Paisley and Suspenders... 10 pounds of rice and Nutella...

Hello there! Guess what I did today!?
I went shopping :)
I got lots of food, and my diet will consist of rice, tortillas, beans, Nutella, bagels, etc...
It's really exciting!
Also today I went to my stake back in Alpine (my old stake I guess) and did service for stake conference with my roommate Andrew! It was so much fun! xD I love service!
Then we went to the leadership conference and Elder Richard G. Scott was there :)
It was phenomenal! At the end he just opened it up for questions and we just went at it asking him all sorts of questions, I loved it! :)
He gave his talk like he was teaching a lesson, he asked questions and it was just awesome!
Then tonight was the finale of NSO (new student orientation) for BYU it was great. There was a dance!
And guess what I wore? Thats right! Paisley all the way.  I got these awesome clothes from Gramps and I finally got the chance to show them off.  The ladies were all over me (for reals).  Although I never ran into the one I was looking for :(
Oh well! :)
 So picture time???
SURE!
xD

So stylish eh? I know right!!!

Nutella! r_r

Beans... and Tuna!!!!! r_r

and my 10 pound bag of rice :) which 

should last me all semester!!

xD

Peace,

love,

Pay <3

I wish it were that easy

Moving on,
moving away,
passing by,
I'm moving, moving to a new stage of life, a new dimension really... r_r
It's kinda crazy to think that I'm here, to think that I'm surrounded by cute college girls and fantastic roommates... It's kinda crazy to realize that I'm doing this, that I'm taking math 112 and that I'm making breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
That I have to completely rely on my own income for room and board, as well as to keep a full belly.
It's so crazy weird to think how things are changing for me.  How friends are leaving on missions. How the people I knew are getting married.  The people I once new getting in to trouble, or going into the military, or even being hooligans and not doing anything with their lives.  I guess what I'm trying to say is that I'm here and I'm shocked, my mind is scurrying for solid ground because I don't know what to do to myself.
I've had my first piece of drama and guess what it isn't bad... Not like High School drama.
I just dropped it like a rock! Woah! Go me.
No more crying about girls that seem to not understand or friends that yell at you for the dumbest reasons.
My life is just... SO DIFFERENT!
I live here now. In PROVO, Utah.  Away from my family, away from my awesome brother Paul.
Away from so much that I once had. A mom to cook food and a dad to talk to my day about.
I don't think you can understand what growing up is like until you're here. Sitting at a desk writing it down. Sighing because you're sad, but you're so happy.  Sighing because you don't know what to do with yourself but you know it will be great.
Sighing because you know a mission is so far away. Yet only a year away!!! Sighing because in four years I could be married. And sighing because in 10 I could have two kids sitting on my knees.  Sighing because I could be a mechanical engineer or a surgeon sawing away at math problems or body parts.
I'm sighing...
But I wish it were that easy.

<3
Pay

Turning a New Leaf

Wow... I'm here, I'm sitting in my new room for the next 8 months of my life.  Its weird, Its crazy, I'm going insane! I have some pictures for you! Yup I sure do! xD

This is Andrew, he plays guitar and stuff :)

He's pretty Cool and I look forward to getting to know more

about him.

This is Daniel, he's holding a Lego spaceship... from Star

Trek or something? Sure we'll go with that, he's the kid thats

going to be helping me with my math I guess...

:)

My Bedroom :)

Cool eh?

Trevor sleeps on the left bed, I sleep on the right one :)

done deal...

Heres A better view of my corner of the apartment :)

I got new scriptures!!! Yay! So exciting!!! :) :) :)

This is Sterling, He is also very awesome! :)

He is very musically talented and got accepted

as a major in the guitar concert performer something

or other! :)

This is the Kitchen... Thats all that matters really... r_r

And then this is me... and thats my first day of college life...

Just wait til the classes start eh?

haha r_r

Lov you people

love,

Pay

Here I am

So I made it... This is seriously it... I'm grown up, living on my own... All by myself... :D
this is crazy... So I met my first roommate (aside from trevor) his name is stirling and he's pretty cool.
Our bathroom smells really nasty! >< barf! But thats okay... The rest is all good :)
So anyways heres a picture of me in my dorm...

