Here is a list of what I imagine might be there:

• A ferris wheel
• A dramatic interpretation of Lowis Lowry’s The Giver
• My fantasy realized (Discovery Zone for people over four feet tall)
• A secret passage to the National Zoo
• A secret garden
• Pops Mensa-Bonsu
• Order of the Hippo club-house
• Every Garfield comic ever
• Ghost of Nearly Headless Nick
• Ghost of Old Man Schenley
• Sabre Tooth Tigers!
• Books/Girls talking loudly on their blackberries

Okay, it’s probably just the last one.

I’m hoping to make all future round ups more detailed so you can find the links that interest you more.  The Future Is…NOW.

• Stocks Plunge as House Rejects Bail Out: “House leaders pushing for the package kept the voting period open for some 40 minutes past the allotted time, trying to convert “no” votes by pointing to damage being done to the markets, but to no avail.” [NYT]
• ABC writes erotic Obama Fan Fiction: “The rain pouring down, his jacket off, his white dress-shirt clinging to his body, Barack Obama played to a crowd in a state that hasn’t elected a Democrat since 1964.” [ABC]
• Derrick Comedy (of Bro Rape fame) just released the trailer for their brand new feature film, Mystery Team: Click here to view the embedded video. [MysteryTeam]
• Foox makes the point that the NFC East is really, really good: In fact, of the three losses distributed among the division, every one came at the hands of a division rival (Giants beat the Redskins, Redskins beat the Cowboys, Cowboys beat the Eagles). Against teams in the rest of the league, the combined division is 8-0, outscoring teams 228-112, or 28.5-14 each game. That means they basically doubled up every opponent. [Sports!]
• Personal Bank is the easiest way to avoid the financial crunch: Click here to view the embedded video. [Landline]
• The Cool Kids are the next big thing in Hip Hop.  This is a song about riding bikes: Click here to view the embedded video.  [MySpace]
• Obama wins Global Electoral College 8,086 to 3: “What if every country could vote, with the result decided using an American-style electoral-college system.” [Economist]

If you didn’t see the debate, TPM has some great highlights:

The blogs seem to be strongly favoring Obama as the winner, with Time’s conservative Mark Halpern giving Obama an A- and McCain a B-.  James Fallows at The Atlantic has a really strong analysis of the whole debate.

If you head over to conservative narrative builder Drudge Report, you’ll see that…

HOLY SHIT!  HOLY SHIT!  HOLY SHIT!  NO WAY!

Drudge links to BBC News with this story: A Swiss man has become the first person to fly solo across the English Channel using a single jet-propelled wing.

You can watch the video of the whole thing here.

Who do you think won the debate?  My vote goes to the man who crossed the English Channel with a JETPACK.

WRGW presents: the first Friday Night Live show of the year!
The first FNL of the year will be September 26th in the Mitchell Hall
Theater! We’re featuring an exclusively-DC lineup, with some awesome local
talent! Come and check out: U.S Royalty, Ra Ra Rasputin, and The Spiritual
Machine. Doors open at 7:30, and the show starts at 8 pm.

US Royalty
“Swaggering, soul-infused indie rock”
www.myspace.com/usroyalty

Ra Ra Rasputin
“Disco tinged post-punk, with elements of electropop and noise rock.”
www.myspace.com/rararawks

The Spiritual Machine (formerly known as KOKO)
“Laughing apocalyptic dance music”
www.myspace.com/thespiritualmachine

THIS SHOW IS FREE & ALL AGES
DOORS: 7:30 PM
FIRST BAND: 8:00 PM

Let me know if you think the campus would be safer if UPD was armed with guns.  Have you always seen UPD act responsibly?  Have you always seen them act in the favor of campus safety?  What implications could this decision have?

[KIRK EDIT: Unlike Travis, I don't much care to see what everyone else thinks before I tell you what I think. ( isn't that what we're supposed to do?! This is a blog!)  Here goes:

UPD SHOULDN'T HAVE GUNS. I don't support my statement on the same grounds as this picture:

END]

I want to start making a periodic “State of the Arts” post.  This post will cover any current events and issues that are happening within any of the arts organizations at GW, as well as with anyone involved in the arts, but not involved in any sort of organization.  It will include important dates to remember, upcoming events, event previews, and reviews, and more.  However, in order to do this well, I need YOU, Anyone Involved in any Arts at GW, to email US, The Colonialist.  Tell us what you or your organization has been up to, tell us what you are about to be up to, and tell us all your thoughts.  If nothing else, let us plug your website/event/meeting/anything.  As this builds, we can contribute to the organization of the arts community here.

