Don't do shrooms. No matter how colorful and tastey.

A few years ago, Chase had an assignment to make an anti-drug video for his health class and instead of preparing a stirring documentary on the dangers of drugs, he decided to show the affects first hand. He led me to the back yard where some colorful mushrooms had been growing. I found out later that he'd been growing them for some time. He told me never to eat them. However, I was at the age at which my favorite activity is to bother my brother and combined with the sheer curiosity, I disobeyed this order. Here's what happened:

Moral of the story: Don't do drugs.

>: Mine and Ivy Hazlett's new word.

Wanpathder: To double back in a conversation; to return to a topic previously mentioned but forgotten as the conversation progressed.

Example: "So dude, I was watching Star Wars the other day and decided that the A-Wing Rebel Fighters are the coolest"
"I dunno about that man, so did you see Lost last night?"
"Oh yeah, wasn't that crazy when they found out the Island was really a Peninsula? Did NOT see that coming"
"...I hate to wanpathder here bro, but I think the B-Wing fighters are way cooler..."

The birth of this word came from the phrase: "Just in case a bear happens to wanpathder across our." It happened because I must have tapped the mouse pad with my hand whilst typing and placed the cursor in the middle of wander just in time to type path.

Anyway, that's the word. I put it in Urban Dictionary, but just in case they don't accept it...I'm putting it on here as well.

The word wanpathder was created by Daniel Clyde and Ivy Hazlett during a facebook chat on August 5th, 2009.

(Credit for "The Island being a peninsula" goes solely to Oakley Benedict Gordon.)

>: It's been a while.

This Blog stuff is difficult to stay up on. Facebook is so much easier, but I think that the harder it is, the more meaningful so here we go.
This will be a meaningless post, I just found some animal pictures online to make people like me and Matisse laugh. I'll try to post something like our New York trip a few months ago or something like it.





By the way, my missionary papers will be done and being sent in at the beginning of next week (pending a dental appointment on Wednesday and making sure they're all good with the Bishop this Sunday).

Johnny likes to lay by the furnace room door to warm up in the winter.

By the way, for those who aren't following it like you're watching Lost, The new Star Trek movie comes out May 8th. Looks pretty awesome, but in a different class than the old Treks.
Here is a link to the official site if you want to watch all of the trailers and videos they have released. My personal favorite is when Jim Kirk meets Leonard McCoy.

And that is the end of this little catch-up post. Hope you enjoy!

>: New England Trip

In the summer of '08 (the year I graduated high school), we went on a family trip eastward. Our first stop put us in Hartford, Connecticut. This is the wonderous state in which my two older siblings and their respective spouses (also brother and sister; our family rocks, don't be jealous) live. While we (Benny and Winona Killpack, Melody Killpack Clyde, Chase Clyde, and myself) were there, we took part in many fun activities including this photo which matisse insisted on (Chase was reluctant). I love being with my big brother and sister.

This was a particularly creative and fun game we invented. I can't remember who thought of it, but I'm pretty sure it came during a Nerf fight between Jared, Chase, and myself. Doesn't have a name, but it involves a high ceiling, Nerf guns, and a rotating fan. Good thing Patrick and Meghann have plenty of each.
It is a bit of a variation of a game we played in Patrick and Meghann's old house where you'd try and get all the darts stuck to the ceiling before any fell (it's harder than it sounds with those break-action shotguns).

The fruits of our labor:

We also went to these delightful waterfalls. The hike to the actual falls we could jump into looked a lot like Amon Hen in "The Fellowship of the Ring" minus some old human structures and statues. The water was very cold and Jared did not let us forget it. This picture makes me think of the Power Rangers for some reason.







I really, really, really like this picture. Something lurks in the falls. This was taken right before Jared realized how cold the water was. This was also an awesome place to take pictures because the water where Jared is standing is only a couple of inches deep. When shot from this angle, it looks like people are walking on water.







Yeah, Jared was really really cold. I could not stop laughing. He was screaming bloody murder at this point. This is a very awesome picture if you ask me. I win the pale contest.











Jumping off was fun. Don't worry Nonie, it was fairly deep. Your feet touched, but it was nothing but soft gravel under the water. Jared and I jumped off twice at the same time and both times he let out a yelp of dread just before hitting the freezing water.