Hey How is your day going? What would you say is the best thing that has happened to you this year? I cant think of anything for me.... my life is pretty normal
Hey!
Hey friend! How are you doing?
Doing great, I've been waiting forever for someone to get on haha How about you?
Im alright
Just alright?
I am bummed because someone just barely passed me and I can not catch up This happened last time I dont know how they get so many points in so little time
Ohh dang. Yeah Someone just got up like a million out of nowhere so I'm trying to catch up but I don't know..
LETS DO THIS TOGETHER You can tell me a story?
Yes! Alright I'll give you like a summary of my life hah
Percect Perfect I meant Ill grab the popcorn
I'm not good at like fiction stories haha so here goes
Go for it
So I was born and raised in St. George, Utah. I've only moved once across town when I was about 7. When I was younger I tried out quite a few different things. I did gymnastics, tennis lessons, soccer team I also got into piano lessons and dance. And those two things are pretty much what I've really stuck with So I went to preschool, I remember snack time was always great
I love tennis Snack time is the best too I agree
Haha yep. And to be honest I don't really remember a thing from kindergarten... in first grade I remember I had a boy ask me to marry him. And I said no
i was going to congradulate you but i still will for not being a child bride
Hahaha nah I was still sensible back then I think. I also think I developed my first little crush because there was a boy in my class who I thought was really cute And I can't quite remember if I told him I thought he was cute, or if I had my friend do it
Hahaha classic
But I think it was in line before we were heading to lunch. And when we were at the lunch table he started crying because I told him that I guess... Anyway it's funny when things like that happen when you're little that you still remember, and then you still go to school with those same people through high school
I am thankful that I moved So all that embarassing stuff is in the past
There were times where I wondered if they still remembered those things but I never asked of course. We didn't become good friends or anything Yeah
Haha yeah its better that you dont remind them if they didnt
Hmm I can't see my messages now
Its sending I see it
Okay it's good now sorta It's lagging a bit but that's okay
It happens
So I had a friend in first grade named Marlon. After first grade though I switched schools And then I think it was my senior year of high school, this kid walks into my PE class and I swore it was Marlon He had a birthmark on his forehead that was pretty unique haha I never spoke with him though. Isn Isn't it kinda sad when you can be really good friends with someone and then you aren't sure if they even like remember you?
I totally know how that feels! Yeah it is sad
Yeah. Alright so second grade
This is exhilarating
One thing I remember, I think the teacher assigned each student a week, and when it was a student's week, all the other classmates were supposed to write them a letter I still have quite a few of those letters, little kids are so cute and sweet Third grade, I think I had my first valentine haha. I think I actually had two boys ask me. I also remember making a paper mache pinata in that class
That is super cute that the whole class did that
Yeah it's fun to look back on the memories. Fourth grade I really liked my teacher, he was cool. I got on student council that year And I remember learning a line of french from my fourth grade teacher haha all the french I know besides hello and goodbye
Fourth grade was a good year
Fifth grade me and one other kid I guess were kinda above our classmates in our reading level. So we went to a little book club type of thing during class time to dive deeper into discussing books we read Ooh one more thing from fourth grade and being on student council. We sold otter pops every Friday. Did your school ever do anything like that?
THat is way cool My school in nevada had like a snack shack you could buy stuff Then  in middle school I would organize fundraisers like that
Oh you lived in Nevada. Nice
Yeah ! I liked it there
My sixth and seventh grade years might be a little mixed together. I know I had a class where I got to fly like an airplane simulator so that was cool. I also had a theater class that I wrote a script for And my art teacher said something to like never make me eat a hot dog again Well, I don't know if it was really what he said but I haven't been able to eat them since around that time
ahaha well thats fine, hot dogs are kinda gross
In my choir class the teacher asked for volunteers to do solos or duets. I was definitely a really shy kid So I didn't even mean to, but I remember somehow, some way my hand shot up to audition to sing So I did and she said it was good, but I could be a little louder
Wow that is impressive
Hmm eighth grade...what happened
I try to avoid remembering a lot fo middle school
Haha. I think that's when I had an art class and discovered I could be quite good if I wanted to. My art teacher then also always played like these tapes which told us stories I can't remember what they were called but they were some interesting stories I drew a dragon that I was quite proud of
That is way cool
At the end of that term they handed out certificates for like 4.0 GPAs and stuff, and for some reason I didn't get one. I always had straight As
What type of dragon? Lame
Maybe I can send you a picture of it somehow haha
I dont think you can send pictures through the chat I wish you could, there have been so many things I could share
Well yeah. But I guess some people have been getting like snapchat or instagram user names haha I think it's fun to kinda give them through like a code
Like after the username they use on here?
