I might make grammatical errors every now and then...

heading back to E.L. for the MICHIGAN/MICHIGAN STATE game...a big game for us, although some UofM fans have referred to this game as a "bigger rivalry for MSU than it is for them," apparently they have bigger fish to fry like OSU...which they'll lose to again this year. i love when the game is at MSU...because the UM'ers actually get a chance to see what a real college experience is like, if they do choose to visit the banks of the red cedar. although a lot of UM fans won't brave the trip to E.L. because for them it's like "slumming it," right? RIGHT? haha. MSU is not a place for lame partiers with weak stomachs.

i'm looking forward to going back to State, my home for 4 years and the only place in Michigan where partying is an art. i am going to be training my UM boyf, because frankly he'll need some help from me this weekend if he's going to survive...

TAILGATE: some of you reading this that might have gone to UM (or are just UM fans who never went there and own a Wolverines Starter jacket) have no clue what this term really means. i'm sure you're a little confused, so let me clarify:

here are the rules and guidelines to TAILGATE at MSU:
1. no matter what time the game starts (12pm, 3:30pm, 7pm) we always start EARLY. and EARLY means, get yourself out of bed (earlier than you would if you actually went to class) and throw on some green & white and grab a case or a fifth, some beer coozies, tennies & jeans...it's gonna be a long day. 8am is usually how we get it started, ripping shots on the tennis courts or bonging a beer on campus...since drinking is free game once you enter the campus, open containers are welcome all over the place (once we did some beer bongs in the Comm building)
2. hit a few spots during tailgate, you've got time if you start early, as many do. the tennis courts are where the alum usually go, but some frosh find their way over there since there are dorms right across the street (Wilson, Wonders, Case, Holden). my suggestion: on your way to campus hit up a frat party for free booze, rip a shot, shot-gun a beer. next go to the courts and spend most of your time drinking, playing flip cup and cornhole. keep an eye out for ridiculousness, it sometimes feels like you're watching the greatest college movie of all time. top off your tailgate with a stop at "the rock" the undergrad hot spot (mainly frats and sororities, but there is a DJ there and you might see a couch thrown in the air)
3. don't pick a fancy drink. you've got to drink all day, i mean alllll day - your breakfast is alcohol, your lunch is alcohol with a side of tailgate food and then you need to pony-up and head to the bars afterwards and later that night as well. so take it from me, Kahlua and milk for 5 hours is not a good idea (or finding out you're lactose intolerant in between drinks 5&6). be safe, drink beer, maybe some liquor (usually just shots) - beer will keep you on top of your drunk ass game all day long.
4. MSU football is not about going to the game. we tailgate and we tailgate hard. if you don't make it to the game people won't make fun of you, this also opens up a lot of student tickets for sale between 10 minutes before game and halftime (if you want to go to the game)...if you head to "the rock" and find the drunk ones who are wavering, see if they want to sell their student section ticket. although the UM/MSU game tics might be going for more, if you find a drunk enough student the ticket will be close to free.
5. if you do go to the game, it's all about having fun in the student section. it's a good time (i had season tickets all 3 years) and whether we win or lose, we still know we have way more fun than any other school...

with all of that being said...i would love a STATE victory tomorrow, it would be an awesome way to add to your good season and a great way to add to UofM's Appalachian State wound. OUCH!

GAME ON! oh...and SPARTY ON! (it was once shouted out at a wedding i went to this summer and although i have heard it many times before, this "time & place" setting for the term was quite hilarious)

articles on the big game:
The State News: MSU benefits outweigh U-M arrogance
A Michigan Daily writer in The State News: Rivalry game? MSU vs. U-M football isn't
(my favorite quote from this one in response to the MSU hate mail he received last year: "Most of the messages were pretty heated, some had threats tied in and a couple (OK, nearly all) had glaring grammatical errors. Was I upset? Hardly. To be honest, I was pretty excited to learn that Moo U had at least 147 quasi-literate students."
Detroit News - More than a game: 100 years of the Michigan-Michigan State rivalry
Detroit Free Press - Running to glory? Ringer looks to make amends for missing last year's game

BONUS: now that the football season is half way over - i had to post a little about State B-ball. everyone knows that Spartans are more excited about the basketball season, we like football, but our faith has always been in the basketball team. the AP/ESPN/USA Today has ranked State as #8 this year!! ranked just above Indiana, the only 2 Big Ten teams ranked pre-season.
read more at ESPN.com

Izzo, a god.

