Fall 2009

So i am quiet possibly the worst blogger in the history of blogger. So here is whats up. I have been working at cache valley electric since i moved home from St. George as an electricians apprentice. Its full time, i make more way good money for some one my age and I HATE IT! Seriously blows but a good job is a good job and its a means to and end (paying for the mission, school, car etc.) so it will have to do for now. I'm not a quitter, so I'll stick it out as long as I need to. (used to be a quitter but not its almost physically painful not to see things through. Possibly thanks to the gym? seriously get hooked on working out everyday, it helps in way more that just being in good shape.) thats item 2! i have officially gained twenty three pounds since i started working out a month and a half ago. When I started i weighed 120 on a good day and im now up to 143. Woo woo. I also got a lot of photography business lately thanks to a poster I made for kelsey and tanner that is found in this post! Hope you all like it. Its also fall which is my favorite season, seriously love fall. The colors, the tempeture, its jacket weather ha ha. Other then that stuff my life consists of hanging out with wes, and visiting lynsey on the week ends up in logan. Oh how i love my logan pepes. Kelcie, Jymil, Lynsey, Clayton, Jamie, I love you all, you will always be some of my all time favorite people no matter what happens. also last night i went to the gateway with wes, brandon, jennie airyn and twenty other people i dont know and played steal the flag after it closed. ha ha way funny. any ways thats all for now only because im out of time but i love any one who reads this because that probably means we still talk. ha ha later!!!

Life-Whats going on

Its been a long time since I have written anything on here. A loooong time ha ha. So here is what's going on with me and if it seems pessimistic I'm sorry I'm in a bad mood right now and the truth is things are going great. I still feel like im stuck in the same place but at least i finally know where im going. Life is so messy some times, but i wouldn't trade my experiences for the world.

So what i have been up to lately. I got a job with cache valley electric, it pays twelve bucks an hour and it full time so im a happy camper :) the only down side is i have to drive to fricken provo every day. Not fun. But its worth i am making good money.

As far as my mission progress my papers are done, but my bishop is frustrating me to no end. He was supposed to submit them this week but i missed church two weeks in a row once because i was sick like didn't leave the bathroom sick, and then because i went to ryan reese's fair well so now he says i have to attend every meeting for three consecutive weeks before he will submit them.... wow..... so frustrating. I cant even miss for fair wells which includes my best friend since 5th freakin grade, shane jensen. I will do it because going out means that much to me but I have already done so much to get hear i feel he should already know i have real intent of serving an honorable mission... oh well i want to see you all there on the day i open that sucker!!!! :)

Photography has been slow, i went through and processed some pictures from our trip to china three years ago ha ha and i have takin some family P's for my sister megan. They turned out good her chillen are freaking adorable but all my nephews and nieces are, even (hazel/feeona or how ever you spell that.) Yup that means my sister is prego with a girl and she hasn't decided a name but im excited!!!! Any ways here are the pictures :) enjoy them, worship them, leave me comments ha ha oh and im just gonna put up a composite of your pictures megan, putting them up individually would be a lot of space.

Any ways, thats whats going on with me, I have my ups and downs but alas i continue. ha ha steve. Any ways, i love you all and if i haven't heard from you in a week or more, whip out that cell phone!!!!

Wasatch Valley Panorama

day go by

Days go by, i can feel them flying like a hand out the window as the cars go by.

I took a jiu jitsu class the other day, i took it from a gym that teaches mma classes. If you have ever seen the movie never back down, thats exactly what this place is like. My boss at the pool goes there and got me to go with him and i love it. A lot of high profile ufc fighters are from the same gym and teach classes there so i'm going to learn as much as i can while im here. Did i mention im going for free? oh yeah, im going for free!!! gotta love hook ups right? any ways family and friends that all for now. LOVE YOU ALL!

just droppin a line.

