Where are we going?

It's hard to believe that I've been back in Mammoth for two months. When I was home in the fall I was so ready to get back here it wasn't even funny. Being a bum in ND will do that to you. Though I can't complain about having a two month vaction, ahh the benefits of the seasonal lifestyle.
Now that I am back here and settled into the daily routine part of me doesn't want to leave and part of me is ready to seek out my next great adventure. Alaska again??
What does that say about me? Maybe it says a lot about my family vactions where we went all over the country to look at out of the way rockpits that only a geologist would be intrested in. Trust me I ended up in some places that I still wouldn't be able find today. But I did get instilled with the ability to look at a place on a map and think I haven't been there, so let's go check it out on a moments notice. Which is kinda of how I've been wandering in my post college carreer. Where I am now checking out all these cool places and getting paid to live thier while people spend thousands of dollars to come visit these places.
And I still trying to figure out what type of church has enough money to splurge on a ski trip for 80 some people while staying in 200 to 400 per night rooms plus all the other costs for a ski trip. Is it just me but is it just a bit hard to comprend?(Not the ski trip, but the money spent on it I'm curious to ask the question to that youth group, what are you doing to change the life of the poor? It should be a fascinating answer.

Anyway now that January is at a close it's time once again to figure out where to spend the summer and beyond. And the cool thing about the seasonal life is to remember to enjoy the time you have at he place you are at.

So as I begin to seriously explore where I am going next, I am learning that my next adventure will be deeply rooted in my destiny and identiy in Christ and that will lead to some intresting places even if I have no idea what they are right now and who knows I might even get published sometime.

And then's the matter of Abby. Somedays I have no idea of what to think or what to do. And other days it's simple just hang out and enjoy the time together we have. But when those days of having no idea what to do. I keep coming back to the really the only thing that matters in my life and that's my relationship with Jesus Christ. Because of that I can't give up on her, as hard as it to watch and wait sometimes. I know that a miracle will take place in her life. Till then I'll do my best to keep waiting and show her how much God loves her. For a encounter with God might what it takes with her. So keep praying for Abby, her life is going to change I just know it.
When is the question.

Just looking for the next story to write. Now to find out what these crazy characters are up too.

Another UFO sighting.

Here's the rest of the play enjoy. :)


ELLEN brings the beer to Bart and holds up. When she sees Cornell.
ELLEN
Here you go. Daisy the Desert Rose will be up in a minute...Oh Boy! Here we go again.
BART
Does this guy have a job?
ELLEN
He comes into my bar every week spouting off his latest UFO theory, quoteing shakespheare. And working on his spectalizer. And all he ever orders is a coke with a shot of cherry in it.
BART
That drink calls for an ass whooping.
As Bart starts to get up. Daisy pulls him to the table.
DAISY
You’ll do no such thing Bart James Reynolds, now take a look at this.
Daisy hands him a photograph. Bart looks at it for a second.
BART
They look like some street lights.
CORNELL
These are no street lights, they are the lights of UFO seen by me, my sister and my cousin. On the Texas Pan Handle in August of 1982.
DAISY
Really?
BART
Does this guy have a day job?
ELLEN
He’s a college professor. Cornell, do you have anything new this week?
CORNELL
Thanks for reminding me. Can you two help me out.My spectalizer is not working and I need of parts before we can go UFO hunting tonight at....
DAISY
Actually, we can. We got this piece of trash that we are getting rid of very soon. You can have it.
BART
DAISY! I’m not going to give that up.
Daisy just looks at him. He knows he’s not going to win this agrument. But he’s not going down with out a fight.
CORNELL
Good, I’ll take it. Keeping the spectalizer running takes tremoudous resources.
BART
I’m not giving this up!
DAISY
Yes your are.
Cornell starts to search through all of his bags.
BART
What he is doing?
ELLEN
Uh..oh..I think he’s looking for the map.
BART
The map?
ELLEN
Yeah, when the spectalizer isn’t working he studies his map with all of the UFO occurrences in a three hundred mile radius.
CORNELL
There it is! I found it!
He pulls out a giant map and spreads it all over a table.
CORNELL
Daisy, do you and Bart want to come with me tonight and check out the lights that were reported by house springs?
DAISY
We would love to, Bart do you want to?
BART
Umm sure...What’s going on?
DAISY
Were going UFO hunting at house springs.
BART
Hold on, we’re doing what?
DAISY
Going UFO hunting at House Springs.
BART
No were not. You can look for all the UFO’s tonight tell your heart is content. But I’m not going.
DAISY
(Slighty seductively)
Bart.
CORNELL
Thanks for reminding me, there is something I need to check.
Cornell pulls out a suped cell phone with plenty of bells and whistle and proceeds to check his messages.
BART
Daisy, they is no way in hell that I’m going ufo hunting with that wacko.
DAISY
You know for once we could do something I want to. Instead doing what you want to everynight.
BART
What’s wrong with the usual?
DAISY
You mean, while you’ll sit around, drink beer and watch some game. While I do ALL the house work. While your mind is on one thing. Fucking me!
BART
What’s wrong with fucking?
DAISY
Nothing, but you’ll have much better success of getting me in bed if we’d actually did something something exciting for a change.
ELLEN
She does have a point.
CORNELL
Is it not strange that desire should outlive peformance.
ELLEN
(Giving him the look)
You’ll keep twelfth knight out of this.
Cornell goes back to his backpack.
BART
Daisy, we do stuff that you want to do all the time.
DAISY
Yeah like once every blue moon, when we go to my mothers.
CORNELL
The next blue moon will happen in 2048.
BART
Don’t bring up that visit to your mothers again.
DAISY
It was Christmas. You know the day the savior of the world was born. If we didn’t go home we’d be crucified.
BART
It’s my fault for this, It’s my fault for that. Is it ever not my fault?
ELLEN
TIME OUT! I Don’t know what’s worse, Cornell quoteing shakespheare with his half baked theories or a bunch of so called adults acting like bunch of immature second graders.

