Deep Thoughts From The Course

Father Son Tour - Livestrong Challenge Austin, Texas 2009

2009-10-29T13:30:00.001-07:00

This little kid is my hero! He runs a 5K (3.1 miles) one day and then the next day rides 65 miles?!?!?! Incredible. Some day I will be able to do that. Here's a link to another video where he is talking to Lance Armstrong... http://www.livestrong.com/lance-armstrong/video/liamlivestrong-mp4/9b92cfee-9f90-4528-9e15-e722454f6151/.

An update

2009-10-05T21:55:00.000-07:00

For those who check this, I haven't blogged because I have been so friggin' busy that I haven't had time to blog. If you would like to see what Ann and I have been up to, please check out her blog... www.brodyandann.blogspot.com.

Thank you,

Brody

"Why can't Mormons send flowers?"

2008-11-24T09:09:00.000-08:00

Okay, so this morning I got an e-mail from a guy in my ward and I just had to post the video it linked to. I hope you all enjoy it!

-Brody

Video of Yes on Prop 8 sign stealers

2008-10-19T16:58:00.000-07:00

Here is a video of Yes on Prop 8 sign stealers. Some members of my elders quorum have set up traps to catch the sign stealers. Please watch and vote YES on Prop 8.

Prop 8

2008-10-18T18:27:00.000-07:00

I have to begin by saying, for those who don't know what is going on in California right now here is an update. A few months ago (or more, I don't really remember) the California State Supreme Court over turned the peoples vote of 2000 that banned gay marriage (I know I am probably leaving out a lot of details, but I didn't live here at that time). From then Prop 8 was born, that would legally define marriage as between a man and woman in the California State Constitution. So Thursday (10.16.08) night I was out of town (in Utah) for work. After working hard all day long and being up since 4:30 am I called Ann before I went to bed. At that time she told me that she had gone to the Target in Barranca and Paseo Westpark in Irvine. She said that she was in the store for about 45 minutes shopping, when she returned to my car she saw the picture to the right, my "Yes on 8" sticker with writing on it. The writing says, "No on 8" then on the family to the right of the sticker it says, "Live and let live". I know that it is hard to read so here are some other pictures I just took of the sticker.

I was already frustrated about this issue because earlier that day I heard on the radio (KSL radio, for those familiar with the station) that a local Mormon leader from Nebraska was coming to Salt Lake to meet with someone from the Church to talk to them about OUR stance on gay marriage. Not was this local leader coming to talk to them about it, but he was also bringing 300, yes that is right 300 letter to give to the church about OUR stance about gay marriage and how they disagree with OUR stance.

If anyone has an idea of what they think they meant by, "Live and let live," please leave your comments by clicking on the comments link below this post.

Thank you!

Books for free!

2008-09-04T21:26:00.000-07:00

So school started again, and my first class took place on Tuesday. So I got to school early to puy my books and I got a book that was not needed. So yesterday I had to return that book at school, so I got in line and then got the cash register and explained that I wanted to return a book that I accidentally bought. When the cashier looked at the receipt she said that she couldn't. I then asked, "Why not? (politely)" She then stated that the book was never really purchased, she explained that the person who rang me up was in a mode that would let people return things. So the receipt showed everything as a negative. So to return the book, the cashier had to charge me for the books and the other supplies that I bought with my books, thus zeroing out the original return. From there she did the return for the book that I originally wanted to return, thus crediting my card back for the amount of the book. Then I told the cashier that I thought that the person in front of me was rung up as a return instead of a charge. So the cashier had me talk to the Book Store Manager about it and mentioned it, so for my trouble I got a $5 gift card from him. From I took the gift card and used it to help a handicapped in a convenience store pay for his drink, it really made him happy and he offered to pay me back and I told him that it was not needed. So it was a good day for me and I passed it on to others. I hope that the story makes sense.

Update:

So I checked my e-mail for school today and found an e-mail from the bookstore manager that stating what I stated above. So he asked me to come in and get it worked out so that their books are correct. So I will actually not get my books for free, unfortunately! But it was fun to think that while it lasted.

Le Tour De France

2008-07-09T20:49:00.001-07:00

Okay, so every year for the past 5 years since I since I have been home from my mission my family has always gotten excited at this time of year. Why? Because the biggest cycling race takes place during this time of year, the Tour De France. It is the biggest Grand Tour that takes place in the cycling world. A lot of cycling fans get ready for this and all they can talk about is this when ever they see their friends that are cyclists. But still you might think, why is Brody so into cycling? Let's just say that growing up with parents that have been involved with cycling, so it kind of rubbed off on me, like golf has. I may not ride a lot, but I love to follow it because of the intenseness of each stage and the possibility of the major crash that may or may not happen. I was really excited during the time that Lance Armstrong won 7 straight, something that was never done before and probably won't be done again. I was really stoked when Alberto Contador won last years Tour, I was extremely disappointed that the ASO (the organizing group of the Tour) did not invite Team Astana (the team that Alberto Contador belongs to currently) to ride in the Tour. For those who would like to follow the Tour and like to read this blog below is a daily update of what happened in that day's stage. You can also follow in on www.versus.com or www.velonews.com.

