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OCTOBER 30, 2008

THEY WONT STAY DEAD!

DEAD OF THE NIGHT zombies descend upon downtown Lawrence

ALSO INSIDE
I HEART NEW YORK: KU grads living in the Big Apple UNFORGIVABLE: When striving to be right goes wrong

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CONTENTS
October 30, 2008 Volume 6, Issue 10

play 4-5 | contact 6-8 notice 9-11 | manual 16-17 reviews 21-22 | speak 23

goin steady

how couples who have been together since high school have kept the love alive

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city slickers

graduates share the good and the bad side of hoofin it in NYC

calling all zombies

Lawrence got into the spooky spirit last Thursday for its second zombie walk. Check out the delightful and frightful characters that haunted downtown.

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thursday, oct. 30
Time Warp Student Dance. Spencer Research Library. 6 p.m., all ages, FREE. Haunted Haskell Tours. Haskell Indian Nations University, 8 p.m., 13+, $5, Zombie Dance Party. The Bottleneck, 9 p.m., 18+, $1-$5.

friday, oct. 31
TV on the Radio/ Shiny Toy Guns/The Dirtbombs/Beautiful Bodies. Power and Light District, 6 p.m., 21+, FREE, Danzig/DimmuBorgir/ Moonspell/Winds of Plague/Skeltonwich. Uptown Theater, 7 p.m., all ages, $27.50.

saturday, nov. 1
Jim Ryun. Kansas Union, Oread Books, 9 a.m., all ages, FREE. Girl Talk/Death Set. The Granada, 8 p.m., all ages, $16, www.myspace.com/girltalk. Video Games Live. The Midland Theater, 8 p.m., all ages, $25-$45.

sunday, nov. 2
Ivoryline/The Guardian/In:Aviate/ Thee Armada. Main Street Cafe, 7 p.m., all ages, $10.

tuesday, nov. 4
Election Watch Party. The Bourgeois Pig, 6 p.m., all ages, FREE.

venues
The Bourgeois Pig 6 E. 9th Street. Lawrence, Ks. (785) 843-1001 Uptown Theater 3700 Broadway St. #210 Kansas City, Mo. (816) 753-8665

monday, nov. 3
Sounds Under Radio/ Midnight. The Replay Lounge, 10 p.m., 21+, $2.

wednesday, nov. 5
Kinch/Lonne Fisher and the Funeral/Aubrey. The Jackpot, 7 p.m., all ages, $5-$7.

editors note
I left for my internship in New York last May with high hopes. I boarded the airplane headed east never looking back. New York was going to be what I needed. I would discover what I wanted to do with my life. Maybe Sinatra would be right, maybe I was going to make it there. And, indeed, New York is an amazing place. I partied in Union Square, delighted in three Broadway shows, drank martinis in SoHo, fought the crowds in Times Square and worked out at a gym next door to the Apollo Theater in Harlem experiences Ill remember forever. But, I should have known Ill always be a Kansas girl at heart. By July the city had zapped my energy and tested my patience. I was sick of the rat racethe perpetually angry taxi drivers, the $7 bottle of water, the shoving through crowds. When the subway doors would slide open a blast of hot, smelly air hit my face as I stepped in to take my commute to work. Id sit watching the underground blur outside the window, praying for my own pair of ruby slippers to take me back to Kansas. I wanted to drive my Mustang. I wanted to eat a Sonic cheeseburger. I wanted to look at the night sky and

know that stars still existed. It was then I realized as amazing as New York was, it wasnt my home. I completely related to Kid Rock when he sang, Lost in the Apple and Im all alone, Cause New Yorks not my home. Thats whats important when you move out into the real world finding the place where you feel comfortable. If youre not meant to live somewhere, youll know it. Ninas story on page 12 may inspire you to check out the Big Apple or another place after college. But, where ever you end up, make sure it feels like home. lSasha Roe, associate editor

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All in good taste

By Lauren Hendrick editor@kansan.com Its a Wednesday afternoon and sweet, sour, salty and spicy aromas fill the new kitchen at The Bay Leaf, a culinary store at 717 Massachusetts St. Who wants to try some pad kee mao? chef Dawn Haverkate-Ens asks a group of shoppers standing near her steaming wok. Garlic pops in a glaze of hot peanut oil and Heverkate-Ens adds bok choy, basil and rice noodles to create pad kee mao, a Thai dish known in English as drunken noodles. Its fun to get other people excited about what I love, says Haverkate-Ens, who teaches Thai cooking classes and considers Thai food her favorite. Cooking classes at The Bay Leaf, which began in June 2007, are held throughout the week to help people learn new cooking techniques and dishes. For owner Geri Riekhof, the addition of cooking classes is not only about getting people excited to try food from different cultures, but also getting people in the door. We are doing significantly better because of peoples interests in creating new menus, new kinds of food, ethnic food and baking at home, Riekhof says. Riekhof isnt the only one who has noticed an increased interest in cooking. The culinary market seems to be on the rise both locally and nationally. Lisa Bakke, manager at Borders Books and Music, 700 New Hampshire St., has noticed an increase in the production of both culinary magazines and cookbooks. The reality TV trend has prompted peoples interest, Bakke says. Not only are more people making their way to the cookbook section, but theyre also buying culinary magazines. Bakke says Borders sells out of magazine issues every month, particularly a magazine called Clean Eating. Cision, a media research firm, reports that established culinary magazines like Bon Appetit and Gourmet have seen their circulations increase more than 120,000 readers each since 2002. Cision also reported that during this same time period the magazine business has welcomed 50 new cooking and food publications. The rise of culinary interest is also noticeable in other culinary classrooms near Lawrence and Kansas City. The Merc, 901 Iowa St., a community grocery and cooperative in Lawrence, has offered cooking classes for 20 years, but lately staff members have never seen classes fill so quickly. We are completely filling classes, says Nancy OConnor, director of education and outreach for The Merc. Cooking classes at The Merc cost $15 for two hours and are taught in a variety of areas including cake making, diabetic cooking, vegetarian cooking, preparing different cultural dishes and cooking for children. On a practical level, classes get people in the door, OConnor said, adding that the mission of The Merc is to make education accessable and affordable. Attending a cooking class is the same price as going to a movie. The Culinary Center of Kansas City has also seen its classes fill to capacity.The center, located at 7917 Foster St., Shawnee Mission, offers classes every day geared toward an assortment of interests and age groups. People in grade school, high school, college and other careers take classes as a stress release, says Renee Lais, who makes class reservations at the Culinary Center of Kansas City.We are here to help the average person acquire skills. Classes are taught by the centers chefs and guest chefs from the Kansas City area. While many people are interested in cooking classes for their own leisure, others are considering cooking as a career path. Without a hesitation, we have had to add classes because of the influx of applications, says Ona Ashley, associate professor of the hospitality and management department at Johnson County Community College. The college has added more professional cooking classes and now teaches classes on Thursdays and Fridays, which has never happened in the departments history. Ashley is glad to see people interested in the culinary field because jobs are available. Restaurants are always looking for skilled chefs and new restaurants are opening every day. Ashley also said fewer people eat at home these days. As cooking classes are filling up around the community, program coordinators are thanking The Food Network. The food channel helps and hurts us, Ashley says. She says the channel has helped increase interest in cooking for a living, but does not show the entire job description of professional cooking. People are excited about what they see on TV, but they dont understand that people in the culinary business work evenings and weekends. For people who are just interested in learning new cooking skills and recipes, The Food Network has sparked the right attention. I noticed that a lot of parents are saying

