Uganda Trip 2010 Session

This video was put together by one of the students who traveled to Uganda with me this last summer. Jesse is a jouralism major and as you can see very talent in what he does. Anyway I just want to get this video up to show what an amazing experience the trip is. It is definetly something I recommend you at the very least look into. There are several information sessions coming up in these coming months that can give you plenty of detail on the whole thing. If you have the slightest interest I strongly recommend you get in touch with Prof. Tom Root, Prof. Jimmy Senteza, Prof. Debra Bishop, or Prof. Glen McKnight.

tom.root@drake.edu

jimmy.senteza@drake.edu

deb.bishop@drake.edu

glen.mcknight@drake.edu

Movie: I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell

Again I do not read, much to my chagrin. But this book has been recommended to me on several occasion as something I would get a kick out of. And now they're making it into an effortless movie watching experience. Hollywood makes my life so much easier. If you like to live vicariously or this has any resemblence of your weekend's and even maybe weekdays this would be an amazing movie to go see.

Spike's Army

For all you sports fans, Spike's Army dogtags are a must have. This award system is amazing. All Drake student's are eligible. For the simple cost of 10 bucks you stand to receive a giganten ton awesome free prizes for every Drake game. You already get into the games for nothing why not collect on some goodies while your there.

This is all the amazing stuff you have the chance to get. Each game is 100 points. Read all the way to the end. It's just insane stuff.

100 Points

- Spike's Army T-Shirt courtesy of Drake Diner

300 Points

- Free Refillable Soda Cup from Planet Sub

600 Points

- Free Six Inch Sub from Planet Sub

- Free Breadsticks courtesy of Papa John's

- Free 12 oz. Coffee or $1 Off purchase at Starbuck's - West Village

1000 Points

- $10 Gift Certificate to Drake Diner

1500 Points

- Free Six Inch Combo or Footlong Sub from Planet Sub

2500 Points

-12 pack of Coke

- Prize courtesy of Dave's Barbershop (limit 50)

3500 Points

- adidas Clothing Piece courtesy of Drake Athletics

- $50 in Bulldog Bucks for 2010-11 School Year from Sodexo (1 winner)

5000 Points

- 6 tickets to a 2010 I Cubs game of your choice (3 Winners)

- Free Party Sub from Planet Sub, feeds 12-15 People (2 winners)

- 12 Free Pizzas from Papa John's

SPIKE'S ARMY

Movie: The Men Who Stare at Goats

This was originally a really great book. I have not actually read it (mostly because I'm at like a 3rd grade reading level), but all my literary friends who have read it have nothing but the best to say about it. The whole premise is just so absolutely fantastical and unbelievable it is almost laughable in an unnerving way; a feeling that is only magnified by the fact that all of it is true. Now I don't how much creative license the movie may take but I do now that the book is the factual report of an investigative journalist and the government actually did have program to train men to kill goats with their minds. I strongly recommend both the book and the movie.

Kanye Just Needs to Keep His Mouth Shut

Seriously I don't care how drunk he was or what the heck was going on with him coming up, cutting off Taylor Swift in the middle of here acceptance speech and insulting her by say she did deserve it is unexcusable. Taylor Swift is way too hot to be treated that way.

(Little sidenote: I haven't done anything at all to confirm this but all my friends back home say Taylor Swift has enrolled at KU. So jealous. One guy told me he's going to stop going to class and just start stalking her. She's just beautiful)

Anyway Kanye's an ahole. Honestly dude. It's just pathetic. Yeah the stuff he said back during Katrina had a little bit of truth and a similar maybe less extreme sentiment needed to be expressed, but now this whole speaking his mind thing he does is just reveal what little mind, not to mention tact, he really has.

Geography Sucks

I hate geography soooo much! They made google earth for a reason. The teacher's a nice enough guy in all but he just has no business teaching. I think part of it is that english isn't he's first language and I mean he can speak it really well but he just doesn't understand what he's students need. Like a cultural thing. But I mean we have a map quiz Wednesday. The study guide has six pages of 15 locations each of European cities, mountains, seas, straits, rivers. The test is going have 20 points on the map of Europe and we have to write from memory what they are.

A. We haven't talked about Europe at all. Absolutely nothing. We've spent these first three weeks talking about the introductory chapter - learning about the idea of a region and different kinds of scales on a map and how a map works. The kind of stuff that makes slam your head into your over and over again until you lose consciousness.

Second off I can't spell as I'm sure you've noticed from reading this blog. I can't even spell simple American words how am I going to spell crazy eastern European words. There is this one country in Iceland (which I know is not in eastern Europe) called Raykjavik. The hell is that!?1? I can't pronounce that. I had to look at it four times just to write correctly there.

Idk only one semester, right?

Liam Lynch on Acid

This is exactly why you should never do acid. It's so much better to record people who do tripping out and post it on YouTube so everyone can laugh about it.

Liam Lynch did that "United States of Whatever" song and anyway he's like tripping on acid in a closet and Dan Deacon another really cool artist like recorded him and made this trippy video.

I just thought the whole thing was hilarious and everyone needed to see this.

ONE

Anyone who's seen me has probally noticed the white wrist band I always got on. The organization it represents is ONE, a world hunger effort. The group is really excellant and offers alot of opportunities to get involved abroad or even domestically.

It is really an excellant cause. There is no reason for anyone to hungry with all we have acheived and advanced. And yet millions do every day. Its just not okay.

ONE