La Traviata!

I went to the opera "La Traviata" last night, it was the first opera I've ever been to. It was actually really cool! Not to mention I could understand a lot of what was being said! (or sung) It's fun knowing Portuguese and Spanish.

The story was interesting. It was rather depressing, but quite good. The music was amazing, I loved it! I was talking to Sarah who I went with, and we were shocked at how ridiculously difficult it would be to be blasting opera-style singing for 3 hours! All I can say is, I can't sing like that! It was a very fun time though.

Now I'm going to go buy myself a Little Caesar's Pizza for my dinner! Delicious! A wonderful five dollar meal! Then I'm off to the BYU Philharmonic Concert! I'm really excited, I've been wanting to go to one of those concerts for a while now! Should be good fun!

Tchau tchau!

Another Day, Another Test

Once upon a time there was a boy. This boy doesn't like tests. So one day this boy had to take a test. The boy didn't like it. The End.
Except it's not the end. I still have to look like I'm trying to write a good post. So therefore, I'll post my picture I posted on Facebook. Most excellently thought out.

True Dat!

I thought it was rather funny. So there you have it, a very professional looking graph that shows why I'm single. Give me a break though, I've only been home 2 months, and I'm not one of those RMs that wants to get married 5 months after they get back. (I'm not bashing anyone or their decision! It's just not for me!) And here I am attempting to explain my way out of this mess I just put myself in, and all of this can be avoided if I just delete that picture and put something else... Am I going to?... Nah, I'm not that smart. ;)

I am, however, smart enough to know that it's time to go to bed! Because Johnny Boy's exhausted!!!

Typical...

The DAY that I post a post about how there is no snow, it snows... Typical... They've been predicting it and predicting it, and it never happened, then they don't predict it, I write a blog post about how it won't snow, and it snows. It's Mother Nature making fun of me. Again, I say... Typical...

Why couldn't this have happened on Christmas?

Eyes.

Dear Blog Readers. A picture is worth a thousand words.

*Thousand Words Here*

Yes. This is not my eye. My eye looks far worse. This is the worst picture I could find. I tried taking a picture on my phone but I looked hideous.

I was considering writing an actual post like normal. But then I looked in the mirror. So therefore, dear readers, GOOD NIGHT!!!!!!

Homework... 'Nuff Said...

In my extreme boredom and unhappiness yesterday, January 11th, I wrote this portion of a blog entry, but never finished it. So here I'm going to finish it.
"So currently I'm blowing my brains out doing homework. Earlier this morning and last night I fried my brain doing Math homework, and even so there were a few problems I just couldn't do! It drove me nuts! So of course, here I am a few hours later after class, and I'm chuggin' away at it again! Attempting to smash my way through all this homework I suddenly have. I'm thankfully almost done with the actual homework to be graded. After that I just have to do my reading. Fun fun. But basically I got so fried here whilst converting decimal to binary and binary to decimal that I just had to finish up my blog post just to get away from 16 bit 1st and 2nd's Complements.

I think I'm getting it, which is really nice. I'm not worried about it. It's just long and taxing work. Very dry stuff, binary numbers, but necessary. :) I actually am having a good time learning it. It's quite fun."

Yeah, it was so bad that towards the end I was actually trying to tell myself that it was "quite fun..." I think someone spiked my water. Also I was really hungry. That makes for a messy situation...

P.S. I was about to get into the car today, and I twisted my bad ankle really badly again!!! Yeah, I have the worst of luck with that ankle. So I limped around for the rest of the night. Fun fun.

P.P.S. I'm thinking this post sounds extremely depressing. I assure you, I'm most certainly not this depressing of a person. I promise my next post will be more normal.

P.P.P.S. I love Caesar Salads. With Creamy Garlic Caesar dressing. Heavenly.

Blog Name Change

Random quick post. I decided after consulting with others that the name for my blog that I came up with was exceptionally lamo. So therefore, I decided to rename it! As such, this blog has been officially renamed to "Here Come the Geese!"

Why Here Come the Geese you ask? Because in Toronto Canada where I lived for two amazing years, there were TONS of Canadian Geese! And twice a year we would watch the Geese in MASSIVE flocks flying through the sky honking. It was a spectacular sight! And I love geese. :)  So that's why I chose that name. Much better than "Blabberings." I did say that that name was merely temporary until I thought up a better one. Ok, the end of this tiny post!

Singing and Signs

Just got back from singin' in the chapel! I'm singing in a quintet for this Sunday's Christmas Program. It's a really nice song, I'm hoping I don't mess up. It's very possible. ;)

Today my parents are down in Saint George seeing The Forgotten Carols or something like that. So here I am, sitting at home, just me and my sister. We're hanging out. Well, sort of. Once I finish this blog post, then we'll hang out! :) Did I ever mention she's cool? Ah yeah!
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Now for the Mission Picture and Story of the Day! (I should really figure out a shorter name for this section... Like the MPSD... except that's a lamo acronymn... Well, I'll figure one out one of these days)

See this is all its glory!

