Who Have I Become…
By Haley | November 19, 2008
I will not bore you with erroneous details from the GirlTalk concert because, as Ilana’s post summed up, it was awesome. It really made me proud to be a New Yorker because Terminal 5 was packed with that energy and buzz you hear people talk about but it was the first time I ever really experienced it. So nostalgic. Seriously though, it is going to be weird to live somewhere rural next year seeing as the colleges I am applying to are located in small towns.
check out this article in the NYT
Anyways! Tomorrow night I am going to the Shwayze concert! I titled this post “Who Have I Become…” because, although I enjoy concerts, two in one week especially during the first semester of senior year is very out of character. How could I say no though? Shwayze is one of my favorite bands and I am pretty sure not a day went by this summer that I didn’t listen to their music. Hopefully tomorrow night will be a little tamer though because I don’t think my legs can take another night of nonstop jumping and standing and my vocal chords are already shot. If you have never heard of Shwayze download “Polaroid” on Itunes. Their big single was “Corona and Lime” but the whole album is really good and “Polaroid” is my favorite. I must sign off now as we got home at an embarrassingly late hour last night for a Tuesday night! The good news folks is that a week from now we will all be on Thanksgiving Break. It is weird how those 2.5 days off are considered a “break.” I need at least 4 to begin to catchup on my sleep deprivation…shwayze music videoo (the only appropriate one i could find)
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Wow.
By Ilana | November 19, 2008
Sorry for the late post, guys! What an eventful day this was! After school, I had my usual Tuesday driver’s ed. Then, I skipped the lecture (gasp!) and rushed off to get ready for the GIRL TALK CONCERT AT TERMINAL 5.
OH my god.
I just got home, and it was…incredible. My ears are ringing nonstop, my legs feel like they’re about to fall off, my boots are covered in footprints from being trampled on, plus I’ve never felt so physically violated in my life—-and it was freaking amazing. There were two sucky opening acts, but once Girl Talk (aka sweaty, skinny, white guy Gregg Gillis) took the stage, the crowd went WILD. It was indeed a real, live mosh pit. There were a few moments, I’ll admit, where I thought I might die due to the sheer force of humanity pushing and pulling my body every which way, and that was scary, but I quickly got over that fear. The mass of people surrounding you was your safety net! Gillis played a lot of stuff from his classic album “Night Ripper,” but also included newer music from “Feed the Animals” (his fourth album) and jams he made up on the spot, for instance, incorporating the beat of “Love Lockdown,” a new song by Kanye West. For those of you who are unfamiliar with Girl Talk, he uses samples of songs from all genres and mashes and layers them together to create new, catchy, infectious beats and songs. What a workout that concert was!! I was jumping up and down for two and a half hours straight. The crowd was so passionate and energized, nobody cared if they looked like an idiot (we all did). A bunch of people danced ferociously onstage while Gillis slaved away shirtless, hunched over his computer, mixing the beats. Every now and then he’d address the audience, whipping his long hair to both sides, beads of sweat flying everywhere. Balloons and confetti fell from the ceiling, toilet paper was tossed from the stage, rainbow lights flashed throughout, and the entire crowd just jammed to the nonstop rhythm. An unbelievable experience.
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By Rachel | November 17, 2008
Seeing Slumdog Millionaire (playing on 62nd and Broadway) was originally an assignment for my Tufts class. But while I was watching it, it could not have seemed less like homework. Based on a true story, Slumdog Millionaire tells the story of a teenager from the slums of Bombay who goes onto the Indian version of “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire”. With each question comes a vivid flashback. With breath-taking cinematography, the movie captures the lively (and sometimes scary) culture of Bombay. The questions start with flashbacks of youth, and as the questions progress, our protagonist slowly gets older. I would describe the scenes but it would just ruin the awe that they create. For anyone looking for a great movie in the sea of terrible remakes and rip-offs that Hollywood has been making, go see Slumdog Millionaire. If you don’t like it I’ll give you your $10 back….but not really, just go see it.
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So Tired.
By Abigail | November 16, 2008
Okay, so maybe I don’t always get a nice, healthy 8 hours of sleep, but in general I’m pretty good about getting my rest. However, lately that has completely changed. My sleep schedule recently has been so messed up and I’m really not sure why. Have I been purposefully going to bed later? Is my 6am wake up call (for no reason) finally getting to me? I know that the other night I got three hours because even though I knew I had to wake up at 5 to read something I still couldn’t fall asleep until like 2 something. That one was totally not my fault, but why is it that sometimes, even when we’re tired, our bodies just won’t let us fall asleep? It’s quite frustrating when you look at the clock and the time passes from 11:15 to 12:38 to 2:36 and you know you have to wake up in less than 3 hours. Oh well. Hopefully this episode of delicious insomnia passes soon.
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Useless.
By Leslie | November 15, 2008
Bored? This article is just the thing for you…
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No. Really, you do.
(It’s a little hard to understand at first but once you get the hang of it you never want to stop.)
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A SHORT POEM
The movie Taxi Driver directed by Martin Scorsese in under ten seconds. (the one where DeNiro’s like “hey, you talkin’ to me? YOU talkin’ to ME?” or something like that.”)
There once was a guy who was crazy,
who shot those whose morals were hazy,
he was hailed as a hero,
this Robert De Niro,
so three cheers to Martin Scorsese.
(Note: I did not write this, I am not at this level of genius. I am not sure who did.)