Yay!
Okay well peace out! Love,
ME! r_r

8 hours and counting :)

Just What Happens

Winning battles

Losing wars

Making progress

Falling short

These are things

that happen oft.

We get so high

We end too far

I guess what I mean is

It isn't perfect

it may not seem worth it

but the truth is

what works with it

we can't always control it;

And sometimes we over hear it,

but just flow forward,

moving along in the current

coursing ever onward,

mapping towards the end

where love and peace end

how babies won't cry

and I'm not as shy

I think its to say

that I like it this way

Just hold onto you what I need

and Love and Joy will succeed

don't fleet in battle

you can't take the babies rattle,

you can't hurt what's already dead

you cant fix which won't mend

I'm just going to let it fly

through canyons like wind

through forests like birds

through rivers like fish

I can't control

not you,

just me.

So I'll let you be

and love still the same

Just don't do it for me

I've made it this far

I can make it further

It may take patience

I may fall under

I might collapse

but I'll get right back

Up on my feet again.

Do it for you

Because I love you

and me can take it

One and a half days...ish til I move in!

So as the countdown draws nearer to conclusion I'm flippin' out! Aren't you? Okay... well you probably aren't because why would you do that over something that isn't happening to you...
Unless... I have a really large affect on you and I'm making you flip out! xD
Okay well anyways here I sit in the WSC (Wilkinson center) at BYU after my shift at Taco Bell, just ate a footlong sub sandwich and got it for 4 dollars with my coupon then I got a free drink! Yay! But thats really besides the point... Wanna see a picture of me?
Ya... I thought so ;)

This is me after work... Don't I look lovely?? I know right!? okay well at three I'm going to hang out until my sister gets of work... But until then I have to sit her and do blogging and stuff... So we shall see where all this leads me :)

How about I continue to spotlight my friends??? okay sure xD

Riley Bowman

Riley... Riley... Riley riley RILEY!

Well I'm nearly entirely positive you won't read this :)

But thats okay because other people will and realize how cool you

are! You have basically been my friend for a really long long time...

We've had some good moments like the time above when we went to

see the body worlds exhibit in Salt Lake, that was fun wasn't it? 

Yes... Yes it was :)

Its been good being in your ward, being your neighbor, and especially 

having you as a friend I can count on.  You are so smart and the ladies

dig that, so go get them (after your mission) 

haha well good knowing you! I'll call you when I need help with

homework ;)

Rachel Smith+Taylor Airmet

First to Rachel:

You are the best! and thats a really scary face! Good Job!

We've had many good times and I will miss you dearly

not having anyone to say "Hey, it's okay" in that voice 

of yours is going to be rather unfortunate... :(

I think its funny/awesome how many words gross you out; and

then I get to tease you about it... hehe

love you rachie!

<3 me

Second to Taylor:

HEY! so I think we should pretend that babies in the

night sky are like shooting babies... I could really .............

:) we've had some pretty good times...

Also I think once you graduate High school we can create a joint

company that makes jingles for products like Gold Narwhal Crackers

:) I'll miss you loads!

Have fun your senior year!!!!

-Payden

So I got a bunch of clothes form my Grandpa Short when he passed away and I looked through them today and I'm excited! I'll do a photo shoot for you sometime soon okay? Okay! Deal? Deal!

Oh and I'm going to get scriptures today! (new ones that is) YAY!!! :D

Busy Busy Stress Stress!

I cannot believe this!

I move in in two days! Crazy! A whole semester of crazy fun roommates, high amounts of stress, no more high school drama!

I'm both excited but at the same time stressed out! I have a bunch of stuff to do for my job at taco bell (training and such online) and all these boxes and stuff are stressing me out.  I just wanna get out of here and move in!!!

I'm going to miss my friends and family dearly dearly dearly! :(

This week was insane however I had a 40 hour week of Taco Bell and Teriyaki Stiks. It was sooo crazy!

No my room looks like this:

My awesome sister Jade on a mission is letting me use her laptop, I updated it to Mac OS X Lion today and its really exciting!

