WhyNottMe?

Returning from the silence

Monday, February 2nd, 2009 | Uncategorized | 4 Comments

First off, You guys really should subscribe to Nott Block on Itunes!

well Rachel is right, I need to post more.  so here I am.

this last weekend Adam, Rachel and I decided we’d had our fill of the average weekend of adventures, so we decided to take our adventurous spirits and head south toward Cedar City.

we all had our own reasons.
Rachel - an EFY friend that she hadn’t seen in 2 years
Adam - see Kami’s play
Matt - a date with Ash’s roommate Megan.

Adam & Matt - to see our awesomest friend ever Hye Soo!

well we got there and we all went our seperate ways.  My Date was fun.  we hiked up Kolob and took pictures.  it was really fun.  than we went out to eat, than we killed zombies, following said Zombie Killing, we visited Kelly a friend of both Megan and I.  The next day we made scones and went bowling.

well on our way back, we stopped and said Hi to the Hunts.  It’s always so much fun to see that family again.

from there we hit up some hot springs.  we were so luck to be able to share it with two gay guys!  yeah Rachel and I were kind of disgusted with it.

we’re home now but I wish I was still on the road.  it’s so much fun.  no worries, no responsibilities, and adventure after adventure!

Everybody should be excited!

Monday, January 26th, 2009 | Family | 3 Comments

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Pictures and Friends

Thursday, December 4th, 2008 | Uncategorized | 3 Comments

Recently I’ve made not one but two trips to Temple Square.  Also I got a custom Apature kit for my lensebaby.  oh yeah, it was totally worth the $9.95 + shipping and Handeling.

as you can see in some of my pictures, what it does; it take smaller light sources (or distant light sorces) and changes them to a shape when they’re out of focus.  This usually works best against a black or darker back ground, so like night time.

Was I awed and amazed by it?  Flip yes I was!  this thing is awesome!

but yeah, it turned out freakn’ awesome!

I know there really weren’t that many of the cool stars.  but you get the Idea.  I like to take pictures.

Good Riddacne

Wednesday, November 19th, 2008 | Uncategorized | 1 Comment

Ok so this is another one of those “lists” that are being oh so passed around from blog to blog.  Normally I find it annoying to read through them, so I’d recomend you just try it yourself.

The Rules are that you have to put your Ipod, Iphone, Shuffle, iTunes, or what ever else you use to listen to all your music and put it on shuffle.

you use the tittle of the song to answer the question.  for me it wasn’t too far off, but give it a try and see how it works for you.

IF SOMEONE SAYS “IS THIS OKAY” YOU SAY?  whole lot a shakin’ going on – jerry lee lewis
WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY?  Papa was a rolling stone – the temptations
WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?  Immortality – pearl Jam
HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?  Partie Traumatic – Black Kids
WHAT IS YOUR LIFE’S PURPOSE? Janie’s got a gun – aero smith
WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?   Why should you come when I call – counting crows
WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?  I can’t be with you - Cranberries
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?  Stellar  - Incubus
WHAT IS 2+2? Too much to ask – Avril Lavigne
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND? Hate that I love you - Rihaana
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE? Spies – Cold Play
WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY? Trouble – Cold Play
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?  Planet Telex – Radio Head
WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?  Alquimia – Walter Giardino
WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?  Clocks – Cold play
WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING? Machine Head - Bush
WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL? Hypocrites – Bob Marley
WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST? Defying Gravity – Wicked Soundtrack
WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET? The Ripper – The Used
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS? That’ll be the day – Buddy Holly
WHAT’S THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN? El Guerrero – Enanitos Verdes
HOW WILL YOU DIE? Linus and Lucy – Vince Guaraldi
WHAT IS THE ONE THING YOU REGRET?  Untitled – Matt Nott
WHAT MAKES YOU LAUGH? Half – Sound Garden
WHAT MAKES YOU CRY? Shygun – La Ley
WILL YOU EVER GET MARRIED?  Wonderboy – Tenacious D
WHAT SCARES YOU THE MOST?  Save you – Pearl Jam
DOES ANYONE LIKE YOU?  Mulligan Goes to War – Something coorprate
IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME, WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE?  Wasted/ Fix me – Silver chair
WHAT HURTS RIGHT NOW? Do it twice – Bob Marley
WHAT WILL YOU POST THIS AS? Good Ridance (time of your life) – Green day

That’s my list.  tell me what you get.

92%? are you sure?

