Jared Gibson

I'm back!

2011-03-10T00:24:00.003-06:00

If there so happens to be anyone left of my regular blog readers I would like you to know that I intend on posting on here more regularly from now on. I'd enjoy posting a bit more if my computer wasn't so slow. Just so you guys all know, the Creeper 3 is in the making! Besides that, there isn't much else that might interest you, so hold on, the Creeper III will be out before you know it!

Mt. Rose, roughly 12 mile hike

2010-07-26T12:39:00.002-05:00

I am currently standing at the very top of Mt. Rose. It's amazing and it was a challenging hike up. I'd say it took about 2 1/2 hours of steep terrain.

Disneyland and California Adventure

2010-06-29T03:16:00.008-05:00

6/29/2010@1:12- Today was our second and final day of Disneyland/California Adventure and it was AWESOME! We just left 10 minutes ago and we got a personalcharter bus ride straight to our car! Although the California Adventure rides were amazing, my favorite rides still lie in Disneyland just because of the theme. My all time favorite is Space Mountain! If you've never been on it, go on it. If you have, go in it again. The sound, the lighting, and the actual ride all put together makes it an unforgettable experience.

2010-06-25T13:18:00.001-05:00

11:17- That was the coolest ride I've ever been on! It was super cool because it was dark and you coulddnt see where you were going.

2010-06-25T12:48:00.001-05:00

6/25/2010@10:46- I'm waiting in line to go on Space Mountain in Disneyland. I haven't been here in 6 years and I only vaguely remember Disneyland. It's awesome!

Cousin's Wedding!

2010-05-15T17:18:00.005-05:00

I'm on my way to my cousin's wedding. This is the first wedding I've ever gone to. Since my soon-to-be-cousin-in-law was converted less than a year ago, he cannot be married in the temple until the year is up. So they'll get sealed later.
As for my life, not much has happened besides school.

Update: The wedding was really cool! They did the basic ceremony, we ate dinner, then I got to help decorate the bride's car! Then we did this little dance thing which was fun. Afterwards, we made our way to the actual youth church dance. We were the only one's in formal dress to the casual dance because we came straigh from the wedding.

2010-04-15T00:24:00.005-05:00

(3/3) has a basement which is very nice.

2010-04-15T00:24:00.003-05:00

(1/3) I am currently returning from my grandpa's new store. The building was built in 1944 and has been vacant for a year. It's across the road from a huge

2010-04-15T00:24:00.001-05:00

(2/3) casino, the Peppermill. It obviously needs a lot of fixing up and we'll be moving pianos into it tomorrow. It's 11,000 sqaure ft. and so its huge. It also

2010-04-06T23:45:00.001-05:00

I have decided that I would now start using texting to post on my blog. This is so I can make sure I can post the interesting/exciting things before I forget.

2010-04-05T22:19:00.001-05:00

Hello, my fellow readers! This post will most likely be deleted momentarily, because right now I'm just screwing around. I am currnetly at Applebees! Fun!

Life, An Interesting Thing

2010-04-05T18:57:00.013-05:00

This is just trying something new here. This post is being sent via text message.
So, life here has been swell. I've been digging a lot and so the result, a huge ditch with a few small tunnels. We slept in it last Friday night. We had a small fire to keep us warm and I slept fairly well. Because of some unknown actions I took, I'm grounded from ging outside for the next week. And so, further progress in the ditch will be delayed. If you so wish to view pictures, they are oisted on my Facebook account and I believe they are public. Unfortunately, besides the ditch, there have been no blogworthy events recently, and so I will close my post.

Happy Late Easter!

P.S.-Future posts sent via text message, like this one, will have to be pieced together so they become one post instead of several. So, if you see several short posts on my blog someday, this is why.

