Hello
Hi Brian!!! How are you doing today!? It's a great day today isn't it?
yeah its going pretty good. Im just working on some music!
So what is the most interesting thing you've learned recently? Oh thats awesome! What kind of music? I love all kinds of music so I'm sure whatever you're working on is pretty good.
Yeah, yesterday I was just getting the feelings so I wrote some words down and now I have a sweet song coming along. Its like top notch. I love it
That's awesome! How long have you been writing music and how did you learn how to do it? Is it a hobby of yours or are you studying it in school?
I think i started like my sophomore year in high school and I guess I just taught myself. I ended up taking AP music theory my senior year which helped a lot too.
Wow that sounds awesome! I took some music classes in high school as well. There are very fun! Was it hard to learn?
Not really. Plus I had Jess to help me out. Haha, to be honest I pretty much learned most of it from his example. you know Jess Soelberg right?
Is Jess your friend? Yeah I think I know him! He must be super awesome. So what did he teach you? How to lyrics or the actually music?
He taught me a lot more about the music side of things. I learned about lyrics from one of my companions on the mission. His name is Emmanuel.
Oh that's sweet! I love how we can learn things from people no matter where we are. You served a mission? That's cool. I've heard of those. Where did you serve it? \
I served a mission in the city of Quito in Ecuador.
WOW! Ecuador! Is that in South America? I bet that was crazy. What was your favorite part of Ecuador?
Yeah! Its in South America. It was super cool! I really loved the mountains. They were beautiful!
That is incredible. I bet you had a wonderful time. There are mountains in Utah and I love them. They speak spanish in Ecuador right? Was learning spanish hard?
Yeah, they speak spanish in Ecuador. And learning to speak Spanish wasn't too hard. It definitely takes a lot of work though, but I wouldnt say it was necessarily hard
Yeah I understand. I learned Spanish too. I really like it though. It's an awesome language.
Yeah, it is cool. i like it because everything is like super organized. Like once you learn all the little rules, you can say anything you want without really trying. Its cool
Yeah I agree. It's the best language on the planet besides English and Morse code. Haha just kidding. So what else did you do today?
Not much. I had my spanish class in the morning from 8 - 9 and then I did all my homework for the weekend. After that I practiced music for a while. What about you?
That's cool. How's your Spanish class going? You finished all your homework? Man I wish I could do that haha. I went to like 5 classes and took a test for physics. It was a very busy day.
Yeah that sound pretty busy.
But now I'm just on my way to get dinner and maybe watch a movie tonight.
Do you always have so many classes on friday?
Yes. Always. Without fail. All the time. That's the truth about taking 18 credits. But it's fun. I like it. Sometimes. So have you been on any dates lately?
Nah, I haven't been on any dates since I came up to BYU. I know, I'm a loser. haha! But I'm working on it. I just haven't met that many girls that I actually would want to take out. You know, I dont want to be that guy that tries to force the romance to happen. But I'm planning on going out next weekend, I think!
Yeah I understand. Well just keep hanging out with groups. Meet people. And don't be afraid to like actively pursue someone. What are you planning on doing next weekend? Is it going to be a date??
Yeah man. Its gonna be good, or at least I hope that Its going to be.
Who is it with? And what are you going to do?
So I think Im going to go out with Maelyns Friend Natalia. Haha, I have no idea how to spell Maelyn.
What!?!?!?! That's crazy!!! She is super nice and cute
So we were talking and she apparently she really likes classical music. Then My Friend from Highschool, said that he was going to the tabernacle concert in salt lake. So i thought it would be cool to go!
That sounds super fun!! Is Natalia at BYU?
Nope. Well kind of. To be honest Im not super sure. I think she said she is going to go to the Salt Lake Campus.
That's fun. Do you know what she is studying?
No, we havent talked too much. haha.
Well that will be good you can talk about it on the date. You'll have to let me know how it goes.
Yeah. Will do. So what movie are you planning to watch?
Dude I want to see ready player one. I have a free redbox subscription. Have you seen that one?