HIIIIIIII. love you all, see you next friday :)

Whats up. Oh and some music suggestions

So i have seriously neglected my blog ha ha but here are some goings on in my life. firstly, i am working three jobs with hopefully number four starting soon. They are as follows, lifeguard, swim instructor, and waiter in the dining room at the same location. the fourth job to start soon is hiking guide. YAY. I also got a letter from elder moody last saturday he is a freaking stud and is doing awesome. St george however is just as i expected before i moved down here. I had a feeling it was going to be hard and it has been. I dont really know any one, work all the time, and am staying as a permanent guest at some ones house (thats now how they treat me just how it feels) But the pluses are, i work all the time so im making pretty good money now (i wasn't at first) i have had lots of time to get back in touch with my heavenly father and i am happier than ever, and i get my mission papers sunday!!!!!!!!!!!!! heck yeah!!!! so thats whats going on in my life. Now usually i put some pictures up but my camera has been dead since i got here and i dont have a charger so no pictures this time. but i do as usual have some music suggestions. Happy, and Again by secrets in stereo. And the band National Product. Look it up pepes. On National Product though just download their two most popular songs on itunes, they are their only ones i like. Well thats all for now, if you want any stories or more info you'll have to freakin call me! Love you all and i miss you, i'll see you all on the third of july, until then stay safe, stay happy, and remember heavenly father loves you as do i. God be with you till we meet again.

Ryan McDonald

My new abode

So i am officially moved into crosby's room. I will be in st george for the next few months and it is finally sinking in, its kind of a lonely feeling. Im life guarding and will most likely also be taking a job as hike guide so thats exciting. Thats all for now I love you all, visit soon.

Good Music, Steve keep dancing. Shane is a stud.

Soooo i have some music suggestion. Firstly, Every Avenue's Shhh, its natural. That is a great album from start to finish... mmm like a don king perm. Secondly, the new rascal flatts cd is amazzzzzzzing. And thirdly two songs, one is called Michael by bedlight for blue eyes, and the second song is Navigate me by cute is what we aim for. So there you have it, listen, enjoy, spread the love. Oh and lynsie i cant wait for you to post that video of steve dancing... on blogger ha ha priceless.

Shane i want my hair gel back, see you wednesday.

Jimyl, lynsey aprils fools day andd STG!

Cruelty-2. A cruel and barbarous deed; inhuman treatment; the act of willfully causing unnecessary pain. Lets see how much of that fits the april fools day prank. Part one cruel or barbarous, I think it is quiet cruel and barbarous to take some ones furniture. After all barbarians are the ones who would ransack people houses? Part 2. Inhuman treatment, I think it is very inhuman to pretend some ones room mate is a fridge... nuff said. Part 3. the act of willfully causing unnecessary pain and i'd say it was indeed willfull. Good work boys!!

St. George was a love game love game, do you want love do you want fame are you in the game? So liken unto the p p p p poker face being our New York trip theme song, love game was this trips theme song. This trip was way different and slower paced than the last stg trip and I loved it, we came, we saw, enjoyed the wether and scootered.

I cleaned up a bunch of duck shit today. I swear because im still angry and feel grossssss. At work (aka surf n swim) we are getting ready to take the bubble down and open for the summer and who knew? they have an outside pool. They dont put nets or covers on their pools like cherry hill does soooo it was DISGUSTING. Seriously seen anything like it and I still think it should be on an episode of dirty jobs. Soooo nasty.

I love you all. I miss my logan pepes I haven't been to see you in a bit because i've been squeezing some quality time in with C Moods before he takes off but know I still ruv you guys. Jimyl, Luke, Lynsey, Shane, Brad, Alex, Clayton, Jamie, a e y o u and some times Steve, you all rock. Peace.

Time Heals

Sunset, Junior year Sept 2007
Time heals right? Everything gets better with time, and yet... distance makes the heart grow fonder? Why do people constantly try to over simplify emotions with emotions? Why cant I feel angry, and hurt and yet not have it be ether? Some times it has nothing to do with time, some times, its forgetting, and some times its moving on. But then there are those times where the sting of what ever wrong ebbs with time. Thoughts?

Love you all.

