It was the best of Tim, It was the worst of Tim
My name is Tim. One day out of sheer boredom a baby was born. Not a physical human baby, but the baby of my thoughts. and that baby...is my blog. Now, about me. I am a freshman at Brigham Young University, 18 years old, and loving it, whilst also working 2 or 3 times a week as a lifeguard back home in Orem. Exciting, huh?
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Monday, September 17, 2012
College Time
So classes are the first thing to talk about. Taking it easy. 12 credits. Nice and simple easy to keep up with work and transition into this new environment. I think next semester I'll try 15, but I am working, so we can see how that'll go over.
I don't have a ton of interesting stories, but my roommates are awesome. The one I share a bedroom with is one of my friends from Orem High, Garrett. We are pretty similar, so this makes it pretty easy to get along with him and it's a ton of fun.
My other roommate is a super nice guy from Fillmore. He's friendly and super easy to get along with.
So far, nothing's really stressed me out. Things just happen, work out, and nothing really bad has happened. So I can be thankful for that. I do get a little lazy with homework, but so far I've been able to turn everything in on-time and I can only assume I have good grades (I haven't checked yet)
Last night was really fun though. Garrett and I were invited to 3 dinners. WOOT! The first, was from my wonderful mother. That was an early meal, like 2 o clock. During this dinner I asked my mom if there was some good recipes that were easy so we could make dinner for girls in our ward. Adam promptly suggested that we wait until after our missions to do that, and suggested we try and get as many free dinners as we could until then.
We came back to our apartment afterwards, where we were invited over to our friend Julia's apartment for taco soup. It was SUPER good and it was super fun to get to know her roommates and neighbors and make new friends. That dinner was from 5:50-6:50. We then moved over to the apartment of our second invitation, friends Dylan, Amber, Emma, and Jenni. They had hawaiian haystacks which were also super good. That was from 6:55-8:30, when I left to rest a bit before ward prayer. So that evening was a success in Adam's book.
So there is just a taste of Tim's adventures at BYU. I'm loving it here and having a great time with friends. So here is a good update for any of you who are still following my blog, and I hope to do it a little more often to keep you all updated.
Monday, April 30, 2012
Questions from Caroline Hilton
1. If you could speak in any accent, which would you choose? Australian
2. Favorite One Direction song? "One Thing"
3. What is one of your guilty pleasures? Buffy the Vampire Slayer
4. Who are you going to vote for in the coming presidential election? Mitt Romney
5. If you could get out of one of your classes that you're in right now, which would it be? AP Chemistry...
6. Favorite food to make for people? I don't make food for people. Microwavable popcorn, and even then I don't do it very much.
7. Is it better to be crazy loud or silent? Crazy loud, because everyone knows that I'm not really a quiet person.
8. Ultimate Frisbee or Badminton? Ultimate Frisbee
9. Batman or Batman? Batman
10. What is your favorite font? Koenigsbrueck
11. Will you take me back to Disneyland? I would if I could.
Many of you will think these questions make no sense, but I hope you enjoyed it anyway. Here's a little update as to not make this a total waste of time.
I am for sure going to BYU this fall. I am living in Wyview Park with a friend of mine from school. No scholarships. But I'm still able to go!
I'm going to keep working as a lifeguard this summer and teach swim lessons in the morning.
I'M ALMOST GRADUATED! However it's not coming soon enough. I would love for it to come sooner, no matter how much I miss it after it has passed.
Prom is on Saturday, I might post something if I remember to. We'll just have to see.
No more little tidbits for now, but seriously, once I am in college I should be updating this more often.
Love you all
Until next Tim(e) or whatever it is I do at the end of my posts.
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
It's been another multi month gap. Time to Write.
Senior year. Holy cow. I'm still trying to adjust. It's already going by super fast and I feel like I'll be out of here and on a mission in no time.
I'm quite overwhelmed with my classes though. Definitely giving myself a good amount of college prep. 4 AP classes! Literature, Chemistry (which is arguably the most difficult AP test), BC Calculus, and Psychology. Not to mention my college writing class which can be a lot of work too. I love it though! It gets hard at times but I just love my senior year.
A little flashback to summer time, I am a lifeguard, and that was some fun times. I only had one save, but it was a save none the less. Lots of guards parties which make for great memories and lots of time in the sun. Unfortunately, I don't get too dark so...My tan didn't turn out super good. But I got to go to Yogurtland many a time with my good friend Jessica and that was tons of fun!
I went to New York City...twice! The first time was with the family. That was tons of fun. Empire State Building, Statue of Liberty, Mary Poppins and Spider-Man on Broadway. It was definitely one of my favorite places. Me and New York have a bond. This bond led me to ask my father to take me with him while he went on a business trip, and much to my surprise, he said YES! Woah! So I had a whole day in New York City alone, and I was never "lost." There were moments where I got confused, but even with a Subway mishaps and much train hopping and getting off at the wrong station, I still managed to navigate myself back to my hotel room. On my own I went from mid Manhattan to the World Trade Center memorial and museum, then I walked over to Wall Street, and across the Brooklyn Bridge. Stopped for some grimaldi's pizza under the bridge and journeied back to my hotel and then to Times Square, where I happened to get a picture of Lady Gaga doing some kind of interview (not my favorite celebrity, but still someone famous!) I love New York everytime I go back. Maybe I'll live there one day. That would be cool.