ELLEN
I don’t care what grade you are. Listen up here’s my deal take it or leave it.
BART
What’s the deal?
ELLEN
Good so you actually listen. Which is something you two need to do a lot more of. Now Bart go ask Cornell about the spectalizer.
BART
Do i have...
ELLEN
Yes.
Bart sulks over to Cornell and hesisites while both Ellen and Daisy give him the evil eye.
BART
Cornell, what does specatalizer do?
CORNELL
I’m so glad you asked. The specatlalizer is on the greatest innventions ever. It has 585 different functions and capilites to detect the presense of aliens.
BART
Uhh okay. What does that mean in english?
CORNELL
It picks all types of radio and tv waves. Including classifed secret goverment broadcasts. But it’s broke right now.
BART
Can it pick up Nascar races?
CORNELL
And much more. That’s just the tip of the iceberg.
BART
Really, I might be able to help. What’s wrong with it?
CORNELL
I haven’t been able to get anything to come out of it for a while.
BART
I see what I can do.
Bart and Cornell start to work on the Spectalizer and quickly become engrossed in it.
ELLEN
Works every time. Just get him going on the machine and the nights over.
DAISY
You’ll really like him don’t you?
ELLEN
(Smiles)
Yes I do. But don’t tell anybody else.
DAISY
I promise I won’t.
ELLEN
You two have only been married for about a year? Right?
DAISY
Yeah, how did you know?
ELLEN
Two reasons. I’m a bartender and I am women.
DAISY
Gotcha.
ELLEN
This marriage thing is not everything you thought it would be?
DAISY
Yeah for the six months lately it was great. And now it’s pulling teeth.
ELLEN
When was the last time you had a good talk?
Daisy doesn’t say anything as she tries to remember.
ELLEN
That’s what I thought. How long since you have had a date with him?
DAISY
About eight months.
ELLEN
Way too long.You need to have a date night at least a week. I think I got perfect thing to start you off. I can get you tickets for Chicago for tomorrow night and dinner for both of you at Cornardo’s.
DAISY
You not serious?

ELLEN
Yes I am.
DAISY
Sweet. Do you know how hard it is to get in that place.
ELLEN
I do. The excutive chef owes me big time. And besides this is the least I can do for sending you with Cornell tonight.
DAISY
It won’t be any problem. It’ll be fun.
ELLEN
Well see what you say afterwards. Bart!
No answer, because they are engrossed in the specatlizer.

