Skidz Blog

What do you want to do before you die?

2011-08-15T23:17:00.000-07:00

I have recently been watching this T.V. show called, "The Buried Life." If you haven't seen it I'll give you a run down of what it is about. Basically, these four friends were sitting in a garage one day thinking about all of the things they would like to do before they die, but for everyone one thing they cross off of their list they do something else for someone that would like to do before they die. It has made me think a lot about, if I'm helping out people and if I could help out more people in my daily life with the things I have been blessed with. There is one thing I would like to do before I die, and that is start a shoe company. I have an idea of making shoes that are designed after different organizations ribbons that help support the cause and every pair of shoes that is bought a portion of the proceeds will be donated to the foundation you are supporting. The only problem I am having right now is trying to find someone to help me with the prototype of the making of the shoes. I have the designs and how they are supposed to look when they are done. This is one thing that is really close to my heart. My mom passed away from Breast Cancer when I was 14, making it 12 years ago, August 19th. I have a ribbon tattooed on my back for her remembrance, and it made me think of what can I do to help the foundations out as much as I can. I think it would be a great thing to happen, like how TOMS have helped put shoes on orphan kids feet in Africa and other poverty stricken countries. My idea would go towards the help of curing disease that kill millions of people each year or go towards the help of prevention and early detection among people. Thats what I want to do before I die. If you know anyone that needs help doing something in their life go and help them if you can, help them change their life for better and not for worse. There is enough bad stuff in this world that anymore of it will just make it tear us apart even more. We all need to start helping out and volunteering our time when we can to those less fortunate than us. Its all about Karma, someone does something nice for you, do something nice for someone else. Pay it forward. So I ask you, What do you want to do before you die? If I can help let me know. I would love for nothing more.

Winning the Lottery

2011-05-23T21:48:00.000-07:00

I was driving down the freeway today and saw a billboard for the Texas State Lottery, and it was at $144 Million. I kept driving and I couldn't stop thinking about what I would do if I were to win that money, who I would help out and how many good things I could do with it. I started thinking about those closest to me and what I would do for them by either giving them money, or just paying their bills off completely. I want you all to think about this and think about what you would do with your money if you were to win over $100 million.

Pictures?

2011-04-27T00:06:00.001-07:00

I heard a quote that said, "Has anyone said to you I look so old in this picture," when in all reality every picture that is taken you are older in that picture. It makes me think of the things that change through different times in our lives and seeing different expressions on peoples faces and how you can just tell from when they were little to where they are now and how they have changed in their life and to see the different pains and angst in their life and how it effected them in their life just through their facial expressions. So next time you hear someone say that think about what you want your pictures to look like. Would you want someone years from now looking at your picture and thinking to themselves man that person looks super unhappy or anything negative about you? Keep all of your memories good ones.

Can a girl be a best friend?

2011-04-26T23:51:00.000-07:00

This is the question that may well be something everyone asks themselves at least once in their life. I still don't know the correct answer to this question and I don't think anyone will ever know the right answer. I just know that I have this friend that is a girl and she is pretty awesome. Granted I'm not getting caught by her dad in her basement at 2 a.m. in a closet because she said, "He's asleep so don't worry about it." Its things like this that make us closer than most people and things like this show we know how to live on the "edge" and be awesome. I have only known her for a few years but they have been a few great years. Its hard that I can't go and watch basketball on the weekends with her and see her smiling face at my leisure. Thanks to modern technology I can text, call, write her on FB, or other social networking things of that nature. But I told her I would write a blog just to her so here you go. I will let you know that I love ya and that you're amazing and Im so glad that I can have you in my life and know that through thick and thin you'll always be there for me when I need you as will I be there for you. Life can suck sometimes and I know youre going through a rough patch right now but heres a quote that I love, "Everythings ok in the end, if its not ok, its not the end."

