Now This is What I Call Real News

RAPID CITY, S.D. - A buffalo that escaped from an auction ended up in a dressing room at the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center where it spent a couple of hours staring into a mirror.

The buffalo jumped over a steel panel during the Black Hills Stock Show & Rodeo on Sunday morning, went down an alley and got into the dressing room reserved for visiting sports teams, said Brian Maliske, the civic center's general manager.

****To learn more about this Buffalo Caper vist this site.

Movie Review: The Sleeping Dictionary

The Sleeping Dictionary stars Hugh Dancy (Ella Enchanted, King Arthur) and Jessica Alba (Dark Angel, Honey) in a tale of what else, but forbidden love. The setting is breathtaking 1930's Sarawak. John Truscott (Dancy) is an Englishman fresh out of college and sent to the wilds to become an assistant to the Colonial Govenor. To help him learn the language, he is given a "Sleeping Dictionary,"a local woman who is supposed to tutor him in the local language and perform "wifely duties," named Selima (Alba) Of course, they fall in love when they're not supposed too. Truscott is sent back to England, only to return a year later with his new bride, who is the Govenor's daughter. This of course leads the forbidden lovers to attempt to reunite, uncovering secrets, and having to decide between the duty to one's country, or the duty to one's heart. *****3 of 4**** I enjoyed the movie. Hugh is easy on the eyes and has a nice set of abs. There was a really long love scene in the middle, and of course, there were a bunch of frontal boob shots that I could have done without because, hey, I already have a set. I thought the Mother-In-Law made a wonderful vindictive bitch, and I'm sure the "authentic" dress of the locals wasn't so authentic. I also thought the ending built tension, but not in a satisfactory way. I think if it had a stronger end I would have liked it better, but what can ya do?

A woman won his chopper and her "Man" hung up on him.

KEITH URBAN BENEFIT SCAMMER CAUGHT
filched from here.

Last weekend in Nashville, Big & Rich, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Kenny Chesney, Troy Gentry, Lee Ann Womack, Carolyn Dawn Johnson, Wynonna and Katrina Elam were among the artists who donated their time for Keith Urban's sold-out annual benefit concert, "Max It Out for Meningitis." The benefit raised over $270,000. There was also a scam artist who tried to benefit from the concert - a woman who sold 18 fake tickets on eBay for $500 each, according to event director Jill Royka. Concert organizers found her and now she's offering refunds, but there's even another alleged fraudulent ticket seller in the U.K. In fact, eBay said in a three-week period of time, this event holds the record for most fraudulent ticket sale attempts ever. "You wouldn't believe the amount of time we've spent on the phone trying to tell people their tickets are fake and trying to help them get their money back," Jill told The Tennessean.

Published on: 01/24/2005

For more information on this excellent charity, check out this site, or the Max it Out link on the sidebar.

I made yellow snow!

I stole this site from KatieMac's LiveJournal. It was the fieldtrip featured on my birthday, and I'm so dissapointed that I missed it. Check it out!

If Only Oliver Wood still when to Hogwarts...

J.K. Rowling has had her third kid. That's why she made the paper where they announced - Da Dum De Dum:

The Sixth Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, will be released July 16th.

Oh Joy!

Class Canceled

I've mentioned before about how much I enjoy my Immigrant America class. I think it's because my professor totally cracks me up. Check this out.

Due to a severe case of laryngitis--I can barely croak--my classes arecancelled for today. BUT I will be back on Friday, even if I have toresort to sign language.
See you then.
Prof Wingerd

Stole this baby from Angel...but it sounded like so much fun.

