The Awesome Experiences of Scott Saunders

Gym Time

2009-04-20T15:45:00.002-06:00

So last week I went to Golds Gym to see what promotions they had so Jack and I could go there to work out. Well they kept me there for about an hour trying to get me to sign a contract and it looked something like this:

Close, But No Cigar

2009-03-27T15:07:00.006-06:00

So when does
1/2{((sin(e^((x^5)cos(x)))^(-1/2)))(cos(e^((x^5)cos(x))))(e^((x^5)cos(x)))[((5(x^4)*cos(x)))-(x^5)(sin(x))]}

not equal

1/2{((sin(e^((x^5)cos(x)))^(-1/2))(cos(e^((x^5)cos(x))))(e^((x^5)cos(x)))[((5(x^4)*cos(x)))-(x^5)(sin(x))]} ?

Easy, you forget to add a parenthesis somewhere in the equation, which is what is wrong with this equation. This is part of the joy of doing calculus with online assignments, if every parentheses is not closed off, it comes up as a wrong answer.
So if typed in wrong, I get a

Then I go through the pain of trying to find where it is I missed a parenthesis to get in the end the correct response, which looks like this

So good luck trying to find where the missing parantheis is!

Respect the Van

2009-03-16T12:26:00.000-06:00

That,s right, you've got to respect the van, commercial that is. Of course I don't have any respect for the van but this commercial is hilarious and I think I even lose a little bit more respect for the van.

While I was on my mission, I had no idea that Tiger Woods had been out of golf and this commercial gave me a general idea of what had happened during the time that Tiger was out of golf. But now that he's back, golf actually has some importance again.

Shocktastic

2009-03-05T15:50:00.006-07:00

So far life here at BYU has been pretty good. One thing that has kept it fun are the many toys that have been given for Christmas that include shocking. But they keep things interesting up here, except you have to beware for doing it too much because it leaves your fingers tingling a little too much. One thing you might notice in the picture that my phone is also there in the picture, that wasn't a mistake. So what do these things have in common with my iPhone with headphones? Well, they all shock. How you ask? Thanks to Utah being so dang dry, static electricity is very common. So when I'm listen to music and walking around with my phone in my gym shorts pocket or fleece, every so often I get shocked in the ear by the headphones. I would have to say that it is much worse than any of the others because it is in the ear and it happens unexpectedly.

Milestone

2009-02-16T12:36:00.004-07:00

Yesterday I've reached a major milestone, I reached 1000 miles in my car. It took a month and a half for me to reach this milestone. But you can bet that it wont take another month and a half to get another 1000 miles because there's gonna be a lot more driving by me because you can't walk to dates.

Don't Name That After Me

2009-02-10T11:54:00.007-07:00

After last week and once more this week, I came to know quite well the BYU testing center. I think I have come to know it too fast and too soon. I was hoping to go slow and steady with a test every now and then, but they all came within the same week. It happens to be the largest college testing facility in the U.S.

Something interesting about the testing center is that it is in the building named after President Heber J Grant. Now I was thinking about that, if a building were to be named after me, I would not want it to be a building like a testing center. Other possibilities include: the locker room, a prison, correctional institution, in general, places where you don't want to go.

So on a lighter side here is a joke:
Old aunts used to come up to me at weddings, poking me in the ribs and cackling, telling me, "You're next."
They stopped after I starting doing the same thing to them at funerals.

Humpday

2009-02-04T14:45:00.003-07:00

Looking at which day of the week is the worst, I would have to say that Wednesday is the worst day for me. Sure, Monday isn't that great because it's the first day of the week and I'm dead tired, funny observation, in the library there are more people asleep in the morning than during any other day. For me Wednesday easily wins because every Wednesday, I have 3 assignments from Econ due and 2 for Calculus due today. That's 1 book assignment, 1 online assignment and 1 essay due today before 11 PM for Econ. In math i have 1 book assignment due in class and an online assignment due before 11PM. This week I also have three tests I have to take for American Heritage, Econ and Calculus. Thus the reasoning for Humpday being the worst day of the week.

So to celebrate this wonderful day, I have some jokes and a comic that help get through everyday and I will publish the ones that have stood out from the past week:

You are a Nerd If...

- If you rotate your screen savers more frequently than your automobile tires

- If you have more toys than your kids

- If you need a checklist to turn on the TV

- If you have a habit of destroying things in order to see how they work

- If the microphone or visual aids at a meeting don't work and you rush up to the front to fix it

- If you can remember 7 computer passwords but not your anniversary

- If you have memorized the program scheduled for the Discovery channel and have seen most of the shows already

It's So True
- If ignorance is bliss, why aren't more people happy?

- Hard work pays off later. Laziness pays off now!

- Be nice to your kids. They'll choose your nursing home.

- A closed mouth gathers no foot.

- If women can have PMS, then men can have ESPN.

Now it's back to studying and finishing up those homeowrk assignments.

Home Cooking

2009-01-30T18:38:00.005-07:00

Finally after three weeks of being at school I have finally cooked cooked my own food. For the last three weeks I have been living off meals from Jack and Kelli and leftovers from Jack and Kelli. Also I have been eating Panda Express. So after much delay I cooked spaghetti at Jack's house.Next time I think I'll try this

The first step

2009-01-29T18:02:00.003-07:00

So I am now joining the rest of the world and letting everyone now of what happens in my life, well mostly what happens. So here it is, the debut of the awesome experiences of Scott Saunders blog.

So deciding what should be the first blog is a difficult decision, but I decided to do it on a very pressing matter here at BYU, that is marriage. For those of you who have been worried that people are getting married much older now, don't worry, its still preached here to get married as fast as possible.

I think for single adults, a question has been recently added for the temple recommend, that is, are you dating? I think if you say no you're not worthy to enter the temple. Also, my second Sunday here, the talks in sacrament meeting centered around the temple, and of course marriage. Two of talks were young women who were recently engaged and they talked about how awesome it is to be getting married in the temple.

The last proof that church is still strongly pushing marriage is when I was visiting the church history site and looking up some stuff when I saw the following:

If getting a wife were as easy as clicking a button...