11 years ago
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Foxwood Cleaning Check Policy - get ready!
If you were annoyed by King Henry's cleaning checks policy, check out this mutha from Foxwood:
"•Cleaning checks: A monthly cleaning check will be performed. The inspection will be conducted sometime between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. on that scheduled day. Each roommate will be required to complete cleaning as divided on the form. It will be up to the roommates to decide who has which cleaning assignment. Each roommate is expected to do his/her share of the cleaning or charges will be assessed accordingly. All re-checks will be charged a $10 fee for the area that fails, the roommate responsible will be assessed the fine. If at any time you fail a re-check, you consent to LREM having the area cleaned and charging you $30.00 an hour per person for the cleaning (2 hour minimum)."
KH is $5 for re-checks, and $20 an hour limited to only the minutes that it takes to clean where you failed.
Two hour minimum? That's $60! Perhaps they will be more lenient...
"•Cleaning checks: A monthly cleaning check will be performed. The inspection will be conducted sometime between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. on that scheduled day. Each roommate will be required to complete cleaning as divided on the form. It will be up to the roommates to decide who has which cleaning assignment. Each roommate is expected to do his/her share of the cleaning or charges will be assessed accordingly. All re-checks will be charged a $10 fee for the area that fails, the roommate responsible will be assessed the fine. If at any time you fail a re-check, you consent to LREM having the area cleaned and charging you $30.00 an hour per person for the cleaning (2 hour minimum)."
KH is $5 for re-checks, and $20 an hour limited to only the minutes that it takes to clean where you failed.
Two hour minimum? That's $60! Perhaps they will be more lenient...
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
BYUSA Candidates
I just went to the Q&A for BYUSA Presidency candidates.
The experience cemented my satisfaction in having chosen to work for the Green Team.
Voting is next week fellas. Do it.
1st Round: Mon - Wed
Finals: Thu - Fri
The experience cemented my satisfaction in having chosen to work for the Green Team.
Voting is next week fellas. Do it.
1st Round: Mon - Wed
Finals: Thu - Fri
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
APARTMENT
Here I take my stand, brethren.
I just won't pay more than I paid for King Henry. I normally wouldn't even have paid as much as we do pay for King Henry right now. But I didn't have much choice coming off of the mission.
This may be stretching the doctrine, but I think that to live in a place such as Alpine Village is going against our current Prophet's counsel to live within our means. I know that our parents in some cases are willing to pay as much, they have those means. But imagine us being cut off from our parents, we would not be able to live in Alpine Village and live within our means simultaneously. We should not want to try. It just is not realistic for us as college students. I think there are many lessons to be learned from living in humble lodgings that we have yet to learn. Those of us who plan on starting families in the near future have to get weaned away from such cushy amenities and get used to living like the poor college students we really are.
Personally, I like the idea of living in something of a dump like Campus Plaza and staying close to campus. Call it foolish masochism, I call it prudent minimalism. Many great men who have gone before have had to live in such conditions. On the other hand, do any of us know any great people who have had everything they wanted just given to them?
Also, this way we can keep members who want to follow the group, like Mike Rees, without lying to the Alpine Village owners by saying he is a BYU student when, in fact, he is not.
Of course the idea of settling for less when you can have more seems to go against modern popular wisdom, and I think that's partially why I like it. "Two roads diverged in a wood, and I, I took the one less travelled by. And that has made all the difference."
I am Josh. I am a bold Lamanite.
I just won't pay more than I paid for King Henry. I normally wouldn't even have paid as much as we do pay for King Henry right now. But I didn't have much choice coming off of the mission.
This may be stretching the doctrine, but I think that to live in a place such as Alpine Village is going against our current Prophet's counsel to live within our means. I know that our parents in some cases are willing to pay as much, they have those means. But imagine us being cut off from our parents, we would not be able to live in Alpine Village and live within our means simultaneously. We should not want to try. It just is not realistic for us as college students. I think there are many lessons to be learned from living in humble lodgings that we have yet to learn. Those of us who plan on starting families in the near future have to get weaned away from such cushy amenities and get used to living like the poor college students we really are.
Personally, I like the idea of living in something of a dump like Campus Plaza and staying close to campus. Call it foolish masochism, I call it prudent minimalism. Many great men who have gone before have had to live in such conditions. On the other hand, do any of us know any great people who have had everything they wanted just given to them?
Also, this way we can keep members who want to follow the group, like Mike Rees, without lying to the Alpine Village owners by saying he is a BYU student when, in fact, he is not.
Of course the idea of settling for less when you can have more seems to go against modern popular wisdom, and I think that's partially why I like it. "Two roads diverged in a wood, and I, I took the one less travelled by. And that has made all the difference."
I am Josh. I am a bold Lamanite.
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Crossword
Hey guys, if any of you read the Tuesday, February 12, Daily Universe, you would see that I put a second copy of the crossword where the Sudoku should have been.
