I did not! Oh, hi Mark!

So I am just sitting around watching monday night with Ross and Tyler and to fill some time decided to see if I had it in me to write an actual blog tonight. So from my super detail filled last post you will notice that I am now engaged. As odd as it may be it still has not sunk in. I say that because it just felt so natural and like it was the right thing to do, it was just the next natural step in our relationship. I maybe kinda sort of love her... Girls are still gross but hopefully I can grow out of that soon, haha. So this last week it has been sooo freezing in my apartment because our heater stopped working and we finally got a guy to come check it out but he didn't have all the right parts so it still did not get fixed today, another cold night ahead. I'm pretty sure I know why it's not working

Where is Batman when you need him?

Go Abed. So I am pretty sure everyone by now has heard of the show community but honestly people, it's become my favorite non-cable show and it feels like it gets better every episode. My favorite is still the Modern Warfare episode from season 1 but that only because I have not seen all of season 2, I have to work on Thursday nights. El Tigre!


~Bracken Rawlings

Lets soak 'em for Crutchy!

I'm engaged!

Now enjoy these...

Youtube Merengue Dog.

So another semester of school started and it is looking like it should be a pretty good semester for me. I have my schedule set in a way where I am excited for my early class and this should help me actually wake up! Who loves getting credit for playing soccer every day? This guy!


Godzi-RR-a!

Also, it has been brought to my attention that I have reached a new peak of nerdery. If anyone has suggestions on spelling of "nerdery" please let me know because spelling and grammar are not high on my skills list. But Spirit, Cunning, Combat and Honor are!!! Uhhhh.... Like I said, I have reached a whole new level of being/embracing my inner nerd. Are you all ready for this? Count me in as a board game nerd! Now before you all start picturing this guy in your head...

you need to let me explain myself. First, I am not talking about RPG, Dungeons & Dragons and Warhammer type games. Second, you won't find me playing at the Dragon's Keep on a Tuesday night during Board Game demo night, although that is the place where I buy my games... Third, I am not online posting and commenting on board game forums. With those points being stated you can cut me some slack now and not judge me to hard. However if you ever hear me saying things like, "...it's okay, you can just head back and camp at town and move the shadow tracker back D3" in conversations go ahead and shun me for a moment. In my defense, until you try on of these games you can't knock me for playing them. Who wouldn't want to massacre a ton of zombies with a hunting rifle that has a baseball bat attached to it bayonet style?!?! Or how about a chainsaw attached to a machine gun?

This guy knows what I am talking about.

So Chelsey just came over and needless to say I will now be distracted so until next time.

I'll end on this picture that was sent to me. Enjoy.


~Bracken Rawlings

P.S. Oh Snooki....

This next time, I want two Dragons!

Hello to the the one or two other person that actually gets on and reads this besides my mom. Its been a long, fun and sadly at times boring past two weeks for me. But backing up even more it has been an awesome summer thus far and I predict that this trend will continue. I am having difficulties really remembering things I have done since I last wrote anything so I will just try and spit things out as I remember them.


First off, Go Dutch! Prior to the World Cup starting I had made it widely known that the who I was cheering for was as follows; #1 The United States of America! They are my home country and I will cheer for them forever. The home of the free and the brave! #2 The Dutch. Why you ask? Two reason originally but more and more since I have watched them play. The first two reasons were that my favorite player Van Persie plays for them and second because they have legit orange jerseys. The list has grown since the World Cup has begun and now that they are playing Spain in the Finals on Sunday I am way stoked. And the 3rd team I was cheering for was any African Nation. It would have been awesome to see an African nation win on home soil but European soccer is still to dominant for anyone to compete with.


Aside from spending more time than I should watching the World Cup I have been wasting time watching other shows as well because we have a DVR at my new place and I am taking full advantage of it. My list include Wipeout, Hell's Kitchen, So You Think You Can Dance, Tosh.0, Pawn Stars, Mythbusters, etc. So without going into much further explanation, I spend my time wisely. But so does Chelsey because she spends the same time with me watching the same awesome shows.

Which brings me to my next item, Chelsey. Enough said.

And don't you worry your little heads I have been keeping up on Zombies as well by buying the greatest board game ever. It is quite simply called Zombies!!! (yes with 3 exclamation points). If you EVER want to play it just holla atcha boy!


Ummm, OH! I have picked up reading again and read the first two books in the Hunger Games series. They are really fun books and real quick reads. I'm currently reading World War Z and it is way cool too.

~Side note: I just got a text from ESPN saying LeBron James will sign with the Miami Heat barring late charge. Uhhh D-Wade, Chris Bosh and the King all on one court. Yeah, that will be one heck of a team. Sadly for me Amar'e has left the Suns to play out in New York, YUCK! As long as we got Steve we still got a chance! Keep the dream alive.

