Talking to Cops

Hello!

So I was watching this video which is about talking to cops. Pretty much the gist of it (since it is almost 50 minutes long) is DON'T TALK TO COPS. What happens is even if you are innocent and say only true things, they can and will use what you say against you. I guess that might apply to getting pulled over. I think that might be the exception though and this is why. Ok, here is the scenario,
You get pulled over and the cop walks up to your window.
"Do you have any idea how fast you were going?"
(if you answer yes or no you will get in trouble)
(if you say no then the cop will tell you how fast you were going and then it won't even be your say against hers because you already admitted to not knowing)
[if you say yes and then sincerely state that you were going 35 in a 35 (and possibly you were) then you are in trouble for lying since obviously you were caught speeding since that is why you were pulled over and that will be used against you (whether or not you were speeding)]
(if you say yes and say you were going 38 in a 35 then guess what... you just admitted to speeding and they got you)
(if you don't say anything then you won't be able to get out of a ticked because the cop will just write you one because you weren't being cooperative)
Well the question is, what do you do? How do you get out of the ticket? Do you have to consign yourself to a fate of getting one? How do so many people end up not getting one? Well this is my response,
"Mighty fine officer, how are you doing today?"
The officer slightly confused states, "You were going quite fast."
(I just hand him the license and registration)
Officer Nelson, "Well thank you and have a nice day!"
(As he writes and hands me the ticket)
"It's been mighty fine exchanging pleasentries with you officer."
"Take care of the wife and kids my friend."
(and then I just drive off) (how did he know I have a wife and kids... I didn't even know that)
I got a ticket but at least we were friendly and isn't the world just a bit better that way?
What are some of your thoughts on what to do?

Dr. Wolffe is posting EVERY DAY!

So it seems like I am going to post every day again. I went snow shoeing with my friends Chelsea and Sarah (I met Sarah today so I guess we aren't really good friends yet) and I took some really cool pictures. I would post them if I knew how to transfer them from my phone to the computer. Does anyone have any suggestions? I guess I have been thinking about my life lately and what is important. Thus I guess I have turned to my religion since that is the end game for me. I have seen too much and done too much to deny what I know about God. I guess I am feeling it is time for me to try harder to do what I know is good. Maybe that means that I will treat all yall better or at least think more about others than I think about myself. My brother Nick is getting the priesthood tomorrow and I have been thinking a lot about that. I have been thinking about the things that I wish I had known at his age and what I wish I would have been able to do with that knowledge. I think that means I am going to have to shape up myself and treat my brother like he should be and have more patience with him and try to treat him like he is as important as he is to me and how much potential he really has in life. My mom and I (and even my brother when he was paying attention) were having a long conversation about life and how to prepare for the future. How easy it is to change and leave the past for the future. We of course talked about relationships and how to treat people well. I think my parents have taught me a lot about how to deal with people and how to treat them. Theories are so much easier to formulate than it is to act on them. Looks like I am going to start now or have to wait until I come to this conclusion again which might take months. Lets see how it goes.

Wingsuits and Basejumping

http://www.wimp.com/basejumpers/

Do you ever have a dream that you are flying? I don't really but I would like to. As many of you may know I am not afraid of heights at all but this video looks scary to me. I want to do it though. I just can't help but think what an amazing and free feeling it must be to fly through the air and how fun it would be to get that close to the cliffs and streets and people as you fly by. It doesn't seem very expensive either, all you need is a wingsuit. Gosh I want to go to Europe... I am ready to go do something amazing. Does anyone want to come with me?

