Julia here, still didn't figure out how to make an ID. oh well haha.
Lets see, family road trips. haha, "I'm in your garden" I remember that. I remember mom asking "whoever guesses the right amount of miles it takes us to drive from here to that hill on the horizon get's the last orange" or something like that. Listening to some Black Sabbath and RHCP always reminds me of road trips. More recently, I remember Dad, Lib and I (was keaton there too?) flying out to Utah and driving out that bucket Lincoln from cousin...whoever and visiting Nauvoo and driving back together. Also me and dad driving out to BYU and picking up Sarah in Ohio. And then driving straight from the Wijin (I forget their name) house in Iowa all the way to Utah, and stopping for frosty's in Wyoming. Me Sarah and Dad were all wired and punch funny at that point. Dad drove the rest of the way (and it's like 2-5am or something like that) and he told us afterwards that he almost drove off the side of the mounatins a couple of times haha. Good stuff. And of course the toll booth. I will never forget that. I think when I die, I want to have that on my heavenly tivo or something so I can watch it over and over haha.
Favorite "family" memories? Too many. Christmas cookies, sunday night movies, videogames, chore charts, wearing a big "M" t shirt for bed and sitting on the heater to make the shirt get all big and puffy, Liberty getting burnt by the Turkey baster, the hand of midas that as from keaton's washer/dryer toy, sledding on the big toboggan, of course all of the Granny trips and shennanigans, the m&m game "dont eat pete!". But just being together. I really had a good time at the "sumner family reunion" and visiting in Vernal with Indira, it's all about togetherness and family. :)
Favorite shows to watch? hmmm. First of all, let me apologize to mom for watching the Lion King every single day. my favorite movie, what can I say! Pete n' Pete, Legends of the Hidden Temple, Guts! (dundunn, dundundun, GUTS!), ren&stimpy, The Simpsons, House, Seinfeld, Hells Kitchen (where's the lamb sauce!!!!!), Nascar with pop haha, going to baseball games, GO PHILLIES, and of course, Jackie Chan Adventures--uncle says "One morreee thing!"
FAvorite movies? Does the best of will ferrell count? "Hayy....if themoon were made of SPare riBs, woulD you EAT IT?" Anything Jackie Chan, like Blake said. Amadeus, Ten Commandments, Breakfast Club, Moulin Rouge, Mission impossible (Eathan.....EAthan!!!), Men in Black, Armageddon (which I recently learned-Brandon thinks is one of the wost movies ever haha---but we both like Independence Day) Hercules, and I cant think of anymore right now, but it's good to eat Blake's heart attack popcorn haha.
In other news, BYU starts this monday, Aug 30!!! Yikes! It's been fun working 8 hours a day over the summer, but I was losing my mind at the library haha. Time to get back into the grove of things. My arms and back of my neck is mad tan from athletic training, I gotta tape some ankles! Miss you! love you family! :)
-J
PS-extra bonus memory! I was apparently the only one in the family who had imaginary friends. Dandu and Dootodoo. remember them? and I was apparently the only child on the planet weird enought to kill my imaginary friends with bricks and a rake in the backyard with my sister. At least I turned out alright....right? haha
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Motivated
This is in response to my own prompts, it's fun reading about everyone else's because then it triggers my own memories.
I remember making the "AAAAAAAAAAACCKKKK-lahoma" tape, and then I remember the Kermit the frog sketch where it was him interviewing Pinocchio. "My name is Abraham Lincoln and I'm 500 feet tall!!"
One constant on the early road trips was mom and dad talking quietly at a gas station in the middle of the night on a trip to somewhere, we'd be sprawled around the car and the distinct sounds of the car slowing down and their voices is something I almost got to looking forward to. I remember playing the "I'm in your garden" game where we'd push each other off of the top of the back seat onto all the luggage. ha ha. I remember putting our feet on the back windshield. I remember that I would put my head right next to dad's left shoulder, poking over the seat and talk with him about stuff. I think some of the most fun I've had was the aforementioned oll-booth incident....LoL that was hysterical. and then the being pillowheads. it was just getting dark, we were driving somewhere and Liberty and I had had entirely too much sugar, so we put our pillows on our heads and just went wild, extreme silliness.
