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Girl: (talking about her relationship) I don't really know if it's going to work out, so maybe I should just go ahead and get a degree to fall back on.
Guy 1: Yeah, they have a pork loin patty melt!
Guy 2: That sounds really unhealthy.
Girl 1: You have, like, eight million crushes right now.
Girl 2: No, I have one. Plus Darnell.
Girl 3: Yeah, you guys did have a conversation once.
He said,"Excuse me."
Girl 2: And touched my arm.
**Guy 1:** In South Beach, a couple of kids were checking out the cans on those mannequins.
**Guy 2:** Watermelons.
Girl 2: And touched my arm.
Guy 3: In Miami, even the mannequins have fake boobs. We were going to give that mannequin a reach-around.
**Guy:** Oh no, older brother is so not gay. He's like as straight as a .straight guy.
**Guy 1:** Dude, we could get like, like apartment.
**Guy 2:** We could get a beer pong table that has a nice sheen on it so it can be our dining room table, too.
Guy 1: Dude, our apartment is going to be so legit.
what it's like TO WORK WITH ROCK STARS
Not many people spend their days dealing with the demands of rock stars, showing the Secret Service around and overseeing the technical aspects for huge Broadway shows, but in his position as the associate technical director at the Lied Center, Andy Hause gets to do just that.
While most of us take years to find a career path that makes us happy, Hause knew he wanted a career in technical theater when his parents took him to see his first show at age seven.
His excitement about the job is still there today, whether he's dealing with the hecticness of Rock Chalk Revue or helping a rock star or performer through sound check. Hause has worked with David Copperfield, Kathy Griffin and Bright Eyes, and had a particularly stressful moment with Ben Folds.
"Ben Folds used our nine-foot Steinway, took the bench and threw it at the piano." Hause says. "We took it out of the bill after a heated discussion with his road manager."
It's just another day in the life of Hause, who is
currently preparing for several musicals and this year's Rock Chalk Revue.
- Elise Stawarz
how we met WRESTLING WITH LOVE
Even though they went to the same high school, it was an accident that they ever met. Sonja Combest, Baldwin City, Kan., senior, describes herself as a shy high school freshman, and she was only on the wrestling tournament charter bus because of her friend's crush on a wrestler. But when high school senior Christopher Eichhorn, graduate, turned around in his seat and asked to borrow Combest's Sugar Ray CD, she was glad she had agreed to tag along. They talked for hours that night, but didn't stay in contact. It wasn't until months later that they met again at a party and exchanged e-mails.
"I knew I was going to marry him," Combest says. "I knew as soon as I got off that bus. He didn't know it, but I did."
They eventually went out on a date, and recently celebrated their four-year anniversary as a couple.
Things between Combest's friend and the wrestler never worked out.
Sonja Combest and Christopher Eichhorn
- Gina Souders
Classic e-cards provide a way for Web users to make a homemade greeting with a swift click of the mouse. But there's no need to stop at a simple greeting card when more advanced gift options are popping up across the Net.
Forget to buy flowers for Valentine's Day? Need a way to show your sweette that you're sorry! Web sites such as www.virtualflowers.com and www.virtualloflorist.com provide virtual bouquets and arrangements to be sent from one screen to another.
tomorrow's news VIRTUAL GIFTS
While these digital flowers are free, Facebook is using the virtual gift trend to increase its revenue.Virtual gifts can be purchased on Facebook for one dollar and sent to a friend in the form of a digital icon designed by Susan Kare, designer of the original Macintosh computer icon.The gift then goes on display on the receiver's profile.
Virtual gifts have received mixed reactions from some receivers."I think virtual gifts are cute and fun for small occasions and for people you're kind of friends with that you wouldn't actually buy a gift for;" says Sam Beasley, Topeka freshman. "I hope it doesn't stay as a fad Who wants a virtual stuffed puppy? I think true friends would be able to fork over five bucks to buy me a real stuffed puppy."
- Rebekah Scaperlanda
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interesting fact: While swordfish are cold-blooded animals, they have special organs next to their eyes to heat their eyes and also their brain. —www.swordfishingcentral.com
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