But I came back to good old Orem, Utah. Back to Senior year. So much fun. It's still blowing my mind that first term is almost over. As for college plans, it's looking like Tim Gardner will be headed to the "Y."Lives exciting.
Well I'm out, It's getting late, and I need to sleep.
Love you all
Until next Tim(e)
Sunday, July 3, 2011
Especially for Youth: Secret Servants 2011
Monday I met my group and I have to say each and everyone of them made the week 1,000,000,000 times better! Our male counselor decided that for EFY he would jump on the Star Wars fan boat and so we were his padawans all week long. He walked around with a lightsaber and it was super funny and cool.
We started the week off with a fireside on being benevolent. The Session director Brother Martin, asked us to talk about a story from President Monson about being benevolent. When he asked for a volunteer to come up and share, a whole group of kids got super excited and started pointing to this one boy. So, this kid gets called up and Brother Martin asks his name. And the kid's answer: "Paul Monson" It was Pres. Monson's Grandson! I was pretty shocked, but it was pretty sweet. After that we had some home evening games and set some goals.
Tuesday we started the day bright and early with a devotional, went up to the Wilkinson Center and had a morningside, which was followed by classes, and I had the great opportunity of getting a lesson from the awesome Brother Butler who teaches at Lehi High School Seminary. He was hilarious and by the last rotation of classes it was pretty much a battle to get into his class. he was phenomenal! Then we ended the day with a super awesome dance where I danced with some super beautiful daughters of God. It was great.
Wednesday was very similar to Tuesday. Devo, Morningside, Classes, etc. But instead of a dance we got a super rainy games night! It was highly enjoyable. It was full of awesome cheers and rain dances and imaginary roller coaster rides. But the best part of the evening, PIZZA NIGHT. oh yeah! That was great. Nothing like a bunch of guys trying to out eat each other and hanging out.
Thursday was super spiritual, and since this is an open blog, i am going to be on the skimpy side of details and it was highly spiritual and I don't think much of these experiences are to be shared. But I felt the Holy Ghost greatly and had an increased testimony.
Friday was a sad day. We had some For the Strength of Youth activities, and a service project and another dance, but it was time to say goodbye. We got pictures and stuff and all of the boys were knighted to Jedi Knights by the presenting of a sticker and a knighting ceremony. It was a sad evening, but it was definitely an awesome week.
Thanks to all my new friends. I thank you for your testimonies and fun times we spent together! To the beautiful daughters of God I met this week and my fellow Jedi Knights, I thank you for an amazing week!
until next Tim(e)
Saturday, July 2, 2011
7 months later...
This'll be quick but it's a post nonetheless and we'll hope I can keep up.
This summer has been great so far. I got my first job as a Lifeguard at the scera pools. We went to new york city as a family which was awesome (For more details, go see my mom's blog Cathyg-footnotes.blogspot.com she is doing an incredible job documenting it and I couldn't do anything as good so go check it out! Start at day one and work your way through. :) ) And I just finished a wonderful final year of EFY at BYU.
I will document my time at EFY in another post tomorrow, and try and make it inspirational and entertaining for all of you.
Until next Tim(e)
Sunday, December 19, 2010
TAG!
4 Shows I watch:
1. Glee 2. Community 3. 30 Rock 4. Outsourced
4 Things I am passionate about:
*Lacrosse
*Getting good grades
*Netflix
*Friends
4 Phrases I say a lot:
*POOP!
*TIMMAH!
*Oh my gosh!
*Can I hang out with _____?
4 Things I have learned from my past:
*Driving in snow is hard
*Don't quit, that's the easy way out.
*Naps are the best
*Hard work is worth it in the long shot.
4 places I would like to go:
*Australia
*Europe
*Japan
*Hawaii
4 Things I did yesterday:
*Watched Heroes*took my car to the shop
*Finished Unwind
*Slept
4 Things I'm looking forward to:
*Graduation
*Christmas
*My Mission
*Talking to Jordan at Christmas
4 Things I like about Winter:
*Christmas!
*Snowboarding
*Sledding
*A nice break from School
4 Things on my Wish List
*Get into Medical School
*Graduate with good grades
*Get a good career
*Money
4 People I Tag
Tressa Starrs
Lauren Vancott
Caroline Hilton
Victoria
Sunday, December 5, 2010
How would you like you mind?
Over Thanksgiving break I had to re-read 15 chapters of my biology book (which by the way, I still have to finish) and then I had to prepare for a calculus test (that I got 58% on) then more school stuff, then i have just realized that right around lunch time, i'm beat and no longer totally able to focus in school. And last of all, due to some bitter sweet new which for some reason I can't stop thinking about (just for piece of mind no one died), but I feel like my world is kind of out of whack right now.