Peanut Butter Sandwich

2011-04-26T23:12:00.000-07:00

This is how I make a sandwich, I get two pieces of bread and spread crunchy peanut butter on one side only, and put the side that doesn't have anything on it on top of the other piece. It's as simple as that to make my sandwich. I use this analogy to express how easy I wish life was, just two pieces of bread and some peanut butter. With this simpleness of life, would it be exciting? Would it have feeling? Would it even be worth living? Gordon B. Hinckley once said, "Life should be enjoyed, not endured." I take this quote into considerable consideration when thinking about my life and what I am doing in it. Am I always striving to make the right decisions? Am I doing everything the Lord would love and approve of? Am I making my mom, who I love and miss dearly, proud? These are just a sliver of the things I think about each day, not to take into consideration the other thousand things on my life that consist of my friends, family, work, school, etc. I sometimes let other things run my life, example being video games, and how sometimes I'll sit in front of a video game for hours on end and not care about what else is going on out in the real world because it feels like its a get away that I need. Work right now is a major part of life. I moved to Texas to work and leave everything behind in Rexburg just so I can make some money to get out of debt. Was it the best choice? I believe so, especially since I should be able to get out of debt. Back to my original point of life being simple, if life was simple and had no heart to it and had no trials where would we learn and be able to enjoy things. You can't tell me that when you are doing bad things that it isn't fun when you're doing them at the time... When your mom told you not to eat a cookie before dinner when you were little and since she said "NO" it made you want to do it ten times more than you had originally wanted to. In our society when someone says that you can't do something, or that it can't be done, our human instinct is to do what they said we couldn't do for the purpose of showing someone else that we can do it whether they tell us we can do it or not. I know I have done this many of times. But when someones tells us we can't do something and we prove them wrong it makes it all the better in our mind and in theres. This is where the excitement and the feeling of something in our lives comes in. I'm a simple kind of guy, most people will want more on their sandwich, pickles, lettuce, jam whatever or more excitement in their life. I am just a simple guy loving life with simple things in it. Thats why I can just sit in front of tv and play a video game for hours and be totally happy or going for a drive in my car with just some techno music playing. I don't ask for alot out of life just as long as the people that I love around me are happy. I will do whatever I can to make them happy cause they are my friends, my family, and the people that I will love forever.

The "Friend Zone"

2010-10-23T12:58:00.000-07:00

The Friend Zone

Let me tell you what I have learned best from a movie that is spot on when it comes to the subject. Here's the scenario, jack and Jill are friends, they hangout all the time and talk all the time. Jack starts getting feeling for Jill but she doesn't like him more than just a friend even though they get along great and love hanging out with each other. This my friends is called, "The Friend Zone."
I learned this term "friend zone" from the movie, Just Friends. What I described above is exactly what happens in the movie. I have been in this situation many of times and I can tell you, it's the worst experience of my life and I hate it more than anything. There have been people that come into my life that I just click with instantly and it feels like there is something there, we go on dates and talk and have a grand ol'time and then something happens and I'm in it, the infamous friend zone. It is an impenetrable force field that can't be touched. Some of these I have gotten over and some it has just been a rough time and I just deal with it, no matter how hard it is. It's worth it to keep the friendship, even if it hurts slightly.
One thing of advice that I can give, is talk about what's going on to make sure, before you get your feelings involved, that way no one will get their feelings hurt.

Life as I know it.

2010-10-10T21:42:00.000-07:00

Its been a while since I have been on here to blog and decided I would update everyone on whats been going on in my life over the past few months. I'll begin with the start of the semester. I moved back in the Ridge apartments but this time with people that I actually knew and liked, ok, I only knew one of them but he assured me that the other four guys in the apartment were totally cool and that we would get along great. So, moving day was here and everyone was moving in all of their stuff and old friendships and new friendships were beginning or continuing where they left off. I enjoy living up at these apartments it's like its own little community where everyone knows everyone and hangs out with everyone its a lot of fun.

I was thoroughly enjoyed with having my friend Trachelle come back into town. Let me tell you something about this girl. I was in Albuquerque, NM, and there was this gorgeous girl in my ward that I was going to and really skeptical about going to in the first place and I meet this outspoken and outgoing girl that I instantly became friends with. If I looked back on our friendship to last summer I never would have thought it would have came out to be how it is now. I can truly say that she is one of my best friends in the world. We have done a lot of things together and we have had some great times partying and dancing the night away while both of us are looking like idiots on the dance floor and not caring cause we're in our own world. We have had both our good times and bad times, we had a falling out in the spring but I'm glad we finally are back on good terms cause I feel like I would be lost with out her in my life. We talk about everything or mainly I talk to her and she tells me straight up what I'm doing and how I am doing the right thing or if I am being an idiot. She will never lie to me and is always upfront and honest about stuff. I'm truly blessed to have her in my life with the guidance that she has given me the past few months and I love her for that.