A Beast of a Backyard

2010-03-10T22:10:00.003-06:00

If there are any out there that may still occasionally check my blog, then I give you two thumbs up. My blog has been neglected for several months now, and so I decided that now was the time to update it. There are many things I have experienced over the past few months so I'll try to some it up.
First, I'll start with Christmas. This Christmas was particularly special because one, I got a cell phone and two, this Christmas was the very first Christmas that we have spent with my exteneded family in over 8 years.
Second, on my birthday, we went on the Klondike. For those of you who don't know, the Klondike is pretty much a scouting competition campout that takes place in snow... so it was cold. Anyway, my ward was split up between 3 troops so we took 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place.
There weren't many more important events, but life has been going smoothly. One thing I would like to mention is my beast of a backyard. It's about 3/4 of a football field long and a hill taller than our house. So far I've made a grassy patch from leftover sod from the front yard by the back door, an awesome bike track with woops, jumps, berms, the whole thing, and a ditch suitable for several people and even has a firepit and a chimney. Maybe someday I'll post pictures.
But for now, farewell fellow blog readers.

The End of a Drought

2009-12-24T00:27:00.004-06:00

A little over two weeks ago was the first Sunday of the month. Now to us LDS folk, that means fast Sunday. We did a state-wide fast to help with the economic issues and the drought. That day, in the middle of Sacrament Meeting, it started to snow. It had snowed a little bit before, but now it was collecting on the ground. By that night we had a good few inches of snow. School was canceled the next day and we went sledding and quading. The funny part is that we ask for the end of the drought, and so we get enough snow that you'd have no hopes of getting anywhere without all wheel drive. Now, two weeks later, roads are finally clear and we have about an inch of packed down snow and some ice because we had freezing rain yesterday.
Christmas is in a a little over 24 hours and everyone here is pumped. We just went Christmas shopping for each other and now we are wrapping them. Unfortunately, with the snow, my dad never got a chance to put Christmas lights on our roof. We plan on spending a lot of time with our cousins the next few days. It's going to be great.

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Many Much in a Month

2009-09-13T21:41:00.004-05:00

As you can tell by the title, a lot has happened in the past month. The move has gone well. Our house finally closed on Friday the 11th, September 2009. I've made friends at church and a few at school.

We put an offer on our house quite a while ago. Since it was a short sale, the offer seemed to have just been sitting in someone's office until about a week ago when they settled the closing date. Wednesday, the paper's were signed and on Friday afternoon, the call came declaring us homeowners. Just because we own the house doesn't mean much until it becomes livable. The walls are painted mustard and ketchup colors and the carpet is stained with who knows what. The roof is covered with pigeon scrud and the yard is weeds and dead grass. The house was dirty inside and we need to add a wall for my dad's office. That's a lot of work. So... as my mom, aunt, a grandma scrub the floors and clean the house, my dad starts with the wall while I screw around outside. To go into more detail on what I did outide, let's just say I found a fountain, cinder blocks, pulled up dead grass, various rocks, and a plant that I transplanted. It's looks really nice altogether.

My exciting summer finally came to a close at the very end of August. The first day was pretty rough since I didn't know anyone and no one to sit by, but slowly I made a few friends, so school isn't something I dread every morning. The school is pretty sweet, if only I had the friends and other people I had back in Illinois over here. But, before school started, as I said, was a rough summer. Besides the move, my Grandpa Gibson died from cancer at age 69 and my great-grandma died at 94 of old age. I've done a lot of traveling and mainly just getting used to things.

Well, that's how things have been so far. Hello to all the folks in Illinois! And I guess Hello to the people here in Nevada(Neh-va-duh not Nuh-vah-duh).

Some News and Other Things

2009-07-28T18:26:00.002-05:00

As I let my blog sit to collect dust over the period of a month, things have happened. One of which include the big move. We drove into Reno on June first, it was kind of cloudy, dull looking, not like I hoped, but I was happy to be back home. We put in some hard work and unloaded the trucks so we could return them the next day. What fun we had...

Since then, I went on a hike with my grandpa, very fun, but not exciting enough for a long detailed description. The days consist of bike riding, basketball, and other things; not terribly boring, but becomes the same before too long. Yahoo!Answers has been my companion on the computer. I answer peoples questions about music and guitar mainly.
We spent a fun day at Donner Lake. Cold Water, Bright Sun, Many Trees; yeah, it was fun. I was one of the few that didn't get a sunburn and I used a flotation device as a miniature boat to go far out into the lake where it gets really deep. I consider myself skilled.

