It's Really Complicated

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2009-04-27T17:42:00.000-07:00

Oh No She Didn't!

2009-04-22T14:30:00.000-07:00

So although I may not be an expert on wedding etiquette, here are some of my general rules for what you should and shouldn't do on someone's big day.
1. Don't be late. You'll feel like a fool walking down the aisle behind the bride.
2. Only bring a date if the invitation states you can.
3. Nobody likes a sloppy drunk so while it is a time to celebrate, try to keep the number of drinks you imbibe to a acceptable amount, which brings me to my last point...
4. Don't poke the bride in the chest and tell her you've been having an affair with the groom.

Talk about homewrecking to the extreme!

According to aol.com, Sandrina Purdom is suing wedding guest Jennifer Angevine for disrupting her special day in September for emotional distress, battery and slander. Angevine, the groom's boss at the time, allegedly tossed a drink on another guest while claiming she had been sleeping with the groom, Harold Purdom. Harold denies having any affair, quit his job after the wedding and is still currently unemployed.

The newlyweds spent their wedding night apart but have been working to patch things up.

Snakes on a Plane

2009-04-16T15:11:00.000-07:00

I dare anyone to read this story without thinking of Samual L. Jackson's melodramatic performance in the 2006 thriller, Snakes on a Plane. After just reading the headline, the line, "Enough is enough. I've had it with these motherf***ing snakes on this motherf***ing plane!" instantly came to mind.

Apparently four baby pythons escaped from a container on a passenger flight from Alice Springs to Melbourne, Australia leading to the cancellation of two flights.

A reptile expert was called in to search for the animals, but after he was unsuccessful and it could not be determined if the snakes where still on the plane or had escaped, the aircraft was fumigated.

For all you animal activits out there, no worries, this particular species of renegade python is not on the endagered species list.

Sham-OW!

2009-04-13T10:04:00.000-07:00

Okay, this one kills me and totally made my day! So you are all probably familiar with the really annoying spokesman for the ShamWow, Vince Shlomi? If not, here's a youtube video. Well, according to popeater.com, he allegedly got into a bit of a scuffle with a prostitute.

Shlomi allegedly punched prostitute Sasha Harris, who he claims bit his tongue and wouldn't let go!

Thesmokinggun.com has several pictures of Shlomi, Harris and the "crime scene." I know its a little sadistic, but its just too funny to pass up! Enjoy!

Harry Potter Actor Busted for Pot

2009-04-08T09:31:00.000-07:00

The jokes could go on and on. Harry Pothead, Harry Potter and the Half-Baked Prince, Hufflepuff-puff-pass and so on. Why?

According to popeater.com, Jamie Waylett, the actor that portrays Slytherin bully Vincent Crabbe in the popular cinematic adaptation of J.K. Rowlings Harry Potter series, was arrested Wednesday after police found eight bags of marijuana in his car and found "an alleged cannibus farm" at his mother's home. The "farm" consisted of 10 marijuana plants growing under hydroponic lights worth approximately $3000.

Twilight Causes Biting Binge?

2009-04-05T18:02:00.000-07:00

Okay...I'll admit it. I'm a Twilight fan. Yes, I've read all the books and let's just say that I saw the movie in theaters more than once. However, as a 22-year-old I understand that vampires don't really exist and unlike the boy in this news story, I'm certain I could have made that distinction as well as a 13-year-old.

According to parentdish.com, a father is blaming the movie Twilight for a biting binge that his 13-year-old son went on. The unidentified boy apparently chomped on 11 of his peers at McCombs Middle School before one girl finally complained to the school principal. The boy has been given a delayed referral to juvenile court on an assault charge.

I don't know about most people, but at 13, I know I was able to separate fiction from reality. His parents need to stop blaming their son's behavior on the media he consumes and start doing their job before this kid grows up believing that everything in life is just like TV.

Sorry Officer I Didn't Finish the Box of Wine I was Drinking the Last Time You Pulled Me Over!

2009-03-29T12:48:00.000-07:00

A 60-year-old Washington woman vacationing in Wisconsin was pulled over three times in three days for driving under the influence of alcohol according to a report from the Boston Globe.

The first day she was arrested after trying to drive her car out of a ditch at around 2 p.m. She was only wearing one shoe and had a blood-alcohol level of .21.

