked. No book to do my assignment. So I sprinted outside to see if I could at least end the story on a good note. I had to find the girls!

But no. They were gone. Gone like a ray from an early morning Spring Sunshine. Gone. Gone. Gone. The book was checked out. And apparently the girls too were checked out.

I walked home with my head down….history bookless……and girl-less.

Moral of the story: Don’t worry about it. Those girls are probably hoochie mommas anyway.

Much love,
Mickey

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Mar

2006

Ghetto-Fabulously Strange.

I’m weird.

I get so easily distracted. It’s nuts. Sometimes i’ll be working on a project or task, and a couple hours later i’ll realize that somehow I got sidetracked and am working on a completely different task…and have gone through 10 different things to get there. I’m getting alot better at writing things down, making sure I remember what i’m doing. But when i’m on the computer, i’m in a zone. Time flies. I forget about everything around me. And I just go go go….doing a gazillion different things at once…and I never can stay focused on just one thing. It’s weird. And I don’t even realize it till after it all happens. I start on one task…and end up working on something completely unrelated.

Tonight, aside from my usual homework, I was supposed to work on the Redline website (A band hired me to do a site for them) and work on a Digital Art project to submit for a competition (due tomorrow). Well…it’s now 2 in the morning and I am just realizing that none of it got done. How unlovely.

So are you wondering what I was doing all this time then instead of doing those “priorities”? Okay. I’ll tell you. So while I was getting ready to do these other important tasks……an idea popped into my head. A random, crazy, semi-entrepreneurial idea popped into my brain that involves “dot com” stuff. I thought nothing of it…but before I knew it….I had already spent hours and hours putting this new project together. I went and bought the domain name and other necessary online tools to make it a reality. I built the site. I put together the images, graphics, and content. Badda bing badda boom. It’s just about complete and ready for launch. Yet another venture.

But was it really necessary to do all of it TONIGHT…taking away from my priorities? Not at all. And I definitely didn’t intend for that to happen. It just somehow happened. I got in my element and just went. I flew. I rode the wave like a mexi-gangster rides his lowrider tricycle: ghetto-fabulously strange.

That’s really all I have to say folks. I’m just a ghetto-fabulously strange Princeton nerd who tries to do a gazillion things and in the end of the day gets barely anything done (jk).

Haha…so here’s a poem to commemorate the occassion. It’s called Ode to Mickey’s Ghetto-Fabulous Strangeness.

Roses are red,
Cherries are fruity,
I think it’s time,
That we all shake our booty!

Haha……my life is fun. Why? Because I spend time doing what I enjoy. And that’s exactly what explains my ghetto-fabulous strangeness. Yeah sometimes I get distracted. Yeah sometimes I need to spend more time on “priorities.” But goodness people……I don’t wanna live my entire life planning for tomorrow. I got news for everyone and anyone…If you just do that the rest of your life, tomorrow never comes!

So how bout we all live life up to the fullest TODAY. Go after what you enjoy. And you’ll never go a day without smiling.

Nothing but love,
Mickey

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Mar

2006

By the way…

My real blog for today is the one below this one, about the living Prophet. This is just a “by the way” blog.

By the way…for the most part my academic dilemmas have been resolved. Today was a great day. I got alot done.
Here’s a quick summary:
10:50am: Slept in today. I was super tired. Hopped out of bed…took the fastest shower of my life…and prepared for Peter to visit.
11:00am: Met with Peter about certain church responsibilities. He’s a fellow church member and leader.
11:30am: Finished my Portuguese paper (kinda).
12:30pm: Grabbed a quick lunch. Went to Portuguese class. Told some jokes to soften the professor’s heart. It worked.
1:30pm: Went and spoke with my SOC 391 Professor about taking the midterm. He was frazzled trying to get his lecture notes ready for class…but seemed positive about the idea of me being able to take the midterm another time. He told me not to go to class cuz they would be discussing the midterm. Fine with me.
1:45pm: Ran over to the library. Found the darn history book I was looking for in the Library. Spent a couple hours skimming over it to get the main idea.
4:45pm: Went to Gym, ran a few miles and worked out a little.
6:00pm: Ate dinner with Dale and other buddies from Church at Dale’s house (he’s a graduate student in the physics dept).
7:40pm: Worked on my History Paper.
9:00pm: Watched “Lost.” Worked on History paper during commercials.
10:00pm: Worked on History Paper. Submitted it online at midnight.
12:00am: Studied, responded to emails, wrote my blog, and did other odds and ends.
2:00am: Read my scriptures, prayer, get ready for bed.
3:00am: IN BED SLEEPING!!!!