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas to EVERYONE!
So I will be surprised if anyone actually reads this anywhere near the time of this posting because I haven’t posted anything in a while. Today though is a day of miracles because I have enough material from the thoughts I have gathered today for quite a few postings… all of which will be posted in the next couple of days (I hope). SO, on to the good stuff. I have two postings today, of which I will separate for the lazy readers that only want to read one at a time, or to make you feel like you are accomplishing a lot by reading two in one day. One posting will be true to the spirit of Christmas and be about Jesus Christ and the other will be about presents and such. This one is the latter and will be followed by the former (I like doing that for some reason so I will not fix that to improve my organization) (Also I am talking about order on my page and not chronological order which will be the opposite). Ok, so I woke up this morning to Hershey our dog jumping up on my bed and licking my face. Usually I just push the dog off the bed and try to keep it from jumping back up so I can go back to sleep but since it is Christmas I decided to wake up. I tried to hold on to Hershey and pet her but all she did was sneeze twice in my face and then she ran up the stairs. So for Christmas I got some pots and pans, a toaster oven, a burger cooker and some music and stuff. I also got this long tube wrapped in gold. When I opened it I found out that it was a paper towel roll without the paper towels on it. I tried to look inside it but I couldn’t see anything so I lifted it up and peered into it from under the opening. Something started to slide out so I quickly got out of the way and three knives fell out, barely missing my face, and stuck into the present that I had on my lap. Thank goodness for quick reflexes and a toaster oven on my lap or I would have either had a good reason to be called scarface or been castrated. Neither of those sounded like a good Christmas present. So after unwrapping all of these presents my parents observed that these all sounded like wedding presents. They were feeling pretty good about not having to get me all of that stuff when I get married sometime in the next decade (hopefully). So as we were all joking about this odd compilation of gifts I opened my last present, which turned out to be two tickets for the Phantom of the Opera in Las Vegas… for Valen’s tine day. At this discovery I burst into laughter because that topped the cake on presents regarding my personal relationships. So now I need to find someone to take to the Phantom… I am not making invitations yet since it is on February 14th I have a bit of time. Today we also watched a movie called “Cassandra’s Dream” which was probably the most depressing movie that I have watched in a long time. It was pretty much a mix between “Crime and Punishment” and “The Godfather.” If you have watched this movie we should talk about it, I would find a discussion really interesting. Speaking about movies, I just added a movie to the top of my list; “ELF” with Will Ferrell is now one of my favorites. I have seen it about 5 times before but after watching it again and it still being hilarious, I have decided to make it my only comedy on the top 10. Speaking about last night (which is when we saw elf) my father and I were listening to NPR and they were talking about contradictions in the Bible regarding the birth of Jesus so like usual in my house we decided to read both on Christmas Eve and debate it. I really can’t find anything that is contrary, let alone contradictory. The argument was mainly based on Herod the Great which lasted for quite some time. I love my family always conducting things in a way that would appall most of our neighbors if they were to come and discuss things such as religion or politics or philosophy at my house. I wouldn’t have it any other way.

Thoughts on Christmas while walking

Ok, so I went for a walk today and this is the first of many breakthroughs that I believe I found (jeepers I like to go for walks). Ok, also sorry for the religious content… this is my blog and so you are going to have to suffer through anything that I believe is important whether you think so or not. Nevertheless please read this. Ok, so I was going through some of the regular feelings that I have the first week or so of spending time at my parents house… loneliness, feelings of inadequacy, frustration, a lack of independence, being trapped and that I don’t have anyone that truly understands me (you know, the standard stuff). I am going to talk about the last one. Sometimes it hits me really hard that the people that I would hope understand me the most, in fact seem to not understand what I am doing or thinking at all. I have some friends that I feel embody parts of me, which is why I feel a lot of people are attracted to those that they choose to befriend. You must be able to have something that you share with someone that is a part of you to feel that energetic connection. That being said, even though we have similar traits or characteristic or personality traits, etc… we are all different people so we differ on many other points and have completely different lives, thoughts, beliefs and attitudes outside of each other’s influence. So I was thinking about not having anyone that I feel completely understands me and I decided to ask myself why I have this need and by having this person that understands me, what part of me would that fulfill? I came to the conclusion that I have this need for five reasons.

1. The belief (however inaccurate) that no one can truly love that which they don’t fully understand.
2. The want to be loved
3. However bad this sounds, (and I believe most people have this want whether they admit it or not) the desire for justification for the things I do.
4. Forgiveness for all of the errors I commit and stupid things I do to my friends, loved ones, acquaintances and probably even people I don’t know.
5. I want someone I can play off of, to help me expand myself, to fully flesh out my crazy ideas, to help me grow, and that together we can build energy and excitement for life.
   

Ok so due to these five things I came to another conclusion. I think that is too hefty of a criterion to be embodied by one person. In fact, some of it may be done by one person but not all of it, especially since they involve getting into my consciousness. So what I realized is that I am looking for a perfect person for me to spend time with. I guess that means that I am subconsciously trying to replace Jesus Christ in my life. Jesus is the embodiment of all five criterions. Jesus Christ didn’t just die for me but he transcended space and time to feel all things, experience all things and suffer all things. He is the only one that personally knows me and knows exactly what I go through and who I truly am. Even better so than I do. I cannot replace Him for he is the only one that can fulfill all criterions. I believe that my feelings are natural and that maybe God has given us these feelings so that we will turn to him. Of course you could give the counterexample of saying that this is part of the reason that man created the concept of a Messiah but on this Christmas season I will state that I know that Jesus Christ does live and that He is in fact the only one that will ever truly understand any of us and for that He is the embodiment of love. Merry Christmas! (I don’t feel like editing this tonight but I will later, please comment and we will have a conversation about this if you are up for it) Good night!

Web - 2.0 What does it really mean?

So, I guess it takes a class assignment to make me write another blog, please watch this video!

Wasn't that GREAT? Now we all know more about the interwebs. Now we aren't just being fed junk by professionals, we are fed junk by other people who don't know what they are doing. I really like this though, it lets me participate. All of our social groups can become interent groups as well and we can connect with so many different people and understand so many different points of view. This is what interests me the most. No longer are we needing to be controlled by our own culture. We can go out and find the truth and find out what others have already figured out. Lets go out my freinds and change the world, one internet site at a time!