Vlogs are the new Blogs

So I finally figured out how to put videos on my blog (with a little help from the good people at myspace.com). Yes folks, today we officially become a vlog.

This is a video of & from when we played for the girls in our ward. Watch for my awesome mess-up during the solo section!

Also check out &'s new site: myspace.com/ampersandtheband

Get this video and more at MySpace.com

My Spring Internship

Scared at work

You need to check this out!

Provo - Brigham Young University - Library-Music Section - In the Reading Room of the Music Section of the Library there is always a moaning noise that sometimes sounds like voices. Also, the room is always extremely cold or extremely hot. In another part of the Music Library, the Harp room, a mysterious chair, called the "ghost chair" by some appeared out of nowhere and the librarians can't account for where it came from. There is also a room in the back called the Music Recordings Archives where rows and rows of old records lie practically untouched and students often get scared or spooked in this room.

Thank goodness I don't have the night shift anymore!

Taking notes from BYUSA

When it comes to BYUSA elections, I'm as apathetic as it gets. Everyone knows that student leadership is a silly waste of time and energy, right? Seriously, I cannot name one good thing that a BYUSA president has ever done for me.

That was until today. As Jamen and I were walking through the quad we saw this guy waving a sign for "Mike and Caleb." Nothing shocking; there are dozens of campaigners waving signs all over campus today. What was shocking was what was written underneath the names on the sign.

FREE HAIRCUTS

As an advertising student I cannot commend this non-traditional idea enough. Simply brilliant. What better way to say "service" than by actually serving me with something very valuable and relevant to my life? I even had getting a haircut on my to-do list today.

So, yeah, vote for Mike and Caleb.

Gar-binge

It's portfolio time again. Chateau and I are getting ready to submit our combined work to New York for review. Wish us luck.

Yesterday had us finishing up an ad series for Excedrin. One of the ads features an inbox piled high with papers. In order to create an authentic looking inbox and photograph it, I had to dig through a ton of HBLL white and colored paper bins. Talk about fun! Anyone who knows me knows I LOVE digging through trash! I never know just what I'll find.

Yesterday's findings included copies of journal articles, scientific studies, Arabic and Chinese homework, an article titled "Read This Before Having Sex," the first three pages of Annie Proulx's Brokeback Mountain, and even the first page of a patriarchal blessing. (No, I didn't read it.)

Interesting things they are teaching at BYU these days.

Best of Game

OK. I just got done seeing every one of the Super Bowl ads aired yesterday, and I've made up my mind. My vote for top ad is Sierra Mist's "Airport Security." Strong concept. Strong acting. Funny as TV gets.

What was your favorite Super Bowl ad?

&: Live in Concert

Jamen & Seth live in concert Saturday night at apartment 326.

Twin Falls

It took a while to get these photos, but it was worth the wait. My roommates can ollie like crazy.

Family Ties

I was checking out a book to a girl in the library. After swiping her card I noticed her last name on my computer screen.

Lunt.

Lunt is my grandma's maiden name.

"Are your ancestors from the Mormon colonies in Mexico?" I ask her.

"Yeah." she says.

"Is Henry Lunt in your family tree?" I inquire.

"Yes!" she shouts. "Which wife are you through?"

So it turns out we've got different great-great-grandmas, but we are in fact cousins. And such is life at Brigham Young University. Everyone is family, be it fraternally or biologically. Then sometimes both.

"So, have you read Henry's big, beige biography?"

"No, you?"

"Nope."

It's so totally obvious that we are related.

January 31, 2006

Happy Flaming-Lips-Soft-Bulletin-Re-Release-in-5.1-Surround-Sound-Day to you too!!

Show 'n' tell

I got a new cell phone. It's black. It's got my same old number. It's T-Mobile. I like it.

I got paid. All in ones. I don't know why. Money is fun!

I got the new 5.1 re-release of "The Soft Bulletin." It's loud! It's by Flaming Lips. This is my most favorite album of all time. Music is good. Just like puppies. I like puppies.