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Nikky on
October 30, 2008. 4:05 pm
It’s a Thursday, you’re tired, hungover, and woke up late. And you just happen to be a female going to college. What should you wear to fit into this season’s latest fashions? Luckily I’m here, and made this handy how-to guide to dress for success in the demanding academic environment.
Yoga Pants:
What better way to show off yourself than a pair of nice tight fitting yoga pants. I use the term “pants” in the loosest sense, since they seem to be basically tights with slightly more shape and cost about three times as much. But some rules you must follow to fit in: they must be black, you must not wear any form of pants over them, and a Nike logo is a plus.
Continue reading ‘Yoga on Mount Everest: A Guide to Dress for Success’
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Danni on
October 29, 2008. 1:40 pm
Greetings troll drops readers! I just wanted to share with you some thoughts I had yesterday while in my living room. I pulled my ballot out of the mail and sat down to caste my first ever vote for president of the United States. I also voted for governor, attorney general, secretary of state, house representatives, superior court justices in the state of Washington, and several other important government positions. That is when it happened. That is when I realized what I had just done I made democracy happen.
If you have ever taken a US history course, or just about any political science course, you know that the professor, the text, and even your fellow students try to convince you that democracy is this big figment of the imagination we Americans have. THEY ARE WRONG. By casting and mailing in my ballot I have just exercised my constitutional right as an American citizen and performed my civic duty. I have just contributed to the American way of life with one simple sweep of the pen. No matter your politics, no matter your age, race, gender, religion, or sexual orientation, you can make democracy happen by performing the same simple act I did that holds so much weight for the future of our nation. Vote. Make democracy happen in the comfort of your own living room.
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Nikky on
October 28, 2008. 12:36 am
We see tracking polls by the bushel—all varying in accuracy and results. Yet a common theme among them is that the pollsters must make a decision about who is likely to vote. Will more youth vote this time? What about seniors? Independents? The sad thing is that nobody is entirely sure who will vote come election time.
I’ve never understood this. Why people would choose not to vote.
Excuses in the past have always included from ”My vote doesn’t matter” to “I didn’t have time to go to the poll station.” But our last gubernatorial race was decided by 129 votes statewide, and your ballot was mailed to you and is probably sitting on your kitchen counter unopened and ignored. I don’t care who you vote for, but open your ballot, sit down with your voters guide, and start serving as a citizen instead of a disinterested bystander.
Maybe you don’t know who to pick for that judicial or PUD race. That’s okay. Because I bet you know who you might want to pick for President, Governor, or Representative. Even if your candidate doesn’t win, your vote was not wasted. You were part of the political process, and your voice was still heard. Take ownership in your country.
And congratulations, you now have a right to say, “Well, I didn’t vote for them.”
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Nikky on
October 26, 2008. 7:18 pm
The lawn in front of the oldest building on campus contains greying concrete benches of old. Slowly eroding away and sinking into the Earth, the smattering of benches on the hill might resemble tombstones to a distant eye. A weary student might take a break on one of these moss encrusted relics. Perhaps looking around, they might spot an inscription carved into the back of the stone. Brushing away debris, one of them faintly but clearly reads “Class of 1910.”
1910. An average graduate would be around 118 years old now. I wonder how many of them are left.
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Nikky on
October 19, 2008. 10:18 pm
There’s a church about a block down from my apartment in Seattle that I pass on the way to class every day. Usually in the afternoon there will be a pair of african-american older males sitting right outside passing the time. They aren’t panhandling or anything… I suspect they live there and just are taking the world in.
Last week I was walking by when one turned at me and we had this converstation.
“Hey Brother, you going to vote?”
“You know it”
“Good man”
Not sure why this stuck with me, but it did.
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Nikky on
October 13, 2008. 6:36 pm
“…And she was wearing the same ugly-ass purple dress she wore last week…”
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Nikky on
October 9, 2008. 11:01 pm
“WASHINGTON (AP) – Cindy McCain has accused Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama of running “the dirtiest campaign in American history.”
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Nikky on
October 8, 2008. 3:45 pm
So the geniuses at the group “Huskies for Israel” seem to be blanketing the campus with their flyers, which I don’t really have a problem with.
Until I noticed two of the priceless cherry trees on the Quad. Covered with little blue 4″x5.5″ flyers. That are stapled to the trunks.
I’ll repeat that. Stapled to the trunks.
What a bunch of idiots.
Note: I forgot to take a picture of this I was so angry. If you snag a shot, hook me up. :)
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Nikky on
October 6, 2008. 4:15 pm
Because KUOW and KEXP are both having their endlessly irritating pledge drives.
I’d give them cash money, but I think I do them enough favor by, you know, going to the school that sponsors them.
