Going Insane!

I have run out of ideas to do that don't involve spending money...... I am bored out of my mind!! Anything that you guys can suggest would be great!

I went to a Gershwin tribute concert last night that was actually pretty fun! I wasn't quite sure who Gershwin was before so I looked him up on itunes and found his music. I was like, what the heck but still went. It was actually very impressive! Go Gershwin!

I'm a Sophomore!!

So yesterday I registered for classes for next semester. It is so weird to me that my first semester of college is almost over! I was excited to learn that I have enough credits to register as a sophomore next sem. I had 17 credits transfer from High school, and then I took and additional 17 this semester. That gives me 34, and you only need 30 to be a sophomore. I am pretty excited about my schedule for next semester, it will be challenging which is good because my schedule this semester has been extremely easy for me.

Next semester I will be taking English 1010, Math 1050, Microbiology & MB lab, Photography, and News writing. I am way excited for these classes! they will make me study and push me which is something that has not happened in a good while. Another cool thing is all of my classes will be on MWF. I will have a class consecutively from 9 am to 2 pm with an exception on wed classes ending at 5pm. This will leave tues and thurs for homework and regular work.

hope everything is well!

long time no post

hey so it has been quite some time since i last posted. well not a whole lot has happened. i am still doing amazing in school! i recently got back an art critique and i got a 95 on it! i'm pretty sure that it was in the top 3 papers if not the top one. that made me pretty excited because its was going to be like a fourth of my grade.

umm..... i am still unemployed and avidly looking for jobs and turning in applications every day....

today we are going to have a halloween party at my place! we are going to have a scary movie marathon and it should be great! so far only rach, nikki and kaylin are coming..... which i guess is kind of good because we don't have that much sitting room. who knows other people may just pop in like usual if they know a party is going on!

hope everything is well!

First Time

Today I went to church with Aleicia Britsch. We went to sacrament meeting and sunday school, and then I took her home during elders quorum because i had meetings right after church. i figured that we had an hour, so we went to my apt and played a couple of rounds of guitar hero. I am amazing and found a great deal on a used guitar hero 2, and then we saw that guitars were on sale at walmart so we bought them. we decided a long time ago that as roommates we were going to get it and all go in on it together. it ended up only costing every one a little over 20 bucks each!!

anyways back to my story, so we played a couple of rounds of guitar hero then i took her to where her family was staying. i drove there and talked there for a min and then realized that i was going to late for my meetings! so i sped over to the church, well carefully sped.... when i got to the church i went and found my group and they were setting apart people. i walked in right after a prayer and then it was time for another one. i went to the circle and shaun yellowhorse, my pres, asked me if i would do the next setting apart, i was like "what?! i don't know what to say!" he game the the brief rundown and told me to do it. I was so nervous! it was kind of cool though because i was setting apart nate as the secretary in the elders quorum. I was so nervous throughout the whole thing but it all went smoothly! i was so glad! I am also so happy that nate is in my presidency, he got called last night.

that is pretty much the rundown though. first time inviting someone to church and my first time setting someone apart and giving a blessing to them.
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my first run-in with the law