The next day she was found stuck in the snow in a park campground that was closed for the winter. She reportedly told the officer that, "I am still finishing up the box of wine in my car from yesterday."

Apparently not learning her lesson from the previous two days and spending 12 hours in jail, the woman was pulled over a third day after it was reported that she was driving all over the road. Officers found a partially consumed bottle of wine in the car and the woman blew a .16.

According to police reports the woman has been sentenced to one month in jail and a $3,000 fine. Which will probably make her trip to Wisconsin her longest and most expensive vacation yet!

St. Patty's Day

2009-03-25T11:27:00.000-07:00

Soundslides

2009-03-24T22:37:00.000-07:00

I don't really understand why it's all cut off but here's the link:

http://amandadee1.webng.com/slideshow/

If it bleeds, it ledes. Or if it doesn't have hands, it probably also ledes.

2009-03-13T08:53:00.000-07:00

This is absolutely ridiculous

I didn't even have to read the rest of the story to understand that Nicholas Kristoff is a fail. Who says stuff like that? Better yet, who says stuff like that so the entire world can read it?

Damn, little boy. Guess if you had hands you'd be more excited right now. Too bad. Now what will you do to make celebratory noises?

Redic. I can't believe they let that fly. I'm all for being edgy and creative in a lede, but low-blowing an 8-year-old's lack of hands?

I'm Loving It

2009-03-09T22:30:00.000-07:00

Who would have known that those toys I couldn't have until all my nuggets were gone could have paid for a portion of my college education? If only I had had eBay when I was a 6-year-old (and the will power to not remove the toys from their original packaging).

An 11-year-old boy named Luke Underwood of Notts, England just scored $11,000 for auctioning off his 7000-piece Happy Meal Collection to buyers all over the world according to an post on parentdish.com. His collection included the only known complete set of the 101 Dalmatians.

It is estimated that Underwood would have had to eat 10,000 Happy Meals to amass such a collection, but he didn't eat them all himself. He apparently convinced his father to buy another collection with toys from the 90s for about $35o...not a bad return on his investment if you ask me.

Personally, I think it would have drove me a little crazy to have all those toys and not be able to play with them. Some of my favorite toys as a kid came out of a Happy Meal box. Oh, how can I forget the Barbie/Hotwheel days or the Halloween McNugget Buddies that entertained me for hours on end? No, I don't think I could trade all the hours of fun I had with those free toys for $11,000. It's like the MasterCard commercial says, somethings are just priceless.

Woman Swallows Engagement Ring

2009-03-03T11:09:00.000-08:00

So typically I only blog about news articles I find, but this story from Monday's Today Show was just too good to pass up.

Apparently a man intending to propose to his girlfriend put the ring in a Wendy's frosty only to find out that when she had finished it, the ring was nowhere to be found. That's right...she swallowed her engagement ring.

He finally had to break down and tell her that he had hid the ring in her milkshake and after getting an x-ray to verify that she had indeed ingested the ring, he got down on one knee...how romantic!

Today's Matt Lauer asked the man if the thought had occurred to him that she might actually swallow the ring to which he replied, "No, it's not that small of a ring so I thought she would have no problem finding it."

The bride-to-be said she swallowed the ring on Tuesday and was finally able to put the ring on her finger sometime Thursday morning.

Now that's a story to tell their kids someday.

How to Score a Man

2009-03-01T23:58:00.000-08:00

I'm not exactly sure why this story was even newsworthy, but apparently it's intended to make those women still in search for Mr. Right feel better about themselves, in a screwed up kind of way.

In a post on lemondrop.com 40-year-old Adele Parks explains why she was proposed to seven times (turning them all down) by the time she was 23. Parks explains that her "trick of the trade" was simple enough...not being herself.

Apparently Park molded herself to suit the type of man she was at the time while hiding other "less-desirable" qualities. She told a British newspaper, "Some of these men didn't even know how many siblings I have, but believed I was their ideal woman."

Well now I know the next time I go through a break up and I'm sitting on my couch stuffing my face with a pint of Ben and Jerry's it was because I was simply being myself...that's real comforting.