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all their children watch is The Food Network, says Ashley. HaverkateEns is interested in teaching as much as she can at The Bay Leaf. Cooking is therapeutic for HaverkateEns, and she hopes she can effectively share her passion for food with everyone who attends her classes. Making and eating good food adds so much to the quality of life.

Photos by Jerry Wang Dawn Haverkae-Ens leads a cooking class at The Bay Leaf, a culinary store on Massachusetts St. Local businesses have seen an increased interest in cooking classes since the popularity of The Food Network has been on the rise.

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Whats your favorite thing about fall?
I like reading outside when its nice during the fall, but not freezing. In the summer its hot and you sweat. Vanessa Aldrich, Byng, Okla., masters student I like going to football games. I just like the feeling. Everyones really excited and pumped up.Theyre always screaming and the stands are always full. Amanda Coon, Overland Park sophomore

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Taking naps and drinking coffee. Toku Murakami, Japan exchange student

I like when the leaves turn. I like going to Wells Overlook, beacuse you can see the whole town and its really pretty. Jacque Mocnik, Lawrence junior

I like inviting my friends over to make fondue. Its very warming and its good with wine. Its a great social thing. Rafael Demarco, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, graduate student

My favorite thing about fall is the cool temperature. Its refreshing from summer, and all the bugs go away. Tim Howe, Mission junior

Walking through the crisp fall air and seeing all the beautiful leaves. I like walking through old Lawrence in the residential areas. Adam Norris, Orange, Calif., graduate student

I like Halloween and trick-or-treating. This year Im going to be a teacher. It makes you feel like a little kid again. Carly Carman, Augusta freshman

Falls my favorite season. I like getting to go to the pumpkin patches and going to Mass. Street. Jennifer Hamilton, Olathe junior Brianne Pfannenstiel

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Test of time
By Matt Hirschfeld mhirschfeld@kansan.com Home Alone isnt a movie that evokes the thought of Christmas for many people anymore. But it does for Junior Harden and Lindy Johnson, who have watched the movie around Christmastime every year for five years, since they started dating the summer before their senior years of high school. I know its cheesy, Harden says. But its what we do. A family comedy isnt what kept Harden and Johnson together to survive the transition from high school to college. How do couples manage to stay together, with such different educational environments, people and social situations, and is it necessarily good that they did? Have the couples grown to their potential as individuals if they are still compatible with the same person they were with in high school? Or are they just ahead in the relationship game? Harden and Johnson decided to stay together when they graduated high school. The Larned seniors attended different colleges their freshmen year and saw each other frequently when they returned home. Harden says they eventually came to the University their junior years and decided to live together because Lawrence was too much for them to handle on their own and because of money reasons.

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When the couple started living together, Harden expected the transition to be simpler. I thought that being together for three years, I knew everything about her, he says. And we moved in together, and found out I knew absolutely nothing. Harden says he has never second-guessed keeping the relationship alive. When friends ask him about living with his high school girlfriend, he replies that he was absolutely sure it was what he wanted to do and knew his feelings wouldnt change even when he found out more about who she really was. Fran Totta, licensed counselor and marriage and family therapist, says couples who have been together for so long can stand back and understand how much theyve given each other and how much they really needed and helped each other throughout their relationship. When relationships begin at a younger age, Totta says, people grow and mature at different rates, and sometimes when people need to mature, they need to be out of a relationship to do so. She says very few couples can survive that. The ones that do, she says, started out with each person already having a strong sense of self. When Omar Honsy met his girlfriend, Courtney Berger, he had just graduated high school and she was starting her senior year. The couple has been together for three

TVS High School Couples

Angie Cerdes, guidance counselor at Olathe Northwest High School, says high school relationships affect college decision -making more than she would like to see. But in matters of the heart, I try to direct rather than give my opinion, Cerdes says. Here are some of TVs high school couples who didnt heed the advice of their high school counselors and ended up together after high school. Zach and Kelly Saved by the Bell Not even Mr. Belding could keep Bayside Highs hottest couple apart. The two dated on and off in high school, and both ended up attending the University of California. They eventually married a couple years later in a park after an almost wedding in Las Vegas in the series finale. Cory and Topanga Boy Meets World Cory and Topanga met in middle school, dated in high school and became engaged in college. Topanga gave up her chance to branch off and go to Yale after high school to attend the same college as Cory. The two married while still in college and ended up moving to New York because of Topangas internship. Sabrina and Harvey Sabrina, the Teenage Witch Whatever love spell Sabrina cast on her high school honey Harvey must have worked because the two dated for most of high school and ended up together at the end of the series.
Photo by Alex Bonham-Carter Kyle Reid and Chance Penner, Andover freshmen have dated for two years. The couple decided to stay together although they were faced with the dramatic changes that college can present.

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years, and Honsy, Wichita senior, says the most significant difficulty for the couple was the need to live on their own to gain confidence without being dependent on one another. Honsy says he was glad to have someone through all the changes that went on during college. It helps having someone next to you to go through that with, he says. Honsy says that in college, the issue of independence arises more than it did in high school. In college, both he and Berger felt they needed to establish themselves as being independent. Being able to spend enough time with each other while still giving each other enough space to still not feel trappedI think that was the biggest issue with transitioning, he says. Totta says that if a relationship is secure enough to allow individuality and space, it is more likely to last than a relationship in which a couple is entirely fused together. It would be rare that people can grow and change if theyre going to demand too much togetherness, Totta says. They have to realize that they are kind of closing in on their world. Kyle Reid and Chance Penners world actually became bigger when they discovered a larger gay population at the University than they had in their hometown of Andover. The freshmen couple has been dating for two years, and Reid and Penner agree that along with more opportunities to socialize with other gay people, more temptation is present, too. Penner says they thought about taking a break from their relationship when they came to the University, but decided not to because it would be more comfortable to start a transition such as college with a significant other. Were pretty much an old married couple. We bicker and fight, but we get past it, Penner says. Totta has counseled several married couples who met in high school, and she says its amazing when couples manage to survive after being together for so long. It has happened, Totta says. And its beautiful when you see it.

