- Doesn’t it seem like there’s always someone visiting campus for a special weekend on Greek? It’s a good excuse to bring in guest stars for the show and introduce some new drama, so this episode it was Founder’s Weekend at Zeta Beta Zeta. For the struggling sisters of ZBZ, that meant former ZBZs of all ages visiting and a chance to ask their wealthy alums for some much-needed donations to help fix up the house, throw better parties, etc. Casey Cartwright had her sights set on Doris McGovern, ZBZ’s wealthiest alumna. When Doris arrived with a younger guy in tow, Casey assumed it was her grandson. She set about trying every tactic known to man to get Doris to donate, including sucking up, being proper and everything in between. None of it worked at the guy Casey assumed was Doris’ grandson turned out to be Nate, described as Doris’ “assistant.” When Nate asks her out for a drink, Casey says yes and they head to - where else - Dobler’s. There, Casey runs into Cappie, who is on a date with the girl he met during his one-gig run as a catering waiter, Lana. In a crowded Dobler’s, the four share a table and it’s as awkward as could be expected. Things become even more awkward when Cappie and Nate begin trading barbs and Cappie comes away with serious reservations about Nate. Cappie passes that insight along to his new pal Evan Chambers and asks Evan to talk to Casey, seeing as a) Cappie and Casey are still in a weird period and b) Evan and Casey are back to being friends. When Evan brings his Omega Chi brothers to be a part of a ZBZ event for the visiting alumni, Even meets Nate and immediately tells Casey he has a bad feeling about the guy. That feeling is validated when Casey goes out on another date with Nate and he says that Doris will write a huge check for the house - but he gets a 15 percent cut. An appalled Casey shoots him down even after he threatens to tell Doris that she hit on him and threw herself at him for money. Money is also the source of a competition between ZBZ president Ashleigh and nemesis Rebecca Logan, who Ashleigh refuses to forgive for kissing boyfriend Fisher. Rebecca suggests that if she can raise more money from the alumni for the weekend, Ashleigh must forgive her. Ashleigh agrees, but if she wins the battle, Rebecca must agree to be ZBZ sober sister for the rest of the year. Things get heated when Ashleigh tries to raise money by gossiping with the alumni about Rebecca kissing her boyfriend, but Rebecca fires back by ratting Ashleigh out for forgiving Fisher but not her. Ultimately, Ashleigh gets more alumni to donate but Rebecca brings in a bit more money. Their drama, as well as Casey’s, is resolved a special ceremony that is held when Doris wants to confront Casey about Nate’s allegations. In the candle-lit ceremony, Casey finally snaps and says that while she didn’t throw herself at Nate for money, the house doesn’t want or need money from Doris if she’s going to act this way. Rebecca and Ashleigh renew their argument as well and chaos breaks out until the oldest former ZBZ in attendance stands up and says her peace. Men will come and go, she reasons, but sisters are forever. Mend your differences and get over it is the basic theme of her speech, which manages to get through to everyone and results in a) Doris writing a huge check to the house, b) other alumni doing the same and c) Ashleigh and Rebecca mending fences after Rebecca explains why she kissed Fisher (drunk and lonely) and once again promises not to do it again. If only things were so easy for Rusty, who continues to have his life turned upside down by girlfriend Jordan’s quest to find herself. First, she’s so caught up taking pictures on Main Street one morning that she fails to show up for her presentation in art history class. Rusty covers for her with the professor, but that’s only one of many problems. While on a double date with Rusty’s pal Calvin and his man friend Grant, the topic of photography and whether school is really important comes up again. Grant offers to help Jordan make a contact with a photographer friend of his in New York who didn’t go to college and Jordan happily accepts. Intent on keeping his girlfriend in college, Rusty goes to the head of the school of photography and tries to convince her to take a look at Jordan’s portfolio and admit her to the program. When the professor says she doesn’t look at anyone’s portfolio until May (months away), Jordan is bummed and Rusty tries to fix things again. He poaches some of Jordan’s pictures from her computer, arranges to have them included in an exhibit on campus and gets the professor to review them. The professor isn't overwhelmed, but she sees enough to offer Jordan entry to the program. Crisis averted for Rusty - or so it seems. Moments later, Jordan admits to him that she talked to Grant’s friend that morning and was offered an internship in New York City. Rather than spend the next three years studying photography, she wants to get hands-on and be a photographer now. In other words, she’s dropping out of Cyprus-Rhodes and moving to NYC. A devastated Rusty isn't sure what to say, nor does he seem enthused about Jordan’s idea of a long-distance relationship. At her going-away party at Dobler’s, everyone wishes Jordan well but Rusty can’t shake his doldrums. When Jordan snaps one last picture of them together, he can only look at her forlornly. The only other storyline for the episode was the renewed friendship between Casey and Evan, her suspicion that Evan and Cappie are somehow friends again and Evan’s continued gig as a cater waiter, during which he was asked to serve birthday cake shirtless for a group of teenage girls. Next week, the Cappie-Evan friendship will be the main focus, so until then………….
