Ravings of an Undead Cheese Minion

 excellent Friday night / Halloween activities 

Sometimes I research the CS Animation program just because I'm curious about how it's progressed and how the reqs have changed.  I really need to help more premajors on r/byu more, but life is busy and I spend most of my Reddit time shitposting anyway.  However, I want to make one comment clear from this thread . This person is WEAK, and their ancestors are weak:  In my experience, it's important to not only consider the acceptance rate but also recognize who you're competing against. When I applied to the program, the most eye-opening class for me was the intro to 3D modeling. We were told this course would be the biggest factor in determining our chances of getting in. At the time, I had never done any 3D modeling before, but many of my classmates had parents working at Pixar or other major studios. They were producing Pixar-level work in an intro class. That was when I realized I simply couldn’t compete with people who had been doing this since they were nine. Just k...

Ten years in Utah (gross), plus another year before my mission, and I am still weirded out by how bizarre Utah Mormon dating culture is. I can't do it.  I was very romantic and idealistic in high school, though this was overshadowed by severe, then-undiagnosed (but blatantly obvious) social anxiety disorder. I would listen to Michael Franti and Spearhead like this song, which I'm listening to now:  Now, I'm not a highly metaphysical man But I know when the stars are aligned, you can Bump into a person in the middle of the road Look into their eyes and you suddenly know.   So if you had asked me if I believed in love at first sight, I would have said, without a question "absolutely".  But then in Utah, you had people get married after only knowing each other for a few months.  WHAT? When I first noticed this, my reaction was "EW, EW, EWWW! Love at first sight, yes. But no, NO! Not like THAT!"  I can't even fully describe how much it freaked me out. CA...

It's on May 9, 2026! They moved it back.  sign up using my referral link uwu What's funny is, despite how much the course hurt in 2025, I really wanted to do it again.  I love that it starts and ends at the same park. No buses; no freezing start lines. Instead, I just camp out in my car and take a little nap.  Who knows if they'll have pancakes this year or not. But, the pancakes last year were radical You get to run past the Lagoon roller coasters! It's not a net downhill; in fact, it feels pretty uphill in a lot of sections. So it's a different challenge.  It's a smaller race, so it's way easier to place in your divisions.  It's usually one of the first truly warm days of the year, bleeding into hot. Spring is in full swing and everything is so bright and happy.  Water parks are opening very soon and it's fun to think about that!   Right after the race, I just go shower in the Lagoon campground and then go ride coasters at Lagoon.  I only r...

That's annoying.  It's on the exact same date as the Springtime Surprise 10K. This year, it was on May 10th. For some reason, in 2026 it's been moved to April 18th, almost a month earlier.  I'll see if I can find another May race up there, but it's not likely. May the Fourth Half is at night and I'd rather not. There's Run Vigor in SLC, which may be my best bet...

Honestly loved that Ninetails. I wanted to keep it. :p Or at least have Brock take it on as its new trainer. 

My eventual goal is to do them every Sunday morning, year-round. When I do them on weeknights, I tend to fall asleep.  But weekday and Saturday mornings are for gymming.  At any rate, I will be doing them weeknights too (once a week) and hopefully just by practicing I'll learn to not completely conk out.  I plan to resume my regime on Wednesday nights as soon as fall festivals are over, shortly after Halloween. I will restart with the first one. Hope to have some interesting experiences over the coming months.