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Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, Is there any way to get my hands on the "Today" video shown at NSO (the one where there's a voice-over while clips of BYU football stuff are shown until a girl walks into the classroom where the guy is talking about how everything is counting on what we do today)? - Cougars Rule
ADear Yes they do, Okay, sorry that took so long. It was a trickier question than expected. No one recognized the "Today" video, so I chased down the two different videos they show at NSO. The video featuring Bronco Mendenhall telling a classroom about honor and integrity is produced by LDS Philanthropies, and can be obtained by contacting Scott Wilhite at (801)422-2733. The other is produced by the New Student Orientation branch of the Office of First-Year Experience itself, and they do not distribute because they want NSO to be its own unique experience. If you would like to watch it again, you could always volunteer to be an NSO counselor this winter semester, next summer term, or next fall semester (you get a genuine BYU planner for free. Life couldn't get better). Sorry about that, kid. -Ineffable Editor's Note: We've been informed that the first video is available on YouTube Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, So I've been making a lot of bracelets lately, knotted bracelets made out of embroidery floss that is, and I end up with a lot of thread that is too short to make another bracelet but too long to throw away (or at least I don't want to). I use a lot of that thread to make small bracelets to give away to little girls at my work, but I have to have about two feet of thread to do that. I would just throw away what's left, but I've been trying to think of something else to do with them. Do you have any ideas? Use it to stuff tiny pillows? Glue on paper to make pictures? - Knowledgeable Knotter
ADear Your question is causing me to procrastinate studying, I love this game! Let's see...what would I do with a bunch of leftover thread (I'll leave it up to you to decide whether or not you want to be following my example)...
⋯Anomalous ADear Knowledgeable Knotter, You might like some of these options, too. I happen to like your idea of stuffing tiny pillows. Maybe you could also put some of the pieces into your emergency sewing kit. Or perhaps you really could just throw most of them away. They've served you well, but now their time is done. -Sky Bones Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, Because I have a toddler, I watch a lot of children's shows. By their very nature they are often reptitive and I've seen a lot of the episodes multiple times, but it seems to me that Sesame Street is the worst offender. We watch it almost every day, since it corresponds to our quiet time, and I swear they cycle through about two dozen episodes. Why do they do this when they have forty years of episodes to pull from? I can understand why they wouldn't want to use thirty year old episodes with poor film quality that don't address today's issues and technology, but it is so horrible to use episodes from the past five or ten years to give a little variety? Why are they torturing me with the same episodes over and over? (Yeah, I know, we could just watch a different show or movies or something, but my kid likes Sesame Street. So I suffer for my offspring.) - Sesame Street Overdose
ASSO- According to this blog, they actually do it on purpose so that the children watching the show can get the benefits of repetitive learning without seeing the same thing for too long all at once and becoming bored and distracted. - Cuddlefish Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, I've been crossing streets all my life, but one day I noticed something that I hadn't really paid attention to before. The crosswalk signs show a red hand when you shouldn't cross the street and a white stick-figure man when you should, right? Well, when the crosswalk signs show the white stick-figure, sometimes it makes a chirping noise and sometimes it just beeps over and over. Is there any reason for the different noises or are the people who install the signs just being preferential to one sound over the other? I've had this question for a while now, so if you can help me answer it, I'd be very relieved. Thanks! - (Cross-walker)
ADear walker, The different sounds are for blind people. Chirping means it's safe to cross east-west, and the beep-boop/cuckoo sound means it's safe to cross north-south. See Board Question #48113, Board Question #1811, and Board Question #9020 for more information. —Laser Jock Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, Board Question #53611 made me think of this. If someone is upset at their team losing, why does that label them a fair-weather fan? Shouldn't a true, emotionally-invested fan be the most upset about a loss, whereas someone who's just in it for the glory would just pick a different team to support? I mean, if, for example, my sister suddenly went inactive for no good reason, I would be much more upset with her than if some kid down the street did, because I know what my sister is capable of and I'm emotionally invested in her success. Certainly I would support her through her hard times (and a true fan would continue going to and cheering at the games), but I wouldn't pretend I was ok with her bad decision, or that I thought things would work out for her in spite of it. - jamesford
ADear jamesford, To me the difference is that a fair-weather fan would doubt their team (or give up on them completely), while a true fan wouldn't, even if they were upset. The questioner wasn't labeled a fair-weather fan for simply being upset, but because (I think) they were letting a single loss (albeit a disappointing one) shake their faith in BYU's football team to such an extreme. —Laser Jock ADear jamesford Being upset is good and natural. I was highly upset after that game. But the question asked if our coaching staff taught the players to choke under pressure. Which is ridiculous. It a) ignores the incredible job Bronco Mendenhall has done and b) demonstrates a complete lack of faith in what has been one of the nation's most successful programs the last three years. I'm fine with being upset and pointing out weaknesses, but when you turn against a fantastic coach and a successful program after 1 disappointing loss (and only two weeks after one of the three biggest wins in team history), you're being a fair weather fan. -Humble Master Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, SWIM is interested in posting a personal on the wilkinson center ad board. Is this behavior discouraged? I don't remember any rules or signs disallowing this, but it has been a while and I am not presently able to go look at the board. The ad SWIM is thinking about is something along the lines of "Guy seeking hawt dates. If interested, email SWIM@hawt-byu-dates.net" SWIM told his friends that he would do this, so now he pretty much has to. He would just like to know how likely he is to be hunted down by the ad board police. - smirky mcsmirkerstowne