Well tonight i had my first run-in with the law. Yes, i got my first ticket.... heres the story. So Alicia Britch and i were on our way home from the store getting icecream for the fam. I was on this very unfamiliar abandoned country road with no idea what the speed limit is. All of the sudden i see a sheriff and slow but i didn't know what the speed limit was so i didn't know if i was speeding. so i continued onward cautiously. I kept checking my mirror and saw nothing so i thought that i was fine. the next thing i knew, i almost missed the turn so i had to slam on my brakes and make a sharp turn. Just when i was pulling up to the house, i noticed that there was another car behind me, then the lights went on. so i immediately got out my license and registration and waited for the copper to come. When he came up he was like "do you know why i pulled you over?" and i was like "I am pretty sure that i was speeding", he said" do you know how fast you were going?" me, "i have no idea", officer " you were going 54 in a 40." me, "ok" officer, " do you know what that means?" me "nope." officer" i will need to take you off to jail" and then he smiled, laughed and then asked me for my license and registration.
the officer took his own sweet time doing whatever they do. the next thing i knew julie britch was running down the driveway with a flashlight. when she got to my window, the intercom from the truck said "mam please step away from the vehicle...... just kidding" Then julie went and talked with the officer. when julie was finished she walked over and told me that the officer was only going to write me for 5 over. so i was like ok sweet. we were waiting for a long time so alicia and i decided to play the question game. we played like 5 rounds when i heard the intercom say "jordan, will you please come to my car?", so i got out and went to his window. when i got there he said, "did she tell you that i was only going to write you up for 5 over?" me "yes" officer "D#@m it, my printer will not work!". then the officers phone buzzed because he got a text. he texted back and told me "never get married" i am pretty sure i had no idea what to say back. he then asked me why my license plate read lana so i told him. the whole time he was making wise cracks and what not. by this point his printer is still not working so i was starting to think a may not end up getting a ticket. The the officer said that he was going to have to write one by hand and started to jokingly complane about it. then he said, "usually if this happened the person would try to get out of a ticket" in my head i was thinking " DON'T DO IT IF IT IS REALLY THAT TERRIBLE TO WRITE ONE BY HAND, AND I DON'T WANT TO MAKE THINGS WORSE FOR ME BY TRYING TO TALK YOU OUT OF GIVING ME A TICKET!!!" he then wrote one out by hand complaining about it the whole time. I was so angry! i was like don't make wise cracks and be all nice about everything and still write me a ticket! He was such an unprofessional jerk! sure he was nice about it, but he should not have been all happy and joking with my and still given me a ticket!
yeah so that was my night!

Update

I have a ridiculous story to share. So today in math my teacher (the french lady) handed back most of the assignments that we handed in. Our first assignment was to write a 2-3 page paper answering some questions about our previous math classes. One of these topics was on calculator use. In my class right now, my teacher has a strict no calculator use policy. In my paper I politely, yet strongly disagreed with this policy. I told her that I understood that it was good to learn to do it by hand, but that it also would be good to learn how to do the problems with a calculator because that is what we would use in the "real world". She apparently took offense to this and wrote a good 3/4 page on the back of my paper explaining the reasoning for her policy. I was like, ok whatever until I saw my grade. Everyone else in the class got a 10 on it and I got a 9 and a freakin half! I was like are you serious?! You really are going to dock me because I disagree with your calculator policy! I of course did not say any of that to her face because we don't really see eye to eye. She is the first teacher that I have had an actual problem with. But oh well!

Today I also was invited to have dinner with the Britches. This was a welcome change because I have the most boring roommates ever! So I went over there and we had an amazing dutch oven meal. I then went home to finish an art paper, but immediately remembered that the office was on at 8 so I had to watch it! After that the Britch girls and maddie came over to see my apt. and play some games. The most memorable was "Getting measured for your coffin" in this game you are blind folded and told to lay on the ground and get measure. They measure everything and then when they measure your second leg, they pore water down your pants!!! it was way funny!

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Let the world know, Jordan Giles sold his first two things on e-bay!

Relief!!

I have been really stressed lately. I have about a billion things to do with my calling, most involving setting up home teaching, I had a test in History that was all free response and essay questions, and then to top everything off, I am still unemployed and have no money haha! 2 of my things were solved today, the first was that I made all of my home teaching assignments, and got everything set up with that! The second was that I just took that History test today and knew everything on it. That was such a huge relief because I was so nervous about it. It was really my first college level test and I am a history buff so I am not worried at all about what my grade will be. So the only thing left is the job thing. I am pretty sure that I have an application on file with every department at SUU so if there is ever any kind of opening I will know about it haha. So yeah, good thing I had some savings or I may have become a hobo, or actually starved to death because my housing is already payed for haha. Well I hope everything is well with everyone!

academic update

So I figured that I have been updating you guys on what is actually happening in my school life. So first off, I am doing simply amazing academically! I am maintaining a 4.0!!! I have taken two tests so far, the first was a math test, which I am proud to say that I got a 95% on !!!! The second was an open book psychology test, which I know that I did good on... because it was open book and everything. Other than that, not a whole lot is happening. I have a history test on the 4th of oct. Things are well here! Hope everything is well with everyone!

