The Best Ideas (While You're High)

Now everyone knows UVM is pegged as a stoner school.... and rightfully so. I won't go into detail about the countless times I've passed by a group that reeks of the (ahem) illegal substance. Check out Highdeas.com, a website devoted to sharing some of the most brilliant deductions made by people "under the influence".

Here are some personal favorites:

"a gateway drug, but if you switch the A and the E, you get a get-away drug"

"If you say 'beer can' in a British accent, you're saying 'bacon' in a Jamaican accent....mind officially blown."

"How Do You Jump Up AND Down??? You Can Jump UP Or Jump DOWN. You Cant Jump Up And Down."

"okay before we ever excited, we technically were little sperm right? it was us, and all of the other sperm cells competing to get the the egg first, and whoever did was created into a human being and the other sperms died off. so technically we are all the winning sperms! WE ARE ALL WINNERS!"

Just Because....

WTF is this?...

Great for any occasion! Graduations, grocery shopping, funerals! YOU NAME IT. Keep on strokin', America.

Outdoor Living

City living is terribly expensive, and most apartments simply aren’t worth the exorbitant expense. So, if you love the outdoors and hate paying rent, you can get creative like these guys. Let me know what you think. Do you think the possibility of falling to your death is worth saving a a ton of money? Hey, it looks nicer than the Holiday Inn at least....

New World "Records"

Getting into the Guinness Book of World Records isn’t as much of a challenge as it used to be. You just have to be creative…
Everyone has a weird trait… like this guy with the most elastic skin.



If you lack talents or genetic advantages, join a crowd.


Create a World Record and a YouTube sensation simultaneously with the largest simultaneous Diet Coke and Mentos geyser.

See, Books Aren't Just for Reading!

Check out this crazy art, created entirely out of books. It's hard to believe that some of these images aren't photoshopped, but the website insists they're 100% real. I'm not gonna lie, it'd be pretty awesome to have one of these pieces lying around my house. Check out more HERE.

BallDroppings' Music Experiment

Click HERE to begin. Crank up the volume and draw lines to listen to the crazy sounds you can make by bouncing the balls.

Call me cold and hearless... but COME ON Taylor!

OK, so I consider myself to be a big country music fan. I find that I can relate to a lot of the songs and the artists have, overall, have excellent voices and great stage presence. Needless to say, last night, the Country Music Awards were aired. Braid Paisley, whom I saw in concert this summer and is one of my favorite country singers and performers, had seven nominations. More than any other artist! And at the end of the night he only took home two. Country fans, myself included, predicted that he would have taken home at least more than two. But the focus of the night was clearly on Taylor Swift. After the VMAs at the beginning of the fall, and her minor confrontation with Kanye, she has since been in the spotlight. I for one, do not like Taylor as a country artist. Its great that shes only 19...yeah yeah and shes been so successful. But come on! Because the CMAs are based largely on the votes from the public, I can't help but think her winning the Entertainer of the Year (arguably the biggest honor) was because of her recent presence in the public eye and the fact so many people felt bad for her. I'm not trying to downplay what she has done, I just find it frustrating that there are plenty more country artists who have been successful in different ways this past year, and didn't get recognized because Kanye didn't interrupt them. Kanye I blame you!

Supposedly This is Considered Avant Garde....

Call me crazy, but Yoko Ono makes shit music. Just because she was married to one of the greatest musicians of all times (John Lennon, for you slow learners out there) DOESN'T mean that any of his talent rubbed off on her. There is one category that Ono always hits the nail on the head: craziness. If Cartman was a skinny, asian, old lady, I bet he'd sound prettttty close to this...

HOKAY, so, this is the earth...

This movie was all the rage long about my senior year in high school. I don't even know why its so funny! Something about the accent of the narrator or just the general concept I think is hilarious! Please tell me I'm not the only one who thinks so...