Light Bulbs!

2008-06-16T09:10:00.001-07:00

This is appealing to me because I work in the lighting industry and a lot of my accounts have asked me about this law and also have complained about this law as well. Please watch it to see the TRUTH about compact florescent light bulbs.

Battle at Kruger

2008-05-08T08:36:00.001-07:00

This is the coolest video I have ever seen. I have never seen nature this wild before. I would have never thought that one buffalo would get the whole pride to protect one baby buffalo and scare off the attacking lions. Please watch this...

It's been awhile! (Again)

2008-04-18T09:32:00.000-07:00

Well after a few thousand miles of driving (see my wife's blog for the reason why) and a couple of weeks in Europe, I am now reacclimated to California time. I kind of liked it when I got back, because I would go to bed at 9 p.m. (I know that is early, but I liked it) and then I would wake up at 5:30 a.m. I like it because I was up and at'em and ready to take on the day! Ann and I got so much done the first day we got back because we were both up so early in the day, that we got almost everything we needed to get done before 12 (noon). I plan on being more diligent on blogging from now on, and I know that everyone says that and they don't; but I am going to try hard.

But anyways, if you would like to know how our trip went please my wife's blog (www.brodyandann.blogspot.com) and look at all the pictures she has posted, also our website (www.brodyandann.com).

This one is for Mom and Dad

2008-01-13T20:02:00.000-08:00

For those who don't know how to sync your IPod with your computer as well as add new music to ITunes and then add it to your IPod, here is how you do it...

First syncing your IPod to ITunes...

Connect your IPod to your computer using the USB cable (PC), firewire cable (MAC) then connect your IPod that cable.
Then open ITunes, when the IPod is recognized by your computer it will show up on the left hand side of the your ITunes window below the Library "tab" and the "Store" tab.
If you would like to choose what music you would like to put on your IPod, select your IPod and then along the top of the window there will be tabs that show up saying; Summary, Music, Podcasts, Photos, and Contacts.
On the Summary tab there is an area called Options with check boxes where you can select "Manually manage music." By selecting that it allows you to choose what music you want on your IPod.
Select the Music tab. You then need to click the "Sync Music" box, thus selecting that option, and then click the "Selected playlists" option.
From there the box below will not be grayed out and you can then select the playlist you want on your IPod.

Adding Music to ITunes...

First open ITunes and then put the CD you want in ITunes in your CD-Rom Drive of your computer.
When a prompt comes up to import the music you can either say "yes" or "no". By selecting "no" you can pick and choose which songs you want to import by either placing or removing the check marks in the the box next to the song you want to import. When you select which songs you want, select them and drag them into the playlists you want the songs to go into.
From there follow the instruction on adding the music onto your IPod.

Adding Playlists...

While importing the music you can select the "90's Music" link under the "Playlist" tab and then go to File, then select "New Playlist". You can also use hot keys, Control+N and then name the new playlist.
Then select the "music" link under the "Library" tab and select the music from that window into the newly named playlist.
Then follow the instructions on adding music onto your IPod. This allows that music to be put into the playlist so that you can select that "CD" or playlist on your IPod.

It's been awhile!

2008-01-06T18:14:00.000-08:00

Man it's been almost a month since my last post! Here is a little update...

School's out! Some of you may have read my earlier post saying that I was excited for school, well that changed about half way through the semester, last semester. That is when things started to get tough, because I ended up doing most of a 30 pages paper for one of my classes and most of the project that went along with it.
Once school got out it was time for Christmas and New Years! They both were fun and very exciting. For Christmas Ann and I went to Arizona to be with my family for Christmas. We both got very exciting things for me it was a new golf club (driver) from Ann, which came in very useful the day after Christmas, because my Dad, Brooks, Nikki (who drove Brooks' golf cart and played a couple of wholes), Ann (who drove my golf cart) and I went a played the golf course near my parents house. We played scramble, you take the best shot and score of the group and that is the group score, and we shot 1 or 2 under par (I really don't remember). When we got home from Arizona; Ann and I went to her parents house where the biggest surprise of Christmas came (for me that is). When we started to open our presents from them they (Ann, her mom and her sister) gave me these gifts that were very cool (I think to through me off about the big gift we were going to give me). Then Lauren (Ann's sister) handed me a box and I opened it and freaked out! I freaked out for two, one because it was something that I really wasn't expecting because Ann's mom and dad gave me something similar the year before, and I totally thought that they got a new laptop (because I have been talking about getting a new one for months) or a Sector Nine long board (skateboard) for the same reason as the laptop. So when I saw that the box was a Nintendo Wii I was totally excited. So like I said, Christmas was awesome!