So yeah, chalk it up as my first major screwup at the Universe. Hopefully the last, but probably not.
If a friend asks, "What kind of idiots do they have working there?"
You may proudly answer, "My roommate is the kind of idiot they have working there."
Then they'll say, "Wait, Zack did that?"
To which you may say, "Yeah. Yeah he did. And he shamelessly walks around naked at his workplace too."
So yeah, chalk it up as my first major screwup at the Universe. Hopefully the last, but probably not.
If a friend asks, "What kind of idiots do they have working there?"
You may proudly answer, "My roommate is the kind of idiot they have working there."
Then they'll say, "Wait, Zack did that?"
To which you may say, "Yeah. Yeah he did. And he shamelessly walks around naked at his workplace too."
Sunday, February 10, 2008
Josh and Allie...almost siblings?
The latest development. After I was telling my parents about my date with Sister [Sandy1, F]. I told my mom about her dad's profession. Guess what... my mom and her dad used to date and were almost engaged!
My mom wrote to him during his mission, I guess he broke up with her. But all my life my parents have told me about how my mom could have married the president of NuSkin. And apparently, in her family, her mom has been known to say, "You should have married Sue."
We'll have pictures later of the two parents, Allie and I could have been brother and sister! but... yeah, what could this possibly mean? We'd like to hear your comments.
My mom wrote to him during his mission, I guess he broke up with her. But all my life my parents have told me about how my mom could have married the president of NuSkin. And apparently, in her family, her mom has been known to say, "You should have married Sue."
We'll have pictures later of the two parents, Allie and I could have been brother and sister! but... yeah, what could this possibly mean? We'd like to hear your comments.
Guest post from Def Leppard Veteran
This is George, John's older brother, given temporary access to post on this blog. I would like to spend the time I have here encouraging the authors of this blog to proudly and courageously bear the Def Leppard torch with a marked indifference towards the threats of low-level and petty employees of the BYU intramural athletics organization.
Some weeks ago, I gave you my blessing in resurrecting a noble institution, even going so far as to authorize the use of the Def Leppard name. I have recently learned that fear of intramural banishment has caused certain members of the group to fail in this sacred trust by not upholding the time-honored ideals of Def Leppard Basketball.
Here's a little refresher course:
1. Def Leppard is not, in fact, about the sport of basketball.
2. At no time should the team ever focus on winning the game.
3. Letter-of-the-law sportsmanship and rule-keeping is a must - in fact, this concept taken to its extreme can be an entertaining and rewarding part of the Def Leppard experience. The limits can and must be pushed.
4. Although Def Leppard started its first season (1997) for the purpose of mocking others, we quickly shifted our focus toward entertainment, both of our fans and ourselves, and toward gaining free publicity for our social group.
5. The more spectacle and controversy, both on and off the court, the better.
Applying the guiding principles outlined above, I'd like to point out that only good things can flow from an underling within the intramural organization attempting to ban the team.
Unfortunately, the deeds of my generation have caused certain modifications of the official rules, which present an uphill challenge for the current team. Specifically, I understand that there is a rule against dressing or acting in a way that makes a mockery of the game. Fair game. You will have to work around this rule by being specific in your on-court strategy. There must be a certain earnestness in everything you do.
In dressing up, don't wear drag (like we sometimes did) or a business suit (ditto). Instead, go as extreme as you can with hardcore, old school, ridiculous court attire. You can still wear the other stuff during pre-game warmups, and so can your fans and support staff. The worst they can do (legitimately) is ask you to leave. As long as your players show up at game time in "appropriate" basketball attire, they have to let you play.
Let's assume that you, as a group, grow a pair and decide to do the Def Leppard name proud in your next duly scheduled athletic competition. The absolute worst thing that can happen, so long as no one dies, is that someone at the game tries to ban you. First of all, you shouldn't care about your eligibility to play in something as lame as college intramural sports. Second, being banned would be an amazing opportunity to cause a ruckus off the court. I'm thinking appeals process, fan petitions, letters to the editor, flyers, newspaper stories, local newschannel coverage, picketing protests in the "Wilk" and so on. Def Leppard is about so much more than playing basketball.
You are not there to mock the game or the system. You are there to shine a light on the retardedness of the system. Your team may have to go down as a martyr and give way for the next generation to take up the reins. If that happens, go out with a lot of noise and have fun while doing it. Point out that you are willing to abide by every rule of the system, cheerfully. You just have a non-traditional approach to enjoying the sport of basketball and should be allowed to pursue that.
It should be noted, here, that a majority of our trick plays are not "mocking the game." They are actually every bit as effective as traditional basketball plays (except Football Play - that one never works and is a little bit mocking). A general guideline for the creation and execution of plays: you are an eager, yet dim newcomer to the sport of basketball with some misguided ideas about how to win the game. Keep track of your success rate. Ours was easily over 50%.