Tomorrow the fun and exciting battles of life continue.

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Mar

2006

The Prophet speaks on Sat/Sun.

If Moses, a prophet of God, were on the earth today, would you listen to what he had to say? Would you follow his counsel? Would you obey his instructions?

If you aren’t Christian than I don’t know what your answer would be. But if you’re Christian, then i’m assuming your answer is Yes. Of course you’d listen to God’s prophet. And of course you’d follow his counsel. After all, he’d be telling us exactly what God wants us to know.

People. I have some great news to share with you. Today, yes today…there is a living prophet on the earth. A Prophet of God. Someone who has the exact Authority that Moses had. He receives the instructions and teachings directly from God. He then transmits these teachings to us. What a great blessing that is for ALL of us! God’s mouthpiece is on the earth today. This Prophet’s name is Gordon B. Hinckley.

Saturday and Sunday (April 1st and 2nd), President Hinckley (along with the other apostles and leaders of the church) will be speaking to the world via satellite. And I’m inviting you to listen in on it! It’ll be broadcasted online. It’ll be at this link:

Click here: LDS Broadcast Page
The times to listen in are the following:
Saturday, April 1, 2006: 12-2pm (eastern time), 4-6pm (eastern time)
Sunday, April 2, 2006: 12-2pm (eastern time), 4-6pm (eastern time)
And the two days will have all different speakers and different talks.

It’s called General Conference. It’s where members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from the entire world meet at meeting houses EVERYWHERE around the world to hear the leaders of the church speak (via satellite). It’s translated into dozens and dozens of languages allowing for ALL to understand.

On the right that’s a picture of President Hinckley getting the Presidental Medal of Freedom from President Bush.

From the beginning of time, God has always chosen prophets to teach His children the gospel and direct His Church on the earth. He chose prophets such as Noah, Abraham, Moses, and others. It’s God’s method of revealing His plan to us (Amos 3:7). It is no different today. We all need the same help in a confused and lost world. Because God loves us, He continues to send living prophets. Joseph Smith (1805–44) was the first prophet of our time. Gordon B. Hinckley is God’s chosen prophet today. I know this is true. And that’s exactly why i’m sharing this with you today. This weekend, God’s prophets and apostles will be speaking to the world! I figured you all should know about it!

Just as God led the Israelites out of slavery and to a better place through His prophet Moses, He leads His children today into happier, more peaceful lives when they choose to follow His living prophet. Follow what the Prophet has to say…and I promise you’ll live a happier and more fulfilling life!

COOL STORY>>>
The story is told of an event that happened in New York when President David O. McKay (one of the past prophets of the church) returned from a trip to Europe. “Arrangements had been made for pictures to be taken, but the regular photographer was unable to go, so in desperation the United Press picked their crime photographer—a man accustomed to the toughest type of work in New York. He went to the airport, stayed there two hours, and returned later from [the] dark room with a tremendous sheaf of pictures. He was supposed to take only two. His boss immediately chided him, ‘What in the world are you wasting time and all those photographic supplies for?’

“The photographer replied very curtly, saying he would gladly pay for the extra materials, and they could even dock him for the extra time he took. … Several hours later the vice-president called him to his office, wanting to learn what happened. The crime photographer said, ‘When I was a little boy, my mother used to read to me out of the Old Testament, and all my life I have wondered what a prophet of God must really look like. Well, today I found one.’ ”
(“Memories of a Prophet,” Improvement Era, Feb. 1970, 72.)