ADear smirky, Single White Interested Male? Some Woman I Met? Someone Who Isn't Married? I can't figure out the SWIM acronym (if acronym it really is). I don't think you'd be the first person to put a card up with personal info. I am not sure how strictly the ad board is enforced or monitored, but cards are disposed of weekly, and it would only take a moment for a Wilkinson Center employee ("ad board police") to notice your card, find it inappropriate, and toss it. And tossing it, after all, would be much easier than trying to track down the person who deviously engineered such a harmless whatever-this-is. I think that you'll look fine in front of your friends if you do it, since you don't expect to actually get much mileage out of your card anyway. - Rating Pending (who likes the word "disallow," not so much the word "hawt") ADear SWIM, No, immature dorkiness isn't discouraged at the BYU but if I see your card on the Wilk Board I will take it down myself. Unless this is nothing but a joke from which you expect no outcome, you should just ask chicks out like a real man. Sister Smeed agrees with me. Of course, I need more faith in humanity so I will assume that this is but a dare and you haven't really given up asking girls out yourself like a non-wuss. Dr. Smeed Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, I'm graduating in April with an English degree. I'm applying to BYU law school, but if I don't get in, I want to take a year off from school and do something else (as well as take the LSAT again). What are some options? What would you do? I've got skills in editing, the Spanish language, and have experience with counseling struggling highschool and college students. Thanks! - Looking for a "plan B"
ADear b, If you're single and have some money saved, I would go backpacking in a foreign country or continent. Why not? You'll get to see new places, learn new languages, have amazing experiences that you'll carry with you for the rest of your life, and you won't be able to after you get married and have kids and a real job. Whenever I see stuff like this guy, or this guy, I am crazy jealous. You're young! See the world! -Cognoscente ADear Found, I would find either an internship or a great volunteer opportunity. Obviously, volunteering would be more on the path Cognoscente mentioned, which means you would need some money saved. With Spanish skills and a desire to help struggling students, you could probably find inner city schools in the U.S., and possibly Canada, where your help would be appreciated. There are also counseling centers, teen magazines, and other smaller organizations that usually need help. You could research cities in the U.S. in which you want to live, and find out if they have organizations like those I have mentioned. These are more small-scale, but you could use what you have learned in school, and get a taste of what people are going through. The experience would definitely contribute to whatever you decide to do in law. For more information and guidance, you could go to the BYU Counseling and Career Center to ask them if they have any contacts for these sorts of opportunities. -Mico ADear plan B, I also recommend applying to more schools than the BYU law school. Did you know that BYU law classes are among the most ridiculously competitive in the nation? A different school might be a little more fun. -Whistler ADear "plan B", You should teach English in a foreign country. There are plenty of places you can go where you wouldn't be required to speak the native language. Plus, you'd probably make a decent amount of money to save up for graduate school and do some traveling while you're already abroad. Just an awesome suggestion. -Sky Bones Back to top QDear Hobbes, How did you get so good-looking and intelligent? It never ceases to amaze me. I don't really have anything to write, but I find I just can't keep my mind off you for five minutes together, so I had to write you this. Hey, if I sent you my contact information, would you deign to take me on a date? -not Natalie Portman or Hobbes
AI'm not sure I believe you- Seriously Hobbes, we know you're amazing and all that, but you can really stop rubbing it in our faces. - Cuddlefish ADear Natalie Portman, Nice try. I know that's you this time. - Furious George ADear Hobbes, I guess the third time is the charm... you should take her up on this! Dr. Smeed ADear Dr. Smeed~ Excellent. Thanks for looking that up. Now I am less frightened. I thought maybe I'd developed a reflexive tendency to ask Board questions, perhaps while asleep. (Remember, Portia had that tendency.) Dear Portman~ Back in the day when I knew most of the writers, they would have helped me track you down and fire water-powered weaponry at you. But alas, my glory days appear to be past. Anyway, dating creepy Internet stalker people is, well, creepy. If you're so hopelessly devoted to my cause, use the archives to find my Death Squad application, fill it out in full, and then I will proceed to make fun of you on a much deeper level. ~Hobbes Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, I love camping. I hate mosquitoes. I've been wondering why there isn't some sort of mosquito repellent body wash. I hate having to spray stuff on me and I always seem to miss some places. Would it not be super easy to mix some human friendly bug killer in your body wash, and be ret to go? Or would the different chemicals not work well together? My aunt in the country often makes fun of me because I get bites more than average, she tells me it's my city meat. I don't know why they like me so. -when i feel unloved, i think of those darned mosquitoes. they're crazy about me.