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full name, its obvious you did all you could to seek him out on Facebook and friend him. This includes looking at his papers in class for his last name or asking around a party. I know many girls who would find this weird and a tad obsessive if a guy were to do it, so its no different for a girl. I would take suit with one of my friends Facebook policies. She never requests friendship first. She waits until the other person requests friendship. This creates no ambiguity on your part, and then you can judge for yourself if its too soon or too weird to be requesting friendship. If thats too extreme for you, I would recommend at least three chance or intentional meetings between you and your potential Facebook friend before requesting friendship. By that time, youll have established a connection with the guy beyond being in the guys mind as the weird girl who friended me after I barely remember meeting her. Francesca: If you and this guy really hit it off, why wouldnt you Facebook friend him? The rules for Facebook friending guys are the same as the rules for friending girls. If you are interested in hanging out with that person, go ahead and friend him or her. If the person doesnt accept your friend request, then move on. At least you didnt get rejected to your face. I added a guy on Facebook after the second time we talked. I wouldve added him after the first time we talked, but we didnt exchange names the first time, oddly enough. He didnt act weird about it and accepted my request. He even sent me a private message that turned into a string of messages, and now we always hang out after the class we have together. The key is not to seem overzealous. Sending a friendship request to a guy you are interested in is not a deal-breaker, but stalking his Facebook profile and mentioning comments other people leave on it especially girlswill get you de-friended or ignored. I actually had a boyfriend de-friend and then block me on Facebook because he was tired of hearing me nag him about his wall. Go ahead and Facebook friend him, but let him make the next move. It should become clear pretty quickly after the Facebook request if he sees you as girlfriend material or not.

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Whats the difference between dating someone and seeing someone, and what are the boundaries? Frank, senior
Matt: The Eskimos have hundreds of words for snow, but weve invented three times that many words for relationships, Sarah Jessica Parkers character said on an episode Sex and the City. You, Frank, have thankfully narrowed it down to two definitions. The dating stage of any relationship is the most fun part. The only commitments that have been set are to be at a certain place at a certain time. No restrictions or boundaries have been decided. The main goal is to get to know the other person and judge whether a more serious connection can develop. The caveat to dating, though, is that people can date as many people as they want at one time. Its only when these dates move into seeing each other territory that feelings more than fun are on the line. The way to determine if you are ready for a connection beyond dating is to talk about it with the other person. You cant assume that just because youre going on several dates with the same person that her thoughts are in line with yours. If you assume the status of a relationship without discussing it, you might find yourself out in the cold with the Eskimos. Francesca: Ive always put those two terms in the same category of relationshipspeak. I usually define relationships as talking, dating, a long-term relationship, engaged and married. So Im going to translate your question to, What are the differences between talking and dating? Talking is exactly what the name implies. The two of you talk on the phone, text, Facebook each other, maybe hang out, but only one of you or neither of you know if you see a long-term relationship together in the future. You are still basically getting to know each other. Dating is when you are going on dates, making out, having sex, whateveryou get the idea. Generally this is when you are boyfriend and girlfriend and you can count on each other to leave at least one evening a week open to spend time together. These boundaries will never be clearly defined. No two relationships are exactly the same. Friends with benefits clearly dont fit into my rubricId say thats a gray area between talking and datingand neither do relationships where one or both parties are going on dates with other people. The only people who can accurately categorize your relationship are you and your partner. The so, what are we? conversation isnt one many people want to have, but if you have been confused about the status of your relationship for more than a month, you need to go ahead and initiate it.As I have said before, dont waste time mending or creating a relationship with someone whom you cant see becoming your life partner. Its not worth the emotional distress, or worth your time.

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Locally grown art

By Sean Rosner srosner@kansan.com Its Saturday night and Haskell Square, at the corner of 19th Street and Haskell Avenue, is deserted, save for two storefronts buzzing with activity. One is the Cross Town Tavern, where middle-aged patrons gathered to drink beer and enjoy the weekend. The other is the shopping centers newest addition, DotDotDot ArtSpace. Inside, about 20 people mill about as a DJ blasts Wu-Tang Clan from his station in the corner. The floor and one wall are covered with graffiti, and a bottle of whiskey sits in the middle of the room with a free shots sign beneath it. Though it looks more like a party, this scene is really the opening of local artist and KU graduate Erok Johanssens exhibition, Toxicity Limits. Johanssen creates art using spray paint, acrylic paint and airbrushes, as well as digital photos and found patterns to make stencils. He calls Toxicity Limits a celebration of urban art. While creating the work for the show, Johanssen experimented with different mediums and even different mind states. My stoned paintings are more crisp and precise. My drunk painting are just paint all over the place, he says. Johanssen is a member of the Fresh Produce art collective, a close-knit group of Lawrence artists working to revitalize the local art scene. Since forming in January 2007, the collective has allowed more than 100 local artists to showcase their work, held art shows around Lawrence, as well as in Kansas City and Tulsa, Okla., and have had an exhibit shown at the Spencer Museum of Art. The group has come a long way since starting with a half-dozen artists almost two years ago.Yuri Zupancic, former KU student and one of the founding members of Fresh Produce, says the group formed out of a common desire to let the public see all the art being created in Lawrence. It seemed problematic to us that we were living in such a rich artistic community with such little public display, Zupancic says. Throughout the next year, Fresh Produce picked up members and momentum by throwing parties and holding one-night shows at local businesses like Tellers, 746 Massachusetts St., and Solidarity! Revolutionary Center and Radical Library, 1109 Massachusetts St. The shows and parties gave the artists an opportunity to release pent-up creativity, as well as meet each other and build friendships. Most of the events had unusual themes, such as the Pocket-Art Party, where attendees all brought miniature pieces of art and exchanged them with each other. For the Bright Ideas art show, the only light in a dark gallery came from the pieces themselves, which used light bulbs and glowin-the-dark material. Last March, members of the collective were approached by the owner of Haskell Square about moving into an available space. Ten of them, mostly founding members of the group, decided to seize the opportunity. The space now serves as a home base for Fresh Produce. Though only 10 artists use the space as a gallery, having a place to hold the groups weekly meetings gives the entire collective stability. The artists who rent the space share it in three-week increments, each getting free reign over the walls during their allotted time. Before Johanssens exhibit opened, the walls belonged to Spring City, Utah, senior Paul Flinders, who locked himself inside the space for 24 hours to create the paintings for his exhibit, Wet Dreams. Though the space is in an area that isnt exactly a hotbed for art in Lawrence, Whit Bones,Tulsa, Okla., senior and another founding member of Fresh Produce, says he likes the location because the rent is cheaper than it would be if the gallery were downtown. Because the renters can afford to pay for the space out of their own pockets, they face less pressure to sell pieces. Were able to do whatever we want because we rely on each other to pay the bills, Bones says. Fresh Produces biggest exposure so far came when the Spencer Museum of Art contacted the group about putting up an exhibit in the museums 20/21 Gallery. The exhibit, which included masks, paintings, sketches, photos and video, aimed to capture the creative process of making art. It was on display from July 17 to Sept. 21. It brought a lot of freshness and excitement to the museum, says Susan Earle, curator of European and American art at the Spencer. Beyond getting exposure for local artists, Fresh Produce allows its members to grow and learn from each other. Bones and Johanssen both say the group setting gives artists with diverse backgrounds the chance to feed off of each others ideas. It also provides some friendly competition.

