Not much I jumped off a pretty good cliff once Into water of course It was a cliff jumping activity for youth conference SO we swam to some rocky islands in the middle And then just jumped Over and over and over and over It was...ok
That sounds super awesome!
It was kinda fun But at one point I was just doing it to not look like a fool haha
Do you like doing thrill stuff like that or not usually?
Meh IT depends I love mountain biking but I like it for the sport of it more than just raw thrill
I've only gone cliff jumping one time before but it was really fun Yeah that makes sense
If I find myself doing something thrilling it's usually becuse there are other people there Oh nice! When was that? I assume this is also into water and not with parachutes
It was a couple years back, I went on a trip to Hawaii and we went cliff jumping into the ocean
Wow nice. Hawaii cliffs eh
Yeah it was into the water and I really enjoyed it especially since the water wasn't freezing like most places
Are you a big ocean person? Right That's the thing about most lakes aroundhere
Yeah
I went to the tetons over the summer and did some more jumping and DANG It was liquid ice there If you didn't get shock from the jump, you sure would from the cold
Not sure where that is, but, I assume that it's somewhere around here and I definetly get that
yeah. it's in wyoming
I went to a running camp a few years ago where we went swimming a glacier fed lake and it was freezing
Wow cool.
Hey! My experience in the lake was in wyoming too!
Was it after running?
It was mid run
I feel like that would make it better Yeah
We ran up a mountain then got in then went down
I ran cross country and we would ice in the river occasionally
It was kinda weird to start running after being completely numb
Yeah, defenitely You almost want to hybernate
So true oh my gosh
I think it was good for our muscles though or something
I'm not sure about in the middle of a run because then your muscles are stiff but afterwards it is definetly good as long as you don't stay in too long
Yeah, I don't know I do know that we tended to do it before races Or after races...I can't remember I think it was before
Interesting
As you can tell I'm a very experienced runner haha
Expert for sure haha
Are you a runner? Or you just did a camp
Kind of
That's cool I'm definitely not I like it And I've done it
I did Cross Country and Track from seventh grade to eleventh
Nice That's more than me I only did it one year
Then I decided to stop because I got injured way too easily so I switched to swim
But I've run on my own Oh yeah makes sense
It's a really great way to exercise I really need to start again
That's cool. I always wished I was a strong swimmer Actually, now that you mention it There's a story here After we did that cliff jumping activity
I'm intrigued
We had to swim back of course But it was..Oh i don't know several hundred meters back
Uh oh
And I had swum there Then spent the afternoon climbing rocks And jumping off of them And I wasn't the best swimmer anyways
I can already tell where this is going oh no
So I started back a little ahead of everyone else Because I knew I'd be slower So they're all 10 meters back or so
The cold water definetly wouldn't have helped either. Trying to swim tired and cold is not fun
And like 5 meters from the shore, my arm just gave out Yup, totally And I was helpless Like it was scary
That sounds terrifying
I don't think any amount of willpower would have got me up Fortunately there were plenty of people And a nice paddleboarder nearby heard me call out And he came by and gave my a little coast to the shore
That's so awesome that people were there to help
Yeah
I don't know how but I can totally picture that
The worst part is that, since I started ahead, literally EVERYONE in my group saw the whole thing go down Which was a little embarrassing but whatever. I've meant to start swimming on my own to get better I especially should now that BYU has it's own pool back
It's honestly such a great skill to have
But I haven't yet Yeah
and yeah, their pool is amazing
I haven't been yet actually I've just been to the rec center
and I mean, you don't even have to be amazing at swimming but just being confident in the water is so good for people's future
Especially if I get called to an island or something, if it ever floods or hurricanes, I want to be prepared Yeah, I agree, as someone who is not exactly But maybe some day
You should definetly go sometime They have two pools a warm up and a exercise pool
Yeah? Are they usually pretty full?
the warm up is a little shallower and warmer
When do teams and classes use them?
When I have gone there has always been a lane open
Oh nice
So, there are open swim times and times when teams go
Ok, I guess that info is all online Well cool! I'll check it out
During open swim times you can do whatever
Thanks for reminding me that I want to get on that
Your welcome! I really enjoy talking about swimming. I've really grown to love it
That's awesome Especially since you've only done it since senior year of highschool right?
I always pester my friends to come with me because I think that it's so fun
It's cool to get into something that quickly Haha yeah
Oh yeah, I did a club swim team for like three ish months
I've also always wanted to get into surfing
then I had to get a job but I kept working out in a pool SURFING IS SO FUN
Nice Oh you surf?
During that trip to hawaii
My dad and his brothers grow up surfing on their beach trips
My aunt who lives there taught me how
And we go to the same spot now a lot
Oh I wish I could have done it so much
But I'm not really a surfer so I've never done much That's so cool! How long did it take you to pick it up?
I was able to catch a wave by myself (a smaller wave) within a couple hours
I have boogie boarded quite a bit there. My dad and uncles did that as kids too. Oh nice!
but my aunt is super experienced and I've snowboarded a ton so that helped
Oh cool. I skate and longboard I don't know if that would help
I bet it would Maybe not in catching a wave
Part of why I never got into it is I didn't have a good wetsuit and the place we go is really cold usually The water is at least
but I bet it would in staying on it oh yeah
So it's not very comfortable to put the time in to get over the learning curve
that was the nice thing about learning in hawaii
But I should just get over it and try it Yeah, I bet
I only had to worry about stepping on a sea urchin
Ooh, that sounds painful Did you ever> ?
