The Stuff of the Week
Volume V Issue II

So I guess this was supposed to be a weekly occurance...well, it hasnt been as you have seen. So, it is now a monthly or so thing, but I will not change the name, as that would cause confusion and force me to make a new blog. So, here we go!

Movie of the Week: Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince...yes I did see it at midnight and yes I really did enjoy it. More than I thought I would even. It easily makes the top 5 list of best Harry Potter movies...as we all know the 2nd one doesn't...

Upcoming Movie of the Week: I just looked at apple.com to see which movies are coming out soon...and there is not one single solitary movie coming out in the next two months that I want to see. How lame is that. So, this section just might return in the coming months. Until then, I am giving this one to Holmes as I saw the trailer for it at Harry Potter and thought it looked somewhat decent. There you have it.

Song of the Week: Gives You Hell - All American Rejects...it is not new by any means but I find it funny. Everybody loves a jealous vengeful overly emotional guy getting his little posse together to whine about some girl that shot him down.

Album of the Week: The Beatles - One. Yes, it is a money-hungry compilation of the best of the Beatles, but hey. I blew the two years of dust off it recently and ended up singing "ticket to ride" all last weekend while four-wheeling.

Band of the Week: Van Halen because I had a dream last night that i went to a non-existant concert of Van Halen with David Lee Roth. If only...

Shock of the Week: Tom Watson with all his 59 years had to be beaten in a playoff to keep him from breaking the record as oldest British Open winner. That's amazing. Bigger shock? Tiger didn't even make the cut!

Anti-Shock of the Week: People suddenly remembering that man landed on the moon and then questioning why we haven't gone further...I was out of the country when Obama was stating all his promises...did he mention anything about space?

Best Moment of the Week: I am going to have to be a little selfish on this one. It is a moment that only I know about, apart from my family, and whoever happened to see. Anyways, I was riding a four-wheeler last weekend and had been doing some fun drifting and fish tailing on the trail on the way down to this parking lot. Please note, it is all dirt roads and gravel and such. So, I thought I could do a fun little 360 in the parking lot. Well, come to find out, it isnt quite as easy as on a jet-ski. The machine started to tip so I remembered the damage responsibility talk we had with the guy we rented the machines from the day before and decided to bail in order to protect the machine. Well, it worked, but i got some fun scratches. I suppose the best part is the fact there was a 20+ person youth group standing in the parking lot getting ready to start their hike...mostly girls. So, I got my moment. There you have it. The longest entry ever for the best moment of the week.

Game of the Week: Dominos. Yes, I know it is old school, but Mexican train dominos is pretty sweet. I suppose one must overlook the blatant racial slur in the game title, but its pretty fun. I guess back in the day they would have called it the samaritan train. Welp, I feel as though I am digging a hole for myself so I am moving on.

Day of the Week: Saturday was kinda cool. I woke up in the uintas, drove home, then turned around and went to a family reunion in Preston. It actually turned out pretty good. Dutch Oven potatoes are REALLY good! Especially with a side of home-made root beer. Then I played a round on the coolest frisbee golf course I had ever seen (it happened to be the FIRST frisbee golf course I had seen, but that is beside the point) I got 18 over on 9 holes of par 3's..........dont judge me. I learned how to throw only after the round. I'll be better next time...next year.

Non-Weekend Day of the Week: All the other nights where I watched the days change from a table at Denny's savoring my oreo sundae...there were more than one this last week.

Famouser Person of the Week:Well, to continue the ever popular new trend of summer celebrity deaths, Walter Cronkite, the legendary TV broadcaster who, in his twilight years, found a love for Motab, died this week. So, I suppose he gets the honor. As for living people, Rupert Grint, only known as Ron from Harry Potter, because he survived the swine flu on the set of the 7th Harry Potter film. Way to get over that nausea! Next step, get a tan before you wear your wife beater pajamas to bed.

Girl of the Week:Hermione Granger because she plays out her vengeance on guys by sicking little birds on them! Not just birds, mind you, but magical birds. Alfred Hitchcock would have a field day had he thought of incorporating magic! I suppose this is a good time to admit that I am writing this at 1am...

