Love for TA, from an outsider.

I'll start by introducing myself, i'm david byron gilbert, also know as, VIP G. I've been adopted by the boys at TA since day 1, and i couldn't be more thankful. My story starts back in the 10th grade, everyday after school James, #9, and I would cruise to the local gas station and pick up some crispito's(thanks norval). We would then head to the late residence of the Mitchell family to play some swat ball but neither james or me, could handle #9 aka Jokim Noah (: These days started a friendship that was very lasting, still do this day. The next big step in our friendship was, the move. While i was in alaska i got the most blind-siding phone call of my life. James called me and said, "dude david i'm moving to oregon at the end of the summer, my parents told me last night, and its for sure". I thought at first that he was lying to me, it just couldn't be true. When he convinced me it was true, i then offered the other half of my bed to him for our senior year, even before i asked my mom but i had faith she would understand, because i understood her love for james. The next 2 months were a blurr, spending all the time i possibly could with him, but not getting as much as i'd have liked because of the constant battle with everyone in this town to get some time with james mitchell. One of the most touching talks i've ever had came next, sitting outside his house i asked him if he was gonna stay or move. James looked at me and told me he was moving. He then went on to tell me that he couldn't just leave patrick out to hang like that. He said that if it weren't for patrick he would probably be staying, but he was going to atleast go for half the year to make sure patrick found friends and could atleast stand it, before he would come back to roosevelt. I used to be selfish and try and talk him into staying, until that night when i learned more about james than i ever had before. James truly will put everyone else in front of him, no matter how much he doesn't want to, i guess i had always known that, but had never seen this kind of sacrifice before. Before i knew it, he had moved and i was missing one of my best friends. A couple trips from oregon to utah, me and #9 going to oregon for two weeks, and the wildest summer of my life (sleeping in laura, rockstars, nappy hollowmoon, paint, picking up trash, ruining abbegelens compressor unit, hiding from masta bertaw, cliff jumping, riding #9's waverunner when he'd allow it, chikita sunrise.. and so on), it was time for james and i to head to college. I unforunately had accepted a scholarship at snow college at went off to spend my time in ephraim utah or turkeyville usa as the thugs from TA calls it. James had accepted his scholarship at UVU in happy valley utah. I spent one weekend in ephraim and decided that wasn't going to happen again, and a week later i was headed to provo. James showed me the ropes and introduced me to all his thugs.

I met my ironman first. Scotty Mo is one of my favorite people ever right now. This kid is the most self motivated person i've ever met. When he says he's going to do something, i'll make a guarantee for him, its gonna happen. I don't think the idea of failure has ever crossed this kids mind, thats not very normal in an 18 year old in college. He is down for anything and everything, and will always help you out. And one of my favorite things about him is his ability to make you feel good about yourself, no matter what your doing or wearing. He'll throw you a compliment at anytime.

JT!!! This is the freshest kid out there. I read the blog about getting rid of your tall friends if you want girls, not true. Get rid of john if you want a chance with a girl. He doesn't even have to open his mouth and he'll steal your girl. As well as being hott, he is one of the funniest kids alive. His sense of humor is unlike anyone else. He makes the funniest comments about everything from his monstertruck and monsterbike to the kind of underwear you are supposed to wear swimming. He cares about everyone. I'm in love.

Taylor is legit. He has his sights set on the right goals at all times. I haven't gotten to know him as well as the other three, because the first of the semester he was always out chillin with other wanna be thugs, but he's a changed man. He's always having fun, even when he's stealing everyones girls, even though he won't admit it. He's a definite stud, one that i know will go far in life for sure.

The double take twins are the stuff. Everyone knows that. If you don't know them, get to know them. You won't be let down. Thats my promise.

Thats my love for TA. I've been more privelaged than anyone else i think, because i get to be with all of them every weekend.