Also today I sang in Church and I really wasn't looking forward to it (mainly because I wasn't prepared) But it turned out just fine :)

Thank you heavenly father

Anyhway, its time for the spotlights of my dearest friends again r_r

Sara Jolley

Now as womanly as I look and as short as I am

this is me and Sara at best :) we have lots of fun

together and have had many good times.  Even 

though I'm probably going to see her more now

that we're going to the same school again I want

to devote a little piece of my blog to her super duper

awesomeness! She's so cool and so sweet and 

a really good example to me, I love her lots and

lots and I miss our childhood days of dress up

where I was Batman and she was Robin, where

I was the hero and she the damsel in distress,

our days of beanie babies up in the loft, and getting

muddy in the 'Mud Pit' and getting sand in our shorts

while playing in the sandbox. Having our lego 

adventures with murphy and our weird lego story

lines :)

Sara we've had some epic adventures, and

now you have a cool boyfriend named Nolan

ya he's pretty legit, so keep a close eye on that one.

Oh and don't worry if he breaks your heart...

hes in soooooo much trouble, but I don't think he will

like I said he's pretty boss :)

I got your back sis :)

Love, ME

Jade Jolley

Me and Jade... Well we think we are gangsters... And 

the truth is we aren't... But thats okay because we have

fun.  Mom always says "why can't you just give me a 

good smile" but I just don't think she understands how 

much more fun it is to let our crazy "Jolley" nature shine :)

Jade is on a mission in Thailand! She is a great example to me

like my biggest role model! I want to be just like her (except be the man version)

She's so nice and loving and she truly knows whats best.

Sure she makes mistakes but thats human!

She's always the first one to punch me when I burp or 

do stuff like that but hey! I love her loads!

I can't wait til she comes home!!!!!!

Love you Jade!

-Payden

Paul Jolley

Paul my buddy! I have no clue if you'll read this

but whatevs! As you once said you are my bromaha

whatever that entitles r_r regardless we have so many

epic adventures together. I think the picture above 

describes how cool we are :) Just sayin xD

anyways I hope that you can survive without me r_r

haha just kidding bud! I know you'll be fine!

But the important thing is that you are awesome!

And thats about the jist of it! 

Rock on little bro!

Love,

ME!

And now I ought to show you me and my awesome siblings

This is us! We are so cute in our easter sunday outfits! Paul is

Exceptionally adorable. What happened to us? oh right... we grew

up :P

I have sauce all over my face and our house looks old!

Look at all the neighborhood kids. Proof indeed that I 

was born and raised in Alpine, Utah.

From a young age the Jolley children learned to love camping

and I love it indeed! We have so much fun on our campouts

together and I truly look forward to when we can all bring our

kids back to the places with our spouses :) it'll be fun! r_r

I'm not sure what expression that is on my face...

But aren't we just the most stylish children you ever did see???

I THINK YES!

THE BEST PICTURE EVER

This is the kids! All grown up! Isn't it fun looking at this

timeline of us kids? r_r

I love how odd we are :) I love my sisters... 

We thought we were so clever on the amusement rides doing 

silly things for the camera :) in fact we are so clever! hehe r_r

Camping Kids! He were are camping again and even older some

in the stubborn 'I need to get away from my family phase'

but we still loved camping together, now thats something

hard to find these days :)

Why buy the stuff when you can just put it on then take pictures?

GENIUS!

Yup we're weird... get over it... (this is the time where mom

gets angry because we didn't smile)

Well thats all for this episode

thanks for reading :)

Peace, over, and out!

-Pay

Paydens Back! Back again!

Hello dear followers and fellow bloggers.
I am here to say that I am back after a few days.
College is ever nearer and it is time to continue my tributes to my friends.

Riley Wilson

Riley! You are a wonderful human being!

And I'm going to miss you like a lot! We have had many adventures

together, and been on many dates together,

Including the one above, in which we were both sick :p

it was fantastic, but miserable at the same time.

Thanks to james who influenced me to eat 20 Crème brûlée

 (I may be exaggerating)

Well I love you lots and will miss you dearly while I'm at college, do come visit

with James :)

Love, ME!

Julia Larsen

Hey! Remember when we went to preference?

Ya that was fun :)

So very much fun.

