Day 297: The Sound of Silence

 

October 24th, 2011I woke up this morning prepared for my ultimate fate – 7 hours of classes (with one short 1-hour break in between). I first walked to my first class of the day COGN150, where I witnessed an epic Ron Paul sign in the middle of Mandeville. That encouraged me to a great extent to carry out the rest of my day in ease, as I snapped a picture of it. In COGN150 we witnessed a devastating and super sad presentation by an author who is trying to help the kids of Darfur and the Sudan. SO SAD. I went to Poli class immediately afterwards and sat with Brittney, before going to Rubio’s to get my birthday lunch. Despite the fact that it was free, it left an uneasy feeling in my stomach as I met up with Geetha and she proceeded to get her own share of Rubio’s.

After that short intermission I proceeded to COMT100 where everybody shared their videos. Mine was okay, and the hallmark of the video was the playing of the epic Simon and Garfunkal classic “The Sound of Silence”. When class was done I saw Paul who said the A.S. funding meeting went well. Looks like things are looking up for Ron Paul club! I proceeded to Geisel afterwards to play The Sims for roughly an hour, before visiting Geetha at her place as she prepared for her speech. I went to price center afterwards to get dinner at none other than Burger King where I ran into Phil. He followed me on over to Geisel as we talked for two hours about random political topics, in the basement, a place that was essentially supposed to be silent. Even an asian guy told us to keep it down as we had engaging conversation. Shortly afterwards Bee-John brought me some milk tea as I ended the night relaxing at Geetha’s place. The end.

On this day in 1901, a 63-year-old schoolteacher named Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to take the plunge over Niagara Falls in a barrel. After her husband died in the Civil War, the New York-born Taylor moved all over the U. S. before settling in Bay City, Michigan, around 1898. In July 1901, while reading an article about the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, she learned of the growing popularity of two enormous waterfalls located on the border of upstate New York and Canada. Strapped for cash and seeking fame, Taylor came up with the perfect attention-getting stunt: She would go over Niagara Falls in a barrel. UM OW?

Justin Bieber isn’t the only teen-fave that’s dropping a holiday release this year. The cast of “Glee” is returning with second edition of Christmas songs on Nov. 15, led by the first songs from the set “Do They Know It’s Christmas?”. The large-ensemble piece is a take on the 1984 Bob Geldof and Midge Ure-penned Band Aid charity song; the FOX show’s Cory Monteith (Finn), Amber Riley (Mercedes), Lea Michele (Rachel), Chris Colfer (Kurt), Kevin McHale (Artie), Heather Morris (Brittany), Mark Salling (Puck), Jenna Ushkowitz (Tina) and Naya Rivera (Santana) all appear on the track. YEEEEEE MOREEEEE GLEE CHRISTMAS!!!!

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