No
Oh just their originals
yeah
puzzles are fun
Haha so what do you think?
i like trivia but i am not very good about it
Well not necessarily trivia
i think they say not to share personal accounts
Well yeah. So not flat out saying it Like the first letter in mine is half of w
Haha
It can get confusing maybe but it's fun haha
It is pretty fun to think of creative ways to share information So i got braces put on earlier today and I had to ask a question and my mouth had the weird gaurd in it So I could not for the life of me say words with B I tried writing the letters out in the air
So if you want to, otherwise I'll keep going haha. Ooh you just got braces on? funn So back to my GPA thing, I was pretty sure I should've gotten one. So I got on the computer to check my grades and it said I had a B+ in art.
If you want you can
So I went to check the assignments to see why. And the teacher put in a zero on something I had done. So I went and talked to her and she fixed it. Too late to get a certificate though I mean only if you want to haha. I can give you mine or vice versa
That is super funny and sad timing that it didnt end up working Im sorry you didnt get the certificate you can go ahead Mine is long
K yeah I don't think mine is too bad Snap or insta?
insta works I really dont use snap all that much
so first letter is half of a w
I have lost interest after all their updates
second is the first letter of 4 if you spell it out third is the middle letter of something that you put in a drink to make it colder fourth letter is the shape of the sun but as a letter
Let me guess the rest
guess the rest? haha go for it
fifth is the first of my user name or the shape of a two humped camels back
Haha yes
and the last is the first of a 26 letter sequence
I guess it pops up easy cuz it's like unique huh? You got it
haha yeah and it says BYU Yours is definitely shorter Do you know _coltonmitchell?
Wait have you ever mentioned you do photography? Well geez like none of these people are you
Possibly It usually comes up One of them is
And I mean I guess I'm following him right
Oh it says that he follows you I dont have a lot of pictures of me because I usually always take the pictures
Haha well I mean there's more than one And oh I guess. I haven't used insta much in a longgg time
Yeah occassionly I post one of e me I dont really liek how social media is changing
Haha well that is cool
Yeah Have you seen the previews for Small Foot? It looks funny
is that a movie? Nope
Its coming out sometime this year
Haha I'll look it up Ooh so like opposite of big foot That makes sense
Haha yeah
Looks like end of september
Its creative how they did it
Looks pretty good
I probably wont go to a theater, but eventually i want to see it
Yeah it'll be cheaper to watch it later probably
most definitely im watching a documentary on beavers
Haha right now? Your favorite animal was an owl wasn't it?
Yes, and yes it is :) I love owls
Haha cool that was you
Haha yep Did i mention that I was reading the books all about owls? The Gaurdian of Gahoole Series ?
No you didn't. I know I've heard that before...is it a movie as well?
They did make a movie combining a few of the books
Ah okay
So it was my favorite series growing up and I I really enjoyed them. I decided that I wanted to read them again
I need to get back into reading this summer. but i haven't yet. I miss it
I still love them but now reading them older I see all the mistakes in the series
Haha mistakes such as what?
Just like the author makes absolute statements, like such character never does this. Then like every book that character does what the author said they never do And then throughout some details are changed, like the origin of a flying technique, she said it comes through like 3 different places Its not too bad. But I still like reading them
Right. I mean you kind of expect published books to be like perfect but they certainly aren't
They most definietly arnt But I couldnt do better so its fine I dont blame the authors I just enjoy being entertained
Yeah of course. It's still a lot of hard work
If you could write a story what would it be on?
Oh gee i''m not sure what I would have enough knowledge aboug about
You could make something up Then you would be the worlds expert on the subject I have a story idea but it is really sciency
Haha yeah. I mean my theater play script thing was about super powers and heros I guess what I like reading has been like fantasy Like princess stuff and percy jackson dragons
All of the above would make for a great story You should just blend all of them
Haha I could do that
I thought it would be cool to write a story about a futuristic society
Ooh yes. what would you . picture the future to be like? Flying cars?
So the people turned to science to improve their being and they blended their genetics with desirable traits of nature. SO the uper class began to grow feathers to show class. The  military for other traits And it began to further stretch the classes and thus the conflict arises thats as far as I have gotten with it I think flying cars would be cool, but maybe more personalized transport Less for "us" and more for "me"
I like it. I could see where you're going with that. Would you really be interested in writing and publishing something in the future?