Rascal Flatts

Check out their three new singles in anticipation of their newest album. The singles are amazing and im stoked for the CD. Here comes goodbye is my favorite and i have it on my blog if you'd like a listen :) Love you all

Credit

How much are you worth? :)

Food for thought. Love you all.

Patriot Games

The red white and blue, so blue, dark blue. Honesty fleas in the hearts of once brave men, leaders, protectors, all that is left is greed as a once proud nation is forced to its knees by the irresponsible. Is any one else as pissed off as I am? We reached two mile stones this year with the president of the United States. He's black, and he doesn't know what the hell he is doing. Spending in Washington is rampant, big business fraud and greed is worse, and it leaves us every day Americans wondering what exactly happened and who is going to fix everything. A week ago the U.S. Mint printed one trillion dollars. That is enough one hundred dollar bills to fill a football field. Do you all know your history? They did this to pay off debts that we have, kinda like Germany did after World War II. Does any one remember how much their money was worth after that? Well I'll put it this way, people used it as wall paper. Its time to take our country back people. We can not, let this country fall to problems of the heart. If your not following politics and the world around, now is the time to start. We need to do better at keeping those in power in check. Im attatching something I painted with my tablet (a device that allows you to draw on the computer into a program like photoshop, you know, for you noobs) today to show how I feel. It is all original work so leave some feed back on what you think and how your feeling. oh you gotta open it big aka click on the image or you cant see much detail. i think

Technical Difficulties

So if you looked at my blog within the last two days you probably noticed the back drop was white and the text was yellow. No im not retarded, blogger was hatin on me. Its all good now though :)

My thoughts, My NY pics, and My new background

Spider RYAN!

So I made a new blog back ground as you can see. I made everything from scratch in photoshop, and here is how. I used brushes and textures for the clouds sun, and sand, and used my tablet (it a little drawing table that you connect to a USB port and you can draw right onto the computer) to draw the water and most of the soccer ball. I'm worried I made the ball look too 'real'. Thoughts? most likely this will be my back ground until the end of summer or until I leave on my mission. You know, which ever comes first.

The Lady Ga Ga pose on Scooters

Personal message of the week, and the one I am using for my facebook status right now. These are original thoughts so again, thoughts? :)

Make believe, remember your manners, and don't forget who you really are, a nobody with people who care about you. ~Me

So this is mostly on my mind lately because it seems like the people around me have been talking about this topic lately. It seems that every one is in such a rush to grow up, smother other people with their narcissistic self image and superiority complex, and convince them selves that they are some kind of superior being to some one else because of their status in life. I say make believe because we live in a world where growing up turns into sin, and corruption, and greed. People think growing up is all about money or who your dating and it destroys them. Little kids are so innocent because what they care about is how they can kill the robots in the sewers with their ninja turtle brothers. My nephew Gabe just wants to be like His daddy, and my niece Lily is the cutest little princess ever. I mean how many people that are in their teens, twenties, thirties etc, can get simple amusement by putting a hamper on their head? My nephew sawyer can. Little kids get it, life does not have to be serious ALL the time, but when it does, remember your manners. When we were in New York, we rode our Razor scooters every where to save on cab fare. To say the least, New Yorkers, did not like our Razor scooters. We were in Central Park for some epic scooting and some lady walked by and said to her husband "They'd be more masculine if they weren't on scooters." What the heck lady? Did I suddenly become a women because I'm riding something that went out of style? Die. And lastly, remember who you really are, with out friends and family, your no one. With out friends and family, who is going to call me Ryan? Who is going to be there to congratulate me when I something right, or help me up when I do something wrong? No one. People some times think that if they are attractive, rich, famous, or popular they are better than other people. But I think every one needs to remember that what made them all those things, is the people in their lives who are just as good, and have just as much potential as they do. Well, that's all from me, I'm done rambling after all I am a young naive 19 year old but that's how I see things. Love you all.

