Creative Ways to Get a Restraining Order.

This one comes to us via Dave Peterson, who received it from a concerned brother in law.

A picture is worth a thousand words, and the above one screams "what's more creative than a kidnapping?"

This book is a Provo gem and its creative ideas are likely to become a reoccurring feature on the blog, so if you're stumped oh how to ask that special someone to the spring formal, check back often.

To give you a taste, idea #202, is pictured to the right
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Lets break this one down like a fraction.

First Rent or Borrow a ROBOT (think of the word ROBOT being shouted in a deep ominous voice from the future, hence, the all caps). I mean, how have I never thought of that. I'll just head down to the ROBOT rental kiosk in the mall, or better yet, I think Bro. Johnson from the ward has a couple of spare robots lying around maybe I could borrow one.

Second, "Have the ROBOT follow the person around work or school tactfully making comments that are about or to the individual" I guess once you've got a robot this is a no brainer. What's more romantic than a tactful robot following you around followed closely by a giggling frecklefaced kid with an RC remote? I mean nothing exemplifies tactful like a robot ordering a Bacon Bounty Cheese at Arctic Circle.

All in all, thank you for this, Barbara Seegmiller. It's your creativity that, in a small part, makes Provo the way it is and makes this blog possible. For all those interested in learning more about Barbara, she has an active online presence:
Facebook Profile
Classmates Profile
Finally - I know you were wondering, and yes you can buy this book online here, and wherever fine books are sold.

MEASURE UP!!!

After years of constant pressure from his parents to become a world class Badmitton player Jimmy Snapped, and tore all his Mormon Ads off the wall and swore to never play badmitton again.... this is actually just the DI trash can, but this was too good to pass up, proving once again, "One man's trash in another man's treasure."

Where's Waldo?

I found him in the NO SHH in the in the HBLL. I think he was part of some contest put on by BYUSA, but to be honest I stopped paying attention after he said I could take his picture. The best part about this is that he was a lot like the waldo I remember in the books, he was just as nice as I'd always remembered(a little awkward), and the get up was exactly the same camera and all. I was kinda excited that I had found him and just like in fourth grade, I found him while I wasn't really even searching for him.

Welcome to the New Blog

Well, if you weren't sure, you are at a little blog started by a few BYU students. Our idea here is simple. We wanted a repository to store our observances of the strange things people do around here. Or anywhere really, but being as we reside in Utah Valley, I can only imagine most of the strange people we see will be around these parts.

Like these kids:

If you can't tell, these three are playing a first-person shooter, presumably against each other, in the LRC. Thats Learning Resource Center, for those of you not hip with BYU (sorry, Brigham Young University) lingo. It's in the library. And the one on the far right, the girl, just had a conversation with what could only have been her husband or very close boyfriend.

Let's recap. Three students, one of them a girl (already spoken for) playing a run-around-and-blow-each-other-to-smithereens game, in the Learning Resource Center of the Harold B. Lee Library. And I felt frivolous for blogging from here.

Don't get me wrong. I think those games are great fun. But isn't there a time and place for everything, and maybe this isn't the best setting? Just a thought.

Or how about this group, spotted by D. Smith:

In the time between my finance and bowling classes I discovered a new spectator sport...beginning country dance.

Nothing serves as better awkwardness magnifier than a loud, techno, remix of the song "Cotton-Eye-Joe."
From my brief observation I've noticed one move executed by most of the students was the "nonchalant check for pit stain move." This move consists loosely of; sneaking a quick peak at your sweaty pits or while your partner is looking elsewhere, or on one of the moves where you lift your arms.
All jokes aside, they look like they're having fun being physically close with members of the opposite sex, which, after all, is the real point of that class.

That is just a sampling. If you happen to see anything blog-worthy in the arena of people watching, especially from Happy Valley, just send it on our way. Pictures are a must (I know you have a camera-phone) and any necessary background on the subject helps as well. We'll post it right here.