"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me."
-Clive Staples Lewis

Thursday, April 29, 2010

minority report


So I'm moving to Utah. The Provo area to be sort of exact. When I tell people this, they almost always ask, if they do not know me well, "Oh are you Mormon?" I reply, "No, I just like mountains and Robert Redford." People who know me wonder why I am choosing to drop my very successful para-educator career and careen off into the sunset following the wagon ruts of B. Young into the heart of right wing conservative mormonland. Well honestly things have just fallen into place really. I'm 25, single, restless, and looking for something to do. I really do like the mountains and Robert Redford and his Sundance Ranch really do raise my eyebrows with keen interest and excitement. My good buddy Jon Lehman is also alighting in Utah. We are the last of a breed. That breed is single guys who once lived and ruled and land called Upper 900s Owens. We are also Bones. If you do not know what that is, then you were never supposed to know. That is all I have to say about The Bones. Anyways...I feel that living in proximity to him could turn into a good time. The thing that is really causing alot of excitement for me is the fact that for the first time in my life, I will be a huge social minority. I read on Wikipedia (yes i use the wik for everything and believe it to be a most reliable source) that 88% of the population is LDS and 98% of the practicing religious adherents are LDS. This excites me. I have visited the area and the Christians have great community because when you are outnumbered you have to. I am also pleased to note that in the town of American Fork where I am helping to coach football, the movie The Sandlot was almost entirely filmed. That alone should suffice my exodus there.

3 comments:

  1. Wow. That's exciting. You'll help coach football? That's cool. Love to hear about when all this is happening. Hope you're well.

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  2. Ahh, the Sandlot...I think that movie may be the reason I was attracted to my baseball playing husband! We love you Nate and are praying that God will bless you on this new path!

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  3. Hold on... Utah. Oh I'm sorry Iowa wasn't good enough for you. You really are like Lando. No you aren't that smooth. But seriously I'll miss you.

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