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A look at Lawrences Fresh Produce art collective

Photo by Jerry Wang Ninja attack: A member of Lawrences Fresh Produce art collective leaps into action in front of one of Erok Johanssens pieces of art in the Toxicity Limits exhibit at DotDotDot ArtSpace.

You see how much everyones producing and youre like, Im not just going to go home and watch TV, Johanssen says. The group is always open to new artists, and Bones says there are no qualifications to be in Fresh Produce besides being committed to art. Now that Fresh Produce has established

its position in the Lawrence art scene, the next step is maintaining it. The collective could go on for 10 years or 10 days. It really depends on new people coming in and taking the reigns, Bones says.

Where to find Fresh Produce

DotDotDot ArtSpace 1920 Haskell Ave. Gallery hours: Thursday and Friday, 2 p.m. to 8 p.m., Saturday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Aaron Storcks Wizard Ningxt Opening reception Nov. 1, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., DotDotDot ArtSpace Seid Madr, works from Ostaf Heller Opening reception Nov. 21, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., DotDotDot ArtSpace Black Monday art show and sales extravaganza December 1, 6 p.m. to10 p.m., Tellers, 746 Massachusetts St. On the Web www.freshproduceartcollective.com www.dotdotdotartspace.com www.freshproduceart.wordpress.com Want to get involved with Fresh Produce? The collective holds meetings at 7 p.m. every Tuesday at the DotDotDot ArtSpace, 1920 Haskell Ave. All meetings are open to new participants.

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my girlfriend accidentally named the album. Q: Whats the most memorable moment youve had on tour? A: I performed at the Hip-Hop Kemp Festival in Prague. It was my first time in the Czech Republic. There were a bunch of hip-hop artists there. It was kinda like a Rapchella. Q: Wheres the most interesting place youve written a song? A: I dont like to write while Im on tour. I usually only write my songs at home on my laptop. I converted to a laptop about two years ago. Its a lot easier to write a song and edit on a laptop than it was writing in a notebook. Q: How did growing up in Minneapolis affect the music you make? A: Well, the cold weather kept me inside. I didnt watch TV, so I started getting into music. Minneapolis had a big underground music scene. I hung out with kids who were into jazz, blues, punk rock and hiphop. It was a very cross-genre scene. Q: What do you do as co-owner of Rhymesayers Entertainment? A: As of right now, Im mostly just focusing on Atmosphere. I was working in the office and helping other artists with their work for a time. But now Im focused on Atmosphere, which has helped the label gather resources and fund some projects. Q: If you could collaborate on a song with any musician, who would it be? A: I just want to collaborate with my friends. Or Prince.
Contributed photo Slug (foreground) is taking lifes lemons and adding a gold sheen. Slug and DJ Ant will be at the Granada Nov. 6.

with Slug from Atmosphere

The Minneapolis hip-hop duo Atmosphere are on the road to paint the nation gold while promoting its fifth studio album, When Life Gives You Lemons,You Paint That Shit Gold. The Paint The Nation tour, which also features Abstract Rude, Blueprint and DJ Rare Groove, will be making a stop in Lawrence Nov. 6 at the Granada. Previously recognized as an independent hip-hop group, Atmosphere is moving closer to mainstream territory with performances on MTV, Jimmy Kimmel Live! and the Late Show with David Letterman. Slug recently spoke with Jayplay about his latest album and tour. Q: Whats the story behind the name of your latest album? A: My girlfriend was referencing something, and she said, When life gives you lemons, you paint that shit gold. I liked it so I guess

Q: How has your music and performance changed since your 2002 album, God Loves Ugly? A: I dont drink before I get on stage anymore. Ive matured a lot since that time. Now, I think a lot about my performance when I get on stage. Its like a play with different acts and characters.

Q: How did you come up with the name Slug? A: Slug was shortened from Sluggo, which was my fathers nickname. Q: What was it like performing on Jimmy Kimmel and Letterman? A: Scary!

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Until recently, my knowledge of New York City was limited to souvenirs and landmarks. As a tourist I visited Brooklyn, saw the Empire State Building and bought a Yankees hat, but I never experienced what its really like to be a New Yorker. I was 10 the rst time I went to the city with my family. I remember sitting next to my mom in the upper balcony of a dark theater, watching Savion Glover tap dance in his Broadway debut, Bring in Da Noise, Bring in Da Funk. I came back to New York in high school and stayed in Brooklyn with a native, and for the rst time, experienced the city through her day-to-day routine. I remember walking for hours to eat at a restaurant that offered condoms instead of the usual after dinner breath mint. My two-week visit was just a taste of the city and not the whole story. Im graduating in May and will nally have the opportunity to choose where I want to live, but moving to New York seems like a giant leap from living in Lawrence. I wanted to nd out what its like to live in New York City, so I decided to ask some KU graduates about their life in the city that never sleeps.