alphebet quiz Artistic Talent:: Is talking an artistic talent? I can tell a good story...I make collage covers for my journals...and I can draw an excellent stick person. Birthplace:: Mercy Hospital, Coon Rapids, MN Career Aspirations at Age 6:: I wanted to be a teacher....well, golly gee...who'd a thunk... Dream, reaccuring:: I had this dream about me, Heath Ledger, and eleven kids hiding in a movie theater from Cheech Marin and Japanese businessmen who were trying to kill us, two nights in a row. Other than that, when I was little I used to have nightmares about owls. Elementary School, name of:: Valley View Elementary School Fabrics and Materials, favorite to wear on body:: The fabric of our lives. Gym, work out at one?:: Only if it includes Power Rangers Memories:: Shouldn't this start with an H? I have this great memory of car surfing with Tyler. Bugs that would normally hit your windshield at 30mph really hurt when they smack ya in the face. Introvert or Extrovert?:: I think I'm a bit more introverted than I used to be. Jewelry/Trinkets Worn Regularly:: Silver watch Tosh got me for Christmas a while ago, with the most feminine Men's watchband the guy at Walmart picked out. My highschool class ring. Half of the earing set from Laura & Joe's wedding because I lost the other. Lately, I've also worn the flip-flop necklace I got from Sean and Esther for Christmas. And big hoops in my lower lobes. Killer App, Favorite:: uh... Latest Book Read:: Looking for Lacey By Linda Francis Lee Medications (Rx), regular:: I tend to just stuck it up and go on...or bum something from Tosh. She's got all sorts of "good things" Nicknames, current:: Sugar, The Drunken Streaker, Fish, Mrs. Urban (in my dreams at least) Operating System of Choice (for desktop):: Windows XP that's what I've got. Pets, current:: Shiner is my doggie and Tigg is my adopted cat, since he's technically the barn cat. Then there's Jake and Duke, Patches, and Spike and Fly, the rest of the Nodak crew. Corky is my going senile watch dog at Grandma's. Oh, and then there's Sampson my palm tree and my aloe plant, which just had a baby. Queer?:: Carson's voice grates on my nerves. Role Models, current:: My parents, Keith Urban, and I'm a current fan of Alice Paul (she was a suffragette) Sleepwear, typical:: pajama pants and sports bra, or Mr. Clean boxers and a tank top. Tough Situations, current:: Getting all this damn reading done for class...finding a job I LIKE. University Degree(s):: Working on my teaching thing. Virginity, age lost at:: hopefully, some time before I die. Weather, favorite:: Crack of Dawn Early Morning Summer Rain. X-e's you're on speaking terms with, numbers/percentage of:: Ex whats? Should I tell you I still commune with my dead dogs. Because I do. Sware. Ha ha Ha! Yard/Rummage Sales, do you go?:: YES! I love getting clothes there. There's nothing like lived in tshirts or broken in jackets. Zen Moments:: Normally happen when I drive long distances (like say to Nodak) with the radio up really loud.

Passing some time

I'm just passing a bit of time before I go tackle my homework. I have to decode three sentences writen in Chinese. I'm not too thrilled about that. I FINALLY found the latest issue of Country Music Today with Keith on the cover. He looks majorly droolworthy. There's also this adorible quote by Melissa Peterman, the actress who plays Barbara Jean on Reba: "I wish Keith Urban was the exchange student in my high school. But we had some weird kid from Holland." This is also on the page where they have the top 20 sexiest men in Country Music listed, and of course my man topped that one. I guess that's the end of my procrastination. It's on to my Chinese riddle and my immigrant tales.

Finding Anna's Cell Phone. An Essay.

Today, Me and the rest of our fearless trio trekked all over campus tracking down the last of our textbooks. Anna wanted to check on the ones she had on sale at the book exchange. Toshia dropped her diffy Q class so we're making her take a community psych class. Now she's going to become a psychologist and make lots of money instead of being an accountant and making lots of money. Or better yet, she could do both, make tons of money, and support me for the rest of my life. Any how. Back to story. We walked down to Anna's truck in K lot, (fifty miles from civilization) and on the way met two very nice husky doggies who loved me and slobbered all over me and Toshia. Tosh wasn't too thrilled 'bout that. Following the dog's was Anna's puddle slogging, which was a total accident. She didn't think it was that deep. We believe that this is where it all started to go wrong. We do the walky deal to the truck, then, on the way to her class, she realized that she lost her cell. We went to check for her while she ran to class...when low and behold Tosh's cell rings. It was the people who found Anna's cell. It's supposed to be waiting for us in the office at the hockey center. So we're were right outside the hockey center and decided to go get it. After going to the ticket office, and then being sent to the pro shop, and then not finding the pro shop open, we give up and try to catch Anna before her class starts in 10 minutes. We get there, give her the schpeel, and meet her professor, who's wearing a rubber chicken around her neck. Don't ask me. Later, we found out that the people who found the cell called Anna's dad, who called Anna's mom, who called Anthony, who went on his own wild chase to find the stupid phone. And *giggles* he fell in that damned puddle too. And he doesn't believe me that there's a pro shop. Har-humpf.

