By Jess Nobert | Senior Staff Writer
My first story actually came to me via a friend from Canada. She’s also on the Sweden exchange, and we have to get some good ole American gossip somehow. Have you heard about Heidi Montag’s plastic surgery? Apparently, even though she had 10 surgeries, and that’s what she would consider to be addictive, she’s not. Her claim is based on 10 separate surgeries.
Whatever Heidi. You look like a Barbie, but like my Canadian friend said, she looks like Joan Rivers. But it gets better. She almost died. “Like Michael Jackson.” She was in so much pain they kept pumping her full of Demerol and she almost stopped breathing. But that wasn’t her only comparison to MJ. She said in another interview her record should be as good as his music since she has a lot of his producers. Whatever. I think the difference here is he had some talent to start, and Heidi, you’re just “famous for being famous.”
And this next part can probably be seen during one of these interviews, but the Corn Refiners have this great Web site to tell us all about the great powers of high fructose corn syrup otherwise known as HFCS, on their site.
My favorite part was on the homepage. It was a quote saying HFCS is not a cause of obesity or diabetes. Seriously? Can this really be from an unbiased source? Of course not. The corn people run the site, of course it’s going to make those claims. No way they would admit their product is essentially killing people. Check it out for your self at www.sweetsurprise.com.
But heading in another direction of fun, I went with some friends to the local hockey team’s game over the weekend. It was possibly the best time I’ve had since I’ve been in Sweden. The best part, other than the win, was the fans. They were on their feet the entire time, and cheered throughout the entire 60 minutes of play. I wish I could see this kind of fandom in Tennessee, but I guess we just don’t have true fans down in those parts.
Now that we all have had our snow days … Oh wait, I haven’t. They don’t exist in Sweden. Never mind the three feet on the ground, you’d better be in class; even if it’s -26 degrees outside. Yes, that’s Fahrenheit.
So on that note, I had a good laugh on Friday, Jan. 29 when APSU was closed and it didn’t snow until the business day was almost over. That was cute. I remember those days. I had one in eighth grade when it rained in Memphis and they thought it was going to turn to ice and never did.
Next time you get a snow day, think of the three APSU students freezing in Sweden.
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