I never had a pet growing up. I know, I know. Stop crying for me, guys. I’m okay now. I finally got over it. We had a couple birds (they don’t count), and we also had a dog for about two days until my parents gave it back. (Don’t even get me started…) I have always lived vicariously through my friends who have dogs, cats, rabbits, snakes, etc. I was insanely jealous of them when I was younger and wished that I could have their pets as my pets. I wanted to become a professional pet-napper, if you will.
As a little girl deprived of a childhood pet, I quickly came to love YouTube. Basically for its plethora of dog videos, cat videos, any cute animal videos, etc. Some of the best videos out there are of pets doing silly tricks for treats. Instead of working on your resume or that final paper, why don’t you watch all these videos instead? Because Sundays are for procrastinating, and this is the perfect way to do that! Enjoy! Read More »
Being a girl is hard. Getting hit on when you’re trying to catch up with a friend. Dancing with your girls and suddenly feeling a creepy guy put his hands on your hips. Obviously not all guys are creepy but, sometimes, it seems that way. On the other hand, I can see how us girls can be pretty annoying when we go out. Dancing in big circles. Trying to be cute and flirty but really just coming off as coy. You can make an argument for either side, really. This Friday’s video is one that reverses these roles in the most obvious, hilarious way. There are several videos with this same idea, but this “Flip Side” video takes place in a bar, the home of annoying gender roles coming to life. Read More »
I know, I know. You’ve seen so many of these videos. Sh*t Girls Say. Sh*t White Girls Say To Black Girls. Sh*t New Yorkers Say. The list goes on. But we just had to post one more, because it is dead on. If you’ve ever lived in a college dorm, you can relate to this Sh*t RAs Say video. Maybe you’re an RA yourself. Or maybe you’re the person who has your RA saying, “Guys, it’s quiet hours.” Take a look.
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I’m a dancer, so you can bet that the second anyone starts to dance in a movie, I’m paying attention. Sometimes I go on YouTube binges where I spend hours and hours looking at dance videos. But I don’t just enjoy watching videos of professional dancers onstage – I love movie dance scenes, too. And believe it or not, great dancing pops up in unexpected places. Sure, Dirty Dancing and Center Stage have big group dances. But do you remember the dance scene in (500) Days of Summer? Check out these videos of some of the best movie dance moments. Read More »
Do you love Disney movies? What about cute boys? Are you bored? Procrastinating? Desperately looking for something to do other than your poli sci homework? Well, we have something to you. Kill some time watching Nick Pitera’s Disney medley, in which he plays the heroine, the hero, the villain, and three other parts.
Once you get past the fact that this guy has a lot of time on his hands, it’s actually really cool. I promise.
Having just “celebrated” banned books week in America, I started thinking about the importance of reading, the beauty of stories and how much books enrich all of our lives. And most of my thoughts came back to one single theme:
W.T.Eff?
Banning books? Seriously? First Obama gets attacked from those crazy moms who think he’s out to brainwash children by giving them talks on the importance of education and now reading is bad for children, too?
The whole thing is just absurd. Have people even read the books they’re trying to ban? How can a story about a pooh named Winnie who likes to eat honey and play in the woods with his other anthropomorphic friends possibly be bad? It seems like a book that is deemed “good” and “appropriate” these days is a book that will not inform your child of the existence of sex, racism, violence, homosexuality, the devil, bad language, and any other concept that will cause children to ask you awkward questions. The whole banned books thing will probably cause my AP Literature class to be renamed AP Literature That Will Morally Damage Your Soul.
Does this mean we should ban Pokemon as well, since the little animals “evolve,” which therefore enforces the idea of evolution and is therefore anti-Christian and therefore is Satanic? Winnie the Pooh may be the poster child for the obesity epidemic, his friend Eeyore for depression, and Kanga for single moms everywhere, but that doesn’t mean our younger siblings can’t read about them. I happen to like Tigger, even if he does have ADHD. And although Harry Potter may have “witchcraft and wizardry” and whatnot, it’s still one of the most significant contributions to literature in our lives, and as such, should be available to anyone who wants to read it.
So let’s take the attention and money away from banning books and focus on some more important things that should be eradicated from this planet. Because in 2009 there are so many things worse than kids in capes flying around on broomsticks or finding a lion in your closet. Read More »
You know when you hear about something and all you can think is, “WHAT???” Yup. That’s all I could think when I heard about Porn for the Blind. I’ll give you a moment to let that sink in. Yes, Porn for the Blind.
The website is a non-profit organization that has volunteers contribute audio descriptions of sample movie clips from adult video sites. The thing is, though, these audio recordings are incredibly un-sexy. It’s not like some woman with a breathy voice is describing the porn scenes and moaning into the microphone. Generally, it’s a nerdy sounding guy describing the porn very matter-of-factly. “There is a bra draped over the chair.” “The man begins to vaginally penetrate the woman.”
Sexy? I’ll let you come to your own conclusions. Read More »
On the one hand, it's exciting as hell to see the media's involvement in this election. Not just media as in journalists covering it--but media, as in all of the new technologies being utilized.
Between Hillary doing that set of YouTube videos to find her campaign song, to various political podcasts you can download and listen to on the subway or at the gym, to the MySpace/MTV live candidate dialogues--our society is making information really accessible to everyone. And by everyone, I mostly mean the elusive group known as US--the youth!
We're a hard target. And sadly, so many of today's youth would much rather watch the 'Super Sweet Sixteen' marathon on MTV than the CNN presidential debates (although YouTube tried to help this time around).
That said, allow me to move forward a bit: celebrities are powerful. The fashion world knows it--it's why they use celebrities as models and covergirls and spokespeople. Celebs sell. But is it going too far when the product celebs are selling is a presidential candidate? Read More »
Have you heard of this new ridiculousness that is taking over the internet?
Last night, while on the phone with my 30 year old brother, who might I preface this article with, is one of the most conservative people I know.
There is quite the age gap between us and he spent my college years lecturing me on why I should never drink the punch, how beer is actually made out of yeast-piss and how that everything I wear, even if it’s a birka or a burlap sack, is too provocative.
So imagine my surprise when he sent me to a porn site.
“Um, I’m sorry, are YOU of all people, sending me to a porn site?”
“Just do it and watch the video in the center, its funny”
Now let me warn you- to be fair- that this is far from funny. If throwing up my dinner is considered funny, then yes, I guess calling this funny would be appropriate. So as I sat there screaming on the phone, my brother and sister-in-law were in fact, highly amused.
Funny is in the eye of the beholder I guess. Read More »
Having just “celebrated”
You know when you hear about something and all you can think is, “WHAT???” Yup. That’s all I could think when I heard about 
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