Check it out!!!! Yes ladies and gentlemen, I actually found a "Woodruff Crescent" in Canada!!! It was awesome, I was driving by this one place one day when I was in the area of Pickering and Ajax, and I checked the map to see where this contact lived, when suddenly I saw a little street with a familiar name. I couldn't believe it! So of course, being so close, I HAD to go check it out! Yes indeed, we found the street called Woodruff Crescent!!! And I also found on the other side of the street a much cooler sign than this one!!! Check it out below!

Yes, isn't this amazing?

That's the coolest thing ever!!! So that's my awesome mission picture and story of the day!
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 I just found out about this AWESOME job that I could easily get!!! It's at the MTC! And so I'm going to do my evaluation test thing on Monday, and schedule an interview! I'm so excited!!! Hopefully I get it, then I won't be sitting at home doing nothing all day! :D Woopdeedoo!!!

Anyway, this is the end of my random post. Have a wonderful day!

My Blog's Title is Lamo

Hello, this is John Woodruff signing in.
Ok, so I've decided that my Blog Name is super lamo. So therefore, I'm trying to figure out a new name for it. If anyone has any awesome ideas, I'm very open to suggestions. If you can think of anything, let me know. :)

As a point of information, I HATE having a numb mouth! Yes, I just went to the dentist today. Not only that, but I also went to the Orthodontist today! So in the midst of having like 5 or 6 people messing around with my teeth, they numbed me up to fix a filling that had cracked. The awesome news is, I didn't have any cavities my whole mission!!! Yipee!!! So while I hated having my mouth numbed up, that's luckily the only time I'll have to have it numbed up for the next long time. (here's hoping!)
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Random Mission Picture and Story Time!!! (I should make this a regular part of my blog!)

The most monstrously amazing burger!!!

This monstrosity you see before you (the burger, not John) is a "Sweet Steak Sandwich" from a little hole in the wall joint called California Sandwiches, located near the deep downtown of Toronto. My companion and I were one day starving... Actually, that happened on a daily (sometimes hourly) basis. So we were in Downtown Toronto, and were going down a certain street. Well, we found this little place (told to us by someone we were teaching) and decided to try it. Yeah. The rest is history. I've never regretted it or looked back. (except those rare moments I had the courage to weigh myself)
Basically, it's a massive slab of steak with cooked onions in this incredible mystery sauce thing, all on a humongous bun. Sounds good, eh? It's better than that. It's most definitely amazing. So now since we're all salivating because of how incredible that burger is, I'll finish this portion.
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Yeah, I'm still jobless. Whoopdeedoo.... But I got a second interview which was awesome, and I'm just waiting to hear back from him! So here's hoping! If not this job, I think it would be awesome to work at the Missionary Training Center.... Or as Canadians would spell it, Centre. They say it adds colour to the way things are written. Ok, not really, but it's funny how Canadians spell things, eh? I lived there with them, so I'm allowed to joke. ;)

Ok, so there's most likely no one reading this blog, but for the poor unfortunate soul who stumbles across this and has read until this point, I commend you and appologize for my lack of creativity or coolness.

And this is John Woodruff signing out...

Job Hunting and Other Random Stuff...

Well, as the title says, I'm hunting for a job... And it hasn't yielded results as of yet... I've applied for a lot, had one interview, and am waiting to hear back from them. Let me tell you, it’s been an interesting time of transition. I always knew that the transition from mission to home would be a little difficult. I just need to find things to do to keep myself occupied!

So that’s exactly what I’m doing! I try to go to the temple often, I’ve been a few times this week, and that’s of course great. (except when I’m there and there’s a massive group of missionaries also attending the temple… Then I start thinking about how I should be there with them) So besides that, the temple is a very positive experience.
As stated, I’m searching for a job! It’s definitely not easy… So I’m really hoping I’ll get one soon! That would keep me nice and busy. (while earning a dollar or two at the same time) I’m brushing up on my programming, which I’m loving! That’s something I missed while on my mission! Programming! So now I’m having a great time re-learning the things I used to know, and putting them into practice!
Today I got to go with my Dad to his work! That was an awesome experience! Here's a lamo photo!

Yup... Lamo picture. But fun office!

It was way fun being able to see where he works, what he does, meet all his co-workers, it was great! We then went to go pick up Daniel (my oldest brother) from the airport, because he’s coming for several days to stay with us! Great stuff! It was awesome seeing him again after two years!

Well, I know, this is a pretty lamo post. Like I said, they'll hopefully get better as I have more stuff to put in them. But until then, bear with me! :)
Tchau tchau!

First Post!

Well, I thought it would be pretty cool to have a blog... Plus my brother David kept telling me I should have one... So here we are!

I'm not exactly sure what I'm going to be putting on here, but I imagine as time goes on this blog will evolve into something more than just randomness.

But for now, enjoy reading this most boring first post!