Rollin' On the River with Keith

Snatched from CMT.com Urban and Fogerty Schedule CMT Crossroads CMA male vocalist of the year Keith Urban and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member John Fogerty are the latest artists scheduled to team up for an episode of CMT Crossroads. In the '60s, Fogerty established his reputation as one of America's greatest singer-songwriters as the leader of Creedence Clearwater Revival. In the band, he wrote and sang classic hits such as "Proud Mary," "Bad Moon Rising," "Who'll Stop the Rain," " Lodi" and "Looking Out My Back Door." As a solo artist, his credits include the hit single "Centerfield" and the 1997 Grammy-winning album Blue Moon Swamp. In 2004, he released the critically-acclaimed album Deja Vu All Over Again. Urban's latest album, Be Here, was certified platinum just weeks after its release. Urban's two previous albums are each certified double platinum for shipments of 2 million copies. Urban and Fogerty will tape the CMT Crossroads concert later this month in Los Angeles. The Show's already been taped. I had a chance to win tickets to it, but alas, I : a) don't have that many points saved up on my i-squad, b) don't live in California, so I would have had to make an emergency run out there for it, and c) I don't have official fan club membership because I haven't sent anything yet. The boards have been reporting that it was an aussome concert and that fan club memebers with tickets were able to sit in the front row, so when the episode airs Feb 19th, I will have talked with some of the gals in the audience.

Classes

I've now experienced all of my classes except for my jam packed Wednesday night afternoonish classes.

My Intro to Sociology class is going to be interesting. Besides the fact that it has a lot of second semester freshman and interesting topics, it also has one of the girls I graduated High school with. One of those people who's lauded as "nice to everyone." I will be fun to see how much she ignores me.

My Immigrates class is going to be a blast, I can already tell. There's going to be LOTS of reading (Like having 17 books for the semester doesn't tip anyone off) but there's going to be fun projects, like movie field trips and a family history paper. I also already have a paper due on Monday for this class, which is what I'll be doing as soon as I'm done here. Maybe.

My China class is going to be really interesting. The professor is what you expect a history professor to be like, look like, talk like. And we have lots of international students in our class, mostly those from Japan looking to learn more about their neighbors. That would be like Me going to a class about Canada. Actually, that sounds like a lot of fun.

My other two classes are Theories and Concepts of History, and Ethnic Studies: Native Americans in the Social Studies Curriculum. I won't know more about them till Wednesday, but already I know that I'm going to be swamped with papers. It's a good thing I'm long winded and full of hot air.

Read Here if you ever want to become the sole focus of attention.

Last night, me and Tosh got the hell out of Dodge. We ran to Embers for fuel, and then visited the Promised Land. Well, we went to Barnes & Noble to sniff book glue.

Besides loading up on new titles to check out at the library, holding my self to just one book (KatieMac's newest), and having a giggle fest when Keolia noticed me, but not Tosh, I became the center of attention at the check out counter.

I hand the not cute, but not ugly, cashier guy my book, and write up my check. Then he askes the dreded "can I see you're driver's license?" question.

Wait, you say. Didn't you just have a birthday? Shouldn't you're picture now be a stellar representation of you're very legal self?

Yes. It is all of that. AND in the new, weird, and ugly driver's licesnse mode.

I had three cashiers and the four people in line behind me checking it out. At one point, the manager guy even joked, "everyone gather around and gawk at Lisa's driver's license."

And that is my Barnes & Noble story.

Complete Irony

Today is the President's inauguration AND the first day of classes.

Does anyone else see the irony here?