Well folks I think that is all for me tonight. Just had to get on and spill a few of my thoughts onto this so I could fell like I am slightly keeping up on it. Night.

~Bracken Rawlings

p.s.

Did you know dolphins are just gay sharks?

First:


Suns dominate.

Second:



Coheed & Cambria concert, life changing.

~Bracken Rawlings

p.s. Starting Monday if you are a Lakers fan do not talk to me.

They have midgets on their team! And girls!

'tsup!

So it is official, I am done with school and finals and it feels grrrrrrrrrreat! Tony stole that catch phrase from me by the way, silly tiger, trix are for ME! But seriously, eat Wheaties Fuel. So yeah, the feeling of being done is great but the anxiety of waiting to see how much I actually messed up is killing me, slowly....over it. Phew, that was rough.

Today was the first day I worked at my new store in American Fork. The store is about 6x the size of my previous store which is comparable to a center for ants, so yeah, times that by 6 and you do the math. Pretty big. But believe it or not one detail stood out above all others today at work, highlight of my day. I even texted a few people letting them know just how excited I really was. They have scanners that work!!! I can not tell you how truly excited that made me. I just sat there scanning things amazed at how effortless it was. I am excited for work, haha. They also had a Chewbacca bobble head there but instead of holding his bowcaster he had a generic blaster so I couldn't justify buying it. I will stick with my Darth Vader, Stormtrooper and best of all Boba Fett bobble heads for now.

So I was bored last night and started doing random searches on google, this happens a lot, and the culminating event, after maybe an hour of search after search was this picture:

Yeah, Mexican stormtrooper. Don't ponder too long on how I ended up searching for Mexicans and Star Wars, I can't control sometimes how my brain works.

I also then spent about 30 minutes watching videos of Kevin Brewer dancing, dude is SICK! Don't believe me? Believe this!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_8Q1pno6Yw

Don't ever doubt me again, thank you.

Well it is time for my awesome Zombie Update. AMC has announced a new show called the Walking Dead. It is based off of a graphic novel series, yes that is a fancy comic book for all of you people who are ignorant to your inner nerd, that has been on going since 2003. The pilot will begin filming in May and the Series itself will start in October. The first season will only consist of 6 episodes, but it will hopefully be 6 episodes of pure delight. p.s. I have the graphic novels and love them, so yeah, too legit too quit!

Until next time, I'm Kenny Powers, you're OUT!!! and I'm IN!!!

~Bracken Rawlings

P.S. But I hate getting punched in the chest!

All my single ladies, all my single ladies!

Life rocks! I have gotten rid of a TON of things and people that have been dragging me down for months and I couldn't be happier. So if I am still talking to you then feel privileged that you have not lost me as a friend, because those who have are missing out. Not pride, just the truth. So I really don't recall exactly in what order everything has happened this past month but it has been a great month and I can not wait for summer to begin!

I have been putting together a summer "bucket list" and I know just who to ask to help me knock off everything on the list. As I said, this summer will be amazing and I am seriously looking forward to it.

So last night I went to a Salt Lake Real game and it was SUHHHH-WEEET! We got there about 10 minutes late and when we got in the stadium Real was down 1-0 to the Sounders. But you need not fear because we came back and scored off a sick header from Will Johnson to tie it at 1-1 in the second half. About 15 minutes later the Sounders put in another wussy goal off a stupid free kick. I was beginning to think all was lost because come the 90th minute we were still down and awarded 4 minuted of stoppage time. In the final minute of stoppage time we got a corner and this was it, last chance to score and wouldn't you know it we DID!!! Amazing equalizer header off the corner, the place went NUTS! So awesome, I lost my voice a little from screaming so much. Never thought I would be so excited over a tie game but that's what soccer does to me now, I love it and can not wait for the World Cup. Go USA! and go Dutch! haha.

So in less than a months time guess where I will be? To be specific guess where I will be May 10th at 7:00 pm? COHEED AND CAMBRIA CONCERT!!! Oh my, this will be the single greatest moment of my LIFE! Seriously, think of something awesome I have done and promise you this will top it. AND to make my anticipation even better the Year of the Black Rainbow comes out tuesday and believe you me, I will be listening to it soooo much when it arrives.

So I know I have done a TON of other awesome things as of late but because I have been out and about and having so much fun lately everything is blending together and I can not really remember it all! Haha, kind of defeats the purpose of going out and having fun if you are doing and having so much fun stuff you begin to forget exactly everything you have done.

Well all I know right now is that I want to get some sleep and I will try and recall this past month of awesomeness at a later time and date.

~Bracken Rawlings

p.s. I really hope you are happy, because I am! Boom baby!