Wait, we have a quarterback who actually knows how to play football?

The Cougars just had a 96 yard drive in the last minute and a half of the game, making the winning touchdown with less than 15 seconds in the game. That was the craziest thing I've ever seen! I'm so glad Bronco pulled that joke of a quarterback, Jake Heaps, and put in someone who actually knows what he's doing. Way to go Riley Nelson!

New Singer (or The Post with the Incessant Parentheticals)

I love finding new music artists to listen to. I've found that some of my favorite music artists are the ones that new one has ever heard of (Priscilla Ahn, A Fine Frenzy, for example), so sometimes it's hard to find new people to listen to. I've also had a little bit of a bad weekend (did anyone else watch that disaster of a football game on Saturday?), so I definitely needed something to pick me up today.

Enter Mindy Gledhill. I was wandering around the BYU Bookstore (aka my own personal library; sometimes I read the books that they have for sell without buying them...), and a CD cover caught my eye. I immediately fell in love with the cover (the image on the video is the album cover. Isn't it adorable?!), but I hesitated because because it was sitting in the basket with the religious music (not that I don't like religious music, it's just not the kind of music that I prefer to listen to on a daily basis). So I decided to do a little research, and luckily I found her music on YouTube. As soon as I heard the first song, I knew that Mindy Gledhill and I were going to become very good friends (well, not literally, but figuratively, through the music).

This is her song "Crazy Love." I love it. It's cute, upbeat, happy, etc...ok, ok. I'll admit, the lyrics are a little bit on the stalker side, but come on. Sometimes stalker songs can be really good (remember "Every Breath You Take" by The Police? Everyone loves that song)! Trust me, you will fall in love too.

Oh, be still, my restless heart!

This video gave me chills

It's a good day today

This is hilarious. If you're ever looking for a smart comic, try XKCD.

Mystery Solved

Those poor, skinny, beautiful, rich models

Sometimes I like to watch shows with drama. I think it's because my life is so devoid of personal drama that I have to get it elsewhere. It's a guilty pleasure. Don't judge me.

My cousin, Rachel, and I were watching the final episode of the Bachelor Pad (as a side note, I never watch the Bachelor/Bachelorette because I think the show is ridiculous), and let me tell you, that show has more drama than 10 ABC Family shows--and that's saying something because ABC Family is very dramatic. Anyways, we needed a break from the drama, so we turned the channel to...the Miss Universe Pageant.

I understand that there is a stereotype around Beauty Queens, and I understand that not all Beauty Queens are brainless models who think of little more than make up, hair, and their next bikini wax. But come on! I just can't help but think that those girls are the most superficial, fake girls ever.

So, we're watching the pageant, and the girls are strutting their stuff during the swimsuit competition (although technically they're not supposed to call it that), and one of the commentators is talking about Miss Australia. She says that Miss Australia is really interested in health, and that the health section is always the first section she reads when she picks up the morning newspaper. Then the commentator says, "I was just so impressed that she actually read the newspaper." That comment just made my night.

Go Cougars!

It's football season again! I love football season; it just makes the weekends that much better. BYU is looking really good this season. We had a rough start at Ole Miss, but we pulled through it. To make two touchdowns in the last ten minutes of the game? Craziness! We came out blazing against Texas this week--a touchdown and a field goal in the first quarter--and even though we lost our heads a little bit during the last half, we still played an excellent game. The biggest game of the season is next week. We need to keep up this hot streak, so we can whoop the Utes when they come to Provo next week.

Go Cougars! We believe in you.