I dont think so. Well I know that I haven't. haha, the only movies that I have seen in a while are Incredibles 2 and Coco.
It's a movie about virtual reality and the world gets taken over by aliens or something haha Those are good ones too!
Dude, Coco was super cool. I loved that movie!
I haven't seen that but I want to eventually! What's your favorite movie of all time?
Im not sure if its my favorite movie, but I really liked Interstellar!
That's is a good one! Very trippy. Apparently the physics in that movie are spot on. According to my TA
They are dude! Thats why I liked it so much! Plus its got some great emotion. I don't know, its like an authentic movie!
Yeah it does! You know what else is a quality movie? The greatest showman! Have you seen that one yet?
Nope. Literally Ive only seen Incredibles 2 and Coco. Im not the biggest movie buff. Oh! I rewatched Nacho Libre too, but thats really it.
Nacho liner man that one is a classic. Well you need to see the greatest showman. I think you would like it a lot.
Yeah. My entrepreneurship teacher told us to watch that. He said that there are some sweet entrepreneurial lessons.
There are. It's such a good movie. And the music is the bomb dot com. There's like a whole scene of negotiations in song. It's pretty funny.
Actually I think I've seen that scene. It's the one with Zac Effron and Hugh Jackman right? They go dancing around?
Yep.
dude, but if you want to hear some real bomb music, I just found this girl on youtube and her stuff is crazy cool. Its like super real. Haha, Her mane is MALINDA.
Just Malinda? What does she sing?
Yeah. Just like some singer songwriter stuff. I dont know how else to describe the genre. But her stuff is super lyric driven. And its good too.
Really? Yeah I'll look her up. Songs nowadays are losing their lyrical drive. So it would be nice to find someone who is focusing more on lyrics.
Oh dude. There are some really cool artists out there. Another one that my friend showed my last week was this girl named Dodie. Her lyrics and a little more abstract, but still super cool.
Awesome! I haven't had much time to search for new music lately but I appreciate the suggestions.
Someone a little more mainstream is Sara Bareilles. Her music is super authentic!
I'll look them up when I have some free time hahah Are you dressing up for Halloween?
I dont think im gonna dress up. Or at least I don't have any plans to you?
Well haha yeah we gotta do it for the picture. We are gonna be characters from the wizard of oz. Taylor will be Dorothy and Ollie is a lion and I'll be fun man Tin man
Are you going to any parties or something, or are you guys just dressing up for fun?
Yeah so our neighbors in the church and doing a murder mystery dinner night. It will be like clue. It should be fun!
Oh man, my ward is doing a little murder mystery thing tonight! I almost forgot!!
No way!!! What time???
We are doing it at 7!
That sounds super fun! You'll probably have free food too which is always good!
You know thats right. Haha, Free food makes everything better!
So true! What was your favorite food in Ecuador?
Hands down, It was the encebollado. Its like this fish and onion soup, but It's so good. I dont really know how to describe it, haha, But its the best food ever!
That sounds incredible! My favorite Spanish food is definitely empanadas. They are like little pockets of joy.
In ecuador they make Empanadas, but instead of bread they somehow make this dough out of plantains. Then they fry them up instead of baking them. They are called empanadas de verde, and they are the best!
That sounds like a dream. We should make them sometime that would be delicious I just love food.
I can try to look up a recipe, but all the members said that they are very difficult to make. haha, but im sure it cant be that hard!
Maybe we can look up a video to know how to make them
Yeah, that would be fun! You can find anything on youtube!
Seriously! I want to have a YouTube channel one day. I think that would be fun. I could teach about food. What would you make if you made a YouTube channel?
I would either post my music. Or i want want to do a Vlog type of deal. Or maybe both. Or I could do one about Rollerblading. That would fun. haha, but probably a vlog!
Yeah that would be sweet! That. So what are you planning on eating for dinner? I'm eating a quesadilla right now. It's pretty good haha. I wish I was eating those plain rain things though. Those sounds super good too. But sweet pork will have to suffice!