My own road trips.... driving across the country, twice. what an adventure. it was pretty cool I will admit, it'd be better of course with someone to share it with but it was still pretty great. Driving all the way down to the middle of Georgia by accident on the way to Arizona. and still making that trip in 3 days. and then of course driving back to new jersey. I saw a lot of cool stuff on that trip. Brandon and Liberty would know, New Mexico is one of the prettiest places to drive through. And of course a road trip would not be complete without frosty's, a tradition that is still carried out today, (grand canyon) ^_^
Family spending time together? hmmm..... there will always be sheppard's night. making ridiculous amounts of Christmas cookies. I remember playing baseball as a family with the big kickball in the side yard of the first jersey house. A lot of Sunday night popcorn..........A LOT. that used to be huge. Sunday night would be movies and popcorn. dad would make a special batch for mom with light butter and no salt or something and we'd be stuffing our faces and almost always making a mess. That was always something to look forward to. I remember that turning into going over to the Graddy's house, and sharing popcorn and movie time with them. Sticky popcorn = super happy family fun time.
Favorite movie/tv show? back in Tennessee we'd always watch bozo the clown, back when mom was a seminary teacher. "Bucket number 6!" And I do remember waking up in the middle of the night to watch cartoons, ha ha, I'd usually go get the ice cream and a spoon, no bowl, and just eat ice cream and watch starwars.... I also remember getting busted.. heh heh
watching BYU games in Utah, or watching the Jazz and the Bulls play. Watching the Simpsons together. Arthur as siblings or ZOOM. i always like batman beyond. now i still like cartoons. if you watch enough in a row it's like reading a book with pictures. it's pretty cool. but a lot more time consuming. I like Bleach now. I remember watching that with Keaton on the computer, ha ha ha, "If you wanna see some action!!!....." best battle song ever. I love the show Life. it only aired for two seasons but it's awesome, it got cut because of the writer's strike back when that was going on, which is dissapointing because it was a good not to mention successful show. I've seen all of the episodes of DBZ that probably took too much of my life. but it's a good story. I think that's why I like some cartoons. because it's not just cartoons... it's a good story. I think that's why I liked halo so much. the story was awesome. (that and I was really good at it :)
And I'll tell you, back when i worked at the CVS warehouse I used to see how much of the entire script of The Princess Bride I could quote. I got pretty close to the entire movie, only missing a few lines here or there. Mr. nice guy was always fun watching together, Jackie Chan and his silliness and cool kung fu.
(sigh) good times!!!
I Love you family, I'm super grateful that we are close.
Love
-Blakester
I remember making the "AAAAAAAAAAACCKKKK-lahoma" tape, and then I remember the Kermit the frog sketch where it was him interviewing Pinocchio. "My name is Abraham Lincoln and I'm 500 feet tall!!"
One constant on the early road trips was mom and dad talking quietly at a gas station in the middle of the night on a trip to somewhere, we'd be sprawled around the car and the distinct sounds of the car slowing down and their voices is something I almost got to looking forward to. I remember playing the "I'm in your garden" game where we'd push each other off of the top of the back seat onto all the luggage. ha ha. I remember putting our feet on the back windshield. I remember that I would put my head right next to dad's left shoulder, poking over the seat and talk with him about stuff. I think some of the most fun I've had was the aforementioned oll-booth incident....LoL that was hysterical. and then the being pillowheads. it was just getting dark, we were driving somewhere and Liberty and I had had entirely too much sugar, so we put our pillows on our heads and just went wild, extreme silliness.
My own road trips.... driving across the country, twice. what an adventure. it was pretty cool I will admit, it'd be better of course with someone to share it with but it was still pretty great. Driving all the way down to the middle of Georgia by accident on the way to Arizona. and still making that trip in 3 days. and then of course driving back to new jersey. I saw a lot of cool stuff on that trip. Brandon and Liberty would know, New Mexico is one of the prettiest places to drive through. And of course a road trip would not be complete without frosty's, a tradition that is still carried out today, (grand canyon) ^_^
Family spending time together? hmmm..... there will always be sheppard's night. making ridiculous amounts of Christmas cookies. I remember playing baseball as a family with the big kickball in the side yard of the first jersey house. A lot of Sunday night popcorn..........A LOT. that used to be huge. Sunday night would be movies and popcorn. dad would make a special batch for mom with light butter and no salt or something and we'd be stuffing our faces and almost always making a mess. That was always something to look forward to. I remember that turning into going over to the Graddy's house, and sharing popcorn and movie time with them. Sticky popcorn = super happy family fun time.