There have been friends that have come and gone over the past little while, and I can't even try to explain how blessed I am for having them in my life but I am going to try. I'll begin with my roommates and how awesome they are. Jordan is one of my friends from last semester I feel we got really close as the end of the semester came to a near, hanging out outside playing basketball til two or three in the morning just having heart-to-hearts and talking about stuff and truly getting to know one another and I consider him one of my best friends right now. He has really helped me get to where I want to be and has been a great positive influence on my life and I owe him a lot for helping me do this. One of the R.M.'s his name is Derek and he is cousins to Jordan has been a great influence on me also. I have three guys that are all preparing to go on missions right now and the other two are R.M's. Being the oldest in the apartment I put it on my shoulders to try and be the good example for these young guys so that they stay on the straight and narrow path. Helping them be good people, helped me a better person without me even knowing it, and for that I thank them from the bottom of my heart.

There are so many other people out there that I wish I could thank by writing something about them but that would take forever. But I need to give a shout out to my Bishop, Bishop Reed. He has been a true inspiration to me and has helped give me hope to know that I can do what I want to do. He is the most kind and understanding man I have ever met and wouldn't be here without him.

I am now ready and worthy to finally go to the Temple like I have wanted to do and have been working for over the past few years. It has been a long and trying time but I feel if I didn't have those times in my life then I wouldn't be where I am now. I have a true testimony of repentance and what the Atonement can do for you and how it helped save my life from where I was going, to where I am now.

A Calming Place....

2010-07-04T00:45:00.000-07:00

I have this place, its dark and quiet.
The wind howls sometimes and makes the trees bend,
I only share it with special people in my life
If you have been there you know the feeling that I get.
Life is stressful, with everything on your plate
So much to choose from but to make the right choice is tough.
When there is to much going on in my life, I go here..
My calming place.
Its calms me down so I can sleep after a rough day.
I get answers to my prayers and know that someones listening
If I feel alone I go to this place and I feel loved.
I wish sometimes I could feel your warmth around me
your loving embrace, the smell of your clothes.
Soon enough I will feel those things listed above
You can wrap your arms around me, as I can do to you
and say I love you and hear it back.
When I do say I love you I always hear it back
just in my heart and it usually fills it up with love for everything.
This is my Calming Place.

If you don't know what this is then Im sorry I don't feel like sharing with you what it is. This is just how Im feeling tonight and its the only thing I can think of is how calm I am even if I should be stressed out. I love you all.

Ryan Skidmore

Its been a while since I've spoke

2010-06-05T00:11:00.000-07:00

So its been a long time since I have written anything on here and I don't even know where to start. I guess I will just write how I feel cause thats what I seem to do and know what to do. My best friend Nick is gonna be putting his mission papers in next week and I have alot of mixed feelings about it. On one hand I couldn't be more proud and happy for him cause he has been working extremely hard for it and he deserves it more than anyone. On the other hand he is leaving for 2 years and its gonna be extremely difficult especially since we hangout or talk everyday. I know, I know that I have a lot of people around me and that are my friends but none like him. He knows everything about me. He has been there through the hard times and the happy times. Its gonna be an adjustment that I'm just gonna have to make. I have decided that I'm also gonna be moving to Utah at the end of the semester hopefully to work and go to school. I have put alot of thought into this and with Nick leaving I pretty much have no one to hangout with and when I'm in Utah I am always a lot happier person. My sisters July and Alli live down there and my niece and nephew are there and I would be able to see them alot more which would be really great to spend more time with them. I only get to see them every 4-6 weeks or so and they are growing up so fast its like I'm missing everything. Utah to me is just a better place and I feel like I need to be there right now in my life. I have also recently decided what I want to do with a career. I love the NBA so much and I love all of the analysis stuff they do with it and I would love to be a sports analyist. Im currently on a basketball team up here on BYU-Idaho campus, were the purple team, The Freeze. I have no love life as of now. I have been dating alot but nothing special. Girls don't want to have serious relationships and its hard but Im working through it. But at least I'm a really good "friend." I have pretty much put the controller up for good and have quit playing Halo, its been a long time coming but its just not fun anymore and the competition just isn't there. Im currently watching Up in the Air with George Clooney and this movie is amazing. It has great insights into life and its true. Life is what you carry in your back pack, so carry the important things that will weigh you down and don't add extra weight you don't need or that is unnecassary. Well I love you all and I hope if you read this it will let you know whats going on in my life right now. Im super happy and Im glad I have you all in my life. Love you all,

