I've had the best couple of days this week.
Day 1:
I'm on my way to work, where we have been mostly cleaning ovens and hotboxes for the past two weeks, when Roman calls me up. For those of you who don't know Roman, he's one of my roommates for summer semester. Really cool guy. Want's to be a director someday. So he calls me up and tells me that he's got a couple of tickets for us to go to a movie as part of the Sundance film festival. We ended up going to see No, which was nominated for best foreign film and was actually really good despite some language.
Win.
Then I get to work. I grab my rag and get ready to attack an oven when my boss walks in and calls us into the pastry kitchen. We move in and he tells us that he needs us to taste test a bunch of new additions to the menu. I ended up eating two fish dishes, a dessert crepe, and then two meal crepes. All professionally prepared. For what would cost a customer about $80. While they paid me to do it.
Win.
I finish eating and get to work, which ends up not involving any cleaning at all. As I'm working, Bishop J texts me and informs me that my mission call is on the way.
Win.
Then I finish off the day by going to a BYU volleyball game with some friends. I spend most of the time trying to figure out what was going on, but once I do it's pretty fun.
Day 2:
Ok, pause day two. Flashback to some other point this week. Some girls that we have never met before come over and invite us to breakfast.
Resume day two. Picture go regular.
I wake up this morning and head over to breakfast. Me and Will decide to run over so we don't have to put on jackets. Brilliant, right? So we run over and discover that the door to the girls dorm is locked. And it is freezing outside.
Will tries to call the girls, but with no luck. I get frustrated, and at the top of my lungs shout, "WOMEN!!!!" And it works. I guess I woke up Becca and, for whatever gender associated reason, she decided to answer the door and let us in.
Win.
We get into the girl's apartment. Now, you know how I have issues filtering what comes out of my mouth? If you don't, I'm a really sincere, genuine person. And I also seem to have a flair for the controversial. So, essentially, I have this unfortunate knack for saying things that sound good in my head, but really shouldn't ever be said. Well this morning was extra bad.
I managed to offend or say something offensive to 5 out of the six girls.
Now I don't regret most of it. Like I said, this was a great day. But still.
Out of my mouth comes spilling things ranging from the direct insult of a foreign country (that really should be a state. I mean, how come we let Canada be independent?) to things that, I have been informed, were racist in nature with regard to the race of one of the girls. I stand by my Canadian sentiments, even if they are really just meant as a joke. Racially, one of the girls we were with mentioned that she was asian, so I asked her, "What kind of asian are you?" In my head, I was harmlessly asking what country her ancestors were from. The follow up of the "Jap" word probably wasn't the most well thought out, but for me it is a shortened version of Japanese, not a derogatory slur.
I also, to my discredit, informed a girl that because she doesn't like Lord of the Rings, I couldn't date her.
Yeah...not my highest moment. Maybe I'll make cookies for her. But really, if you don't like both Star Wars and Lord of the Rings, I don't think we have a future. It doesn't make you a bad person...well, not really bad, but it is sort of a prerequisite trait, you know?
Regardless, I actually had a good bit of fun. I try to keep my controversial side caged up, but when it escapes I won't pretend not to enjoy myself.
Win.
Here's hoping that no future employers ever decide to read my blog.
Church was also great for me. A lot of the guys, me included, totally knew that Evan was going to be made Elder's quorum president, but it was still fun to see it happen, making Elder's quorum fairly memorable.
Win.
I was also the only guy who attended mission prep today. There were about nine girls.
Win.
On the way to church we discovered that there is a girls dorm with a massive Minas Tirith poster hanging in their window. We plan to invite them to second breakfast sometime soon.
Win.
And I just had taco night with my roommates.
Win.
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