You may or probably may not ask, "What Do I Miss In Illionois?" Well, to answer your question, not much. I guess what I really miss are my peeps. My good friends who have been with me over the years. I say, so long...

Tears, Spare Tires, and Lots of Nacho Cheese

2009-06-28T21:07:00.003-05:00

I guess we're moving tomorrow. We've got the trucks mostly loaded and our house mostly cleared out. My grandma arrived a couple days ago and was a big help with the house. My uncle, Brad, just flew here. I've seen a lot of tears today from my family and our friends. I get to ride in the truck for most of the way. Brandon and I will switch trucks, keeping the drivers awake. Brad and my dad are the truck drivers.

Less than a week ago, me, Brandon, and my sister, Rachel, drove the Suburban to our friends house to spend the night. We woke up to see our car sagging at a weird angle. A flat tire. Maybe we should have paid attention to the "Low Pressure in Rear Tire" thingy the night before. While my family was stressed out, Brandon and I saw this as a great opportunity. With the help of Elizabeth Goodman, we replaced the tire with the spare.

Out of the many inside jokes between Elizabeth and Brandon, one had to do with Nacho Cheese. This, unfortunatly led to a goal, then an appointment for a Nacho Cheese fight. Elizabeth's mother bought a bunch of ketchup bottles and a gallon of Nacho Cheese Sauce. Rachel, Brandon, Elizabeth, and Ryan began to squirt ketchup on each other, and then refilled the bottles with the cheese sauce. I was camera man. I don't have the pictures to put on my blog though.

Nevada, Here We Come...

2009-06-11T14:09:00.003-05:00

The last offer on our house didn't work, but somebody showed up again and made an offer! We accepted it and we're leaving on the 29th. I can't wait for them to put up the "SOLD" sign. This means no more showings and no more having to keep our house perfectly clean. Now we just need to pack up and get out!

Finally

2009-05-25T07:54:00.002-05:00

We have an offer on our house. *gasp* My dad is still negotiating for a good price on the house, so I don't know how it will turn out. I think the people will pretty much buy our house as soon as they sell theirs. As for the house that we wanted to buy, which we call the "Dortmunder House" because it's on a street called Dortmunder, I think it got sold to someone else. The kids wanted it because it had a huge backyard and it is in the same subdivision as our some of our cousins. If all works out, we'll probably be out of here in a month.

One more week of school! This has seemed like the longest school year ever. This week is mostly going to be playing outside and pool parties. The school this year has been fun at times, but I'm really tired of it. Summer Break, here we come...

Things and Other Things That Are Called Thingamajigs

2009-05-04T22:37:00.003-05:00

Walking to my friend's car from church one day, he showed me to the trunk where a slightly beat-up guitar lay. This guitar had seemingly rusted strings and a large hole in one side. My friend and I thought we could fix it. The next day, we meet at my house to patch up the hole. Everything goes as planned until the sanding and the finish. The piece didn't fit in exactly, so I couldn't sand it so that it was flat, and the finish didn't soak in very well, besides the fact that I made a huge mess. In the end, it looked "interesting" yet cool in it's own "special" way. I gave it back to my friend and he thought it looked great because he didn't expect much (paper thin wood attached by gorilla glue and not sanded or finished). It was fun at least and NO ONE GOT HURT(or at least not too badly...).

Life is going good with the moving situation. We have our house on the market, had a couple showings, but no offers yet. The families that don't want us to move seem to be plotting against us. Leaving friends behind will be painful, but I'll make friends out west. The end of the school year is drawing nearer and marking our last days in the Land of Lincoln.

It's Officially Official

2009-04-22T22:11:00.003-05:00

My dad just got the word that he can telecommute until the time comes that he can get get on office. That means Hello Nevada! I'm coming soon! We are moving for sure, no doubt about, unless an atom bomb blows up Reno...That would bite. Too bad I'll be leaving some really good friends out here, a.k.a. my only blog readers. *sigh* At least people actually read my blog.

This is off topic, but I was at school and I had to take a survey my teacher made on Survey Monkey, and so I made an account, very random of course, and now I have an even more random survey somewhere to the right of this post. I think it works. Oh well, I guess you'll have to find out.

