On Tuesday we had some excitement down at the Provo airport (KPVU).  The BYU basketball team, cheerleaders, and pep band left to Oklahoma City for the NCAA basketball tournament.  So when BYU athletics goes on long distance trips, the charter and airplane.  No, not a small airplane, but an airliner.  BYU football usually flies on a JetBlue Airbus A320.

However on Tuesday we had a Boeing MD-83 in Provo.  I was there so I took some cool pictures of it.

This picture gives you a good idea how big this thing is. You can actually walk underneath it without having to duck.  And by the standards of the airlines, this thing is small!

And then the most exciting part of all.  The takeoff.

There is just something about flying that awes me.  It's such a liberating experience.  For centuries man was destined to live a life confined to the ground.  Gravity was the enemy of all who dreamed. 

 Even Sir Isaac Newton himself, the man who "discovered" gravity, could not escape it's grasp.  Ironically, because of his studies in the laws of physics, man is able to break free of the invisible hand that has held man down.  

Here's how it works: Newton's third law says that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.  

As the wing travels through the air, the moves the air around it. Stationary air is met by the leading edge of the wing and forced to flow over the wing.  When two objects collide, the force applied to each object is the same, due to Newton's third law.  Momentum from the airplane is transfered to the air molecules.  Momentum  equals mass times velocity. As the airplane strikes the air molecules they are accelerated to a very high velocity, and flow smoothly over the wing. At the trailing edge of the wing the air comes off and is traveling in a downward direction at a very high speed.  The wing forces the air downward, and because of Newton's third law, the reaction to that is that the wing must be forced upward.  And there you have it the phenomonon of flight.  We call it LIFT!  I looks something like this.

It took thousands of years and two brilliant bicycle makers, Wilber and Orville Wright to finally make mans dream of flight a reality on December 17th, 1903.

Flying is amazing.  It can take a miserable, cloudy, rainy day....

...and turn it into the most beautiful day you've ever experienced.

I can't imagine having any other job.  I will love going to work every day if this is my office...

...and these are the only papers I have to push.

       

I can not wait for the day that I get to add one of these to my wallet.

I was not born to stay on the ground.  I was born to fly.  I am meant to fly spend my days in the skies above this world, taking in the beauty and wonder of God's creation.

"The duty of a pilot is to fulfill the disires of his earthbound ancestors who could only look towards the heavens and dream."

Vengence is MINE!!!

So, back during the summer during band camp, Skyler and this girl, Kelsey,  decided that it would be incredibly fun to toilet paper my car.  They did a pretty good job of it.  The wrapped it around everything and then tore more into little shred and filled the floor of my car with it.  I was still finding bits of it for weeks afterwards.  Anyway, I told Kelsey that I would get her back.  I would get Skyler too, but she doesn't have a car or anything that is easily accessible to vandalize. haha.  So now that its been a good 6 months or so and Kelsey's forgotten all about it, I decided it was time to get her back.  And here's a couple snapshot of the finished product.

Special thanks to the Wilson's for giving me the 15 pound roll of shrink wrap.

Completely off topic, but I think I will become a more frequent customer at the Coldstone by the dollar theater.

To be 6 again...

A man was sitting on the edge of the bed, watching his wife, who was looking at herself in the mirror. Since her birthday was not far off he asked what she'd like to have for her birthday..'I'd like to be six again', she replied, still looking in the mirror.

On the morning of her Birthday, he arose early, made her a nice big bowl of Lucky Charms, and then took her to Six Flags theme park. What a day! He put her on every ride in the park; the Death Slide, the Wall of Fear, the Screaming Roller Coaster, everything there was. Five hours later they staggered out of the theme park... Her head was reeling and her stomach felt upside down. He then took her to a McDonald's where he ordered her a Happy Meal with extra fries and a chocolate shake. Then it was off to a movie, popcorn, a soda pop, and her favorite candy, M&M's. What a fabulous adventure!

Finally she wobbled home with her husband and collapsed into bed exhausted. He leaned over his wife with a big smile and lovingly asked, 'Well Dear, what was it like being six again?' Her eyes slowly opened and her expression suddenly changed. 'I meant my dress size, you retard!!!!'

The moral of the story: Even when a man is listening, he is gonna get it wrong.

Total Awesomeness

Billy Joel and Elton John were amazing.

The End.

I'll have my friendship on a Facebook platter, please.

Somethings, no matter how hard you try to make them right, just never change.  But it's no big deal.

I learned what some people's definition of friend is today.  To some being your friend means Facebook only.  You think that that friend might enjoy something that you are doing so you invite them along.  Sorry, facebook only please.

But like I said.  It's no big deal.  Somethings will never change.

Urban Dictionary

So someone posted this thing on facebook where you go to Urbandictionary.com and type in your first name and post the first entry as your facebook status.  I hate crap like that on Facebook, but on a blog?  Bring it on baby!

So here we go.

Timothy:

1. a person with a high degree of confidence. :D

2. a.k.a. mr. congeniality

whenever you are with him,you never have to worry about getting lost in a far-away place ! he can actually pop a conversation with almost all kinds of people. i guess everybody knows him!

3. means FAST, swift, agile, exhilirating
maybe because he's too skinny. ahaha:D you will be surprised with how fast he moves. his swift motions are crazy!

4. undoubtedly kind and sweet.
he makes everyone feel good and he treats everyone nicely.

5. eats absolutely more than an average teenager could ever digest. surprisingly, he never gains a pound!

6. he is simply funny and fun to be with. you will never be bored whenever you are with a 'timothy'.
just beware because at times, he can be a very very weird geek. haha.

7. smart and charismatic.
he has the traits of a great entrepreneur in the future. "timothy" will be surely rich! 


Hm...that's surprisingly accurate, minus one or two of them.

Bucket List (partial)

A few things I really want to do in my lifetime.


I want to go to the beach right outside of Princess Juliana International Airport



I want to break the sound barrier



I want to drive a racecar



I pretty much just want to do anything that involves speed.