Well that is basically the update. Now the big thing that is coming up, is my biannual business trip to Dallas, TX. This is because the industry I work in has a show there to show off the new product and to allow my customers to buy new items for their display and get some discounts or dating terms, etc. So that is the next big thing for me.

I hope that everyone has a Happy and Prosperous New Year this coming year.

An update!

2007-12-09T20:46:00.000-08:00

Well here is an update since my last post...

Since Thanksgiving my perspective on how much I like school has changed big time! I have has a project for school and it has appeared that I am going to have to do everything, which in the last couple of months has become true. This project has been a semester long thing that I could have done by myself or with someone else, I choose to do it with someone else and right now I am feeling the effects of that choice. However, I know that this is just one stumbling block in this thing called college with is a part of life. I also know that once I am done with college it will pay off.
For those who might have read Ann's blog, on Friday our fridge blew. Here is the story from my perspective. I went out to eat lunch and ran a couple of errands, when I returned the apartment smelled like someone had shot a cap gun in our apartment and I could also smell smoke lingering around my desk. So my first instinct was oh crap, find the source of the fire. So with it being the Christmas season, I looked at the first place that would come to anyone's mind, the Christmas tree. Which was not the source of the smell nor the smoke, so I checked Ann's Christmas Village; that wasn't it either. From there I proceeded to head back to our bedroom and smelled by the fridge and at first I didn't that was the source. So I opened the front door, the sliding door and a couple of windows to air out the place. As I kept going back to the bedroom and to the bathroom I would smell the aforementioned smell over and over, so I went and smelt by the fridge and I could sense that that was the source. Due to that I called the leasing office and asked them to send someone to look at the fridge, so when the maintenance guy got here we pulled out the fridge and he looked at the back by the motor and found that something blew. Luckily for us a fire didn't start and we didn't loose anything. Up until today we had to use the fridge in the apartment across the hall from us so that our stuff that needed to be refrigerated would not spoil; which was fun, because last night I went across the hall to get some egg nog in my PJ's.

Well that is about everything. I hope to be able to blog more often.

Thanksgiving

2007-11-22T21:57:00.000-08:00

Well, Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Today was the first Thanksgiving after my Grandma Foy died. So today after I got home from playing football with other members of our ward I turned on the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, in memory of Grandma. While watching the parade I heard Matt Lauer start talking about a high school marching from a town that is nestled at the bottom of the Wasatch Mountains, this town is called American Fork; and I was excited for them that they could be there is that legendary parade. After that I turned on one of the THREE NFL games today, The Packer's vs. The Lions, which turned out to be a better game than it was when I first turned it on. Then before noon we went to Ann's parents house and had Thanksgiving Lunch with them. After eating and taking a small nap we went to the LA Auto Show. While there I got to see the new body style for the 2009 Nissan Murano, which will be released in February of 2008.

Well, I hope that everyone had a good Thanksgiving! I know I sure did and I know that there is a lot of things for me to be thankful for, so much so that I can't even begin to to list them. I hope that everyone continues to have a good weekend.

My Dear Grandma Foy

2007-11-08T23:00:00.000-08:00

This is my wonderful Grandma Foy. She lived a wonderful life and seemed to enjoy every minute of it, even though she spent last part of it in pain. Although my brother, sister and I were the youngest of all the grandchildren (second generation) we were loved by her just the same as all the other, older grandchildren. I do have to say that it seemed like Grandpa Foy and her spoiled us more than the other grandchildren. I know that she enjoyed seeing and hearing from all of the grandchildren.

The other night, before she died, my aunt started to plan my Grandmother's funeral (the writing was on the wall this point) and asked my dad if I would like to speak at her funeral. Well when my dad called me and asked I said yes without even thinking about it. Yesterday I spoke with the aunt that was planning the funeral and she said that I was allowed 2-3 minutes, and I had to speak about the good and fun times with Grandma Foy. So tonight while thinking about those moments I found that there were way to many of those moments.

Here are a few of those moments:

Ann's and mine wedding. She was so paranoid about what was going to happen in the recommend interview that she called an uncle of mine that was a bishop to talk about what was going to happen in the interview.
The many times my family stayed there and the many times her and my grandpa woke us kids up while fighting of the breakfast responsibilities, meaning who was going to cook what.
The many times visiting her after grandpa had died and hearing her tell the same story over and over again as if she didn't know that we had heard that story before.

I know that funerals are supposed to be sad, but this one is going to be a happy funeral because she is no longer going to be in pain and she is not going to be alone anymore. She is going to be with my grandpa again, which is the best part!