Deja-vu Moment of the Week:The unfortunate concenration of hot fudge to be found at the bottom of my oreo sundae from Denny's...its been seen, and it will, without a doubt, be seen again.

Bug of the Week:Ok, so I set myself up for this hit. So the car I bought off ebay was not all it was cracked up to be. You see, it cost like $1300 to get it in shape to pass inspection...you guessed it. Airbag problems. I dont know if anybody remembers that little silver miata I could be seen driving around between junior and senior year. Well, it was an ebay car with the exact same type of problem...airbags! I suppose this should have been under the previous section, but it is just to painful. A wise mission president once told me that trying something twice expecting different results is, albeit a good definition of insanity, is also a good definition for stupidity. The pain, it burns.

Annoying Email of the Week:I imagine all you Davis High Alumnis got the same stupid email from the alumni association thing that says you can register and learn what your classmates are up to. Wait a minute. Do we not already have a website that keeps us updated on the lives of people that, if we lived in a world without computers, we would never hear about and probably never care?

Weird News of the Week: The stocks, people, the stocks! They are rising! Gas prices are falling! Is the recession over? Is Sarah Palin going to make a comeback? Are they going to stop talking about Michael Jackson? Will Hugh Jackman be the new crocodile hunter? Ok, now I have gone too far. The answer to all of these questions is the same as asking if they will ever stop making Final Destination films. Of course not!

News Event of the Week: Well, Lance Armstrong didnt humiliate the rest of the world in the alps, but seemed the let Contador take a somewhat commanding lead. Honestly, if I was more up to date with world events, this section might be interesting. Although I do wonder how the little operation "pull out of Iraq and see what happens" is going. I have my hopes like everyone, but in my opinion we must face that we will never be satisfied with what they set up as a government. The culture is too different. Oh well, we shall see.

Irony of the Week:Michael Vick ends his house arrest and yet the world is too wrapped up with Michael Jackson and the moon landing to even notice. What ever happened to focusing on the big events? The man went to prison for organizing dog fights! Some might say the moonwalk was innovative. Does PETA get involved in that? No! Why do we care than? PETA is where its at!

"Sign that the World is Ending" of the Week: The fact that I can actually publish all that I have just written to a worldwide audience...

Tyler's Alias of the Week:The Gilded Gatorade Guru...don't ask because there is nothing to tell.

Tyler's Question to the World (answers expected): Why does Jimmy Chunga think anybody cares?

Fool of the Week: Brett Favre. Maybe it is just a pro-football player thing, but who in the world has a problem with retirement when you are a multi-millionaire and can do whatever you want for the rest of your life...from a starting point of your early 40's. He just needs to drop the Uncle Rico attitude and let the young punks play their game.

Deep Thought of the Week: The Stockholm syndrome applies to those who are kidnapped, obviously, but furthermore to those who are bossed around by others. Sometimes they learn to love it, and cant do without it.

Random Thought/Saying of the Week:How many cows does it take to make a leather couch?

Car of the Week:Well, I saw one of the new Dodge Challengers on the freeway yesterday and was semi-impressed at what lengths they went to to give the "new mustang" type treatment to a classic car design. Back in the day, those designs were new and risky, now they are just playing it safe and reverting to new ideas that were, lest we forget, replaced.

Color of the Week:The color of dead pine-needles. A shade of brownish red. You see, pine beetles are doing a number on the forests in the Uintas, so you see a lot of trees with that color. Yes, it is sad for us that brownish red is the new green, but hey. Nature 1 - Man 0.

Candy of the Week: The Pepperidge Farms chewy chunk double chocolate chip cookies! They are almost as good as Subways cookies. Almost.

Tyler's Thesis of the Week: As summer fun and jet-skiing go hand in hand, and furthermore that summer is nearly over, I am of the opinion that there must be some jet skiing organized in the near future. Let me know when you can go, people! If we get 8 people to go, it is $10 each and pretty darn fun.

This Week Last Year: Well, I was in Nimes and there was a summer concert set featuring the likes of Lenny Kravitz, Radiohead, and James Blunt. Oh yeah, and Vanessa Paradis (Johnny Depps wife) It was pretty cool as we could strain to hear some music from the roof of our apartment. Did I mention the concerts were in the 2000 year old roman Colosseum in the center of town?

