Students’ Views

Recently, I have become the owner of a little kitty named Paris Hilton Cat and Ghostface Kitty. (It depends on her mood.)

There is a difference between being a man who owns a cat and a cat man. A cat man is something like a cat lady albeit maybe more social. Let’s say I straddle the line between these two character types.

How Do You Know You’re A Cat Man: A non-extensive criterion for determining where you stand
a) Do you talk to your cat out loud?
b) More specifically, do you attempt to reason with your cat?
c) Do you take personal offense when the animal disobeys you? (Being personally offended is different from simply being angry. Personal offense suggests a certain degree of disappointment too.)
d) Do you feel the need to ‘log hours’ with your cat when you’ve away from home a lot?
e) Do you believe you can tell when you’re cat is in different moods?

Really, I’m only watching the cat for a friend until she returns from being abroad. This is probably a good thing for me so that I don’t turn into a full-fledged cat man before leaving college. It’s probably good for the cat too because they are solitary creatures and don’t need all this much attention. (You know like writing an online journal piece about them type of attention.)
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Stanko and I and our band, The Brood, just completed our first EP. Last night we played at the Cove and soon we will be playing at Korouva Milk Bar and Emo’s Lounge in Austin. We’re hoping by the end of the semester to be playing once every two weeks. If you’re interested in getting an EP you can email me at lukensw@southwestern.edu or wait a few weeks until its on itunes.
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Tonight at Korouva Milk Bar, the student-run coffee shop, we are having the Zaireeka Party. Zaireeka is an album by the Flaming Lips. It requires playing four different CDs simultaneously in order to hear the complete work. Honestly, I can’t say whether or not this is going to work out. Getting four CDs to synch up is difficult. Also tonight is Tanlyn’s birthday party at KMB.  In related Korouva news, we are working with SEAK to form a clothing swap. A clothing swap meets many needs. It is a good way to prevent the wasteful build up of unused clothing in one’s closet. It promotes the recycling of clothing (the same way Salvation Army and thrift stores do) without monetary exchange, and frankly its fun to see total strangers wearing your clothes.

On September 28th, I was invited by President Schrum to attend the Board of Visitors luncheon. This will be the main topic of my next post. More later!