ELLEN
BART!
Bart looks up and turns to the bar.
ELLEN
Come over here.
Bart puts down his tools and moves towards the bar.
ELLEN
I got a deal for you.
BART
Okay what is it.
ELLEN
I’ll let Daisy explain.
DAISY
What are a plans tomorrow?
BART
Nothing...maybe watching a game.
DAISY
Wrong. We got plans.
BART
What type of plans?
DAISY
Dinner plans. Tomorrow we are going to dinning at Cornardo’s and then we are going see Chicago and have a wail of a time... And oh yeah...we’re going ufo hunting with Cornell tonight.
BART
That’s crazy! How did this happen??
DAISY
(smiles)
I have connections.
BART
There is no way I’m going to hang out with some wacko and then go to some boring play. I don’t care if it’s Hamlet or not.


CORNELL
How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a nuaghty world.

DAISY
Do you want to get laid tonight?
BART
Hell Yeah!
DAISY
Good. You’ll be giving that trash to cornell to help him with his spectalizer.
BART
That piece of art work won’t help the spectalizer. It needs some serious work on it.
DAISY
Good then you can help Cornell with it.
CORNELL
If you are going to get rid of trash. I’ll take it.
They ignore him.
DAISY
Either you give it to him, or that so called piece art will be going in the trash as soon we get home. Or if you don’t like that option you can spend the next couple of nights alone one the couch. Or you can come with your wife and enjoy her company for a couple of nights on the town with nothing holding us back from making passionate love tonight. It’s your choice Bart.
BART
DAISY MARIE BERCHTOLD!
CORNELL
It works!!! It works!!!
BART
What did you do?
CORNELL
The twelfth gear shift ratio lever was out of an alignment. I slammed it back in. Now we head to House springs.
BART
Where’s house springs?
ELLEN
About two hours away.
BART
Your not serious.
DAISY
Yes. This is going to be a night to remember.
BART
In more ways than one.
CORNELL
Tracking UFO’s is a dangerous bussiness. With this baby we have the upper hand on all of those wanta be, second rate, weekend UFO chasers that don’t know how to figure out the differance between swamp gas and street lights.
ELLEN
Cornell are you going somewhere tonight?
CORNELL
To House springs. Are you coming with me tonight Ellen?
ELLEN
No thanks, I’ll have to...I need to do some bookwork tonight. But Dasiy and Bart would love to go with you.
BART
No We’re...
DAISY
Just gathering our stuff so we can come with you tonight. Right Bart?
BART
Yes Dear.
CORNELL
Good, with your help I might actually be able to get undeiable proof that UFO’s exist.
DAISY
What happens if we don’t find anything tonight?
CORNELL
We go out tomorrow. Ellen are you going to come with me tomorrow?
ELLEN
I got to check the schedule in the next couple of days.
CORNELL
Okay, I’ll be back to check in. Bart and Daisy are you coming tomorrow.
BART
We are going to see Chicago tomorrow.
CORNELL
A mighty fine choice. You will not be dissapointed in Chicago. Though it’s not the same as Hamlet. Now it’s settled. Tonight with the spectalizer we will get proof that UFO’s exist!

Cornell starts to make adjustments and pushes some buttons on the spectalizer.
BART
What have you gotten us into?
DAISY
Something very fun tonight.
BART
Daisy...
ELLEN
Bart for the sake of your marriage. Go with her.
BART
It’s no fair. Double teaming.
CORNELL
Ahh! It’s working. We can go know. Are you ready?
DAISY
Just about, we need a minute.
CORNELL
Good.
Cornell picks up all his stuff run out the door.
BART
All right I’ll go, but I’m not giving up that statue.
DAISY
BART JAMES REYOLNDS!
Daisy gives him the look.
BART
Okay, I’ll give it to Cornell.
DAISY
Good, I’m glad you can see it my way. Because I’m looking forward to unleashing the tiger of Eupradies tonight.
BART
I can’t wait.
CORNELL
Are you guys coming?
DAISY
Yes, let’s go.
BART
Yes, dear.
Bart and Daisy start walking out the bar.
CORNELL
Good. Ellen I’ll be back next week to tell you everything that happened.
ELLEN
Oh boy!
They leave the bar.
The END.

