The Inner Ramblings of Lauren

Student Activities Board holds first 'BYU Idol' By Amanda Wallace - 15 Sep 2008 The Student Activities Board production had its first show Wednesday night. Stephanie Lewis took first place, Alex Pizza came in second and Lauren Neaves took third, earning the judge's choice. Pizza, an advertising major from North Wildwood, N.J., was pleased with her performance of "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston. "The stage is my favorite thing in the world, so I really felt at home," Pizza said. The judges were also impressed with Pizza's delivery. "After that performance, we all will always love you," said Tyson Harmon, a BYU Idol judge and a cappella singer. The night started with a performance from media arts major Tristyn Tanner. Cary Carr, a math major, followed Tanner's act with an entertaining routine to "We Like to Party" by the Venga Boys. Carr had the crowd dancing and singing as he jumped and discoed about the stage. ...

Who's going to the BYU Idol finale? Oh wait, that would be me! I'm super stoked. :)

And I have returned to school. It's the second week of classes, and I must admit that I'm a little afraid. My classes seem somewhat intense, though hopefully not too bad. I think I'm nervous because I haven't received all of my textbooks too. One of my teachers drives me nuts. It's my philosophy of religion teacher. Well, our co-teacher. The assigned teacher is team teaching, and the guy he's team teaching with is a pompous prick. He wrote the textbooks we're using, and his day job is being a lawyer, and he's told us many times that he's "generously giving us his time" because he's not getting paid to teach us, he's merely gracing us with his presence. Does he know what the word "gracious" means? Because if he really was graciously giving me his time, he wouldn't need to tell me that he's graciously giving me his time. And he name drops like crazy. "Well, when I was having lunch with Elder Bednar the other day...