I’ve always enjoyed that story. Here’s a quote that explains the importance of prophets:

COOL QUOTE>>>
President John Taylor said, “We require a living tree—a living fountain—living intelligence, proceeding from the living priesthood in heaven, through the living priesthood on earth. … And from the time that Adam first received a communication from God, to the time that John, on the Isle of Patmos, received his communication, or Joseph Smith had the heavens opened to him, it always required new revelations, adapted to the peculiar circumstances in which the churches or individuals were placed. Adam’s revelation did not instruct Noah to build his ark; nor did Noah’s revelation tell Lot to forsake Sodom; nor did either of these speak of the departure of the children of Israel from Egypt. These all had revelations for themselves, and so had Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Jesus, Peter, Paul, John, and Joseph. And so must we, or we shall make a shipwreck.” (The Gospel Kingdom, [Deseret Book Co., 1944], p. 34.)

MORE>>>
If you’re still trying to figure out how in the world prophets are on the earth today…well…..you can always check out the mormon.org website. You’ll get a better feel for what the “Mormons” are all about.

Much love,
Mormon Mickey

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Mar

2006

One more thing…

Oh yeah…and one more thing: I’ve decided that i’m gonna get a girlfriend over the summer.

Haha. The picture’s a joke, but the desire is real.

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Mar

2006

Grades, Money and Business.

I’ve decided that i’m gonna give you guys a SWEET tour of where I live, my dorm, but not today. I’m gonna prepare something extra special for that. I’ll have some sweet pics (possibly some video) and commentary. Just chill on that. It’s coming.

So today I feel like ranting and raving….speaking a little nonsense. So I will. I’m in the middle of writing a darn paper for my portugues class and the words just aren’t flowing at all. It’s frustrating. Very frustrating. I feel like I’m playing a million dollar Bingo game. The number was called, my bingo board is filled up, and all I need to do is say “BINGO” to win it all! I open my mouth to say it when I realize that for some odd reason, I have no mouth. No lips. No tongue. No teeth. Not even a hole on my face. Nothing. It’s gone. I scream and hollar but not even a peep can be heard. Nothing. And that’s kinda how I feel writing my stinkin’ Portuguese paper. I’m obviously fluent in Portuguese (cuz I spent two years in Brazil) and I know I have stuff to say…but it’s just not flowing at all.

So that’s why I decided to write my blog entry now. Hopefully the flow of words will find it’s way back into my soul. I don’t know. We’ll see I guess. But shoot…that Portugues paper just isn’t coming together at all.

And it’s not just the Portuguese Paper dilemma.

I’m in all sorts of dilemmas actually. I have a history paper due tomorrow as well. I have to read an entire book and write an essay on it. I was planning on doing all that tonight…but tragedy struck. I couldn’t find the freakin’ book where the teacher said it was gonna be! But really it’s my fault. I know. I was supposed to buy all the materials at the beginning of the semester…well….I didn’t. I waited till the day before to buy it. So I went to the bookstore and it was all sold out. I sent out a desperation email to classmates asking if they could let me borrow the book to read. Still no response. Where’s the good samaritan when you need one? Shucks. I think i’ve really shot myself in the foot with this one…I was too busy partying over Spring Break with all the BYU coeds. And now i’m in quite the pickle. Oh well I guess.

Oh yeah…and I can’t forget the SOC 391 dilemma. Another class….a class that I still have yet to take the midterm for. Can you believe that? We only have about 5 weeks left of class and I still haven’t taken the midterm. Shoot. I hope the teacher lets me take it. And once he does…i’m pretty much gonna fail cuz i’ve pretty much forgotten everything there. I was supposed to study but do you think I did. Hmm. THat’s what I thought. I go see the professor tomorrow. Quite the pickle i’m in. If he gives the test to me on the spot…well folks…i’m in trouble.