Recent News

2007-11-06T16:21:00.000-08:00

Well since the last time that I made a post there has been somethings take place. So here is the biggest news that might affect me the most. The crystal company, Schonbek, that I represent was bought last Monday, the Monday before Halloween. The company that bought us is one of the largest crystal companies in the world. They have tried to make crystal chandeliers before, but with no luck. They have been around for a long time, since 1895 to be exact. Okay, Okay, for those who don't know Schonbek Worldwide Lighting was bought by the Swarovski Crystal company, actually Swarovski US Holding Company (in other words, the American operation of Swarovski). It scared Ann, her dad, another worker from the factory that was here and I. We were scared because we didn't really expect what was going to happen, but then we thought about it a realized that they are not going to change things right away. Also if you are one of the best in the company there is really nothing to worry about, because most of the time when companies by other companies they don't get rid of the best of the acquired company. For those who was to read more about the acquisition here is a link to a news report regarding the acquisition...

http://www.pressrepublican.com/0100_news/local_story_304233200.html

The other news that took place was last Sunday, not two days ago, but the Sunday before that our Stake Presidency got reorganized. This doesn't happen that much, but now they have to reorganize our bishopric because they called our bishop to be the first councilor.

Stake Conference

2007-10-29T20:42:00.000-07:00

Well Saturday night we had the adult session of Stake Conference and Elder Cook was there as the presiding authority, due to the fact that our Stake Presidency was being reorganized. However, when the session first started, Elder Cook was not there. The conducting member of the stake presidency said that he (Elder Cook) was down on San Diego with those members of the church who house has burned down. After meeting with them, he returned and gave us the number of house that burned down the belonged to members of the church. He said that there were about 45 houses that burned down that were owned by members of the church. That is 45 of the 2100 structures that burned that were owned by members of the church, which is awesome. I honestly thought that there were more that burned down.

From there he began to talk about how he felt when he was called to be a member of the 12 and the impressions that he felt. After listening to him I really feel that even though they might have this awesome calling and responsibility as an apostle of the Lord, but I came to the conclusion that they are just like us and they have to same feelings that we do when we get huge responsibilities assigned to us. I was really impressed with Elder Cook and the love that he has for the saints as well as his love for the Lord. I wish that when I have a responsibility as huge as something like he has that I can be as strong as he is and just move forward and not be afraid of being left alone to fend for myself. But I know that if we are faithful we will never be alone and the Lord will protect us and guide through everything.

2007-10-23T21:49:00.000-07:00

Twelve firefighters are trapped atop a ridge off Santiago Canyon Road in Orange County after flames jumped the road. The blaze roared up the hillside and prompted the crew members to deploy their fire shelters. They were surrounded by burning brush, but they made it out alive. "We just remained calm, everyone did," one firefighter said after he was checked out by paramedics. All of the firefighters were treated at the scene and did not want to go to the hospital.

The picture above is courtesy of www.latimes.com who got the picture from a lady named Karen Tapia-Anderson. This is of the Santiago Fire which is burning due east of Irvine; Foothill Ranch; and Lake Forest, California. This fire as many of you know by now has been burning since Sunday as well as most of the other fires that are currently burning in California. I have to honestly say that these 12 firefighters are my heroes because of the guts they showed to go into that area and fight the fire, get trapped, and then not want to go to the hospital. To see more about what is going on with the fires go to cnn.com; foxnews.com, or any of those major news sources' websites to track the firefighting and to see more pictures.

Ann and I are sighing with relief right now, because we could be those people who are now spending the night either with family members in their houses or in hotels, or sleeping in the El Toro High School gym tonight. We almost renting an apartment in a new development by the Irvine Company called Portola Springs, which is right down the 241 toll road from where the fire originated and right below where it has burned. This area was one of the first areas evacuated once the fire started. Thank goodness for the promptings of the Spirit. I hope that we all can keep in mind those who have lost their house, loved ones, or who don't even know if they have lost their house or loved ones in our prayers tonight and for the next little while. Because who knows, that could be you or someone you know that has been evacuated from their house and has lost it. Good luck to all those who are fighting the fires and to those who are stranded not knowing what is going on with your house, you are in my prayers.

Have you ever thought?

2007-10-15T21:19:00.000-07:00

Well the other day I was sitting at my desk at home thinking that I was having a hard and it was never going to end. Then I looked next to my computer at the Beta Fish and thought, man do they have it easy or what! The only thing that they have to worry about is when am I going to be fed and when is my water going to be changed. So I thought that they really do have it easy, but I also thought that I have it easier than others do, because I don't have to worry about whether my house is going to be bombed, of where my next meal is going to come from, whether I am going to make it to the next day. So basically what I am saying is that things are better for me than I actually thought and that I really shouldn't stress the small things and I know that there are worse things out there for me to be worrying about what I am going through right now.

Now to refer this to an earlier post, when I was talking about being excited for school to start, now I can say that I have officially changed my mind! I am now no longer excited for school and can't wait for it to be over.

