Today as I sat reading my daily paper, I turned to the letters to the editor. I always read them to hear the ridiculous things that people believe and write. On this fine day, some poor girl wrote the following:

I cant walk across campus without hearing Jimmer Fredettes name a dozen times. His name comes up everywhere: in class, at work, during lunch really, people? Cut it out with the Jimmer worship. Last time I checked, idol worship was very much frowned upon in the scriptures. Dont you have a life to live? Then quit wasting it in front of the TV or in lines at the Marriott Center. At the very least, stop trying to convert those of us who dont follow BYU sports and dont care that baseball and badminton are two different things. Pushing basketball on us isnt going to make us like it any better. Im not blaming Jimmer for all this; was it Nephis fault in the Book of Mormon when his brothers worshiped him? As far as Im concerned, Jimmer is perfectly free to live his dreams. If he reaches his goals and lives his dreams, more power to him. I would like the same courtesy from his fans: let me live my own dreams in peace, even if they dont include ever sitting in the Marriott Center screaming my brains out.
Michelle

I knew immediately that tons of people would respond. What I did not know, however, is that by the time I read the letter at about 11:00 am, people had figured out her last name, found out her Facebook wall was public, and had left hundreds of comments. By the end of the day, nearly every Utah news outlet had a story about it, a youtube video had been made, and even ESPN had it on their site. Here are the ones I have read so far:
http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebasketballnation/post/_/id/22753/jimmer-mania-gives-us-epic-facebook-thread

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSXAehrJCig

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/blogsbyusports/51213510-65/byu-jimmer-student-doing.html.csp


 http://dreamcatchermedia.com/jimmered

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705366221/BYU-basketball-Student-letter-about-Fredette-gets-to-national-media-attention.html

http://universe.byu.edu/node/13783

I could post links all night long, but they all say the same thing: Michelle Peralta just got Jimmered like no other. You can bet there'll be signs about this come Saturday.

Oh, and you can't miss this hilarious song featuring LaVell Edwards, Chad Lewis and Shawn Bradley.