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June 27 :
A radar detector worth $140 was stolen from the owner’s car in the Wymount Terrace parking lot. The owner claims the car was locked.

If this was your car, how would you explain to the police why you would even have a radar detector in the first place?

June 28 :
Two juvenile offenders were arrested for marijuana possession and use in the Helaman Halls dormitories. The police received a call that someone smelled something suspicious. When the officer arrived he said he smelled something burning and a strong chemical smell. The young men attempted to deodorize the room with air freshener spray, but the officers were still able to make the arrest. The two juveniles were promptly dismissed from the EFY program and sent home.

Yup, it is EFY season again. It amazes me that they really thought that they could get away with smoking pot in the dorms. On the other hand, they were probably high and not thinking.

June 30 :
An 18-year-old student was arrested, cited and released for stealing a bottle of water worth $1.19. BYU has a zero tolerance policy for theft, regardless of the value of the goods. All theft will be charged as a Class-C Misdemeanor.

I’m not sure what is more shocking, getting arrested for stealing a bottle of water, or the fact that a bottle of water costs $1.19. The report didn’t say where the bottle of water was stolen from, but there are many free drinking fountains all over campus.

May 27 :
Someone called in about a suspicious male in the WSC. The suspect had long, blonde hair and a goatee. It turned out he had lost his camera and came in to see if it was brought to the Lost & Found, police said.

Just because someone on BYU campus doesn’t look like they are following the BYU dress and grooming standards, doesn’t mean they are suspicious. On the other hand, it doesn’t hurt to check.

May 31 :
A student called and reported suspicious behavior at 11 p.m.. A car had been running around the law school parking lot for 30 minutes, police said. When the officer arrived the male explained he was teaching his girlfriend how to drive.

I’m not sure what to say about this one, but it is kind of funny.

I could guarantee you a cookie now. Would you take it if there might be the possibility of someday accepting, instead, a delicious slice of cheesecake?

To see a platypus in your dream, suggests your tendency to wallow and dwell on your emotions. It may also suggest that your repressed thoughts and unconscious material are slowly coming to the surface and making their presence known. Alternatively, it is indicative of shyness and reservation, especially in social situations.

It didn’t specifically mention the meaning of dreaming of exactly two platypi.

Sometimes, others disagree with what is written.

So, here is my question to other bloggers out there: What sort of negative reactions have you see to your blog posts?

Have you been told to take an anger management class, to quit whining, or to get a life? Do you think these responses are justified?

1. It has been 8 days since I’ve done this. Over the last month or two, I average doing this about once every seven days.
2. It has been 20 days since I’ve last eaten this.
3. It has been 48 days since I’ve published this. In those days, 889 people have benefited from this.
4. It has been 58 days since I’ve experienced this, although I’m not likely to announce the details of this publicly.

Please feel free to guess what this is by leaving a comment.

Man accused in beating death appears in court

At my first read, I thought it was talking about a man that beat death. I was hoping the article could tell me how to do the same: beat death and live forever. If this man had allegedly beat death, what is he doing in court?

Upon second look, I realized that it was a death by beating that he was accused of. If he had actually beat death, the headline would have read: Man accused of beating death appears in court. What a difference one little word can make.

It bothers me sometimes when I see someone who is a completely different person depending on who they are around. Or someone who’s loyalties are always placed with the people present, but never with the friends distant. Sometimes we call these people two-faced–those who speak out of both sides of their mouths, or those who flip-flop allegiances.

You might think that these people lie to others. In cases of deliberate deception, this may be true. However, I think the case is more often that they are simply not honest with themselves.

To be honest with yourself, you have to know who you are, what your fundamentals are, and what you believe to be true. Conviction is a sure quality of those who are honest with themselves. Honest men and women confront their problems and sticky situations straight on, because they know that they will be true to self whatever the result is. Those who hide from their problems, only do so because they betray their own courage and natural ability to confront their fears.

Too many times we hide behind the excuse of self-discover. I do not claim that any man can know himself completely, because we constant evolve and grow such that our knowledge of our full selves can never be fully acquired. Rather, I think we can all obtain a satisfactory idea about who we are now, and what we believe now, without having to color in the whole picture of our future. Those who cannot invent even the simplest self-mission statement will always be bound by laziness to be someone they aren’t.

The theme made me think some more about the different things that motivate us in life. In particular, the movie illustrated some of the meaning that comes through service and love to others and family.

Sometimes I’m not sure how much of that meaning I am currently finding. Sometimes its hard being single when you see all your friends going off and getting married. I hate to admit it, but sometimes I even convince myself to have little crushes, because, as I think I’m figuring out, it gives me a little bit of hope of things that may come. To find the meaning and to find the hope, I think these things would help me cope.

Happy May thirteenth. I hope today means something in your life.