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The stories of three KU graduates living and working in the Big Apple

By Nina Libby nlibby@kansan.com

Life in the Burg

Colin Rhoads, 2008 graduate, moved to Brooklyn in July to pursue a career in digital advertising. Rhoads is a media planner for Moxie Interactive in West Village. The company produces digital media, such as pop-up ads and banners, to get consumers to interact with a clients brand. Rhoads was interested in digital marketing because he believes online marketing is the future of advertising. Rhoads knew someone who worked for Moxie Interactive through a mutual friend. Finding a job is really about who you know and what connections are available to you. It was for me, at least, Rhoads says. I stayed in New York for an entire spring break doing interviews, but I wouldnt have had those interviews if I didnt know someone working for the company, Rhoads says. Rhoads lives in Williamsburg, a thriving art community that attracts young people. The neighborhood is lled with dive bars, art-supply stores, dress shops and restaurants. One of his favorite spots is Barcade, a bar lined with vintage arcade games with a rotating list of more than 20 microbrews and many local beers on tap. For lunch, Rhoads prefers the restaurant, Silent H, which offers bnh m, a popular Vietnamese sandwich. For dinner outings, he enjoys DuMont, a casual and cheap restaurant that serves everything from tamarind-braised ribs to macaroni and cheese. For young professionals, Williamsburg is an alternative to living in Manhattan. Theres a sense of community, and rent is not ridiculously expensive. A good tag line for Williamsburg is where grit meets glamour, because thats exactly what it is, Rhoads says. On the exterior it looks gritty and edgy, but theres more fashionistas walking the streets and cool restaurants on every corner than youll nd in a lot of areas of Manhattan. The community is infamous for its music scene, which unites people with similar tastes and styles. Rhoads has found a community consisting of KU alumni. He goes to the Village Pourhouse in East Village or Millholands in Williamsburg to watch KU football and basketball games with fellow Jayhawks. Rhoads also

runs into several KU alumni around the city showing their school spirit. The other day I saw a guy with a Jayhawk keychain hanging from his briefcase. I inevitably called him out, and shortly followed the salutation with a high-ve before we parted ways, he says. Rhoads knew he wanted to live in New York before he got a job with Moxie Interactive. He liked that there was such an eclectic group of people with different cultures, styles and personalities. This island is bound by water so you can only build upnot outso theres no gated suburban communities, Rhoads says. It doesnt matter if you live in a building with a concierge in Central Park West, youre still rubbing elbows with the street meat vendors and bodega clerks on the corner when you leave the building.

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Gianna Ida, a 2008 graduate, moved to the city for New York Universitys food studies program, in which she studies urban food distribution systems. The program explores foodways and culinary history as well as cultural and economic examinations of food. All of the classes are in the evening so students can have the opportunity for internships during the day. I only have class three days a week, and otherwise I either have tons of free time or Im running all over the city tutoring, my job, she says. Ida lives in South Park Slope, a neighborhood in Brooklyn with a mix of young professionals, Hispanic families and elderly Polish immigrants. Most people live in three-story row houses with little front patios and gates. It has a great mix of local businesses and hardly any chain stores. Ida says she can get everything she needs within a three-block radius of her apartment. On her way to the subway, Ida stops at a Spanish bakery for a snack before heading into Manhattan. Her ride to NYU takes about 30 minutes, and if shes running late she can take a cab to the school. Ida says taking the subway can be a gamble. It can take you anywhere in the city, but you can never be sure how long it will take. For me, traveling to Central Park takes

as long as a drive to Kansas City. I never would have driven an hour to go to a park before, but the perception of travel is different here, she says. You have to plan ample time to get anywhere, and you have to learn how to set limitations for yourself. Ida, also a designer, makes time to attend fashion shows. During the most recent Fashion Week, she attended three fashion shows, including Vera Wangs in Bryant Park. Her show was incredible. I had chills the entire time, she says. Ida was one of ve nalists in last years Project Runway competition at KU. She designed a menswear outt in black and white including a pair of shorts, vest and shirt. Another design was a pocketed high-waisted skirt with a yellow hooded blouse. Fashion in New York is magical, but frustrating. Inspiration and opportunities to design are limitless here, but unfortunately money, time and space are not, Ida says. My room is the size of a walk-in closet, so I havent even been able to set up my sewing machine yet. Adjusting to a smaller living space is one

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of many difficulties that some newcomers face. The thrill of arriving in New York is often tempered by the sinking realization of what an alienating place the city can be. The dauntingly high cost of living and the subway maze can make city life a battle. It definitely takes a certain personality to live in the city, but its something you can develop while youre living here, Ida says. The city will abuse you daily, and unless you can learn how to overcome it, youre continually overwhelmed. ing literature on African-American history and culture. When my brother came to visit, he said Harlem looked like Sesame Street, Forgarty says. I guess he was referring to the brick apartment buildings and the diversity of my neighborhood. Forgarty says she is so distracted by the streets vendors, she hardly notices the commercial stores in her area. Forgarty lives in Harlem because its cheap, spacious and its an easy commute to Manhattan. At night, she waits tables at Tabla, a restaurant in Manhattan. During the day she rehearses with the professional dance company, Notes in Motion. Forgarty says moving to New York to dance was very difficult because she found herself distracted by everything the city has to offer. I came with one thing in mindI wanted to create dance. But there was so much going on around me it was very hard to point myself in one direction, Forgarty says. I wanted to experience everything the city has to offer all at once. Its been a year and I still have so much more to discover.

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De-light your guests with homemade party decor
If youre tired of the same twinkling lights and tiki torches for house party decorations, here are a few new ideas you can make with things you probably already have. For getting in Paper bag luminaires can light the way to your shindig. To make a basic sidewalk luminaire, fill a paper lunch bag with sand or pebbles and insert a votive candle and holder. Its that simple. If you want a challenge, you can cut out designs on the bag. Check out Adrian Van Allens designs at ReadyMade.com, complete with instructions. For getting out If your party spills into the backyard, you can keep guests out of the dark with milk jug lanterns. First, grab all of your empty milk or fruit juice cartons. Next, cut a flap into the side of the jug thats big enough to easily access your candle. Stabilize the jug with a couple handfuls of sand or small pebbles and remove the lid from the jug. Finally, position the lit candle and voila, a breeze-safe and electricity-free outdoor lamp. For getting down A house party just isnt the same without some dancing, so get your guests out of their seats with your very own

disco ball.You might have to spend a few bucks on a paper lantern, silver spray paint and double-sided tape, but you can use old CDs to decorate the exterior. To make your lantern disco-licious, cover it in silver spray paint and let it dry overnight. Next, attach the CDs to the painted lantern with pieces of tape. When your guests begin to arrive, point a light at the disco ball, turn up the music and get the party started. Ariel Tilson