CSI: Cat Pee

2007-10-07T21:26:00.000-07:00

After eating a great brunch with Ann's parents at their house I got to work on my homework that is due tomorrow. After working on that during the whole time the afternoon session of General Conference I got to relax for a little bit watching the San Diego Football Chargers beat the Denver Broncos BIG TIME, much like Notre Dame beat UCLA (which is for another post)! We went with Ann's Mom and her sister to Big Corona Beach to see the sand castles that were built during a contest that was held today. When we got there all the sand castles had been destroyed, trampled back into the ground that they had come from, so we went back the Ann's parents house.

While relaxing some more, watching older episodes Iron Chef America and other shows on the Food Network, Ann's mom asked me to help her find the spray from a cat that had been inside their house and was stinking up the area were it was. Now I have to say that I could not smell a single thing outside of the food what was being cooked. So we turned off all the lights in the area where we were searching and used a black light that would make the pee show up. so after having turned off the lights and taking the black light from Ann's mom I started to wave it in front of me lighting up the ground, with all the dust specs appearing in the way that white items appear under black lights. After I looking for a few minutes I found one area where the cat sprayed the wall by their kitchen, and other areas on the carpet that was on a small step into their kitchen and on the floor by a chase lounge in a little sitting area just off of their family room. While looking some more around the house Ann's mom said, "This is like CSI!" I thought, "For sure it is," as I waved the black light in front of me trying to illuminate any other that might have been sprayed while the marking of territories too place, but I didn't find anymore (luckily). I actually enjoyed waving a black light around looking for stuff, I actually thought about what else I would find and then decided not to search anymore because I could see all the lint on the clean shirt that I was wearing.

I know that out of everything that happened today; this was the thing that I was posting about and how completely weird this is, but I just had to share this story with everyone! I also hope that no one else has to go through this, not that it was a bad experience or anything, but it was something that I hope to not have to repeat. I also hope that everyone enjoyed the great General Conference weekend.

The Best Thing about October

2007-10-06T22:35:00.001-07:00

The best thing about October is General Conference Weekend. Two sessions on Saturday, plus the always great Priesthood Session. The most surprising thing, but not really surprising, was the calling of a new member of the 12 apostles, and a new councilor in the First Presidency. The new Apostle is Elder Quentin L. Cook and the new councilor is Elder Henry B. Eyring. The surprise was not the calling of a new member of the 12 but the calling of a new councilor in the First Presidency and who it was. Now I am not saying that I am not happy with the choice, because I support it with all my heart, it was a surprise because I never thought of Elder Eyring as a possibility. I only thought of Elder Holland or Elder Ballard. I know that the Lord has called the right councilor for his presidency and it will be a great opportunity for the church to grow under this presidency.

Elder Eyring gave GREAT talk tonight during the priesthood session, because he talked about how to over come adversity when receiving a priesthood calling that you might think is to much for you. He said that there are three things the come from your prayers about you new priesthood calling, the Lord will give you a three fold answer; 1.) Assurance that you can get through any adversity from the calling, 2.) Forget yourself in the calling, 3.) well I really don't remember the third one because I didn't have anything to take notes on and I am tired at the moment, but I will update this post when I can see what it is. But I remember that it was such a good talk and it was something that I was thinking about just last week and how overwhelming it would be for me to have a major calling in the ward, but I had the same feelings that Elder Eyring mentioned in his talk. I hope that you all enjoyed Conference today and will enjoy it tomorrow, because I know that I will.

Disneyland

2007-09-27T08:47:00.000-07:00

Well yesterday Ann and I went to Disneyland after going to school, which I have to say was pretty fun. Yes, she came with me to my afternoon class (I didn't go to my morning class because I was not feeling good). When we got there we went to California Adventure and saw a new "Fall Attraction" for this park called Candy Corn Acres, which was "grown" by Goofy. So below you will see some of the pictures that Ann took of Candy Corn Acres... I hope that you enjoy looking at these because Ann just loved seeing all the decorations for Halloween as this is her favorite time of the year (The Holiday Season).

How I Met You Mother

2007-09-24T20:41:00.000-07:00

Well... The season premiers are here and I am totally pleased with the season premier of How I Met Your Mother. It the first time that Older Ted (the voice of Bob Sagget) mentions his wife and the first time that we learn something about her and how they met. Well in the premier, as you have seen in the commercials for it, Mandy Moore and Enrique Inglesias guess star. Mandy Moore hocks up with Ted and Enrique Iglesias becomes Robin's boyfriend, who is from Argentina (ya baby).

I do have to say that this show is really close to FRIENDS. The difference is that the 2 "friends" get married earlier in the series and there is only 5 people. Please watch it and let me know what you guys think. And for those who watch it will think that it is... wait for it... LEGENDARY!

OJ... Here we go again!