Favorite movie/tv show? back in Tennessee we'd always watch bozo the clown, back when mom was a seminary teacher. "Bucket number 6!" And I do remember waking up in the middle of the night to watch cartoons, ha ha, I'd usually go get the ice cream and a spoon, no bowl, and just eat ice cream and watch starwars.... I also remember getting busted.. heh heh
watching BYU games in Utah, or watching the Jazz and the Bulls play. Watching the Simpsons together. Arthur as siblings or ZOOM. i always like batman beyond. now i still like cartoons. if you watch enough in a row it's like reading a book with pictures. it's pretty cool. but a lot more time consuming. I like Bleach now. I remember watching that with Keaton on the computer, ha ha ha, "If you wanna see some action!!!....." best battle song ever. I love the show Life. it only aired for two seasons but it's awesome, it got cut because of the writer's strike back when that was going on, which is dissapointing because it was a good not to mention successful show. I've seen all of the episodes of DBZ that probably took too much of my life. but it's a good story. I think that's why I like some cartoons. because it's not just cartoons... it's a good story. I think that's why I liked halo so much. the story was awesome. (that and I was really good at it :)
And I'll tell you, back when i worked at the CVS warehouse I used to see how much of the entire script of The Princess Bride I could quote. I got pretty close to the entire movie, only missing a few lines here or there. Mr. nice guy was always fun watching together, Jackie Chan and his silliness and cool kung fu.
(sigh) good times!!!
I Love you family, I'm super grateful that we are close.
Love
-Blakester
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Cat Soup
All of you have had such good stories to tell. I will tell some from the early days. Back when you were younger. Okay - Memorable Driving Experience - When we were moving from Arizona to Tennessee we had all of our belongings in the big Penske truck which Pop was driving and I was driving the white Bonneville filled with 2 year old Blake and 2 month old Liberty. Then the fusible link in the electrical system fried and the alternator quit working on the car. We were dirt poor and could not afford to stop at a garage to get it fixed. This happened somewhere between Memphis and Jackson, TN. We ended up tying the car to the truck to tow it along, but it was not secure and it needed someone to ride in it and steer it and brake it. This was fine. Blake was riding in the car seat up in the truck with Benet and I was in the car with Baby Liberty. Until it started to rain. The electrical system was shot, remember, so the wipers were running off the battery and everything started to go downhill. We switched drivers. I was now driving the truck and Benet drove the car. I had never driven a big truck before. Then there was construction. All of the traffic was down to one skinny lane with a steep drop off cliff on one side and hardcore orange cones on the left, pouring down rain and I don't know what I am doing. I am overcorrecting all over the place, Benet is behind me being towed by a piece of rope with his head out the window because the wipers aren't working trying to see what he is doing so he doesn't smash into our truck, smash our car or go out into the oncoming traffic. Oh, and yeah, the children are awake, hungry and irritable at this point. I really felt like the pioneers going out west because we had truly put our trust in the Lord's hands at that point. We had NO CLUE what we were doing, only that we were supposed to do it. I had a severe case of white knuckles.
2) Most vivid memories of spending time together? Going to Florida for Gramma Vacations. The First Year we went to Gramma's was the year The Badgetts had kindly told me "Everything Wrong in Our Lives is All Your Fault and We Want Nothing To Do With You Ever Again." I was pregnant with Keaton (It was April of 1993 when they dropped that bomb on me) and the doctor said he was going to induce labor because of the stress. Keaton was born two weeks early and weighed 9 pounds at birth which is HUGE!!! (I get gestational diabetes and the stress really complicated it) So the first year was running away and finding my bearings. We did so much - being chased by seagulls, going to the ocean, learning about Gramma and being fussed at by her, quilting, going to the IMAX, going to the Mermaid place and going to Sea World that first year. It was awesome. We stayed two weeks that first time with Keaton as a newborn. Let me throw in a music thingy here - I listened to Guns N Roses continuously as it helped my soul that year. Following years were spent At Grammas - weeks during the summer or a week during Easter. Fun Times.
3) Favorite TV shows.... My favorite one that you don't know about is Match Game. it is hysterical. I would watch that with Esther, one of my gramma ladies I was a care-giver for. I watched it growing up too and thought it was awesome. I don't care for TV that much. It sucks my soul because I am attracted to moving pictures and will stare dazedly at it and realize I have watched a whole hour of So You Think You Can Dance or Hell's Kitchen or other such drivel when I could have read a book. I do like Hell's Kitchen though. Simpsons. yeah.
4) Movies with Family: Princess Bride, Disney Movies, Ferris Beuhler, Ten Commandments, HEATHERS, Shrek... I mean, c'mon... any of these movies we can just close our eyes and repeat the script word for word. But NOT Planet of the Apes. Liberty is right. The soundtrack is just plain horrid. Even John Cage would not take credit for it.
2) Most vivid memories of spending time together? Going to Florida for Gramma Vacations. The First Year we went to Gramma's was the year The Badgetts had kindly told me "Everything Wrong in Our Lives is All Your Fault and We Want Nothing To Do With You Ever Again." I was pregnant with Keaton (It was April of 1993 when they dropped that bomb on me) and the doctor said he was going to induce labor because of the stress. Keaton was born two weeks early and weighed 9 pounds at birth which is HUGE!!! (I get gestational diabetes and the stress really complicated it) So the first year was running away and finding my bearings. We did so much - being chased by seagulls, going to the ocean, learning about Gramma and being fussed at by her, quilting, going to the IMAX, going to the Mermaid place and going to Sea World that first year. It was awesome. We stayed two weeks that first time with Keaton as a newborn. Let me throw in a music thingy here - I listened to Guns N Roses continuously as it helped my soul that year. Following years were spent At Grammas - weeks during the summer or a week during Easter. Fun Times.
