A Few More Things...

So here's what we've been up to:

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Tom decided to go to school in the summer for the first time in his life!

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We had our 3 year wedding anniversary on June 3rd, 2009. <3<3<3

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We went on a vacation (business and pleasure) to San Diego in August. We hung out at the beach and went body boarding, saw Wicked the play, hung out in the Gas Lamp district, and Tom hung out with Nate, Erin and family there before Alison came to town! It was a fun trip.

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We've been looking for a home to buy - gotta beat the free money deadline (November 30)!!!

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We started dating exactly 5 years ago, and met about 13 years ago this month at Skyline High.

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More to come if we think of anything... Maybe photos too.

By The Way... (An update on what we've been up to for the past 6 months or so):

So we've done some fun things over the past few months:

September '08 - Went to Redfest at the U where Matisyahu performed.

Ali and Matisyahu striking a pose

October '08 - Went to a few Halloween Parties (Chris and Sharyn Stewart's house, Jason Miner's house (a former co-worker), and Scott and Rachel Forrest's house).

Tom (the Sumo Wrestler) and Ali (the Geisha)

A view from the rear

Tom and the other costume award-winners at Jason's (Tom won for funniest costume)

Rachel getting a bit feisty

Scott, Peggy, & Matt hangin' out

Dan & friend enjoying a classic campy Scott Forest style Halloween movie! = 0 (If you've ever been to the Forest's for their annual Halloween party, then you know what we mean)

December '08 - Went to a Neil Diamond concert.

He was bad-a & amazing as always!

December '08 - Went with my (Tom's) family to Miracle on 33rd Street at The Desert Star Playhouse.

December '08 - Had a fun Christmas with Family.

Ali, Tom, & Aaron (on phone)

Skyler - Ali's nephew - (talking to anyone besides his family - on his phone). It's cool thought, we don't take it personal since he's a teeny-bopper

Emily (Ali's sis) & Ali

Ali's mom & dad Carol & Rob

Jamie, Ryan, & Little Thor (still in Jamie's stomach)

December '08 - Went to a Bad-A New Year's party at Justnashers with the old crew.

January '09 - Saw a few films with friends at the Sundance Film Festival.

January/February '09 - Went on a trip to San Francisco (business and pleasure).

Ali's & Tommy out for a romantic dinner on the waterfront

Pic of Lombard St., Coit Tower, & Bay Bridge at night - Taken by Tom

Ali at the top of Lombard St. with Coit Tower & Bay Bridge in the background

Tommy eating Lobster Tail in his customary way

Ali The Daredevil hanging out the side of a moving Trolley

Valentine's day '09 - We went to Madame Butterfly the ballet, and Laughing Stock downtown the next night.

February '09 - Went to a play (American Fork Idol @ Desert Star Playhouse) for Tom's birthday (February 25).

April '09 - Went to Dial M for Murder (the play) for Alison's birthday (April 2).

April '09 - We hit our original down payment savings goal for a house (but we have now raised the goal by 50%).

As of this posting - I (Tom) still have a job (the same one).

Check back soon for more pictures and explanation.

My New Job As A Federal Agent With The Bureau:

So a lot has happened since our last blog entry. I (Tom) accepted a position with the Bureau as a federal agent about 6 weeks ago. I will undergo intense training in San Francisco late next month, and learn to stand strong and fight against those who wish to resist truth and good. Alison will accompany me on the latter portion of this journey. I have learned that the all seeing eye of Uncle Sam (yes, he only has 1 eye - information only provided to government agents) will always find you, eventually, if you are doing wrong. I have posted 4 telling photos below:

This is my Building

My mortal enemy, the FAR (Federal Acquisition Regulations)

This image of my work station had to be obscured (blurred) for security purposes

As you can see, I only get a single sliver of outside light. Once I become a more senior agent I will be granted the privilege of 2 to 3 slivers.

Unimportant Details:
I work for the Bureau of Reclamation
I am a Contract Specialist (and being trained secondarily in Cost/Price analysis)
I mostly work with contractors and suppliers

Important Details:
I am a Federal Agent, similar to Agent Moulder of the X-Files
I work in a high security building
I have a government issued charge card
If you assassinate me while on government business, the penalty will be more severe

In order to become more familiar with everyday government business, Alison and I have watched seasons 1-7 of the X-files. Please refer to us a Agents Wully and Woulder.

Pictured above: high tech government computer programs allowed me to simulate our new role.

