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comics, music, growing up, etc.

On 03.16.10, In Findings, By Sarah

So Spring Break, right? It’s Eels, James Brown and On The Beach (thanks, michael) while riding my bike through a neighborhood that I cannot manage to get lost in, despite the fact that I do not know my way around. It’s all a big circle. After many rainy days, OK-two rainy days, and a completed/mailed internship application to Chicago Public Radio and a house to myself I am enjoying time however I want. In the last day I’ve eaten about an entire pound of green grapes. Also, I am on the look out for an inexpensive road bike to purchase. Please keep me informed. Until then, here are things I want to share with you that I’ve stumbled upon.

VICE magazine. I want to work there, maybe. Here we have this. The picture below compliments it well I think.

Also, VICE brings us the latest in butt health.

click the pic for the story

Basically everything YOU are interested in comes from VICE’s latest publication……check her out.

Also, there’s GOOD magazine. Here is an interactive on the two earthquakes that recently quaked Chile and Haiti. And if you are a ‘young adult’ (yes, erica, we are growing up SOMETIME soon…) you might want to move away to explore something new. Four of these cities are in Texas. The only two people I’ve ever met FROM Texas (Austin, that is) are really great, smart people. Don’t write it off. Until then, peruse some internet, ride some bikes and listen to poly-sonic-pleasantness, however you may define it.

happy mardi gras?

On 02.16.10, In Events, By Sarah

I am glad that the Saints won the bowl. And it makes anyone even happier for Mardi Gras because New Orleans deserves all the good economy it can get. I love it! Although I have never given up anything for lent (I’m not starting now) one of my favorite things to do is exercise my self control. Even though it is exercising self control for something I could never believe in, I still enjoy people bettering themselves and personal motivation. Whatever you might give up, I’ve seen friends give up pop, chocolate, other unmentionables and their favorite foods, good luck with that! I’m going to enjoy things in moderation, but also enjoy them!

My only real personal story relating to Mardi Gras goes back to eighth grade, first year of french class. My best friend at the time, Robin, and I were one of many groups who had to bake a King’s Cake. The King’s Cake has a tiny plastic baby in it (I know, woahhh) and whomever gets the small plastic infant in their bite of cake, they are the King for the day. Our cake involved a lot of frosting dye (purple, green and yellow of course) and it was a kind of cinnamon role deliciousness cake. I kind of wish I had some now.

Now this holiday has a lot of religious celebrations and is originally a religious holiday. I am not sorry that religion has never been a part of my life, and my only story typically revolves around food. I don’t mean any disrespect here, I just only know the cake side. And since I’ve never traveled to New Orleans (which I would one day for Mardi Gras) and am now only 21, I’ve never had the uncontrollable drunken experience of Mardi Gras. I’m sure some readers out there have.

Any good Mardi Gras stories out there to share? Lets hear them, please!

Tagged with: freaks • holidays • idiot

life, other rules & readings

On 01.20.10, In Rants, By Sarah

When its time to slow down. Wait, when is it time to slow down? Is the the fact that we are the multi-task generation? Or is the the fact that we are so multi-task that almost everyone I know can’t do two things at once? We’ve lost focus of the real things important in our lives like face to face friendships (why I don’t have Facebook/didn’t let it take over my life). People are on adderall, whether or not its prescribed to them. More and more young children, as publications tell us, are being ‘over-parented’ and controlled beyond belief. (What will our kids be like??) You know them and I know them, the people around campus who use it to get their work done, get the A. It really freaks me out. We’ve lost celebs to prescription drugs because the people close to them never did anything about it (Heath Ledger, Michael Jackson, maybbbbe Brittany Murphy? and more…) I know this all sounds like a drastic comparison, but if we don’t ever look at it or ignore crazy things happening they might just continue to happen.

Our society is focused on instant news and information. The reason the Tonight Show was tanking in the first place is the fact that by the time we get to 11:35p to hear the day’s jokes- so much has been said that it’s old news. It’s no one’s fault (well, maybe Jay Leno’s). Our constant age-of-anxiety lives are too much to handle. Life is progressing forward and we are all in a hurry to do whatever it is that is constantly stressing us out. We are in a hurry to do things that sometimes don’t even matter or contribute. I want to give you some advice from piecing things together, specifically from GOOD.

Here is something grand. I recommend everyone just slow down and read it. Also, if you need a good read here’s another.

Tagged with: culture • dismay • idiot • truth

–briefly, just for a moment.