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Another website:
Feel like you’re underwater after staring at this for 20 seconds:
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Possibly the best of the list. This is the definition of addiction. I could watch this for hours:
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Anna Faris on SNL on prime time tonight. In my opinion, she’s ok sometimes. She was funny in Just Friends. THAT was a great movie. Some of her other movies, though, make me ANGRY.
The regularly scheduled SNL at 11:30 is hosted by Paul Rudd. Its a repeat. This man, however, is hilarious. I could watch him tell the same joke 20 times if not 30. By 31, it starts losing its spice.
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That is all.
HAPPY HUNTING
Leslie.
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Marathon Part 2
By Luke | November 13, 2008
I was looking through my Marathon pictures and found another one I really like. I think this one is much more powerful than the one I posted last week. Here it is: 
(You can click on the photo for a larger view)
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By Ilana | November 13, 2008
HAPPY 18TH BIRTHDAY TO FLASH WRITER RACHEL!!!!!!!!!
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hmm
By Haley | November 12, 2008
CLICK HEREI really hope that link worked!! It is a really funny video from the onion about how rapid Obama supporters are reacting to his win- really funny and although the onion is a satirical news outlet, pretty accurate! The nation is so bored by the lack of election that Americans are forced to vote for which dog the Obama family should bring to the white house. Literally, on CNN, a respectable news station, they were airing homemade videos of dogs as potential pets for the President Elect. It’s so weird that a week has passed since he was elected. It almost feels like the campaign never happened and he has always been our president. I sympathize with Obama though, because as a senior applying to college it is true that waiting is the worst. I only have to wait a few months to find out if I am accepted where as Obama had to wait two years to find out he was going to be President. Speaking of senior year, between yearbook pages, applications and school the work does not seem to end. I think every person in my grade is in a constant state of sleep deprived sickness. Jess Lewin has had a virus for two weeks! Hopefully it will all end soon seeing as Winter Break is coming up meaning NO MORE FIRST SEMESTER! Each night I dream of the day I can walk in to school as a Second Semester Senior. Until then, back to English and History homework….
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Veterans Day.
By Ilana | November 11, 2008
I’m very upset. I was just enjoying some delicious honey-flavored Teddy Graham-esque treats and looked on the back of the package to discover that there’s 2g of trans fat in every serving. The horror! Shouldn’t that be illegal by now???
ANYWAY, MOVING ON:
Happy Veterans Day!
Did you know that Veterans Day was originally called Armistice Day (first proclaimed so by Woodrow Wilson on 11/12, 1919. Seven years later it was resolved to observe the Day with ceremonies on the 12th)? Once it was made a legal holiday in 1938, it was stated that it was “a day to be dedicated to the cause of world peace and to be thereafter celebrated and known as ‘Armistice Day’.” Then, in 1953, Al King, a shoe store owner from Kansas (!), had the idea to expand Armistice Day to celebrate all veterans (not just those who served in WWI). King rallied up supporters to make this change (the new name being “All Veterans Day”), and eventually The Emporia Chamber of Commerce took up his cause, and the Board of Education were big supporters too. Ed Rees, a U.S.Rep in 1953, helped the bill get pushed through Congress and eventually it was signed on as a law in 1954 by President Eisenhower. Congress amended the act to give the holiday its official (and current) name, Veterans Day. Unfortunately, we had school today, but public schools did not…and the post office was closed.
Speaking of veterans, this is a good time to think of our men and women deployed overseas at this very moment. For about two years now, I’ve worked with this incredible organization called Adopt A US Soldier (AAUS), and I urge you all to check it out. In an extraordinarily easy system, willing volunteers are paired with soliders overseas who want to be written to. While over there, it’s difficult for many of the men and women fighting to keep up morale when it seems like the entire country hates this war and by association hates our soldiers. It’s so incredibly important to remember that supporting our troops does not translate to being pro-war. If you sign up with AAUS, they’ll email you the name and address of a solider in need of some support (everything is 100% non-profit). You can email him/her, write letters, or send care packages. I’ve had steady correspondences with two different soldiers thus far, and I can’t even stress enough how easy it is to do this good deed. You can truly talk about anything: what it’s like to live in NYC, the country’s response to the election, school, your family, even the weather! PLEASE just take a look here
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TUFTS TRIP
By Rachel | November 10, 2008
Last year, a rumor began that the Tufts class was going to Tokyo this year. This turned out (as most anticipated) to be false, but there is a trip being organized to a different global Asian city: Shanghai. As far as I know there are about 21 kids in Tufts right now, but not everyone can go. The program only gives 9 spots to each participating school, so only 8 lucky students will be able to attend (the 9th spot obviously being taken by Ms. Markovits). A few people are already out of the running for the precious spots because of Varsity Boys Basketball schedule. But nonetheless, there are still many more students than openings. To be fair, Ms. Markovits ignored both Max Godnick’s suggestion of a race for the spots, and mine of a sudoku-off (not uncommon in Ms. Dean’s AB calc class). Instead, she is doing the most universally fair method of selection: picking out of a hat. The trip would be over winter break, but overlaps with the first few days of school. I wish everyone in Tufts (including myself) could get the experience of traveling to Shanghai, but sadly only 8 lucky kids will be chosen. As of now, no decisions have been made about who is eligible (some people may be away on other trips) but I have a hunch it won’t be long until I can report the elite eight heading to China over the break.
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