Tom & Ali's 24th of July Weekend '08 - Chapter 2 - Heber Creeper's Fiddlers 'N Fireworks:

Also as part of our 24th of July (Pioneer Day) weekend festivities, we went on the Heber Creeper's Fiddlers 'N Fireworks Ride and then stayed up in Park City for a couple of nights. This is the second time we've gone and we highly recommend it! It's a ton of fun, especially if you can manage to finagle a spot on the outside car by the fiddlers and guitar players. They feed you pizza and the fresh air, scenery, live music, and fireworks are great! So here's some footage from our digital camera, as well as a few pictures from the train ride. Anyways, here you go and enjoy!

Make sure to pause the music at the bottom before starting the video. And as always, thanks to Peter for all of his help with editing.

Pictures of Our Adventure on Heber Creeper's Fiddlers 'N Fireworks

Us on the train's outside car with the lake behind us

Catching the train conductor by surprise

Some of the musicians jammin' out Bad-A Bluegrass music

The coolest guy ever! He sounds just like Johnny Cash and he can make a train whistle sound with his mouth somehow.

Yay for fireworks!

Ooohh aaaahh, more fireworks!

Ali with the enormous train looming over her

Yay that was a fun night!

Tom & Ali's 24th of July Weekend '08 - Chapter 1 - Days of '47 Rodeo - (Featuring a special appearance by David Boreanaz's head):

As part of our 24th of July (Pioneer Day) weekend festivities, we went to the Days of '47 Rodeo. Ali shot some footage of it on our digital camera (see below), which has no sound, so we put some music in the background to make it more entertaining. It was really fun and David Boreanaz was even there, sitting just two rows in front of us. He really was, no joke. For those of you who may not know who he is, he played Angel on both the TV series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Angel" and is currently starring in the new TV series "Bones". If you still don't know who he is, we have put a "provocative" photo of him in his favorite bath tub that we found online below, along with a couple of photos we snapped ourselves of the rodeo. We didn't take any pictures of David Boreanaz though, Ali felt weird about taking his picture or video taping him. But we did notice that his head shows up in the bottom left corner of the video from time to time by accident, which are indicated in the video by some red writing and arrows every once in a while, except for one time which we missed until later. Anyways, here you go and enjoy!

Make sure to pause the music at the bottom before starting the video. And as always, thanks to Peter for all of his help with editing.

Pictures from the Rodeo and of David Boreanaz

A provocative and alluring photo of David in the tub. (Tom kept raving about how buff he thought David was through the entire rodeo, no lie.)

A pretty cool mid-air shot. Yee Haaa! Ride 'em cowboy!

A cowboy showing off his lassoing and roping skills.

Some guy forcing himself on a poor defenseless cow. What a sicko cowaphile! =-)

Another guy swing-dancing with a cow. Poor cows, what are wrong with these people?!

Will work, or do anything for money!

So, as some of you know, I've been out of work for a while now. I got laid off, along with a number of other people at my company. I'm actually getting really good at putting together a fairly impressive resume packet and learning things I never would have if this hadn't happened (such as how to desperately look for a job). Hah. Actually, it has been somewhat of an adventure coming up with alternative ways to make money on the side while out of work. Here are a couple of the schemes I've tired up to this point:

Hanging off of a 420' building:

A view of the building from the side

Ok, I'm about to start off the edge...

I'm about half way down, looking up at the already-cleaned windows

Donating blood plasma at Life Sera:

This is one of the plasma-sucking vampires, holding a big gulp full of my plasma

But it could be worse:

At least I'm not this guy... Crazy guy and the Real Girl.

By the way, check out my new BrightFuse profile:

http://www.brightfuse.com/tom-worthington

Tom & Ali's Florida Trip-Chapter 6-Key Biscayne (Near Miami Beach)-Hanging Out On The Beach:

So here's the sixth & final installment of the video of our Florida trip. As the title states, this part of the video is footage from our time spent up in the Miami area, specifically of us hanging out on the beach in Key Biscayne. Thanks again to Peter for all his help with editing this video, he did an awesome job (he edits videos for his real job too, so he's really good)! Also, we put some picturesque photos of Miami and Key Biscayne and some of their points of interest that we found online as well as a few of the one's we took ourselves below the video for your viewing pleasure. So, here you go and enjoy! =-)

Be sure to pause the music at the bottom of the blog before starting the video.