Skidz

dream i can't get rid of

2010-04-22T00:40:00.000-07:00

So Im standing there with this girl, this really pretty brunette and she grabs my hand and says its time... So were walking through a train and there is this kid and he has a rifle in his backpack and says take a shot so I grab the gun and I shoot this girl in front of me in the back of the head. I keep walking, I see another person and Kill him, and at the end of the train and keep in mind there are people watching all of this but I know they can't help me cause they know what Im there for and what Im trying to do so they just let me. So at the end of the train there is a civil war veteran and as I get to him I pull out his sword that they would always carry around the long sword with a curved shaft and I pull it out and as I stab and kill him with it, the blood that is smeared across the wall says thanks. We get outside and as we stand there, me and this girl, I giant figure comes over top of me and its like Im laying down but im standing and I think its someone in a hoodie but its not anyone its I don't wanna say this but it feels like the worst thing I can think of and its so bad I can hardly breathe it feels like the devil was inside my dream. And I woke up cause the girl said not even your Mom can save you now Ryan. Thats when I woke up and now Im in fear I can't go back to sleep knowing that I will probably go back to that exact part in the dream I was. I don't know whats wrong with me and why Im dreaming about this but Im scared.

Lost someone please find me

2010-02-02T23:26:00.000-08:00

I feel like Im lost in my own world
each path I take is the wrong one.
I wish I could find my way back
just like a forgotten son.

Each day is a new adventure
a new trial a new let down
I always look for happiness
But always seem to find the frown.

I always hope for the best
even when the best still hurt
They say time heals all wounds
the only thing Im looking for is comfort.

Everythings ok in the end,
if its not ok its not the end is what i always say.
I use that motto in my everyday life
even when it leads me astray.

confusion

2010-01-31T20:56:00.000-08:00

We have spent so much time together
It bugs me how you don't know,
When your by your self your so unsure
But together you know how to show.

Your true feelings you keep bottled up inside
You know exactly how I feel,
You have always been able to come to me and confide
Especially when you don't know how to deal.

Its been a battle from the first day we met
Ive been strong as can be,
Things haven't been cleared up yet
And I don't know if she will give me her key.

I only have a few more weeks til she is not unsure
And I hope she chooses me,
Two more weeks left to endure
And then I will finally see.

Lifes a garden dig it.

2009-11-10T09:05:00.000-08:00

Im sitting in Humanities listening to my teacher talk about The Odyssey and for some reason the Joe Dirt quote came into my head, "Lifes a garden dig it." Although that may seem corny and lame, its actually a pretty good thought to think about. Its quite similar to the quote, "Life is what you make it." I am 24 years old right now and both of those quotes are very true, life is really what you make it. Whether its taking risks you thought you couldn't take: Skydiving, going for that promotion at work, telling that special someone how you feel...whether its doing any one of those or doing something totally different its true you need to make your life so great and do so that when you die it leaves behind the feeling of accomplishment and the feeling that when people find out about it they are saddened but at the same time it helps them realize how great of a person you were and the things you did.
I say do what makes you happy and that has been one of my philosophies over the past little while. Why would you do something that doesn't make you happy, its a very easy statement. If your at a job and you aren't happy with what it is, fix it be happy at all times there is no reason to be sad ever. When your sad that is showing God that the devil has succeeded cause when your sad the devil has won. He will continue to bring you down in such a way that you may not know your sad or mad but the feeling you have is not happy. Keep the light in your life as I have heard so many prophets and apostles say. When the light is in your life you will have and feel happiness all the time. I mean Im sure everyone gets down sometimes but don't let it stay very long only for a few mins, even if you have to pray to make the feeling go away do it, the longer it stays there the more dramatic and hard it will be for it to go away. So yeah Lifes a garden dig it. Make your life happen, make it full of love and happiness, make it exciting, make it how you want and have always dreamed of your life to be. The only one that can change your life is you.

A different feeling....

2009-09-20T14:47:00.001-07:00

A different feeling.....