The story behind LANA

For those of you who didn't know, the license plate on my new car is Lana, because it was my Grandpa Clements' wife, Lana's car before she passed. Amy & Rick came up with several acronyms that would fit the letters of Lana. Feel free to vote for which one you think is the best!

Update

Not a whole lot has happened this last week. Just went to class and started preparing for tests. This next week I have several tests that I will need to prepare for. Tomorrow I have a math test, and then Friday, my psychology test is due. My psychology teacher decided that our test should be take home, so it is awesome.

I am not nervous at all for math because we have been going so painfully slow. We are just starting chapter 3 while all of the other classes are on chapter 4 or 5. It is ridiculous and I may just snap at my teacher because we are going so slow. We spent this whole last week on the same section about graphing lines. My teacher really doesn't know how to teach! Yeah, that is the only class that I am having issues with.

We got a new roommate yesterday. His name is Cameron Jones. He is a rm that got back from spain like 2 weeks ago. He is way cool! He is on the SUU track, or cross country team, I can't remember which one.

Yesterday I signed up with an e-bay account and have decided that I want to try the whole e-bay thing out. I spent most of yesterday reading up on how people have successfully made their e-bay business work. If any of you guys have any tips or anything, please be sure to let me know!

Hope everything is well with everyone!

My Apartment

Here are some pictures of my apartment

This is the outside of my Apartment/ Townhouse
We are lucky number 10!!

This is the view from the front door. To the right is the staircase upstairs where there are two bedrooms and two bathrooms, under the stairs is the laundry.... closet. To the left is our living room and tv. In the background that is mine and Nate's room.
This is directly to the right when you walk in my room. This is my work area, its kind of weird because my stuff is at the bottom of Nate's bed, so our stuff criss-crosses.

This is Nate's bed...

I forgot to take a pic of my bed, but just know that it is far superior to Nate's

This is our toilet/shower room. my bed is just to the right of this.

this is a picture of our vanity, the toilet room is to the right and the walk in closed is to your left

This is our walk in closet, we have to much stuff so you cant walk in it...

this is Nate's desk area which is at the bottom of my bed.

that is a tour of my apt!

My first real church calling...

So last night I got a call from an unknown number, when I answered it was the stake executive secretary. I was like, ... oh man...! So we set up an interview for tonight at 8:00.

I went to my interview and met with the stake pres, and I am getting called to be the 2nd councilor in the elders quorum.. yeah I don't know who suggested me because I know like two people in my ward haha. well this definitely will be a great learning experience for me!

Last Couple of Days

Well I just completed my second week of college! Only a couple of exciting things have happened. The first of which was that Scott, my very large and mysterious roommate moved out. Nobody actually knows why, put we are going to guess that he is moving in with some of his friends. The only reason this is good news, is because now that means there are only four of us in our six person apartment.

The second exciting thing, was that I got a new car!!! yeah!!! My Grandpa Ray (my mom's dad), is letting me use his 1988 Nissan 300zx for the next year because he only needed one car and had two (thanks of course to my mom because there is no way that I would ask my grandpa to let me use his car). My sister is going to be purchasing my good old Honda from me because it has been such a great car, so I will still get to see it around. I am kind of attached to it and I know that Kenzie is going to ding it up! No offense Kenzie, you are just a ..... young driver, and I am much, much more experienced.... haha! Anyways here is a picture of it!!! It is in amazing condition!! It only has 70,000 miles on it and is a t-top!! Its way cool!!

My roommate Nate and I wanted to fine a cool place to take pictures of my car, so we took it out in the wilderness. We actually tried to take some pictures of me driving by in my car, but we didn't have the camera on the right setting. But still it was pretty fun though!!! Yeah, I have a HOT car now!!! Not to say that my Honda wasn't hot of course!