Aaron's Podcast

2009-02-25T09:15:00.000-08:00

Just wanted to post the HW for Journalism 475.
Podcast

Change the way you eat

2009-02-25T09:03:00.000-08:00

Well heres a couple of great ideas for your next night out.
PETA
Peta, those crazy vegans, wish to inform you that you may not be eating fish, but rather Sea Kittens. This shocking story came to light a while ago, but i really haven't seen the fruits of their labor yet. Well this morning i found it, a wonderful book showing you what has been covered up for apparently eons. My question if fish, er Sea Kittens, were good enough for Jesus to consume and share with I do believe everyone, why not anymore?

Something a little more refreshing
Mmm delicious. It is really refreshing that this place is doing well. Yes it will kill you but if you don't know that by now, is there really any good that can come of you sticking around?

Just wanted to give some ideas for your next meal.

Facebook really can ruin your life

2009-02-23T18:43:00.000-08:00

Cheaters never prosper and apparently neither do "arrogant wankers."

According to a post on switched.com, 39-year-old SouthYorkshire, England resident and loyal Manchester United fan Stuart Slann was on vacation in Cancun, Mexico when he met two Liverpool hooligans. Slann persistently gushed over the fact that Manchester currently holds the English Premiere League and Champions League titles to the utter annoyance of the two Liverpool fans who finally wound up tossing his arrogant arse into a pool. However, their revenge and soccer loyalty didn't stop there.

After returning to Liverpool, the two men set up a fake Facebook profile under the name "Emma" to tempt Slann into a virtual love affair. One 500 mile trip to North Scotland to a deserted farm and one compromising picture later, Slann finally discovered he was duped. Worse yet, Slann's wife found out about the entire thing and has since divorced him.

Facebook and soccer, what a horrible combination. I, for one, can't stand the bloody sport. I've never been able to get much excitement out of watching guys chase around a ball, scoring maybe once or twice the entire 90 minutes they play and crying when someone trips them (no offense to any soccer fans reading). I can, however, totally relate to the fanatical sports fandom. What Cougar fan wouldn't want to get a little revenge after listening to someone spout the praises of the Purple and Gold? I'm not sure if ruining another person's marraige is entirely called for, but certainly posting some pictures of the culprit with drawings of male genetila on his face wouldn't be out of the question.

I think the most valuable lesson to be learned here is: If you have to drive more than 500 miles to meet someone you met on Facebook, you may want to reevaluate you life a little bit.

Your Take

2009-02-22T22:27:00.000-08:00

Here is my awesome attempt at a podcast.

If the embed doesn't work the direct link is:

http://www.mediafire.com/?k5dy5zzjyzw

Music by WEAS

Created by Jaime Schroeder

Audio Recording Take One

2009-02-22T22:00:00.001-08:00

Well, it's my first attempt at ever editing sound ever in my life, so that's cool I guess.

http://www.mediafire.com/?zjxwzuhlihz

Music by Teru
Sources: Rikki King, Lauren Clark

Trashy at best

2009-02-17T16:05:00.000-08:00

So I know this is probably way too easy to pick on, but I ran across this in Cosmopolitan and almost threw up from laughing so hard.

I'll give you a moment to read it ...

Okay, so what the hell? Holly Eagleson, you officially are either really freaking creepy or...wait no, just really freaking creepy.

I personally don't feel the need to please people by putting up a picture of my dog on my desk to show them I'm loyal (actually, I don't have a dog, so in that case I'll use my friend's pitbull. He's cute and cuddly...do you think people will like me because he's cute?).

I also don't feel the need to lie to my hypothetical boyfriend's parents to impress them by telling them I like political figures who in reality really piss me off. That's going to make for a really awkward election season, and really I'd rather openly trash-talk your candidate than act all hush-hush about things.

Don't even get me started on the ones about guys. Describing in vivid and dirty detail some random and utterly monotonous moment in your life doesn't really scream "dateable." Think---"Oh, and the table I did my homework on felt so hard ..." Yeah, I didn't think you wanted to go there.

In a nutshell...worst advice ever. Yay women's magazines.

13 Going on 30

2009-02-13T19:32:00.000-08:00

A 13-year-old boy has become a father according to parentdish.com. Alfie Patten was just 12-years-old when his girlfriend Chantelle Steadman became pregnant. Chantelle gave birth to 7lb 3oz Maisi Roxanne Feb. 9.

When asked how much diapers cost, the 4-foot tall British lad replied, "I don't know, but I think it's a lot."

