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A little skydiving, anyone?



Indoor Skydiving at iFLY.



Ok....well maybe not. But it was intense!

Barenaked Ladies are a BAND

I am sorry but I have been extremely surprised by how many people don't know who Barenaked Ladies (or BNL) is! What the heck?! If you are one of those people, please let me know! And tell me how you got through school without hearing "One Week" or "If I had $1,000,000"?!! (Also for you people, BNL happens to be playing right now) Anyway, there was a concert at Red Butte Tuesday and it was incredible. There are no words to describe how genius they are. Sorry. So, thanks to MJ, we got front row! We had a blast! Here is the adventure!

Brandi, me and BJ

Just to give you some perspective of where front row is! It was totally cool!
Angel Taylor was one of the intro bands. Her voice is amazingly clear and awesome!

Nicholas and his friend showing off their stuffies.

My dad and Nicholas.

Nicholas just had to have a flowy tiara! :D

Kris Allen was the 2nd warm up band. Apparently he won American Idol. There was a group of girls (one of them 30+ yrs old) sitting right next to us that follow Kris Allen to all his concerts. So what did they ask us? "Who are Barenaked Ladies? Is it a classical group because I see lots of wine and cheese." :D Made my day. Oh yeah and they left half way through BNL. Haha.

They were actually pretty good. I was surprised. He sings that song "Live like you were dying".

Ed was pointing at a dude at the very top of the hill (above Red Butte) and to the "eaves-droppers and free-loaders" as they called them. :D (Shown below)

The eaves-droppers.

Ed eating a plant. You had to be there. :D

(It's a good thing it wasn't a philodendron.)

Me and Brandilicious.

The chick who thought it would be a good idea to start dancing in front of me like a drunkard.

Barenaked Ladies rockin' it.

It was an absolutely awesome show. Highly recommended. :D

Einstein's Challenge

This is fun. Enjoy.

Einstein's Challenge:

"Einstein's Challenge" is a fairly difficult logic puzzle. This puzzle is typically prefaced with a note explaining that it was written by Einstein in the last century (i.e., the 19th century) and that he claimed only 2% of the world's population could solve it. This story is likely apocryphal, and certainly more than 2% of all people could solve it, given enough time. Hopefully this won't detract from your enjoyment of it:

FACTS OF THE PUZZLE

There are five houses in five different colours.
In each house lives a person of a different nationality.
These five owners drink a certain beverage, smoke a certain brand of
cigarette and keep a certain pet.
No owners have the same pet, smoke the same brand of smoke or drink
the same drink.

HINTS
The Brit lives in the red house.
The Swede keeps dogs as pets.
The Dane drinks tea.
The green house is on the left of the white house.
The green house owner drinks coffee.
The person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds.
The owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhill.
The man living in the house right in the center drinks milk.
The Norwegian lives in the first house.
The man who smokes Blend lives next to the one who keeps cats.
The man who keeps horses lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill.
The owner who smokes Blue Master drinks beer.
The German smokes Prince.
The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.
The man who smokes Blend has a neighbour who drinks water.

The question is: WHO OWNS FISH?

And for extra points:

Could the claim that Albert Einstein authored this puzzle last century be true?

"....um....Z...."

Wheel of Fortune is not for me:

Fictional Character:
__N__LE
S__M


My guess: Ankle Sam ---> FAIL

Haunted Cinemark on 13th

I went to see The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian last night with Brandi, the Beej and his sisters and found out the theater was haunted! In the middle of the movie the projection started dimming and then finally went off, but we could still hear the movie going. "You've got to be kidding me!" we heard from one of the Narnia characters.... we all cracked up. When the movie-man was trying to fix it, the lights would go bright and make a buzzing noise for a second and he just kept trying that and it wasn't working. Next we heard " I wouldn't be trying that boy." Again... extremely funny for the scenario. It was pretty good.
We ended up having to leave without finishing the movie. The beginning was really good so I can't wait to see it "again".

Coincidence?.... I think not. Haunted?.... I think so.

Iron Man

I went and saw Iron Man last night and I loved it (Plus it's only a buck at the dollar theaters). I would definitely recommend it! Robert Downey Jr did an awesome job. FYI.

Sweeeet!!!

Sheesh. Sorry it took so long to post something new!
So..... some of my friends at worked asked what I wanted to do for my birthday and naturally I said I wanted to go to a candy factory.... so off we went. It was great. Their normal clientelle is approximately 5 years old so it is a great place to take kids and it's free!! (I wouldn't try to leave without buying them something from the candy store though!) Here are some fun pictures.

In front of Sweet's Candy Factory

My pile of taffy

Courtney, Laura, Diane, Me, Brandi

Did you know it takes a whole week to make a single jelly bean!? We got to taste unfinished/polished jelly beans right off the line and they are actually better than the finished ones! We also got to taste fresh chocolate covered cinnamon bears, and egg nog & caramel taffy straight off the line! It was still warm!
They have pipes that are filled with corn syrup, sugar, chocolate, etc that gets pumped to the different rooms of the factory. They are the only candy factory that stirs their chocolate by waterfall...and you can take that to the bank! :)

A Trip To The Living Planet Aquarium

Which Disney Princess Are You?

This was fun. Thanks Al! Here is my result.


You Are Mulan!