Funny Story

So the other day I awoke to the beeping sound of a smoke detector. It was like 7:00 and my first class was not until 1:00 so I was like I am just going back to sleep. So I went to sleep for about 15 more minutes and then I woke up again. This same thing happened for about the next hours, and I was so frustrated!!! Finally I decided to go and investigate, keep in mind that I am exhausted and still have a bit of that morning delusional feeling. So as I went outside my room, the noise got a bit louder, so I walked further and found that the noise was coming from upstairs. When I got to the top of the stairs, I discovered that it was coming from my roommate Scott's room. I was like are you kidding me!, and stood outside of his door and listened to see if he was in there because if he was, there was no way that I would just walk in.

For those of you who do not know anything about Scott, he is an offensive linemen for the football team, and I have talked to him like twice the whole time I have lived here, and that has been just about 2 1/2 weeks!

So anyways, I listened to his door for like 5 mins and he must have left his tv on or something because there were noises coming from his room. So I was like, oh, well, I'm not going in there, and went back downstairs to go back to sleep. about 3 seconds after I layed down, I got the brilliant idea to see if his cars was here! So I looked out the window and his car was gone, so I went back up to his room and still listened for a while, then I got up the courage to go in, I knocked of course, (i blame still being so cautious, on still having the morning delusional...ness, because he clearly was not here) then I walked in. When I walked in, the noise was definitely coming from his room, I sounded like the same noise that comes from a smoke alarm, so I automatically thought that it was the smoke alarm. So I got a chair and took the battery out of the smoke alarm. After I did that, the noise was still going and I could not figure out how that could be, the smoke alarm was in one hand, and the battery was in the other. I was so confused! ( I once again blame the morning delusionalness because usually I am a very clever person haha.) So once I came to the realization that the noise would not possibly be coming from the smoke alarm, I was like, this is ridiculous! I am not going to go through all of his stuff so I can find this blasted noise! Then I saw it in an open drawer, it was a carbon monoxide alarm that was making all the noise! So I took the batteries out and the noise finally stopped!

I almost just left the room when I realized that the alarm had to have gone off for some reason and now that I unplugged the alarm, Scott would now have no warning if his room had carbon Monoxide in it. So I did not fancy the idea that Scott could possibly die in the night and it would be my fault because I unplugged the alarm... yeah, I did not want to be responsible for killing someone just because I wanted some more sleep haha. About 10 mins later Scott walked in so I explained everything and he just laughed... and all was well, except that I never was able to go back to sleep!

First Days of School

So I got an e-mail from my mom this morning wondering if I was having internet problems and if that was the reason that I had not posted. I actually was having internet problems earlier in the week but due to my genius I was able to correct them.

So school started on Monday and it was not nearly as big of a change as I thought it would be. On Monday my first class is at 1 and it is math 1010. This class is in the Engineering Building and it is always uncomfortably warm and smells horribly of BO!!! My professor is french and speaks with a very thick french accent so that you always have to pay attention or you don't know what she is saying. With Math I have the class everyday... so it sucks. The only plus is that she said that she will not require attendance on Fridays!

My second class was Art 1010 which I found out that it is actually not a studio class so we will not actually be doing any art. In this class you learn how to correctly judge and critic art work. The first day was very interesting and I think that I am really going to like this class.

Those are my only two classes on MWF.

On T,Th my schedule goes as follows:

My first class on Tuesday was The History of Western Civilization which is going to be by far my most difficult class. I took like 2 1/2 pages of notes. yeah it is going to be a ton of work!!

My second class is math with that french lady.

My third class was institute and it will be a ton of fun because two of the first people I met down here are in it with nate and I.

My fourth and final class of the day was Psychology 1010 with a crazy lady. She is like 55 and sat on the table, kicked her shoes off and crossed her legs, then started talking about stuff dealing with the brain like it was common knowledge, the result was that no one had any idea what she was saying. So yeah, that class will be interesting!

Things have been way fun and due to all of my partying I have came down with a cold yesterday. Last night was a pretty miserable night due to the fact that I could not breath at all through my nose, and that the people who live behind us left there back light on so it was almost daytime in our room.

