Santa celebrates the Phillies' victory on Wednesday night.
For you fans of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia... GREEN MAN!!!
An angler fish costume, possibly inspired by Finding Nemo?
Ever wonder what a penis looks like from behind? Yeah, me neither, but here it is.
It is a great week to be a Penn student. It’s only Saturday afternoon, and my week so far (which has been very similar to many others) has already seen two back-to-back all-nighters for two back-to-back midterms, the Phillies championship, a riot, a Bloomers show, Halloween, and Homecoming. I haven’t had a full night’s sleep since Monday night and my body (liver) hates me, yet there is nowhere else I would rather be right now.
The icing on the cake of the week occurred Friday morning/afternoon, when a massive sea of red congregated in the streets of Philadelphia to celebrate a major sports championship for the first time since 1983.
Ph-retzel?
More photos after the jump.
Greetings from a kitchen several yards west of campus, where we are currently camped out blasting Miley Cyrus to drown out the fratty mess a few doors down. And, hey, is it just us, or is this the ultimate nexus of party weekends? Homecoming, Halloween, Phillies championship, pre-election last hurrah…what can’t we party about today? The mega-party has some unforseen consequences, however: our doorbell keeps ringing. Stray trick-or-treaters, random alumni who claim eminent domain and barge in on their old living spaces, Jehovah’s Witnesses…today, we’ve seen them all. Damn you, whatever team we’re playing, and damn you, Franklin Field, for charging $4.25 per hot dog. We’re just going to hibernate for the rest of the weekend. But first, a list of the Best and Worst Costumes We Saw This Weekend (e-mail with your additions!):
Best:
Miley Cyrus
Slutty Jesus
Madeline
Bristol Palin
Worst:
Joe the Plumber
Generic Cat
Best and Worst at the same time:
“I might have been imagining it, but in between ZBT and Pi Kapp, I saw a girl who taped the button on top of her head, and she was under the button. I kid you not.”
Halloween is coming fast, and as we scrounge for costume ideas, our eyes wander to the oft-mocked genre of horror films. Sure, when you’re younger, you want to be the scariest monster possible. That’s why there are often vampires, zombies, and mummies in every group of trick-or-treaters. Youngsters love to stay up late and watch scary movies, much to the consternation of parents who must then frequently rush to their children’s bedsides and check for monsters under the bed.
But as we get older, we begin to ridicule the horror film. What once induced terror now elicits eye-rolls and jokes. Among the critiques are that these movies are cheesy and predictable, there are never any new ideas, and most of the films that are readily available are shoddy sequels (seriously, Jason X? ). The last time we were scared by a movie was The Ring.
Hollywood seems to get it too, which is probably why your options this weekend are Saw V (and the Saw franchise isn’t so much scary as gory) and The Haunting of Mary Hartley (which stars the delectable Chace Crawford, but… well, watch the trailer).
Unless, of course, you’re willing to hop the Chinatown bus and take a trip to New York this weekend. And why would you do such a thing? Just watch the trailer below.
Unfortunately, you can’t catch this promising film in Philly; you’ll have to head to New York to view it. But then again, is it really the Halloween weekend without a scary movie?
Darkness falls across the land, the midnite hour is close at hand, etcetera etcetera…Happy almost Halloween! As we were googling “Vincent Price” just now, we totally realized, and pardon us if this was obvious to everyone already, that “Disturbia” is a modern update of “Thriller”! Just like how “Love Don’t Cost a Thing” is an update of “Can’t Buy Me Love.” (And we’re talking about the Nick Cannon/Patrick Dempsey movies, not the songs, FYI). It’s really all coming together today! And hey, it’s Thursday, that means there’s a new issue of Street to read!
Containing a jaunt through our local haunted prison, a hymn to the tide-to-go pen, a guide to gum, and so much more! See you all at our writers’ meeting tonight (4015 Walnut, 6:30 p.m., costumes optionional).
If you’ve been on Facebook anytime in the last few days–which, let’s be real, you have… many times–you’ve likely been bombarded with invitations to Halloween parties galore. Consider UTB your friendly social planner; we’ve compiled all of these Facebook invites for you! Deciding where to go, however, is entirely up to you. Same goes for costumes.
1. Sigma Chi’s Techno Halloween: Interesting… a Sigma Chi party with a Zete twist.
2. SAMMY’s Haunted House of Rock: Featuring their resident band, Grandpa and Rockers, who recently defended their existence in 34th Street.
3. TEP’s Blackout: Featuring… Jello shots.
4. AEPi’s Monster Mash: There will be lots of free Monster. If that’s what you’re into.
5. Owls’ Halloween at Denim: Get your downtown fix, just in case Wednesday and Thursday weren’t enough.
6. Pi Kapp’s Halloween ‘08: Note to Pi Kapp - When abbreviating the year, the apostrophe goes before the numbers. You’re welcome.
7. Phi Delt’s Boos and Booze: Cute title, boys!
Anything else going on that you think the Penn community should know about? Tell us in the comments below! Happy haunting.
Me-yow!
When I was in high school, I dated a younger guy off and on for a couple of years. For the most part, driving him everywhere and calling his mom for permission to go to the movies didn’t get to me, until one day when we were fooling around watching TV. Suddenly, on came the Pokemon theme song. Now, I would not be caught dead watching that show–even to this day, I much prefer quality old school Nicktoons to any anime bullshit (Sorry, D)–so to say it was alarming when my boyfriend squealed with excitement, “oh my god I looooove Pokemon. You’re my Pikachu!,” would be an understatement. When we officially broke up and I hooked up with my first college guy (a senior with a record deal) three days later, I concluded that never again would I rob the cradle. Until now.
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Our fair president in Glamour magazine last year.
We haven’t heard much about Amy Gutmann lately. How’s she doing? What does she think of Sarah Palin? Since we’d like to catch up with Amy, but don’t actually, um, know her, we decided to look up her horoscope and extrapolate from there. If this “public figure” Facebook page is to be believed, Amy Gutmann’s birthday is November 19, making her a Scorpio. Scorpios are known for being intense and powerful, but also mysterious and secretive. According to our favorite astrologer, this month Scorpios are having a tough time forging ahead in their projects, and are even considering switching jobs! Oh noes!
So crazed might you be at the office, if you’ve never liked your job, you may be tempted to quit and change jobs near October 14. That wouldn’t be a wise idea - you are likely to jump into a job with many of the same problems. Also your new job would be on a par with this one, not a step up. In other words, you’d be making a lateral move - who needs that?
