Brian's still alive part II

Hey everyone!

Again, I had a great week.  I don't think I've had a bad week since school started.  I really enjoy being in Provo, and everything that goes along with it.  The good news for this week is that I took my tests, did well in Spanish and not so well in biology.  And I did in fact finish my paper for international relations, just in time for a lunch group before class.  It was pretty fun.  I like writing, but I do wish that I didn't have to cite three pages of sources in the actual text.  It's such a pain.  It was pretty intense trying to expand on a very simple proposal and make it into a paper long enough to qualify for credit, but I managed to say the same thing in more ways than I thought were possible.  I even found quotes from other people that said basically the same thing I was arguing, so I was able to use up a good half page with each of those, and ended up with a 13 page paper, which definitely clears the 7 page minimum limit.

My stake roadshow turned out great.  We practiced a little bit more on Saturday morning, then we practiced in the afternoon and had the performance in the evening.  I felt like we performed with more energy than we had practiced with, and the microphones decided to work for us.  We were all a little nervous that they wouldn't after not being able to hear a word we were singing during the dress rehearsal.  We got lots of noise from the audience, and a complete absence of rotten fruit, so I guess we did all right.  It was a lot of fun, all in all.

The trees all have flowers on them now, but it's a little cloudy.  So it looks a lot more like spring, but it doesn't at the same time because it got cloudy today too.  I heard that it's supposed to rain/snow(?) this week.  I'm looking forward to a sunny weekend though, I'm supposed to go camping and I want to not wash down the mountain in the night.

It was also great to see so many of my family at grandma and grandpa's house in South Jordan.  It was a blast, our family rocks.  And for those of you not in my family, I encourage you to consider joining and pick up an application.  The induction process does involve some fairly serious commitment, but you'll have a good time.

I worked in the dish room yesterday.  I don't recommend it to anyone.  I usually work on the grill, but it was closed yesterday and I had to be reassigned.  I heard that being a "cook's help" is the easiest job, and least taxing, and that the dish room is by far the most miserable.  I can't speak for the "cook's help" but I would be willing to put money on dishes as the worst job available anywhere on campus.  I think working at the grill tonight is going to seem a lot nicer now after having gone through yesterday.  Tonight's shift will be shorter too, only four hours instead of six.  Four is nice, grill is nice, Monday is nice.