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Peter Pan Syndrome at its best
National Children’s Day an invitation to immaturity
By Alysha Witwicki
Everyone loves an excuse for a holiday. Sunday, Oct. 8, otherwise known as National Children’s Day, was no exception as we saluted America’s rug rats.
Just because the 1980s are long gone and we’re taller than four feet doesn’t mean that we can’t still act like kids once and a while. Even those of us approaching our mid-20s can get away with more childish behavior than we previously thought. The theory is: until you have a child, you can act like one.
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Freshly fallen food
These fall recipes are easy to make and likely to bring back memories of your childhood home, filled with the smells of the turning season. So head to the farmer’s market before they close for the year and whip up some seasonal treats. Your roommates will love you.
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0 commentsDisturbing toys
Maybe these toys didn’t creep us out back when our innocent minds embraced any toy we were able to get our hands on, but looking back now, it’s easy to see the freak factor in a lot of 1980s children’s toys. Here is a brief list of just some of the toys we loved that now perplex and horrify us.
Stretch Armstrong
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0 commentsThe tangled web of cyber dating
“I love that band!” “That’s my favorite movie too.” “I think you’re beautiful/sexy/hot.” “We should hang out — we have a lot in common.”
Ten years ago, this would have sounded like a script from a first date, but as the Internet casts its web across our lives, young people (and not-so-young people) are using the World Wide Web to sift through thousands of potential dates in a matter of minutes. Thanks to the creation of Web sites like MySpace and Facebook, anyone can log on, type in his or her personal information and interests in music, movies, books and television and upload photos of potential mates, all with a mask of anonymity.
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0 commentsFrom the gold mines to the runways, blue jeans are movin’ on up
Certain icons represent America: apple pie, stars and stripes, bald eagles, baseball, and, of course, blue jeans.
The American jeans phenomenon all started back in 1853 during the California Gold Rush. Because of the number of people flocking to the area every day, items like pants were in short supply.
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0 commentsYou want to try what?
There are many difficult things about being in a relationship whether it is new and exciting or old and comfortable.
One of the things that is hardest to do for the first time is ask to try a new sexual position or favor. It can be pretty complicated and uncomfortable to ask if your lover can try to put it in your _.
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No lovin’ from the lunch lady
For any elementary or high school student, hot lunch is the ultimate gamble. You buy your tickets at the start of the week and pray that sometime that week something good comes up.
So what made hot lunch so special? Better yet, what made it so bad? Why were there so many brown baggers in the school? Adam Sandler said it all with his “Lunch Lady Land” song: “Hoagies and grinders, hoagies and grinders … ”
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