The Double Take Twins

People may be wondering where The Double Take Twins fit into TA. We are James' older twin brothers, and Scott's cousins. So naturally we started coming over to hang with our cousin and brother, but the time we spent over here, we realized that there were a few more bros that were cool to hang with Johnny and Taylor. So now if you ever have the opportunity to chill at TA and you see the Double Take Twins do not be alarmed.. we may look a little intimidating at first, but we are gentle giants on the inside (However Be Ye warned.. We know how to throw down when the moments calls, so be prepared for a flurry of fists and flying feet and piledrivers to the face!) Now for those of you who know us, you know that there are significant differences between Matt and Me. When it comes to looking alike the similarities are clear, however, there are some major differences and once you get to know us you will start to pick up on them. It doesn't really matter which DTT you are hanging with, you will have an enjoyable evening. But if you have the chance to hang with both Double Take Twins you are in for a real treat. Lets just say we are an interesting pair of twins. I have this theory of The Double Take Twins. But first let me explain. Although Matt and I may appear very similar we are very different. Matt has never had too much success when it comes to the ladies, but I on the other I hand have(Im not a man whore, just a gentleman). Matt is the more outgoing one, I am more conservative. Matt is left-handed, I am right-handed. Can you see where I am going with this? Matt and I are different in a lot of ways. Don't get me wrong, we are eachothers best friend and love hanging out with eachother. We can do that weird twin thing where we know exactly what the other one is thinking, we even have the mannerisms (if you don't know what they are.. you will probably see them with time) So what I am getting at is that Matt and I complitment eachother perfectly. Where I lack Matt makes up for me. Where Matt lacks I make up for him. With that said I claim that when Matt and I were in the pre-mortal life we were one PERFECT spirit. Obviously Jesus could be the only perfect spirit in existence so Heavenly Father, thinking quickly, split Matt's and mine perfect spirit into two seperate beings, therefore making two very cool and fly G's. So there you have it boys and girls. The theory of The Double Take Twins. So why dont you come on down to TA 113 and say hi.. we will most likely be here!
Peace! I'm Outta Here!

Thuggin' It: T-Money Style

It has taken taken a while but I, T-Money, have finally decided to become a contributor to the thug apartment blog. Reading everyone else's blogs has been awesome and I hope that I can produce as good of a contribution to the blog. Since moving to TA in August my life has changed a lot. I now have five new G's that i can hang with all the time. Whether we are chillin' in thug apartment or cruisin' the town thugs always know how to have fun. Another new addition to my life is the Double Take Twins. It is like having two new brothers which I never had back in South Jordan. The whole switch to life on my own has been one of the funnest things that has ever happened to me. Meeting new girls and letting things take their course to see what happens. The college life is legit. There are unlimited opportunities to make new friends and have fun at every turn. Raintree is an awesome place to live. The life of a thug in the 168th ward could not go better. FHE groups have been legit the first one can never be replaced. The other guys apartment will always be welcome in thug apartment. Plus the girls in our group were always awesome and it was a sad thing to see them go. But as time goes we had to change groups. The new group is going to be sick tight and we here at TA are excited to see how it goes. Although other members of the ward are not all fun and games. The girls in 220 decided start a war by stealing rocky. They will regret that mistake forever because a storm is coming. Megan and her friends are in for it because they soaked Scotty Mo, DTT #2, and I and we do plan on getting revenge on them. All of these things that have happened to me have made me extremely happy to live at Raintree and appreciate my fellow thugs. We all live in a gangsta's paradise and we could ask for nothing more. Thank you to all for making thug apartment what it is especially the originals Scotty Mo, JT, and Lil Mitch. You guys are frikkin' legit. I also have to do a special shout out to my man Spanks. Sorry for missing the farewell but TA loves ya and we will all see you in 2 1/2. You rock and TA will keep in touch. Well these are the words I am spittin' to the world. Stay Classy Thug Apartment!

T-Money

Shout out to my boy Spanky

What is up guys!!?? How is everyone?? I would just like to write a short little something about my boy Spanky aka Colton Spencer. Colton is probably one of the coolest kids I know and if you don't agree I might just tell you to go get something and get a life while you are at it. But I would like to give a shout out to Spanks and let him know that he will be in my prayers. And I think that I can speak for the rest of Thug Apartment when I say you are probably one of the coolest, most chill kids ever. Thanks for being my friend since Kindergarten and thanks for being such a good friend even when I wasn't the greatest friend (the stupid feeg days). I know that all of the thugs will be keeping in touch with Spanks. I think we should all try to be a little more like elder Spanky... See you in around 2 1/2 Spanky!!