Advertising DOs and DON'Ts

Before becoming an English Major, I was a business major. I was and still am very interested the ideas behind advertising and marketing for various products. In marketing classes that I took, it fascinated me about how much thought is put into creating an ad, whether it be on TV, in the newspaper or in a magazine, and on the internet. This advertising web site gives an interesting insight about strategies that people in marketing departments think about and use when they are trying to sell their product. Boy they will do just about anything!

Water!

When I was a kid, and I went swimming, I would always try and cup as much water in my hand and then throw it into the air and watch it come back down and hit the water. It always amazed me how when thrown into the air, the water looked so solid. These pictures don't quite illustrate what I'm talking about, but these waves are a true testament to the fact that water can be very mysterious and quite fascinating!

Crazy Weather

Weather is one of my FAVORITE things. Especially watching sever weather and how fast is can move through the sky, and how quickly it can inflict so much damage. (not that I'm wishing that on anyone nor, do I think its cool! Just the science behind it.) Secretly I aspire to be a storm chaser on the Weather Channel. That and ESPN are the two most watched station in my suite. I found this site with cool extreme weather pictures. Check it out!

The Eyeballing Game

How good are you at eyeballing things? My mother, being the math freak that she is, sent me this link to the Eyeballing game. The goal is to get the lowest accuracy score. Its harder than you think!

The Eyeballing Game

Should I delete my Facebook? ...that is the question..

Recently I have been trying to limit the time I spend on Facebook. My goal is to only log on no more than 4 times a day. When I sat down and thought about it, I usually log on about 4 times and hour. How scary is that! And when one of my suite mates this past weekend decided that he was going to delete his Facebook account, I shuttered at the thought. When told us that he was going to make this drastic move, I instantly doubted him. How can anyone delete their Facebook? Personally it is a way for me to keep in contact with some of my friends that are in other countries, and family in other parts of the world that are hard to keep in touch with otherwise. I could NEVER think about life with out Facebook. How pathetic am I? Do other people feel this way? However, at the same time, as I think about how much time out of my day is consumed by Facebook it honestly makes me sick. I wonder about how much homework I could have been doing, or other, more productive things. For now I think I'll keep it, but I'm really going to crack down on how many times I log in a day. I challenge you to do the same!

Bouncing Bear

I know we're all trying to steer away from the YouTube videos, but I couldn't help but post this video I came across in my web surfing the other day:

THE easiest way to wast time...

Ok, so I have a confession to make. I am obsessed with Snood. Has anyone ever heard of it? If you have then I think you can relate to my problem, if you haven't you MUST download it and see what I'm talking about.

Whenever I don't feel like doing anything or just feel like having an excuse to be on my computer, I play snood. I don't know why its so addicting! Quite honestly its not that great of a game. The object is just to group three or more of the same funny looking faces to ultimately get rid of them all in a certain amount of time. I've become so addicted, I have to delete it from my computer for a period of time, and then re-download it when I'm sure I can't live without it any more. Pathetic I know... Follow this link to maybe become addicted yourself. This is your warning though!

Renew Yourself

As the weather turns cold, we all find ourselves stuck in our dorm rooms feeling old and washed up. You find yourself feeling gross and worn out. Here are a 5 things to do once this happens to find yourself refreshed and relieved, at least for females.

1. Go through your closet, and get rid of things you don't wear anymore. Hey maybe even take your old cloths to Platos Closet and get money back for them.

2. Take a good look at your desk and throw away items that just take up space, my mother always told me less is more, and man was she right.

3. Take a half hour to read cosmo, every girls bible.

4. Clean your room, I know its a pain, but put on your tunes and clean away. There is nothing better than waking up to a dust-free room.

5. Wash your face, even if it is mid-day, a clean face gives way for a clear mind.

Cure Your Boredom With UVM

If you are a student here at UVM I can almost assure you that you have seen the T-shirt I will be talking about in this article. The one that says uvm.edu/bored on the back. I have seen it many times and whenever I see it, I always tell myself to check it out. But I never have until now, and let me tell you the website is fully loaded with things to do right here at UVM. There is a full list of athletic events, music events, movie show times on campus, and hilarious comedy. Now its your turn, you are already at your computer and here is the link. So what's stopping you.