Got Flu?
Hey guys check out this video by our very own BYU students. It is pretty funny. Make sure you watch until the end. I am seeing some parallels with the Count of Monte Cristo here. Enjoy!
500 days of summer.
PROVO. 500 Days of Summer has finally arrived at the dollar theatre so please for your sake go see it. Boy meets girl, boy falls in love with girl, and well if I told you what happened you wouldn't want to go see it. You may think it's a love story but I warn you beforehand it's not. I promise all you single people out there that it will leave you with a little bit of hope. The soundtrack to the film is amazing. It features The Temper Trap, The Smiths and Regina Spektor. The DVD comes out in Decemeber 22 so if you are not willing to spend the $1.25 it costs to go see it at the dollar theatre you can always wait and rent it :]
Another Awesome BYU blog
What do BYU people like? General Conference? Playing the Piano? Texting in church? Yes. All of them.
Fellow blogsite stuffbyupeoplelike.blogspot.com covers all these topics and more. The blog could be described as an insightful, sometimes stinging, and extremely funny editorial on BYU student life. Here's a short segment from the latest post about the plethora of students who seem to pretend to be able to play the piano:
"EVERY student at BYU plays the piano.
Not all BYU students play the piano well.
Every BYU student THINKS they play the piano well enough to show off once in a while.
Get used to a whole lot of choppy John Schmidt and Fur Elise.
While there is merit in mastering the timeless instrument, BYU kids only dabble in piano enough so that when they are feeling awkward at a church social or house party they can sit down at a piano bench and whip out a solo to impress the previously-uninterested member of the opposite sex. If you are ever the target of this ploy, do not ask the faux piano player to play more than two songs. They do not know more than two, and you will have shunned their advances by requesting such a thing from them."
...and the post goes on, it's great.
For me personally though, there was a little bit of a back fire when I realized I am one of those that can only play a few songs on the piano, and usually just pretend to... well, nevermind.
Check it out.
stuffbyupeoplelike.blogspot.com
Fellow blogsite stuffbyupeoplelike.blogspot.com covers all these topics and more. The blog could be described as an insightful, sometimes stinging, and extremely funny editorial on BYU student life. Here's a short segment from the latest post about the plethora of students who seem to pretend to be able to play the piano:
"EVERY student at BYU plays the piano.
Not all BYU students play the piano well.
Every BYU student THINKS they play the piano well enough to show off once in a while.
Get used to a whole lot of choppy John Schmidt and Fur Elise.
While there is merit in mastering the timeless instrument, BYU kids only dabble in piano enough so that when they are feeling awkward at a church social or house party they can sit down at a piano bench and whip out a solo to impress the previously-uninterested member of the opposite sex. If you are ever the target of this ploy, do not ask the faux piano player to play more than two songs. They do not know more than two, and you will have shunned their advances by requesting such a thing from them."
...and the post goes on, it's great.
For me personally though, there was a little bit of a back fire when I realized I am one of those that can only play a few songs on the piano, and usually just pretend to... well, nevermind.
Check it out.
stuffbyupeoplelike.blogspot.com
Interesting Facts.
Today I heard someone tell a random fact about the population of Moscow, Russia. I thought, "Who needs to know that?"
My conclusion: Probably the people that study the population of Russia.
Which lead me to another question... what kind of useless facts do I know?
So I thought I would share.
Useless fact #1:
Some farmers in Japan figured out how to grow watermelons in the shapes of rectangles. They did it to conserve shelf space.
Useless fact #2:
25% of BYU students are married. (This made me feel better until I realized that out of the remaining 75% about 60% have significant others... leaving the single population at a dwindling 15%, but enough about that).
Useless fact #3:
Shakespeare was only 18 when he married his wife Ann Hathaway who was 26. (Cougar anyone?)
Useless fact #4:
I know someone that knows someone that was an extra in the Twilight movie. She said that Kristen Stewart is mean. I believe her.
Useless fact #5:
I have met someone that can lick their elbow. It is not impossible.
Useless fact #6:
If you drink ice water your body burns mores calories because it has to warm up the liquid.
Useless fact #7:
During the average lifetime of a man or a woman they will grow 590 miles of hair.
Do you have any random facts that you love?! Let us know.
Feel free to comment.
My conclusion: Probably the people that study the population of Russia.