2007-09-17T13:03:00.001-07:00

Well as many of you know, OJ just can't help staying out of the news. I think that it is built in him to stay in trouble and to cause turmoil wherever he goes. I hope that this time he gets what he deserves, JAIL!!! People say that they feel bad for the guy, but the people who should be getting sympathy is the Goldman family. Now over 10 years later the Goldman family has still not received a dime of the money OJ owes them. I honestly feel that they have every right to publish the book he wrote. I personally think that any of the money he would have made from that book would not have gone to whatever it was that he said it would go to, I think that it would have gone into his own personal bank account and not to the Goldmans. Congrats to them to have the guts to do what they are doing and trying to get back some of the monetary funds that he owes them. Once again I think that he gets what he deserves, which as I said earlier, JAIL!!!!

Um....

2007-09-14T21:16:00.000-07:00

Well it's been awhile and I really haven't had anything to really write about. But now, um... As I said in an earlier blog I love the fall! It is so fun, with the season change, school starting (yes I said school starting, I would get really bored at night with nothing to do and now I have something to do), and as I said before SPORTS!

If you look at my friend Brad's blog you can see the beauty of fall in the mountains, and down here by the beach the air gets cooler, heavier thus causing the marine layer to come in over the coast. I love it! But most of all I love that baseball gets really intense! The pendant races heat up, wild care races heat up. I find myself cheering for teams that I would other wise not cheer for. Like tonight the Red Sox and the Yankees played tonight and I found myself cheering for the Yankees because the Red Sox and the Angeles are in a race for home field advantage through the playoffs up to the World Series (even then they would get it due to the results of the All Star Game). The ironic thing about cheering for the Yankees is that I really can't stand either team because their fans expect everyone to cheer for them and expect them respect them too.

And as I said yes I enjoy going to school, but if you were to ask me what I think about it in a few weeks I might change my tone. I hope that everyone enjoys fall as much as I do!

It's about time!

2007-09-13T07:58:00.000-07:00

Well for months there have been states saying that they should vote on a ballot initiative that would let President bush know that he should pull the troops out of Iraq, which I always thought was a bunch of bull. Then I saw this news article and I was happy!

Governor Vetoes California Ballot Question on U.S. Policy in Iraq

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 12 — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed a bill Wednesday that would have allowed Californians to vote on whether “the president should end the United States occupation of Iraq.”

The governor explained his decision by saying that Iraq policy was “not a state issue” and that the symbolic vote would carry no weight.

If Californians want to send Washington a message about Iraq, Mr. Schwarzenegger said, they can do so at the polls without an Iraq advisory question. California, he said, moved its presidential primary up to Feb. 5 from June to allow the state a greater say in selecting presidential candidates.

“All Californians have the right and the means to speak their mind on matters of such national importance,” Mr. Schwarzenegger, a Republican, said in his veto message. “There is no louder message Californians can send to Washington on the Iraq war than who should lead our nation.”

The bill would have added an advisory question to the February ballot asking voters if they favored an immediate troop withdrawal from Iraq.

Sixty-five percent of Californians support either withdrawing all (39 percent) or some (26 percent) of the American troops in Iraq, according to the Field Poll, which questioned 1,029 registered voters in California from Aug. 3 to Aug. 12. Participants were asked what the United States should do now about the number of its troops in Iraq.

The margin of error was plus or minus three percentage points.

State Democrats strongly criticized the veto. The president pro tem of the Senate, Don Perata, the Democrat who introduced the Iraq bill, said it was odd for Mr. Schwarzenegger to dismiss Iraq as a federal issue when he — and the state — had taken such a strong stance on global issues like the environment.

The chairman of California’s Democratic Party, Art Torres, said the governor’s veto “muzzled” voters.

“The self-proclaimed ‘people’s governor’ owed nothing less to the people of California and our troops overseas than to let the voice of the voters be heard on this disastrous war in Iraq,” Mr. Torres said. “Instead, even as General Petraeus presents statistics this week that have raised more questions than answers about progress in Iraq, Schwarzenegger has ignored that message and effectively muzzled California voters on this critical issue.”

The veto came on the same day that Mr. Schwarzenegger announced the deaths of four marines from Camp Pendleton near San Diego.

Since 2003, more than 400 service members from California have died in Iraq, more than from any other state.

I have always thought that Congress (especially if they voted for the war in the first place), the state legislature, etc. have not authority to tell the President of the United States what to do. He is the decision maker for the country. What really burns me is that there are people going over there and coming back saying that it is not as bad as people say it is and it is a winnable war. I thought that this was interesting, especially what the Govenator said about the vote.

Arizona

2007-09-08T08:11:00.000-07:00

Well Ann and I flew to Arizona on Thursday morning to visit my parents. We came because we have been telling them all summer long that we would come, but as I stated in other posts we have been busy with work trips. So we got here Thursday and ran some errands with them on Thursday and it was a typical weekday. Yesterday we went golfing at the golf course near my parents house. Now I have to say that golf is the ONLY game played between the ears. I started out good, but I got cocky and thinking that I do hit the ball anywhere and play a good round and like always it went down hill form there. But as I said, golf is played between the ears and I turned around and cleaned up my game saved the round.