The Adventures of Banana Man!-Yin Su V.S. Banana Man

2009-04-15T22:26:00.002-05:00

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The Adventures of Banana Man!

2009-04-13T20:35:00.009-05:00

The Great Banana Arrives! The Adventures of Banana Man is a series of comic strips with clean humor! Great graphics and short stories by Brandon Gibson. Cover graphic by Jared Gibson.
The Adventures of Banana Man
Coming Soon

Scanner #2

2009-04-07T21:43:00.002-05:00

Scanner

2009-04-06T20:26:00.004-05:00

The scanner is back! We have had an old scanner that has always been hooked up to my dad's computer, so it seemed unusable. Until Now. It just simply did the work. I expected to have to log on to administer and do complex stuff and have it never work. I took some scans and it went from an old photo, to The Slender Loris, to Maddie!

Slender Loris

2009-03-17T22:05:00.002-05:00

Some say I'm good at drawing, some don't. Well, nobody actually says it, but I bet they think it. Here is one of my worst first grade drawings, but it's hilarious. It's called a Slender Loris. Compare...

Fat Batman #2

2009-03-13T21:27:00.003-05:00

This Fat Batman is the same, except he got Jason's body. It's kind of creepy. Why do I do these things?

Fat Batman

2009-03-12T22:31:00.006-05:00

My brother, Brandon, has to do some type of tessellation thing for school, and so he started by making the school letters with triangles. Rachel told him to make a square; cut a design off one sign; and tape it to the other side. Brandon did that and made a shape that looked like Batman, except he's fat. So he told me I could draw a fat batman and he looks weird because I drew him too quickly. Anyway, here he is...

Post, What Post?

2009-03-10T20:26:00.005-05:00

I've let this blog sit and do nothing so here is some updates. We are officialy moving out to Reno, Nevada. We have already started packing so we can get our house on the market and be out of here right after school gets out. I'm not going to type much because...I don't know what to say. Hey, check out the Djibouti List. It's our version of a bucket list. Because of it, I drank a gallon of water and Brandon drank a gallon of milk and some others did too. Check it out.

Oh, yeah. I got a new guitar. Here's a picture of one that looks similar. It looks almost the same except the neck is maplewood instead of rosewood, but the body looks exactly the same. Mine is a tribute S-500 3-Tone Sunburst, like this one except I think this one is 2-Tone.

Oldey Blob

2009-02-11T17:19:00.005-06:00

If you didn't know this, Bob the Blob has a father. Here he is...

Like Father (mostly) like son...

Unfortunately, shortly after the picture, Oldey Blob passed away due to a battle with the dough roller. He was reincarnated and became who is known as Jerry the Depressed Snail...

A Tribute To Oldey Blob:

Oldey Blob was born in a kitchen in Bloomington, Illinois on 2009. He had a rough life being smashed and beaten by little kids. He had a son named Bob the Blob. As soon as he became such a celebrity, he got caught in a fateful battle with a dough roller.

Oldey Blob
2009-2009
May He Rest In Pieces

Bob the Blob

2009-02-10T20:53:00.006-06:00

I came home from school one day and thought, what do I want to do with my life? The question, to this day, is left unanswered. The point is, I decided to take some pictures just because my dad got my mom some roses. Using my mom's camera, I took these pictures...

After these serious pictures(using an envelope taped to a ruler as a background and a flashlight), I decided to create a blob. This blob is not just any blob, but Bob the Blob...

Notice

2009-01-16T15:29:00.003-06:00

Just to let you know, this is the only accurate and up-to-date blog about the Gibsons. Their have been failed attempts to make blogs/etc. about the Gibsons. My myspace accounts are inaccurate because one has been hacked and might be screwed up.

What's Small, Furry, and White All Over?

2009-01-09T21:24:00.006-06:00

Well, we got a dog. A small whatchamakallit. We thought about it one day and got it the next. If you don't know, we have had two dogs before, and they were not good experiences. So far she is pretty cool. She's wet twice on the carpet, but it wasn't too bad because the spot is the size of a penny. She is only nine weeks old and we just got her a coat. She's fun to have around.