3) Favorite TV shows.... My favorite one that you don't know about is Match Game. it is hysterical. I would watch that with Esther, one of my gramma ladies I was a care-giver for. I watched it growing up too and thought it was awesome. I don't care for TV that much. It sucks my soul because I am attracted to moving pictures and will stare dazedly at it and realize I have watched a whole hour of So You Think You Can Dance or Hell's Kitchen or other such drivel when I could have read a book. I do like Hell's Kitchen though. Simpsons. yeah.
4) Movies with Family: Princess Bride, Disney Movies, Ferris Beuhler, Ten Commandments, HEATHERS, Shrek... I mean, c'mon... any of these movies we can just close our eyes and repeat the script word for word. But NOT Planet of the Apes. Liberty is right. The soundtrack is just plain horrid. Even John Cage would not take credit for it.
Friday, August 20, 2010
Memories
Throughout my life I have been an observer. Let me explain. My disability limits what activities I can actually participate in and also gives me a great excuse if I don't want to participate. Who's going to say "oh you're not THAT crippled!" (Sorry that was a joke in poor taste but that's how I roll) Because of this fact, there are many memories that as a family, I have, but they are just memories of others doing things rather than my participating in that memory. I have come to terms with that fact though and have been a better sport as of late.
With that out of the way, I do have a memory that I will always hold dear to my heart. As a family tradition, during the Summer Break of that kid they get to choose where to go on that vacation. As the youngest child, when it came my turn I was the only kid still at home and I wanted to do something a bit more my speed instead of the beach. I decided that I wanted to go to Philadelphia and see all of the historical sites. This didn't seem like very much fun to my mom so just my dad and I went. We had a blast seeing all this history. On our last night we went to a fabulous restraunt called Morimoto's. He is a chef from the show Iron Chef. We decided that since we had spent a little more than we probably should have we decided to head back home. On the way back to the car we past a homeless man and we just past him by. On the drive back to the Fort, we both realized that we had made a terrible mistake. Spending so much on a single meal and not even being willing to give something, anything so someone in need. I had just experienced the dichotomy of the haves and the have-nots. I had always considered myself someone who didn't have much, but that night I realized how much I did have. How much I could do if I was but willing.
I remember that vacation not because I saw something so cool, or because it was so much fun. I remember it because I learned a valuable from and with my Father. This event cemented the respect I have for my dad.
Road Music
As it turns out I am a couple posts behind once again! So for this time I am to write about what music I listen to in multiple situations. So to begin, on a daily basis I listen to a variety of music. In the car on the way to work I listen to rap/hip-hop. Lately though I've been listening to audiobooks on my way to and from work because I listen to the same books while I work. While I'm on the computer I really don't listen to music, I usually watch something on Netflix or Hulu. For a road trip, this past trip I did audiobooks again but usually Liberty and I just chat while we drive. When I just need some tunes, either iPod or what have you, I listen to Muse or Lady GaGa or Cake when I'm in a good mood, Rob Zombie when I'm in a more angsty state, and that's about it! Sorry my musical taste is limited, music was never really played in the house unless my mom was playing it on the piano. My siblings sometimes played the music they were interested in at the time which ranged from country to metal to rap. Other than that, my music is pretty limited, sorry my new family who is crazy about music!
M.C. Stumpy
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Family memories and such
Great prompts Blake!! I hope we all take the time to answer...