Monday, November 17th, 2008 | Uncategorized | 4 Comments

So on mark’s blog he has a link on his blog that tells you if your blog is written by a boy or a girl.  Mine was 92% sure that my blog was written by a girl.  the only thing I can think of is the large amounts of complaints I post on here abou life and stuff and how I rarly have a good thing to say about girls I’ve either dated or tried to.

so I”m left with 2 options, continue on this path, or, change and grow.  frankly, this is blog.  I don’t really consider this to be a piviting point of my life. so more than likly my blog will still be my vent.

as I read through this, I realize I’m still complaining.  ha ha ha.

well I’ll wrap up on this note.  but give that link a try and let me know what they say about you.  examin yourself, maybe even blog as to why you feeel you got that rating.

until next time, later days.

a list I stole from Rachel

Sunday, November 9th, 2008 | Uncategorized | 4 Comments

ok so the rule is that i the ones that you’ve done you’re supposed to mark in a differnt color or just bold the text.
so here we go
1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland (also Disneyworld)
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris (idaho)
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea (I was on the beach)
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables-I count helping my mom(science class, carrots in a cup)
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run - mission basebal
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance - I was with my companion who was unconscious at the time.
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen - again it was mexico and it was actually a taco kitchen but same idea right?
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma - this was before the hep c stuff.
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter - thank you utah high way patrol citizens acadamy
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book - this one is definitly a stretch. in 2nd grade a story I wrote was published in a book.
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper - school plays
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating - mexico, there was so much to learn from you.
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a beea

wasn’t that fun? man you learned so much about me today!

Old friends

Monday, October 27th, 2008 | Uncategorized | 3 Comments

Have you ever ran into someone you haven’t seen in a while. Maybe at the mall or possibly in some random spot like in a park or in a different state?
And than a flood of memories come back as you remember past interactions? The conversations continues to possibly what they’re doing now and this whole time, (that is if you’re anything like me) you’re thinking, “How can I convince this person to please leave me alone?”
well this is the tale from a couple of days ago.
let’s face it, high school sucked. Nothing good came out of at all!
So to reminisce is like being mummified while still alive. a boring, long, and painful task.
however my favorite question they asked me was to recall a certain memory. I am incredibly happy to say that I didn’t nor do I remember said event. Now maybe I really wasn’t there but I hope that I was. because that would mean that I am forgetting the Hell Lehi High and it’s occupants forced on me.
ha ha ha, maybe there is hope after all!!

Ryan Russon Never posts on his blog

Tuesday, October 21st, 2008 | Rants | No Comments

all of you who think he should post something, really anything, please comment on this!

Most awesomest Birthday!

Sunday, October 19th, 2008 | Family | 3 Comments

Well first off, My birthday wasn’t that big of a deal to me.  infact it was to the point where Janae had to remind me my birthday was coming up via text.  seriously, it happened like 3 times in the same week.

but when it came it was a so much fun!

On the 16th we drove down south and started our little hike.

First off, before we left my Parents had bought me a new sleeping bag and some water shoes.  the sleeping bag was this new kind of mummy bag that weighs next to nothing and is super small but rated to as low as 0 degrees F.  WOW!

first night there we had a blast.  We met up with Richard’s family and hited in.  The scenery was rustic yet beautiful.

As we made our way in we came accross an old cabin from years ago.  it was still standing but kind of on it’s last leg.  well after a little while we made it to camp.

That night we made a fire and me being me, I threw a road flair in.  it was awesome!

well the next morning I woke up long before the sun rose.  and thought.  man this is boring, when is the sun going to come up.

well after a couple of hours I started a fire.  my mom shouted from her tent, “happy Birthday” which caught me off gaurd cause I forgot yet again (no cell service, Janae couldn’t remind me.  Ha ha ha).

that day we headed out and than to goblin valley.  it was so much fun.  I need to go back there soon.

after that it was to Ding and Dang.  So much fun and so pretty.  I can’t believe we’d never hiked that one before.

It’s an interesting hike because you hike up the canyon on one side and than down the other.  there are twists and turn and than the hike down, there are ledges and drop offs and even one place where we had to spider accross.  wow.

that night my parents and I (the only ones from the Nott caln to go) stayed one more night while the rest in our group went home.

Mom had brought a Happy birthday banner and pin the tail on the donky.  It was a lot of fun.  we had a great dinner that night.  Chicken, mashed potatos, and stuffing.

well on the 18th we came home and my sibblings were there with more things for me (kind of funny becase I for the life of me couldn’t figure out what I wanted).

Mary and Anna gave me the Teenage mutant Ninja Turtles movie.  the new animated one.

Adam game me a cooler, the movie, Exploreres, and a fan.

Later that night Rory and Bridgett came over and gave me the movie Iron Man and a storm trooper helmet.  oh that’s right you heard me right.  a storm trooper helmet.  it’s freakn’ awesome.

well that was my birthday.

mattspider

Birthday and back packing

Thursday, October 16th, 2008 | Uncategorized | No Comments

Well. I’m almost 23 and I’m currently on my way down south for a backpacking trip. Basically the title says it all.