After we graduated I found myself in China teaching English to preschoolers and meditating in the surrounding mountain areas. A year later I served a mission in Dallas, Texas, speaking Mandarin Chinese. It was very fantastic.
After two years of sharing the good word with the native Chinese Texans, I went to school at BYU-Idaho. I got sick of that pretty quick so I ran off to China again, but this time to attend a semester abroad. After a few years of traveling around and finding myself, I found my way back to BYU-Idaho. One cold Rexburg winter, I realized there was also a BYU located in the beautiful islands of Hawaii.
I transferred to BYU-Hawaii soon after and got a degree in International Business. Since I never actually studied a day in Hawaii, I spent all my time (years and years) surfing the waves and jumping off waterfalls. In the evenings I worked at the Polynesian Cultural Center as the only white boy drummer. Then the best thing happened, I met my wife, JoLyn, (we met in the ocean) and we were married a few years later.
We now live in Southern Utah where I work for the Government (sorry, can’t really talk about what I do on a public blog). In my free time I spend my evenings trying to get a start as an underground freestyle rapper known as “Professor B”.
Much Love and Aloha,
Brian Jacques
Oh Brian...you are not nearly young enough looking (anymore) to keep riding that old joke....you are a studly looking hombre now, don't kid yourself!
ReplyDeleteOh Dalling Family... I guess you can look like a studly hombre and still be mistaken for a Teenager. Yesterday I was long-boarding home from work and I stopped to help a lady pick up some papers she dropped. When I handed her the papers she said, "thank you young man, most teenagers would have kept on going." So I am pretty sure the joke book says I can keep "riding that old joke" since it is still actually happening in my life. Take that Dalling Family.
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