Olympian

February 25, 2010

Letter from the Editors 2/25

Dear Readers,
How pleased we are to have you! Come, come. Feel our warm, papery embrace. It is cozy in here, whether you use our pages for pleasure, insulation, or as toilet paper.

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The Story of Suk-ho Peel

Author’s Note: Around 90% of the text of this story is taken verbatim from Wikipedia articles on various famous Princeton alumni, after Kenneth Goldsmith’s lecture and seminar “Uncreative Writing.” If you are curious to know from which alumnus certain details … Read More

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How to Fake it in America

This review will be biased. It will be biased for two reasons. One: there are few things in the world I would rather do than Bryan Greenberg. Two: I’m from New York. These are important biases because Greenberg plays the … Read More

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Attacks and Coordinations

A little after eight o’clock on Friday night, I received my ticket for the Spring Dance Festival and fought my way through the throng of latecomers into the last available seat, slyly offered up by the crabby woman at the … Read More

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Out and Devout

Andrew Sullivan, a senior editor for _The New Republic_, knew his audience. He did not come to proselytize; the crowd at McCosh 50, he well understood, needed little convincing that gay rights deserve support. Instead, he led us between left … Read More

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Can You Make Friends on the Internet?

You: Hey
You: How’s it going?
You: Oh…that’s your penis.
> You disconnected.

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Politics and Street Art

The following was adapted from an excerpt of a Word document that may one day, by the grace of David Simon and the Holy Ghost, become a thesis. Amen. Graffiti, also referred to as street art or guerrila art, depending … Read More

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Three Poems

__There Lived a Red-Haired Man__
There lived a red-haired man
Who had no eyes or ears.

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The Movies, Today

__WALL STREET: MONEY NEVER SLEEPS__
Having been cryogenically frozen at the end of _Wall Street_, Kirk “Michael” Douglas has returned to wreak havok on this new, technologically advanced century with ’80s know-how and slick suspenders. As any movie buff would know, this premise is a direct rip-off of _Jason X_, the one where Jason kills people on a space ship instead of next to a lake.

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Verbatim

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Overheard on Washington Road

Music Nerd: Ugh, my favorite classical music blog hasn't been updated since December.
Cutesy Girl: I know, my favorite notebook slash stationary blog hasn't been updated in over a year!