Update

I have been filling out job apps and really wish that i already had a job so I do not have to go through this process yet again. I had to purchase all my books which came to a ridiculous $300.00!! yeah I am so poor now! And then on top of that having to pay tuition which was not as expensive as it would have been because of my academic scholarship, and my architecture scholarship, but still. Yeah so now, finding a job is more important than it would initially have been.

On Saturday our ward had a BBQ and so that was kind of fun to go and meet the Bishop and the other people in my ward.

Today was my first Sunday with my ward, and thankfully I it was not nearly as painful as my singles ward at home. My ward is the 11th ward of the University 2nd stake. There are a ton of freshmen in my ward so it is pretty cool.

For dinner tonight we put together a huge Sunday dinner with a couple of other apartments it was way fun and it all worked out! There were about 14 of us all total and we all brought different stuff, I brought scalloped potatoes, yeah they turned out amazing!! so yeah, now we are all heading to ward prayer at the bishops mansion, they were saying that last semester they fit like 130 people for ward prayer in his house. I am quite looking forward to seeing this huge house!

So things are good. School starts tomorrow, I am kind of nervous, but mostly just excited to have it start. Tomorrow I have math and art, so it will be a pretty good day!

E-mail

Hey, so my e-mail is Jordan_giles03@hotmail.com should you like to e-mail me.

thanks

So today was pretty much worthless! Today was the university orientation. yeah, as i said, worthless. So it started at 8 a.m. and went until about 5 p.m. There definately was some benifitial information given, but there was no need for it to be like a thousand hours long!!

So we went and they divided us into 11 different groups and of course Tyson, Nate, and I were all in different groups. They divided us into groups according to our major, Nate was Pre-Dental, Tyson was Pre-Med, and for some reason I was undecided. I am not sure if I was just lazy when I signed up, or if I was not sure what my major would be called or what, but I was in the loser group of the undecided. For the record, I my major as of right now is Commercial Architecture.

After the division, they gave a sort of intro about the school and the history of it. Then we went to the theater and got a lecture about the requirement and that sort of thing, this was the only really valuable information that was presented to us. After a general lecture they broke us up into our separate groups to get more info on our specific majors, or lack of one. So I was in the undecided group and the academic adviser just lectured us about how it was ok to not have a major and what not, I kind of tuned out because I already knew what I wanted to do and was starving so ... yeah.

After that ridiculous advisement, it was lunch time and I was so hungry! They had a sort of build your own taco line thing, it was way good! they gave us a very long time for lunch so Nate, Tyson, and I went and took a look in the bookstore.

After Lunch they divided everyone up again and had them go talk to their adviser to finalize their schedules. This was also great because it was one on one with someone who knew what they were doing. So I asked some questions about my different classes and what not and came out with a healthy 17 credit hours, more than any of my friends. Because they met with everyone individually this literally took FOREVER!!! (like 3 hours).

After that ordeal, we took a very extensive tour in the burning inferno outside, it was so hot!!

So this was pretty much my whole day. So I made some friends last night (girls of course). One of my friends from Taco Amigo, Chelsea came over with one of her roommates, Ashley, and then another friend Staci. They are way cool and we hung-out at my ... house, thats weird to say!, the last two nights. So yeah, this was my day today!

Very Weird

So i am not sure that i am completely ready to live on my own ha ha. it has been so weird!! Nate and i went grocery shopping for the first time today and it was weird to have to create a "meal plan" for the next week so we would not have to go to Walmart like a thousand times this week.

tonight for dinner we had BBQ chicken. we bought some frozen chicken fingers and created a "meal" out of them. the only thing was that we forgot to let the chicken thaw before we cooked it, so we just put it in the oven.... frozen. we were just grateful that it turned out edible.

here are some pics from my day today.

this is Nate my roommate and one of my best friends

First post

So I decided that it would be fun for me to create a blog to tell what i am doing at college. i don't know if i am yet smart enough to do anything cool with this haha. we'll see though!