The highlight of the trip was going to an Arizona Diamondbacks game with my parents last night. The best part by far was when the Diamondbacks scored their first run. The pitcher hit the ball towards the third baseman and he (the third baseman) threw the ball away, thus allowing the other baserunner to advance from third to home. The throw from the right fielder was off line and and led the catcher into the base path causing the baserunner coming from third to do a flip over the catcher scoring the run. That was by far the best play of the night in baseball and it never even got considered for a play of the day by ESPN. Anyway the Diamondbacks won the game thus increasing their lead in the West to 2 games over the San Diego Padres. So that is the update from Arizona.

Movie Review

2007-09-03T21:18:00.001-07:00

So tonight Ann and I went to a movie with Brooks and Nikki. We went to see Rush Hour 3. Brooks and I thought that it would be awesome because of the first too. So we went the four of us, Ann and I got there early to get something to eat (because it was right after dinner, 6:45pm). So the movie starts with Chris Tucker directing traffic, causing an accident and then hitting on the girls that were in the accident. Jackie Chan was guarding the ambassador of China as he attending a conference, but then gets shot. From there the antics from the first two movies begin. Traveling to Paris getting in trouble there with the police before the technically step on Parisian ground. From there they convince a Parisian taxi driver that he is an American spy and he has to help them out (the taxi driver latter is told that if he didn't stop goofing off and ruins his dream to be an American).

Well, one thing leads to another and they fight the bad guys on the the Eiffel Tower. There are comedic moments throughout the movie, honestly I really didn't have any favorite moments in the movie. As Ann said during the movie, it is totally a guy movie and would really suggest it to the men who are having a guys night out. I would not go see it again, in fact I would not rent it. I would probably wait to see it again when it is on TV. I apologize to those who liked it, but it is just not my kind of movie.

My new favorite TV show

2007-09-02T22:24:00.001-07:00

Okay, so I was pretty bumbed that "FRIENDS" went off the air. Ann and I were thinking of something else to watch because we have found ourselves referring to it in real life situations. So we decided to find a new show that we could watch and get a good laugh from. While we had cable TV, I found myself watching the show "Spin City" which by the way, has been off the air for a few years (FX shows reruns daily). When we switched to satellite I found out that we had to wake up to watch it a 6:00 am which on some days is very early. Which brings me to my point, on our trips to England last year and our past two trips to Hawaii American Airlines shows a program on top of the normal "in flight movie", which is called "Eye on America". During this program a newer show called "How I Met Your Mother" is shown.

Well, I watched a couple of the episodes on those flights and decided that I had to watch it because it was funny and when I watched it on the flights Ann and I were the only people laughing on the whole plane. Well I could never get an idea of when it was on, so when we switched to satellite I decided that I would start to record it so that I can start watching it. Like I said in the title, this is my new favorite TV show. On top of recording it, Ann and I bought the first season on DVD so that we knew what was going on while we watched reruns of the second season during the summer. Ya, we bought it on Tuesday and opened it on Thursday and by now have watched the whole first season in its entirety and are fully hooked. So if you hear us quoting it don't get all freaked out, because you might not know what were are talking about we will explain it to you. If you would like to see some of the episodes it is on on Monday night before "Two and a Half Men" (which by the way is another funny show). Ann and I seriously recommend this show to anyone who is going through the same thing that Ann and I did watching reruns of FRIENDS (quoting the whole episode because we ahve seen them so many times).

College Football has begun!

2007-09-01T22:41:00.000-07:00

Well, it's the first Saturday in September and College Football has begun. The usual favorites won, usual meaning the Top 25. Oh wait... I take that back. Michigan, the number 5 team in the nation played Division 1-AA Appalachian State. Now if any on you know anything about college football know that the ranked team would beat the smaller school's football team. But today one of the biggest upsets in college sports took place. The defending Division 1-AA Champs Appalachian State beat the number 5 ranked Michigan on their own field, The Big House! The ESPN College Gameday guys are saying that this could be the biggest underdog defeat in history.

On a brighter side all the teams that I would cheer for won, expect for The University of Utah. BYU, UCLA, USC, CAL, and last but not least anyone who plays Michigan, and Notre Dame. I know that Notre Dame is going through a rebuilding year (whatever, every year in college is a rebuilding year thanks to the NFL draft), but come on to loose on your own field to a team that might not win 6 games this year is unbelievable. BYU and Cal revenging their losses from last year to Tennessee and The University of Arizona, ROCK ON! This is by far the most exciting time of the year for me with the fall sports kicking off, the MLB playoffs coming up, I am one totally stocked sports fan and look forward to more sports posts!

Michael Vick

2007-08-28T22:05:00.000-07:00

Well we all know by now that Michael Vick has done the most absolute heinous thing that someone could do. So to give a more fun aspect to this, my Dad sent me two cartoons that make fun of him and what he did. I personally think that what he did was ridiculously wrong and cruel. I think that he deserves what ever punishment he gets from the government and he should be suspended indefinitely and should not even be given the opportunity to return to the NFL. What he did was worse than what Pete Rose did (betting on baseball, betting on his own team at that) so he should be allowed to even have anything to do with football, meaning any sort of coaching; announcing; etc. Please feel free to express you opinions on Michael Vick. I hope that you enjoy the cartoons.