On 01.18.10, In Contributors, By Sarah

Wait a minute. Before I say anything else I want to address Riley’s no. 1 new years resolution.

First of all, and finally, you aren’t choosing not to eat organic because you disagree with it. Also, you stray from local food for normal reasons, not weird ones. You are simply trying to save money. So I think we ought to address the fact that you really are just a college student who wants to not spend a lot on food (which is all of us, helllllo.) So please stop addressing it this way. Its not that it feels incorrect, just stupid.

Also you have my dad’s paperbacks of Joan Didion and Hunter Thompson. (Actually Ivory has the latter, eh?) I am using this as a public declaration to wanting them back and hoping that this will give me good results.

i swear to whatever god that this is what came up on google image when i searched your FULL name. i couldnt help myself but include it.

OK. I’m done.

Tagged with: idiot

College Urges Students to Get Alcohol Poisoning and Fear No Ramifications

On 11.16.09, In Rants, By Riley

“Group hopes to pass Good Samaritan policy at college,” but really, the group just wants to get blackout drunk, pass out outside their Circle Apartment in a puddle of vomit, have a cop find them, and not get in trouble for acting like an idiot.

According to the Ithacan article, “the policy would grant amnesty (pardon, let them be idiots) to all people involved in the situation: the person who called Public Safety, and the person in need of medical attention.”

I suppose this is a good thing, to relieve students of getting in trouble when their holding the hair back of a student crouched over a toilet screaming “I think I’m dying, I’m never going to drink again! EVARRR!” in between spews of vomit. Just because you won’t get in trouble, doesn’t mean it’s okay to drink a whole bottle of rum.

amnesty international

thumbs up to this policy

Not that I advocate drinking to the point that you black out, but some of my fondest college memories come from watching friends who probably should have gotten medical attention, but we neglected to, and a certain friend would scream about “the staple in his fucking ear” from a 300 costume on Halloween, or when I had to tackle him because mid-vomit he almost confused my computer for the trash can.

The Medical Amnesty Protocol has been in effect at Cornell since 2006. Authorities “practice the policy so students are not afraid to ask for help,” and it “aims to increase the likelihood of students calling for medical assistance in an alcohol-related emergency.” According to the Ithacan article from November 12th, “the amount of calls to Cornell’s public safety office doubled while the amount of alcohol consumed remained the same compared to before and after the policy was passed.” The policy doesn’t make it permissible to drink yourself to death.

Students, drunkards, and idiots, I urge you to oppose the Good Samaritan Bill: It is for weaklings. Drink up, vomit in your trash can, and drink a glass of water before going to bed. Alcohol Poisoning isn’t that bad, you just pass out for a long time so your organs can focus on getting all the alcohol out of your body, it’s the closest you’ll get to time traveling.

I jest, of course, if you have a friend in need, go ahead and call the authorities, but I do not believe the Good Samaritan policy should be viewed as an excuse to drink in excess of excess.

Tagged with: beer • campus • dismay • drunk • idiot • truth

Once Again, IC Prevails as Best College in Town

On 11.09.09, In Findings, By Riley

We’re not Ivy League, our 1960’s academic buildings look like they’re straight out of Anchorman, and dozens of our students live in a glorified trailer. But at least e-mails full of sexual conduct between two staff people haven’t leaked to the whole campus, like it did at Cornell. Check it. The e-mail exchanges leaked to the whole campus.

With the exception of that guy that works on the maintenance staff and the woman from the dining hall who can be seen smooching by Chapel Pond when their breaks coincide, there is not much inter-faculty/staff relations. (Peter Johanns/ April Johanns is a different story – I’ve seen the name change in the e-mails to Park students, but I’ve never seen you in real life.)

loves the tickle

Tagged with: campus • idiot • love • truth • typo

Backstreet Boy

On 11.07.09, In Findings, By Riley

Childhood stars will grow up and always be remembered for whatever role it was they had in their youth. That guy from the Wonder Years was in some sitcom a few years ago, but I just remember him from the Wonder Years. Screech from Saved by the Bell is a standup comic/porn star now, but I’m sure everyone that sees him imagines him as the curly-haired nerd stuck in a locker. Lance Bass from N*Sync almost went into space, but then came out of the closet, but he was just remembered for being the vulnerable looking one from N*Sync. Which bring us to Kevin Richardson, remember him, from the Backstreet Boys? He was the darker one, the quieter one. No, not AJ. Here, remember?

