None For Gretchen Weiners
(That may also improve the quality of your life should you choose to like this stuff as well)
Hello there! Do you like being happy? Do you like having fun? Do at least four of your five basic senses function? WOW, we have SO much in common! Since we seem to like all of the same things, you’ll probably enjoy my blog.
Stuff I Like
(That may also improve the quality of your life should you choose to like this stuff as well)
**DISCLAIMER** This blog is called “Stuff I Like” – not “Stuff You Like,” so if you don’t like this stuff, don’t read it and get off my jock. Cool?
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Saturday, June 16, 2012
Wordpress is the move
We is moving.
Gretchen is upgrading to Wordpress. From now on, all posts will be at http://noneforgretchenweiners.wordpress.com/ -- we'll see you there!
Feel free to comment and follow as your housewarming gift.
Post 6: Skin Cancer – It’s pretty much a bad time.
Not a good look. |
"Burn Relief ICE" (Read: "You're hurting and you need me") |
This bikini really doesn't flatter my skin tone |
Look how beautiful I am! |
RUN FOR YOUR LIFE, CHILD! |
Sunday, June 3, 2012
Post 5: iStarbucks
Aside - I’m not one of those hipster coffee consumers nor do I have any kind of refined palate in the coffee spectrum, so if you’re a regular at Intelligentsia or some kind of trendy shit like that, and are planning on being all judgmental about S-Bux, you can stop reading now. I mean that in the kindest way possible. I’m doing us both a favor.
this was my first phone. it doesn't even have a color screen. so retro. |
whoops. forgot about the whole 'no drug' thing. |
But actually. |
get. at. me. |
kind of like this. |
So much convenience. |
seriously though. |
No worries. Britney doesn't use the calorie counter either. |
Friday, April 13, 2012
Things That Made Me Laugh This Week
Below is a small collection of things that made my week. A combination of senioritis, procrastination and an extended battery on my laptop resulted in a treasure trove of laughs. I couldn't keep them to myself.
Here are some things that warrant global recognition:
1) The BERKS meme.
It's just brilliant. The "berks" meme (read: books) took me a minute and a couple reads out loud to understand. However, this is one joke that absolutely is worth working for, because once you get it, you'll be crying laughing. I may or may not have developed some ab muscles in the process. RERRDING RENBURRRR!!!!!!
Check the rest of the berks here.
LOL |
Thursday, April 5, 2012
Post 4: Sororities
No. |
Despite the clearly hyperbolic stereotypes, the film does a pretty good job depicting life in a sorority house. Something that LB doesn’t cover, however, is one of the most crucial aspects: Sorority Rush.
It's kind of like going through a high-stress interview process 100 times in a row. And when you're on the active member side, there are more rules for this process than ever imagined possible - who would have thought up guidelines on how you garnish a glass of water?? I know who. Panhellenic.
There is a rule in sorority recruitment that both of your feet can not leave the ground at once. Yes I'm serious. There's also a rule that if a rushee leaves your chapter house with a napkin, the napkin is considered a gift, and your chapter is fined. Super realistic. "Hey, we really like you, so here have this dirty napkin." Tooootal gift.
Amongst this slew of heinous rules, you manage to get through all your "parties" and whittle the number of girls down to about 60 to form your chapter's new pledge class.
Then the girls go wild. Not that way, you creep. Imagine this: 600 young, eager, overzealous college girls. Give them the bid from a sorority, and then tell them to run to their new chapter. ALL AT ONCE. It's like putting Mentos in Diet Coke. 600 Mentos.
Some genius actually caught it on video:
Back to Legally Blonde. The sorority house depiction is pretty accurate (mentally flash back to the first five minutes of the movie. Or go buy it. Your choice.). There are a LOT of girls. And you'd think that after living here for a few years with 64 other girls, that I'd want to kill myself (FF to 1:06 in this video for reference). Well, if living in a three-story mansion with a full-time chef, in-house gym, rec room, study and music rooms, brand new bathrooms and full-time cleaning staff induces thoughts of suicide, then yes.
Example of the chef's wonderment:
in and around my mouth. |
Joking aside, I have loved every second of living in my sorority (not just because of the grilled cheese days). My sisters are hands down some of the funniest and most down-to-earth people I've ever met (even if their shoes cost more than some people's cars). But seriously. Much like the first few minutes of Legally Blonde intro - there are girls in the background at the sorority house, low-key studying. Remember how hard Elle worked for the LSAT?
They don't always flaunt it, but there are plenty of girls in my house who could blow anyone away with their intelligence. Girls with a 4.0 in neuroscience, girls in engineering and architecture, writing music, curing Alzheimer's (you know who you are), and winning awards in journalism or art.
These girls just choose to have a really bitchin time by augmenting their social schedule via Greek life.
Remember when everyone thought Elle Woods was a total retard, and she was like, "Hey look, I'm actually smarter than all of you. Oh and by the way I'm better looking, too. Cheers. Xoxo, Harvard Law Valedictorian." How's that for a slap in the face to stereotypes.
Another major stigma surrounding sorority culture is the "hazing" process, which at least in my case (despite my best efforts), was nonexistent. I personally wanted to get hazed. Not in like, a weird, aggressive way. Not with alcohol. Nothing dangerous or embarrassing. I'm not talking about the awful stuff that gets put in the news. I just wanted someone to tell me what to do so I felt like I earned something. I think it would have made initiation more meaningful (although initiation was special in its own way). I would have gladly done someone's laundry, studied sorority history, or tried to get signatures from the older members.
I'm not the only one who feels this way. Psychologically, we all want to prove our worth and feel like we earned and accomplished something. In one study, researchers found similar conclusions:
"Regardless of whether you call the process of joining a Greek letter organization pledging, rushing, or membership intake, it is obvious that there are students who do value Greek letter organizations, and see some sort of pledge process as desirable. Likewise, it is apparent that when students' perceptions of Greek letter organizations are uncritically positive, they become susceptible to hazing activities. The challenge is to thoroughly educate students about the positive and negative aspects of the Greek experience, so that the students can make fully informed decisions about participation[1]."
Sorry to get all academic. I forgot that I'm a sorority girl and need to get back in the kitchen or something. Hold on.
Yay cleaning!!! |
Hey everyone, come see how good I look |
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Baby Sea Otters
Sunday, March 18, 2012
Post 3: Cabo - 1, Dominique - Nada
Arrival:
here's one with the devil himself |
I fell victim to them about four times on the first night. Total rookie move. It was all fun and games until I saw pictures from that night. That’s when I discovered this:
I don't know why I put this in here. But it felt right at the time. |