Luckily, my brother took me up to Brighton and snowboarding is definitely a fantastic escape from being trapped inside due to...oh I just looked out side and it's not looking much like winter. Which now makes me feel like school should be ending sooner. But it was a good day of snowboarding. A good snowboarding day consists of nice powder, good company, going super fast, and a good crash. Mine involved smashing my head after failing to land a lip that threw me on my back, but I now have something to laugh about. After I took the ACT I went up to Sundance, but the snow was very VERY different. It was very crappy snow, and I didn't do very good, but it was still fun.
But now it is the break of Christmas, and I am super excited. Unfortunately, my last day of school didn't end so well. I have once again 12 chapters of Biology to re-read, 5 essays to write, and a take home test. and that is Biology alone. Then I got a 55% on my Calculus test. I'm not doing so hot in my hard classes. Also, last night I WAS going to go to the MV/Orem Combined Choir Concert, but alas, I was stupid and forgot, and in my defense I didn't have a car either, So I apologize to all of you who were performing , I bet you all did awesome. On the bright side, I got an A- in my UVU class, AND I passed the Final with an 88%. whew. My UVU class for next semester is Theater 1023, OR as the class is called Intro to Film. That is going to be super awesome. So that is pretty much what I have been up to.
Until next Tim(e)
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Halloween and Sadies
First off. Friday. During school there was a show during lunch at Mountain View. We had some friends in the Ariosa Choir there and they were doing a little show, and we decided to go over and see what we could. It was very good! and definitely worth the trip.
Then after school, Sam and I went to Macey's and Winco and got a whole bunch of junk food. You'd be surprised at how cheap it was. it was pretty cool stuff. Then we watched some Monk and Iron Man 2.
Saturday was a pretty busy day. from 9-12 I was at an ACT prep course which, needless to say, isn't very exciting. After that I was preparing to fall asleep and watch Star Trek, when I was asked to take my brother to our cousin's house. After I got there some friends called and I hung out with them until Sadies.
Sadies was awesome! I went with Tiffany Owens (Who is a pretty cool girl by the way) and it was tons of fun. We went to Brick Oven for dinner, went Trick-or-Treating in her neighborhood, then went to the dance. It was a ton of fun.
After the dance we went to get some dessert and after 3 tries of going to places that were closed we went to McDonalds. There we met a super creepy guy who thought we were part of a cult and wanted to know if anyone lost their virginity at the dance. We just grabbed our ice cream and left because he was super super super super creepy. But it makes for a funny story to tell.
And tonight we get to have our super awesome Black Light Halloween dinner that my mom does so amazingly well. There will be Pictures in a future post of Sadies pictures and his fancy dinner.
until next Tim(e)...
Monday, October 25, 2010
Blog Hype: DEAD!
So over the weekend, Mi Madre y Padre were out of town and my brother and I were home alone. I took him over to my cousin's house pretty early in the day leaving me to my own devices. we had our big Mountain View VS. Orem football game, so i went. I showed up at that game in high hopes. Cheered for my team, showed school spirit, having a good time. Until the half. Up until the half MV only had 2 touchdowns or so. no big deal. we can come back. By the middle of the third period, I was pretty much bummed out and ready to quit, which in turn bummed out the Bruins, who apparently want to see us still fight, but that lack of cheering disappointed them for some reason. By the 4th quarter we had our new cheer going "I do believe in Tigers. I do. I do." unfortunately, it did no good and the final score was 33-0. eek. Not a lot of fun. So in order to cheer ourselves up, a couple of friends and I went over to Iceburg to get us some milkshakes and free french fries! That pretty much restored my mood. So, Friday night, had it's Ups and Downs.
Saturday, I woke up to my alarm telling me to go to my ACT prep class at BYU. That was blech. It's only been 2 weeks and I can already tell it's not the most entertaining Saturday morning activity. In an attempt to make it better, I got myself an Ernie's champ sandwich which can pretty much make any bad experience great! So, that was good. After my ACT class, I walked out only to find it raining. So i quickly got to my car and went home. Then my older brother Adam came over and we watched a disc of The Simpsons for 2-3 hours, with some periodic sleeping through some episodes. Finally we decided to go see Despicable Me. It was my 2nd time seeing it and I enjoyed it fairly well, as nasty as the Dollar theater is, but you get what you pay for...After that I went to some stake dances and partied it up. I came home, finished "the Crucible," and went to bed watching a movie. Sunday was pretty relaxing, until I realized I hadn't done my Calculus homework. oops. Then Sam South called saying he needed to finish his calculus also, so I arrived at his home 6 o clock this morning and we got it done.
Now, I am here posting on my blog when I should be studying for my AP Biology test which is happening tomorrow. Let's hope it all goes well.
and in tribute to the movie I fell asleep watching Last night:
"I do have a test today. That wasn't a lie. It's on European socialism. I don't care. I'm not European. I don't plan on being European. So who gives a crap is they're soacialists. They could fascist anarchists and it still wouldn't change the fact I don't own a car."-Ferris Beuller.
Until next tim(e)
Saturday, October 23, 2010
The joys of YouTube.
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZBbtk47vZw&feature=related
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMHaiMzgCNA
just having fun. hope you enjoy them
"Ok everyone, open your textbooks, Abed has broken the internet!"- Community