Pictures of Miami and Key Biscayne and some of their points of interest:

Aerial shot of Miami Beach & South Beach

Sunset shot of Ocean Drive (a.k.a. the Art Deco District) South Beach (seen in Chapter 5 of video)

Sunset shot of the Miami Skyline as viewed from the island of Miami Beach

Shot of the beach we hung out on in Key Biscayne, near Miami (as seen in video-picture taken by Tom)

Us hanging out on a beach in Key Biscayne (taken by Tom)

Shot of Ali looking pretty catching some sun on the beach in Key Biscayne, while I'm out in the water frolicking (as seen in video-taken by Tom as well)

Us hanging out on the beach in Key Biscayne (taken by Tom as well, obviously)

Lighthouse on Key Biscayne (as seen in video-kind of)

Cool shot of Pelicans (we saw these birds everywhere we went in Florida)

Another pretty shot of the same lighthouse on Key Biscayne (just from another angle-the opposite side of it-and at a time when the white wash was worn off)

Pretty sunset shot as viewed from a beach on Key Biscayne

Tom & Ali's Florida Trip Video-Ch. 5-Miami Beach-Ocean Drive (a.k.a. Art Deco District)-(& more picturesque photos of Miami & its points of interest):

So here's the fifth installment of the video of our Florida trip. As the title states, this part of the video is footage from our time spent in Miami Beach, mostly of Ocean Drive. Thanks again to Peter for all his help with editing this video, he did an awesome job (he edits videos for his real job too, so he's really good)! Also, we put some picturesque photos of Miami and some of its points of interest that we found online as well as a couple of the one's we took ourselves below the video for your viewing pleasure. So, here you go and enjoy! =-)

Be sure to pause the music at the bottom of the blog before starting the video.

Pictures of Miami and some of its points of interest:

Old Eastern Airlines art-deco style Miami Beach poster

Aerial shot of Miami Beach & Downtown Miami

Wide shot of a beach in Miami Beach & it's numerous sunbathers

Art-deco style lifeguard station on the beach in South Beach

Sunrise as viewed from the beach in South Beach

Ocean Drive (a.k.a. the Art Deco District) South Beach (as seen in video)

Night shot of Downtown Miami

Shot of the beach we hung out on in Key Biscayne, near Miami (as seen in Chapter 6 of video-taken by Tom)

Shot of us hanging out on a beach in Key Biscyane (taken by Tom)

Tom & Ali's Florida Trip Video-Chapter 4-Key West-Hard Rock Cafe (& the friend we made while eating there)-Crabby Dick's-7 Mile Bridge-(& more pics.):

So here's the fourth installment of the video of our Florida trip. As the title states, this part of the video is footage from our time spent in Key West, mostly of us at Hard Rock Cafe (& of the friend we made while eating there-pretty funny but kind of mean) & of us having lunch at Crabby Dick's (both are on Duval Street). Then, there is a quick blip of us driving north up the coast back to Miami (specifically while on Seven Mile Bridge, or not). Another special thanks to Peter for all his help with editing this video, he did a spectacular job (he edits videos for his real job too, so he's really good)! Also, we put some more picturesque photos of Key West and some of its points of interest that we found online below the video for your viewing pleasure. So, here you go and enjoy! =-)

Be sure to pause the music at the bottom of the blog before starting the video.

Pictures of Key West and some of its points of interest:

Another shot of Duval Street (the calmer end)

The home of Ernest Hemmingway, one of the popular tourist attractions in Key West

A shot of another pretty beach in Key West

Another cool shot of a ship at sunset. We ate at the cafe on the waterfront seen in this picture at sunset and it was a gorgeous view. Tons of sail boats and ships went floating by as we ate. Also, there were several street performers entertaining the crowds (such as a guy juggling an assortment of flaming objects). So, the waterfront is definitely a cool place to go hang out & eat at around sunset if you're ever down there.

Sunset shot of another pretty beach in Key West

Tom & Ali's Florida Trip Video-Ch. 3-Key West-Other (Party) End of Duval St.-(And more picturesque photos of Key West & its points of interest):

So here's the third installment of the video of our Florida trip. As the title states, this part of the video is footage from our time spent in Key West (mostly of Duval Street on the other/party end of it). A special thanks again to Peter for all his help with editing this video, he did a spectacular job (he edits videos for his real job too, so he's really good)! Also, we put a few picturesque photos of Key West and some of its points of interest that we found online below the video for your viewing pleasure. So, here you go and enjoy! =-)

Be sure to pause the music at the bottom of the blog before starting the video.

Pictures of Key West and some of its points of interest:

Shot Of the Episcopal Church on Duval Street as seen in our video

Shot of Key West's Lighthouse. They intentionally built it short to increase the likelihood of ships crashing on the reefs here. Ship salvaging was one of the first and primary sources of revenue and job/economy growth in Key West. That's why so many movies like Fools Gold are shot here, because there really are several shipwrecks still out in the ocean to discover and scavenge.

Another beautiful sunny day on a beach in Key West

Another beautiful shot of a sailboat at sunset