My question is are the kids really to blame?

Apparently Alfie was encouraged to stay over and even kept an extra school uniform at the Steadman's house.

Mommy Chantelle and baby Maisi are living with Chantelle's mother, unemployed father and five siblings. The family already depends on benefits to get by.

Alfie's father says the next thing on the agenda is to have the "birds and the bees" discussion.

Isn't it just a little too late for that now?

Check out pictures of the "little" family here.

Lets take a moment...for our fallen ones.

2009-02-11T09:17:00.000-08:00

Pepsi Blue, Surge, Josta I miss you.
You sweetened my life in ways that most doctors will say are illegal, immoral, and just unhealthy. But why should I have cared? You didn't, you left me.
Oh Surge, you were the bain of my mother. You made Mountain Dew look like childs play. We had a trying relationship, you were a fleeting moment snuck in after school, or hidden in a fountain drink. Alas it could never work, and you were gone.
Josta, how could I forget. always there at the Wal-Mart entrance. So coy, so seemigly innocent, but I knew your true inner beast. You were unlike anything I ever had.
Pepsi Blue. You knew me. Your research team knew who I was, I was different and I wanted my soft drink to reflect that. But alas, that was the ultimate price you had to pay. Nobody wants to be that soda. And one day, 4th button down, you were gone.
Chocolate Soildier, heres your shout out.

Link

Man Sues Hotel for Drunken Spill

2009-02-10T15:29:00.000-08:00

A self-proclaimed alcoholic is sueing Marriot Marco Island resort after he fell down a 100 foot staircase after drunkingly leaving the hotel bar to use the restroom. Michael Fenton suffered brain damage from the incident and instead of using the experience as a wake up call, he is sueing the hotel according to gadling.com. Fenton blaims the hotel bartender for serving him and claims the staircase is a code violation.

Could you imagine the uproar at WSU if students thought they could sue the university every time one of us eats it on the stairs or sidewalk around campus? Thank God we all know its our own faults for over-celebrating or in most cases over-mourning a Cougar loss.

Remember people, take responsibility for your actions when having a little too much fun.

I didn't even know Beanie Babies still existed...

2009-02-04T09:20:00.000-08:00

So I may or may not have a closet full of these bad boys at my parents house, but this is just too ridiculous.

Apparently Ty Beanie Babies is "retiring" (read: renaming because Michelle Obama was pissed), the names of two of its little gems "Marvelous Malia" and "Sweet Sasha." Not only is it creepy that the company took the time out to create and name these beanie babies, but they are definitely two of the most creepy looking beanie babies I've ever seen. No children have lips like that.

I don't think I've ever heard of a beanie baby company getting a bad name. Those evil stuffed animal companies -- they'll exploit your 10 and 7-year-old daughters and reap the benefits. Huh. Go figure.

Arizona Fans Get the Shaft...Literally

2009-02-02T22:38:00.000-08:00

For those that thought Janet Jackson's alleged "wardrobe malfunction" during the halftime show of Superbowl XXXVIII was bad, it was nothing compared to what Tucson-area Comcast customers saw Sunday.

According to Fanhouse.com, a 30-second porn clip interrupted the broadcast following Arizona's Larry Fitzgerald's touchdown reception in the final minutes of the game.

Philadelphia-based Comcast issued a statement that the company was "mortified" and would be conducting an investigation into what it believes is an isolated malicious act.

Only those watching Superbowl XLIII in standard definition were affected by the incident, which only legitimizes the superiority of hi-def in my opinion.

Personally, if I were Budweiser I'd be irate. I mean who's going to remember a commercial about a Clydesdale fetching an over-sized branch after that? There's $3,000,000 down the drain.

Taking Green to a Whole New Level

2009-02-01T11:32:00.000-08:00

So here is a story I stumbled upon earlier this week that, dear I say, doesn’t need much commentary.

According to a post on AutoblogGreen, an environmental blog, NY public transportation rider and apparent poet Shelia Bolar bit a bus driver when she found out the bus she was riding was not a hybrid.

Apparently Bolar has quite the bite as she managed to bruise the driver’s arm through a jacket, sweater and a shirt. According to the New York Daily News, Bolar is facing assault charges and will have to take a psychiatric exam.

Clearly Bolar is not one of those vegetarian poets/extreme environmentalists.