Jimmer's Dance Off

One of the reasons I love youtube is it can connect you to so many cool things happening in the world! Like this gem of a clip. Who knew that Jimmer had the moves? I enjoy keeping up with the goings on of one of our famous Cougars.

Letter to Nutri-Grain

Dear Mr. Baynes:

I am writing as a concerned consumer. I recently saw a disturbing Nutri-Grain advertisement. This poster had a woman with two large cinnamon rolls for a bottom and the caption, “respect yourself in the morning.” This advertisement was for Nutri-Grain’s apple cinnamon breakfast bars. Though attention-catching, this ad did not motivate me to eat apple cinnamon breakfast bars; rather, it discouraged me from supporting this product. Please allow me to explain why, and what I hope can be done in the future so that I may continue to purchase Kellogg’s’ goods.

I feel that this advertisement is degrading to females. Some women are body-conscious, and I believe that this Nutri-Grain advertisement capitalizes on this insecurity. Distorting the female body image to sell a product seems very unnecessary to me. In fact, I find it disrespectful. As an educated and thoughtful consumer, I find it illogical to assume that choosing alternative foods over a Nutri-Grain bar will destroy my self-respect and add inches to my waistline. It is wrong to represent females in such a body-conscious and self-oriented light, and I feel this advertisement may only add to the growing problem of female body consciousness.
I hope to have a family one day, and I want my children to appreciate women for their intellect and acts of kindness. I do not want them to be exposed to advertisements that negatively represent women’s bodies and place emphasis on what they must do to be thinner.

I believe that Kellogg’s produces wonderful products, and I enjoy eating Nutri-Grain bars. I encourage Nutri-Grain to employ more positive advertising messages. Rather than use a degrading poster based on weight gain or loss, please emphasize that fact that healthy foods give a person greater energy or strength. Please do not pinpoint and degrade overweight females. This type of negative advertising does not encourage your consumers to support you. I am happy to purchase Kellogg’s products so long as its advertisements reflect positive values and do not perpetuate psychological harm.

Melinda Cummings

(Here is an example of a similar ad)

Cupcakes and Cashmere

This is one of my absolute favorite blogs. The author appears to live a charmed life - she's a fashionista who has turned her blog into a business. I love her posts because she is an expert at noticing the small, beautiful things that make life rich. While her fairy-tale job is the exception rather than the rule in today's world, I love escaping for a few minutes into her dainty and tasty life!

So What Even IS a Katniss Braid?

So I still haven't seen Hunger Games. Gasp! I know, I know. I want to, and I'll get around to it, but I just haven't been able to squeeze it in with all the HW, tests, and papers that have been due! I'm sure you know what I mean. :)



A bunch of my friends went to a midnight showing and got back around 3:30 AM because of traffic. I declined going because, as I've gotten older, I've realized that I really don't like midnight showings that much! The hype is sure a lot of fun, but you have to go hours early to get a good seat and by the time the movie starts I sure am exhausted and cranky! Lately I've been a fan of waiting till the weekend after the midnight premiere. I can stay awake and enjoy all of the movie. Midnight showings are a big part of American media culture - what's your opinion on them?

This Is My Phone

And I use it. ALOT. When I was a freshman my dad had me on some crazy texting plan that only allowed 5 a month, "for emergencies." :) Needless to say, I missed out on a lot of fun outings because I never got the memos! I now have unlimited, and I actually feel like my social life is more extensive as a result. You don't HAVE to have texting to have a good social life, but it definitely helps me keep involved in the goings on at BYU. Do you agree? Or does it just annoy you?

The Artist

Wow, what an amazing movie! It's a silent film, and so artsy and beautiful! Really touching and also clean! I would recommend this to anyone. It was a surreal experience to sit in theaters and have it be DEAD silent for the first part of the film (till the soundtrack came on). It was actually quite uncomfortable, and it made me think of how we have been socialized differently from the movie-goers of the early 20th century. Oh well, being shushed isn't the end of the world. :) Go see this movie!

"Oh You Know 'dat's Right."

I don't watch TV shows very often, but I have some roommates who are obsessed with Psych and I have to say I really like it as well. :) It's entertaining and most of the episodes are squeaky-clean. I've heard the latest season is a little more risque (why does that always happen?) but the first 5 are still pretty classic.

By the way, did you know that this exists?



Did you know that my roommate has one? Yeah. She's pretty much awesome.

Have a happy day. :)