ANYTHING FOR A REVIVAL

So here is the deal; we have got to keep this place alive. That means CC vs CC colony games, TA games, SUPCOM tournaments, Starcraft 2 tournaments, Call of duty, required posting, and anything else to keep this going. Got it? feel free to post any ideas of your own.

Publicity Stunt

Lets face it. We do stupid stuff. Not just normal, plain-old, store-brand stupid. Im talking *facepalm*, "FAIL!", "Did you just seriously...?" stupid. They say change is the spice of life? I really think it could be stupidity :D
Its just like a 6th sense to us, as humans. Towns name themselves Google. Politicians worry about tipping islands with troop movements. Paul makes smores with "graham crappers". Parents fake sending their kid up in an experimental weather balloon. A kid brings a rock from his fish tank to be carbon-dated, and the scientists claim its over several million years old. Jacob locks himself out of class, and gets back in only in time to realise he needs to wash his hands. Brandon chugs Coke mixed with Tabasco.
That's off the top of my head... feel free to add. But the point Im dancing around here is this- stupid things usually get noticed. That's right, guess what I'm about to stoop to?

*dramatic pause*

Yeah, something stupid, of course <.< Enter the publicity stunt~
Im thinking of posting a link to Unofficial from CCSF, Buzz, and Facebook... Sooo if you're seeing this place for the first time and are wondering who the heck this annoying kid is who cant get to the point and uses emoticons in blog posts then... it probably means I decided yes. So to all you people who *have* been hanging around this blog, please (I would say that in several languages just to prove my point, if I knew how :0) let me know if I should open it up like that, any different ideas you might have, etc. The problem is, Im totally talking to myself right now, since all the people who used to come to Unofficial don't any more...

See, maybe I should give a little background, to anyone who actually does find this place and actually did read this far: The Unofficial CC Blog is pretty much just an informal place me and Ryan cooked up back in September to share stories, brainstorm, laugh at our (bizzare) CC family, etc ;) Im no pro-blogger, nor is RB. But, we try to stay active and give you some CC stories of our own, just kind of a slice of life (erm, grade?). Problem was, I temporarily became a love-sick hermit and totally fell down on the job. I didnt check up often, and slowly, people kinda gave up on Unofficial. Now Im back, and Im hoping to make it up. So that's where you people come in (new or old, if you've ever chanted "Good morrrning, Mrs. Burns", you're in ;) ). If you do check in, and plan to ever drop by again (you know, in the off chance RB and I didnt totally scare you off). Read some old stories from last semester, and guve your honest opinion up here. But the main focus of this blog is this: so long as you can write in intelligible English, ask RB or I, and don't totally bash any teachers or classes, YOU are Unofficial's next writer. You got something to say? Ask? Talk about? Drop some not-so-subtle hints and you can post any time. Remember- the more people we have posting here BESIDES me... the less weird this place gets. ;)

Okay, so... pretty much:
1. If you're new or old, and have got any interest in this place, leave a comment here- you might have to make a google account... only takes a minute though... NO STRINGS ATTACHED, I SWEAR <.< >.>
2. If you're old, give me some "Amen!"s or "Heck No!"s... I don't want to have to be stupid if everyone prefers me mild mannered, polite, and meek ;)
3. If you're new and have any interest... cruise around and read some old stuff. Tell us what ya think.

-Some L2 Student :d

Here's to You, Omnibus :D

Mkay, well, I've kinda been uncertain on what to post these days, BUT. I do believe I've got something. Yeah, that's right- a toast to the L2 Omnibus class, and the ever-benevolent Mrs. Anderson. Maybe I should explain?

Don't answer that, I need this to be a post. So there. ;)

Okay, so first, some examples...
1) We were discussing how the media usually portrays men and women. Everyone had something to say about how guys were portrayed- immoral heroes, invincible killers, total incompetents, feminized, etc... So, the "Guy" side of the board was filling up pretty fast. Obviously Mrs. Anderson noticed this, because she took a bit of a double take at the lopsided chart, then asked if anyone had a characteristic of women portrayed in the media. So Mike (who hasn't said much yet) decides he's tired of dancing around what we're all thinking, and calmly states: "Hot!" Yeah, we pretty much fell apart after that... ^-^;;

2. Week before that, we had an in-class debate about whether or not "good magic" exists. So, go figure, RB and I end up being the two presenting the opposing positions. We're on a pretty even playing feild, until Ryan completely starts agreeing with me on everything. He was just an "AMEN" and tablesmack short of being my congregation. ^^

3. Recently did an in-class reinactment of Macbeth... complete with a totaly drunken, Scottish PH as the Porter (swinging around his empty bottle of Snapple!). Of course, that wasn't all... Jacob was given the part of Malcolm, so he strolls into class wearing a camo-snuggie and a paper Burger King crown- with "prince" written over king. And our witch scene was so intense, Mike fell out of his chair! (Maybe he was just supplying the thunder in the background? Hmm...)

4. And just last Monday, we got to sit through a short story written by Hannah, about our class being dispatched by Mrs. Burns to Springfeild (to retrieve 1 million dollars, a pass for no homework, and the Holy Grail of course), being factionalized into two vans, Carter doing some serious acrobatics, Jacob weilding a nuclear arsenal from the back of his Longboard, Maddi driving a van into a ditch, Rebecca slapping people in the face, and Andrew hijacking an unpronouncable high-end racecar. Life is good.