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eco-friendly sex
Sharing a shower and the turning lights off when you shack up are simple ways to green up your sex life. But what about greening your arousal and sex products? Wendy Strgar, owner of Good Clean Love, started a line of natural sex products and shares how to make your sex life more green. Aphrodisiacs What could be a more natural way to rev up your sex drive than with smell, which Strgar calls a primary sexual organ. Certain foods can spike desire to do the deed, but smelling some scents can do the trick by stimulating the limbic part of your brain where sexual desire, emotion and memory are triggered. Whiffs of scents like cinnamon may be the aphrodisiac you need to jump-start your libido. Find a natural essential oil (cue back rub) to wake up your nose. Oils cant be used with latex, though, because they make latex weak. Lubricants Once youve awakened the limbic part of your brain with arousing scents, the last thing you want is the fountain to dry up or never flow. Strgar says 90 to 95 percent of over-the-counter and adult store lubricants contain petrochemicals. Petrochemicals have been used in products like antifreeze and brake fluid. She also says a third of women at some point in their life will experience a sexual dysfunction, like pain during sex and vaginal dryness, and lubricants with petrochemicals have an affect on that percentage. Strgars natural lubricants are water-based and contain aloe, seaweed and no petrochemicals. Its important to watch whats going in and on our bodies, and natural lubricants can provide irritation-free sex. Toys After you get the love juices going, you might feel like jazzing up your sex with a toy. Some toys are meant for a handful of uses and then have to be thrown out. Eco-friendly sex toys, h o w e v e r , are more durable, so you can use them for a longer period of time, which helps eliminate waste. Look for rechargeable sex toys, so you dont have to worry about buying and throwing away batteries. Some sex toys contain phthalate, which is a chemical found in some plastics and has been linked to cancer. Strgar says if you can smell your sex toy, you probably shouldnt be using it. Heather Melanson
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Second annual zombie walk rouses Lawrences undead players

By Chance Dibben cdibben@kansan.com
We are headed down a dark, strange corridor. A shakedown is coming. Maybe its the global warming or the manic economy, but it seems were tumbling toward the end. But what awaits for us at the end? Some would say ZOMBIES! Inspired by films like George A. Romeros Living Dead series and video games like Resident Evil, citizens dress like zombies and roam public places like parks, major city streets and bars. Called zombie walks, these outings have become popular year-round across the country and speak to the macabre in each of us. Last years zombie walk in Lawrence drew only around 30 participants. Thanks to more organization through Facebook and message boards like www.zombiewalk.com, this years danse macabre involved an estimated 300 people. Zombie walks are not just for the 18 to 24 crowd. This year small children and older individuals took part in the lurch from South Park down Massachusetts St. and back. These local revenants show that in the not-too-distant zombie apocalypse, if you can beat em, join em.

Above: After seeing the event posted on Facebook, Clay Westerlumb, Lawrence junior, made sure to come to this years Zombie Walk, held last Thursday on Massachusetts St. It just seemed like something really cool to do,Westerlumb says. Costumed as a war veteran zombie Westerlumb was one of the more extroverted participants, unafraid to confront strangers in their cars or groan at dinner patrons.

Above: Zombie zwagger! The jaunt down Massachusetts St. begins with the howls of the undead filling the night.

Above:Youd look even better to me dead.Tara Bergman, Seneca senior, applies liquid latex on her fiance,Tyler Watts, 2008 graduate, hours before the walk starts. Its amazing what you can do with a little Halloween makeup and information from the Internet, Bergman says.This was the couples second zombie walk.

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Left: Despite the pleas of local business owners, many zombie walkers still smeared fake blood hand prints across store windows. Above left: Hiding in the shadows, a zombie laments her existential limbo for those passing by. Above: Even the undead need their nicotine fix. Right: Clay Westerlumb lurches into open traffic and wails, fueled by his zombie adrenaline. Below left:Tyler Watts prepares a solution of fake blood that will require water, red and blue food coloring and chocolate syrup for consistency and color.

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As Grey Gustafson, Boulder, Co., senior, demonstrates, becoming undead is easy. (1) Apply liquid latex with torn pieces of cotton for the texture of rotten flesh. (2) Add makeup over the dried latex for the proper color of decay. Wear appropriate attire. Here, Gustafson sports the zombie doctor look of tattered scrubs. (3) Drizzle (fake) blood around mouth and clothes. Now you are ready for some zombie walking!

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Touching up: Many participants made last-minute additions to their costumes, even at the South Park gazebo just before the walk began.

Luke Brummer,Wichita junior, staggers down Massachusetts St. Brummer says he was surprised by the large number of people who participated in the walk despite the chilly weather.

Tyler Watts and Grey Gustafson do their take on Michael Jacksons classic Thriller dance, proving even 21st-century zombies can get their corpses booty bouncin.

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MOVIE: Pride and Glory

Gritty crime dramas generally follow a rigid formula. They begin with a series of crimes that the audience is meant to believe were committed by some character, follow the police/FBIs attempt to find said criminal, and end with a big reveal that one of good guys was behind the crimes all along. Were shocked and outraged, have our cathartic release, and everyone goes home happy. Pride and Glory follows this formula, but takes away the surprise in favor of developing the psychology of its main characters. The movie depicts a family of New York cops who get caught up in corruption and murder for hire.The well-meaning Ray Tierneyexpertly played by Edward Nortonjoins a task force in charge of solving a murder spree in which four police officers under his brother-in-laws (Colin Farrell) authority lose their lives. From there he discovers a seedy underbelly to his older brothers (Noah Emmerich) department. More bloodshed and death are in store before the end, but unlike most crime films, Pride and Glory is able to keep you guessing. The heart of this film is its transformation of the convoluted plot-driven crime drama into an emotionally connected family story. John Voight gives a stellar performance as the father, and the supporting cast is strong, making the movie a legiti-

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MOVIE: Man on Wire
Sometimes a story seems just too good to be true. Take last years surprise documentary hit King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters, for example: ridiculous people engrossed in a seemingly ridiculous pursuit that just so happened to be real. Such is the case with the story of wire-walker Philippe Petit in Man on Wire, another documentary about a group of people caught in a real and amazingly cinematic adventure. However, Petits tale of walking on a tightrope between the two World Trade Center towers in 1974 isnt something to laugh at. Its a story jampacked with images and anecdotes that will leave you breathless. We hear from Petit and his accomplices in interviews, dramatic re-enactments, archival footage and photograph after photograph of Petit seemingly walking on air hundreds of feet above the ground. I lost count of the number of times I gasped. It doesnt hurt that Petit is a fantastic storyteller. Its clear he enjoys attention as much as he enjoys making mischief, and he talks to the camera while wildly gesticulating his plan. The people who helped him accomplish his feat are thoughtful, and obviously care just as much about their friend as they do about the importance of the act itself. From Petits early stuntssuch as walking on a wire between the bell towers of Notre Dameto the final climatic act when we see him suspended between the World Trade Center towers, Petit and his friends have full command of the audience. Its an amazing thing to see the story unfold, and to see the relationships between the people involved. Man on Wire simply must be seen to be believed. Its an inspirational work that makes you want to go out and do something unbelievable. Maybe not walk on a high-wire (some of us are afraid of heights) but experience things that make us appreciate the people and places around us. This movie is wonderful, and every bit as thrilling as, well, watching a tightrope act.

mate work of filmmaking art. Most of the developing material is sound, but the ending strikes a slightly silly chord, which keeps Pride and Glory from ascending into the next echelon of cinema. Dont let that dissuade you, however, from seeing this utterly violent yet touching thriller.