Oh and believe it or not i didn't have a camera in New York so I have zero pics :(

New York

So im in new york... right now... in an apartment designed by armani? yeah pretty hard to swallow, i know im having a hard time. I love everything about this city. Its amazing, i can see why these people love their city so much. This whole time i've just been in a state of awe. Its amazing how much man kind has built here. There are more people on two blocks here then in kaysville. Insane. We scootered from the financial district all the way to manhattan bridge, it was soooo fun. 

Composite and the last thing of jasmine

So this is a composite of my photoshoot with Jasmine, and the last thing I will be doing with her photo's its been a fun project but im glad to be done. Every composite is a new challenge and new chance for me to attempt to be artisitc and i really enjoyed this one.

Photo

I couldn't not post it, I love the feel of this picture and the lighting, just love it.

Photoshoot

So recently my friend Jasmine told me she is trying to get signed as a model, and asked if I could take some pictures of her for her portfolio. I decided, what the heck lets do it. Here are four of said shots from the photoshoot. There are loads that I still need to process. The site these were takin at it a pretty commonly photographed spot, its by saltair, Jake Garn uses it every now and then.
Side not, all these girl I know are obsessed with jake garns work... It is good dont get me wrong but im just not as amazed as they are? I look at other photographers work for hours daily so maybe thats why im underwhelmed but I dont know, maybe im just jealous. Thoughts? If you post a comment it had better had something about the pictures too. ;) thanks all.

Rihanna

So if you have been following the news lately, about every hour or so they talk about the beatings Rihanna has been taking from her BF Chris Brown. You just gotta wonder, why a girl that attractive would be willing to put up with that. I thought about the fact that he bought her a really big expensive house and i thought, yeah... if some one bought me a house i'd let them give me one good beat down, but she has money! Then i thought, maybe im not seeing something here? I could never full out just punch a girl in the face. Thoughts?

Princess Lily

So this is a picture of my Niece Lily in a princess dress my mom bought her in anticipation of their Disney Land trip they are going on this week end. The back drop for the finished on is a garden picture I took when we were in china. So enjoy let me know what you think.

Before
After

Thief

Jamie stole my song for her blog so i needed something new to keep it freshhhhhh. Nyrmmmmmp Jamie... nyrmp.

Me, Myself, I

So as a photographer i have always ether done scenery or portraiture. I love both... but i feel like im not getting any better. So im going to start a new set, of emotive photography. Taking pictures of things i think deliver a positive message or a message about whats wrong with the world. I think it'll be a good challenge because most image pieces you have to be very picky about how you shoot them. I'll put one of the only emotive pieces i have ever done at the bottom of this paragraph. It'll help my eye for a good picture. Besides, if your not always doing something to move forwards your moving backwards, there is no such thing as standing still in this life.

So thats a small thing going on with me. A big thing is that im finally starting to see the things in life I am truly and really greatful for. The things I regret that I have done. And the things im making better in my own life. I walk through the door of my bedroom every morning, fresh start, the beginning of my brand new life. Progress, dedication to a meaningless job at surf n' swim, and me striving to be the best me I can be. I have found myself living in my minds past. Memories, and it makes me nastalogic. I am greatful for every one in my life that has helped me to get ready for a mission even if they dont realize it. Im gonna talk about a lot of you so feel free to skip to your paragraph, I'll label :)

Family-my sisters Rindy and Megan, My Mom, and My brothers Jeff, Robert, and Richard. For pushing me to make the right choices. Your the best, I love and respect all of you. Megan your kind heart, Rindy your strong sense of right and wrong and always being there to talk, Mom for being an anchor in my some times troubled life, Jeff for showing me what a man of god should do with his priesthood responsibilities and for being a good dad to my nephew and niece. Richard and Robert thanks for being there. I'd go on but the rest of you dont read these.
Friends-Shane Jensen aka (mike) special shout out to you for being some one I can talk to, Kurtis Christensen, Steve Lefevre, Clayton Jenkins, and Connor Moody. You boys have always been there for me and always made smart choices. I respect you all so much for that. Some people will say I did this because my friends made. I can say that to but its always for good things. You all have never made me do anything bad. Much love. Lynsie Jymil, Jamie, Megan, Kelsey. You girls have always been nice to me and been there to talk when I knew i couldn't talk to the dudes. Thanks much, your great girls and deserve everything good that happens to you in life.