Brainstorming ideas to answer this I think of a ton of different little memories but not one huge big one: watching movies in the car... playing Gauntlet (Green Knight has gained a level!)... making tapes when we were reeeally little (AAAAAAAAA-klahoma!)... the little tiny potty chair? (eeeew), sleeping in terribly uncomfortable positions, hiding out in the back-back-back with the speakers waaaaay too loud- so I muffle them with pillows and blankets so you guys would turn it up even louder so you could hear. I even remember when Dad got pulled over for speeding and Blake and I were both hiding out (seatbelt-less of course) on top of all the luggage in the waay back, trying to be still and unnoticeable. But definitely the best memory would be when we were driving up to EFY with Kevin McAvoy, and we see some raceway Dad thinks it'd be cool to visit. He says we'll ask the toll booth guy how to get there, but when we get there, the rest of us kids decide it would be hilarious to make hideous throwing-up noises when we pull up to the toll booth. This makes it impossible for Dad to hear anything and he suddenly whips around and yells at us- what exactly I can't remember (can anybody fill this in?) Something about a bunch of idiots back here or shut up I don't know. He had his sunglasses on so we couldn't tell if he was truly furious or just peeved we were being childish. But it was hilarious. Hahaha
Number 2: Besides driving what is the most vivid/favorite/craziest memories you have of the family spending time together? Hmmm I don't know, I have a terrible memory as it is, so trying to think of something without any specifics to clue my memory in is hard... Going to Burger King for Christmas Eve dinner was good. :] All those Easter Egg hunts in Florida where we'd get mad at whoever found the money egg, or smashing empty eggshells on top of each others heads... building a green snow dragon in Utah... Climbing the kid tree and exploring the cave back there-- Lots of memories about that cave- how it was a witches lair, or if you walked in you'd immediately fall down a hole, or how it actually just led to KMart. I remember when we saw some teenagers sniffing glue up there by the swing, and once, Will Furan and I were out there alone, and we looked up into the cave, and we saw two big red eyes, real high off the ground, and we went running and shrieking back to the house, but no one would believe us (heck I don't even believe it anymore). Fond memories of growing up. Sorry I listed so many. :]
Number 3: What were your favorite tv shows? favorite cartoons? favorite sports? watching with the family? by yourself? Well first, another memory... I remember once in Tennessee waking up to find Blake watching cartoons on Cartoon Network waay late once, and I was jealous I'd never had this great idea, and stayed up watching with him until Mom found us. :] Favorites from growing up: All That, Angry Beavers, Card Captors, Smurfs, whatever anyone else was watching (Arthur, Julia?!). Now? Phineas and Ferb is hilarious... Simpsons, of course. Love watching that with all you guys (Brandon doesn't find it nearly as funny) As for real-live tv, House, SNL, Glee, If I Can Dream are all on my Hulu queue. But Better Off Ted and Community are great odd ball ones too. I don't watch sports on tv, so that's out. Anyway, right now our tv is out of commission- we get no signal without a digital tuner and Brandon's computer monitor is bigger anyway (does anyone want to by our puny 19" tv? really?) so all of our tv/movie watching occurs on the computer through netflix or hulu.
Number 3-b: What was your favorite movie to watch as a family?
Number 2: Besides driving what is the most vivid/favorite/craziest memories you have of the family spending time together? Hmmm I don't know, I have a terrible memory as it is, so trying to think of something without any specifics to clue my memory in is hard... Going to Burger King for Christmas Eve dinner was good. :] All those Easter Egg hunts in Florida where we'd get mad at whoever found the money egg, or smashing empty eggshells on top of each others heads... building a green snow dragon in Utah... Climbing the kid tree and exploring the cave back there-- Lots of memories about that cave- how it was a witches lair, or if you walked in you'd immediately fall down a hole, or how it actually just led to KMart. I remember when we saw some teenagers sniffing glue up there by the swing, and once, Will Furan and I were out there alone, and we looked up into the cave, and we saw two big red eyes, real high off the ground, and we went running and shrieking back to the house, but no one would believe us (heck I don't even believe it anymore). Fond memories of growing up. Sorry I listed so many. :]
Number 3: What were your favorite tv shows? favorite cartoons? favorite sports? watching with the family? by yourself? Well first, another memory... I remember once in Tennessee waking up to find Blake watching cartoons on Cartoon Network waay late once, and I was jealous I'd never had this great idea, and stayed up watching with him until Mom found us. :] Favorites from growing up: All That, Angry Beavers, Card Captors, Smurfs, whatever anyone else was watching (Arthur, Julia?!). Now? Phineas and Ferb is hilarious... Simpsons, of course. Love watching that with all you guys (Brandon doesn't find it nearly as funny) As for real-live tv, House, SNL, Glee, If I Can Dream are all on my Hulu queue. But Better Off Ted and Community are great odd ball ones too. I don't watch sports on tv, so that's out. Anyway, right now our tv is out of commission- we get no signal without a digital tuner and Brandon's computer monitor is bigger anyway (does anyone want to by our puny 19" tv? really?) so all of our tv/movie watching occurs on the computer through netflix or hulu.
Number 3-b: What was your favorite movie to watch as a family?
Um. Good ones? That make us laugh and quote for hours afterwards? Toy Story... Bill and Ted (watching that with Brandon now-hahaha first time in a long time I've seen it). Planet of the Apes! Actually a momentous moment for me happened while watching PotA (what a terrible acronym) I made a joke about the terrible music during the opening credits- the music byline popped up and I said 'now we know who to blame' and you all laughed and I remember that was the first time I ever thought I could be funny. :] Of course then I said it a few more times later immediately making it lame, but still. It was somewhat important for the development of Liberty. :]
Anyway, Love you all and hope to see you answer at least some of Blake's questions soon.
