I think I did a poor job choosing a meal plan.
You would think after four years here at Fisher I would know better too, but apparently not. I didn't even realize it until a few days ago. I was about to enter the dining hall, when the person in front of me asked how many meals she had left this semester. She had around 28. So when my card was swiped next, I was informed that I had 100 meals left. If you're thinking that's a lot of meat loaf and pizza then you're right. So it appears that I paid for way to many meals his semester, a luxury that a broke college student such as myself does not have.
So that makes the score, Bon App - 1 Scott - 0, right?
Not so fast.
I'm determined to use the rest of these meals, after all already paid for them and I am a big fan of food so there's no problem there. I've already started doubling up meals at the Fishbowl, you know getting three Buffalo Chicken Sandwiches instead of one or purchasing a few Snapples here and there. I'll update my situation in the last issue of the Courier for this semester (hopefully) and maybe I'll even buy you a meal sometime.
Anyway, the message here is beware what meal plan you choose next semester. Get more dining dollars (there always handy) and less meal swipes. But if you do have too many meals, then it's never too late to use them. And as for me, there's only 93 more meals to go...
Saturday, March 31, 2007
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Hillary Clinton ain't From the South...or NY for that matter
It was brought to my attention that Hillary Clinton faked a southern accent while speaking at First Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama on March 5th. Don't believe me? Listen to this:
http://www.wmcstations.com/Global/story.asp?S=6178779
What a moron! Hillary, come on.
First you pretend to be a loyal New Yorker. (PLEASE, NY is just a stepping stone to you and we all know it.)
Then you pretend to be a feminist (Uh, what feminist in their right mind would have stayed with Bill after his fun with an intern? She obviously stayed with him for political reasons.)
Now this?! Please Hillary before you try to represent a country, figure out how to represent yourself. You can't please everyone, so pick an identity and stick with it.
If Bush thought Kerry was a flip-flopper then I seriously wonder what he thinks of Mrs. Clinton. Just think of the fantastic nick name Bush would have given her...it would have been a great campaign. In all seriousness, I would just call her delusional.
http://www.wmcstations.com/Global/story.asp?S=6178779
What a moron! Hillary, come on.
First you pretend to be a loyal New Yorker. (PLEASE, NY is just a stepping stone to you and we all know it.)
Then you pretend to be a feminist (Uh, what feminist in their right mind would have stayed with Bill after his fun with an intern? She obviously stayed with him for political reasons.)
Now this?! Please Hillary before you try to represent a country, figure out how to represent yourself. You can't please everyone, so pick an identity and stick with it.
If Bush thought Kerry was a flip-flopper then I seriously wonder what he thinks of Mrs. Clinton. Just think of the fantastic nick name Bush would have given her...it would have been a great campaign. In all seriousness, I would just call her delusional.
Sunday, March 25, 2007
Who wants to marry a Republican?
How did Bush get re-elected? (Please don’t go into logistics here, I know he has some Floridian connections, but that’s not what I’m getting into.) Seriously though, this guy is a terrible speaker and has a heinous laugh. While I can’t stand his politics, I have to admit there is something about this guy that people like. (Especially old women who probably only voted for him because he was “cute.”) I’m going to delve into what it is about Republicans that women are attracted to.
First off, they aren’t gay. I have no problems at all with homosexuals, but I’m not exactly their type if you catch my drift. Trust me there a few guys that I would love to wake up and suddenly be in love with me, but I won’t name any names coughcoughAdamcoughcough.
Secondly, they have money or at least appear to have money. I really think it bothered people that Kerry had a sugar momma, or a ketchup momma, how you phrase it is entirely up to you. I don’t care what any girl says; money talks (and gets dates!)
Along with the whole money thing, Republicans tend to be good dressers. I have seen some pretty haggard looking liberals out there. Republican men wouldn’t be caught dead in public wearing Birkenstocks and a tye dye t-shirt; excluding the Republican Dave Matthew’s Band fans of course. Republicans also seem to shower regularly and get an occasional haircut, which is always a plus.