The Pre-Mi Life (pronounced pre-me)

Yo yo yo, this is your boy Scottie "Ironman" Mo again just spilling my feelings onto the screen via my keyboard. I've been doing a lot of reflecting lately about life and my Pre-Mi boys. Last night I had a very insightful conversation with a beautiful daughter of God about life....I explained to her how it's weird thinking about life after my mission because for the past 18 1/2 years of my life I've been preparing specifically for the day that I will head out into the mission field. Thinking of carrying on after the mission, without planning for a mission, is weird for me. I've never planned things in the future that would effect my mission or delay it so the thought of returning from my mission is kind of scary. I don't know what I'm going to, I'm sure I'll still being doing triathlons, maybe seeking to become a pro triathlete even. But when it boils down to it, for my entire life I've had my eye set on a mission, and thats it. I dream of the day that I open up my call and finally get to head out there and bring others happiness. I'm sure all my legit Pre-Mi G's feel the same way as well.

I think that a part of me thinking these things could be because of the departure of our boy and John's main man, Elder Colton "Spanky" Spencer. I'm jealous of Elder Spanky and I know he will be awesome out there in North Carolina. If I had the choice, I would drop everything tomorrow and head out on my mission. I think that seeing all my friends go out, and being around a lot of tight RMs has made me more anxious to get out there and do my part.

Don't get me wrong, I know that everything about the mission is tough. Trials are a daily occurance and often times it feels like your back is against the wall out there. But I also know that enduring is a very important trait (endurance is kinda my thang). Whenever I think of the trials I'll have or of the ones I currently have I like to apply a little "endurance" quote that my boy Lance Armstrong said, "Pain is temporary, quitting lasts forever." We all need to realize that what we go through only makes us stronger, and as one of my fav. scriptures says "for if they did not know the bitter, they couldn't know the sweet."

Sure I'm excited to get out there, as are my boys here at TA. I know that leaving everyone will be tough, and I'm loving my life right now more than ever. But I know that by going out I can be an example to others around me and most of all I can make my sisters and parents proud. I'm so glad that I was blessed with the best family ever and the best and most beautiful sisters in the world. I hope they know that I am planning on a mission for the right reasons and that nothing can stop me from my ultimate goal of serving the Lord faithfully. I thank all my bro's for the great examples they are by serving missions and of course for my fellow G Spanky who left today. I love you all, stay fly.

-Scottie Mo

Things that guys wonder what girls like?

Guys (not thugs) are always trying to figure out what things characteristics do girls like in guys. Im not talking about the personality characteristics like a good sense of humor, smart, kind caring, romantic, etc. And not to mention tall, dark and handsome. I have found out first hand that if you have a semi good looking friend that is at least 6' 4" then you can kiss your chances of getting the girl you want goodbye. I found out that the main reason why girls melt when tall semi cute guy come by is because they love to wear high heals! and if they are taller than you in high heals then your chances of getting with her are done son. Ask any girls how tall they are and they could give you two measurments one without heals the other with heals on. So here's a shout out for all you short doods! Take these tips to heart and they will help you make a good first impression. Because lets face it, everyone is shallow when you meet someone for the first time. cause you dont know anything about that person, so looks are all you have to go off of:
1. Get rid of all your tall friends.
2. 7 out of 10 girls prefer short clean cut guys and 2 out of 10 prefer shaggy hair. 1 prefers bald ( i only know one guy that can pull off a bald head really well and his first name does not end in ric.) But if thats all you have to work with you have my recepect cause your chances are slim.
3. 6 outof 11 prefer smooth chest, and 5 out of 10 prefer hairy chest. 0 out of 10 likes gorilla hairy chest. And 0 out of 10 like prickly chest. So do what you gotta do.
4. You gotta be a G, no way out of that. And for all you thugs out there I know a place where you can get in for free. TA113! Respect!
After you get your good first impression let your personality finish her off. Then once you finalize the deal you can tell them that your chest hair rivals most gorillas.
And ladies let me know what you think and if you would like to be included in the next surveys!

