The 7th Sign
The walls are bleeding. Dogs and cats are living together. A winter storm has paralyzed Hell.
I saw my first Wake Forest game when I was six. My lifelong dream was to be a Deac, and I realized that dream when I earned my degree in 1984. But you know, it was never about football, even when we won the ACC in 1970 and went to the Tangerine Bowl in 1979/80 (I was there!)
Today is the damnedest day in Wake athletic history, and I’m so proud of the fact that I can cheer this team on and celebrate its success secure in the knowledge that the Deacs lead the NCAA in graduation rate for football players. Jim Grobe is doing it right, and I hope he’s our coach for the rest of his life even if he never wins another game.
So, on a related topic, what’s the over/under on number of Orange Bowl officials who commit suicide tonight?
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lullaby pit 
I’ll tel ya what it means
It means Wake’s bowl game will be more exciting than the romp that will crown Ohio State in Glendale. Goo luck Deacs!
I’ll tel ya what it means
It means Wake’s bowl game will be more exciting than the romp that will crown Ohio State in Glendale. Goo luck Deacs!
Wake Kudos
Hell, I’m thrilled for them. They’ve earned it and I bet everyone on the team can read – not the norm at THE Ohio State U.
I heard some jerk wad complaining in a long line at the grocery store here in VA Sat. that “lousy Wake” could be ACC champ and represent the conference in a BCS bowl. I finally got a craw full, turned to him, and said, “How’d they get there, Va Tech fan?” (He was wearing the de rigeur orange.)
“Well, they won their games, but…”
“Ah, ah,” I said. “Everybody had the same task. Wake performed theirs better than Miami, MD, FSU, or BC – or Va Tech – didn’t they?”
“Well, yes, but…”
“Same task, better result. That’s how it works, isn’t it?”
“You must be a Wake guy…”
“Nope. Duke guy.”
He started to snicker, but I put my finger to my lips. “Shh,” I said. “Hear that?”
“What?”
“That sound.”
“What sound?”
“The sound of ACC basketball season starting,” I threw over my shoulder as I walked out of the store….
He was muttering about “almost” beating Duke in Cameron as the doors closed.
Wake Kudos
Hell, I’m thrilled for them. They’ve earned it and I bet everyone on the team can read – not the norm at THE Ohio State U.
I heard some jerk wad complaining in a long line at the grocery store here in VA Sat. that “lousy Wake” could be ACC champ and represent the conference in a BCS bowl. I finally got a craw full, turned to him, and said, “How’d they get there, Va Tech fan?” (He was wearing the de rigeur orange.)
“Well, they won their games, but…”
“Ah, ah,” I said. “Everybody had the same task. Wake performed theirs better than Miami, MD, FSU, or BC – or Va Tech – didn’t they?”
“Well, yes, but…”
“Same task, better result. That’s how it works, isn’t it?”
“You must be a Wake guy…”
“Nope. Duke guy.”
He started to snicker, but I put my finger to my lips. “Shh,” I said. “Hear that?”
“What?”
“That sound.”
“What sound?”
“The sound of ACC basketball season starting,” I threw over my shoulder as I walked out of the store….
He was muttering about “almost” beating Duke in Cameron as the doors closed.
Re: Wake Kudos
You ought to be nice to VT fans. You live up there so you know firsthand how little they have to live for. Poor fuckers are only marginally better than Nebraska fans….
Re: Wake Kudos
You ought to be nice to VT fans. You live up there so you know firsthand how little they have to live for. Poor fuckers are only marginally better than Nebraska fans….
Re: I’ll tel ya what it means
Hey, I’m rooting for Florida. Everybody likes to dog them, but all they’ve done is rip through a season with only one loss. In the SEC. On the road. At Auburn.
OSU is good, but if they played in the SEC they’d not likely be undefeated right now.
Re: I’ll tel ya what it means
I really think that they would have been undefeated if they were in the SEC. Not to put down the confrence, but I watched most of the games I could this year (Damn sports journalism thing, anyway).
Unfortunately for Florida, I think they are MAYBE the 3rd best in the nation. I’d have to put USC there if I was voting though (Kinda like Tressel, but I don’t have the option).
