Disney's A Christmas Carol Train Tour

Two hours driving, two and a half in line, experiencing Disney's A Christmas Carol Train Tour - Priceless. Today and today only, Disneyland came to Utah, Ogden's Union Station to be specific. Disney's A Christmas Carol Train Tour, which set off Memorial Day weekend in Los Angeles, made its way to Utah as part of a 40 city tour that will end around November 1 in New York. It is a four car plus engine train wrapped in logos and imagery from the breakthrough film to be released this November 6th. It really did feel like being at Disneyland at Christmas. There were carolers, snow machines, Christmas music, and even young garbage sweepers! The ceiling in the train was really cool - it looked like the sky. The train had portraits of the characters and period clothing used to design them, artifacts from the Charles Dickens Library in London, screens showing stills from the film, scenes in development, a tour of locations in London, and a spot where you could morph your face into the face of one of the characters. The last car had a fireplace and a Christmas dinner layed out on the table with a view onto a street from the film - looked real! Plus it smelled amazing! Sweet and Christmas-like. Disney is really good at the smell-imagery. The we were led to a portable blow up theatre where we previewed footage from the film in 3D. All I can say is wow! The technology has advanced so much from when they did the Polar Express. Robert Zemeckis said that finally technology is able to make the story Dickens wrote into what he imagined it to be. They are sticking very close to the book, if not exactly - which no film has ever done. If you don't know what I am talking about, I highly recommend you read the book and you will be surprised at how many things are different in the current film versions and how grand his vision was. Robert Zemeckis also said this book was almost written to be made into a film like this because the imagery is so great. So mark your calendars for November 6th to see this film in Disney Digital 3D and IMAX 3D!

Life in Logan

So here we are on the brink of summer. Since it was Halloween when I last posted, I thought I ought to update and whats new. Summer so far in Seattle, uh, er - Logan is going great! Last week I started summer classes - Human Anatomy - in which I had an exam already today, wasn't too bad, and Family Finance - which is looking to be easy and very useful. I am still working for USU Parking, although for the summer while I still enforce on occasion, I mainly do maintenance and other stuff around the office. I am currently working on repainting the green Loading Zone curbs around campus, they are looking pretty awesome! recently I have been usig a mini grill which probably makes my neighbors envious since you can smell it from a ways off. Other than the free food Mondays at FHE and an occasional bonfire up the canyon, not much is new. Only 8 days left until Transformers Revenge of the Fallen, but who is counting? I bought my tickets a while ago for the IMAX in Sandy - gonna be off da hook!

Happy Halloween!!

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Rollover Accident

Well, I had a really scary morning today. I was on my way to Logan for an appointment with my Stake President up there. I dozed off before Brigham City and went into the barrow pit between the lanes. I woke up then and moved back to the freeway where I didn't really have control when the car returned with a screech to the barrow bit and began a barrel roll to the left where I rolled at least a couple times. I landed upright. I was very impressed by the people that stopped to help. No sooner had I stopped, people were by my car and were talking to me and helping me out - I was able to walk away from my car. A girl found my phone where it landed right away and called home for me. Very quickly emergency services arrived and started taking care of me. They took me in an ambulance to a hospital in Brigham City. They took me in for a CT scan and x rays of my head. I have a black eye- that was there immediately after the accident, slightly scraped elbow and knee. And the corner of my jaw and neck feels and looks like the seat belt hit it hard. Overall I feel and look like I have been in a serious fight and my car is in Brigham City, basically totaled. I feel very lucky and blessed. I am grateful for the protection I received from my Heavenly Father, preserving my life and keeping my injuries to a minimum. The side airbags didn't deploy but fortunately the roll cage on my Subaru is/was really strong and didn't collapse.

This is my black eye from the crash.


This is what is left of my car.

Long time since I have posted

Well, I have been slacking a lot in the blogging department. A lot has happened since I last really posted. I finished Spring Semester, went on vacation to Kauai, Hawaii with the family in May, and I have been working for Holt Curbing doing decorative landscape curbing. In 3 weeks i will be moving back to Logan to start another semester at Utah State

Game

This is a pretty fun game, participate if you want!

1. Add a comment on my blog. Leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!

2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you. If you don't want to play on your blog, or if you don't have a blog, I'll leave my memory of you in my comments.