Spectrum wound up winning second prize for Best Decorated Car at Homecoming. Mind you, we were entered in the Best Float division, but still, second place is second place, right? Especially since we hadn’t done anything like this before, and grossly underestimated how much time it would take. I have a big paper due tomorrow, but somehow I have a feeling that I’m going to be watching the game tonight, hoping like hell that the Cubs pull it off. I appreciate the Marlins breaking Cleveland’s…
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Hoo boy, it’s Monday and I’m still tired from the float building and vigil and all that. I’ve got a major assignment due tomorrow, and I’m still nowhere near done. So why am I writing in my blog and watching Letterman now instead of working on it? It’s senioritis, I tell you. By the way, I don’t agree with a lot of what the Yankees do, but given that they’re the family’s team, I do root for them in the playoffs. And of course no…
New on Backwash: “Of Painkillers and Conservatives”. One of the few times you’ll see me have any compassion for Rush Limbaugh, but I do bring up some of the very serious questions that his recent admission to painkiller addicition poses about the nature of politics. I’ve got to go to bed here in less than ninety minutes, this coming week is midterms week, and I have yet to do any homework this weekend because I’ve been so tired and/or preoccupied with other stuff like the…
Can I just pass out and die here now? Crazy doesn’t even begin to describe the past couple of days. The Vigil went well, save for the fact that, despite my best efforts, there was no press there — not even the campus paper, which put last year’s Vigil on the front page. I was nervous at the beginning when I gave my opening remarks, but, as always, the others in Spectrum proved themselves to be up to the task of their performances. And of…
Just making a quick eat-and-shower stop here at home before the Matthew Shepard Vigil tonight. Last night and through today Spectrum members have been busy building our Homecoming float for Saturday, and I quite honestly have to say that in all my years with Spectrum, I have never seen the kind of chipping-in, teamwork and camaraderie that I’m seeing from this new group of people. If I can just get them to keep that going through to the end of Spring semester, I’ll be more…