Maybe eventually but I am not sure I dont know the mechanics of writing that long a of piece Maybe I will find someone to write it for me and I can just illustrate it
ha or maybe just illustrate someone else's story then
That works too That would be fun to do that one day
Yeah if you enjoy it and are good could be quite fun
I dont think right now I could Its hard to draw what people want You know? Like its easy to draw something that exists but to draw something that dosent is a challenge
Yeah it's much easier to just kinda doodle what you feel like too
That is true
So do you draw much?
I do like to draw, but I actually dont all that often i just dont have the tie fore it time*
Yeah. I never like make the time for it. Just pretty much did it when I had an assignment in art class
Yeah if its an assignment its easier I am doing more for fun now
So should we go back to storytelling? Do you have one or should I finish my life haha
Haha go ahead I can tell some after you
Haha okay. So ninth grade I had three friends that I was close with since elementary school And I thought it was cool because our birthday dates together had a sort of pattern April 29th May 28th (which is also the same as my brother's) July 9th and mine is August 8th Anyway, one of my friends got onto the high school dance team, so she spent a lot of time doing that and made friends there So I think that kinda was the beginning of the end of our friendship group I still hung out with the other two, but then they started hanging out with guys who would like make inappropriate jokes that I didn't feel comfortable with
Oh that was a sad one
So once they got their licenses they drove places for lunch and I stayed at the school so we drifted. I didn't really have friends for a bit then there was a girl in my spanish class who I started talking to and she had a good friend group that she invited me into and we had lunch at the seminary building a lot So it was nice to have friends that were a little better influences.
Yeah good friends make all the difference
I guess those things were mostly 10th or 11th grade but ninth grade I had a guy who kinda was creepy, seemed like a stalker. but maybe he was just sorta being nice. I like didn't talk to guys at all so when he started paying attention to me it was weird for me Or I don't know, I guess I got the player vibe from him went to a couple school dances. but I think I actually went to more dances at the rival high school than I did my own Senior year I got a job at a family fun center I also had friends ask me if I wanted to do the color guard team at school I didn't know what that even was so I looked it up It looked like it was like dance but also involved like spinning flags and stuff so it looked interesting to me so I did that practice at 6 in the morning and when I worked I would often be closing around midnight so that was fun Sad thing is, my close friends ended up dropping and not doing color guard but I stuck with it So after getting some experience with that my mom asked me if I wanted to do the color guard team at BYU. I sent in a video audition (I may have cut the parts where I dropped the flag..) and I ended up getting on the team haha So I did that my freshman year, first semester at BYU Agh my points still aren't going up fast enough. Don't know if I can make it Alright well I guess I got to the start of college haha. I can end there for now if you want to go Or I can keep going...
You can keep going
Or any questions?
I like reading about Do you still keep up your flag twirling talens
Ah good question. I didn't do it this second year. It was a lot of time and work. I'm glad I got the experience though I've been wanting to get my own personal flag so I can practice I wanted one for Christmas
Nice, you gotta keep those skills up
But they were kinda a lot, like $50 I still want one but I'll probably like sew my own silk and find a good sized random pole I find myself flipping around brooms or mops I miss it haha
Goodness that is a lot Its impressive you can make youre own Ive never though let me make my own flag
I mean I haven't yet so I don't know how it would turn out
Well I have for scouts but not a twirling one Hahaha oh okay
Haha oh yeah
You could totally be a stunt double for a fight scene involving flags and all
Haha heyy there's an idea Yeah I really didn't know about color guard before It should be shown more
I didnt either
Make a movie where the weapon is a flag I guess haah
I have only seen it a couple times It could or a javalin
I've done a bit of rifle too
You could be there for mulan in that one part where they are twirling the sticks and all So I am not sure how this happened and I dont remember it
Yeah. I guess it is a rather basic skill that you can use on multiple things
But now I am watching a documentary on a honey badger
Hahaha
Only thing I can think of is if I fell asleep But I dont remember doing that
Haha did you for half a second reading my story XD
I am not sure Oh well Now I guess Ill learn about badgers
Alright cool
This one just got bit by a snake and passed out then he woke up an few hours later and was alright What the heck
Ooh sounds uhh
interesting? hahaha baby badgers are cute
Yeah sure that's a word for it
Heavy metal?
What?
