Hallow's ween!

ha ha halloween!

I love this holiday cause it's an excuse for kids to actually get and eat candy! At no cost! Also we get to think of the best childhood memories we have ever had like 'David Garrard dressed as a penguin, falling into a ditch on Canyon Road!' Or 'Luke Ashworth screaming his little 8th grade lungs out at the scary pumpkin up on Osmand Lane'. Whatever your story is, I KNOW you have at least one!

Also we get to dress up and pretend that we are something/someone else for 5-9 hrs of our lives!

But this halloween was different! I spent my time dressed up yes! I had plenty of free candy YES! I turned 22 YES! but the best part was, I got to do what I absolutely love on the day I love most! Play music! Our band http://www.myspace.com/hellohelicoptermusic got to play at Magleby's Grill and Oyester Bar! The place of my employment! And we played with Neon Trees! It was fantastic! Here are some photos!

I was a scout and we played our hearts out!

Love love!

The "Porque's" of Life

Well folks I'm back from my leave of absence. Where was I? Not anywhere new I suppose, well physically I wasn't anywhere else at least. These past few weeks have been really really tough on a guy like me. But my moto in life is to just keep smiling? I guess the next question is "Porque you haven't been blogging Mr. Ryan" and I say "Porque, I'm a lazy, busy son-of-a-gun."

Porque!?! we have things in our lives that stop us right in our tracks? That hit us so hard we fumble near the goal line? Porque we can just be left alone in our happy states of being, to fend with honor and dignity? Well, as soon as we get on top (and I'm not joking it's THE very moment we are teetering on the tippy tippy top) we suffer a pivotal shift in our speed and hit the downward spiral!

Sometimes we aren't the ones who get to answer our own "Porque's" we as beings usually have the priviledge of creating them. Answers schmansers! All we need to know is that there are few, at least a very few in our lives, who love us dearly! Things happen the way they happen! We just have to do as Mr. Ryan says and just keep on smiling! That's Porque!!!!

Love

Ryan

The "Porque's" of life!

I have turned over a new leaf in my blog writing days. That leaf has to do with the direction I'm taking this little corner where I'm allowed to post the events of my life. Many people desire to stay caught up in eachother's lives.. wheather it be family, friends, colleagues. My main purpose for blogging is so that others can see what type of antics my friends and I are up to! I believe deep down that that is a legit reason to keep up post after post. But just walking around campus today I had an Epiphany if you will.. it went somthing like this in my mind.. (know that I'll never be able to tap into my mind and put it onto a screen.)

Ryan's Mind......

Wow!! That's a hot girl, she's rockin that cardigan better than anyone else out there!

*looking for new songs in ipod while giving a smile to the 'maroon caridgan rocker'. Found 'Hey Mercedes' band that used to get me running happy!

I wonder if I'll still like them!?! Oh yeah this rocks.. I need to blog these things! I'm gunna try and turn my blog in a new direction from now on and rememeber the best I can the awesome killer thoughts that come to my head while walking the campus here in Orem. I know what I'll call it.. the Porque's of Life!... now that that's settled let's get to the Library to blog it all!

Backyard BBQ brings forth stardom!

To start off this little blog post, while sitting here on the fifth floor of the newly developed library at UVU, I'd like to paint a scene indeed. Picture this, girl, brunette, mid-twenties, sitting behind my left shoulder, her Biology book open, sipping a (GET THIS) "Diet Red Bull" through a straw.

Just thought you might wanna know that.

Well this weekend was as we'd say in Portuguese marcante! Absolutely fabulous are two words in the English dicionary that I'd use to pin point my feelings towards this past weekend's events. Friday night was our very first and (DEFINATLEY) not last show as a band. James Stewart, Coby Gerstner, Jamie Robison, Yours Truly and Bradley Clark make up as we are most recently called, Boo York. (name subject to change). Our dearest friend Whitney Olsen hosted a Backyard BBQ for her besties and invited us to be the nights entertainment. Lemme tell you we sold this place out! It was jammed with fans and listeners who brought an energy that could only lead one to stardom!

Band update, we are currently writing and trying to record our very own demo to get our local name out on the local scene. All you who frequent my blog we ask your input on 3 different names we're trying currently to agree on.

1. Boo York


2. Hello Helecopter


3. Task. For. You.

Thanks for your help!

Also, just to top things off the rocker, after Friday's fiasco, Saturday brought forth an AMAZING college football game between the BYU Cougars and the UCLA Bruins. You better believe I was there in my All-Sports seats with my palls cheering our former classmates on! Congrats Cougars and may you be swiftly guided towards another "Happy Valley" victorious season!

For now I say tchau!

XOXO

Ryan?

Marching the good march..

Michelle Elise Hamblin; girl with ambition, dedicated to all aspects of life, beautiful, full of life and energy and brilliant will soon become Michelle Elise Cannon.

Yes minha gente my little baby sister is engaged! And boy are the Hamblin's excited! Especially Bob! For he is gaining another son (which will now upset the balance of males in the family) and loosing a penny or two! Michelle has always been a hot item here in Happy Valley and has, over the past few years, grown into a woman. I'm so proud of her as her older brother and best friend! We are all excited to add Brady into our lives!

Good luck you two and Congratulations!

Love
Ryan

Magleby's Grill and Oyester Bar

You folks are all staring at the Blogspot of the newest member of the Magleyb's team! Yep that is correct i landed a job at 'the grill down the street on the corner'. I'm thrilled, and upon being interviewed they slapped me with stack of papers which at first caused a bit of excitement. As of yesterday that excitement has subtlety turned into anxiety! Yesterday I took a stab at what is named the "Server Test". It was HARD! I thought that I'd see a test like this on a final or a mid-term. Well I blanked and shortly after had a sit down with "Keri-Pie" where she stressed the importance of the exam and sent me off to study for one more day. In t minus 1 hour and 50 min i'll be taking one more stab at this test! And the result is either job or no job. Pray for me soldiers.. pray hard!

Love

ru fu dogg.

Battling the bitter bite!

We're back into August.. the one month that EVERYone my age has a hard time loving. Why? School...dreaded, long, challenging school! But there is an upside.. UvU has brought me some excitement so far after 1 week of attending! I'll tell ya why!

1. All my classes are with my best companion and friend Justin William Durrant (Sandy, UT).
2. I have a Yoga class with Vince, James, and Joonku!
3. I love Institute and am needing some more guidance in my life.
4. A hot girl in English class got my number on Wed. and she wasn't not cute.*

Well despite all the negativities that have followed me into school, these are the reasons why I like it. So it's not all that bad, no matter what anyone else may say. And when it's all over and I have a career and family to worry about, I'm 100% positive I will look back and wonder why I EVER thought this was hard. Family and friends.. ya'll stay classy!

Me with Seany Boy's Laptop studying hard.

*Funny story.. we're in English 1010 and having a great time, when the teacher asks us to get 3 different phone numbers of those in our class. She asked two specific rows to stand up and switch places. Well I was minding my business when I noticed a really really pretty girl stands up, having nothing to do with the specific sections, and walks across the room to park in the vacant seat next to me. Next thing you know I hear a "Hi, I'm Aubrey, it's Ryan right?" the reply, "yeah, how's it going" "good" she responded, "well my number is ###" Me, "that's 801 right?" her"no, it's ###, I'm from California" me, "oh, so it's 801 right?" her, "no it's ###" me, "oh, cool what's the rest"? she then proceeds to telling me the rest and we're off to stardom!

Thanks girl for making me feel like 1,000,000 dollars!

p.s. I got a Job at Magleby's!