When you call in and are told you’ve won ‘tickets to the premier showing’ of a movie, one damn well expects to see TICKETS to the movie.

Let me elaborate, yesterday, Nicole called into B98.7 and ended up “winning” two “free tickets” to the premier showing of Zorro. She was told to “make sure she showed up early” to stand in line as the seats would go early. So we show up with our so called ‘free’ movie passes and end up paying $17 to see an entirely different movie.

Here are how things transpired. I show up an hour early to stand in line. 30 minutes later, someone in the line happens to mention that I had better ‘redeem’ my ‘free movie pass’ for actual movie tickets. What? “Yeah, you can’t get into the movie with those passes.” Nowhere on the passes does it mention we are to ‘redeem’ our ‘free movie passes’ for legitimate ‘movie tickets’. You mean I’ve been standing in this line for 30 minutes WITH ILLEGITIMATE MOVIE PASSES!!! Needless to say, I rush to the box-office only to find out the movie had already sold out. NO TICKETS!

The thing that really bothered me was that when I explained what had happened to Nic and I, the ‘studio rep’ wouldn’t even attempt to help us out. She even tried to explain to me that it ‘says right on the pass’ that we had to redeem our tickets prior to the show. Hmm, what do you think?

I realize this has been around the internet for ages. I also realize that I’ve been around the internet for ages without having run across this essay. Hugh Gallagher wrote this for a national writing contest in 1990 but ended up using for various college applications.

3A. ESSAY: IN ORDER FOR THE ADMISSIONS STAFF OF OUR COLLEGE TO GET TO KNOW YOU, THE APPLICANT, BETTER, WE ASK THAT YOU ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTION: ARE THERE ANY SIGNIFICANT EXPERIENCES YOU HAVE HAD, OR ACCOMPLISHMENTS YOU HAVE REALIZED, THAT HAVE HELPED TO DEFINE YOU AS A PERSON?
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U.S. Borrowing Hits Record; Soul-Searching in Utah
As Bankruptcies Surge
‘Monster’ or Sign of Progress?
By BOB DAVIS
Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
May 17, 2005; Page A1

SALT LAKE CITY — In 1757, Benjamin Franklin wrote, “Better to go to bed supperless, than wake up in debt.”

One of his modern-day namesakes hasn’t heeded the admonition. Benjamin Franklin Baggett of Salt Lake City got his first credit card on his honeymoon in 1990 and promptly maxed out his $300 credit line. Mr. Baggett had grown up on tales of Franklin — his father gave him a Franklin memorial coin and bought copies of Franklin’s works. But he wanted to buy himself and his wife some new clothing and he hadn’t saved enough to buy it outright on his $11-an-hour concierge job at a Doubletree Hotel.
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http://www.sltrib.com/ci_2886596

An interesting article on the population statistics of Utah. Now I’ve always known the LDS poplation was dwindling, but to what extent I never knew. As an active member and resident of Utah, I only hope this shift will not effect the lifestyle all these people are moving to Utah to enjoy.

http://kutv.com/topstories/local_story_217212714.html

In a step to avoid being blocked from competing in the NCAA championships, today the University of Utah has changed their mascot from the historic “Ute” to the running “Jaffa”. As the Jaffa are a race of alien beings that are not from this planet, they stand in no danger of being boycotted by the fair and balanced NCAA sports management office.

http://www.cnet.com/4520-11136-6278387.html?tag=nl.e501

Very interesting read. I’ve not even heard of half of these sites. As I didn’t really live in San Francicso, none of them would have been very practical for me.

http://www.datemelance.com/

I think I’m going to reserver the domain ‘http://www.givemeabreakforheckssake.com’. COME ON PEOPLE!!!

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-johnson27jul27,0,1432940.story?coll=la-news-comment-opinions

I have to say this guy makes some interesting points. However disturbing some of the games out on the market are, sensorship is even more disturbing to me than violent games. IMHO, parents should be those who filter activities in which their children participate. The fact that goverment is trying to dig its grubby hands into what we are able to do with our lives is not comforting.