Jordan's 2nd Blog!!! (New and Improved)

So I found this in BYU's daily paper of all places (the paper isn't that great but... I digress) and I thought you guys would enjoy it. And don't think this is a new idea by Obama... This has been a standard foundational liberal idea since FDR. -Jordan


A redistribution of grades
Inspired by Barack Obama By: Marc Watterson


Great news everybody! Inspired by the ideas of presidential candidate Barack
Obama, your local school district has announced a radical idea that is going to
change the world!
The hard work and effort of those who have struggled through their education
to get the best grades possible now have the opportunity to give back. For
you who have worked hard and are getting A’s and A-’s, you will now receive a B+! Have no fear, this is in no way degrading your efforts! Rather, this will be for the benefit of all your classmates as no child will be left behind. Your grades are now being deducted and the difference is being given to those who receive D’s and F’s so that every student will pass with at least a C! After all, how unfair is it to label some of your classmates as failures? Just because they don’t see the need for studying or putting much effort into their education doesn’t mean it’s their fault.
And so, in an effort to promote equality among students, there will now be a redistribution of grades. In this system, each student passes regardless of effort or intelligence gained. Now, don’t let this deter those of you who go the extra mile in trying to learn, there’s still plenty of incentive for you to try and get better grades! You must always remember that your efforts no longer just concern you and your aspirations. Your fellow students now depend on you to get them to the finish line, whether they jog there of their own accord or you have to drag them, kicking and screaming, to graduation. The success of this program depends on you!
The greatest impact this new program will have is in the workplace! You see, this program is also being implemented in colleges and universities all across the nation! Students will now, more than ever, depend on the efforts of these A students to get them their passing grades in every class. Again, regardless of effort, everyone receives a passing grade in classes of higher learning. This will be the same in trade, law, medical and graduate schools as well! Think of it, there will never be a labor shortage again as an influx of “passing” workers flood the market! Sure, there might be a rise in flooded basements and guilty persons going free as otherwise incompetent employees are now given positions of trust in society. But at least we can rest assured every night knowing that despite our intellectual mistakes at work, there were those out there who were willing to sacrifice their hard-earned grades so we could pass every year in school.
Doesn’t this sound fair? Why on earth wouldn’t it be all right to take the hard-earned efforts of individuals and give the rewards of their labors to others instead? Why? Because this is America! This is where the dream still exists that through grit and determination, a man might change the stars and the world around him. This is the land where the ideals of “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” remain a noble individual task, not a governmental duty.
Barack Obama would have the American people, us, believe that it is up to the government to provide the roof over our head, the food on our table, and the clothes on our backs. He suggests that it has always been government’s responsibility to do this but that the American people, since the conception of the Constitution, have been blinded by their desire to work hard and enjoy the fruits of their labors. Instead, he contends that it’s government’s job to take these hard-earned fruits and give them to everyone who refused to work hard, if at all. Obama is no Robin Hood. Business owners, Hollywood and sports stars and other wealthy individuals are no Prince Johns. And we, the American public, are no impoverished citizens of Sherwood Forest. If anything, Obama would have the government take the role of Prince John, while wearing the mask of Robin Hood. However, depriving us of our incentive to work hard and hindering our ability to progress would indeed make us a sorrowful and impoverished people.
Is this the future we want? Are these proposals really fair? Do we really believe these ideas are in our and our children’s best interest? Make your vision for the future clear, vote on Tuesday and get involved!

Jordan's 1st Blog!!!!

Thank you, thank you... We'll be here all week...
The End.

Happy 25th Birthday!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jordan turns a quarter of a century today. I love you Jordan and I hope you have a wonderful birthday even though you're sick.



I LOVE YOU.

Vote Yes on Prop. 8

Tonight we went to a live broadcast by Elder Ballard, Elder Cook and Elder Clayton on proposition 8, California's proposition to add to its constitution a legal definition of marriage as being between a man and a women. These three Elders of the church have come out and asked for all Californian residents to become active in educating people about prop. 8 and they have also asked that all Californian residents that are not in the state right now to sent in absentee ballots voting yes on prop. 8.

Having three general authorities of the church ask us to do this is something that we take very seriously. We are asking all of you to find out as much about prop. 8 as you can and to try and pass this proposition. Call all the people you know who live in California and ask them to educate themselves and their friends.

I would like to note that prop. 8 does not take away any rights that homosexual couples already have in California it just legaly defines marriage as being between a man and a women. There is more information about prop. 8 at www.protectmarriage.com, we encourage everyone to look up information about this proposition.

Sadly I won't be taking showers in my own house for at least two days

So my goal of getting the shower grout sealed and ready to use by today was not achieved. We did seal the grout last night though (we finished at about two in the morning). This means that by Tuesday night we should have it water worthy. I did however reach several of my other goals this weekend.

1. I washed 11 loads of laundry
2. We finished building the bedroom and living room closets (so I have a place to put all that clean laundry.
3. We put the shelves in the pantry so now I can actually put food in it, it is very convenient to have food so close to the kitchen now.
4. Watched General Conference (to watch it we had to go to Grandma and Grandpa Miles' house because we don't have a t.v.).
5. I started putting up tile in the kitchen so that we can start building the counter that the kitchen sink goes in.
6. Cleared a path to the computer and downloaded pictures from the last three months (Gaby and Anna be prepared for your graduation pictures, and Lauren and Rick we have some wedding pictures to post and to send to you)

That is a lot of stuff!!! Unfortunately I also didn't get to recording the grades for the class I TA in Oops! Well what are you going to do?

My Goal is to be able to take a Shower in My Own House by Monday!!!!!!!!

Sorry we don't have a real before picture but we ripped out all the ceilings to rewire before we took any pictures. The first picture shows the shower and the cabinets with our new recessed lights being installed. I happen to really like this shower curtain so no comments from the peanut gallery thank you.

The next one is when our shower became a storage facility so that we could work in other rooms. The picture to the right is the beginning of construction (or destruction depending on how you look at it).










Here is the fun surprise we found (because again the people who built our apartment are not the brightest people). I hope this hasn't been making us sick.


Here are some more pre-tub pictures.





Here is the wall before. Yes random this is a random thing to have in the bathroom wall, but we didn't do it.



And behind that wall is where we finally found the water heater [that's not dangerous at all :(].



And here is a preview of the final product, the bathtub in place. I will show a picture of it tiled, grouted and the final product when we have the final product.



Thank you Andrew and Dad for your help. And thank you Mom and Tami for letting them help.

This is Harder than it Looks.

Jordan and I are training to be scuba instructors. This means we have to devote at least four hours once a week to teaching classes with the instructors.
Well this week Jordan and I had to teach our class on Monday and on Tuesday we finally made up one of my classes that I missed when I was sick (you never dive when you have sinus problems). This might not sound like it would be exhausting but it is, and now we have to spend the rest of the week studding for test and making up homework because we were studding for test. O how we wish school could be over!!!!