ADear So Loved, On the surface, it seems to me that insect repellent would not be effective in body wash form. The whole point of body wash is that you put it on your body and subsequently wash it off. Of course we do that with regular body wash, too, and most people still smell pretty good. Some simple research tells me that the main reason big companies have not developed an insect repellent body wash is because there has not been much interest put into it. Furthermore, the big companies produce DEET-heavy products, which would be much easier to get in your eyes, or be swallowed, when in the shower. Yet, once you venture away from those monopolistic, big city repellent companies, you will see that there is hope! If you are really interested in some sort of body wash, your number one best option is to buy a bar of insect repellent soap, a product which, ten minutes ago, I never imagined. If everything on the Blackberry Creek Soaps page is true, then insect repellent soap is basically a fantastic, all-in-one, cleaning and repelling soap. This soap may not be the exact one you are looking for, but have no fear, if you type in "insect repellent soap" in Google, you will find many more options. This one looks the most legitimate, but maybe you like the more personal, home-made feel. It would be easier to get this product online somewhere, and while it is expensive for a bar of soap, it does seem to have more uses. Alternatively, you can make a night of it and create your own bug repellent soap. Then again, it is probably worth the four dollars, and not all that time and cheese. -Mico Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, I went to BYU's Got Talent on Wednesday night. After watching the performances, it got me wondering: Has anyone from BYU ever tried out for the real America's Got Talent? If so, did they move on? - BYU Has Some Good Talent
ADear Seeker of Talents, I have no doubts in my heart that at some point a BYU student tried out for America's Got Talent. Of course, I don't know anyone personally, besides one older alumni, who has tried out, or moved on. The closest thing the internet found for me was the Fab Five, and although their respective colleges are unspecified, they are all LDS. Close enough, right? -Mico Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, If your last relationship were a Broadway musical, which one would it be? -Chillylint
ADear Chillylint, Last relationship or current one? Cause, you know, my current one is the latest one. Anyway, I'll answer how I want! Were my relationship a Broadway musical, it would either be some mix of Crazy For You and Fiddler on the Roof. Obviously for different reasons, and since there are so many relationships in Fiddler, I'll leave the guessing up to you. -Mico ADear Chillylint, Maybe if things had gone differently it could have been like Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. Sigh. -Whistler ADear Chillylint, I'll interpret last relationship to mean the one in which I am eternally wrapped at the present moment. So, if that's the case, my answer is Spamalot. What a deliciously fantastic musical. Fits my marriage like a charm. -Sky Bones ADear Chillylint, (Note: my links are to recordings of selections from the musicals I mention. Broadway musicals aren't always happy, and most of the ones I mention have some kind of adult theme. Be ye warned.) Oh my dear Chilly, how I love you and your Broadway questions. Knowing me as you do, what with my soft spot for Broadway and my background as a graduate of a performing arts school and the fact that both of my gay best friends know more about Broadway than is usually thought to be healthy, you'd think I could come up with an answer to this question. Alas, it was not meant to be. Me: "Hey [Gay Best Friend]! Question. If my last relationship were a Broadway musical, which one would it be?"The whole second half of that was a joke, but I shouldn't have gone there, because then the conversation turned into a long list of awkward questions. GBF: "Are you any kind of creature, mystical or not? A mermaid or a lion or a witch, maybe?"And thus it continued. That's why I don't have an answer to this question. - The Black Sheep Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, I play the harmonica and am looking to improve my skills. Is there a harmonica class at BYU? Or is there a professor who is willing to give lessons? If not where is the best place to get lessons? -Got the Blues
