douchiest schools

Soooo I used to only go to state schools and was all about my land grant universities, but the last 2 1/2 years I've been at a much higher class university. This seems to be pissing me off lately, as all those type of students have returned to campus. My parking lot is full of BMWs and Lexus's and all kinds of fancy cars I want to poop on.

Case and point of how this is pissing me off: last night I was out to dinner with M & A and I kept yelling at these asshole, doucheball students with their damned pink polo shirt popped collar, plaid bermuda shorts, and penny lofters without socks. Those east coast fers with their damn money. I swear, I don't know where this is coming from.....

Case and point part 2: While waiting in the Apple store on Saturday some 11 year old walks up to the corner and says his iPhone isn't working. The guy explains that it had water damage and that it is no longer under warranty once that happens. This kid was a mini east coast asshole, and then I look behind him and his dad was a spitting image!!! They were only missing the pastel sweater tied around their necks. Anyways, the Apple guy says it is $499 for a new phone and the dad just plops down an American Express Gold card and bought him a new iPhone. I wanted to yell: TEACH HIM SOME RESPONSIBILITY!!!! Damn 11 year old kids gets whatever he wants.

And if that wasn't enough, I got this email about America's 25 Douchiest Colleges. And not to my surprise as soon as I open it up, UVA is #25!!! I'm surrounded by east coast douchiness....

Here is what they said about UVA:

Home of: The Blue-Blazer Douche
Affectations: The side part; the insistence on referring to your school as "the University," our third president as "Mr. Jefferson," the quad as "the lawn," and the Civil War as the "War Between the States."
Overheard in the bleachers: "Well, at least our football players actually go to class and—hey, Dylan, this mint julep is outstanding."
In ten years, will be: A member of an exclusive country club. Maybe a philandering public official. Not unlikely a lobbyist for a tobacco company. Possibly all three.

Yesterday was the first home football game and I wanted to run over any student I saw in a tie, orange pants or wearing a set of pearls. I can guarantee next weekend when in MN for the first home football game there will be no students dressed up for the football game. They will have their faces painted and be wearing a student section shirt and be drinking a beer.

pirate technology

My boss clipped this comic for me.....technology AND pirates!!!! Yeah!!!!



I want that app!!!!!

music of the moment

Excited to see Muse in a month!! In anticipation there new album is coming out and here is there new song I can't stop playing:



Also still loving Paramore:

back up and running

So I've mentioned that I had some computer problems the last two weeks, but I'm happy to announce after spending 4 hours at the Apple store yesterday and 7 days without my lovely laptop previously, that we are back up and running!!! I have a new hard drive, a new battery and a free upgrade to the brand new MAC operating system. See what happens when you have patience...you don't have to pay anything extra for basically a brand new computer!!!!

Today I officially got all my mailboxes, bookmarks, addresses, calendars, pictures, and music put back on my machine. I went through the 10,000 messages in my Sent mailbox to pull off as many documents I could recover. And I'm going to go through my blog to get any photos I've lost as well. My iPod is reformating as I type. I wonder what music I'm going to be missing....time will tell. I know I got two books that are now lost. Unfortunately I'm not sure SPSS is going to load on the new OS, which will suck, but I'll work through the rest of the UVA software/email issues with their tech support this week.

Yeah for being back up and running! PS, if you haven't backed up your computer in say the last 6 months, I suggest you do that now!!!! Take it from me.

plastic bags

I was so happy that after 2 1/2 years in Cville that I had organized my life enough that I was using canava bags all the time and had used up all the plastic shopping bags under my kitchen sink. Well that was immeidately shot to shit when I received a box yesterday that was full of Leine's stuff and wrapped in about 50 plastic bags!!!!

Crap Ma it is going to take me 2 more years to use them up now!!! But thanks for the Leine's beer bottle light, and insulated bag!!! I'm going to use the bag next week in MN while tailgating. Yeah!

why some women are still single

Amen sister!

Why some women, and some men too, are still single.

SITC part 2 started

So they officially started filming the second feature film for the Sex and the City (SITC) never-ending drama of a series. The first movie, and I'll admit it, wasn't that bad. But seriously how much more can they milk it??? These ladies are soon going to be going through menopause. And that will make for a very interesting story line....Hot Flashes and the City (yeah like I'm sure someone hasn't thought of that one already!)

We got the first sighting of the filming of SJP and Chris Noth already. At least the clothes will look good!

supporting gay ice cream

Well Vermont is one of many states now who have passed same-sex marriage laws, and as of yesterday they started issuing licenses! To honor this, Vermont's very own Ben & Jerry's ice cream has announced a new label for their popular flavor Cubby Hubby. For the next month it will be called Hubby Hubby, and feature of picture of two men on top of a cake!!! In a press release from the company, they said:

"Ben & Jerry’s has a long history of commitment to social justice, including gay rights. Its partnership with Freedom to Marry, a national leader in the movement for marriage equality, aims to raise awareness of the importance of marriage equality and to encourage other states to follow the blazing trails of Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Iowa, and Maine. Ben & Jerry’s aims to raise awareness of the importance of marriage equality and, to show its support, will serve “Hubby Hubby” sundaes in Vermont Scoop Shops throughout the month of September."