Next off, they seem to be pretty informed on current events. It is easy for a Democrat guy to complain about politics, but it takes knowledge for a Republican to defend themselves. They are easy targets, so Republicans need to back their arguments up with facts. Democrats can say just about anything and get away with it, but you get a Republican trying to say something nice about Bush and hell, you better be able to prove it buddy!
Finally, Republicans are family men. Every girl loves a guy who still calls his mom everyday to tell her he loves her. Just look at Bush, his mother is everywhere he is. I’m willing to bet that his mother still reads him a bedtime story and tucks him into bed at night. Now I know that sounds creepy to think about a grown man getting tucked in, but come on, it’s Bush, he’s cute like that.
My fellow Democrats are probably going to disown me for this, but that’s okay, I’m more of a moderate anyways.
Friday, March 23, 2007
Is jetBlue smarter than a 5th grader?
It's been while since my last post, so I have a few different things to rant about.
The first thing, is something that I noticed during spring break. Some people went on vacation to tropical locales and some went to New Orleans to lend a helping hand. As for me, I took it easy and tried to catch up on sleep. I also watched a little TV and I got a chance to see some shows that my family liked to watch. Namely, reality shows, game shows and the painful combination of the two.
At the beginning of the reality show craze a few years ago, there were a few that I was into. Including the underrated Anderson Cooper vehicle, The Mole. I loved this show, I even made a sports related theory out of it that I mentioned in my last column.
The show's premise was simple: find out who the mole was. But this was harder than you might think. During the numerous missions the mole's job was to do make the others fail the mission, but to do it so they don't detect you. At the end of the show, the contestants had to take a quiz that asked them questions about the mole. Sometimes it seemed impossible to tell who the mole was because there was contestants that were so incompetent that they were candidates.
Like I mentioned in my column, this relates perfectly to sports because a lot of times there is one player who is good and seems to have the will to win, but skillfully messes up causes the team to fail. The example of this I like to use is A-Rod. Of course, many people won't get this analogy anymore because The Mole was ruined by the monstrosity that was Celebrity Mole, which featured the likes of Kathy Griffin and one of the Baldwin brothers that no one cares about. And that opened the door for other horrible reality/game shows. There's too many to list here, but one specific one that I want to mention (and I'm ashamed to say I caught my family watching) is Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?
There is so many things wrong with this show, i don't know where to begin. I mean, it's a show meant to humiliate and prove how stupid Americans are and it's hosted by Jeff Foxworthy. A man who's made a living off redneck jokes and stupidity. Now, he's going to snicker as a 11-year old outsmarts an accountant. Does anyone else see something wrong here?
Secondly, the questions aren't that easy to begin with. Sure, there's a few softballs in there, but that's the same with almost any gameshow. One question that I remember was: what geological time period are we currently in? What' that? Is that a 5th grade question at Mensa Elementary school? (the answer by the way is the Cenozoic era). These kids aren't even real 5th graders, they're actors. Freaking rocket science, cheating 5th graders! Anyway, in conclusion, I vote that this show be renamed to: The Idiot Show (sorry, no offense).
Now, I'm sure people might agree with me that 5th Grader isn't the best show. But here's a new one for you, I don't like American Idol. I think it's stupid, a glorified karaoke contest with annoying judges and a host that I really wish someone would punch in the face.
Seriously, I don't get the appeal of this. I love music, but I would much rather watch 24, Lost or The Office than this hour-long, repetitive crapfest. Please, someone put in the comments section why this show is so great.
I'm almost done here, but there is one last thing I have to address. And this Bud's for you jetBlue. I love your TV screens and luxurious leg room, but I'm not a big fan of hanging around an airport for 8 hours more or less because of your incompetence.