ADear Blues, I don't know if he'd be willing to give lessons, but it's a little-known fact that Kory Katseanes, director of the BYU Philharmonic and Chamber Orchestras, is a mean harmonica machine! He's even soloed! Looks like someone already tried him for lessons, but you could always ask him for suggestions on who might be able to give lessons, or just how to proceed. You can find his contact information here. If that fails, I have to admit, I once checked out a "learn harmonica" DVD at the Provo City Library, but it didn't help me much. But as you said, you already play and are trying to improve your skills. A video might be the way to go! -Miss Scarlett, in the Conservatory Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, Have you ever been bitten by a little gremlin? - Gremlin Gobler
AGG- No. Have you? - Cuddlefish ADear Gremlin Gobler, No because she doesn't have any teeth yet, but she's recently figured out how to grab my hair and pull it as hard as she possibly can. -Sky Bones Back to top QDear 100 Hour Board, Me again, still thinking about failure. What kinds of songs do you know/like that deal with failure? Breakup, cheating, just didn't work out; not to do with relationships at all; you name it. Funny, sad, angry, anything. -Guy Fawkes
ADear failure, Huh. Songs about heartbreak, hopelessness, and misery seem to be my forte, since I thought of most of these off the top of my head. Music for Feeling Better about Sucking at Life: The Smiths - "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now" (really, every single song by the Smiths, ever) Joy Division - "Love Will Tear Us Apart" Radiohead - "How To Disappear Completely" Garbage - "I'm Only Happy When It Rains" The Cure - "Boys Don't Cry" Pedro The Lion - "Priests And Paramedics" Belle & Sebastian - "Get Me Away From Here, I'm Dying" Magnetic Fields - "When You're Old And Lonely" The Mountain Goats - "The Mess Inside" Devo - "Beautiful World" (arguably the most surreal, creepy, messed up song on this list) Morrissey - "You Have Killed Me" Ladytron - "Destroy Everything You Touch" Los Campesinos - "We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed" -Cognoscente ADear Guy, "I'm A Loser" by the Beatles "You Can Go Your Own Way" by Fleetwood Mac "Lost Cause" by Beck "Tangled Up in Blue" by Bob Dylan "Antique" by Texas is the Reason "Millstone" by Brand New "The Kids Aren't Alright" by the Offspring "We Looked Like Giants" by Death Cab for Cutie "Of Angels and Angles" by the Decemberists "Yesterday" by the Beatles "300 MPH Torrential Outpour Blues" by the White Stripes "Am I Wrong?" by Love Spit Love "Broken Chairs" by Built to Spill "Life in Vain" by Daniel Johnston "The Moon" by The Microphones "Yes It Is" by the Beatles "Loser" by Beck "Little Fury Things" by Dinosaur Jr. "When Doves Cry" by Prince "Upward Over the Mountain" by Iron and Wine "I Quit Girls" by Japandroids "Game Shows Touch Our Lives" by the Mountain Goats "Something in the Way" by Nirvana "Gouge Away" by Pixies "Road Cases" by Drive-By Truckers "Clumsy" by Our Lady Peace "On Your Porch" by the Format And if you're REALLY feeling down, here are some songs about the End of the World: "It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" by REM "Five Years" by David Bowie "The Four Horsemen" by Metallica "When the Man Comes Around" by Johnny Cash "Waiting for the End of the World" by Elvis Costello "Storm Coming" by Gnarls Barkley "The End" by the Doors Hoping you don't do something drastic with this, -Claudio ADear Guy Fawkes, "Mad World," by Gary Jules. Originally by Tears for Fears, but I like this version better. Currently stuck in my head: "The dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had." I once listened to this song on repeat all day at work, and I wasn't even in a bad mood. It's good stuff. -Yellow Back to top CDear Myself (inre Board Question #53646) Kindly disregard the Ex-lax advice. You can be sued, and will very likely lose if it happens. -too lazy to look up a news story where just this happened, but has read a few.
Back to top CDear 100 Hour Board, In relation to Board Question #53645. It would be best to post inquiries for a pianist in the practice room hallway (200-level E-wing) of the HFAC. Most of the music majors spend most of their day there. There are bulletin boards there with similar postings. - Nimbus2000
Back to top CDear 100 Hour Board, Re: Board Question #53650 It sounds like the reader may be experiencing a mild form of Primary Reynaud's disease. It is an overreaction in the fingers or toes to cold, causing the blood vessals to close and the fingers or toes to turn white and numb. I have this problem and even if its just chilly outside or when I go swimming my toes turn white and I can't feel them for several hours. Females are much more likely to get this, is usually diagnosed in young adults, and appears to be genetic. You should ask your mom if she has a similar problem. http://medical-dictionary.thef...'s+Disease If I know I'm going to be walking in the cold, I like to put those small heat pads made for skiiers in my shoes under my toes, it helps a lot more than bundling up like the Michelin Man. - cold feet
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