the monkey king

well, the chinese government does not like blogger. ): they block it, so bens is unable to access/update his blog. he just finished a two week vacation where he got to visit guiline & rent mopeds & see the sights & also go on a really cool hike, yang shuo & see old chinese architecture, & sanya where he got to go to the beautiful {& warm} beaches & visit monkey island! and he got bit by a monkey!!! here's how he described monkey island...
"First off mothers protect babies.....i think you know where im going with this. So i did not get a video of me getting attacked but sharon and Kali did. I was trying to feed this little baby that was up in a tree and the mom jumped on my leg and bit me so hard! Its bruised and cut. She did not cut through my pants but my leg would suggest otherwise. It was hilarious. The video is not very good cuz she was not really ready. You see me in the corner getting bit. After she bit me i screamed (like a girl) and fell to the ground. Ha ha. The girls are of course not letting the scream go. It is on video and it is rather high pitched. If a monkey lunged at you i guarantee you would scream too. Monkey island was incredible. It was a one hour bus ride and then we boarded a ski lift with cable cars that brought us high above the pretty water. We then got dropped off on the island. Monkeys were everywhere. We were with a guide for the first hour and saw two shows. I dont think i have ever laughed so hard in all my life and i mean that. I will just go ahead and tell the story. So they are having monkeys do all these tricks like tight rope, biking, walking on hands etc. It is all monkeys and then they had a mini horse come out (rob and big came to mind) and monkeys rode on the horse. It was cool and very entertaining. Now the funny part. From the side of the stage comes this goat and he was huge. At first i thought he was going to just stand there and the monkeys were going to balance on his horns. No that was not the case. This huge goat climbs the ladder and gets on the tight rope!!! My jaw just dropped and i didnt know whether to clap or laugh. I looked at the girls and i just lost it. This goat was amazing and filled with talent...a true showman."
i love how he said everything, retelling those stories would not have been the same! well, i'll also post a few of the pictures he's sent. uploading pictures here takes forever, so sorry i'm not going to post them all!

this is benson in a chinese hospital. he hurt his ankle playing basketball, but it's all better now.

this is benson with his bike & his infamous wig!!!

the skyline on a foggy day {i forgot what city this is in, sorry!}

these are a few of the cute little boys he's taught.

well, he's back in zhongshan now & will be teaching 8 & 9 year olds basic reading. he's loving it there!!!

morph explanation

becky and i decided to see who i looked like. Yeah it turns out i look more like women than men.

morph

Expect "good things" in Feb-June

I will do a better job with this blog when i am in China.

No more UPS

so i dont work for ups anymore. the shifts were not long enough. I now work for a landscaping company. I drive a truck and trailor and work with two mexicans. Winter lawns are my passion. Its cool cuz my boss is in my ward and he gives me tuesday and thursday off for school and loads up monday, wednesday and friday with hours. I like getting dirty and trying to speak spanish. I will get pictures of it monday and post them on here. It is a dandy. Well sorry my blog is boring...ttyl

UPS night shift

thats right i now work the UPS night shift. 1030 to 300. I love it. I like physical work and everyone there is nice to me. I hope to set a record for packages scanned and loaded...i need to have the eye of the tiger though cuz my competition is a black man who is said to be "unbeatable" in fact i hear he does three times the average worker. Anyways its hard to post pictures about is because they dont let cameras past security i think. I will try agian though. Well i am a lazy blogger but expect me to be better.

why a buzz

my break

I have a break between two of my classes. Its annoying cuz I get bored. Today boredom is not an option...i am checking my blog. I dozed off during my economics class this morning and my teacher then lectured the class about staying focused and not falling asleep. I think i should lecture him that he gets paid to teach and not to show boring videos that put me to sleep. He is a loser. I am kinda upset if you cant tell. He is also cool though cuz he loves ASU football and we get him off track all the time talking about it...oh and he wears hawaiian shirts everyday that are big on him. He is not even hawaiian, he is mexican. Anyways i just typed a paragraph about a teacher i just barely met. I like school so far this semester as a whole. I will get good grades and the other kids are being nice to me. I am making more of an effort to talk in my classes because i usually am a mute. In high school i cared to talk and to make friends and to be loud and have fun but in my college classes up to this point i have not really talked. All that changes now! Well I am gonna study now so I hope you enjoyed my post of pure nonsense that does not matter.