That's what I did last week in JFK along with the rest of the Courier staff, the staff of the Medaille paper and several other disgruntled travelers looking to commute to Rochester. The weather was far from ideal, so I expected a few delays, but nothing like this. Every other plane had left JFK without a hitch except ours. First, because they couldn't find a stewardess in Florida where our plane was waiting. I would have volunteered to pass out water and blue tortilla chips for an hour to spare the extra wait, but no, they eventually found a stewardess and the plane arrived at JFK around 11. That's not too bad, right?
Well, jetBlue (and possibly some twisted fate) weren't done screwing with us yet.
While the plane was waiting for us on the tarmac, a rouge baggage car somehow managed to run into our plane and defy the 1 in 1,ooo,ooo odds that this would happen. Considering that our plane had a dent in it and we would now have to wait for another, coupled with the fact that it was St. Patrick day, led to a march to the JFK bar.
A bar that had conveniently closed sometime before 11:30.. on a Saturday.. on a holiday known for drinking. No problem though, there was booze next door in the airport convenient store. And boy do they know how to cheer disgruntled travelers up, by charging 6 dollars for one 12 0z. bottle of Budweiser. Or how about nearly 8 bucks for a Mike's.
Eventually, we made our way on the plane and took off around 2 am. The pilot was cracking jokes and in good spirit, this relieved some of my angry. At least, until we arrived in Rochester to find out that a quarter of the people on the plane had their luggage lost, including our advisor who happened to be wearing a jetBlue hat!
With that being said, I'd like to congratulate jetBlue as the next contestant on Are you smarter than a 5th grader? Only on Fox.
The first thing, is something that I noticed during spring break. Some people went on vacation to tropical locales and some went to New Orleans to lend a helping hand. As for me, I took it easy and tried to catch up on sleep. I also watched a little TV and I got a chance to see some shows that my family liked to watch. Namely, reality shows, game shows and the painful combination of the two.
At the beginning of the reality show craze a few years ago, there were a few that I was into. Including the underrated Anderson Cooper vehicle, The Mole. I loved this show, I even made a sports related theory out of it that I mentioned in my last column.
The show's premise was simple: find out who the mole was. But this was harder than you might think. During the numerous missions the mole's job was to do make the others fail the mission, but to do it so they don't detect you. At the end of the show, the contestants had to take a quiz that asked them questions about the mole. Sometimes it seemed impossible to tell who the mole was because there was contestants that were so incompetent that they were candidates.
Like I mentioned in my column, this relates perfectly to sports because a lot of times there is one player who is good and seems to have the will to win, but skillfully messes up causes the team to fail. The example of this I like to use is A-Rod. Of course, many people won't get this analogy anymore because The Mole was ruined by the monstrosity that was Celebrity Mole, which featured the likes of Kathy Griffin and one of the Baldwin brothers that no one cares about. And that opened the door for other horrible reality/game shows. There's too many to list here, but one specific one that I want to mention (and I'm ashamed to say I caught my family watching) is Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?
There is so many things wrong with this show, i don't know where to begin. I mean, it's a show meant to humiliate and prove how stupid Americans are and it's hosted by Jeff Foxworthy. A man who's made a living off redneck jokes and stupidity. Now, he's going to snicker as a 11-year old outsmarts an accountant. Does anyone else see something wrong here?
Secondly, the questions aren't that easy to begin with. Sure, there's a few softballs in there, but that's the same with almost any gameshow. One question that I remember was: what geological time period are we currently in? What' that? Is that a 5th grade question at Mensa Elementary school? (the answer by the way is the Cenozoic era). These kids aren't even real 5th graders, they're actors. Freaking rocket science, cheating 5th graders! Anyway, in conclusion, I vote that this show be renamed to: The Idiot Show (sorry, no offense).
Now, I'm sure people might agree with me that 5th Grader isn't the best show. But here's a new one for you, I don't like American Idol. I think it's stupid, a glorified karaoke contest with annoying judges and a host that I really wish someone would punch in the face.
