Man, bracket is TOAST! If you were to look at it, it is a bunch of X's and a couple +1's or +2's. NOBODY should ever have a perfect bracket. NOBODY could have chosen VCU and Butler to both go to the Final four. This is just madness. Now I know why they call it March Madness. BYU had a tough year, and Jimmer Fredette went out on a bad note. But it was fun while it lasted, and now I have the NBA playoffs coming up! So much sports.
Volleyball season is beginning to get hot, and I think that we can do something this year. Being in a really tough league, it will be exciting to see how we can do. On Tuesday we start with CDM. They are ranked 3rd in the county, and it will be tons of fun. We have got nothing to lose, so maybe we can pull a little VCU or something

Well, I finally had my court of honor. There were 6 boys who got it, and it was not as long as I thought it would be. I decided to give my mentor award to Alistair Hawker, but he passed away in December. It is really too bad, but it was nice being able to honor him at the Eagle Court of Honor. I said "I have chosen to give my mentor award to Alistair Hawker. Even though he was such an expert in the field of building cabinets and other furniture, he was kind enough to help me do my project. Such a gesture shows how humble a man he was and did not care if he was building for a Temple or a scout. He wanted everything perfect, never got frustrated at my cluelessness, and showed how someone can help another, even if they did not know them very well. Without Brother Hawker, I don’t know how or when I would have finished my project. I don’t think he was ever a Boy Scout, but he was the epitome of scout spirit, an adult helping a 14 year old boy, just trying to build a couple of cabinets. I wanted to give him this award today, but he suddenly passed away this last December, so I would like to invite his wife Patrice up to the stand to give her the award." After I said this, his wife came up and took the pin, and the crowd of people clapped and clapped for a good 3 or 4 minutes. I felt really good, but while this was happening, it was hard to not get nervous and a little emotional. I didn't cry, but I was shaking for the second part, which was a reflection on scouts in general. It was a really nice ceremony, and I could feel as though Brother Hawker was there listening.

This is my friend Connor and I. I never knew he was that much shorter than me.
This is Connor, Myself, Param Shaw, Matthew Kupferer, Tyler Muir, and Harrison Scoville. The newest eagles.

Blake Griffin Won the NBA Dunk Contest. He dunked over a car, and Hung on the rim by his elbow. This one other Guy, Serge Ibaka, Dunked from the Free Throw Line. Crazy stuff goes on. BYU is owning still, but I hope they didn't peak early and Jimmer is only good for the first 3/4 of the season.
Life Is Good

No one reads this, but whatever

Alyse says she reads my blog. Yeah right. No one does. It is a good place to write about my life and talk about random things such as volleyball or good scriptures. I think its kind of cool if no one reads it, then I don't have to watch what I write.
Anyways, today in church I was thinking about what a friend had said, which was that it says in the Bible that there is no other book allowed. I think he was talking about Revelation 22:18, which is "For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and [from] the things which are written in this book". This is saying that you cannot add or subtract from the Bible, but the Book of Mormon is introduced as "The Book of Mormon is a volume of holy scripture comparable to the Bible". Not adding, not subtracting, but having teachings that are common with the Bible. I also found John 10:16, which says "And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd." It is talking about how he was going to visit the Americas and other followers of him.
Well, volleyball is really coming on fast in 1 or 2 weeks. I am excited, but scared because I have no idea of what to expect because my club team wasn't all that good. I hope I am ready when the time comes. Austin is ready, then 2 other kids on the team are pretty ready. I really hope there can be four with me that are ready instead of 3.
Jimmer Fredette is destroying right now, which is good. If BYU was to win the championship, (and I am not expecting them to, just a what if) no one would ever make fun of me for wanting to go to BYU or anything.
Life is good

Dallin Shoji Part II

Try outs is happening right now. It turns out that my JV coach last year told the other setter that he needs to compete with me for that starting spot. I am excited and frightened by the fact that I have a chance to start. I am not expecting anything, because I don't know how good I am or how good I need to be. Corona Del Mar, the best team in our league, has at least 2 guys going to D-1 colleges to play volleyball. It is going to be super fun! I need to work as hard as I can.
I ended my semester with a 3.6 GPA. That is not bad, but not what I hoped. I really needed an A in Math, but no, I got a B. I did get a 103% on my science final though, which was awesome. I felt kind of bad because my teacher set the curve before my class took the test, and then I beat it. But I felt kind of bad because one of my friends worked really hard to set that curve, and I did not really study all that hard.
I am going to EFY with Evan Myres, my cousin. We are both extremely excited, but I think we are too excited if it is 6 months away, which is really too bad. We are going to BYU and are staying in Heleman Halls.
Life is good.

Dallin Shoji Part I

Well, 2010 is done. Too bad, but I am thankful. This year better be good, because I have been waiting for a good year for a long time. I'll start with Christmas. I gave to Austin this year, and all he wanted was one thing. For me to sign a contract, that said that I would do whatever it takes to do well in volleyball. He expects me to be quite the setter. He expects me to be this guy on the left. This guy is the best setter in nation. Austin wants to be this guy on the right. He is the greatest outside hitter in the nation. He has high expectations for the team this year, as do I. Corona Del Mar, the best team in the county, is in our league. I EXPECT to beat them this year. I have absolutely no idea why, but I am not nervous right now to play them. Sure, a 6'7" outside hitter hitting at your face is scary, but I'll survive.