Luckily no
Oh good
But my older sister has so i'm a little scared of the idea
Agh I'm sorry Yeah The ocean can be dangerous I know a family friend who got stung by a stingray Or a jelly fish or something
That's crazy
And it messed up his foot for a couple of months
Wow
He said in googling it he found out that some people have lifetime problems Not just pain but loss of nerve senses in the area Or loss of balance and control in that area
I'm not sure about stingray what happens from them but jellyfish are dangerous
Maybe it was that
Depending on which one you could die
Whatever it was, the venom could be pretty bad Oh really? That's not good He's pretty recovered now I think
Yeah, there is one that kills like within an hour or something. I could be exagerating that though That's good to know
Oh goodness. One time, when I was a kid, we visited mexico And on the drive back we visited several beaches (the water was super warm which was awesome)
haha
Anyways At one of the beaches we were standing in the surf And I remember my mom pointing out a large squid
Dude! That's sick
Not huge but like a foot and a half long Like 5 feet from us And as we all stared in amazement
Yeah, I've never seen a live squid before
BAM a javelin comes out of nowhere and impales it
WHAT
And we look up and there on a cliff above us, like 20 feet up there's a group of guys And they pull the javelin up with a rope Taking the (dead and bleeding) squid with it I guess to grill or something I don't know
What the actual heck
It was very surprising for us little kids
that's insane I mean good for them for getting some squid
Also how did they know they wouldn't miss and javelin one of US?
but like you could have died I know right!
It's not that scary as a memory though And I was so little I didn't really care
I'm glad you weren't scarred from that
I was more worried about the squid blood in the water than the javelin
I probably would have freaked out
Because that was gross too
haha
But besides that it was a really nice beach haha
Haha we have an optimist here
Hahaha everything get's better with time every memory that is and cheese and wine I guess but I don't drink wine
i was just gonna say that same thing
Haha
Haha
I'm not sure what else is in that category
Me neither Trading cards
Haha yup
and antiques
True true And some movies I guess
Ture True
One time we had some cheese in the fridge And I discovered it and started eating it And I loved it So I finished the whole container And when we got more, I was real excited to try it And I tried some and it was 100% not like the other stuff And I was dissapointed
I love cheese
But then a few weeks later I tried the same container again and it was way sharper
Oh yeah
And I realized I had gotten hooked on the "aged" version which caused my confusion
Sharp cheese is so good tilamook even sells it aged at some places
I cannot call my self a cheese aficionado But I like cheese
I can't either
Most cheese I had a sample once that tasted like actual cow manuer
But I can say I'm surviving on cheese and bread (with a few other things thrown in there)
But besides that it's all good
EW
Hahaha nice You know what's the best with chese? cheese Triscut crackers MMMMMmmmm
hAHA I found a really weird thing I like with nachos
They are literally cheese soul mates THat doesn't sound bad actually
Which may sound gross chocolate milk
Very collegy of you but not gross necessarily Oh wait
chocolate milk not on them but like
Haha Ok, I can see that
i don't know
Nothing wrong with that
I think it sounds weird but it's really good
I thought you were saying put sliced cheese on nachos at first
nah
But chocolate milk sounds pretty good too. I think I would get tired of it fast mostly because one is so sweet and rich and the other is so salty And dry
True
But it would be good while it lasted
Yeah, I haven't actually had nachos in a really long time but I used to have them so much
I've thought about making a compilation of weird snacks I come up with after class BEcause it is often a product entirely of what is in the cupboard Like chocolate chips on pretzels one in each hole
I've actually done that before
That's gorden ramsey stuff right there
I was too lazy to melt down chocolate
Haha same Another time I did melt the chocolate And mixed in cherios Cheerios and put it in milk It was...unconventional
Yeah
but not BAD perse OR or or
if you switched the order it would have gone really well chocolate and milk could have been made into a gonacha gonache
haha. I discovered that you can make biscuits in the MICROWAVE
what kind of biscuits?
and gravy in the microwave Like baking powder biscuts
are these homemade or like premade interesting
Completely from scratch Both maybe But I did it from scratch
That's awesome I actually made biscuits the other night I made copy cat red lobster biscuits
Nice. Just a little flour, butter, milk, baking soda, and salt Then microwave it for a minute
That's awesome
It's not in the shape of a biscut. IT's in the shape of a bowl
weird
But you can make the gravy in the mocrowave too
that's kinda awesome
And have a very good, somewhat authentic southern biscuit breakfast
do you make them a lot?
When you did yours was it from scratch or the pilsbury type can
scratch
Nah, I should
buttermilk biscuits with variation
It's not terribly filling and it's not terribly healthy So It's an occasional thing Nice
Yeah, I understand that
DO you use actual buttermilk? Do Cause that seems inconvinient to keep on hand
Nah I use an agent to curdle milk
Oh fancy
to make the buttermilk by agent
I probably woulda just used sour cream or something
i mean lemon juice
Haha nice
but you can also use vinegar or several other things
You know what?
what?
Vinegar is so underrated I heard advice from a chef one time
ooooooooo
And he said if you're cooking and you keep thinking it needs more salt Then chances are it actually needs more citrus So you can throw in a little vinegar or lemon juice
Huh
And ever since then I've been following his advice and it has CHANGED the way I do food
Vinegar is definetly something that is used very heavily in cooking
It's especially good for chilly or something Or other soups Because if you don't know, you'll end up feeling like the soup needs something but having no idea what
I wish I had more time to cook so that I could test things
Yeah same My parents have this great book on cooking That goes through all the science behind what makes certain methods good
That's amazing
I've always meant give it a shot But I never have I should sometime
I need to read something like that Same
Oh wow. would you look at the time I have class tomorrow morning
Yeah.. we've been talking for 40 mins
Oops Haha well it's been fun anyways!
Ok, well have a good night I guess!
I'd better go though LAter!
Yeah it's been super fun