The Post That I Couldn't Finish Because I'm Using An iPod

2009-01-06T18:44:00.003-06:00

I typed the post title while I was on my friend's iPod touch. It wouldn't let me type anything here so now I'm doing it on my computer. I forgot what I was going to say. I was probably going to say something about the party I was at when I was using my friends iPod touch. It was a Three Kings party that a family invited my family to. They had bread that had little 1 inch long plastic babies inside that could be redeemed for prizes. That is exactly how to make people eat a lot of bread. Put babies inside...

Marquee!

News

2009-01-01T20:52:00.007-06:00

Not much has happened lately unless you want to know about my score on Lego Indiana Jones on X-BOX 360. Jason has some new stuff that's kind of funny. I guess what's pretty interesting to me, but probably not to you is that I get to go skiing on Friday and Saturday, thanks to the Knechts who are taking us. The funny thing is the fact that we have to drive all the way up to Wisconsin so that we can go down a giant hill. As you know, I have the pleasure of living in flat Illinois where the highest point is a mound.

Girls:Complex=Boys:Stupid

2008-12-18T21:57:00.003-06:00

If you don't get my proportion, it means girls are to complex as boys are to stupid. Anyway, we had tons of fun out in the ice. Outside in the wonderful world of coldly slipperyness, lies a certain treasure. That treasure is fun( call it stupid if you wish). We took some videos but somehow they are too big to put on my blog. Oh well...I came up with a new line,"We're not on drugs, in fact, we're Mormon and we're not even on Pepsi!". We were iceboarding down the driveway, slipping and sliding in the streets, and we would be making total fools of ourselves, but no one was watching! Brandon rode down the driveway on a bike and nearly did the splits! I still thinks it's funny that us boys go out to do something stupid, get hurt, and do it again!

A Case of the Breakage.

2008-12-18T20:21:00.005-06:00

Today in math, I sit silently in my seat doing a chapter test. I finish the extra-credit, which surprisingly wasn't too hard. I slowly walk up to the front, staple my work to the test and turne it in to the wooden basket. I return to my seat and sit their for a couple seconds when the bell rings. I bend over to pick up my 3-inch binder and put it on my desk. I reach onto the shelf that is attached to the legs under my chair. I begin to pull out my math book as I hear a crash on the floor. The majority of my clay project lay in one piece on the floor. The other small, but important details to my clay project lay near it. The two pieces were the head and the neck of the guitar that runs through the center of the bowl. Everybody around the room gasps as though a piece of art from the heavens fell to the Earth and shattered into a million pieces. I pick up the pieces to examine them and realize that they can luckily be glued, but they would no longer be dishwasher safe. Oh well...

Ice and Musical Tragedies

2008-12-18T20:06:00.005-06:00

Today in our 7th grade band rehearsal, our director, confessed to us that he would have to cancel the concert. This is because of an ice storm that would supposedly start at 3 o'clock, and right now it's 8 o'clock and it still hasn't started yet. It's about to, according to Accu Weather. On the bright side, tomorrow is my first Jazz Band concert. Wait a minute...The ice is beginning. I guess nothing right now is really tragic, so I should change the title, but what would I change it to?

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas...

2008-11-29T16:26:00.017-06:00

We're putting up Christmas lights today. We are not aloud to get on the roof, so all that we got to do was replace the light bulbs. Oh, yeah...We got a new suburban. Actually it's not new, but it's close enough. It's previous owner was a company and it's a late 08 model.
up.

We've decided to start setting up all our other Christmas stuff too. We have done very much so far, but we're working on it. At least we've got the Christmas tree

Thanksgiving

2008-11-27T12:27:00.008-06:00

Today is Thanksgiving and we're headed out to play football. We have a gigantic turkey and we're cooking pie and crescent roles.

Life Continued...

2008-11-26T13:55:00.004-06:00

The things that I talk about in my posts really shows how boring my life is. We're on Thanksgiving break from school so that's always good. I get to play Santa Claus is Coming to Town in jazz band.

Overused Words...

