January 2009
62 posts
Confessions of a college journalist. - By Bryan... →
“Whether at the Texan or the more august halls of the Harvard Crimson, working at the college newspaper tends to instill in its writers a particular set of values. More than being liberal or conservative, they reflect a touchingly undergraduate concern for the human condition. Up with unionized cafeteria workers! Down with date rape! We must have more 24-hour study spaces, more parking...
ways i participate in the beauty myth
volcanoes:
lenachen:
jgh:
because mary’s post was a good thought exercise. it’s helpful to think about the cultural messages you’ve absorbed
i:
wear makeup on occasion and get blowouts
get highlights
once in a blue moon, get a manicure and a pedicure
have done a bikini wax
despite my caterwauling against it, would probably get botox
try to dress in stacy-and-clinton approved clothes...
Boardcest is a Funny Word
Me: why do X or Y need to hook up with a boarder?
JSH: b/c we need boardcest
Me: just because boardcest would be entertaining? ok
JSH: hahahhaa
Me: well i'm fine with entertaining, just as long as i am aware
JSH: ahah of course
Me: but we have two couples on now, is that not enough?
TT: no no
JSH: THAT'S BORING
TT: hahahaha, me and J-S are on the same page
JSH: that's right high five to T
Me: ok, let's get some boardcest up in here
TT: hahaaa, yes!
Me: YAY BOARDCEST
JSH: hahah we are creepers
TT: wait--
Me: totes sketchballs
TT: they're dating?!?!
JSH: STILL DOESN'T COUNT.
The Only Useful Information on my Blog
I have begun keeping rolls of cookie dough in my fridge (oh look, a benefit of living on Central!) and then slicing off like three cookies to bake at a time. Then you can always have fresh, warm cookies in like eight minutes.
gah. Cookies.
You can thank me later.
Fun fact: Target bags are the perfect size to be the trashbag for a small bathroom trash can.
The Onion | I'm Certain That Sex With A Redhead... →
And now I finally understand the thinking behind the phrase “he has a thing for redheads.”
… and (don’t judge me) kind of miss my more auburn locks. Perhaps we’ll lean more in that direction for spring/summer.
copycats:
“I Wanna Love You” by The Maine
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Party Schools Bingo →
1. Students must be currently enrolled. Don’t think you can knock Florida off your list just by visiting a strip club in Gainsville.
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6. Any conquests achieved during a 24 hour period following that school’s college world series win, NCAA basketball tournament triumph, or BCS bowl victory will be considered null and void.
LDOC line up
kathychoi:
Gym Class Heroes, Girl Talk, Ben Folds
I’m pumped.
This is going to be AMAZING. The only problem is… how will MY lat LDOC ever measure up to this one!?!?!?!
April 22 COME SOONER!
28 Hours in Washington: Or, how we decided to go...
January 19
12:00PM
Pick up Caryn to head to Chapel Hill for lunch and shopping.
1:30
While browsing in Uniquities (note to self: go to Chapel Hill more often!) recieve text from Gabby: “hey wanna go to DC?”
Respond: “sure, when do we leave?”
Tell Caryn, and while we giggle we suddenly realize: well, we could…
2:00
Spend frantic half hour in Yogurt Pump calling...
A Portrait of Change - A First Family That... →
In case you don’t understand why today was a big deal…
The Numbers Guy : How Many People Were on the... →
Three square feet per person sounds just about right.
Today I was at the Inauguration
AND IT WAS AWESOME.
More cogent thoughts later but all I can say is… omg remember that time we decided to go to the Inauguartion and it was amazing?
“You’re just like yourself still except different!”
– Hailey, reflecting on if I’d changed in college.
An Open Letter to NCState and Georgia Tech
Dear Teams,
I cannot believe that neither of you could manage to win the game in regulation. I would not care, except for the fact that CBS will not show me the Duke-Georgetown game, which I VERY MUCH WANT TO SEE, until one of you finally manages to win this.
Stupid North Crackalacka and Raycom sports. You are my new archmesises.
With no love,
Meg
Danielle: I was going to ask you to go to dinner but it's too late now.
Me: Oh, OK, I was going to Shabbat anyway.
Danielle: To what?
Me: Shabbat dinner at the Freeman center.
Danielle: You *aren't Jewish*!
Me: So?
Danielle: This is BETRAYAL of your Catholic heritage!
Me: Oh, yeah, like you really care about that.
Danielle: I'm telling the Pope!
Me: The real one or the one on your lighter?
Danielle: BOTH!
Wasn't this the plot of "The Day After Tomorrow"? →
“ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA TODAY… BECOMING CENTERED DIRECTLY OVER THE REGION BY SATURDAY MORNING.”
(Perhaps Obama IS actually the antichrist and this is the environmental apocolypse!)
The Wall Street Journal Teaches You How to Pop... →
Thank GOD they have provided this vital service.
Obamicon.Me - Home →
Make your own “Obamicon” — your image in a style inspired by Shepard Fairey’s iconic poster. Regardless of your candidate of choice in the 2008 election, here’s your chance to sound-off.
Barack Obama: A Letter to My Daughters →
“America is great not because it is perfect but because it can always be made better-and that the unfinished work of perfecting our union falls to each of us.”
An Open Letter to JCrew
Dear JCrew:
If you are going to send me an email telling me that your sale items are now an extra 20% off (which seems to be true pretty much every other week, but that is beside the point) then I suggest that you make sure that your website is functional BEFORE you send the email.
Just a thought. Especially considering the fact that you have so much excess merchandise from last season that...
“i would just be watching tv anyway”
– dsg president jordan giordano, revealing his motivation for applying to be the 2009 young trustee (via mollybierman)
copycats:
“In Your Eyes” by Sara Bareilles ...
“The poet’s voice need not merely be the record of man, it can be one of...”
– Faulkner’s Nobel Address
To whom is may concern:
I don’t care what is historical, what is cute, what is more Irish or what. Megan should be spelled just like that, M-E-G-A-N.
Your extra a’s, h’s and other extraneous letters are horrible, unattractive and just that— superfluous. Plus they make my life more difficult when I have to explain how to spell my simple, common name to strangers.
But, Meg, you might say, adding...
WatchReminders: SNL Live Thread Returns Tonight!
My love for NPH is almost enough to make me stay in and watch this tonight. He’ll probably sing!
But note that I said “almost.”
Blah.
First weekend of classes and I already have a cold, a Monday night full of meetings and a pile of reading, some of which I might even understand.
And yet, I am really happy to be back. I am clearly insane.
Google really needs to stop changing the little picture that shows up in tabs. This new mosaic-type one is kind of freaking me out.
FLORIDA WON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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*Falls over*
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*dies of happiness*
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TIM TEBOW MARRY ME NOW!
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…Or Percy Harvin!
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squeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
Porn industry seeks federal bailout →
“Hustler publisher Larry Flynt and Girls Gone Wild CEO Joe Francis said Wednesday they will request that Congress allocate $5 billion for a bailout of the adult entertainment industry.”
I love coming back to school at pretty much the earliest possible moment and have for every break since I was a froshling (what, fifteen years ago, right?) and it’s great— you get moved in, you get settled, time to buy your books, time to hang with people before you get too busy, time to sit at the busstop and think about how pretty campus is, with the chapel against the early evening...
copycats:
“Womanizer” by Timid Tiger
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lydiasimmons:
another mashup for yall
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tuneage:
eagleowl - “Blanket”
Even with the...