Oh well I guess. Life goes on. After all, it’s just a flippin’ grade. A freshman grade. Who’s gonna care about Freshman grades anyway? People are always willing to forgive Freshman grades. You know it’s true. And if Harvard Business School doesn’t take me cuz of my Freshman Grades…well….then I’m speechless. Forget those self-absorbed meat head elitists. I didn’t wanna join them anyway.

Haha….oh I love the blog. It’s so therapeutic.

Well….dilemma after dilemma after dilemma. All in the academic area of my life. All I can do is laugh. Seriously…you win some and you lose some. Academically things just aren’t going my way…but hey….that’s life. I’ll step it up. And i’m at Princeton. I guess I can always play the “oh it’s Princeton, it’s harder” card. Everyone seems to buy that one anyway.

But let’s look at the brighter side. Everything else is going great! More and more people are hiring me to do work (web design, graphic design, photography). Through viral marketing more and more people are hearing about me and finding me. I can’t complain with that…no sireee bob. It’s great! Chaching. I like the sound of coins falling into the piggy bank. It tickles inside. And yes….I feel that this is a huge reason that my academics is slipping just a little…I spend alot more of my time working on these projects than I do studying. To me being a student is good, but making money (and being a student) is better. You’re probably shaking your head right now thinking, “mickey you have it all wrong.” But no. I have it all right. For someone planning on going into the business world, real life business experience is the most important thing. I’m getting that right now. I’m being an entrepreneur. I’m negotiating, i’m marketing, i’m selling, i’m managing. Being a real-life student of business to me is alot more valuable than being a class-room student of History, Math or Science. I don’t care much for derivatives, darwinism, or international trade in the 1600′s.

Yes I know I know….I gotta get the education too. And that’s exactly why i’m here. But my perspective is a little different than most. And hey…i’m trying to find the balance between the two. Trust me it’s tough. I’m trying to live the best of both worlds. Hard indeed. And money talks. It almost seems like the more you get, the more you want. I gotta remember the quote my dad always says to me, “Pigs get fat. Hogs get slaughtered.” I can’t get too greedy that I get slaughtered. So I gotta make sure I get my academics done and keep things balanced. But hey…if I didn’t know the importance of education I would have dropped out by now. I know it’s important.

Aaaaaaggggh! I need more time in a day. I wanna do more. I always have these crazy and funky new ideas that I wanna try out. Some are entrepreneurial and others are just for fun. But I always have these new ideas that I wanna explore…but I just don’t have the time. It stinks. Everyone says that the answer is time management. I disagree. Yes I think it’s an important factor…but to me it’s alot more. There will NEVER EVER be enough time for all that I wanna do. And that’s a fact. So yes, if I manage my time wisely I can do more. But more isn’t enough. I wanna do it all! My mind is always thinking of new things…and it produces alot more ideas than I can handle….so i’m starting to realize time-management ISN’T the answer.

To me the answer is in the following: Delegation/Management. I need to somehow figure out a way to get more people working for me. With that all of a sudden time grows exponentially. I’ll have more hands on a project…more minds to a task. It is exactly this that separates the real business leaders from the wannabes. What man among you can motivate? What man among you can bring out the best in others? What man among you can convince others to follow? It’s really not as easy as it sounds.

And this, my dear readers, is the answer to Mickey’s problems. I have the great ideas. But there is no way I have the time to tackle all of them. Do I have what it takes to manage a team? Do I have what it takes to lead a company?

I don’t know. But i’m at Princeton to get an education. So now is the time to learn.

Much love,
Mickey

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Mar

2006

I’m way too sleepy….

Sorry folks….i’m way too sleepy right now to try to attempt a blog entry. I’m going to bed! Tomorrow night I promise i’ll bring something juicy. I cleaned up and rearranged my room today. Oh it feels good. I got some cool pictures and video footage that i’ll be posting tomorrow night. Stay tuned….oh la la….

-mickey

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Mar

2006

Travel commentary.