Star's not worth $30,000 for 1 1/2 hours

Star Jones is now not welcome in the D! they hate her, she failed to show up for event that cost a women's fitness group Full and Fabulous $30,000 to have her speak for 1 1/2 hours, and she never showed, but did accept their gift of an airfare for her and Big Gay Al and a 5-star hotel. apparently Star upgraded her and Al's flight to first class using the owner of Full and Fabulous' debit card without permission. this is just another chapter in her life of shameless self promotion. she is like a machine - first she uses her weight as a way to get press coverage in lieu of her gastric bypass surgery (which she still denies until this day), then she uses her fandom on the View to promote her wedding, offering a "fan" gift registry - not only did she get gifts from people less fortunate than her, but she pretty much had her entire wedding comped in exchange for press coverage and sponsors (can you imagine the speech at your wedding to your husband complete with subliminal advertising "without Dan and our sponsors from Harry Winston, this wedding would have not been possible.") and to top it off, she just had her 40th birthday party, where she invited 40 of her close friends to the Bahamas and it was an all expense paid trip for all of them and her of course in exchange for sponsors. SHAMELESS HO!remember when she was this size??

she is NO longer a role model to the 'Full & Fabulous' although those that try to do anything to get their name all over anything and get a free pass, A.K.A "America's Guest" have found a true hero in Star.

check out the story - written article & new story with a Star interview HERE

ring around the stripper pole

britney's album is out and it's fittingly titled "BLACKOUT." hahhaha, i'm just cracking up about that and also, how horrible the vid is. MTV does show videos in the AM...i flip from Matt Lauer to music vids in the morning and what popped up? "GIMMIE MORE." ug.


now that you've seen this horrendous music video highlighting the life of a stripper and alcoholic (b/c this song is all about stripping and drinking, i.e. Britney's life for the last couple years) you can understand why shitney is not making a comeback. is anyone with me? there are still people waiting around. does anyone realize that this video is a dance routine (shitty, i may add) based around a stripper pole? i heard that after the shooting of this video Brit went to LAX and Auer, showed her who-who, made-out with Tony Romo and Chris Angel and then blacked out.

blow-a-ween - NSFW

gossip rules our world. well celeb gossip mainly. so i had to dedicate my costume to the growing trend in hollywood...and really the world. since it's hip to go to rehab (in and out and in and out) this year i decided to be Blowhan and my boyfriend was cocaine. pretty sweet right?
complete with "happy dust," mirrors, peace signs and "bricks" we were set for one night of being blown out of our minds, Lohan-style! we went to a barn party 1 hour out of the city, complete with a bonfire and s'mores and a live band! it was a good time...but i think most people really thought i was f'ed up and that my boyfriend "cocaine" really had some dama blanca for them. it was a good time!
(note: these costumes were not for the kids or the gullible)

moving onto corporate halloween...
most Initechs, ad agencies, CareerBuilders, banks, whathaveyous are celebrating Halloween today. my genius corporation decided to have the h-ween party yesterday (no one is in the spirit on Oct. 30th, come on) and it was lame-O. first (corporate) party fowl: hardly anyone dressed up and those that did were...wait for it, wait for it...
1. dick in a box (complete with mini cassette player and lip sync rendition that sucked)
2. dolly parton with a fake cleave that looked like 2 potato pillows
(one that i have to mention that was funny was Suri Cruise - she had the haircut, a jumper and a Scientology bear and necklace--although she was missing an alien head and creepy parents)
the pumpkin pie eating contest was disgusting. it looked like pumpkin pie spew all over the place. a group of us decided to grab as many brews and candy and have our own party (and make fun of co-workers) in someone's office. i love corporate halloween!