Oh, Plus This

And that Disney to Nollywood seminar? Same time as all the other politics seminars that I could possibly take (the one I want to take, the one I would settle for, and the one I don't want to take).

More of my thoughts.

A Tale of Two Seminars

I'm torn.

Some of you probably know that I was planning on taking the Seminar on Welfare States with Arroyo this coming fall. It sounded interesting, it's a class about Europe the semester before I plan on going to somewhere in the EU (I Can Has London?), and I really like the teacher.


I just got an e-mail back from my international communications advisor Lustyik (who I also really like) that said I may be able to substitute a Geomedia seminar with her senior TVR seminar "From Disney to Nollywood". This sounds most excellent. And I really need this to finish up the minor. The problem is, it says I must be a TVR major, and with only 15 seats, it's going to fill up. And unfortunately, the two seminars overlap in times.

My thoughts.

Oh Jeebus, it's SBC

So Bruno is getting an NC-17 rating at this point, might get cut down to an R. It's wildly crude and inappropriate. But I have a feeling that I must see this movie. And I have a feeling I'll be seeing it with Mariellen, Rob, Tucker, Emily, and Amanda.

So who's bringing the Chicken Nuggets this time?

Are you Ready for Some SWIMMING?

In my quest to finish as many requirements as possible as quickly as possible, I've decided to take the Sports Journalism course over the summer online with Loop (which...I didn't know was an option, so thanks!).

Let's be clear: I know pretty much nothing about sports, and about sports writing. I do know that over the summer, the biggest sport near us is swimming. So expect me to be creeping on your swim meets, Skyline Dolphins.

That said, I figure they'll teach me. It also completely counts as a ST Journalism course, so that requirement is out of the way.

Now if only my Fall 2009 schedule works out...

Less Stress, More Fun

So I realized while I was getting my interviews for the cheating article that got pushed back that...people cheating isn't news.

So I talked to Jackie, and the story got scrapped.

Best possible time, too, because I have a test on Friday and I need to do the IDs tonight.

So...I guess nothing in the paper for me this week. Except for boxes.

Poisson d'Avril

I always thought April Fool's Day was the day where everyone told their friends they were pregnant or whatever (I stole that story from Casey in my News I Class), or when I told people that House was canceled. Apparently in France, the tradition is to put fish on people or in their bags so they smell all day. Nowadays, it's more like sticking someone with little pictures of fish—kind of like a more marine "kick me" sign. I thought I would share.

Reason #67234756 Why I Hate HomerConnect

As many of you may or may not know, pretty much everything at Ithaca College is done over HomerConnect. Want housing? HomerConnect. Picking classes? HomerConnect. Changing your meal plan? HomerConnect. Need to find a restaurant in Ithaca? There's a HomerConnect for that.

Actually, just kidding on that last one.

But you get what I mean. And you're assigned different days to pick your classes by how many credits you've earned. What I'm afraid of is that I'm still on the second-to-last day, looking at my academic transcript. I KNOW I have more than 60 credits. I'm just not sure what day I have to go. And really, I have to take some of these classes that have limited space. I really don't want to go through the whole "being behind" thing again, because if I do, I won't get to go to London. And that would be a shame.

Ain't No Party Like A Relay Party

Dance 'til you can't dance, 'til you can't dance no mo'.

I particularly like Matt lip-synching to all the words of "Love Shack."

Technically, it's "The President's Office"

See, you never see Charter on TV. You can see Cab Calloway on Made, but not usually the good old CSDubs. One enterprising senior decided to change that with some frustration and some food.

On the plus side, this is the most wide vocabulary I've ever seen used on a reality show. Come on, have you ever seen the word "homogeneous" used on Rock of Love? I think not.
Once again. Charter is raising the bar.

Men vs. Women: Is Moulin Rouge Basically Rent?

Tucker: the movie
Tucker: it's basically rent
Me: What is, Moulin Rouge?
Tucker: yeah
Tucker: just a century earlier and in france
Tucker: (90 years to be exact, but i carries the same sentiment)
Me: Except for fewer people and no AIDS.
Tucker: no AIDS, yes
Tucker: but
Tucker: the consumption
Tucker: which was like the AIDS back in the day
Tucker: you've got the cross-dressers, the bohemians, the love songs, the youthful and artistic optimism at the turn of the century in a huge, artistic metropolitan city
Tucker: there's a tango song scene, a burlesque/stripper song scene
Tucker: and a black guy
Tucker: the rich guy trying to take from them what they really want
Me: ...I don't think they were going for that comparison.
Tucker: i certainly was
Tucker: only difference is
Tucker: i really like moulin rouge
Me: Because of the strippers?
Tucker: nah
Tucker: mostly because of the music
Tucker: the actors
Tucker: and the just ridiculous, over-the-top...well, everything
Tucker: really funny

Me: So Tucker says Moulin Rouge and Rent are basically the same. Your thoughts?
Brooke: um, no
Brooke: I haven't seen either, but I know that they are definitely not
Brooke: (my sis is a music major; nuff said)
Me: See, that's what I thought.
Brooke: rent is a bunch of poor gay people with aids --> moulin rouge is a guy trying to get with a sexy courtesan (right? or am I thinking wrong?)
Me: You're right.
Brooke: two words I like to hear
Brooke: Tucker. UR DOIN IT WRONG.