Further, who within BYU Intramural Sports has been ordained keeper of the true spirit of basketball? How on earth can they claim that eager individuals thinking out of the box about ways to score are mocking this indefinable concept of "the Game?" This is just one of the things that makes the intramural institution so ridiculous and mock-worthy. That's what you are there to show. Not by open mocking, but by exposing the whole process to the larger BYU community. Let others mock what you uncover. Rallying other students to your cause, publicly overcoming a putative banishment, having fun the whole time you are doing it - that is true Def Leppard-osity. Rent the movie Footloose. Fight the idiocy and smallness pervading the system. Not by open rebellion, but by having a good time.
Wimping out at this point places you squarely within the system you set out to shake up. Don't be so willing to back down.
Also - any half attempts at playing Def Leppard basketball are just so not ok with me. If you're not going to take it over the top and really go for it, please just change your name to Poison and play regular ball. Continued authorized use of the Def Leppard name is spefically conditioned on carrying on in the spirit of your forefathers.
Seriously.
Some weeks ago, I gave you my blessing in resurrecting a noble institution, even going so far as to authorize the use of the Def Leppard name. I have recently learned that fear of intramural banishment has caused certain members of the group to fail in this sacred trust by not upholding the time-honored ideals of Def Leppard Basketball.
Here's a little refresher course:
1. Def Leppard is not, in fact, about the sport of basketball.
2. At no time should the team ever focus on winning the game.
3. Letter-of-the-law sportsmanship and rule-keeping is a must - in fact, this concept taken to its extreme can be an entertaining and rewarding part of the Def Leppard experience. The limits can and must be pushed.
4. Although Def Leppard started its first season (1997) for the purpose of mocking others, we quickly shifted our focus toward entertainment, both of our fans and ourselves, and toward gaining free publicity for our social group.
5. The more spectacle and controversy, both on and off the court, the better.
Applying the guiding principles outlined above, I'd like to point out that only good things can flow from an underling within the intramural organization attempting to ban the team.
Unfortunately, the deeds of my generation have caused certain modifications of the official rules, which present an uphill challenge for the current team. Specifically, I understand that there is a rule against dressing or acting in a way that makes a mockery of the game. Fair game. You will have to work around this rule by being specific in your on-court strategy. There must be a certain earnestness in everything you do.
In dressing up, don't wear drag (like we sometimes did) or a business suit (ditto). Instead, go as extreme as you can with hardcore, old school, ridiculous court attire. You can still wear the other stuff during pre-game warmups, and so can your fans and support staff. The worst they can do (legitimately) is ask you to leave. As long as your players show up at game time in "appropriate" basketball attire, they have to let you play.
Let's assume that you, as a group, grow a pair and decide to do the Def Leppard name proud in your next duly scheduled athletic competition. The absolute worst thing that can happen, so long as no one dies, is that someone at the game tries to ban you. First of all, you shouldn't care about your eligibility to play in something as lame as college intramural sports. Second, being banned would be an amazing opportunity to cause a ruckus off the court. I'm thinking appeals process, fan petitions, letters to the editor, flyers, newspaper stories, local newschannel coverage, picketing protests in the "Wilk" and so on. Def Leppard is about so much more than playing basketball.
You are not there to mock the game or the system. You are there to shine a light on the retardedness of the system. Your team may have to go down as a martyr and give way for the next generation to take up the reins. If that happens, go out with a lot of noise and have fun while doing it. Point out that you are willing to abide by every rule of the system, cheerfully. You just have a non-traditional approach to enjoying the sport of basketball and should be allowed to pursue that.
It should be noted, here, that a majority of our trick plays are not "mocking the game." They are actually every bit as effective as traditional basketball plays (except Football Play - that one never works and is a little bit mocking). A general guideline for the creation and execution of plays: you are an eager, yet dim newcomer to the sport of basketball with some misguided ideas about how to win the game. Keep track of your success rate. Ours was easily over 50%.
Further, who within BYU Intramural Sports has been ordained keeper of the true spirit of basketball? How on earth can they claim that eager individuals thinking out of the box about ways to score are mocking this indefinable concept of "the Game?" This is just one of the things that makes the intramural institution so ridiculous and mock-worthy. That's what you are there to show. Not by open mocking, but by exposing the whole process to the larger BYU community. Let others mock what you uncover. Rallying other students to your cause, publicly overcoming a putative banishment, having fun the whole time you are doing it - that is true Def Leppard-osity. Rent the movie Footloose. Fight the idiocy and smallness pervading the system. Not by open rebellion, but by having a good time.
Wimping out at this point places you squarely within the system you set out to shake up. Don't be so willing to back down.
Also - any half attempts at playing Def Leppard basketball are just so not ok with me. If you're not going to take it over the top and really go for it, please just change your name to Poison and play regular ball. Continued authorized use of the Def Leppard name is spefically conditioned on carrying on in the spirit of your forefathers.
Seriously.
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