Anyways I love you like a sister, and I hope we

always stay friends, we've been through a lot

or you've been through a lot I guess we could say

but we've managed this friendship still...

:)

So don't forget about me while I'm at college!

K?

<3, this kid

and the last one for today

Michael Bernstein

This is Michael

He is my best friend.

We basically grew up together.

We were brothers from another mother, and I was closer

to him then most people when I was little.

I miss him so much and can't wait til' the day we meet again.

He was such a strong kid, and I look up to him.

He fought through so much hardship and I know now he's in a

better place. I remember the day of Michaels funeral in ninth grade,

and though Michael didn't make it physically this far, I know he's been with

me this whole way.

I try to visit his grave once a month and it reminds me of his

friendship, I will always keep his spirit and his memory close.

Love you Michael

Love, Your best friend.

Haunted House Contest

So I want to go to this haunted house, and I can win a free tour and stuff...
If you people like my wall post on facebook! :)
http://www.facebook.com/PaydenJolley/posts/195450373850689?notif_t=like
so go to that link above this text
and like it :)
I'll love you forever :)

love,
Me

14 Days until I move in... (friends part one)

College is fast approaching and what's even closer is me moving in.

And I want to say something to many of my friends.

I'm going to miss you... :( Lots!

And before I start this whole dedication to my friends, I'm sorry if I forget someone, I have a not to awesome memory r_r and sorry family this isn't dedicated to you, I'll probably see you once a week anyways :) but I still Love you!

Okay so first of...

Jared Olsen

This Picture in (as weird as we look) probably describes us best...

We fight, and then we are friends, and then we fight, and then we 

do weird stuff... r_r

Like the above photo

Jared it is sad we are going to different colleges,

just know...

BYU is better hehe hehe

okay well actually your school is cool too... But you know... I have to have pride :)

James Lewis

I can't decide which is more odd... The fact that I posted this picture

or the fact that we leg wrestled.... This would probably best describe

our odd spontaneous activity best though...  Tanning in your yard,

pretending a punching bag is a man who stole our women, you irritating

cashiers at various stores and restaurants, us walking around at midnight 

and me discovering a leaky tree? Okay well basically I will miss those

adventures and I'll come to your house and visit, if you do my laundry for me

deal?

deal! 

r_r

Mckay Lewis

Unfortunately I didn't find a picture of us epic enough to post,

so I'll just post your lovely face... :)

I think you are probably the coolest man alive. You are the gentle

giant, literally.  You wouldn't hurt a fly (but you could) r_r

now... remember that time you came to bear lake with my

family? It was awesome! Good luck on your mission my man! You

will do great things! I'm surely sure of it!

I will continue the post when I have time... r_r

Angry Customers are scary funny o.O

Hello my dear readers! :)
Am I allowed to call you readers???
Well I'm going to anyways r_r
Okay so yesterday at work... There was this guy,
RAWR! r_r thats basically what he did
He decided that my manager should control the sun better,
and got upset because we were super busy... Then he shoved 20 dollars in my chest... odd? I think yes... r_r
Okay then...
So I decided to show you Pomplamoose if you don't already know who that is, if you do then you can enjoy this video :)
Noted that I actually can't stand lady gaga, but this makes her music more than bearable xD


Oh hey! guess what? Yesterday I had a birthday party :) it was really fun, then we went and saw Thor, my friends just talked about how hot he was... It was great... Oh and then Riley laughed hysterically the entire time because she was delirious because of drugs for her wisdom teeth r_r
And even though my real birthday isn't until the 16th, I still had a party... so yup... Deal with it :)

Telephone-Lady Gaga Cover (pomplamoose)

Enjoy this :)

Love you all,

Payden

Kings and Queens

My brother reminded me of this video

and the song already makes me super happy

and then this video makes it even better

so I thought I'd share it with you :)

Sleep!? psh! (a noise made with my lips and teeth?)

So I decided I wanted to write you a poem k?
And who needs grumpy sad poems when you can write happy lovely ones?
So here we go :)

Have you ever seen a rock-star?

Have you ever seen a star fall?

Did you ever want to meet one?

Did you happen to wish on one?

I did, I did

Not abnormally tall

and so thin he was small.