Tyler's Anger Management Section: Why cant people understand that putting sauces on a subway sandwich after all of the vegetables is only going to give you one thing. A messy sandwich. Clearly this is frivolous and pointless to all of you not in the sandwich artist business, but it is like asking Van Gogh to make his paint strokes smaller. There is a style that must be respected...and an order. Sauces, THEN vegetables. We will all be much happier, and will BOTH end up with less mayonnaise on our fingers.

Top 5 of the Week! (because even after years, 10 is still too many for one week)

Top 5 Reasons THIS Harry Potter is the best!

5. Harry gets over his yellow fever and finally realizes that redheads are where its at! This ones for you, Jake!

4. It proves once and for all that the creepy orphanage kid story will NEVER die!

3. Druggies everywhere are scouring the market for liquid luck. Everybody wants the high Harry was on.

2. Creepy teachers favoring students and inviting them to "private parties" is not a new idea.
1. Dumbledore would school ANYONE at the gallon challenge!

Wow. That was a fun one. I think we have all learned a lesson here about what the thought process of the average sleep-deprived male is at 2am. I hope you enjoyed this weeks edition of The Stuff of the Week, and would like to throw an empty promise out there that you will be seeing an issue next week as well. Ok, maybe empty is not the right word. How about shaky promise. Its a possibility that I am not ruling out. How's that!

Stuff of the Week of June 15-21

Volume V Issue I

It has been a long time coming...but Stuff of the Week has finally returned in its...almost full glory. Yes, for now it is a cheap blog, but someday...someday it will be respectable again.

Here we go!

Movie of the Week: As a recently returned missionary I am just a little behind on movies. So this week is going to be Valkyrie because I saw it this last week and really liked it.

Upcoming Movie of the Week: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. While I never saw the first one...at least not yet...it is clearly the most awaited movie for this week.

Song of the Week: Coldplay - Viva la Vida. Ok, lets remind ourselves how long I have been home. I still like the song and dont even know if it is overplayed.

Album of the Week: This album shows its age. You see, its what I have listened to the most this week as one of the few complete albums I one and have on my Ipod...Jimmy Eat World - Futures. If you are a Jimmy fan then listen for old times sake...it was released in like 2004

Band of the Week: Coldplay because they recently put a free live album on their website for download...not that I have downloaded it, but I think it is pretty cool.

Shock of the Week: Tiger Woods performance at this weeks US Open. He still finished Sixth and won over $300,000 but the world was shocked!

Anti-Shock of the Week: The Kaysville YSA Extreme Home Makeover totally pulled it off almost completely renovating a house kitty corner from the Kaysville Tabernacle. Kudos to ALL who helped transform this family home.

Best Moment of the Week: I suppose this one deserves it...so I wrote my name on the rim of my David's Pizza hat with a sharpie and the next night was pretty busy, so my head got a little sweaty. Well it suffices to say that I had my name written backwards on my head the rest of the night to the enjoyment of the Knighton family, Scott, and Trevor.

Game of the Week: The Great Dalmuti...which probably one a few years ago only because it is such a classic. Nothing quite like it!

Day of the Week: Saturday for many reasons. The Great Dalmuti and my name written on my head played a role, but the saturday evening session of Stake Conference also helped.

Non-Weekend Day of the Week: Thursday was pretty sweet as my singles ward played some water slide tee-ball. Basically we hit a volleyball with a baseball bat and had to slide into two bases on a slip and slide. It was fun though!

Famouser Person of the Week: Ricky Barnes...nobody knows him but he ALMOST won the US Open. Sadly he shot a 76 in the final round...tough bunnies!

Girl of the Week: This one goes to Missy Mason because she was the female side of the brains behind the Extreme Home Makeover...it turned out great!

Deja-vu Moment of the Week: Now that I know what it means I would have to say it happened while I was working at subway. Maybe it is the monotony of making sandwiches each day but I had a moment where I swore I had made this exact same sandwich for that same person a few days before. Just turns out there are lots of loyal customers who come in at the same time everyday...

Bug of the Week: The fact that my body could not handle four slices of Key Lime pie and I spent the whole next day asleep or in the bathroom wishing I was!