WOW!!! I didn't know B & J was so progressive. I thought they just sold overpriced ice cream and lived in a state colder than where I grew up. The question is will this gain or lose them over customers?

Check out the new label:

more VT violence

So there are still things happening in the Virginia Tech community that are sort of disturbing. VT cannot catch a break. News broke late last week about a couple that was murdered while camping just outside the city/campus. It is very sad.

This is an addition to the April 2007 violence, and other smaller incidents in the last two years. It makes it so difficult to get a community to heal and build when these things continue to happen, especially in a rural college town.

Thoughts and prayers to all VTers.

the song in my head

This song has been in my head for days:



Previous to a little trouble, I had this song in my head too:

no talent ass crown duet

So Michael Bolton, the no talent ass clown (can you name the movie? if you can't I'm disappointed in you), did an amazing duet / collaboration with Lady Gaga. This is more evidence that Ms. Gaga is here to stay as she does more and more cross overs. You have to love that no artists stays in there own genre anymore. Taylor Swift & T-pain, and Nelly and Tim McGraw....this is just crazy and I love it!

I sort of like it:

staring at goats

I just found out there is a new movie coming out called: Men who stare at Goats!!!! This is GRRRRREAT!!!

(insert: for those who don't know I used to have a nickname regarding goats and being a goat girl, long story, not that interesting really)

And so this looks like a great movie to me!!!! Great actors (might be better to say hot actors), funny, and goat mind control. There could be some more goats in this movie though....

I too scat in the woods

Thanks T, check out the funniest news segments of all time.

Did anyone see how most of these are FoxNews? I'm just saying.

I like the "sagging pants in Louisiana" where the guy says sagging his pants helps with his swagger. I agree.

fruit humping

Haribo, the German candy maker, is taking some heat lately for a new visual on one of their candy wrappers. Apparently, an overly excited lime is getting busy with some other fruit which is causing some upset parents in the UK. Look his tongue is even hanging out:

I would totally buy this candy!!!! It would be like an infused citrus zitrone (that means lemon lime) and kirsche (cherry-lime).

There is definitely some fruit humping going on here.

just buy a bottle

OK I don't get this invention. If you can't finish a can of something perhaps you shouldn't start it. And if you want to drink out of a bottle, why don't you just buy a bottle?

Perhaps I can get these and put them on my Bud Light cans sporting my favorite team's colors.

fox alert

So I got an email from UVA about an alert in the area:

Please be aware that we have received reports from the Charlottesville Police Department of a fox acting aggressively in the Lambeth Field, Rugby Road and University Circle areas. Please avoid these areas if possible. Police advise that if you see the fox do not approach the animal but call 911 and give the operator your exact location. Humane traps have been set up to catch the fox and allow for routine tests to check the health of the animal.

And of course I found this completely humorous and sent it around to some friends....I've seen foxes around my place! I don't try to approach them but I would if they didn't scare the crap out of me. Here are some great responses:

1. Set George (my groundhog/beaver/gopher) on them!
2. I think they are talking about a crazy chick. If it had been a older crazy chick, it would have been a cougar. This is a public service announcement intended for the guys. :)

Foxy!

bud light promoting football drinking

Bud Light recently announced a new campaign to promote drinking during football season....apparently this is a new thing this year! Locate football fans can show their "true team colors" by purchasing specialty made cans of Bud Light which are in the colors of their favorite team. For example, at MSU you can get green and white cans at your local East Lansing drive in boozery. There are over 27 different colors they are going to be producing and sending out this fall.

Don't worry though, Anheuser-Busch has been careful to say that this new marketing campaign in not targeted towards underage college students. I mean if they say that then it has to be true right, because what only 25% of college students are actually of legal age to drink. It is not like we have had any problems previously with underage drinking in this country!

Some colleges are already asking Bug Light to remove the products from their towns because of trademark issues and because the colors don't truly represent their school. Because yes there is a major difference between maize and blue.

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news of the week

1. My laptop is in MAC repair land, everyone say a prayer it doesn't go to MAC heaven.
2. Less laptop time means less blogging opportunities.
3. After a great afternoon of riding motorcycles through rural GA last weekend, I've decided I want a motorcycle.
4. I almost wet my pants pushing a burnt grass colored Taurus down the street in Bremen, GA when Bernice's transmission went out. Yep, I pushed the shit out of that car into a parking lot, all by myself. Muscles baby.
5. I saw a grown women wet her pants due to extreme intoxication.
   