I just started going to school up here at BYU-Idaho. It's my first semester going to school up here, although I have been living in Rexburg my entire life I have never experienced the college experience period. I have been putting school off for the past few years trying to find myself and trying to find out what life is all about. People are always talking about the spirit of Ricks or how awesome the spirit is up there and me being hard hearted and not wanting to know what that feeling is or not caring I can say I honestly had no idea what they were talking about. I never really wanted to go to school here. I mean who prays at the start and end of class, who relates all of the classes back to the scriptures and the church. I have only been going to class for almost 2 weeks now and my attitude has changed about life cause I decided to finally start letting myself feel the spirit and I'm trying to find out what it's about. As I am doing this I can tell a huge difference in the way ifeel each day, whether it's just putting a smile on my face or just sitting in class and knowing that going to school up here is pry one of the greatest things I've done with my life. I know that as I continue to go to school up here over the next few years that my testimony is going to grow stronger and that my love for this church and for our heavenly father is going to be so great that my heart is going to go past expectations. I would recommend at least just taking a religion class up here so that you can have that feeling that I am experiencing right now.

Life as I have learned it so far.....

2009-09-18T17:25:00.000-07:00

Life is as simple as Hahns puts it in the movie Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift. "Life's simple you make choices and you and don't look back." Ever since seeing that movie in 2006 while I was in Indianapolis, IN. I have decided to try to put that methodology into my daily life. Sometimes its easy and life is smooth sailinig, other times its harder, alot harder, and it makes life not as easy. Its all about doing right from wrong, yes from no, wants and needs.
Well start with right from wrong. As everyone grows up we are all taught to do the right thing, but every once in a while we want to experience what it would be like to do the wrong thing, whether its drinking, smoking, stealing, lying, cheating, doing what ever it is that gives us our high and gets our endorphines running. And if you look at it in a sense, doing the right thing is almost the exactly the same feeling. We get this amazing feeling from doing good; whether is a warm fuzzy feeling, or just being happy from doing the right thing. What I have learned in my life so far is that even as bad as we want to do the right things all the time, we don't. We don't always do the right thing. People tell lies at least 3-5 times in every 10 mins. of conversation. I have never tried drinking or smoking, but stealing, lying and cheating I have done. After I have done those things I felt really bad about what I had done but I made my choice to do it so I have to live with that. But there is good stuff that I have done in my life. I love helping people out whenever I can, seeing someone walking on the street and asking them if they need a ride, its simple gestures like that, that would make our society so much better if we could all just do little things to make the one life we are living to live in.
Establishing when to say Yes from No, is not as easy as everyone thinks we should. There are many factors that come into play when that question is being asked: Our peers and the way we feel. Our peers play a gigantic role in the way we think, cause it doesn't matter what anyone says we do care about what people think. Example, I know this one is dumb but if your at a party and some one asks you to have a drink more than likely if its someone you trust your going to do it. There are other things that come into play, the way you feel. If your at a party and everyones drinking and you don't wanna drink and someone asks you to you can say no if you have a bad feeling say no cause you know its not what your supposed to do. But other things like helping out an elderly person across the street or with the door or simple things like that you should say yes to. Its not hurting you one bit to help out and do service or even around the house with chores. Just by learning when to say yes and when to say no will help you out greatly in life.
Now establishing what the difference is between a want and a need, and how important it is in your life. Ive been struggling with this one for a long time now, and Im pretty sure everyone has in their life. Lets define what a want is, Websters dictionary states that a want is a desire: feel or have a desire for. Like at Christmas time every little kid and teenages just wants wants wants. While other kids in other countries need things. A want is a new car, when you have a perfectly good car especially it is paid off. A need is a car, if you don't have one but need one immensely. Having a new pair of pants, or needing just a pair of pants. Everyone in every day life has their own wants and needs, its just if we can distinguish between the two. We need to learn to do this and I feel if we do we would be better off in life. Do we really need too go on that expensive cruise when we can't even pay off our credit cards that dont have that much on them to pay off. We need to all do this and I feel if we do this we could live a happier life, and be better off.

Lets see here......

2009-09-17T16:29:00.000-07:00

I lay here in my bed,
Not sure how to feel.
All my friends are getting wed,
And Im just trying to deal.

For the past 4 years Ive been Traveling around,
Trying to figure out what I want to do.
And the thought of being rich was sound,
But it just left me feeling Blue.

All the money in the world can't make me happy
instead doing that job just made me feel crappy.
Im home now and i don't know for sure how long this time,
But Im at BYU-I now and Im in my prime.