Anyway, I think the Deacons will win by 8. Got a pick, LP?
Re: I’ll tel ya what it means
I really think that they would have been undefeated if they were in the SEC. Not to put down the confrence, but I watched most of the games I could this year (Damn sports journalism thing, anyway).
Unfortunately for Florida, I think they are MAYBE the 3rd best in the nation. I’d have to put USC there if I was voting though (Kinda like Tressel, but I don’t have the option).
Anyway, I think the Deacons will win by 8. Got a pick, LP?
Re: I'll tel ya what it means
Well, Louisville has a hellacious offense. But the Deac D has been stingy, and if they can put some points on the board, who knows?
On paper you’d think Louisville was the favorite, though.
Re: I'll tel ya what it means
Well, Louisville has a hellacious offense. But the Deac D has been stingy, and if they can put some points on the board, who knows?
On paper you’d think Louisville was the favorite, though.
Mwhahahahahahahahahahahahaa!
“YOU WANT ANARCHY!!!”
Good lord this is some funny shit. Won’t anyone think of the dead white girls?
Hey Sam – not like this is going to change your view of Ms. Morissette, but here you go.
Morissette mum on Humps video
May 01, 2007 04:30 AM
Patrick Goldstein
Los Angeles Times
HOLLYWOOD–People endlessly complain that Hollywood is full of dopey, superficial films bereft of anything new to say. And they’re right. Anyone looking for art that is edgy or relevant – and inspires comment – is turning to Internet video, which has become the true engine driving our pop culture.
Nothing demonstrates this better than the tsunami-like viral success of Alanis Morissette’s “My Humps,” which surfaced last month on YouTube and quickly became the most popular video on the channel, attracting 5.5 million views.
At first glance, it simply looks like another pass-along parody, a takeoff on the original “My Humps” hit by the Black Eyed Peas. But Morissette’s video is armed with a provocative subtext that has people abuzz with debate. It’s a fascinating piece of video art, an inspired combination of satire and career reinvention that is a signature artifact of today’s viral Web culture.
On one level, it’s a commentary on dim-bulb pop. The Black Eyed Peas’ “My Humps,” although a huge smash, was widely mocked for its vapid, suggestive lyrics. (Sample: “The boys they wanna sex me, they always standing next to me, always dancing next to me, tryin’ a feel my hump, hump.”)
The video, featuring Fergie, the group’s lead singer, was, if possible, even tawdrier.
Dressing herself Fergie-style, with baubles and bling, surrounded by black-clad male dancers, Morissette retained the original’s visual sluttiness but replaced the Peas’ thumping rhythm track with a pensive solo piano. By removing the intoxicating bass line and clearly enunciating the crass lyrics, she gave the song’s sexpot swagger a new tone of sadness and desperation while simultaneously parodying her own artistic tendencies toward self-absorbed angst.
The striking performance has given an instant shot of street cred to Morissette, whose career had slid downhill after her incandescent debut in 1995 with Jagged Little Pill. Stereotyped as an earnest navel gazer – one blogger recently dismissed her as an “emo-feminist” – she suddenly has fans seeing her through fresh eyes.
For Morissette, this video – made at her home on digital video for roughly $2,000 – may transform her persona as much as taking a part in Pulp Fiction did for John Travolta.
“It absolutely helps her career,” says Bob Lefsetz, whose Lefsetz Letter is one of the leading blogs in the music business. “What’s so cool is that she did this all by herself. There was no capitalization of it: it wasn’t geared to help a new record or movie project.”
It’s the quintessential definition of mystique: less equals more.
Unlike Lindsay Lohan, Britney Spears and Fergie, who can’t stop blabbing about their various addictions, pet causes and loser lovers, Morissette has greeted all “My Humps” interview requests with a vow of silence.
As Lefsetz put it: “The less she does, the bigger the story is.”
By refusing to explain, Morissette invested her clip with a layer of inscrutability, something that packs extra punch at a time when all too many found objects – even Will Ferrell’s “The Landlord” video – turn out to be a marketing come-on for a website or movie project.
Notice how he shouted over the top of that student when the student started drawing blood. That’s why I’ve never even bothered to consider his point of view: because he has no manners.