Change, I've changed so much lately and for the better. Life is full of its rivers that will drag you across every unseen rock, and rapid it can. How you choose to recover from those things is entirely up to you. You have two choices in this life that are made for you, when your born, and when to die. That blank road set between those two points is yours, and some times you break down, it seems like a little while ago thats all I was doing, for the first time in a long time I am HAPPY! And its because of the personal choices im making. Never let anything make you feel like your two far down. Even in your darkest hour comes the sun.

I Love all of you,
Ryan McDonald

Photoshop

So i saw this thing on the internet some one made in photoshop and i wanted to see if i could recreate it. Here is my best try. Its a picture i took in the forbidden city while on my trip to china and a picture of richard before prom senior year ha ha. I made the bubble and lightning from scratch. Let me know what you think. I know, its a little different.

Old Pictures

So i was looking through my email and opening old pictures and became very nostalgic. I miss all my buds!!! But i know there are only more good times to come and i cant wait. Here are a few of the pictures i found. Enjoy my memories.


me before sophomore homecoming day activity for homecoming. The girls ice blocking.

Sick

So im sick, i feel like im dying and i knew things were bad when at work today Death walked into the break room and winked at me. Ok thats a bad joke but seriously i dont not feel well at all and a lot of people i know are sick. Any one else feeling ill out there?

Back drop

So i made a new back drop for my blogger today, yeah i have nooo life. It has a bunch of stuff from me and my friends that only me and them will find entertaining so if you fall into that category, DO WORK!.... and leave me some feed back or something...

St. George!

So the trip to st george was AWESOME. It started off with solid six o'clock morning in which i made breakfast for shane richard jordan and steve. Then continued by us being snubbed on the way to st george by a douche in lexus we offered to help push off the road when his real wheel drive car slid on the snow. His exact words "no i dont think so, its a rear wheel drive car i dont think you guys can get it out." it was like a foot off the road in maybe half an inch of snow and there was seven of us? wow. What ever though serves him right he probably had to pay three hundred bones to get it toed to where ever he was going. When we got to st george we did some solid hiking, rock jumping (aka jumping gaps between red rock cliffs with some times fatal drops under neath) hot tubbing, swimming, air softing, scootering, played some b ball, went rock climbing, and just chilled. It was everything i hoped for and more. Especially the part where richard and steve gave crosby's little brother james a swirly. If ever there was a child who desereved it, it was james. Kid is a little monster. He locked lynsey, jimyl, shane, and luke on the balcony for a half an hour and shot them with air soft guns. Yeah, he earned that toilet bath. But not i am home and had to work this morning at four thirty :) im sooooo tired!!! but any ways, that all for now.

NEVER AGAIN!

Im never making another tutorial as long as i live, It took three hours to make that little sucker ha ha becuase i couldn't figure out how to copy the print screen to the location i wanted and its not very followable. I have always wanted to make a tutorial and now i dont... ha maybe im just frustrated right now im sure i'll make another one knowing me, but right now, i dont want to.

Tutorial issues solved.

Ok so i uploaded a tutorial as a picture on my blog, if you scroll down you can see it, it not readable so i uploaded it on my online gallery as well where it is the full size. Lynsie its for you so enjoy! Here is the link to the tutorial http://facetiousface538.deviantart.com/art/Tutorial-112655362 and to the stock image for the tutorial http://facetiousface538.deviantart.com/art/tutorial-rindy-112655683 HAVE FUN! and let me know what you think, i've never made a tutorial before.

St george and new york.

So every one is planning a big trip to st george this week end. I really want to go but im broke azz. We will see if actually go but as of now im planning on it. After that we have new york which I purchased my ticket for on sunday. That'll be sick. Im excited to go to new york, i've never been but always wanted to and im going with a good group of kids. This is also my first post on this blog. I made it because i want a personal one as well although they both have the same back drop ha ha maybe i'll make a new one for this one? who knows.