The trials to get here were tough,
Some for good and some for bad.
Its made me learn alot of stuff
Even when it made me sad.

Im starting a new chapter in my life,
its gonna come with alot of trials.
school, careers, and maybe a wife,
But im gonna continue to smile.

A long time coming...

2009-08-08T10:30:00.000-07:00

Where do I even begin with this blog post? Its been around 8 months since I have last posted on here, I almost forgot all about it. Well let me tell you what Ive been up to the past 8 months I'll go month by month.

January--
Well it started out awesome by having a sick freakin New Years Party at Ashley Smiths soon to be Mcnairs house. It was a black and white party and we had around 30-40 people there it was pry the most fun Ive ever had on New Years. I also had the oppurtunity of starting college finally. I got onto the summer/fall track which is going to be nice so i can finally have a summer in Rexburg which hasn't happened in like 4 years. So that will be very nice.

February--
Nothing really happened this month to exciting anyways.
March-- yeah same nothing really happened either

April--
Finally time to start working. I left for Tucson, AZ, on April 14th. It was hard to say goodbye once again to everyone I love but I gotta go make that cash flow you know. So I arrive at our apts in Tucson and can I tell you how crappy they are, straight ghetto, but i guess the one i was in we were only being there for like a week then we moved into a 3 bedroom which was a lot nicer annd not so ghetto. I lived with Mike, Kade, and cameron masters.

May--
It was time for me to make my return to the Burg, my little sister Hayli got married, k she isn't really my little sister but I call her that cause ive known her for to long. So I went to phoenix and picked up Whitney Richardson and we started our adventrure in the Red dragon that didn't have A/C so we rolled in 100 degree weather with the windows rolled down and the tunes blaring hahaha, Whit I will never forget that trip. I got to rexburg and started getting to work well kind of seeing everyone you love and care about in like 4 days isn't a very easy task to acomplish. But I did it, cause im that cool.

June---
So it was my birthday I turned 24 and for my birthday me and all my co-workers all went to Olive Garden well the ones I like anyways and it was terriffic. A week later our office packed up and we all moved to Albuquerque, NM. This is supposed to be the promised land and it kind of was but then it turned out to not be haha. Our apts are so sick, its gonna be fun being here.

July--
Well July is here and there was some good times and sad times that came my way. Then came July 19th, we lost a precious member of our Family, Kira aka Little Red. She was such an inspiration to everyone and such a joy to have in our family but now that she is passed we can be happy that she isn't in pain anymore, and know that she is up in Heaven with my mom running a million miles an hour. My prayers are still with you Scott and Cheree and the whole family, you guys mean the world to me I love you guys. Going to the funeral I drove 14 hours through the night, and come to find out Nick Beckley aka my BFF was ther ein rexburg also and it had been 3 months since ive seen him and man that was so fun kickin it with him all weekend long.

August--
Well its only the 8th but yeah Im so bored all the time now. I sit and play Halo around 7 hours a day and I wish I had a team of 4 to play with. I did go see G.I. Joe which was alright not the best but still pretty cool.

Well thats it for the past few months I hope you enjoy this.

2009-01-07T21:30:00.001-08:00

Well where do I start, this past week has been pretty freakin amazing it is exactly how I have wanted to start out my new year. New Years day I woke up around noon and decided to go get some food with a bunch of my friends, so we went to Taco Time, and then went to Carsons house took like a 3 hour nap, then watched the movie 21 and then decided to go hot tubbing at Pinnacle. That was a Thursday. Saturday Morning Kyle Peck calls me at 8 am bright and early to wake me from my slumber to tell me that we are going on a Group date so get a date and were going. I call up my lady friend and she says yes so we meet over at Kirby's house and there is about 16 people that show up, we all jump in our cars and drive to Idaho Falls. We arrive at the Idaho Falls Ice rink to go skating and wow that was an adventure, it was fun I didn't fall but almost did. We all lace our skates up and hang them up and get back in the vehicles and drive to Chili's where I show up just to find out that the Chargers have just tied the game and then end up winning and beating my Colts. Way to go Payton Manning, was it worth it winning the MVP, if you don't get the Super Bowl maybe so. But the night goes on to Pinnacle where we go and play games for about an hour or 2 and then go home it was a pretty good date its been a while since I have been on a good date like that. Sunday is here and sunday comes. Monday night I finally meet up with my friend Ryan and we kick it at Ashleys house all night long playing games and watching movies. Finally to Tuesday I wake up and Mikes says, " Wanna go on a trip with me? " so I say yeah lets go. So we head out and while on my journey I got to go out with a pretty cool girl, meet some new people and have alot of fun. Im on my way back and I start school tomorrow and Im really nervous about it but I think Ill be fine just gotta get into the groove of things again. But ill let ya know how my day was have a good day peace.