Annoying Email of the Week: With my same email account I just dont get as many forwards anymore and the ones I do are quality emails from Chelsea. So this week it is not negative but rather a funny email with unfortunate photos all titled "Things that make you say 'aw crap'"

Weird News of the Week: So scientists discovered that Great White Sharks actually use the same hunting techniques as serial killers. A few differences persist, however...sharks hunt seals and their motiv is for food...we hope it is a difference...anyways...

News Event of the Week: Iran's reaction to a supposedly rigged presidential election. Here we thought democrats were ticked after the 2000 election...

Irony of the Week: Some wise guy said the recession would be over by September and the next week the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 500 in a week...ok so it isn't September but one would assume...blast...I don't know enough about economics!

"Sign that the World is Ending" of the Week: The Federal Government is deciding whether to tax Cow Burps in order to help the environment. Alternative Fuel anybody? There has to be a more creative solution than blaming the cows...

Tyler's Alias of the Week: T. James Barlow CSA (Certified Sandwich Artist)

Tyler's Question to the World (answers expected): Why is there not an option to block ALL Facebook Quizzes? OR is there? Too many people live their lives away taking quizzes and filling up my newsfeed!

Fool of the Week: Anybody who gets a Subway without vegetables...they are just TOO good!

Deep Thought of the Week: If gravity makes the downward spiral work then what outward force can incite the object to go back up?

Random Thought/Saying of the Week: Some say that some things never change...I say that most things don't remain constant...except $1 redbox rentals!

Car of the Week: I saw a '71 Camaro SS 396 down in Sandy. It was blue.

Color of the Week: The color of yellow banana peppers. I like them!

Candy of the Week: The nice lady gave me some smarties at the bank while I was taking my parents to the airport. I like smarties!

Tyler's Thesis of the Week: During World War II the whole nation was patriotic. This is understandable as our nations security was at risk and directly under attack. At the time of September 11th, the nation united in cheering for the true winner. Democracy. In sports, however, many cheer against the winner. Now people even hope for those who are better to lose and be embarrassed. My theory as to why there are so many Anti-Laker people is due to the change in opinions caused by our free-expression society. Everybody and their dog can have a blog and make their opinion known to the world...I love this fact though... We cheer for the underdog in all things because big press is the enemy, as is Wal-Mart. Yet, we still bow to them. They are symbols of democracy and commercialism. Why not cheer for the Lakers than?

This Week Last Year: I was in Nimes. We were getting ready for our mission president to change and were pretty much going crazy. However there was one fearful moment that remained. My companion and I went to Montpellier to have a district meeting with the mission president. We arrived the night before with just enough time to get into the apartment by taking the last bus from the train station to their neighborhood. One problem. We took the right bus but in the wrong direction and ended up in the middle of nowhere. We walked about a mile to the chapel hoping the zone leaders and their car would be there only to find the mission president and his family. I assume most people would rejoice, but all we could see was that we were face to face with our mission president at 9PM and should have been inside. PS: This was the intimidating mission president around whom we feared to brake any teeny rule and here we were 45 minutes from the nearest missionary apartment and hopelessly late. It was pretty scary.

Tyler's Anger Management Section: As a returned missionary I just dont have that much anger...you see, I spent two years trying to overcome all anger and it seems to have worked for a month...just wait. As I mentioned, the stuff of the week will return to its full glory soon enough. One thing did make me bummed a bit. stuffoftheweek.blogspot.com was already taken so I had to use this one. I am pretty curious as to who else uses this...

Top 5 of the Week! (because even after years, 10 is still too many for one week)

Top 5 Reasons why Facebook Rules my Life

5. Until now it was my most efficient outlet to the world...look at me now! I have a BLOG!

4. I can contact people that I would normally have never talked to again after mission/high school...and learn there may have been a reason for that!

3. I can finally learn which male lead man in a broadway play I would be! Dare I say necessary information?!?

2. I can see just how computer dependant some people can be...even more than me!!!

1. I can finally find out about all the girls who are getting married!

Well, there you have it. Stuff of the Week Returned. If I have been counting correctly...and I would like to think that I have...this is the 4th Return of the Stuff of the Week. Whoever said third time's a charm must have only had three fingers...I hope you have enjoyed it!