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MOVIE: Saw V
Saw V is the worst film in an already atrocious series. Its a movie made for the incompetent rabble that allows movies of this ilk to get produced. After five films of gratuitous violence, one cannot expect much semblance of a story remaining in the Saw franchise, but this is a minor point for those stupid enough to go see any of these films to begin with. If youve followed the series, you know that Hoffman (no actor worth mentioning) is the apprentice of Jigsaw and plans to continue his masters demented games. You would also know that Agent Strahm (again, no actor you will ever hear of) has discovered Hoffmans secret identity and is hot on his trail, setting up a gory showdown. Furthermore, if you follow the series, you probably dont care about good filmmaking or storytelling and only need to know that the rest of the movie is torture-porn filler. Saw V is an offensive movie. It is an assault on intellect and creativity. The success of the franchise is emblematic of the declining tastes of a generation based on expedience. Each successive movie has

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been exponentially worse and less intelligent than its predecessor. That even the original Saw was not good or particularly interesting offers insight into the level of craftsmanship involved in this sequel. At this point, the franchise has gone from bad to sub-mental. Watching this movie is a truly regrettable experience. To get your obligatory Halloween fix, rent The Tenant or The Evil Dead instead.

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MUSIC: Ray LaMontagne, Gossip in the Grain
When a musical artist produces a unique blend of sounds that combine to form one distinguishable style, its something special. Unfortunately for artists like Ray LaMontagne, having a good sound doesnt necessarily mean that every work is of the same quality. Gossip in the Grain, LaMontagnes latest release, isnt a bad album, but it certainly lacks the originality and creativity that propelled the musician to his current status. LaMontgnes smooth yet raspy voice combines with the rich tones of his acoustic guitar to produce tranquil and sometimes soulful melodies on Gossip in the Grain. Obviously, the music itself isnt the problem its simply the song structure and originality here that are missing. Songs like Sarah and Winter Birds have potential to be great tracks, but the actual substance behind them is not there. Whether or not this is because of the production work of the album is unknown. While the album is definitely not LaMontagnes best, it does have some good tunes. LaMontagnes You Are the Best Thing is a lively mix of trumpet and smooth electric guitar sounds that accompany LaMontagnes tremendous voice.

Also good is Hey Me, Hey Mama. The song has a ragtime feel that incorporates a banjo into the mix. Its lyrics arent anything special, but LaMontagnes voice is sharp and strong. LaMontagne fans should check out Gossip in the Grain, but newcomers to the artist should look to earlier albums like Trouble on which LaMontagne is truly at his best.

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MUSIC: Pink, Funhouse

After listening to the infectious first single, So What, from Pinks fifth album, Funhouse, one would expect her new CD to be a mix of party anthems and post-divorce tunes (She split from husband Carey Hart earlier this year). While there are plenty of tracks about the divorce, Pinks playful side so prominent on past releases is missing on this album. Funhouse is deeply introspective and often focuses on personal issues instead of the outside world and her partying lifestyle. One of the albums best tracks, Sober, features minimal instrumentation, something that is a theme for much of the album. It is a great showcase for Pinks fabulously gritty voice and sometimes uncomfortably personal lyrics. Other standouts are I Dont Believe You and Glitter In The Air, heartbreaking tunes about her divorce and her sadness in its aftermath.The songs melodies are the best on the album. Theyre easy to sing along to, highly memorable, and do a great job of showing off the versatility Pinks voice. While most of the tracks on the album are well-written and melodically in-

teresting, something seems to be lacking by the end of the disc. Pink just cant live up to the party girl image shes cultivated for herself on previous records. Writing music based on life experiences is a good idea, but so is offering the catchy, upbeat music to the top 40 audience shes cultivated for herself.

