Wednesday, August 30, 2006

book report due next tuesday

This is such crazy bullsh*t. This, like, exemplifies the way in which the so-called liberal media panders to our esteemed commander in chief. Click to see the YouTube copy of Brian Williams' interview with Dubs, who brags that he not only plowed through Camus but several presidential biographies and "three Shakespeares" this summer. Williams gives him a total pass. Or covered up the fact that Dubya confused his Netflix subscription with his library card and the "three Shakespeares" refers to the Leonardo DiCaprio version of "Romeo and Juliet," Julia Stiles' "O" and "Ten Things I Hate About You."

Tuesday, August 29, 2006

c'mon team!

Gabriel has a plan for future library functions that require teamwork, coordination, landmarks, organization, etc., and the plan involves a certain product from the library world's favorite supplier of library kitsch: Demco! You may view the object of Gabe's desire below.

Unfortunately, Gabe lives on a paltry graduate student budget, much like the rest of us. He would go ahead and purchase the Demco "Welcome Library Logo Banner" himself but $49.99 for the whole kit and caboodle is just too much for someone with a work-study allottment of $7.25 an hour. The banner is like a week's worth of part-time work in the archives! Damn!

[Gabe quoted the price as $70.00 but he was working from a catalog made out of paper; I am more likely to trust the internets which say that $49.99 will buy us both the banner AND a wooden dowel set.]

But if 10 to 15 graduate students worked for an hour and gave half their wages to Gabe's cause (which is really a cause that will better serve the group and work to further our goal of organization, coordination and, thus, worldwide domination), we could own the book-loving, hunch-backed stick figure without anyone's grocery budget being reduced to Ramen noodles and PBR. I hate MSG in the morning.

If you are inclined to support a budding archivist's dream, contact Gabe. You know where to find him (he won't be in the computer lab).

Monday, August 28, 2006

How I love Fug

Celebrity gossip and a reference to Moon Over My Hammy all in one post. The internets don't get better than this.

Friday, August 25, 2006

I love the Back Dorm Boys

Deb, I have to thank you for your earlier "Public Affair" post. Somehow I'd missed hearing about the Chinese Back Dorm Boys before, but their videos have been aiding my procrostination efforts all week.

The link is to a page I found where you can download most of their videos in WMV format.

For other new BDB fans, I highly recommend the "Don't Lie" video, in which the boys sport homemade paperclip bling, and "Bu De Bu Ai", a Chinese love duet in which the little guy gets in touch with his feminine side. In that same video, you can see that their third roommate is a popular guy -- he has two friends over to play "Counterstrike".

In "Da Da Da" (their 2006 World Cup tribute), the roommate actually STANDS UP!

New Student Orientation Dinner

Hey, are any of you going to the New Student Orientation Dinner? I haven't rsvped yet because I thought I'd check with you all first. Also, is there going be a SLIS drinking night this week? Last one before school starts! Please.

Crash at Westgate

Sunday is the final day of the Westgate Oscar Series, and the movie will be Best Picture winner Crash.

Armor of God PJs

The perfect gift for your next baby shower!