This article about the fate of SafeRide was pretty interesting. Firstly, they’re just now realizing that it’s “ineffective, unorganized and is rarely if at all used by the student body”? DUH. I never even used it and I could’ve told them that. I think the accidents on Edison point out, though, that something needs to be done about students walking back to campus from the bars. And I don’t like the attitude some administrators are taking, like Father Paul Doyle, rector of Dillon: “It’s some kind of enticement to be irresponsible and not have to worry about how you’re getting home — I don’t think that’s productive to growing up.” “Productive to growing up?” How about getting hit by a car? That’s not really “productive for growing up” either, is it? Sheesh.

Awww, the coach of the women’s soccer team wrote a letter thanking the students for their support. I was also happy to note the #1 on the top of Grace Hall when I was at the Reunion. (Snookums asked about it and I had to explain it.) Go ND!

Check out this “4th and Inches” strip. Hey! I resemble that remark! 🙂

Another student got hit by a car on Edison? This time it was an RA from Dillon, and again, the driver of the car was drunk. Luckily it looks like the student’s going to make a full recovery. I wonder what the University’s going to do about this though? Will they finally shut down The Backer?

Damn, I feel out of the loop over here. Kid Rock’s, uh, “little person” died?

Holy cow! There’s an Anderson Cooper Fan Club website! Remember him? He was the flannel-shirt-wearing reporter from Channel 1 who was always dodging bullets in Bosnia while Rawley sat on his ass in the “Hacienda”. As a joke, me and some friends wrote Anderson an obsessive fan letter once. We didn’t send it though. I swear.

Kel informs me that the song Gwyneth sung was actually about RAINFORESTS being evil. And she urged us to kill the whales too. Kel adds, “that’s like lizzie and my fave skit EVER.” 🙂

Wow. The things you miss being in England. So Drew Barrymore and Tom Green were going to get married on Saturday Night Live? I sorta think Tom Green’s an ass (everytime I catch his show he’s doing something terrible to his parents), but I definitely wish I could’ve seen the show. Apparently Drew backed out five minutes before the ceremony. And Gwyneth Paltrow was even there! (Pants, isn’t GP the one who sang the song about whales being the devil or something?)

Even though I’m surly today, this article about the pain and joy of the Christmas season put a smile on my face. My joy, age 8: getting a Cabbage Patch kid and therefore gaining admittance to Carrie Van Hoosier’s “Cabbage Patch Club” (the little bitch had eight of ’em). My pain: mine had glasses. I know Mom was trying to make me feel good about myself and all, but I just felt like a big nerd who had a big nerd of a doll. I still got in the damn club though.

ARGH! After that whole friggin’ apology, I find out that the site’s damn FTP server is down! GRRR. I’ll blog anyway and upload everything if/when it comes up.