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On March 16, 2006, I walked into the St. Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned. It Lawrence chapel and into a confessional. has been far too long since my last confesThe minute I knelt down and uttered sion. that phrase for forgiveness, I started sobAnd so began a nearly year-and-a-half bing, so loudly my boyfriend said he could struggle in my self-inflicted hell. hear me over the fountain outside the My family is not religious. I can recall confessional. only a handful of Masses After my first confeswe attended in the Rosion in years, I felt relieved. man Catholic Church. I was ready to start anew, Wednesday afternoons so I quickly pushed away during my elemenfriends who I thought tary school years were would cause me to sin. I devoted to a Sunday even lectured my family school-type of class. I on what was morally right dreaded them. I never By Heather Melanson and wrong. wanted to go until I hmelanson@kansan.com In the process of started crushing on boys, becoming more religious, I spiraled out of and even then I wanted Wednesday to be control. I became obsessed with trackThursday so I could go to gymnastics. ing and counting sins. Religiously (no pun In high school, I found myself believing intended) I recorded sins on note cards and in everything the Catholic Church didnt: notebook paper, and the papers became so abortion rights, gay relationships and birth filled with my scribbles that I could hardly control, in particular. My boyfriend and I read them. I wanted to avoid confession as started seeing each other when I was 16 much as possible, though, and I went only a and we dated through part of college. His family was more devout Catholic than mine, handful of times. I had a routine of questions I asked and sometimes my boyfriend and I butted heads because of our different moral views. myself if I ever felt like I had sinned, which was all the time, every day. Toward the end of February during Did you know it was a sin? Did you my freshman year at KU, I borrowed my knowingly and consciously do it? Did you boyfriends Catechism of the Catholic Church think about it before you did it and then act book and flipped through it out of curiosity it out? in my dorm room. Id battle with myself on whether my One of the first things I read about was thought or action met those requirements. sinning. The Catechism breaks down the 10 Contributed photo Seven-year-old Heather before her First Communion at Fort Leavenworths Saint Ignatius church in1992. If I checked off all three requirements, I Commandments based on the Churchs added the sin to my list. If I had any doubt beliefs. Anything sexual outside of marriage this, but never said why. Why was because I days, which now revolved around making about whether those requirements were was a big no-no, missing weekly Mass is wanted to avoid confession and heartbreak. sure I went to Mass. I stopped showing my met, Id still add it. wrong and working on Sundays shouldnt I had said no multiple times, but he boyfriend affection. I hardly gave him a peck I compulsively checked a Catholic Web happenjust to name a few sins. turned toward me one last time and on the mouth. I freaked out. I realized I had a truckload site called EWTN. It has a Q&A section mashed his lips against mine. I caved. That Out of all of my friends, I had always where people can ask anything about the of sins that had piled up, and I hadnt been was the best make-out session I have ever been the calm and logical one. In my high faith. I read every question pertaining to to confession since I was 11. had. For the first time in more than a year, school Spanish class, my teacher asked my sins each day for months, which only made Fear pulsed through my body when I I felt relief. classmates who they would elect to be in me more scrupulous. read that dying with just one mortal sin Since that summer, my scrupulous charge if something went terribly wrong at Ugh! Id think. Ive done what that purposefully unconfessed could lead a perthoughts have significantly diminished. school. All heads in the class turned toward person wrote about! son to eternal hell. Why did I even care? I Sometimes things will creep into my head Id reach for my hidden paper of sins and me. wasnt religious. But I suddenly found myself and Ill catch myself tightly closing my eyes Yet I was the one who went mental. add to the dailyeven hourlygrowing caring, and in a monumental way. for a split second or shaking my head, like Almost a year and a half after picking up list. It was a vicious cycle. I talked to my I told my boyfriend we had to go to that Catechism, I reached my breaking point. Im trying to squeeze or rattle the thought boyfriend about my problem, but he only confession, and I meant ASAP. The only I was mentally exhausted from counting and out of my brain. saw the tip of the iceberg. I felt like no one thought flashing through my brain was that Im happy to say I havent recorded a tracking sins. could fully understand what was going on I was going to die and spend an eternity sin since that make-out session, and I cant I was hanging out with a friend who was in my head. burning in hell. First, I needed to collect my on mid-tour break from Iraq. We were defi- even remember where Ive stashed my hidI tried to completely change myself. thoughts. And my sins. den papers scribbled with sins. nitely attracted to each other, which was Bad music was out of the question, espeI had almost a decade of sins to recount I still believe in God and I still pray, but made obvious when he moved in for a kiss. cially anything with sexual lyrics (I Kissed to a priest, and I didnt know how I was I dont go to Mass or confession anymore. I resisted at first because my boyfriend and a Girl wouldve been a definite no-go). I going to remember everything. Over a few And Im okay with that right now. I have I were still together. He persisted, though, weeks, though, I did manage to compile a stopped reading Cosmo, one of my favorite peace of mind. and a few times I said, No, I cant do gigantic list of sins. It probably reached 100. magazines. My weekends didnt include Sun-

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$4 Double Wells $2 House Shots $3.50 Blvd. Wheat Big Beers $5 Double Crown $4 Double Wells $2 House Shots $1 Wells $2 Mich. Ultra $2.50 Domestic Bottles $3 Bombs $12.00 Buckets (Bud) $2.50 Bloody Marys

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$2 Domestic Bottles $2 House Shots $5 Off Pizza $5 Domestic Pitchers $2.50 Domestic Big Beers $3 Call Drinks -Closed$3 Micro Pints $3.50 Big Beers (32 oz.)

JOHNNYS TAVERN

WAYNE & LARRYS

$2.50 Corona Bottles $3 Double Wells

$1 Domestic Draws $3 Long Island Ice Teas -Closed-

$2 Miller Bottles $2.50 Captain Morgan

BROTHERS

$1 Well Mixers NO COVER $1 Well Mixers (Jager (Jager & Bacardi Bombs) & Bacardi Bombs) $2 Martini Menu $3 MUG Club (Taps & Wells) $2 Big Domestic Draw $2 Big Domestic Draw $1.00 Mug Refills $2 Call Mixers $2 Call Mixers

-Closed-

$3 Bottles of Becks Oktoberfest Beer for a Limited Time in October!

Fantasy Football Stat Night! $.10 Wings & Half Price Night

LONGHORN STEAKHOUSE
$2 Imports $3 Jager Bombs $3 Guinness
CRABLEGS NIGHT $2 Corona Bottles $3 House Margaritas $15 Feat. Wine Bottles $9.99 Wine Flight 3/1

THURSDAY NIGHT: Steak Night: $10.29 Steak, Salad and Side

$3 Miller High Life Liters $2 Free State $2 Boulevard Draws $2 Capt. Morgan
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THE POOL ROOM

$1 Wells $2 Mich. Ultra

LIVE LOBSTER NIGHT $2 Rock Lobster Shots $2.75 Stella Drafts $3.50 Dbl. Wells $ 18 Feat. Wine Bottle

$1.50 Screwdrivers

$3 Miller High Life Liters

$1.50 Domestic Bottles

$2 Smirnoff (any flavor) $2 Honor Vodka

Sustainable Feature $4 Wine Glass $3 Imports/Craft Bottles $2 Domestic Bottles $9.99 Wine Flight 3/1

ANGLERS SEAFOOD HOUSE ON THE BORDER

CLAMS & MUSSELS

$4.50 Double Calls $3 Pimp Juleps $18 Feat. Wine Bottles

$2 Wells $3 Bloody Marys $4 Wine Glasses $15 Feat. Wine Bottles

MUSSEL MADNESS Hawaiian Tuna $2 Wells Night

$2.75 Craft Beer Drafts $3 Craft Beer Drafts $9.99 Wine Flight 3/1 $4 Premium Rums $4 Premium Shots $12 Import Buckets (5) $9.99 Wine Flight 3/1

Bud Lite Draft $1.50 (12 oz. ONLY) All Bud/ Bud Lite/ Bud Select Bottles $2.00 $8 Fish Bowls $2 Domestic Bottles 2-4-1 Burgers $2 Anything $3 Big beers $3 Vodka Energy $3 Jager Bombs $5 Domestic Pitchers $3 Bloody Marys $2 Domestic Pints $3 Double Wells 30 cent Wings $2 Dometic Pitchers $3 Domestic Pitchers $2 Domestic Bottles $3 Malibu $3 Cptn. Morgans $SoCo Lime Shots

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