Which lead me to another question... what kind of useless facts do I know?
So I thought I would share.
Useless fact #1:
Some farmers in Japan figured out how to grow watermelons in the shapes of rectangles. They did it to conserve shelf space.
Useless fact #2:
25% of BYU students are married. (This made me feel better until I realized that out of the remaining 75% about 60% have significant others... leaving the single population at a dwindling 15%, but enough about that).
Useless fact #3:
Shakespeare was only 18 when he married his wife Ann Hathaway who was 26. (Cougar anyone?)
Useless fact #4:
I know someone that knows someone that was an extra in the Twilight movie. She said that Kristen Stewart is mean. I believe her.
Useless fact #5:
I have met someone that can lick their elbow. It is not impossible.
Useless fact #6:
If you drink ice water your body burns mores calories because it has to warm up the liquid.
Useless fact #7:
During the average lifetime of a man or a woman they will grow 590 miles of hair.
Do you have any random facts that you love?! Let us know.
Feel free to comment.
My favorite time waster would most definitely have to be My Life is Average.
MLIA is one of those websites where anyone can submit a nice little average blurb about their life. But what, you might ask, is the difference between MLIA and FML? Well, on MLIA reader put it this way:
FML is for the "cool" people, who get proposed to with ringpops and hate it, MLIA is for the dorky people who wish they were proposed to like that.
Positive versus negative, if you will.
Here are some of my favorite MLIA
~Today I woke up in bed sleeping horizontally, not vertically. I didn't think about it until I turned my head and saw a note. The note said, "Thank you for your cooperation, sorry we couldn't put you back correctly, but we were pressed for time." This worries me slightly. MLIA.
~Today, I found out that it is illegal to dress up as batman in Australia. My heart goes out to you, Australia. MLIA
~Today, I was talking to my bestfriends younger sister. During a game of 20 Questions I asked her what her 3 weapons would be during a zombie invasion. Her answer was "Jesus, Dumbledore, and Chuck Norris". My best friend doesn't know this, but he's that much closer to being replaced. MLIA
And while we're laughing, check out Awkward Family Photos.
MLIA is one of those websites where anyone can submit a nice little average blurb about their life. But what, you might ask, is the difference between MLIA and FML? Well, on MLIA reader put it this way:
FML is for the "cool" people, who get proposed to with ringpops and hate it, MLIA is for the dorky people who wish they were proposed to like that.
Positive versus negative, if you will.
Here are some of my favorite MLIA
~Today I woke up in bed sleeping horizontally, not vertically. I didn't think about it until I turned my head and saw a note. The note said, "Thank you for your cooperation, sorry we couldn't put you back correctly, but we were pressed for time." This worries me slightly. MLIA.
~Today, I found out that it is illegal to dress up as batman in Australia. My heart goes out to you, Australia. MLIA
~Today, I was talking to my bestfriends younger sister. During a game of 20 Questions I asked her what her 3 weapons would be during a zombie invasion. Her answer was "Jesus, Dumbledore, and Chuck Norris". My best friend doesn't know this, but he's that much closer to being replaced. MLIA
And while we're laughing, check out Awkward Family Photos.
long time no post
Wednesdays are my days to post about media and some sort of communication so this week I'm blogging about one of my favorite comedians. I was first introduced to Bill Cosby on FoxFamily when they played re-runs of The Cosby Show (bloopers). Its hillarious!!
It's clean and full of good family fun. Not too many shows like this one i think, and its too bad
It's clean and full of good family fun. Not too many shows like this one i think, and its too bad
This may be the weirdest thing you experience today...
Children's television has come a long way from the old days of Sesame Street and Mr. Rodgers, but I’m so sure that Nick Jr.’s “Yo Gabba Gabba” would be considered progression, more just like going way off the beaten path. Way off. I was recently told about this odd television show from a friend back in San Diego. What would make a college student want to watch a very weird children’s show? The fact that they have had guests like Tony Hawk, Shiny Toy Guns, Elijah Wood, The Shins, The Ting Tings, and the Aquabats. There is even an episode starring Jack Black that was guest directed by BYU’s very own Jared Hess.
Check out this clip from the show, and you decide, does this really qualify as good children’s television, or is it just really really out there? Hmmmm…
Check out this clip from the show, and you decide, does this really qualify as good children’s television, or is it just really really out there? Hmmmm…