-keep living a dream-

peace

Okay i took that personality quiz and here are my results...I could not get the picture over so i had to just copy and paste but here it is. Oh and i think its a pretty good analysis of me for the most part!! ha ha


You Are An ENFP
The Inspirer...You love being around people, and you are deeply committed to your friends.You are also unconventional, irreverent, and unimpressed by authority and rules.Incredibly perceptive, you can usually sense if someone has hidden motives.You use lots of colorful language and expressions. You're quite the storyteller!In love, you are quite the charmer. And you are definitely willing to risk your heart.You often don't follow through with your flirting or professed feelings. And you do break a lot of hearts.At work, you are driven but not a workaholic. You just always seem to enjoy what you do.You would make an excellent entrepreneur, politician, or journalist.How you see yourself: compassionate, unselfish, and understandingWhen other people don't get you, they see you as: gushy, emotional, and unfocused

more random phone pictures

This picture was actually on a lightpost...I really hope someone found the turtle and returned it to the owner!!! I took the picture because it kinda shocked me cuz you expect signs like lost dog...not lost turtle. It threw me off guard. I wanted to call the number and mess with the people but i didn't want to hit a sensitive subject.

this is a picture of the home run i caught at the asu game. I was actually not even in the stadium yet when i got it. I was walking down Rural and i heard the crowd yell and then i ran in the road and got it on one hop. It was awesome! Then i watched the game from the student section-it was very rowdy!!!

THis was the coolest thing i think i have ever seen...okay maybe just the coolest van. IT was the nastiest paint job and it had horns. Its times like that when your happy your phone has a camera to capture such a sight.

random phone pictures

here are some random pictures that i have taken with my phone. I will do this post weekly cuz i have mucho randomness in my phone. Top picture is my nephew Gage...the bottom picture is my nephew Cotter with his sister Quinci. The middle picture is me about ready to get eaten by a Anaconda at the snake exhibit at the zoo...i escaped luckily and i lived to post the attack on my blog.

Diamondbacks game

I went to the game on wednesday and we killed the marlins!!! I decided to post some pictures of the game. That little stud is my nephew Cotter and those two ladies are my talented sisters. Of course that guy is the one and only bean. It was a great game because the diamondbacks are kicking hiney. I love going to games so whenever you are down to go...i am too probably!

30 things about me

1. I love to stay up late

2. I love my family and friends so much

3. I love the church and what it brings to my life

4. I love pool basketball

5. I feel the importance of school but hate going

6. I love to eat

7. I hate my diet but am having great success

8. I like to lift weights (you cant really tell though)

9. I love rollie the purple toyota corolla that vrooms down the road

10. I hate spending money

11. I love the suns and d-backs!!!!

12. I love playing sports

13. I want to join the PBA someday

14. I love sleeping in a cold room with a huge blanky

15. I like getting back rubs!!! mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm!

16. I adore baked goods

17. I want to make lots of money and travel the world via cruises someday

18. I want to skydive almost more than anything

19. I really like when my room is clean

20. I am soo competitive even in the stupidest of games

21. I really like to laugh

22. yardwork does not bother me if i have music and sympathy

23. rain makes me happy

24. when its nice outside long walks are amazing

25. I hate medicine...i really only take vitamins

26. I am so easy going but i will tell you what i think if you piss me off :)

27. Bubble baths are not just a girl thing...they are also a benson thing

28. I will have a urinal in my house when im older

29. when i have long talks with my grandma i never come out empty

30. I love mostly everything so this list is just a start!!!!!!!!!

hitting my head on everything...

So i am 6'5 and many things in our world are not that tall. Some doorways and low hanging fans for instance. I am always hitting my head on stuff and it is irritating!!! But being tall is amazing and i would not trade it...unless the trade was the gift to fly because that would be swell. This post was made becasue on my way to the computer i knew i wanted to post on my blog but had no idea on what to say when BOOM... I hit my head on the office fan. So that is the reason for my randomness. oh and by the way randomness is one of my favorite words

cheese...

i'm a new blogger. this one's for you case! my first post will be short, all i want to say today is... i love cheese!