#28 SOC 360

I've mentioned before that I'm taking a Sociology of Religion class this semester. Our final project was to create a joke religion based on the concepts we learned. Tuesday and today were the presentations. 

There was the fashion religion. I happen to subscribe to their holy text.

Then was the Cult of Cuteness. Their holy text can be found here.

My group was Gleeology. I got to upgrade my computer to Mac OS 10.6 (aka Snow Leopard) so that I could properly edit our video. Unfortunately, the file is too big to upload.

The Jonesists taught us how to have adventures. (This was complete with lessons in running and jumping around, snake catching, and whip usage.) 

Nicole almost converted.

The most cleverly named of these religions was the last one, The Price is Right is Right. Guess what we played? That's right? Guess who won a ton of stuff despite her having never watched The Price is Right in her life? That's right. Now I don't have to buy toothpaste.

#25 You're Not Stuck Here if You Don't Want to Be.

Last night my roommates and I left Rexburg (for the first time since January in Jenna's and my case) for an evening of adventure. Erin's friend Ana joined us on a trip to Idaho Falls. Erin knew this hole-in-the wall restaurant--Mongolian BBQ. I'm picky, so I was a tad concerned about trying it. But this is how it goes: You put the food you want for your stir-fry in your bowl, give it to the cook, and he mixes it all up for you on a heated stone thing. It's so neat to watch. And delicious. In short: 

Thoroughly.

We also went shopping. I had been told that the mall in IF wasn't that great, but I must beg to differ. It's like a one-story version of the Montclair Plaza. I approve of that as well. 

#22 Moving Away Changes The Way You Look at the World.

Growing up in a place with a population larger than Canada's exposed me to lots of different kinds of people. Even so, I still had a pretty limited idea of what the rest of America was like.

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My map of America before college

Then coming up here taught me that there is civilization in the landlocked parts of this nation.

My map of America now


If my notes are completely illegible, contact me for details on why certain states ended up in the category they did.