How y'all nerds doing?

So many of you probably have a lot of questions for me like where did you get those burns or why I keep forgetting to take the garbage out, but I'm not here to talk about that stuff. I'm going to tell you guys about my trip to California with chase!

     So to start off we went to LA first to visit chases father, we spent about two days or so there which was nice, we ate some dank food and saw some dope stuff like a lego store where you can buy lego blocks in bulk... then we made our way up the coast to carmel and monterey... really nice place to retire when you are 85 and just want to walk on the beach at 5 am and sample wines and paint the same bush in your front yard. But actually was nice and calm. they have an awesome cheese shop in carmel, and monterey is more or less an aquarium and cannery row. 

    Next stop! San Francisco! San Francisco is probably one of if not the best city in america, i absolutely love it there and every time i go there I have nothing short of an amazing time. the saturday of out last weekend there was honestly the greatest day of my life but ill get to that later! So when we  first got into the city chase and i walked around the city down by market and powell, it felt great to be back there! so later that night if my memory serves was the night we went and saw Harry Connick Jr play at symphony hall in downtown SF and he killed it! I dont know how you could go wrong with Harry Connick... The next day we drove north across the golden gate (which i attached a sweet photo of that i got during a catamaran ride through the bay), to go see the red woods for a little day trip. I put some of the more memorable photos form the red woods. they were really amazing, i had never seen them before so if was definitely an experience for me... on our way back into the city to explore haight ashbury, we stopped by golden gate park to see where we were about to have the greatest weekend of our lives! 

    So now we come to friday, day one of the outside lands festival. friday was great we saw some awesome people, it started with Zedd, an awesome DJ, and then Yeasayer, super awesome live. to finish off the night we caught a little bit of Sir Paul McCartney which i attached a photo of from the back so you can maybe get and idea of the amount of people there. Then we finished with pretty lights, a killer DJ that tenderized everyones insides with some kickin bass. so ill skip to sunday real quick, sunday I saw Hall & Oates and Red Hot Chili Peppers! amazing! both of them! i saw some other bands that day but i could go on and on about everyone i saw so i wont...

     Now its saturday... so saturday started early for chase and i, we had to get to festival early to make sure we were able to get all of the necessary t shirts and foam hands for all the homies. we then saw a local band that killed it! and then we went to go see atlas genius... they were real good but its safe to assume that every band there was amazing. we then saw young the giant! and yes glange i screamed for you! and then shortly after young the giant, the two greatest DJs in the world started setting up there stations. DJ numark and Cut Chemist because next on stage was J5!!!!!!! if i could make confetti shoot out of your computer and make it explode i would, but oh well. i have attached some photos of this! hopefully they suffice for now, i have more, and videos dont worry. But yes they were more amazing then i ever could have imagined, and i would have given up a testicle to have had you there with me glange! i cried several times and joined 2na in every single verse! there's too much to say about it so i will save it for later. but i went on to then see the yeah yeah yeahs and phoenix which were equally as mind blowing for me... it was constant ear orgasms for about 6 hours. 

   hopefully thats put some light on what happened during the trip, i know you were probably waiting to hear about it glange! 

adios for now homies! love you all more than life itself. hope you enjoy all the pictures. 

-- 

Riles Per Gallon

I've been reinspired...

 

Alright guys, with glanges recent post after a long hiatus, I've been reinspired to write something, so....leggo! Im gonna focus on whats happened recently for now instead of trying to go back all the way to the summer and my euro and Guatemala trip (cuz then i feel obliged to write EVERYTHING haha). Im back at Pomona, ive got a sweet dorm thats a single in the same building as I was last year. It has a door straight outside which is killer, and the building is the nicest of all the ones on south campus (mostly freshman and sophomores). Only problem was that for the first week (until about two days ago) it was SCALDING HOT! ;) But seriously it was consistently 88 F in my room, needless to say Amy and I got the biggest, best fan we could find, and i still nearly died. Oh also its a decent size room, plenty of room for a bed on the floor or whatever...at home homies, im looking at you over a break...or away homies, maybe shoot over for a weekend from NY, FL, BZ (whatever, yeah i made up that shorthand for brasil), CL (CH is taken by switzerland, ja, pretty sure they dont know how to spell), USSR...;) and of course CArifornia, etc, that would be totes cool. 

Im taking Organic chem with lab (shut up Roach, i dont even want to hear about how great/easy it is, its not!), Sociology, Psychology, and German film and media studies. I thought my schedule would be kinda garbage, but I actually really like all my classes, expect maybe that first one, although its not awful just yet--too early in the semester. Im also signed up for intermediate tennis which has been super fun, despite the fact some people are a little better than intermediate and idk what theyre doing in that class haha. Im trying to get into friday soccer, but the best thing Ive been doing with my time has been rockclimbing! I got a pass to a nearby gym for $80 for the semester including equipment rentals, so needless to say, pretty dank deal that I didnt dare decline (POP QUIZ: which rhetorical device was just used? if youre an english/journalism potential major serving a mission in FL you have to answer!!). And my good friend who lives right next to me, Luke, has a car so we can drive there. Its supa fun, highly recommend when yall get back home soon!

for J-COBB: on my cruise in the Mediterranean I became good friends with these Brasilian girls, so now I know how to say some stuff like mea nome e Pelle, boa noite, amanhã, beijo Oh yeah! and i really want to visit Brasil for the world cup this next summer... and ive got an invite to visit those friends...who happen to live is são paulo...where someone else I know might live...so....!!!!

Take it easy boys, you know I love you all dearly!

Pdub

First three pics--my dorm room. Second to last picture is how i do reading, in my fully reclining lawn chair, in my room. Last picture was in our guatemalan hotel, it was everything I had to not 'deface' the picture by finishing the signature!

they dont always use anesthetics...

HEY! so if you have read Gardner's letter on the blog you would have found out that i came home for surgery. That would be true, and the church would not let me do the surgery over in Russia, they dont always use anesthetics... FUN.... soooo they shipped me back home for a few weeks. We tried to keep it all on the down low so that i stayed focused and didnt get caught up in everything back home. I am still in the recovery stage and am doing well! We are estimating that i will return to Russia in around a week and a half, maybe 2 weeks. We will see how i feel. Its been a real challenge for me having to leave what i love, and to come back home. Granted being home has its plusses, for example ive been going to the temple, ive got a nice bed, eating good food, but at the end of it all its just hard. Ive spent the last 8 months trying to focus on the mission and leave everything that was here behind and then it just comes right back. Thats been the hardest thing. 

I am very excited to go back! and i know that the Lord will help me catch up and he will make up the difference in what i cant do by myself. He will help me with my language, and help me get it back to where it was and better, he will give me the strength that i need to push forward in the day even though i still might be a little weak from the surgery. The lord is mindful of all of us and its really cool that he has helped me through this challenge, its been a real blessing that ive been supported and helped and loved by those around me to help me get better and get back to serving the lord!

Love you all!

Elder Ninow :)

Werr Herro!

Biggest comp-ship and smallest comp-ship in the mission!