So yeah... that's all I got for now... but. Hopefully this will spark an Unofficial revival! So long as we can get PH to post an old memory from last year, Andrew (Rot) to provide some R1ish stories, and Rebecca to add to all the L2 stuff... I'm sure RB will be happy to provide the tablesmacks and AMENS. ;)

4.

So....

I have a plan! (stunning right?) to get more CC students in on the blog. It involves deception, espionage, assassination, and a coup.... not really. The REAL plan (though not as cool as the first plan) involves ryan asking his mother to include the unofficial CC blog in next CC's announcements. Since its Thanks giving break we have some time to streamline this. All in favor of a UCCB public launch comment with an Yes or no, reasons why on this post. Also post suggestions to plan here.

The Unofficial Constitution

Hey fellow CCers! It's RB, and I'm here to introduce a CC constitution for anybody that wants it. I'll post it here, but if you want changes, additions, and/or removals, comment or email me. Or comment for my e-mail and then I will delete my comment when you've sent an e-mail. After that confusing introduction, here it is: THE UNOFFICIAL CC BLOG PREAMBLE!

We the Students of the Classical Consortium, in order to form a most perfect unofficial blog, establish cyber-Justice, insure online Tranquility, provide for the defense of this URL, promote the general blog welfare, and firmly secure the Blessings of cyber-Liberty to ourselves and all present and future CC students, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the Unofficial Blog of the Classical Consortium.

Article 1 (concerning the powers of those who can post and of the admins) is coming soon.

See the changes?

HEYOLAH PEOPLES! It's RB, and I'm back to announce the obvious: I, with my admin powers, HAVE ALTERED THE BACKGROUND! Do you like the changes? BEN, DON'T ANSWER THAT! If you don't, take it up with me or Ben and we'll see if your arguments are logical for the overturning. ;D Embrace the background, taste the background. MY AWESOMELY SHORT POST!

The Life of a FEMALE L2 student

Hello Ya'll,

My writing skills aren't as good as Ryan's and Ben's so cut me some slack. You all know what it's like to be a 8th grade boy at CC; for girls, it's a completely different story. So here's my description of how L2 is coming along this year:

"TO LET ALL THE WORLD KNOW THAT JESUS SAVES!!!!" Every Monday morning, KLOVE is my alarm clock and BOY it scares me SO much. Slowly, I turn the radio off and walk very quietly to my closet, trying not to wake my sisters up, and start to whimper while getting the uniform on my body. Why does it have to be Monday?- I think to myself. After getting ready for the long day at school, a delicious, toasted bagel is sitting at the kitchen table waiting to be eaten. That sure gets me awake!

My sister, Rachel and I get in my dads shiny, new, red Acura. The whole way there, it's "Quaker party" time. Now let me explain to you guys what "Quaker Party" means. A lady I know grew up in a strange family. When she was younger, her mom would get stressed out because of the loudness in the house. So...she would yell, "QUAKER PARTY!" and the family would stay absolutely silent for at least 1 hour. To people who know me, staying totally quiet for 1 hour doesn't go well. Anyways, we pull into the church parking lot. The crates get out of the car and are dragged into the building. I pray, "Dear God, please help everyone at school today." and walk into the chapel room.

The chapel room is an interesting time of the day. There are many different groups that sit next to each other and talk during that day. During worship time, there is shoe-throwing, face slapping, and laughing. My friends, Summer and Hannah sit in the front row making funny faces at me while I'm on stage singing worship songs. My other close friends are usually in the bathroom making sure they look okay.

Then we get to the classes: I'm a girl so first i check my hair, make-up, and make sure I don't look too horrible. Then off to Critical Thinking. Here i will list a few ways to describe each class. 1. Critical Thinking: helpful, and there is really no other way to describe it. 2. Latin 1- ALIVE, the teachers quite funny (want some stories about her, ask me later). 3. Physical Science- fun, that's the class i have the most energy in. 4. Omnibus- satisfying and pretty easy. 5. Comp and Comp- enjoyable and fairly easy as well. 6- American Studies- factual, there is lots of information, and exciting. Those are the overall descriptions of the classes but it changes every week.

My friends at CC are Summer and Hannah. Summer is a very sweet, quiet (mostly), and caring girl. Hannah is a lot more outgoing, and is also very compassionate. They both share the same love for Christ which is always good. Of course, Hannah, Summer, and I sit next to each other every class and always have something interesting to tell each other. We pretty much talk about whatever we can possibly think of: what happened the past week, and how hillarious Jacob is...(hannah usually starts up a conversations about Jacob every week since her family is close to the Selvigs.) He has been mentioned in the past and here's how I can describe him: eclectic, "goofy", has ALOT of energy, and pretty NICE. Summer is a very sweet, quiet (mostly), and caring girl. Hannah is a lot more outgoing, and is also very compassionate.

So as a female L2 student, life is a bit more complicated than guys. Knowing how to style your hair every morning, making sure you don't look like a clown before school starts, and making sure people won't judge you from a behavior stand-point. Overall, I love CC and even though it is hard to get up in the mornings, it is a lot better than being public schooled (I know that from experience) and i love my friends. The people there are very respectful and easy to get along with. Hope this wasn't TOO long and now you know what it's like to be a L2 student from a girls perspective.