School starts next week - Brandon's pumped, but I'm definitely not too excited. I've just enjoyed being a do-nothing so much this summer I don't really wanna go back (Senioritis anyone?). :\ I'm sure I'll get into the swing of things quickly, but I will continue to be whiny about it until then.
Love you all!
Liberty
Friday, August 13, 2010
Ketchup
SO here I am, starting off!!
After the local spot (which was more or less a joke.....the potty picture remember?) I'd really have to say that my favorite hang out spot was probably with ray and the boys. Always messing around, running around jersey having adventures, through thick and thin, when I burned my face, getting in and out of trouble with the authorities and our parents ha ha ha ha. So really any place where ray and the guys were that WAS my favorite place to hang out and chill. NOW it is of course with Indira. Even though we're far apart right now, it's been a growing experience for both of us and we're happy to report that we're both doing very well...
Chores? really? well hmmm, MEMORIES of chores would include the time we cleaned competitively in Utah for whatever it was we were competing for. I found out that I was the most thorough cleaner. (anybody else remember that?) I remember doing dishes in Tennessee washing silverware and bottles and stuff (Bottles!!!!) ha ha. In jersey probably the biggest chore that I can remember doing the most was mowing the lawn. At the first house when we had the tractor mower I always cut the grass super short (killing it >_<) so I wouldn't have to cut it for as long as possible. I remember the house now, trying to get all grass in the back back. trying to stay away from scary bugs and things. Vacuuming was probably the easiest for me, or cleaning the living room, everything had a place and then a good vacuum later would provide a nice clean floor to lay all over. Cleaning my room was probably the least favorite (how many hands agree with that? lol) so yea that's about it for chores.
Favorite music to drive to? This is pretty specific, and it's a relative question because it depends on what kind of mood you're in. If you're driving angry you want to listen to metallica or some other head-bangin stuff. If you're being contemplative or thoughtful maybe some coldplay. i liked U2's Joshua Tree the most. But i think that's more of a fantastical imagining from a movie or something, convertible driving in the desert with the wind in your hair and U2 blasting. I remember the trip Liberty Mom and I took to go visit granny for the last time. We listened to a lot of coldplay, that's when the new x and y album had just come out. See? The rest of this post could go different directions because I don't drive here in Korea. I walk or ride my bike everywhere. Music in general is tricky because it really depends on what you're doing. It can either influence you or maybe you're just looking to get some emotions out. I love breaking benjamin, they have a really solid sound. I also enjoy coldplay, jack johnson, john mayer, those acoustic sounds just for chilling. I wouldn't say my music tastes are very diverse at all. I usually stick to to or three genres. I have a sweet spot for good cover songs. If there's a cover song with a different feel but it feels great i love that kind of stuff. I also enjoy classical music to a hidden degree. ha ha ha, Bach's cellos suites are exquisite, there are numerous other pieces that I find particularly delectable. I think that my overall music tastes reflect my personality very much; mostly chill, a loud crazy fast bit, and a small refined dignified taste for the skill and ability of composing classical pieces. I do like new music, and by new I mean things that I haven't heard before, but I don't go out of my way to find new things that I like. that's not disappointing to me at all. just something that i personally don't actively pursue.
NOW
as far as prompts....
I know I have the 15th, but because we've been lacking in prompts for whatever reason I'll put down a couple... I don't know how to put them in the little box area so I'll just do it here.
Number 1: what is your most favorite/most vivid/ craziest memory of family road trips/driving experiences? (the more the better)
Number 2: Besides driving what is the most vivid/favorite/craziest memories you have of the family spending time together?
Number 3: What were your favorite tv shows? favorite cartoons? favorite sports? watching with the family? by yourself?
Number 3-b: What was your favorite movie to watch as a family?
I don't know how it'd work, but I think if we had something where we had a full conversation from movie quotes that it would be funny and a good time, heh heh just thinking about Julia's super epic quote mashup on fb.
I LOVE EVERYONE hope everything is going well, as soon as everyone posts from those prompts I'll do mine and then we can move on to the next prompt :)
I love my family
-Blakester
After the local spot (which was more or less a joke.....the potty picture remember?) I'd really have to say that my favorite hang out spot was probably with ray and the boys. Always messing around, running around jersey having adventures, through thick and thin, when I burned my face, getting in and out of trouble with the authorities and our parents ha ha ha ha. So really any place where ray and the guys were that WAS my favorite place to hang out and chill. NOW it is of course with Indira. Even though we're far apart right now, it's been a growing experience for both of us and we're happy to report that we're both doing very well...