Names he got called

and days he might fall,

but he moved on

he rocked on

because he's a rock-star

Not so big

it fell real quick;

it made me smile

and I almost tripped

because of it's beauty wild.

I made a wish

and it seemed quite...

like something for a child.

His blonde curly hair,

his electric eyes,

his face not so bare,

how hard he tries

but doesn't care.

He has so much smile

and has the faith of a child.

He rocks on forward;

the star fell and vanished.

He smiled

He was a rock-star

I think you can get what that means :)

Well today was great and I'll think up a clever way to tell you tomorrow :)

Also I would like to work on a few more choice processes it'll give me so much to do :)

I can have a bunch more positive beliefs and so much more happy stuff to write about r_r

happy stuff is good yes?

DUH!

Okay well,

I love you all,

Payden

Happiness can come in strange ways :)

After outlook ended its impossible to be sad for more than 5 minutes, I see me for who I am, I so what I do have rather then what I don't.  It all works great amazingly!
But anyways, yesterday was sooooooooooo amazingly awesome!
First I had a job interview at the cougar eat not to mention I got to spend a day with my BEST FRIEND James :)
We have some very very wonderful times.

Like this time when we went to go see Harry Potter 7-2

Well anyways... Then I got to go hang out with my best girlfriend Julia :D I love her to pieces, and we had loads of fun :)

PS Julia you should send me some of those pictures so I can put them on here :)

Then I woke up this morning and guess what!? I got the Job; literally like five seconds after I woke up they called me and scheduled me for orientation. r_r

Life is wonderful, and awesome, and I love people.

-Payden Jolley

New "Outlook" on life :)

Life can be rough... Okay lets not understate it, life is rough.
But why not just ride it through on a jeep?
:)
First of all I'm a Rock Star...
Second of all I would like to say I love myself, and its that easy.
Third of all the past three days changed my life!
Now let me tell you why r_r
okay... SSSSOOOOOOoo
Outlook development put on a three day class to help teens with their life.  To help improve self image and rid of others negativity; let me just say, they rock it :)  I know that once you can realize how you can become your own self created image that no one can tear down your life changes, and it changes A LOT ^_^
Okay so. . .
First day-
We recognized some negative beliefs (you're probably thinking WHAT!? Negativity that makes no sense!) But oh trust me it makes perfect sense! Once you track down a negative belief you have in yourself you find the origin and you kill it and make a positive.  This is where I became a Rock Star.
But being a Rock Star is more then just saying it I've got to move into it!
MOMENTUM: force or speed of movement; impetus, as of a physicalobject or course of events-Dictionary.com
Once you create movement it gets easier and easier and faster and faster like a snowball down a hill :)
So If I'm a Rock Star create a momentum and make myself more of a Rock Star! AWESOME!
Day two-
Ropes course, now I can't tell you in great detail what I did because if you ever get the chance to experience it... well it will be a greater experience if you know less XD But what I learned is that trust is a must.  Trusting in others builds a team, it builds a network of friendship and love.  I love 20+ more people then I did Sunday and I trust 20+ more people I know that if I fall those 20+ people will catch me :) thats what I learned, and its BIG! 
Day 3-
Wrapping it up :( sad yes but miraculous.  I've never felt so amazing in my life, my morale boosted to an all time high! Its like I'm flying.  I gained the ability to become a being that doesn't let judgments stick. No one can tell me I can't because I can :) No one can tell me I'm ugly cuz I'm freakin' attractive, no one can tell me I'm dumb because I'm a Rock Star! :)
I truly believe that now :)
I have 20+ plus new friend too that I can share this with, that I can go to for help, to gain strength, to feel loved. Because I am loved I just need to find it in myself. And these past three days I did.


Thank you everyone for everything!
Jamie, Dana, Doug, Miranda you are amazing
and I love you.


Preston, Ariel, Virginia, Mckay, Toran, Kristine, Tyler, Mckay, Sarah, Mallori, Chase, Kaitlin, Sydney, Kenyon, Sam, Ariana, Virginia, Christian, and most of all Paul My brother
I love you all!
Thanks for an amazing last three days!


We are all Super Stars :)
<3