Since his BSB days, Richardson has been working with animals – in a BIG way.

he wanted it this way

Now 32, Richardson lives with giant cats in South Africa. That’s more than Nick Carter can say. He was recently jailed for assaulting brother, Aaron.

Tagged with: culture • dismay • freaks • idiot

Conspiracy

On 10.29.09, In Food & Drink, By Riley

I’m walking around Wegmans the other day, and naturally, I’m drawn to the beer displays. A huge stack of Budweiser Select 30s stick out to me. Black cans with red type and whitish/silvery designs.

bud select

The label of Bud Select, Budweisers newer, low calorie product, is eerily similar to that of Coke Zero; Coke’s newer lower calorie product.

coke zero

See what I mean?

Budweiser, the original, and regular Coca-Cola have not-so-different labels themselves. Classic red and white, as seen in Labor Day cookout coolers seen growing up.

What does that mean? The weaker of each of the Bud and Coke family. Bud Light and Diet Coke. They’re labels aren’t similar. Blue and silver, with a little bit of red on Bud Light, silver and red for Diet Coke. They’re the “other” in each of the families. The black sheep. Ugly duckling. And what can we say about their drinkers? Women who work in offices, rationalizing the half-dozen eclaires they have at lunch by the Diet Coke they had as a mid-morning snack. “You want a salad?” / “No, I’ll have a Diet Coke. And the rack of ribs.”

think this, but more arm pudge

And the Bud Light drinkers. “Bro, you want a beer?” / “If by beer you mean Bud Light then hell yes Broseph!”

Tagged with: beer • idiot • phone pic • wegmans

I’m confused

On 10.26.09, In Rants, By Riley

The Gannett Center. Ever heard of it? That’s because it’s what 99% of students call “the Library,” and I’m sick of all this confusion with “what floor am I on?”

Libraries serve as meccas of information, hubs of learning on campus. The library is a place where random groups in class often meet to do projects, but how can any work be done if there is a huge dilemma with meeting up in the first place.

“Where are you? I’m on the second floor.”

“The second floor or the first floor?”

“The second floor. Well the main floor.”

“So, the first floor…”

“I’m on the floor marked 2, the one you come in when you enter the library, with all the computers, and the desks – the main floor!”

elevator signage

In the elevator, this red sign is the only thing helping us out. Next to the “2″ button, the sign reads, “Library 1st floor.” Thanks.

Library First Floor, Gannett Second Floor

This is the Main Floor.

Library Second, Gannett Third

Next floor up.

Library Third, Gannett Fourth

Floor after that.

shaft

And the fifth floor, so deserted, quiet and overlooked that it doesn’t even get a sign. All it gets is this original-issue “Quiet Study Area” sign.

So where are we? When in the Ithaca College Library, keep in mind, you are in a building much greater than just that – you are in the Gannett Center; home of the Handwerker Gallery, the Art History Department, the Anthropology Department, and, of course, the library.

Thanks to Brian Ivory for the phone pics, and the shared angst.

Tagged with: campus • dismay • idiot • phone pic

what’s another word for “douchebaggery”?

On 10.20.09, In Findings, By Sarah

even thouh i just saw this movie for the first time not too long ago, im still not sure what to think about it....

Once again comes a post for the prime target audience. Brought to us from Spike (TV? the TV channel? not sure?) it is the top ten movies that douche bags love. I came across this early this afternoon and laughed right out loud. It was almost a bad moment because I was surfing the web while two people behind me were having an actual conversation. [And if you know me, you know that I am one to burst out in my own fits of laughter into a computer screen.] —-

——Some of the movies on this list I love, and some are for serious great movies, while others are just for fun- I am just the messenger so don’t think I am the one pigeonholing these movies: I am simply pigeonholing these douche bags. I’d like to think that I know no one like this but I’m sure we all know someone of the brand. I can agree with a lot of these decisions and can judge based on the fact that I’ve seen six of these movies and large parts of one (decide for yourself! — always fun.) But mostly, and always, I want to spark some fun. See what you think.

Tagged with: critic • funny people • idiot

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happy mardi gras?

life, other rules & readings

–briefly, just for a moment.

College Urges Students to Get Alcohol Poisoning and Fear No Ramifications

Once Again, IC Prevails as Best College in Town

Backstreet Boy

Conspiracy

I’m confused

what’s another word for “douchebaggery”?

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