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Show AggieLife Monday, April 5, 2010 Page 7 Student's weirdest injury caused by clicking pen By KASEY VAN DYKE staff writer Utah Statesman: What's your favorite time of day? Kristen Tenney: Nighttime. After 10, until I force myself to go to bed around 3 or 5 a.m. US: If you could be any animal, what would you be? KT: I'd be a gecko because, first of all, it wouldn't be snowing where I live and I could walk around freaking people out when I fall on their face from crawling on the ceiling. US: If you were a geometrical shape, what would you be? KT: An octagon. I'd dress up like a stop sign and confuse people. I'd probably stand in the middle of the intersection or A on the freeway. ccrifit\ 11 US: Would you rather be physically uncomfortable but look hot or be comfortable but look grungy? Kristen Tenney KT: Definitely be uncomfortable undeclared and look good. Fashion over funcfreshman tion. Caught on Campus US: What are you planning for the next weekend? KT: Perfect timing. I'm going to Florida for a second Spring Break. Thank you, younger siblings. Their Spring Break is different than mine. US: What's your weirdest injury? KT: I have a clicky pen and normally when I'm done I click it with my left hand but one day I was holding it backwards and stabbed myself in the hand with the ball-point side. I spent the next week digging ink out of my hand so I wouldn't have a dot tattoo. US: What would you do for a dollar? KT: Oh shoot, what wouldn't I do for a dollar? I'm actually not sure, but I know I'd buy a Klondike bar. - US: What's the craziest Wal-Mart experience you've had? KT: We played the shopping-cart game, where you go through the store and pick 10 random things, then trade carts with the other team and put them all back. The fastest team wins. We were really bored. US: What's your hardest class this semester? KT: They're all really easy. It's great. Probably English 1010 because it has more busy work than the rest. I procrastinate a lot with busy work. US: What's your secret ambition? KT: All of my friends and me have a backup plan. If college and a job doesn't work out, we're going to become Vegas showgirls. US: What's the last dream you can remember? KT: Oh man, it was crazy. Basically, don't talk about "Alice in Wonderland." FRESHMAN KRISTEN TENNEY said her biggest fear is ninjas attacking from her closet. VAN DYKE photo "too short" to reach the car wash. I don't know what that means. US: What was your last Facebook status? KT: The last one I remember was, "I officially have more pictures of myself than friends. Epic fail." KASEY KT: I need to talk to him. US: If you could travel to any planet in the solar system, where would you go? KT: Probably Venus because with temperatures like that, I know it could never snow. US: What is your dream job? KT: Being paid to be on vacation. US: What does your last text say? KT: It was, "really ff US: What would you do for a million dollars? KT: I'd go on the umpteenth episode of "Survivor." US: What's your weirdest impulse? KT: Apparently I toss my hair all the time. Everyone knew but me and they caught it on film. US: What is the nickname your parents use for you? KT: Well, my little siblings called me "di-din" when they couldn't pronounce "Kristen." US: What's your favorite word? KT: Defenestration. It's the act of throwing someone or something out of the window, often fatal. US: What would you do if you were president? KT: I'd throw a nationwide party for being the first female president. US: If you could only eat one candy bar for the rest of your life, what would you pick? KT: Milky Way Midnight. I like dark chocolate. US: What is your biggest fear? KT: That ninjas will attack me from my closet. My friends did that to me once. US: What's your favorite part of USU? KT: Aggie Ice Cream. US: Are you a True Aggie? KT: I'm not. Eventually I'll be one, I suppose. It's kind of a contest between me and myself to see how long I can hold out. US: If we asked your mom to describe you, what would she say? KT: I'm not sure she'd give a serious answer — probably as her blond child. Apparently I'm Music: Musician diverse in style continued from page 6 records it on a hand-held tape recorder and listens to it a couple of weeks later. According to Breinholt, "A lot of it is trial and error. I reject most of what I record. I don't start with lyrics. I start with a musical idea. The lyrics come after." He said he thinks he is slower than most songwriters, revisiting stuff he's started weeks earlier. "Usually I will finish it when there's a deadline. I like the experience of leaving a song and coming back to it with fresh ears and it is like hearing it for the first time, and that is when I know if it is worth keeping," Breinholt said. As