Seriously, I don't get the appeal of this. I love music, but I would much rather watch 24, Lost or The Office than this hour-long, repetitive crapfest. Please, someone put in the comments section why this show is so great.
I'm almost done here, but there is one last thing I have to address. And this Bud's for you jetBlue. I love your TV screens and luxurious leg room, but I'm not a big fan of hanging around an airport for 8 hours more or less because of your incompetence.
That's what I did last week in JFK along with the rest of the Courier staff, the staff of the Medaille paper and several other disgruntled travelers looking to commute to Rochester. The weather was far from ideal, so I expected a few delays, but nothing like this. Every other plane had left JFK without a hitch except ours. First, because they couldn't find a stewardess in Florida where our plane was waiting. I would have volunteered to pass out water and blue tortilla chips for an hour to spare the extra wait, but no, they eventually found a stewardess and the plane arrived at JFK around 11. That's not too bad, right?
Well, jetBlue (and possibly some twisted fate) weren't done screwing with us yet.
While the plane was waiting for us on the tarmac, a rouge baggage car somehow managed to run into our plane and defy the 1 in 1,ooo,ooo odds that this would happen. Considering that our plane had a dent in it and we would now have to wait for another, coupled with the fact that it was St. Patrick day, led to a march to the JFK bar.
A bar that had conveniently closed sometime before 11:30.. on a Saturday.. on a holiday known for drinking. No problem though, there was booze next door in the airport convenient store. And boy do they know how to cheer disgruntled travelers up, by charging 6 dollars for one 12 0z. bottle of Budweiser. Or how about nearly 8 bucks for a Mike's.
Eventually, we made our way on the plane and took off around 2 am. The pilot was cracking jokes and in good spirit, this relieved some of my angry. At least, until we arrived in Rochester to find out that a quarter of the people on the plane had their luggage lost, including our advisor who happened to be wearing a jetBlue hat!
With that being said, I'd like to congratulate jetBlue as the next contestant on Are you smarter than a 5th grader? Only on Fox.
Monday, March 19, 2007
Bluetooth Blues
Now that I am no longer hungover from St. Patrick's Day, I thought this would be a perfect time to post. I want to talk about this one technology that has been irking me for awhile now. Here's a scenario:
Imagine you are walking across campus and the person walking next to you is chatting away. Assuming they are talking to you (because you are the only one in sight) you begin to chat back. All of a sudden they flash you a disgusted look and say "Uhhh, excuse me, I am on the phone!" They then point to a little thing attached to their ear, sigh rudely, then walk away continuing their conversation.
What I am talking to you about is that little bluetooth thing that people use as a telephone attached to their ear:
Are these little gadgets really necessary? I can picture people using them in the car or at work while on a computer, but I do not see a purpose to just wearing it around all day. Is it really that much of a nuisance to have to hold a cell phone up to your ear? I mean, I haven't found it to be too much of a problem to do so, but maybe I'm just like really athletic or strong or something.
I think these little gadgets make people feel important. To be honest, they are annoying to everyone around them! It has happened to me a few times where I will be standing in line at a grocery store and the person in front of me is chatting away while the cashier is trying to simply ask credit or debit? The person will then act like the cashier is completely rude for interrupting their cell phone conversation that a) they shouldn't be having while someone is trying to wait on them and b) probably isn't that important in the first place.
Maybe I'm alone on this one, but geez I think these things are obnoxious and annoying. Excuuuuse everyone else for not being able to see the little thing in your ear and being polite by talking back when we think you are trying to have a conversation with us. Do me a favor and only use these things when necessary, because if not I might have to tell you to "suck it."
Imagine you are walking across campus and the person walking next to you is chatting away. Assuming they are talking to you (because you are the only one in sight) you begin to chat back. All of a sudden they flash you a disgusted look and say "Uhhh, excuse me, I am on the phone!" They then point to a little thing attached to their ear, sigh rudely, then walk away continuing their conversation.