The docta is in!

After popular demand i finally have decided to begin to add in my thoughts on everything and anything. One thug in particular thinks i should let all my thoughts and intense studies on everything be know to all. Not only do i just give thought and make people think but i also give good advice on everything and anything. even though i might have not experienced it all. I still have good advice for everything. Like i alway say you dont have to play the game to be a good coach!
So to start off check this out! What is the difference between babies and parasites? Think about it. A parasite cannot liveon its own it needs an independent body to live off of. if you take a parasite and put it in a fully stocked apartment i wouldnt give that parasite a week before its dead. A newly born baby is the same way. I once gave a baby a 9 oz sirloin steak and all it did was suck on it much like a parasite! it didnt even try to bite off a peice. Im never going to give steak to a baby! wanna know why? caues its a waste of steak. I'll eat it instead. So babies and parasites aren't that different. They just suck on things and leave other people to do the rest for them. but in the babies defence, you cannot raise a parasite into a thug. I'll leave it at that. questions? comments? concerns? advice? Docta DDT#2 is in.

Life at TA

Hi! Hello! How are you? Yes this is your boy JT up at 1:30 in the morning just hangin with his boys Ironman and Lil Mitch. As I was sitting here with the boys looking at our newly aquired shrine... "The Cleat", and tango-ing some tangos on Rainbow 6... I began thinking. I wasn't really thinking of anything in particular, just about life in general. I was mostly thinking, of course, about all the things currently going on in my life and why I was dealt the hand I was being dealt. Some of the current things going on is of course school at BYU the most blessed university in the land, Hangin with awesome roommates and fergalicious girls (their bodies are vicious: 20 year olds, track stars, volleyball players, and rich half fake girls :)), My best friend Spanky leaving on the mish, awesome loving parents, and so on and so forth. I was trying to go deeper and deeper into my thoughts and think how blessed I am and how I got on this road I am on and all that ish.... Then it hit me!! Why am I thinking so much?? In general I love my life, and I think I am thinking too much and should just enjoy life and have fun. My point is that we should sometimes try not to make life so complicated and just love our life and know and acknowledge that we have been blessed and then just keep living our lives and not look back. I don't want to be one of those people who try to get all deep. Thug Apartment is awesome and people should chill out!!!! (ERIC) If we don't follow every little thing by a T we will be fine as long as we do what matters. So don't be to hard on yourself just do as Rihanna says and "Live Your Life", YOU DIG??