2008 is gone, 2009 lets see where it goes....

2009-01-01T10:40:00.000-08:00

So 2008 had some really good times and some really bad times, there was laughter, crying, adventures, and alot of chilling with some amazing people. Im gonna go month-by-month and tell you about my whole year.
January started out with a bang and alot of traveling it felt like. On the 5th I got the offer to go to Atlanta, Georgia, to go do some installs for a month and I figured I have nothing else to do so why not, so that next morning I jumped on a plane not knowing what to expect and there I was in ATL, where I had left the freezing tundra of rexburg and to 60 degree weather all around. While I was there I got like 10 installs done which sucks, an infection in my tooth, and just a really bad time. But I did get to misss out on the -30 degree temps that flooded the whole southeast Idaho region for that whole month. I left with like 6 inches of snow and came back to a winter wonderland it was amazing.
February was me getting back into the groove of things and not going to bed 2 hours later than I usually did. For Valentines day I went to Ashley O'donnals house to decorate her room and surprise her, I cut up about 300 hearts and put them all around her room and she was so surprised it was amazing. That is pry the most exciting thing that happened in the month of February.
March went by and by I can't really remember anything critical taht happened on that month cause its kind of a lame month but oh well.
April to August here it comes up on you so fast. April is the month that I leave for the summer out to who knows where and this summer I got the oppurtunity to go to Seattle, Washington, the rainy city. The apts we got were pretty nice 3 bedrooms and 2 baths. The start of the summer was rough with 13 techs and 35 salesman, I knew we were going to be busy for a while. The production stayed at a constant 15-18 a day and I knew I had to let 2 people go so I did, I hate firing people but it comes with the territory and the job. In about mid-May we had combined with the Seattle North office and acquired 5 more technicians and a few more salesman so once again I had to let some people go or make some different roles in the office. I let another 3 people go so we were set with 12 technicians. In June was my friend Jared "Pud" Stewart's farewell, so Me Nick Beckley and Kade Matthews left sat. evening about 5 in the after noon and arrived in rexburg at 6am in the morning leaving me 1 hour to sleep before I had to wake up and shower for his 8am farewell. It was awesome Im gonna miss that kid but time goes by fast and it will be good to have him back. So we left that following monday night and got back on tuesday so wee could get back to work. When we got back I was having a rough day and I had wanted a tattoo for a long time so I went and got one. It meant alot to me by having 2 of my best friends there with me to get it, Nick and Kade your my boys. It had rained a consistent of about 47 days the first few months we were there and then in July it finally started to get nice enough we could go swimming. It got to about 100 degress for about 5 days straight and I got some sweet tans haha. August came so fast I was like where has this summer gone, we went to a Seattle Mariners game which is way fun causee pro sports are always the best to go to. The summer was fun, alot of ups and downs but mmore ups than downs. Im grateful for the people that I had with me during the summer Cy, Andrea, Christy, Dub, Rockwood, Spony, I appreciate all your great advice and for being such a good role model to me, you taught me alot and staying close tot he hcurch was one of them and since then I have stayed close and I owe all of you.
So its finally time to come home the summer is coming to a close and Im so excited to see people I haven't seen in ages especially my family. Right as I get home the fun and the adventures begin. It start with my friend Jason Hughes getting home off his mission I finally catch up with him after 2 years and It was good seeing that kid. The day after I got back Mike goes, "Hey I got ya a four-wheeler find a girl were going." I was like nice and from then on out I met a ton of new girls. Thanks Mike I owe you.
October came and here it is the awesome Black light Party on Halloween night. It was awesome got ready and went out on the town for a bunch of fun stuff, and ended up dancing until like 1 am then went home and kicked it for the rest of the night. BUt the things I did that night I won't ever forget, and Im not gonna mention who you are but you know how fun it was and I won't forget it.
November is here and I got my backend check from Pinnacle and I finally got out of debt, it was a good summer I paid everything off and bought myself a new car, 99 infinity QX4, and we had Thanksgiving at my dads new house, the whole family came up it was a blast. The most exciting news of all though my best friend in the whole world came home off his mission Tyler Patterson returned from Africa. And a few weeks later I bought some tickets to the Jazz game and me, Tyler, Kelsi Kesler, Amy Schriver and Angela Lilnquist, all went to the game it was a blast, pry most fun Jazz game I have ever been to.
December is here and is now gone, we started it off with me and Mike going out and buying a bunch of Christmas Lights to put on the house, I got alot of Christmas shopping done and bought a lot of presents for everyone, I love this time of the year it really is the best. OH and I got into school at BUY-Idaho and Im so excited its going to be a great start to a new year. And Im going to love it. Finally give me something to do that isn't playing Halo, hahaha. Yes I am still playing Halo and I am planning on attending all of the events in 2009 first stop is the Meadowlands in New Jersey. That was my year I left some stuff out but I didn't feel like writting a novel, but I loved it one of the best years ever. I love you all its been a great time.