Location: Casa. Provo, Utah
Time: 7:00pm. Sunday night.
Message: Well. I’m off. I’m taking a red-eye flight back to Princeton tonight. Spring Break was fun. The BYU girls are hot. Catch you all later…

Location: Airport. Las Vegas, Nevada
Time: 10:37pm (local time). Sunday night.
Message: So now i’m just chillin’ to catch my next flight. Vegas Airport is weird. It’s so dark and dreary…it gives me the creeps. As soon as I got off the plane I could smell the smoke everywhere and hear the gambling machines. Ding ding ding. Blah blah blah. I’m 21…I was almost tempted to pull down a few slots….but then I remembered that the Prophet said not to. Boo yah. Follow the prophet and you’ll never be lead astray. Next stop: Pittsburg.

Oh yeah…and my dad just sent me an email. This is what it said: “The George Mason coach shared this quote after their great victory today over UCONN. He shared it with his team before the game. It is a quote by William Jennings Bryan: ‘Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.’”

Location: Airport. Pittsburgh, Penn
Time: 6:44am (local time). Monday morning.
Message: I actually slept really well in the plane. Yummers. There was this big woman sitting next to me (I had the window). She was basically snoozing all up in my hugs. She was trying to cuddle with me or something. I accepted…haha. Check it, ain’t nothing wrong with some red-eye-flight cuddling miles above the ground. I promise I didn’t lower my standards. Her rolls kept me warm….

Now i’m chilling in the airport with my laptop messin’ around. I love it how so many airports have free WiFi connections. Some don’t. Some do. But all the airports i’ve passed through today (yesterday) have free access. Bonus.

So I just finished some McDonalds. I’m telling you what….McDonalds has the best fast food breakfast on the face of the planet. And if you try arguing with that one…well….then you’re just straight up CRAZY! Don’t mess with Ronald McDonald. Those McGriddles are breathtaking. Next stop: Newark.

Location: Dorm room. Princeton, New Jersey
Time: 10:44am (local time). Monday morning.
Message: Officially back to reality. First things first….i’m gonna spend all morning cleaning my room. Then at 1:30 I have Journalism class. Word to your mother. Peace.

Mickey

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Mar

2006

Spring Break Reflections.

Well folks…my Spring Break in Utah is coming to an end. It was fun. I had a blast. I chilled with the fam, met some great new people, and hung out with some awesome buddies. Overall it was a good 11 days in Utah. I have no regrets. No complaints. No worries.

Now i’m just really excited for summer so I can come back and spend more time with some of my new buddies. I can’t wait. Hopefully these next few months will just FLY so i’ll be back in no time.

Today was a great day. I went on two really quality dates. The first was with a girl named Kim. It was just a quick afternoon date. We went and checked out some art….I love art! Then we went and got some icecream. I gotta admit…I was pretty darn impressed. She’s a quality girl. She has substance. True substance within isn’t easy to find. And she has it. So I really enjoyed getting to know her and hope to get to know her better in the summer. Today was the first date with her…and it was really quick….so I really can’t form too much of an opinion…but from what I know of her….she’s a great girl. Impressive.

Later tonight I went on another date. Another great date with another impressive girl. I’ll refrain from saying her name just cuz i’ve talked about her in other blogs and I value people’s privacy. The date was really fun…we had more time so we were able to do more things.

I sometimes hate saying on this blog what I did on dates because I usually like to keep things secret. I like to keep things surprises. The things I do on dates are more creative than what your average billy bob does…and I wouldn’t wanna spoil it for any future dates with readers of my blog. So I won’t get too specific in things….but i’ll give you the main idea anyway.

The name of the date was called the Spring Break Jock Flock.

Anyway…so we picked up our dates….hopped in white “jump suits” that painters wear….and went to a Polynesian Restaurant to grab food ‘to go.’ We went up on BYU and found a really sweet spot to eat outside in one of the courtyards of one of the new buildings…it was beautiful. And the weather was great too.