Chores? really? well hmmm, MEMORIES of chores would include the time we cleaned competitively in Utah for whatever it was we were competing for. I found out that I was the most thorough cleaner. (anybody else remember that?) I remember doing dishes in Tennessee washing silverware and bottles and stuff (Bottles!!!!) ha ha. In jersey probably the biggest chore that I can remember doing the most was mowing the lawn. At the first house when we had the tractor mower I always cut the grass super short (killing it >_<) so I wouldn't have to cut it for as long as possible. I remember the house now, trying to get all grass in the back back. trying to stay away from scary bugs and things. Vacuuming was probably the easiest for me, or cleaning the living room, everything had a place and then a good vacuum later would provide a nice clean floor to lay all over. Cleaning my room was probably the least favorite (how many hands agree with that? lol) so yea that's about it for chores.
Favorite music to drive to? This is pretty specific, and it's a relative question because it depends on what kind of mood you're in. If you're driving angry you want to listen to metallica or some other head-bangin stuff. If you're being contemplative or thoughtful maybe some coldplay. i liked U2's Joshua Tree the most. But i think that's more of a fantastical imagining from a movie or something, convertible driving in the desert with the wind in your hair and U2 blasting. I remember the trip Liberty Mom and I took to go visit granny for the last time. We listened to a lot of coldplay, that's when the new x and y album had just come out. See? The rest of this post could go different directions because I don't drive here in Korea. I walk or ride my bike everywhere. Music in general is tricky because it really depends on what you're doing. It can either influence you or maybe you're just looking to get some emotions out. I love breaking benjamin, they have a really solid sound. I also enjoy coldplay, jack johnson, john mayer, those acoustic sounds just for chilling. I wouldn't say my music tastes are very diverse at all. I usually stick to to or three genres. I have a sweet spot for good cover songs. If there's a cover song with a different feel but it feels great i love that kind of stuff. I also enjoy classical music to a hidden degree. ha ha ha, Bach's cellos suites are exquisite, there are numerous other pieces that I find particularly delectable. I think that my overall music tastes reflect my personality very much; mostly chill, a loud crazy fast bit, and a small refined dignified taste for the skill and ability of composing classical pieces. I do like new music, and by new I mean things that I haven't heard before, but I don't go out of my way to find new things that I like. that's not disappointing to me at all. just something that i personally don't actively pursue.
NOW
as far as prompts....
I know I have the 15th, but because we've been lacking in prompts for whatever reason I'll put down a couple... I don't know how to put them in the little box area so I'll just do it here.
Number 1: what is your most favorite/most vivid/ craziest memory of family road trips/driving experiences? (the more the better)
Number 2: Besides driving what is the most vivid/favorite/craziest memories you have of the family spending time together?
Number 3: What were your favorite tv shows? favorite cartoons? favorite sports? watching with the family? by yourself?
Number 3-b: What was your favorite movie to watch as a family?
I don't know how it'd work, but I think if we had something where we had a full conversation from movie quotes that it would be funny and a good time, heh heh just thinking about Julia's super epic quote mashup on fb.
I LOVE EVERYONE hope everything is going well, as soon as everyone posts from those prompts I'll do mine and then we can move on to the next prompt :)
I love my family
-Blakester
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Road Music
Hey team!
Just a sidenote- Sorry I never post comments. I always feel happy and special when someone posts comments on mine so I'm sure you all feel the same- I'll try to be better at it.
Anyway, we're finally home from our massive-three-week-triangle-adventure-of-awesomeness! Our vlog didn't last at all. Hahaha. Nice try noobs. But we had a great time hanging out (and meeting!) Sumner family and friends from Brandon's days at BYU. It was fabulous. And surprisingly not as tedious driving as we thought. 80 hours on the road, 6 hotel nights, 3 flat wheelchair tires, almost two full audiobooks (plus bits of 3 others), and about 5,000 miles later we're home again home again. Sleeping in our own beds!! Woot!
So fresh off our road trip we should have a good idea about road tunes right? Well, we didn't listen to too much music... We listened to a lot of audiobooks, like I said, and Brandon loves listening to comedians on cd, so we did a lot of that. I think the most important feature of road tunes is that everyone enjoys it. Or at least you switch often enough (shuffle the ol ipod) that everyone can enjoy it. The Travel Song from Shrek the musical was my theme song (listen here- I was Donkey;Brandon, Shrek). Styx, Queen, Lady Gaga also popular choices, but we did a fair share of just chatting too. :] Good to get in some decent conversation.
So dad tells me I should post some pictures up.... but it's late and I should be in bed. Sorry!
Plus my camera I think is in the van and I'm already in pjs. Soon enough, my friends!! Soon enough!!
Love you all,
Keep writing.