Im back in the BURG baby!!!!!!

2008-09-29T23:15:00.000-07:00

Well lets see..Where do I start this one? So it has now been 2 weeks since I have arrived back from Seattle, WA. It is the best feeling being home with everyone you love. So now that I am back, Im applying for school for the winter semester and I have my endorsement interview tomorrow, which Im praying will go good, causee I need to start school and get on with life, I mean I love Pinnacle to death but I can't do that forever, well I mean I can but Im not sure if it is something that I want to do. But anyways these past 2 weeks have gone by so fast its crazy, life is flying by at a million miles an hour and that is exactly how I live life. I am currently living at the Nyborg residence with Evan and Stacie. I know your asking yourself, is that weird? NO it is not weird at all. I love them to death, and am so grateful to have them in my life, we are like our own little happy family. I still don't have a girl in my life but Im on the lookout, I have met a few girls over the past little while and there is only one that has standed out, out of the few. But anyways all in all, life is amazing and I am finally loving it and staying happy, and being happy. But I love you all that reads my blog sorry it was forever since I had updated it. Oh I also got my hair did, so I am adding a picture to it. Seeming how the summer is over I can do crazy things to it, hahaha. But Ill start doing the video diaries again soon. Peace.

And yes my hair is a European Mohawk.

Skidz

My new Front end

2008-09-10T19:12:00.001-07:00

So yesterday I got all my parts for my car and me and nick did our best to put the car together but we didn't have all the tools, so Nick talked me into taking it into a professional which I did, and here is the finished product. A brand newish Acura Integra, Let the Red Dragon live once again.

Its been one of those days

2008-09-07T10:55:00.000-07:00

Well where do I start, I got in a wreck. Thats about sums it up and how my day is going.

Really Bored at 1:30am

2008-08-22T01:29:00.000-07:00

Video Diary entry for August 19th, 2008

2008-08-19T22:22:00.000-07:00

Nick fallin on his razor

2008-08-10T22:54:00.000-07:00

Video Diary August 10th, 2008

2008-08-10T16:56:00.000-07:00

The Eternity Halo 3 Montage

2008-08-02T18:38:00.001-07:00

Summer '08

2008-08-01T21:07:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone, This is Skidz and this is my blog. My sisters have decided to start one and they have got me on the band wagon but mine is going to be by far cooler than theirs. Where should I start? I am in Seattle, WA right now being a Lead Technician for Pinnacle Security, I have been here since April 14th, and am going to be here until Sept. 27th., thank goodness. This summer has been the most interesting summer I have had working for this company, its had its ups and downs, its happy its sad times, but soon it will be over and Ill be home.
Well about me I am the youngest of 4 kids, and am also the only boy. Im 23 years old, I work for Pinnacle Security, I play Halo 2 and 3 alot and am really good at it so if you want lessons let me know I don't charge for lessons but let me know and I'll show you everything I know about the game. I try to play for MLG(Major League Gaming) which is Professional Gaming, and ya I know when you hear that you think, what? Pro Gaming ya right, but there is actually alot of money and sponsorships in it. Halo is my main hobby its fun, something to do, and is also cheap. I love driving my car, I love everything about cars driving, drifting, going fast, showing them off its just great time and very soothing. But thats about it.

Skidz aka Eternity aka Ryan Skidmore