Joe and I are crazy. We make things fun. And we like to compete. So often times Joe and I will create friendly competition just to make things more interesting…him and his date against me and my date. The Spring Break Jock Flock comprised of a series of “events” in which we would compete against eachother. We had 5 events planned to do…all super sweet and funky. Unfortunately we only got through two of them (cuz of time). Golf and Bowling. And no…it wasn’t your typical bowling nor golf. We hit up walmart earlier in the day and bought the toy bowling set and also the toy golf clubs (the really small ones that come with lil holes, and whiffle-ball-esque golf balls). We basically played golf on our knees because the clubs were so small…but it made it all the more fun.

Anyway….we did that in the Joseph F. Smith building up on Campus. Found a nice little hall for the bowling…then created a course all over the building for our golf. (btw, there was a little more to it than this…but I don’t wanna share the details and spoil it for people) JP and his date won bowling. My date and I won golf. Time was going a little faster than normal so we decided to go back to my place and get to cooler things. The other events were gonna have to wait for another time (summer…and oh dear….these events are SAWEEEET!). So we got to my place and we had to finish off strong….so we did. JP and I sang to the ladies (which always works btw) some sweet hits (I won’t say which ones as to not spoil future fun), and after that we all sang some Karaoke. That was alot of fun and we messed around a bit. After singing we put on some music and had our mini-dance. I love to throw lil dances. Cuz I love to dance. We had a wide range of genres playing just to mix things up a bit. We’d throw in nice Hip Hop, then we’d move to country, then nice romantic oldies, then some Italian Waltz, etc. It was alot of fun. I usually always include dancing in my dates just cuz it’s so much fun. And yeah…we had a good time.

I made sure she was home by midnight and that was it. Another great date to finish things off well for Spring Break. And trust me….alot of the details I left out. There are blog readers here who i’m sure i’ll end up taking out. And everyonce in awhile I pull the same trick out of my hat twice. So I can’t spoil the fun. Sorry.

Anyway, Spring break is over. I take off tomorrow night back for Princeton…the good ole Red Eye flight. Oh yeah.

Well….Spring Break was fun. Whenever i’m in Provo…girls are always the highlight of my trip. I gotta admit. There are just so many quality girls out here at BYU that I go crazy. There isn’t enough time in the day to be able to hang out with as many as I want to. I often times feel bad. I’m friends with tons of them and they know when i’m in town and sometimes it’s honestly hard to find time to ‘catch up’ with all of them. Girls here are just amazing. That’s the bottom line. BYU girls know how to take care of themselves. They are the hottest. Mormon honeys don’t waste their bodies with alcohol, tobacco or other harmful substances. They take care of themselves…and is a huge factor in contributing to their hotness. Spiritual and physical. No offense to the nerds back east, but overall Princeton girls just aren’t cuttin’ it for me. I’m not down with all your boozin’ to the max. Sorry Charlie.

Anyway, so to finish things off I just wanna say that I really liked the two girls I took out today. Quality. There isn’t really any other way to describe them. So that’s how i’ll describe them. Kim is hot. It seems like she comes from a great family. She has an amazing vision for what she wants to do as far as serving and helping others goes. She’s just a really sweet girl. Then there’s the Nacho Queen. The girl I took out at night. She’s still at the top of the list just cuz I know her better and spent more time with her overall. She’s extremely good looking, has an amazing personality, and has a spiritual commitment to the church that’s on a different level than most girls. But both are quite similar in alot of ways. They both like to serve. And I gotta be honest people, to me that’s important. Very important. If only you knew.

Well…time to go to bed. I’m tired. It was a great day though. Almost time to snap back to reality. School. School and more school. Blah blah blah blah blah. I sometimes wonder why i’m even in school cuz i’m just gonna be a crazy entrepreneur anyway…but then I pinch myself and say, “helloooooo….wake uuuuup…….it’s Princeton!…..can’t let that amazing opportunity pass you by.” And it’s true. I’m lucky to have such an opportunity. I gotta take advantage of it. But really i’m not there for the darn book learning. It’s the people i’ll meet that mean most to me. Some absolutely amazing people come out of that place…and it’s fun to meet ‘em. So that’s basically the main reason i’m there: the people. The networking. The contacts.

