They took the battle, yes, but The War is Not Yet Over

I'm not sure who to be Mad at here.

I went to Battle of the Bands on Friday. It was great fun, but I had have my complaints.

FIRST: Somebody from BYUSA told me there was no filming allowed.

Really? REALLY? I was filming at the request of my friends who were playing in the show, without whom BYUSA wouldn't have any hope of hosting a Battle of the Bands.

IS THERE ANY REASON? ANY REASON at ALL why I can't film? Or do they just enjoy doling out absolutely ARBITRARY rules and regulations? I filmed anyway.

SECOND, they put chairs out everywhere in the ballroom. Chairs.

So you know what? We couldn't get up and dance. We couldn't dance at Battle of the Bands.

You know why? BECAUSE THERE WERE CHAIRS. It's against fire code to have dancing like that when there are isles. Isles created by the freaking chairs!



Fast forward to this morning. I want you to look at this clip from the DU. According to this article, one of the reasons the band that won won was because "the Empirates worked the crowd and got people to their feet".

Then at the end of the article, talking about Can't Stop Won't Stop, "A mob of fans formed in front of the stage, including several students dressed as robots. The students reluctantly took their seats at the request of BYU event staff."

I want to curse. What is this, Footloose? "Stand up, but don't dance!" is what I'm getting here, and I don't like it One Bit.

There is something on the Y

I don't have a camera yet with enough zoom (I'll get pictures as soon as I can), but open your windows, take a look.

What is that?

Is it supposed to cover up the bottom, so it looks like. "V" for UVU?

Is it covering up a giant red "U", a present from the U of U?

This deserves investigation.

Send any tips or pictures here.

More information forthcoming.

Weight Loss Challenge

From our friend Brad:

"Admittedly, this isn't Provo. It's actually in Sharon, VT. Yes, that Sharon. I'm just not sure how smart a choice this location is for a weight-loss challenge. 24 flavors of soft serve and weight loss go hand in hand."

At least they know their audience, right?

Yet another DU typo

Just in case you're wondering what's going on this weekend, just check out the events calendar! Suspicious activity, theft, alcohol.... Love it!

A friend brought this blunder to my attention, and it gave me a good chuckle. It was printed in the Sept. 30th, 2009 Daily Universe - the Voice of Brigham Young University.

Math jokes - they never get old

I LOVE math humor. I guess if you are into something so very left-brained, you need to have an awesome sense of humor to make up for it.

Found in the Talmage building on BYU campus.

The Fastest Hypnotist in the West

For my hypnotism needs I always choose the guy parked outside seven eleven with an advertisement on the back window of his dodge 4x4.

Ya know cause sometimes you need hypnotism, you need it fast, and with a southern drawl.

Tropical Provo

Classy, Provo. Though I'm assuming these students (living immediately south of campus) did this in the tongue-in-cheek sense.