Hey, all! I just want to remind you to check my Gallery! I know I don't post very often, but I put a bunch of new songs and poems on it. Thanks!

Hey, everybody. I'm posting this from my grandma Hall's house. I decided I should post more often, even if it's just a random post like what Rachel does. Today was crazy, I've been up here all day helping my grandma move today. I just set up her computer and her internet (With some help from Mom) and so I got on for a little bit. Hope that you've all been having a good Fall Recess! Love you all, and Atra Esterni Ono Thelduin!

~~~ JT

"You know, I haven't blogged in a while..."
"Jarom!"
"Ahh! What??"
"Aren't you supposed to be doing your CEL essay?"
"... Maybe..."
"What are you doing?"
"Blogging... look, I just can't focus!"
"Well, let's try to focus. First, change windows..."
"Maybe somebody can help me."
"Jarom...!"
"Let's see... only Garrett and Jeremiah are online. They probably can't help me."
"Right. Now sign out of chat..."
"Maybe Garrett can help me. He usually gives me good advise."
"Jarom!"
"What??"
"You're being distracted again, aren't you?"
"Uhh..."
"Back to your essay."
"Hey, look! Mandi's on! Maybe she can help me!"
"Mandi doesn't go to your school, Jarom. She won't even know what CEL means."
"Oh, yeah..."
"Now, close the chat..."
"Hey, she's talking to me!"
"JAROM!"
"She's offering me her help!"
"But you're getting distracted!"
"Maybe... Dagget, she logged off."
"All right... now let's think. What's the topic of this essay?"
"I have to answer "What is the impact of population density on a given area?" The problem is, I can't write a good essay on only that! I'm too structured."
"If it wasn't an essay, how would you answer it?"
"Umm... More populated areas are poorer. At least, I think that's what the text book said. Let me go see..."
"All right, I'll wait..."
"Oh, crap... I totally read that wrong! It says population density is unrelated to poverty! Not related!"
"Hmm. That's something new."
"Yeah... Hey, Lexi's on!"
"Jarom..."
"And Lisa! Cool!"
"Jarom, you need to..."
"Oh, I rarely get to talk to Lexi and Lisa!"
"That's because Lisa lives in Kentucky."
"Exactly!"
"JAROM FOCUS ON YOUR ESSAY"
"Okay, okay.
...
Garrett's offering to help."
"*Sigh*"
"He usually gives good advice..."
"What if he distracts you?"
"He just told me how to start!"
"Good! Now how about you START?"
"Okay... Okay..."

Anybody else confused? The weird part is, I can't figure out which of my Seven personalities is talking to me in this particular conversation... Actually, I imagine it being a girls voice... Wait, I have a girl personality? That's a little weird. Can you tell that I am trying to focus on my essay but I really want to do anything but? This is a problem. Oh well, it's not due for another week and a half...

I had an AWESOME weekend!!!! It's Monday now, and I am still happy and elated from it!!!

Friday night was my big Birthday Party. A bunch of friends came (I wanted to invite more, but I decided 20 was chaotic enough. And lo and behold, I was right. Except "chaotic" was an understatement.) It was lots of fun. We played big group games like Murderer and stuff, and we had lots of fun! It was kinda funny to see the clash between my Nerd Friends and my church friends (Or as they call them, "The Girls" because the two guys that came from my ward fit right in with the others, meanwhile the girls sorta made their own group at one end of the circle.)

He he... One of the games we played was where you had to close your eyes and find someone and guess who it was based on their head. I thought this picture was pretty funny. That's Roscoe trying to guess Rachel.

This picture made me laugh. John is standing there looking like an idiot (he's not, but he looks like one) and Brielle's look just screams "Who the heck is this loser?"

This is Brielle trying to get Jaden to smile. We played "Honey, I love you, but I just can't smile!" Which was basically where you tried to get another person to smile for you. Of course, all the guys took the title literally and ended up actually acting as if they did love the person, which made everybody laugh! Brielle, of course, didn't actually want to try to do that with one of the nerds, so she settled for her sister.

So then Saturday night I went with Evan to Region Dance at the Oquirrh Stake Center. This is the first dance I've gone to willingly. "Big Steps." As my friend would say. *Laugh* Anyway, I had TONS of fun. It was way awesome. I can't believe I haven't wanted to go to one of these until now! We danced and ran and laughed with all our friends for 3 hours!! I got to dance with Tori, Rylee, Brielle, and Lexi C. I also saw Kyrstin, who I haven't seen in at least 2 years!

Something I thought was kinda cool, was that I got to dance with Tori to one of my new favorite songs! It's called "Fireflies", and it's by the band Owl City. I hadn't heard of either of them until last week, when my friend Cailey told me I should listen to it on YouTube. I did, and I loved it.

All right. Well, that's my awesome weekend. I hope you guys had some fun, too!

I realized just now that I haven't done a tribute since Aerin. So here's another one.

Here's to Evan!

(Pictures have been removed because Evan is afraid of somebody doing something with them or Google or the Government using them.)

Thanks for being a friend. Thanks for being supportive, and always being right behind me, even if it's just to smack me on the head when I do something stupid. Ever heard the phrase "Opposites Attract"? Evan and I are proof of that. Thanks for everything!
(P.S. Evan is Mister Tery.)

Sorry about lack of postage. I'm looking back on what I have posted, and thinking "Wow... Jarom posts some weird stuff." Who reads my blog and thinks that? Who reads my blog at all? Maybe this is for my posterity or something... "Guess what!" "What?" "I just found Grandpa's blog from when he was a kid!" "Really??" "Yeah! He was a weirdo!" (Hopefully I still am a weirdo by the time I have grandchildren. It will make their lives funner!)

So last night, I had the opportunity to go and receive my Patriarchal Blessing from Patriarch Hofhiens (Dang... is that how his name is spelled???) It was a really cool experience, and really spiritual. I've been praying about this for months, but I kept feeling like the time wasn't quite right yet... Then I started feeling better about it, and a couple of weeks ago I got the final impression like I should do it. (It was actually when I was told something else... which I cannot divulge now but will probably on a later date.) So now I've heard what the Lord wants to tell me. I could barely even speak for 10 minutes afterwards because I was just overwhelmed... In modern terms, IT WAS FREAKIN' AWESOME. (He he... I'm so laughing I write that...)

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Love ya'll!
Atra Esterni Ono Thelduin

Auuggghhhh!!!! I'm a horrible poster! I hope you all don't hate me, but if you do, I see it your way. I did a ton of things the past few weeks... We went to the Annual Hall Family Reunion Campout (You did what without me??- Summer Derieg), then we went to Hope of Isreal camp, (Team Teancum! Over the Wall! Into the Tent! Mission Accomplished!) Then we went to Education Week (It's a Magical Night, Anything can Happen! - John Bytheway) And I got to be a mentor and help all the seventh graders on Orientation day! (I'm going to eat you, you little Sevvies! -Evan Perez) And then we went back to school. (I wish I could steal peoples' souls by looking them in the eyes... -Mr. Stucki). He he. I love quotes.

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Atra Esterni Ono Thelduin!