Love JT

TA and Women

While we (Scottie Mo, JT, Lil Mitch, Matt and I) were traveling out to PC for our Dude of the Day Spanky's farewell speech (By the way you rocked that homie, John was totally crying) Lil Mitch started to share a story of what happened to him last night while Scottie Mo, JT, and Spanky were out enjoying the evening with some lovely lady dimepieces. The story was about and old accquaintance of The Double Take Twins and Lil Mitch. While Lil Mitch was Facebooking this old accquaintance started a simple harmless chat with our boy Lil Mitch. However soon this innocent chat escalated quickly into a silly assumption and sterotype of most guys..excluding all TA members of course. It started out as a simple what are doing tonight kind of chat, a simple answer came back from Lil Mitch, but the next question from this accquaintance is where it started to become a little strange. He asked, " Any ladies coming over?" Lil Mitch slightly taken back by this sudden strange outburst, calmly answered that none at the moment. He then asked if there were going to be any coming over soon.. Lil Mitch being the kind, good G that he is humored the accquaintance by saying maybe. Lil Mitch then continued to explain that he was going to attend a Pajama Jam party to enjoy the evening. The accquaintance asked if he was going with girls.. Lil Mitch simply stated that he was going to meet up with some there. As soon as Lil Mitch answered that, the accquaintance ended the conversation. This brings us to the topic of which I, Jake Mitchell DTT #1, would like to discuss this evening. Stereo types can be very misleading and very dull and boring at the same time. The reason for this dullness is the fact that it is has been done so many times that everyone ties this thing or action to whatever holds the stereo type. The stereo type I wish to cover now is the stereo type of guys see that if they are talking with another guy it is a given that girls must be mentioned or brought up into the conversation. True there is nothing wrong with talking about girls, girls are great and deserve to be mentioned or talked about to your bros. However in this instance of Lil Mitch and the old accquaintance I know for a fact that the accquaintance did not give a flying flip if Lil Mitch was going to be chillin with some ladies. He only brought up women solelly for the fact that he knows that guys talk about getting with girls! That is such a stupid and at times immature way to go about starting and holding conversations. If you can't start or hold a conversation with a friend and not talk girls then I say go find some new friends. Guys dont need to always be talking about how many girls they want to get with or how many they are getting with.. that is between the G and the Lady(ies). Now I am not trying to say that us Gs at TA never talk about girls, because we do, but what I am saying is that we can actually hold a decent conversation with eachother that has nothing to do with the lady folk. However when we do speak of women we do not generalize, we know the names of the girls in our lives and we talk about them as individuals not as mindless trophies to be flaunted around for show. We talk about how things are going with that special lady, we offer advice to one another and help eachother through the hard times and the good times. So I say stop being that "Guy" who thinks all that guys talk about is Sports and getting with girls. How about you become a decent dude and try and hold a decent conversation with your bros, you will find that they are a lot more chill than you think, and you will start to look at opposite sex different, you will have more respect for them. So have a little bit more respect for yourself and for the ladies you will be talking about. Stop being that guy, and start being a G!
Peace, I'm out!
Double Take Twin #1

Whoa, Forgot a Big Announcement

This is a shout out from the Thugs to our fellow thug up in Plain City, UT (Greater Ogden area) Colton "Spanky" Spencer. Tonight marks Spany's last night as a dating man, and he is having his missionary farewell this Sunday, which the thugs will be attending. He will be leaving for North Carolina ("C'mon and raise up, take your shirt off and twist it around your head, spin it like a helicopter") on Wed. He will be serving the great Lord for two years and we know that our boy will do us proud. He's tha man and we all love him dearly. Spanks, keep staying fly and remember that you are the man and we're all looking up to you buddy. Love ya man, you're going to do great out there.

John Scores us Austin Collie's Cleat

Yo yo yo, this is Scottie Mo with JT, Taylor, and lil' Mitch. We have big news boys and girls, big news. Today was BYU's final home game this year against San Diego State. Of course our boys in blue blew out the Aztecs 41-12, setting a school record of 18 straight home wins covering the past 3 seasons. But, thats not all, the best part is still coming folks. First of all, for those of you who don't know, BYU has a wide out named Austin Collie who basically is the man. He's gone for 100+ yards the past 8 games (a Mountain West Conference record) and he has 13 TDs and 1,185 yards so far this season with two games still left on the schedule. He's also a candidate for the Biletnikoff Award (Best WR in college football).

As you can see, Austin is obviously a major stud for BYU. He's Max Hall's main man, and he's also become ours.