Curtains fall

Black out.

To rule the world....

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Just another friday night ufo sighting.

Because I need a break from serious matters Here is the first couple of pages of a ten minute play that I wrote a few years ago. Enjoy. I'll get around to posting the rest sooner or later.



JUST ANOTHER FRIDAY NIGHT UFO SIGHTING
Setting: Jakes’ bar. An Artist bar with paintings and sculptures that line the walls.

At rise: ELLEN the bartender is fixing a couple of drinks for the couple at the bar.
Before they can say anything. Cornell rushes in and drops several cameras, recording devices and other things on the bar.
CORNELL
HOWDY FOLKS! Glad you could make it. Tonight is a very big night. I have on good authority that the UFO that flew over the U.S.S. JFK in 1971 is making a return visit within the next couple of days and I intended to photograph it. But first I need a couple parts to get the spectalizer working. Can you help me out?
DAISY
(under her breath. Ellen is the only who hears it.)
I got this statue of beer cans you can have.
BART
(To ELLEN)
Who’s the wacko?
Cornell hears this and pulls out a business card and hands it to Daisy.
ELLEN
Cornell Williams. He comes in every friday night talking about the latest UFO Sighting.
DAISY
(reading the card)
Cornell Williams, UFO and paranormal investigator.
CORNELL
That’s me, and who do I have the fine pleasure of meeting tonight.
Daisy hands the business card to Bart who throws it on the bar.
BART
Bart Reynolds and this is my wife Daisy.
Cornell shakes Bart’s hand and then turns to Daisy and kisses her hand.
CORNELL
I ne’er was struck before that hour. With love so sudden and so sweet. Her face it bloomed like a sweet flower. And stole my heart away complete.
DAISY
My face turned pale, a deadly pale. My legs refused to walk away,
And when she looked what could I ail
My life and all seemed turned to clay.
(Pause)
DAISY
First Love, by John Clare.
CORNELL
Bravo! Bravo! Bart, your wife is a fine women of character, beauty and intelligence. It’s not very often that people recognize Shakespeare let along John Clare these days.
BART
What just happened?
ELLEN
Just humor him, the sooner we can get rid of him the better.
CORNELL
You can indulge me in the pleasure of your company next saturday on a date.
ELLEN
Not until you get proof that aliens actually exist Cornell. Now what can I get you two to drink?
BART
I’ll take a bud, and she’ll take bourbon on the rocks
DAISY
Not on your life! Bart you know you could ask me what I want for once..
BART
Daisy, That’s what you always order.
DAISY
Have you ever thought that I would might like something different for a change.
BART
We’ll...
ELLEN
Okay, Daisy I got a drink for you how about a Desert Rose Freeze.
DAISY
What’s that?
ELLEN
It’s tequila rose, McCormick Irish cream, grenadine and ice purried in a blender then topped off with a strawberry.
DAISY
I’ll take it.

ELLEN nods and starts to prepare the drinks.
BART
You just going to order what she says?
DAISY
Bart at least she has taste.... And don’t even get me started on that hideous thing your brought home the other night.
BART
For your information, that thing is a high quality art piece dedeciated to the Intimadtior Dale Earnhardt.
DAISY
I don’t care who it’s dedicated to or even if the Pope blessed it himself, An orphous of bear cans is not art, It’s trash.
BART
Trash I’ll tell you what trash is. Trash is that horrible poster that you put up in our room.
DAISY
Van Gogh is not trash.

A slight revision

Due to some editorial advice, I've pulled the photo of Abby for the time being.

So coming soon Girls, Guys sex and mammoth. If it doesn't get abducted by ufo's before then.

What ten feet of snow looks like

Being from ND you get used to the snow and the cold. Though you don't always enjoy it. However being in Mammoth my defination of what's a lot of snow was blown to pieces last year and once again this year, Today in one massive storm that lasted from six pm on new years day to about 8pm today. We've have gotten ten feet of snow in a day. It was insane to say the least. I'll post the exact total tomorrow when the results are compiled. All this snow means one thing an epic powder day tomorrow. :)