Strong and spirited. You're no one's girly girl; actually you are very determined person with a strong sense of self. Never let go of that! The only thing that equals your sense of self is your family, but the traditions of society can always be bent to protect something or someone you love.
Which Disney Princess Are You?

Just smile and nod...

Can you tell if someone is throwing you a fake smile?

Take the test...

Click HERE !!

Mountain Dew Glow Stick

Watch the video, then read my comments below. (Don't forget to turn off the music below)



This is an awesome video! I don't mean to burst all your bubbles but I did my research and it's fake. It can still work, but you have to add part of a glow stick to the mixture. The portion you need is the diphenyl oxalate ester. This compound reacts with the hydrogen peroxide and after a bunch of chemical reactions, a dye inside the glow stick emits light.
A glow stick comprises two separated liquids. On the inside you have hydrogen peroxide in a thin glass rod while just outside of this you have a pool of diphenyl oxalate ester. This is why you have to bend and break the seal inside before a glow stick will actually glow.
To make this experiment work, you have to cut a glow stick and pour only the outer liquid into the Dew. You then add hydrogen peroxide and....walaa...glow. you don't actually need baking soda...that is just there because who wouldn't think hydrogen peroxide reacts with baking soda to make glowness!

Christmas Curiosity

Here is a fun little Christmas questionaire...now that I am out of school I have time to do fun things like this every once in a while. Enjoy.

1.) Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate?

Definitely Hot Chocolate! It's a texture issue.

2.) Does Santa wrap the presents or just sit them under the tree?

Santa always wraps presents for under the tree. Sometimes we even find gifts from elves, the reindeer and santa's little helper!

3.) Colored or white lights?

Both! I like colored for the christmas tree and white for icicle lights outside...but I also like colored for the trees outside.

4.) Do you hang mistletoe?

I don't...but maybe I should.

5.) When do you put your decorations up?

Between school, work and being an enthusiast for procrastination....sometimes Christmas Eve. (No they are not up yet)

6.) What is your favorite Holiday dish?

My grandma's crepes. see below for more details.

7.) Favorite Holiday memory as a child?

My brother and I were very spoiled at christmas so the best memory was walking into a room absolutely chalked full of presents! One year there were so many that I fell asleep before I opened them all. That's what christmas was all about as a child! Ahhh...The good old days...

8.) When and how did you learn the truth about Santa?

I don't remember ever believing in Santa so I don't remember being told the truth...I do vaguely remember my brother telling me everything I was getting one year...hmmmm...maybe that had to do with it.

9.) Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve?

Yup. We always got to open a "faery gift" on Christmas eve. It usually consisted of something cozy that we could use at bedtime such as PJs, a blanket or a stuffed animal. Sometimes mom would get too excited to wait for christmas morning so she would have us open a couple gifts.

10.) How do you decorate your Christmas Tree?

Ben likes to get fresh trees but I don't mind either way. I use colored lights and use all my old childhood ornaments. Every year (since I can remember) we have picked a new special ornament for the tree so I use all of those. Plus ornaments that other's have gotten us.

11.) Snow: Love it or hate it?

Love it...but hate the cold since I am so cold intolerant. I would love warm snow...that would totally revolutionize the snow angel!

12.) Can you ice skate?

Didn't you know...I taught Chazz Michael Michaels everything he knows!

13.) What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you?

The feeling of christmas. That feeling can only come when you are surrounded by family...preferrably in front of a roaring fire with some hot cocoa watching Muppet's Christmas Carol. :)

14.) What is your favorite holiday dessert?

I am not really a desert person but my favorite holiday desert is probably english toffee (since that is the only thing around).

15.) What is your favorite holiday tradition?

My favorite holiday tradition is going to my grandma's house on christmas morning and having a Crepe Feast. Mmmmm...we have Crepes, sausage, bacon, hot chocolate...mmm...

Another tradition I don't go without is putting up christmas decorations and wrapping gifs while watching Muppet's Christmas Carol...my favorite holiday movie. We also watch One Magic Christmas and try to catch "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" on TV.

Yet another Christmas tradition is making English Toffee. I am trying to perfect my recipe to make it taste just like my great grandma's.

16.) Which do you like best: giving or receiving?

I love giving and finding that special gift that you know they will love. I just wish I had more cash to get people the things I would like to.

17.) What is your favorite Christmas Song?

I like a lot of christmas tunes...Oh Holy Night by Josh Groban is one of my favorites.

18.) Do you like candy canes?

As long as they are fruity and fresh. I just ate a candy cane that I am pretty sure was at least 4 years old that I had used to decorate our christmas tree. It tasted weird.

19.) Favorite holiday movie?

Muppets Christmas Carol

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Enjoy the season and don't worry about the little things that don't really matter.

Test Your Nerd Knowledge!!

Click HERE and see how many of these 'Brain Hieroglyphics' you can get.

I don't know if it is just me but I think you have to be a pretty big dork to know many of these...which is why I did extremely well.

Post your High Score and let's find some undiscovered nerds out there! ~S

Halloween Hangman

A little something to get you feeling the Halloween Spirit!

My brother-in-law, Steve, sent this to me and I think it is absolutely awesome!

I Dare you to beat 855 points! Mwahahahaha!!

Post your high score and we will see who is a master at Halloween Horror!

I want to play Halloween Hangman!