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pantsing
Do kids still pants one another? Who taught us that it was wildly funny to pants one another?
Pantsing was all the rage when I was in the ‘90’s. Pants to the ground everyday, all day. Oddly, this particular hobby seemed to fade away after high school. What happened? Didn’t we all pants each other in high school? Why did we all collectively stop when we got to college?
One time, I pants my cousin to the ground in A.J Wright. I didn’t notice that my mom was right behind us. She beat me in front of the cash registers. No shame or fear of DCYF. That’s when I knew in my heart that pantsing other dudes was awesome.
Sitting With Marina By ARTHUR C. DANTO
I wonder about performance art. Which makes me wonder about fine arts. Which makes me wonder about art. Which makes me wonder about what happened to my peanut butter sandwich…Oh, I ate it, yummm.
Seriously though, I get mixed feelings inside of myself when I think about performance art. What differentiates someone sitting in a museum atrium as art, and someone sitting in a park as homeless? These are the thoughts that keep me up at night. Just kidding, I never have trouble sleeping.
Danny’s Graduation | Boston, MA (via chengpb)
Congratulations to Danny for walking two feet from Eric Holder, U.S. Attorney General. It was a feat that many have dreamed of, but few have accomplished.
On another note, here’s a riveting discussion from lunch later that day:
What is japchae? It’s cellulose. No, it’s cellulite. No, gross man, cellulite is that stuff that makes you flabby. Japchae is cellophane. Wait, what’s cellulose again? Oh yea, that’s the stuff that cell walls are made of. Yea, plants are amazing. I love plants. Did you know that plant cells don’t have mitochondria? They don’t need it because they only go through the dark cycle. The Kreb Cycle that is. Oh yea, dark and light cycle, the Calvin Cycle. Panic ensues…
So I said that “plants don’t have mitochondria,” I may be confused, since I finished my Ph.D. in biology way back in third grade. But, am I right? Plants only need to go through the dark cycle? I know there’s a closet botanist out there squealing for the opportunity to reply. So please, by all means, educate us.
P.S. - See kids, this is why you need to pay attention in Freshman Bio. So you can have skull-crushing conversations with your peers later in life.
americanese: syntonyms
Learn To Speak Americanese: Chapter 1: Sytonyms
Americanese styntonyms can be very confusing, for example:
1. Willingness to participate in an activity
A. Down
Bobby: Do you want to play basketball with us?
Xian: I’m down for that
B. Up
Bobby: Do you want to play basketball with us?
Xian: I’m up for that
Lesson: Just because they are antonyms in the dictionary, doesn’t mean that they can’t be synonyms in life.
schindler's list
Ya heard? Schindler’s List sold for $2.2 Million. I heard, and my stomach flipped.
Remember at the end of the movie? Oskar’s all like… look a this ring, how many more Jews could it have saved? He goes on to examine the rest of his material possessions and feels the weight of regret; at the thought of how many more lives he could have saved with his wealth.
I’m no historical document expert. But, I wonder how Schindler would feel if he knew his list sold for $2.2 Million. Would he wonder… how many more lives could we save TODAY with $2.2 Million. Sober entry today, Good Friday, ya heard?