2008-11-24T21:48:00.003-06:00

Like today, was like any other, like, day. It was like any other, like, day except, like, I can't find like my health like textbook. Like my teachers are like fine, except the like rules are like too strict. Anyway, like, I know this like person, who like, if they like cut out like the word like from like their vocabulary, like, they would only like talk like half as like much. School is like stressful but like it could get stressful...er. Or like stressfullerer, like. Like, you know.

Today...

2008-11-06T21:28:00.007-06:00

Today was Rachel's birthday. Nothing bad has happened, so far... Anyway, thank you to the Goodmans, who many of you probably don't know, that brought over a delicious cheesecake that I have not yet tasted as of November,10th at 7:17. Oh yeah, happy birthday to Mr./Bro. Goodman. Many, many birthdays...Well, here's the birthday list:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO:

Ryan Goodman.......................................November 3rd

Brandon Gibson......................................November 4th
Elizabeth Goodman...............................November 5th
Rachel Gibson........................................November 10th
Mr./Bro. Goodman...............................November 10th

Happy Birthdays

2008-11-05T21:07:00.004-06:00

Happy Birthday!
November 4th
Brandon Gibson
You Get...Obama for President! =(

Happy Birthday!
November 5th
Elizabeth Goodman
You Get...An Injured Brother! *ouch* :|

Okay, so my older brother, Brandon, on his birthday, gets Obama elected for president. Today, one of our friends, Elizabeth Goodman, on her birthday, her brother trips(supposedly) and falls on concrete, and hurts his hip. We don't know what happened yet because he is at the hospital right now. Rachel's birthday is coming up on November 10th and I hope that I don't break anything...by the way, even though I was playing capture the flag with him, I did not push him down because I was deep in enemy territory.

Obama, Obama...sigh

2008-11-05T20:49:00.004-06:00

I guess things really stink now that Obama bin Laden(oops, sorry...I'm trying to get out of the habit)became president. Well, as much as I disagree with his junk, I am forced to call him President Obama. I believe that President Bush should not be called Bush or W, so Obama should also be respected. Anyway, Obama is one of the many signs of the second coming. Intense. Okay...

FFFFFreezing...

2008-10-24T22:05:00.003-05:00

Tonight we watched our local high school football team, NCHS, kick buttox. It was pretty fun, except it was raining, it was cold, and the wind was blowing. For the first quarter, we just couldn't get the ball past them, but they couldn't get it past us. In the second quarter we began to make a couple touchdowns.

Life

2008-10-23T20:14:00.003-05:00

My life is boring. My uncle Mike has an exciting life. Today I lived. Is that exciting enough? It should be. Imagine if right now, a car drove through the wall and hit you. Life wouldn't be over until you saw that Micheal Jackson was driving. See? Now you know that life could be over at any moment. Aren't you excited now that you appreciate life more? It's a depressing topic but it's true. My life is more exciting than I thought.

"Thank You but..."

2008-10-23T18:50:00.008-05:00

My dad applied for a job out west for the church(LDS/Mormon). I kind of wanted to move out west because their are relatives, BYU, more members, and MOUNTAINS!!! But yet a kind of wanted to stay her because of friends, but over all, I wanted to move out west. As you probably know, I was born out west and it rocks. So now it is 2 weeks and 2 days after we were supposed to find out and we got the "Thank you but..." from the guy that my dad applied to. It's kind of depressing but my dad looked at the church employment website and it said that my dad had reapplied for the same job that he didn't get hired for. That either means that they didn't choose anybody, or everybody is just confused. If you're a nonmember and your confused then check out this.

Ideas

2008-10-22T17:59:00.003-05:00

I'm trying to keep this as awesome as it can get but I'm running out of ideas. You may not think it is awesome, but I said "as awesome as it can get". Right now I'm trying to set this up so that I can begin to pass off a merit badge. Check out Gibson Network, it's pretty sweet. if you click on the Gibson Productions sign then it takes you their.

Chiddix Jazz

2008-10-21T21:07:00.002-05:00

You probobly don't care but I made the Chiddix Jazz Band. It was pretty much luck because I was the only one who had a guitar teacher that helped me through the whole piece that I was supposed to play at the audition. I bet jazz band is going to be pretty sweet. If your interested check out The Chiddix Jazz website.