That could work Haha nevermind
Oh are we back on the flag haha Or what I don't know ha
Its alright What is your favorite disney movie Or I could share with you the story of my people
Of your people? you can go for it It's hard to pick a favorit e
Haha I dont know I was trying to make it interesting and something to look forward to
Haha alright
So starting out I was born in the deasd heat of nevada summer. And that is all I really remember of that. I do have one vague memeory of going to a casino to see a big cats ex exhibit on one of the upper floors they had tigers And I remember looking at them through the glass Then We moved to alabama and that was a good time I had a good friend who had a big trench in his back yard. We would spend all of our time in the trench playing around. It had a stream at the bottom I watched him ride his bike and I went home and told my dad I wanted my training wheels off. ANd then I road my bike, I was only 4 and didnt really have to have practice I always have learned that way I guess, just watch someone else do it We had a huge tree in the back yard that had the top half cut off for disease But my dad built three levels of tree houses on what was left I loved it From the top I could sit there and reach out and grab honey suckles from a close tree and just sip on those We also had a neighbor with a dog named snoopy, and I would call it stoopy
Haha I sucked on a lot of honeysuckles too
In our front yard we had this amazing rope swing on a big ole pine tree. And that was so much fun my dad would swing me and it felt like flying. I loved going out there They are so good! I was in preschool at the time and I rememeber my first bee sting or wasp... something stung me
I'm terrified of bees or wasps. My goal is to never get stung
I went to a thing on the playground with handles and I grabbed the handle but a bee was on it. It stung me right in the palm of my hand Yeah its no fun I ten out of ten dont recommend it Then we moved back to nevada, and then I was in kindergarten We lived just around the corner from a big park and the school I would go roller blading with my sister there while my parents walked My favorite thing to do would play foursquare at recess And one time I wanted to be a big kid and ride my bike to school. So I did but I forgot and walked home anyways Then When I finally remembered my bike was at the school someone had stolen the seat what the heck
Hahah the seat??
Why would you want a childs bike seat
Yeahh
But it was fine My dad got his childhood go cart and we would take that for spins around the block and my sister and I got matching scooters and we thought we were the coolest kids on the block
Haha cute
There are so many stories from vegas, i have a clear memory of the lights downtown I loved going to see the lights of all the casinos We would walk past all the slot machines to go to different resturants
Also just an fyi I will need to leave in about 10 minutes
Oh okay No worries do you want to talk about something else?
No it's fine you can keep going!
Ok,  we had family friends and every sunday we would play cards and watch apprentice before it was celebrity apprentice
what is that I love to play cards
Then we ended up moving. I was sad to leave my friend who had a pet tortise It was the show that Trump hosted before he was president Wild right?
Ooh
Yeah we would play nertz Usually the adults would but My sister and I got into it Then we moved to the south again And that is were I have been since I was only in third grade when we moved
Wow
At one point the school did a contest for drawing the cover of the school yearbook and I won! I drew a corner of our school where we had an alligator mailbox since that was our mascot I think I was considered dumb then because they wanted me to stay after school all the time for additonal class I just thought it was fun
Haha you think so?
At recess I would love to run laps, and then sometimes my friends and I would play games to see who could hang upside down the longest Yeah I always enjoyed learning and being at school I didnt know better We would also sacrafice grasshoppers we found to ant mounds that was fun Then Middle school. I ended up getting into an advanced program were we learned about business and finance
Ooh
So we did mock investments in the stock market Never invest in sony That is all I learned from that
And why?
It just made us lose all of our fake money
Hmm so I wouldn't say never
Well haha yeah it could be better I was also in scrabble club And because I was a boy scout I got to get out of class early and take downt he american flag in front of the school I felt special It was kinda great
Haha sweet
Then once again i went on to an advanced program in highschool that i wasnt zoned for The program we did research projects, it was all math and science based And that was a whirl wind I did everything in high school I played tennis, did student council, did drama, basically all the honor societies, an a few other clubs I had a couple friends but they have all moved on with their lives and are like 3 years ahead of me now When I was serving they were doing all sorts of research, and medical brigades and winning all sorts of awards
Ahh cool. You got involved in high school. I didn't until color guard really Also I'm gonna have to run
THANKS FOR TALKING! I figured it was about time I hope you have a good day Thanks for helping me catch up a little
Haha yeah! It's been good! I still don't know that I'll be able to catch up even with the rest of the day though sadly I'll be just one spot behind
Aw man I am sorry If you get on later Ill be here
maybe two Alright. Question is will you already be busy with a chat
Possibly if someone wants to talk to me But just let me know Ill be here
Haha alright. Thanks again, that was fun with the life stories, see ya!