Issue 13
Sexual Depravity
So I was feeling a little lazy this week and decided to just grab one of my blogs from MySpace and turn it into an article. Unfortunately for you, I’m a raging narcissist, so all my blogs are about me. This, in turn, means this article will be about me. At least all you people out there that loathe the very core of me can have a better reason for it now. Anyway, let’s get to it.
I rarely, if ever, have a girlfriend. I give a variety of reasons for my bachelorhood (I've been cheated on, I get bored, I just don't like dating, etc). While all of these statements are true, they aren't actually the reason I don't date. I simply don't date because I haven't found anyone that is "perfect" or near enough to my idea of perfect to believe that I could stay with them for any amount of time.
I rarely, if ever, have a girlfriend. I give a variety of reasons for my bachelorhood (I've been cheated on, I get bored, I just don't like dating, etc). While all of these statements are true, they aren't actually the reason I don't date. I simply don't date because I haven't found anyone that is "perfect" or near enough to my idea of perfect to believe that I could stay with them for any amount of time.
Der Könich
I’m still struggling to . I swallow down all that had just been fed to me and I’’m not doing a great job at digesting it either. Sure thing that we hadn’’t seen each other for a very long time. You had added me on “studivz” during my first semester here at UWEC and I thought that I might have a chance to talk to you again after all these years during this summer. Just to see how you had been and what you would be up to for now. Long forgotten memories suddenly popped into my head after my mom revealed the sad news to me in her last e-mail. I remembered how we had a glorious time together in kindergarten. Playing in the sandpit and throwing sand at other kids, simply being mean jackasses. One girl decided to throw so much sand into my face in retaliation that I was forced to chew on some of it and gulp it down. I guess I learned my lesson that day.
This Is Real Life: Something More
My life for the past four years has been a great deal of selfishness. Of running away from my problems, creating them for others and trying to avoid depression. This is how the life of a drug addict feels. I smoked pot everyday or nearly every day and drank whenever I could. I got arrested a few times for my abuse but never thought twice about doing it again. A lot of people can smoke pot and not get addicted, or think its fine. A lot of people can drink whenever, and not be an alcoholic. I wasn’t one of those people.
No Brand Con, part 1: Behind the Convention
Many people attend and know of the anime convention run by the Anime Appreciation Society. They know the finished product of venders and a game room, the yearly cosplay contest and foam battles. They know the fun, the excitement, the recollection of time spent with friends and neighbors and fellow anime buffs. But what they do not see, though (and hopefully so) maybe comprehend, is the time spent in producing and maintaining this yearly anime confection that is the NBC.
Speaking to the current Proprietor of the convention, Mike, I learned more about what goes into making No Brand Con (NBC) work.
Me: So Mike, why and when did you join No Brand Con?
Mike: This is my fourth year with NBC, [He had volunteered before he became treasurer] I started in 2005 as the treasurer, and I was treasurer for two years. I really just love anime and enjoyed being apart of a convention.
Speaking to the current Proprietor of the convention, Mike, I learned more about what goes into making No Brand Con (NBC) work.
Me: So Mike, why and when did you join No Brand Con?
Mike: This is my fourth year with NBC, [He had volunteered before he became treasurer] I started in 2005 as the treasurer, and I was treasurer for two years. I really just love anime and enjoyed being apart of a convention.
Freedom Isn't Free
Probably one of the most common words associated with the United States is freedom. This nation was founded on the basic principles of “freedom,” but there has never been a time when all of its people have been totally free. Throughout our history there has always been freedom for the wealthy and powerful, but what about the bottom of the pile?
Sweetparty
When I was 10 I thought Slayer was the most offensive
band I had ever encountered. This was mainly because my parents
thought the same. But I knew there was more out there. In retrospect,
Slayer isn’t even that bad. They just have a misconceived reputation
of being Satan worshippers. Weak. Over the years I’ve come across
more and more abrasive bands. Now, at 23, I have seen things in terms
of music that I’d never even imagined at 10. Some of the stuff I’ve
come across makes Marilyn Manson look like Abba. I was listening to
some of my nasty music the other day and decided that I can’t keep this
all to myself. I’ve got to share it with the world (and by world I
mean the three of you that read the Flipside). What follows is a list
of some of the most offensive albums I’ve come across to date. By no
means do I encourage anything suggested by these bands, but suggest you