What I am talking to you about is that little bluetooth thing that people use as a telephone attached to their ear:
Are these little gadgets really necessary? I can picture people using them in the car or at work while on a computer, but I do not see a purpose to just wearing it around all day. Is it really that much of a nuisance to have to hold a cell phone up to your ear? I mean, I haven't found it to be too much of a problem to do so, but maybe I'm just like really athletic or strong or something.I think these little gadgets make people feel important. To be honest, they are annoying to everyone around them! It has happened to me a few times where I will be standing in line at a grocery store and the person in front of me is chatting away while the cashier is trying to simply ask credit or debit? The person will then act like the cashier is completely rude for interrupting their cell phone conversation that a) they shouldn't be having while someone is trying to wait on them and b) probably isn't that important in the first place.
Maybe I'm alone on this one, but geez I think these things are obnoxious and annoying. Excuuuuse everyone else for not being able to see the little thing in your ear and being polite by talking back when we think you are trying to have a conversation with us. Do me a favor and only use these things when necessary, because if not I might have to tell you to "suck it."
Monday, March 12, 2007
Life in the Big Easy
So for spring break this year I decided to go on the New Orleans trip. To be completely honest, I had a lot of reservations about going. I thought that it was going to be this religious mission trip and everyone on the trip would reject me for my vulgar ways. (It's terrible, but I do have quite the potty mouth.) Thankfully, this was not the case. This trip was probably one of the best experiences I have ever had and I would do it again in a heartbeat. I thought I would compile a few fun facts from the trip that you may enjoy, but possibly only those that went on the trip can truly appreciate.
-Cold showers outside everyday.
-The 8 bottles of vodka I found in the convent. (I guess nuns like to party, much like a tuxedo t-shirt wearing Jesus.)
-Sleeping in a gym with about 100 people. (The snoring was UNBELIEVABLE!)
-That weird girl from Marywood College who played her Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes ring tone at 6:30 in the morning. (Uh hello, people are trying to sleep!)
-Our "security guard" that didn't really make us feel all that secure.
-The kickball championship game. (My team won...whoo!)
-Professor Liles snapping pictures of anything and everything.
-Our three hour bus tour on which we all fell asleep. (The tour guide knew everyone..."those kids didn't turn out so well.")
-The ice cream man! HELLO!
-The weird lady at Loyolla College who said MMMM after any statement.
-Waiting hours for food then having the other college kids eat it all and we didn't get anything.
-Incredibly bumpy van rides.
After reading that you might be wondering, what exactly did these kids do on their trip? Well, we gutted a convent and some houses; but more importantly, we made friendships. On the flight home from Atlanta we boarded the plane then ended up having to sit there for an hour waiting for our pilot to arrive from another flight. I was absolutely miserable and just wanted to go home. All of a sudden some Fisher kids start breaking into song. Before we knew it, pretty much the entire plane was singing "Buttercup." Even though I was incredibly miserable I couldn't help but smile after a couple verses because why should I be upset about being stuck on a plane with an amazing group of people?
I know a lot of the New Orleans residents thanked us for being there, but you know what? I would like to thank them for offering me such a rewarding experience. Honestly, if you ever have a chance to go down there, even on vacation, please take it. You will have an incredible time.
-Cold showers outside everyday.
-The 8 bottles of vodka I found in the convent. (I guess nuns like to party, much like a tuxedo t-shirt wearing Jesus.)
-Sleeping in a gym with about 100 people. (The snoring was UNBELIEVABLE!)
-That weird girl from Marywood College who played her Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes ring tone at 6:30 in the morning. (Uh hello, people are trying to sleep!)
-Our "security guard" that didn't really make us feel all that secure.
-The kickball championship game. (My team won...whoo!)
-Professor Liles snapping pictures of anything and everything.
-Our three hour bus tour on which we all fell asleep. (The tour guide knew everyone..."those kids didn't turn out so well.")
