Day 5

Friday:.....
Okay, so my Friday was kind of a really lame day. I did take a bike ride around washington park... but I didn't take any pictures. During the day I sat on FB a lot, did some schedule rearanging for the school year, dropped classes, made my work schedule, etc. In the evening I went to spend some time with Randi and Renae Deighton. These twins are in my stake here in Washington, and I've had some great fun hanging out with them while we were all at BYU. It was fun to get away from my family for a little while and hang out with friends. The picture attached was taken from the top of my house, I did so in order to try to illustrate how close I live to the ocean, but you can't really see anyhow. That dark, double humped island in the background is... well, an island, separated from us by a couple hundred feet of ocean water... Here's a google map of my town, I live between the airport and Burrow's Bay. Anyhow, tomorrow will be much more exciting :-D

Day 4

Thursday: not camping
So today my mom wanted to go camping. There's a really nice state park nearby that she loves to visit and she wanted to go there, stay the night and come back Friday. Great plan except she didn't make reservations at the relatively small campground and we ended up going there, visiting the visitors center (a great place for visitors to visit... really), walking in the tidelands a bit and having a picnic lunch. Not bad for an afternoon. When Kacy got off work her and I went on a quick kayaking trip. We ran into a rather swelly ocean... at is an ocean with large swells, large for the Puget Sound at least, I think we saw some that were nearly three feet! something I've never really seen much of before hear since the area is so bay-y... or rather, has many bays. :-D

Day 3

Wednesday:Sailboats
I visited the Left Coast Development shop today, it is owned and operated by Jim Lee, aka my pointy haired boss (he's actually just mostly bald). He's a really funny and relaxed guy who decided to get into the boat building business. After one year of work they've yet to finish a boat, but they're getting close. In the mean time he's making money selling the 'Simple Stereo' which is a control box that you plug in a 12v battery, speakers, and your iPod and it plays music. Good for a car, boat, RV, or kayak (if you want to tow along a battery, which in my case is worth it for music, hehe). Anyhow, you can check out his website if you want to see picture of the boat he's building, "The Dart"

In the evening I went out with Jim in his J-35 sailboat and participated in the Anacortes Yacht Club weekly race. Jim isn't competitive since his crew consists of his wife, kids 3 (ages 15-9), and who ever he finds durring the week, but it's always fun to get out and sail. His boat is actually a racing boat and gets going quite fast. Despite only a small wind we had a great time sailing.

Day 2

Tuesday: beach combin'
So because of the exceptionally difficult morning going to the dentist and such my day was slightly dampened. Okay, mostly I was just lazy, couldn't eat so I didn't have energy, badda boom. We did got to the beach though where I took several pictures of my broha skim boarding and such.













So I did a lot of thinking today. I was driving my mom's honda Accord and as I left our driveway I tried to push the automatic transmission stick into neutral and jiggle it around (as I usually do with my car) and when it wouldn't budge to the side I remembered that it was automatic and not manual. Then I noticed the knob for adjusting the side mirrors, it was a very simple and easy to use knob, much nicer than the one on my car. This got me thinking of the perfect hybrid car. Taking elements from each of the cars that I drive I devised what would be the best car ever!

First, it's a manual, and it would drive just like my Mitsubishi, but then it has the space and seating of our Suburban with of course the gas mileage of our Prius. (Okay, I know that is so impossible right now, but this is a perfect car after all.) Then it would have the audio control system/capabilities of the Pruis with the sound system of the suburban. It would have adjustments and controls (seat position, mirrors, CC, brights, etc.) like the Honda (as well as the pick-up of the Honda) and a dash display like the Mitsubishi. Finally it would also be just as cute and fun-loving as my Mitsubishi. That's pretty much the perfect car, and I love it. The end.

A Week in WA: Day 1

So I'm visiting my family at our place of residence in Anacortes, WA. Here in A-Town there is a lot of crazy fun stuff to do I have therefore decided to give a little picture blogg of what I do. I'll call it A Week in WA and do a post everyday.

Day 1, Monday:
Arrived at the airport and drove home. Took a bike ride in the forest, went kayaking w/Gavin, later that evening we took the boat out, but just for a bit so I could get used to it again. Now that my parents believe I'm capable, I can take it out anytime this week :-D



Gavin and I just walked to the beach from our home with the kayak




This is our friend fredrick the Seal











My bike in the forest near the Beaver Ponds

Coleen

DSC_0028, originally uploaded by guywmurray.

My older sister got married last week. In true Murray fashion her reception was held at a beach, and here is one of the pictures they took just previous to the reception. I looked and looked for a picture that I wanted to post, but I couldn't find the one that was just right, Coleen has a really good (and permanent) fake smile that she uses for pictures. I guess her over-the-top photogenity is counter-ballanced by Bjorn's lack of enthusiasm for picture taking. I guess in that sense this picture is good in showing how well these two compliment and balance out each other.

tmi

I recently created a note on Facebook. It was one of those chain notes, answer the questions, tag some people and see the comments flow in. I chose to do this on a whim, quickly starting as I read a friend's who had tagged me. I choose 15 people based on what came to mind first which ended up being those who I had been in contact with in the past 24 hours (perhaps even in order from the most amount of time to the least). Then I proceed to answer questions, and as fate would have it, a majority of the more prying questions fell on people that there was actually information to pry about. I however maintained a steady policy of honesty, to the point of being blunt and possibly offensive at some points, revealing somethings that perhaps should have remained hidden.

I found it an interesting release for myself, despite being myself uncomfortable with some of the answers I gave, and fearful of what they may say to me after reading this note. I suppose I put a lot of trust in the tendency of people to assume that someone is kidding when they give cutting remarks, and while most who read this note will likely see my humor throughout, they will also notice that the comments are truthful. I'm not sure just what I think about the whole idea of exposing your heart and soul to anyone at BYU that is inclined to read my note. It creates an interesting feeling, and again, despite putting all truth that I could muster, even embellishing on many items to create an interesting read, I think many people will not consider at as serious or important as it was to me. That is a good thing in the end, I do believe.

I think many bloggs are the same way, the writing puts down random peices of their soul, often being very truthful and deeply minded as they write. While readers may skim over the piece, think it's interesting, maybe even eave a comment, but rarely, if ever, will they feel the full meaning that the writer felt (unless on the rare occasion the reader was some one also directly involved in the event blogged about). Writing allows a person to take thier time to put down their true thoughts and intentions. "Writing maketh an exact man," so says an inscription at the Library of Congress, and I believe it to be true.