National - Thursday, October 15, 2009 14:21 - 30 Comments
Kid Breaks Free and Takes Own Magic Balloon Ride
CNN is currently flipping a shit over a kid in a balloon soaring high over beautiful Colorado. Apparently his parents think they are in the District 9 sequel and were building a “homemade flying saucer” until their six year old son climbed in and flew away in it. No seriously. There is currently a kid who is acting out a real life remake of Up in the Colorado sky. You cannot make this stuff up. Watch a livestream of the coverage here.
Absurdity and humor aside, hopefully they can figure out a way to wrangle the aircraft safely back down to earth without hurting the little guy. I blame Disney for teaching us that kids can fly (if only their imaginations allow it!).
Updates after the jump. Continue…
On Campus - Tuesday, September 15, 2009 4:05 - 6 Comments
Read This Before You Buy Your Books at Bluestockings
If you’re a Gallatin student or have ever taken a Gallatin course, chances are you’ve been steered toward Bluestockings, which bills itself as a “radical bookstore, fair trade café, and activist center.” Looks good on paper but, unfortunately, the independent bookstore of choice for Gallatin professors assigning textbooks has a rather tyrannical return policy.
When I called to ask about returning a book I had bought that same day (after finding out a friend would happily give me her old copy), what should have been a fairly routine process took an unexpectedly bureaucratic turn. Apparently returns aren’t possible unless you actually drop the course and provide proof in the form of a mysterious “drop slip”. Continue…
Entertainment - Thursday, April 16, 2009 14:11 - 3 Comments
Michel Gondry Sells Personalized Toilet Paper
With the recession hitting everyone and anyone, no one is above peddling (really) useless objects, least of all popular hauteur Michel Gondry. On his website, Gondry offers some interesting deals that seem ridiculous– but with those very low prices, I know a couple friends who would totally buy Gondry’s 2-ply 500-sheet toilet paper covered with his thoughts and sketches (that’s only $13.95, kids). You can also get your portrait done by Gondry based off a photo of your choice for $19.95! Since sitting in a tiny dorm room in Hayden (or Weinstein or Brittany) watching Michel Gondry videos with your friends is like an NYU rite of freshmen year passage, there are more than enough Gondry-philes here who would think that these are deals that cannot be matched.
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National - Thursday, February 26, 2009 14:21 - 23 Comments
New Game Allows You to Become Law and Order: SVU Criminal
A recently manufactured game called Rapeplay, that functions much like the Sims, situates the main character as an angry, violent rapist whose main objective is to rape a mother and her two virgin daughters. I… wish I was kidding.
Entertainment - Wednesday, December 10, 2008 12:48 - 8 Comments
James Frey Didn’t Call In Gay, Interning at Gawker Today
A Million Little Pieces author and all-around liar James Frey is helping the recently fired Sheila at Gawker today with “menial tasks” because he wanted to meet the people that “hate” him. He brought doughnuts.
I wish I had a larger narrative arc for what it means when a famous, best-selling, Oprah-approved author shows up to intern at a media gossip blog, but really it’s just odd, though still worth noting.
I, too, am interning, but it’s not such a quirky, novel event. Are you working for less than you deserve (or nothing) to hopefully someday secure a job where you can work for less than you deserve? How’s it going?
Entertainment - Thursday, November 20, 2008 11:27 - 2 Comments
Will Smith and Steven Spielberg To Remake “Oldboy”
About a week ago the rumor started to circulate that Will Smith and Steven Spielberg would be working together to remake Chan-wook Park’s Oldboy. The internet has been ablaze with groans and pleading, but after sitting on this information and going back through YouTube clips from the film, I have to speak up. This must be stopped.
Spielberg’s Oldboy? Old news, you might say. Maybe I hoped this was all a bad dream. Maybe I was waiting for a statement from Smith refuting these dirty, ugly rumors. “Shit no,” he might say. “I may have starred in Hitch, but I know an untouchable classic when I see one.” We could all benefit from a little humility. Continue…