Liberty
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Tunes
This is an awesome topic Julia: Cartoons. I was always such an audiophile, albeit a broke one, that music played a HUGE role in my life. I started making mix-tapes to take to youth conferences. They never heard of such a thing back then. BACK THEN - a mix tape was a time-consuming event involving tedious recording of cuts from your favorite records and even borrowing records from friends. Now, all you gotta do is push Ipod shuffle, no work at all. What first attracts my attention, is a pronounced funky. U2, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Prince and TOOL has this. What I love is something that jams forever and does not end after 3 minutes. LOTS of my music does this. Neil Young, The Cure, Dave Matthews. I love voices with interesting textures and inflections like k.d. lang, Roger Waters, Alanis Morisette, Elvis Costello, Lou Reed and Matisyahu. I love bands/musicians that don't take themselves too darn seriously like Queen, ACDC, the Beastie Boys, Eminem, EnVogue. I love music that I can get my anger out with like Guns N Roses, Nickelback, Pearl Jam and Rage Against the Machine. I love music that uplifts me like Handels Messiah, bassoon sonata by Mozart, cello concertos and Beethoven. I love guitar music like Dire Straits, Pat Metheney and Santana. I love music. I love music. I love music. It saved my life many a time. It soothed my savage beasties more times than I can count. I have lost myself in the pounding throb of the Chemical Brothers and found myself weeping as the Tabernacle Choir sang O Divine Redeemer (MY ALL TIME FAVORITE PIECE BY THEM). Toons. Gotta have them. Can't life without them. *My apologies for all the music I have missed and forgotten to put in here.
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Despite Liberty being in Provo for the past week, I still managed to forget to ask her how to make an "identity" or author thingy or however you call it. im a dingus
1) favorite chore--uh, I was the only sumner child that inherited the "sumner" cleaning gene (and liberty knows what that is now after seeing uncle wayne in action!) So I like to clean everything. I'm down with brandon on the dishes. Waiting for a big pile--that's my way. Until them, let 'em soak right! I am a custodian for my job, so obviously, I must be doing something right in the cleaning area.
2) favorite road music. (by the way, this was my 'writing prompt' and I couldnt think of anything better, sorry you have to answer a lame question--or dont answer at all!) Something about Red Hot Chili Peppers just makes me want to drive across california or something. Also Neil Young, Broadway sing-a-long stuff (me and Keato did Les Mis on the way to Ogden!) and of course Shaggy!!! I am missing the cd! maybe I left it in Jersey! :(
The sumner family reunion was a blast! We got some old slides of dad lookin just like keaton (big nose and all) and I heard some stories about dad hahaha! It was fun to hang out with the family, and I really wish we all could have been there together! I cried watching the video of grandpa bearing his testimony (aww, I'm lame) and I'm blessed with such a great family and we can be together forever! (dont cry!)
Not much else happening in Provo. I started 'shadowing' for athletic training at UVU. I'm pro at making ice bags haha. Cousin Kim comes home from France tomorrow! uh oh, time to overhaul and clean the house!
I can't think of anything else to write, and technically I'm on the clock right now at work (hehehe....watch out for the boss!)
-Sending out some Utah love! -J
Despite Liberty being in Provo for the past week, I still managed to forget to ask her how to make an "identity" or author thingy or however you call it. im a dingus
1) favorite chore--uh, I was the only sumner child that inherited the "sumner" cleaning gene (and liberty knows what that is now after seeing uncle wayne in action!) So I like to clean everything. I'm down with brandon on the dishes. Waiting for a big pile--that's my way. Until them, let 'em soak right! I am a custodian for my job, so obviously, I must be doing something right in the cleaning area.
2) favorite road music. (by the way, this was my 'writing prompt' and I couldnt think of anything better, sorry you have to answer a lame question--or dont answer at all!) Something about Red Hot Chili Peppers just makes me want to drive across california or something. Also Neil Young, Broadway sing-a-long stuff (me and Keato did Les Mis on the way to Ogden!) and of course Shaggy!!! I am missing the cd! maybe I left it in Jersey! :(
The sumner family reunion was a blast! We got some old slides of dad lookin just like keaton (big nose and all) and I heard some stories about dad hahaha! It was fun to hang out with the family, and I really wish we all could have been there together! I cried watching the video of grandpa bearing his testimony (aww, I'm lame) and I'm blessed with such a great family and we can be together forever! (dont cry!)
Not much else happening in Provo. I started 'shadowing' for athletic training at UVU. I'm pro at making ice bags haha. Cousin Kim comes home from France tomorrow! uh oh, time to overhaul and clean the house!
I can't think of anything else to write, and technically I'm on the clock right now at work (hehehe....watch out for the boss!)
-Sending out some Utah love! -J
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