Party in the USA: by Miley Cyrus video

OK, You people are feverishly searching for this "Party in the USA" video by Miley Cyrus, for some reason. Here it is.

Oh, and you're aparantely looking for the lyrics too. Look no further:

I hopped off the plane at LAX
with a dream and my cardigan
welcome to the land of fame excess,
am I gonna fit in?

Jumped in the cab,
Here I am for the first time
Look to the right and I see the Hollywood sign
This is all so crazy
Everybody seems so famous

My tummys turnin and I'm feelin kinda home sick
Too much pressure and I'm nervous,
That's when the taxi man turned on the radio
and a Jay Z song was on
and the Jay Z song was on
and the Jay Z song was on

CHORUS:
So I put my hands up
They’re playing my song,
And the butterflys fly away
Noddin’ my head like yea
Movin my hips like yea
I got my hands up,
They’re playin my song
I know im gonna be ok
Yea, It's a party in the USA
Yea, It's a party in the USA

Get to the club in my taxi cab
Everybody's lookin at me now
Like “whos that chick, thats rockin’ kicks?
She gotta be from out of town”

So hard with my girls not around me
Its definitely not a Nashville party
Cause’ all I see are stilletos
I guess I never got the memo

My tummys turnin and I'm feelin kinda home sick
Too much pressure and I'm nervous
That's when the D.J. dropped my favorite tune
and a Britney song was on
and the Britney song was on
and the Britney song was on

CHORUS:
So I put my hands up
They’re playing my song,
And the butterflys fly away
Noddin’ my head like yea
Movin my hips like yea
I got my hands up,
They’re playin my song
I know im gonna be ok
Yea, It's a party in the USA
Yea, It's a party in the USA

Feel like hoppin' on a flight (on a flight)
Back to my hometown tonight (town tonight)
Something stops me everytime (everytime)
The DJ plays my song and I feel alright

CHORUS:
So I put my hands up
They’re playing my song,
And the butterflys fly away
Noddin’ my head like yea
Movin my hips like yea
I got my hands up,
They’re playin my song
I know im gonna be ok
Yea, It's a party in the USA
Yea, It's a party in the USA

So I put my hands up
They’re playing my song,
And the butterflys fly away
Noddin’ my head like yea
Movin my hips like yea
I got my hands up,
They’re playin my song
I know im gonna be ok
Yea, It's a party in the USA
Yea, It's a party in the USA

Notre Dame Washington Score (2009-10-03)

Notre Dame Fighting Irish defeat the Washington Huskies 37-30.

Pumpkin Carving Patterns

Halloween's just around the corner (assuming you're viewing this in October!) Here are some really cool pumpkin carving templates (or patterns or stencils) that you can download for free.

1. Yoda (complex)
   
2. Darth Vador (complex)
3. Many simple templates
4. Howling Wolf (medium complexity)
5. Many of varying complexities
   

Lexington, VA: Gardner-Webb defeats VMI 27-23

In Lexington, VA tonight, the Bulldogs mauled VMI with a 27-23 win. That pretty much says it all.

Fire in Lytle Creek, California

According to an AP news report, a fire broke out in Lytle Creek, California. It's 500 acres large fire in the San Bernardino National Forest. It started a little after 2 PM Pacific time. Residents have been asked to evacuate. Closed roads due to the fire are making evacuation a little more difficult. So far, no one has been injured and the fire hasn't made its way to any structures yet.

FloodSmart.gov publishes new flood maps

FEMA (the Federal Emergency Management Association), which is under DHS (the Department of Homeland Security) has just released new flood maps. These maps are critical to insurance companies and any changes in them will affect all home owners and commercial building owners (and tenants) who live in any of the changed areas. Areas that are newly considered flood areas, or whose flood ratings have been increased will see at the very least, increases in their insurance and possibly losing their insurance in others.

The website where you can view this information is at FloodSmart.gov. As of this writing, it is being flooded (pardon the pun) with page hits because I cannot get a response from their servers.

Derrian Albert laid to rest today

Just a few days ago, a 16 year old honor roll student, was beaten to death because he wouldn't join a gang or because he was in the wrong place at the wrong time. It's uncertain at this time which it was. He didn't fit in with the baggy clothes and ghetto speak that the other boys used. He was targeted because he was smart in a sub-culture that hates success and intelligence.

Darian Albert is being laid to rest today at his funeral.