-The ice cream man! HELLO!
-The weird lady at Loyolla College who said MMMM after any statement.
-Waiting hours for food then having the other college kids eat it all and we didn't get anything.
-Incredibly bumpy van rides.
After reading that you might be wondering, what exactly did these kids do on their trip? Well, we gutted a convent and some houses; but more importantly, we made friendships. On the flight home from Atlanta we boarded the plane then ended up having to sit there for an hour waiting for our pilot to arrive from another flight. I was absolutely miserable and just wanted to go home. All of a sudden some Fisher kids start breaking into song. Before we knew it, pretty much the entire plane was singing "Buttercup." Even though I was incredibly miserable I couldn't help but smile after a couple verses because why should I be upset about being stuck on a plane with an amazing group of people?
I know a lot of the New Orleans residents thanked us for being there, but you know what? I would like to thank them for offering me such a rewarding experience. Honestly, if you ever have a chance to go down there, even on vacation, please take it. You will have an incredible time.
Thursday, March 8, 2007
Boise or Bust....Halfway there :)
Hello everybody-
Greetings from Nebraska. At the present moment it is 8 AM, an hour earlier than back home, which has caused me issues already.
So lets see where to begin. Tuesday BW and I were supposed to leave at 5am from Rochester, however his car decided to throw a hissyfit and we didnt get his car back from the shop until 4:30 PM so we left then. Just Tuesday we drove from Rochester to Buffalo, then through Erie, PA, on to Ohio. We stopped for the night in Toledo, Ohio. It was interesting. There were two motels in Toledo...one was so shady I couldnt find its sign, the other was a Kings Inn which, I have atleast heard of. We shacked up at the Kings Inn for all of about 6 hours (all during which I had nightmares that bed bugs were attacking me). We woke up at 7am yesterday and got ready and on the rode in less than an hour. We drove yesterday for over 14 hours....well my boyfriend drove for 14 hours to be exact. We passed the state lines of Indiana, Illinois, a five minute trip into Michigan to bypass traffic, Iowa and now here I sit in Nebraska.
Let me just say this, I love this country, its beautiful and I'm lucky to have this opportunity but its true, everything here is so FLAT. All around from Indiana to here we've seen a million farms, cows, horses, even sheep. Its interesting but I think if my boyfriend ever see's a farm after this trip he'll kill Old McDonald.
Today begins another journey, this time we're going to finish driving through Nebraska on to Wyoming and Utah.
I'll write soon, hopefully from Boise!
-K
Greetings from Nebraska. At the present moment it is 8 AM, an hour earlier than back home, which has caused me issues already.
So lets see where to begin. Tuesday BW and I were supposed to leave at 5am from Rochester, however his car decided to throw a hissyfit and we didnt get his car back from the shop until 4:30 PM so we left then. Just Tuesday we drove from Rochester to Buffalo, then through Erie, PA, on to Ohio. We stopped for the night in Toledo, Ohio. It was interesting. There were two motels in Toledo...one was so shady I couldnt find its sign, the other was a Kings Inn which, I have atleast heard of. We shacked up at the Kings Inn for all of about 6 hours (all during which I had nightmares that bed bugs were attacking me). We woke up at 7am yesterday and got ready and on the rode in less than an hour. We drove yesterday for over 14 hours....well my boyfriend drove for 14 hours to be exact. We passed the state lines of Indiana, Illinois, a five minute trip into Michigan to bypass traffic, Iowa and now here I sit in Nebraska.
Let me just say this, I love this country, its beautiful and I'm lucky to have this opportunity but its true, everything here is so FLAT. All around from Indiana to here we've seen a million farms, cows, horses, even sheep. Its interesting but I think if my boyfriend ever see's a farm after this trip he'll kill Old McDonald.
Today begins another journey, this time we're going to finish driving through Nebraska on to Wyoming and Utah.
I'll write soon, hopefully from Boise!
-K
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