House 343

Haunted houses are pretty scary. I'm not talking about those amusement ones you go to around Halloween time. I'm talking about houses that are actually reported to be haunted. This one in particular is shall be known as House 343 in St. Anthony, ID.

A few guys on our floor heard stories about this abandoned house about 20 minutes from Rexburg. Ghost stories. As in the guy who told the stories has for certain seen things in that house and will take people there, but not go in anymore. We decided we would go. So, a group of about 10 of us drove out there and it was definitely freaky. On the way down, we realized that it was early moring on Friday the 13th. Uh oh. When we got there, we were standing out in front of the house debating whether to go in or not. While standing there, a random car pulled up and there were two teenage guys in it who said that the house was haunted and they had gone in by themselves. We went inside and explored around a little bit. There was trash and things that I guess people just drop off that they dont want anymore: lamps, couches, books, mirrors, and tons of other junk. We didn't actually see anything because some of the guys were being loud and annoying and we think it scared the ghosts off. But, the picture below is of the front of the house. Look up in the window in the upper left corner. You see it? We all think its pretty freaky looking.

Ohh, just looking at it gives me the heebie jeebies. Were planning on going again with select individuals who won't mess around the whole time so we can get some better pictures and what not.

Nissionary Haircut

I'm a nissionary monkey, my name's Buddy, I'm a nissionary monkey, my name's Buddy, I'm a nissionary monkey, my name's Buddy. Hey get out of here! We don't want ya!

That's right, I cut my hair missionary style. And I did most of it myself, so I'm pretty proud of it. It was actually a haircut in three installments. The first night, I cut it to look kind of like a Spanish mullet, in that it is still long on top but does sort of a mullet thing on the way down the back and is short on the sides. Like this: But it wasnt that long on the back, but it looked pretty cool.
The next night, I realized that it was a little uneven so I decided to even it out and fix it up a little bit. But, I cut off too much on the top, so it just looked like a metal kid mohawk. And whenever I looked in the mirror, I wanted to go put on a black t-shirt with the sleeves cut, gain 50 pounds, pierce my eyebrows, and go beat up some kids.
So then, the third and final night, I just took the shaver and chopped everything off. The top is a number 8 down to the nape of my neck, and the sides are a 6. But you can't really tell. So its classy yet classic. Here's a visual:

Poland, Warsaw

That is where I got called on my mission! I report to the Provo MTC on May 13th. And, I get to learn Polish! I've been looking at the Polish language, and it is nothing like German or English. Probably because it is a Slavic language, and English and German are Germanic. But, lucky for me, English and German are the second best known languages in Poland. The internet is so smart.

My mission covers all of Poland, and just Poland. Here are some pictures I found online of the country and downtown Warsaw:

Yay for Poland!