any musician, Breinholt has a story behind his favorite guitars. "My dad had several guitars, and one was off limits growing up. It was a Gibson cut-away, and he treasured it. By the time we were in high school, we had worn him down because we wanted to play it so much. That is the guitar I ended up playing a lot in high school, and we ended up destroying that thing," Breinholt said. The musician remembers one show as he was getting started on his musical career, the first time he performed at Kingsbury Hall in Utah. "I was talking about a song between playing, and this girl got out of her seat in the back row and started walking toward me. She came all the way up on stage and stood next to me. I stopped talking and turned to her and said, 'Can I help you?' She whispered in my ear her friends had bet her she couldn't come up and kiss me," Breinholt said. "This was before I was married, and I said sure, and she kissed me on the cheek, and I think she made $50." Though Breinholt always has devoted fans following him, he has had to change how he keeps up with his fans, all of who he considers friends. He started with snail mail, then e-mail, then MySpace — which didn't take off, A according to Breinholt — and is now an adamant user of Facebook. Although Breinholt uses Twitter, he doesn't use it often. "I have a tortured relationship with Twitter. I'm just not into doing it. I am kind of a private person, and I don't see the sense in sharing what I'm doing that often. I am the world's worst tweeter. I do one like every two weeks," Breinholt said. For the upcoming concert, Breinholt and band will be playing songs from the four albums he's released of self-written songs. Also, they will do a couple of famous fun songs, including the song "Blue, Red, Grey" by The Who. Lead guitarist of The Who, Pete Townsend, is a favorite of Breinholt. He will be playing the song using the ukulele. Breinholt will be accompanied by his band members: David Tolk, pianist and keyboarder; Ryan Tilby, bass guitarist and Craig Miner, guitarist. Though Breinholt was not expecting to become a professional musician, he feels "lucky looking back." "Most of my audience has been in Utah, partly by design, and it is just the way it worked out," Breinholt said. The fact that I've been playing for the same audience for 15 years and it is still working, it just doesn't make any sense." He is glad it does though, because he said gets to have the kind of life he wants: fulltime musician, playing in great venues and sleeping in his own bed. Larsen said the musician will perform an hour and 20 minute set. Also, local band Falk will open. Tickets are $8 for students and $10 for the general public, and can be bought at the Caine School of the Arts box office, online https://www.ezticketlive.com/checkout/ event_view.asp?id=19 or at the door. For more on Breinholt, visit http://www. peterbreinholt.com/press.htm. — storee.powell@aggiemail.usu.edu US: Do you have a snuggie? KT: I don't, because my blankets don't have sleeves and that would ruin my fashionable not functional approach to things. US: What was your favorite TV show as a child? KT: "Rainbow Brite" or the "Magic School Bus." US: What stereotype did you fall into in junior high and high school? KT: Probably a band geek. US: If you could meet one person from history, who would it be? KT: Anne Frank. I would ask how she feels about everyone reading her private diary. US: When you see a cute guy, what's your first thought? US: What would we find on your last grocery list? KT: Chips, salsa, razors and water bottles. It was a random Wal-Mart trip. US: What would your best friend say is your biggest flaw? KT: She'd probably say that I'm really hard to get close to because I won't lower my walls to let people in. US: What was the worst date you've been on? KT: Oh dear, I feel so bad saying this. Probably prom my junior year. Not only did I not know anyone in the group, I didn't know my date. Oh and he left me. I had fun though. I made it work. US: What is the weirdest request you've ever had? KT: My friends asked me if they could follow me around on a date in ninja costumes. — k.vandyke@aggiemaiLusu.edu Three out of three doctors recommend it: Insurance CLARK PEST CONTROL NOW HIRING FOR OUTSIDE SALES POSITIONS IN: *BAKERSFIELD, CA *LANCASTER, CA *VISALIA, CA *FRESNO, CA *SANTA CLARITA, CA Call the Voice of Choice and save up to 60% or more! SUMMER JOBS MAY - AUGUST No appointment necessary CONTACT TEAM LEADER PARKER FOLKMAN 208-221-7578 , ill, A PARKERFOLKMAN@GMAIL.COM : CLARK ■ lhaPESTCONTROLa H —BROADBENT Financial Serxiees 40 W Cache Valley Blvd (1250 N) Ste 3A Monday-Friday 8 am-5 pm (435) 752-7200 Attention Students Do you plan to take English 2010? 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