Life is Truly Short

2007-08-27T16:56:00.000-07:00

Well today was a day of good news and bad news. After going to the doctor and hearing that Ann is getting better as planned, which is the good news. From there we went to my in-laws house to talk to Ann's dad about going to Northern California for work. When Ann walked in she could tell that something was wrong and she asked what was wrong. Her Mom went on to say that a family friend died while driving his son to the MTC in Provo, Ut (the bad news). They had "going away party" for his son with family and friends at their house until after midnight. From there they left to head up to Utah and the MTC. This was a big shock to everyone because this brother was a great leader for his ward (he was bishop) and a great friend to all who met him. His wife had a neck injury, but other than that (as far as I know) no one else was seriously injured.

This just goes to show that life is truly short life is in the Lord's Eternal Plan. We really should not take advantage of this life and we should really be prepared for that moment when the Lord says that it is our time go return to live with him again. It is truly a tragic event to happen to any one and my heart goes out the the Talataina Family in the loss of their beloved father, husband, and friend. I hope that each one of us can remember why we are here and take advantage of every moment we have because this life is a very short time in the Lord's plan.

"Whate'er Thou Art, Act Well Thy Part."

2007-08-26T16:03:00.000-07:00

Today I taught my usual Sunday School class, which is Presidents of the Church. Today's topic was President David O. McKay - Worldwide Ambassador of God. We talked about how he was prepared by the Lord to be a Prophet of the Lord. We talked about how it started when he first got his Patriarchal Blessing when the Patriarch told David that he had something else to do than to play marbles. He then was told that it would be his lot to site on a council with his brethren and preside among the people and exhort the Saints to faithfulness. From there it when to how much he loved to learn and how he met his future wife.

Then it goes to my favorite part of story and the title of this post. When David O. McKay was a missionary in Scotland he was having a day that every missionary has. He was a little discouraged and homesick. While he and his companion were walking he saw a broken down dwelling with a stone over the doorway with a carving on it. David told his companion that he was going to see what it was. While he was walking up the gravel walkway the carving came into view. On the stone was the following motto: "Whate'er Thou Are Art, Act Well Thy Part." Which for President McKay went on to mean, that what ever you are you should act that part. Meaning that if you are a missionary, member of the church, etc. you should act like a missionary and a member of the church.

This is something that is very important to me because it is such true concept to just be true to who you are and what you represent. All his life David O. McKay used this and other concepts and qualities that were learned in his life while he was in the service of the Lord. On top of his service and "acting well his part," he logged over one million miles in his travels representing the church. When David O. McKay died the news spread across the world. From there condolences and letter to his family poured in from all over the world.

I know that all the prophets of the church are meant to be examples and their examples should be followed, but I feel that if every young man followed the example of David O. McKay, there would be better missionaries and better priesthood holders in the church. I know that I am going to try to follow his example and apply the motto that he found that one day on his mission... "Whate'er Thou Art, Act Well Thy Part."

To view more about this lesson please go to: lds.org and click the "Prepare Lesson" link. Then click the "Sunday School" link. Then click "The Presidents of Church" link. Then click the "Lesson 29" link.

Hospitals

2007-08-25T18:09:00.000-07:00

On Wednesday I spent more time in a hospital than I have in the last 15 years of my life. This is because my wife had two cysts in her sinus cavities, one under each eye. She has been feeling one of them for about 4 and a half months until she has them removed. Before we figured out what was really wrong with her we went to the doctor and they diagnosed her with a sinus infection. Well that infection transformed into the previously stated cysts. Over then last 4 and a half months they grew to the size of large grapes.

As I said on Wednesday she had them removed and had some other minor things done that would help her breath better. The picture above is what she looked like after the surgery was done and we had returned to her parents house. For the first few days after the surgery she did not feel well, but after a phone call to the doctor we found out that the anesthetic would not wear off due that fast due to the amount of water she that she drank. Once she started to drink something else she started to feel better. So good in fact, that today I got her out of the house and we went for a nice little walk by the watter of Newport Harbor. The doctor has given her a number of rules that she has to follow. For a few weeks she can not blow her nose, etc. From here there is nothing that she can but just better.

My First Post

2007-08-25T11:38:00.000-07:00

Here is a picture of me at Thanksgiving last year through a football with my brother.

Well, my friend Brad has been pushing me to start a blog. So after sometime of hearing him say "you need a blog." Or "why don't you have a blog?"

Here is a little info about me...
Name: Brody Foy
Home Town: Irvine, Ca
Birthplace: Salt Lake City, Ut.
Job: Sales Representative.

I really don't know what else to say, but here's to many more posts.