6. I had an amazing vacation renewing friendships and spending time with family. Lots of good food, laughter and booze.
   
7. I got some new dress clothes and shoes from the shopping center that was Ann's closet. Sad and grateful all at once.
   
8. I made it successfully back to Cville and am already all settled in without any major problems after traveling through 5 airports and dragging my shit for over a week.
9. My garden is still looking but slowly dying. Got a good 3 months of out of that beast! Eating the last of the tomatoes in the next couple weeks.
   

music of the moment

The new Paramore album is out soon and the singles are being released:



Been so much more into alternative rock music these days...

it's official...pissed off at Favre

God damnit Brett, can't you make up your damn old mind. You're starting to piss me off now!

Favre is now officially a Vik. Yeah for MN. Brett can suck it.

welcome to the dark side

This one is for Claire...welcome to the dark side of tween sensations:

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FL update

1. There are freakin lizards all over the place! (I forgot to mention that yesterday)
2. Bernice has a respiratory infection so I'm officially airborning myself in preparation for my arrival in hot-lanta tomorrow. My damn immune system.
3. There are some killer clouds floating around FL today from Bill, Claudia and Ana. Here's hoping that this season of hurricanes bring a Leslie for the letter L. They could just call it LL. Can I vote for that somewhere???
4. Today was a good training but a little more stressful.
5. There is dried moss hanging from most of the trees, it is like WA but all dried up and not as green mossy. I love it!
6. I've been running my balls off while in FL. Probably will die for the rest of the week. Normally I'm not a runner, and I agree with Bernice's comments today "I only run when being chased" and then I add "I only run when being chased and not wanting to be caught!"
7. I have this damn Black Eye Peas song in my head. Another great vacay song.
8. Look out hot-lanta, I'm coming!!!!

vacay day 2

News of the day:

1. Lightning storms = airport delays = LL lateness and lots of book reading
   
2. First 25 Head Start teachers were pretty smart and a good group today
3. Running in 90 degree weather and humidity makes it hard for LL to breath
4. Running in 90 degree weather makes me sweat balls
5. Everyone in FL has tinted windows darker than the plastic pinto
   
6. Spinners are still hot
7. My hotel is right next to an amazing southern BBQ place, and the owner and I are already friends (free beers for LL)
8. My suitcase is already 47 pounds without any GA stuff yet
9. The MAC computer gods do not like me this week
10. So far Sahara the novel isn't that much different than Sahara the movie. Damn you Clive Cussler!
11. Ben Folds Five Live is great vacay music
    

peeing

OK I've made two posting today about peeing or urinating.....not sure what that is about!

Just stating the obvious here.

another note from where I've lived

Soooo a couple weeks ago I ran across a note about a restaurant in Cville on one of my favorite blogs. Now I read about a posting from someone in Pullman, WA!!! Well holy balls. All the cities I've lived in are making the rounds lately.

Apparently the girls dorms at WSU have been experiencing some problems with male guests and their bathroom privileges. First of all who the hell wants to live in a gendered dorms anymore?? And second, who the hell allows their guest to pee in bottles and throw them out the window??? If I was walking across campus and this business happened to me, I would have been pissed! OK poor choice of word use there :)

I like how it says, "be sure to clean up your guest's urine" OR perhaps you shouldn't have guests who urinate around your personal items. Wait, I guess I had friends in college who did things like that too.....anyone remember that FOX report from the neighbor on 12th Street and Como who had college student peeing on her lawn light up christmas figures??? I would like to officially state that I did not know those people.

care about the environment? pee in the shower

So I'm definitely not a linguist and I don't speak Portuguese, but I can see the message in this commercial: You can save water if you just pee while showering instead of wasting a flush! All tree hugging liberals out there, if you really truly cared about the environment, you too would save your pee for when you shower. For some of us we would be saving for days!

Although many of my friends and family have a problem with it, I don't normally flush until it's brown or at least a couple visits. T has some saying about this that I can't remember. D, a little help??? We're saving water folks! But what I find funny is when someone is over who this bothers, so they flush first, and then use the bathroom. That is at least two flushes!!!

Take a que from my Brazilian friends, just pee in the shower!

I get to see Muse

Well I am officially excited now for the U2 concert in October here in Cville. M & A got us all some wicked 4th row tickets through their connections!!!! And for months I forgot that I had already paid them for the tickets, and for some reason I kept thinking I was going to see The Boss (Bruce that is). Then a couple weeks ago I realized I needed to get this concert on my calendar and figure out that business.

Turns out I'm seeing U2, bitches. And my happiness continued when I heard that my new favorite band and slight addiction, Muse, would be opening for some dates for U2. Turns out Cville is one of them!!!!!!! Yeah!!!! I hear they are great in concert.

I'm soooo freakin excited!!!! Bring it Bono!

(I've been going a little more alternative lately, and Muse and this song really fits that need...except the video is a little freaky)

UMN getting a light rail

My future backup husband, currently in MSP, keeps me up to date with things happening around my home at the Univ. of MN. Check out the possibilities to update transportation for the horrid traffic problems around the U and in Minney:



(someone tell that guy to make a damn point and quicker!)

WOW, this is great, we need this....especially with the new stadium now back on campus:

a little saturday flash mob

This is hot: