Quizmania
The Daily’s quiz to help decide on housing arrangements is fine as far as it goes, and a welcome diversion from contemplating columnist Andrew Gaerig’s sex life, but it doesn’t really capture the essence of living in A2. Some questions they left out:
1. I’m willing to pay …
a.) More than in Chicago
b.) More than in Boston
c.) More than in late-90’s Silicon Valley
d.) More than in Reykjavik
2. The best location is …
a.) Close to campus (TRICK ANSWER! There are TWO campuses!)
b.) Close to Old Fourth Ward couch ban activist Tony Ramirez
c.) Close to a place where I can buy $6.50 boxes of cereal
d.) Close to handmade wisteria-scented candles
3. I’d feel most secure …
a.) When the holes in the walls are small enough that a burglar would really have to struggle to get through
b.) When undergrads set bonfires next to my frame house
c.) When Neighborhood Peace and Quiet Teams patrol the neighborhood for noise violations with their cell phones
d.) In a neighborhood where the naked prowlers usually stay outside on the porch
Should I even be reading the Daily? I’m not a U-M student, and I usually just used to get it for the free crosswords. Is there really any point? I do think Andrew Mallen had a good column in there a couple of days ago regarding the OFW (whose nefarious designs I only know about through reading this site, God bless it). But the rest… I guess it IS free, so what the hell?
posted by Lazaro on October 1st, 2004 at 4:24 pmTony Ramirez lives in the Old Fourth Ward? I thought he was north of the river.
posted by Larry Kestenbaum on October 1st, 2004 at 4:44 pmMaybe if this kid actually got some tattoos and piercings women would stop giving him that look.
posted by Alex(andra) on October 2nd, 2004 at 8:44 amI don’t know about him, Alex(andra), but that’s almost certainly MY problem. Every time I go in People’s Food Coop (not that I have in a while) or Liberty Street Video or Village Corner, I don’t necessarily get the “perv look”, but I do feel unusually naked. Maybe I could do with a nice Virgin of Guadelupe tat right above my ass or something… He should definitely stop his whining, though. Is it really that easy to indulge your romantic fantasies at Jimmy John’s? I just swallow this stuff and assume I’ll die alone. Sweet sufferin’ Molly, is that so damn hard? The kids these days, I tells ya…
posted by Lazaro on October 2nd, 2004 at 2:39 pmMan, I wish some of those Peace and Quiet people would do some enforcing on campus. If I have to hear one more squealing truck air brake right outside my window at 4 in the morning…
posted by art student on October 2nd, 2004 at 2:57 pmNonsequitor: Anyone want to add angsty commentary to the Ann Arbor page at WikiTravel?
posted by Anonymous on October 3rd, 2004 at 3:23 amThere wasn’t enough Ann ARbor stuff that they had to include Ypsilanti and Chelsea?
posted by Kozzie on October 4th, 2004 at 11:46 amI would say he has problems with the ladies because he’s a prick, even for a music elitist. Then again, I’m a woman who has been in contact with him, so what do I know, eh?
I keep reading the Daily because 1) I need to be reading something while I’m waiting for the bus, and reading my textbooks makes me look like a dork, and 2) discovering their mistakes and reading them outloud before class always provides mid-day amusement.
posted by Jen on October 13th, 2004 at 8:29 pm