I'm an idiot - e-brake edition
I love my Subaru but why the fuck is there an incessant beeping when I forget my seatbelt but not even a peep when I leave my parking brake on? Believe it or not, even after driving like the dude above (read: more like this) and then hitting the highway for 15 miles, the horrible stench of burnt rubber waits until you get out of your car and close the garage door.
Update: Thanks Nucci for pointing out the difference between "edition" and "addition"
Off to the races!
The men and women of the Upper Valley Major League Over 21 Beer Drinking Ski Racing Association will convene at Whaleback tonight for the weekly on hill (see attached) competition and off hill () activities.
Ron Browz - Jumpin' (Out The Window)
Reminded me of this (Circa 2005)
Also, while on my search for the above article, I discovered that I, in fact, didn't invent the term "Nobody Rages Anymore" and that it probably dates back to your dad's time (Hi Meredith, Kelly/Hanna/Jamie, Lizzie, Maynard, Sheppe, Chopper, Dodger, not Mandel).
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Fwd: oh no! is med school lame?
from Weiss
to Neil
cc AMDAL, et. al.
date Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 12:51 AM
subject oh no! is med school lame?
im becoming worried that med school might not be as sweet as i once thought. first of all. it's 1 am on saturday night and im not even close to done studying for the night. secondly i just got this email suggesting we have a party at 8pm on
monday after our tests.
i've selected the best line from it:
Tagline: Party at 8 at Apt 8... the tagline's good, which means the party's gonna be even better.
first of all, who the fuck thinks thats a good tagline?(!) and secondly, the line before that one said BYOB. outrageous. i guess i could digress into a rant here, but probably only yale would appreciate it...
to Neil
cc AMDAL, et. al.
date Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 12:51 AM
subject oh no! is med school lame?
im becoming worried that med school might not be as sweet as i once thought. first of all. it's 1 am on saturday night and im not even close to done studying for the night. secondly i just got this email suggesting we have a party at 8pm on
monday after our tests.
i've selected the best line from it:
Tagline: Party at 8 at Apt 8... the tagline's good, which means the party's gonna be even better.
first of all, who the fuck thinks thats a good tagline?(!) and secondly, the line before that one said BYOB. outrageous. i guess i could digress into a rant here, but probably only yale would appreciate it...
The Ivan Drago of Tennis
It is a sad day to the AMDAL community while one of our main influences is stepping down from prominence. Marat Safin, large crazy Russian and former world number 1 tennis player, is deciding to retire from tennis this year. The picture above is of him after showing up to a tournament a month or two ago sporting two black eyes from a bar fight. Unsurprisingly, he told reporters it wasn't a big deal because he had won the fight.
With this loss, tennis' elite will again be dominated by prissy, good role-model players such as federer, nadal, djokovic, and all other even-keeled pansies. I do realize this makes sense for a sport embodied by collared shirts, the title "gentlemen's singles", and every major event sponsored by lacoste, polo, and lexus. Having grown up with tennis, I acknowledge its downfalls, but every once in a while someone falls through the cracks such as a McEnroe, Ivanisevic (sup Ro), or a Youzny who takes the game to another level with total disregard for tennis stereotypes and thereby helps Ro and I rationalize thinking that tennis is actually a bad-ass sport.
Safin first off was an incredible player in his prime. He destroyed Sampras to win his first grand slam title in a three set match that was one of the worst beatings I've ever seen. He then beat Federer before winning his only other grandslam at the Australian Open. Due to injuries and an occasional apathy towards tennis, Safin continued to be good but never stayed at the top of the game after reaching number 1. Indicative of his game, he would beat a top ten player and then subsequently lose to a number 150 ranked player and break 5 rackets in the process. His mentality on court was basically a form of bipolar and Tourette's embodied in slamming his racket into anything solid he saw nearby. He was one of the most fun players on tour and everyone hated to play him because you had absolutely no idea which Safin would show up to play or whether he would hit you with his racket.
But he really just wanted to enjoy the game
I bid him farewell and will leave you all with The World According to Marat Safin (Thanks to MaratSafin.com)
On money:
"When I look at a dollar note, I only see a picture of George Washington on a nice piece of paper. Money is only money. It makes life easier, but I don't feel sexy or mightly because of that.
On stardom:
"I'm not a singer or a rock star. Tennis is tennis. If you want to see a clown, go to a circus."
On women:
"There is nothing so sexy as a woman who is angry. Perhaps she is even throwing things."
On home life:
"I have an empty refrigerator and nobody takes care of things around the house. I have nobody to cook for me so I go to restaurants. Me cooking? No idea! Me washing clothes? No idea! I can't do anything domestic."
On technique:
"Sometimes you hit the ball with your eyes closed. Sometimes it works."
On doping:
"I had won the US Open and didn't even take my vitamins. Since six months they were lying in my suitcase. I drank tap water on the court. That was my doping."
On distractions:
"You think about dinner, your car, playing golf. Sometimes I think about sex. But these thoughts mustn't get out of control, otherwise, the point, the set, the match is lost very fast."
On breaking rackets
"You can destroy one racket. You can destroy a chair. But you can't destroy a racket and a chair in the same match. There has to be a limit. Otherwise this is the tennis of a sick person."
Apparently, 56 prepares you for world-domination, jobs with Obama
Not all Dartmouth alumni suffer in their job hunts. Alumni have been raking in serious accomplishments lately. Former Kappa (loves: to give the Kap-grip, not food, TDX) and current U.S. Representative Kristin Gillibrand has been tapped by NY Guv David Patterson (loves: bumbling, Elliot Spitzer’s bad taste in women, MadTV) to fill the Senate seat of new Sec-State HRC (loves: Wellesley, Wellesley pride, MidEast Peace, not Obama). AMDAL congratulates Representative Gillibrand and look forward to her bringing a Dartmouthians’ approach to the Senate Chamber. Gillibrand is not the sole Dartmouth-type rising to promenince in the last few weeks. G.D.I. alum Tim Geithner, the new Treas-Sec, replaces Phi Delt Alum Henry Paulson. Neal Katyal is the new Deputy Soliciter-General and the thirty-eight-year-old former Sig Nu and national security expert may be getting fast-tracked for a seat on the Supreme Court.
Congress. Executive. Judiciary. Dartmouth alums have swum in the streams of power before, obviously (see photo), but rarely so prominently all at once. If only there was an alum interested in running for the Kentucky state legislature, we'd be all set.
