Hey, Jenn! Look! We can have that private island after all!. Now we just need to figure out where to get 250,000 plastic bottles… [via Boing Boing]
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Christine is an Avenger of Sexiness. Her Superpower is helping Hot Mamas grow their Confidence by rediscovering their Beauty. She lives in the Heights in Houston, Texas, works as a boudoir photographer, and writes about running a Business of Awesome. In her spare time, she loves to knit, especially when she travels. She & her husband Mike have a food blog at Spoon & Knife.
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Mmmmm, Harry Potter…
I knew I loved reading the Harry Potter books for a reason. (I think book 4 was my favorite, but I really liked them all.) Maybe I should add the Nimbus 2000 Broom to my wishlist since my birthday is coming up? I mean … I am single after all … and doesn’t every single woman in her 30’s need one of these? [via Chris]
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My Idol…
For some reason, I thought the finals were last night so I didn’t watch it, and the Tivo is almost full so I didn’t record it either. So? Who won American Idol? Huh? Huh? Who won???
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Traditions…
I went to a school full of strange but wonderful traditions, and I am alway proud to admit that I am an Aggie. One of the many wonderful traditions at A&M is the Aggie Band. It was a nice treat to come across the website tonight and look through all of the information there – and I was thrilled to see that you can order an Aggie Band CD! Just looking at the photographs, I can hear the band in my mind – the opening notes of the halftime performance at the football games, the amazing moves of their routines, going with girlfriends down to the band field to watch them practice my freshman year, attending games with friends in the band my sophomore year – the only way to get a 50 yard-line seat in the student section!
My sophmore year in college was the first time a female was a senior in the Aggie Band – in 1989! Hey, I said it was a school of strange traditions. So it was neat to see in the photographs that they have so many females in the band now. When I was a freshman, there were very few – and life for them was hell. (Hazing wasn’t “allowed” but it was still happening throughout the Corps at the time.) A lot has changed since I left A&M back in 1989.
Key facts and figures about the Aggie Band:
:: With approximately 400 men and women musicians, it is the largest military marching band in the country.
:: The musicians all are members of Texas A&M’s Corps of Cadets. Band members live, eat and are housed together as a unit of the corps.
:: The infantry and artillery bands, which form the combined band, are the two largest units in the Corps of Cadets.
:: The band is led by members of its senior class, who wear distinctive senior boots.
:: There are no music majors among the band’s members because Texas A&M doesn’t offer such a major.
:: Band members pursue studies in all of the university’s undergraduates colleges.
:: Twelve senior cadets march on the band’s front row as the “bugle rank.”
:: The group prepares its drills with seven to 10 hours of actual practice time per week. Members say that’s possible only because of the discipline inherent in their military lifestyle.
:: Some of the band’s maneuvers are so complex that a computer says they can’t be done because they require two people to be in the same place at the same time.
Gig ‘Em, Aggies! WHOOOOOP!
Oh – did you want more? The last part of this post is dedicated to Robyn & Todd…
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Beyond Cool…
The lovely & wonderful Robyn not only runs a fantastic blog, but she also is the proud owner of the best wedding site ev-ah! I don’t care if you’re getting married or not, you really should check out Wholly Matrimony! which was featured today in an article at MSNBC! Can we say “SWEET!!!”?
I just had to share the comment I left on Robyn’s blog though. Is it just me or is this really amusing? “The couple was married on Sept. 28, 2001, at Bitter End Yacht Club in the British Virgin Islands.” If I was getting married, somehow I don’t think I could possibly get married at a place called “Bitter End” … that seems like it would be a bad omen, don’t you think?