Thanks

Darren

On behalf of PETA and our more than 2 million members and supporters, I’d like to bring your attention to an innovative new idea from Switzerland that would bring a unique twist to Ben and Jerry’s. Storchen restaurant is set to unveil a menu that includes soups, stews, and sauces made with at least 75 percent breast milk procured from human donors who are paid in exchange for their milk. If Ben and Jerry’s replaced the cow’s milk in its ice cream with breast milk, your customers–and cows–would reap the benefits [...]Like all mammals, cows only produce milk during and after pregnancy, so to be able to constantly milk them, cows are forcefully impregnated every nine months. After several years of living in filthy conditions and being forced to produce 10 times more milk than they would naturally, their exhausted bodies are turned into hamburgers or ground up for soup…

They concluded:

The breast is best! Won’t you give cows and their babies a break and our health a boost by switching from cow’s milk to breast milk in Ben and Jerry’s ice cream? Thank you for your consideration.

[all typographical emphasis mine]

Now, now, now, now, now, now, now, now, now, now, now, PETA.  One restaurant decides to get all breasty & you think both Ben & Jerry should get breasty, too?

Look, people — namely, late stage capitalist barons — ABUSE THEIR RESOURCES.  I say it’s best for the world that we keep as many people out of that category for as long as possible and do our best to get those who are currently in that category out of it.

New point (I apologize for the disorderliness, this absurdity is throwing me through a loop and another loop and a third loop):

A few equations:

• Cows being forcefully impregnated for to make milk = bad
• Women being forcefully impregnated for to make milk = worse
• People drinking cow’s milk instead of breast milk = status quo
• People drinking breast milk instead of cow’s milk = absurdity
• Cows’ exhausted bodies becoming hamburgers = not great
• Women’s exhausted bodies becoming containers for broken souls = horrible
• People not getting as much nutrients from milk as potentially possible because they aren’t drinking breast milk = bad
• Babies not getting the nutrients they very much need because their mothers are selling their milk = horrible

Think child labor is bad?  Imagine the horrors sustained by the impoverished just-pubescent who know they will have a definite source of income should they start lactating.

Here’s a quick list of things I think are more important than cows:

1. Babies
2. Children
3. Preteens
4. Teens
5. Young Adults
6. Adults
7. Elderly Folk

Seriously, folks.  Unless Bristol Palin is the first paid breast milk donor, I ain’t supportin’ it.

I want to see this: , not this: .

The Hell in DC

This little hated hotel has been my worst nightmare. The hotel has tiny room, really expensives for their price and dirty bathrooms (I found a hair in the towels!). The hotel has terrible security rules and the only thing nice is the breakfast. I WOULD NEVER RETURN TO THE ALLEN LEE. The location is great but trust me, the cost is really expensive for such a terrible hotel.

They also charged me twice my credit card and I am having trouble to have my refund.

We should check out the breakfast.

After arguing with the front desk and manager, one patron got what was coming to him:

Nightmare on F Street

My final week at the Allen Lee Hotel , I have reason to believe that one of the staff members place a baby rat in the room. I called down to the front desk and informed the Front Desk Agent that there was a baby rat in room 505; he sent housekeeping to remove the baby rat. I asked the Front Desk Agent if they could place me in another room. I was placed in room 407. Removed the blanket from the mattress and there were roaches crawling on the top sheet. Called down to the front desk to report the roach problem; the Front Desk Agent supplies me with a can of RAID.

And while most hotels supply USA Today, The Allen Lee plays a different card:

Terrifying

I cannot begin to describe the bathroom in terms of staining and total lack of hygiene! I am perfectly happy with basic facilities as long as it’s clean, but this place didn’t come close. But overriding all of that, I was just too frightened to complain - there were a lot of shady looking characters around the building, and the staff unresponsive. The lock was basic and appeared unsubstantial. My main concern was security, I left no valuables in the room, took my luggage everywhere (which isn’t great for sightseeing!), and generally had a thoroughly unpleasant experience, capped with finding a ‘complimentary’ copy of Playboy in my room!

Come visit The Allen Lee!  Right next to the Newman Catholic Student Center!