Once upon a time, the thugs from TA were chillin in our usual after game spots above the BYU player tunnel in the stands...as the players come through all the little kids down low line up around them normally ask "Hey man, can I have your number?" or possibly, "Yo Max Hall, gimme your wristband!" Now we have seen this happen game after game this year and one time I even gave a girl my number in this very same atmosphere, so obviously her life was changed and its plain to see that this place is a pretty legit scene. But this time it got even more legit. All the big name players were coming through giving high fives and signing autographs when we saw this beast of a man, Austin Collie. Earlier we had tryed to score Michael Reed's (The other bomb BYU wide out) mouth guard. He looked up at us, and he along with all of our other fans chuckled. So, as you can see we were determined to get any kind of memorabilia from the players. Mr. Collie was busy signing autographs while we were up above him yelling at him. Everyone was trying to get something from him but he had already taken off his sweatbands and had already wiped off the Aztec blood that he had collected during the previous 48 minutes of football. So, our boy JT "Heartthrob" Meyer yells "Yo my boy Austin! Throw us your cleat!" Of course we were just being the silly thugs that we are, and we all thought that there would be no way that we could actually score his cleat, but we did. He kept signing autographs, then started walking towards the locker room door when all of a sudden he kicked his right heel out of his shoe. All of us instantly froze. He then took it off and turned towards us. A little Tongan Boy by Austin began to cry tears of joy as Mr. Collie lofted the cleat towards the heavens (us). I reached as far out as I could, hanging dangerously over the guard rail, the cleat then fluttered into my grasp and John began to cry hysterically. All of the people down low by the players started clapping as we all freaked out and started to "2-Step" while holding the cleat. We then decided to check the size and came to discover that we had basically found Cinderella's glass slipper because its size "11" fit my foot perfectly. I put it on, and we started our trek back to TA. Multiple times we were stopped along the way by adoring fans of us, oh and Austin, and we even were asked for pictures. Basically Austin became more of a man today because of his acceptence into the brotherhood known as TA. From now on Austin will always be a G and he will always get into TA for free!

Our Boy and His Gift to Us

Late Night Shout-out and Nacho Libre Sighting Confirmation

Yo yo yo this is your boy Scottie Mo again, just chillin here with John "Heartthrob" Meyer and James "lil' Mitch" Mitchell again. Yeah, its 3:20 am and we just got back from iHop. We're loving life here at Raintree in Provo and we're pretty stoked to see our beloved BYU Cougars take on San Diego State tomorrow. We're hoping that they will decide to quit sucking on defense and that Max Hall will continue to throw 5+ touchdowns a game. Good luck boys, our hearts are with you.


p.s. It has been brought to TA's attention that it appears as though the one and only Nacho Libre is indeed a thug at Thug Apartment. In response to all of these rumors it is my obligation to confirm that yes Nacho Libre is a thug here at TA. The proof is in the pudding aka look at the picture of me with this devilish Mexican wrestling legend. He will pile-drive you to the face.

Nacho!

John and his new family at TA

Hi everyone this is John, Scott and James' and Taylors awesome roommate from Plain City (PC) Utah. I introduced the gang to the idea of Thug Apartment and they fell in love, but i don't like to take all the credit for TA even though i very easily could. I just wanted everyone to know that I have the coolest roommates ever, except for Eric and occasionally Jake (I hope they don't see this). Other than those two my roommates are way chill and I am enjoying my college experience. I would like to publicly thank Scott for spending late nights and sometimes late mornings at girls apartments with me and also spending fun five day weekends with me. I then would like to thank James for always being truthful in how i look and doing late night ab workouts with me. I would then like to thank Taylor for trying to complete my game of seven steps to Kevin Bacon starting with Johnny Dep even though he will never figure it out, but thanks for trying. I would also like to thank the Moberg family for taking care of me for a weekend in Moses Lake and for Scotts parents being almost identical to mine. I would like to end by letting everyone know that I have successfully helped Scott and James find the feeling of LOVE from many girls. Love is a confusing feeling, but we are all certain that we now cannot ignore what we are feeling. If you think my post is dumb let me know and I will probably tell you to go get something for me and tell you to get a life while you are at it, but let me know anyway. Love JT

Welcome to Thug Apartment

Yo yo yo everyone, this is your boy Scott "Ironman" Moberg spittin to ya real quick with my fellow thugs James "lil' Mitch" Mitchell, John "Heartthrob" Meyer (or JT), and a Matt Mitchell (2 of 2 double take twin). My boys and I in Thug Apartment (Raintree 113B) have been getting a lot of fans these days and we wanted to start a blog so that we can talk to all of our loves at once. So here's a friendly welcome from all of your boys at TA (Thug Apartment), Scott, John, James, Taylor, David "Big D" Gilbert (VIP G), and the infamous double take twins Matt and Jake Mitchell. I hope all ya'll enjoy, peace and love.