The Going Gets Tough

Sometimes the going gets tough. You think you're heading in a good direction, moving forwards, only to find out that you're doing it all wrong, and because you did it wrong, you've actually set yourself back.

I just paid $82 for background checks to start my teacher certification, but when I re-read the directions on their website I discovered that I didn't even need this. Money is so tight right now and I blew it on a background check that I don't need! (non-refundable of course).

My Jeep overheated a few days ago while I was driving on the freeway. I immediately pulled over and parked it, but I guess it was already too late - blown head gasket. Do I have $3,000 to pay someone to fix it? No. If I had a garage to fix it myself, then I would, but I don't.

Body pain? Yep: Sprained wrist that just won't heal, worst part is that it makes rock climbing all the more difficult. (this really isn't too bad, I mean, of all things that could go wrong, a sprained wrist is nothing).

This seems to be part of life however, and I've been here before. So, not to despair, I'll just pick up the pieces and move on.

I'm looking into selling the Jeep to a mechanic who can fix it up for himself, and then buying a motorcycle (lower gas bill, and lower insurance). I'll just keep on applying for my teacher certification using the correct check list this time, and I wrapped my wrist in an ace bandage today. Woot!

Life is good.

--WBC--

Bed Hair is the New Awesome

bed hair is the new awesome

New Look

It was time for a blog makeover. I really hope you enjoy the new look as much as I do. I changed the blog title because I wanted to better reflect its purpose. This blog is a collection of William's Notes.

--WBC--

SLC

It's a nice day today, and rightly so for a Friday. I've been gym climbing at the Front a few times a week in preparation for the Spring season. I'm working, and it feels nice to be financially stable for once. I plan on staying here for the Summertime - even though a lot of friends and fun people I know are heading to Jackson for the Summer. Currently I have a good thing going on here in SLC.

--WBC--

German Couchsurfers staying with us

Bye Bye Danger

I think I forgot to mention that Danger Kitty ran away from home, 4 days after I moved to Salt Lake (in October). I don't think she enjoyed the move; and even may have felt like I "stole" her from our old home because I had no way of telling her what was going on. Four days after being in our new place I thought I would let her outside to look around. She promptly ran down the sidewalk and around the corner. I chased her but she ducked behind a house, and that was that last I saw of her.

I hope she found a better place to be - like a nice old lady's house somewhere around the block, which is warm and she'll get fet lots of food, and together they can keep each other company. I just believe that is where she is now.

I am living and working in Salt Lake City. I love what I've found here. I like the people, the surrounding mountains, the Salt Lake Temple, and the lingering heritage I sense here.

I'm starting calculus (finally) through BYU's online courses. It is more economic for me to take classes this way while I work full time.

So I'm outta time here, but I'll try to make some more updates soon.

--WBC--

To grow a beard...

This very well could be my last shave in a long time. Starting tomorrow I'm bringing back the beard. No shaving allowed in 2010!

Avatar

I watched the new Avatar movie today in 3-D and it was absolutely amazing! The artistic visuals, the story, character development, and effects were above anything I've ever experienced in a movie. Props to James Cameron (producer/director/writer) for the vision he had in creating it. I will definitely be watching this again soon. If you haven't seen it yet, I strongly recommend seeing it in 3-D.

--WBC--

Jo and Kona!

Battle of the bands. Love it!

New blog

I found something...

A better blogging program.

No, not wordpress or even b2evolution.

But just a simple, much more user friendly, blog.

Visually, it kicks blogspot's un-designed square butt.

The user interface is better too.

I might have to switch.

Blogger, we've been together for a long time, but we were only committed to each other as long as we were a good match. Sorry.

Hello, tumblr...

--WBC--

An Organ Festival in the Cathedral

Been there, done that.

Gilgal Statue Gardens

Salt Lake City. I was there.

Look what I found down the street from my house...

Salt Lake City LDS Temple

Ubuntu, I miss U

--WBC--

Ahhhhh

Google Number

I have a Google Voice number! Hoot Yeah! If you don't know what I'm talking about, you can watch a video of it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4Q9MJdT5Ds


I'm planning on using this as a business number, however, Family that calls this number will get my personal voicemail instead of a business one, SWEET!

Please try it out if you want to...



--WBC--

General Conference

Sunday afternoon session. This is awesome.

Names

I'm making it official... I will always go by the name of "William" (my first name). Most of you know me as Brian, that's fine. If you still want to use that name I'm not going to hold it against you. Brian is a great name, and I've used it for years and still like it. But from now on I will always be introducing myself as William to keep it simple.

In fact, I even made a new Twitter account (www.twitter.com/william_cobb). My name is "william_cobb" on twitter. If you have a twitter account, please follow me on it (not that I use it a lot, but sometimes I do).

The other "new" news about me is that I'll be staying in Utah a lot longer than I expected. On October 9th I'll be moving to Salt Lake City into a nice house set downtown. I'm pretty stoked to be living in Salt Lake - unexpectedly glad in fact. Utah has great rock climbing in the summer, snowboarding in the winter, and all around Salt Lake is cleaner than the average downtown's I've been to before. Not to mention a lot of cool people.

--WBC--

Pink Floyd Tribute Concert

"Shine On"