And of course….having the name “Princeton” following me for the rest of my life wouldn’t hurt either. So I guess i’ll stay in school.

Word to your mother. Spring Break Reflections is now over. You can all get on with your regular activities.

Much love from your Mormon wangsta…haha….
Mickey Lee Hagen

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Mar

2006

Final answer: I really enjoy dancing!

So I basically danced the night away. It was so much fun. I don’t know why I enjoy it so much….but I do. I enjoy it. I love it. It’s kinda weird.

So anyway that’s basically all I did tonight. I danced around….alot. The night started off pretty late (10:00) just cuz we were watching some NCAA b-ball. And I must mention…before watching b-ball we had a delicious family dinner. My mom is the world’s best cook. I’m telling you folks….it’s gourmet. Every day is a new adventure, a new taste. And wow it’s delicious.

Anyway, so Brad (my older bro), Shane, and Elise (some of Brad’s buddies) joined Joe and I for a night full of dancing. We hit up the Hip Hop dance at the KMB on BYU first. It was a fundraising event for the Rugby team. That was pretty cool. I was in my element there…feeling the rhythm….feeling the beat.

It bugs me how so often times people at dances all congregate so close together in one area when the room/hall has so much more room to spread out a liittle bit. They all get so jam packed and tight that you can’t even move to dance. To me it’s gay to bunch up all in one spot to the point where you can’t even move/dance. So our crew spent most of our time dancing on the outskirts of the big pack. Those fools in the middle don’t even dance. None of it really makes sense to me but the bottom line is….the dancers need room to dance. So we made sure we had room to bust our moves on the sides. It’s weird how guys don’t normally dance. I’m pretty sure we were some of the only dudes dancing. It was fun. We owned.

After awhile there we decided to hit a couple more parties. We got to one party and it was in the basement of an unfinished house. It was pretty cool. We didn’t stick around there too long…though I did meet one really cute British girl there. She’s friends with a girl that i’m already pretty good friends with. Hopefully she’ll be around in the summer. We’ll see. Anyway, the party was alright…good dj, food, etc. Then we left and headed over to another party at someone’s apartment. Parties always have themes…the theme of this one was “white trash.” We danced around a little bit there and then headed out.

By then Brad, Shane and Elise were tired….they went home. Joe and I continued our search for the perfect beat.

So we hit up Cafe del Sol….a Mexican Restuarant that brings in a DJ every Friday night and basically turns into a Latin Dancing club. We hit that for a couple hours and it was a blast. I was shakin’ my latin booty from side to side…and it was fun. By then I gotta admit…I was super, super tired. I met some interesting girls there. One in particular grabbed my attention, but she didn’t have much “direction” in her life so I didn’t really pursue. She’s American but was living in Columbia because her dad’s an FBI agent and was working there. She’s really cute and everything. But not focused enough.

So by then it was around 2:00. Joe and I were hungry. We stopped at the Golden Arches and grabbed a quick burger. Then we went home.

It was a night full of dancing indeed. I’m a dancing maniac. And I love it.

Other than the night full of dancing, my day was an overall good day. I ate lunch with JP at the Wilk. I went to the Temple with my fam. That was awesome. I went and visited a few buddies at their places. I visited the “Nacho Queen” but when I got there she was in the shower. But I left her a surprise…and I think she enjoyed it.

Also, if you read the blog from yesterday you’ll know about “Lexus.” Yeah. I went and visited her today. She wasn’t there. But I left a cool poem on her whiteboard along with a “present”…hopefully she gives me a call back tomorrow. We’ll see. She has a boyfriend. I’m not interested romantically, I just think it’d be cool to be her friend and get to know her better.

Tomorrow i’m going on a date with the Nacho Queen. I gotta admit i’m really excited about it. I gotta put on my thinking cap and start thinking of some creative activities we can do. Creativity is noble. I love to do things creatively….things are more interesting that way.

Anyway….i’m tired. I’m going to bed. Peace out gangstas.

Mickey

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