- Why does anyone even bother trying to set up talks with those kooks in North Korea in regards to their nuclear program? For starters, there is no way in hell those whack jobs are giving up their nuclear capabilities and anyone who believes otherwise is just begging. Secondly, every time it seems that Kim Jong Il and his psychopathic pals are about to agree to talks, they throw another condition on the table that must be met before they will negotiate. This time, my boy K.J. Il (which would actually be a great name for a rapper) is saying that he is willing to return to stalled international talks about its nuclear program – if prior negotiations with the United States go well. Oddly enough, early indications are that the United States may actually be willing to capitulate to those demands. "We, of course, encourage any kind of dialogue that would help us lead to … the complete and verifiable denuclearization of the Korean peninsula," said State Department spokesman Ian Kelly. Way to cave after the North Koreans withdrew in April from six-nation talks aimed at ending its nuclear program and its international isolation, vowing to never return. Clearly no one is going to hold North Korea to its hasty, ill-reasoned words. Just let K.J. Il and his government spout their lies and say that, "We expressed our readiness to hold multilateral talks, depending on the outcome of the DPRK (North Korea)-US talks. The hostile relations between the DPRK and the United States should be converted into peaceful ties through the bilateral talks without fail." That’s super - at least it would be if it were true - but unless North Korea is willing to give up its nuclear weapons, none of these talks are going anywhere. As of right now, intelligence reports suggest that the North has almost completely restored the nuclear facilities it had begun to dismantle under an earlier agreement, so why would they throw it all away just because a bunch of nations they hate ask them to? “Well, I know we’ve spent billions of dollars and motnhs of our time rebuilding our nuclear facilities, but South Korea, China, the U.S., Russia, and Japan don’t want us to have them, so let’s get rid of it all. Reportedly, Pyongyang is willing to give up its nuclear program, having already tested two nuclear devices, in return for international diplomatic recognition, large sums of cash, a peace treaty formally ending the Korean War, and guarantees of its security. What, don’t want to ask for a beach condo in Miami, a ski chalet in Vail, a fleet of Land Rovers and the new, world’s largest LCD display from the new Cowboys Stadium too? Would you like the rest of the world to get down on both knees and kiss your ass now or later? Nothing like getting greedy when dealing with the world’s super powers, North Korea. Asking the U.S. to treat Pyongyang as a nuclear-power equal is one thing, but your litany of ridiculous demands is just over the line. And as for your promises……allow me to quote legendary anchorman Ron Burgundy here, “I don’t believe you.” Never have, never will…………
- Of all the reasons to love fall - the changing of the leaves, Halloween, hay rides, corn mazes, etc. - perhaps none is more powerful than the practice of people trying to grow ridiculously ginormous pumpkins that outweigh entire NFL offensive lines. For Nick and Christy Harp of Jackson Township, Ohio, that quest has turned into an annual husband v. wife showdown that ended up in what appears to be a new world record for the heaviest pumpkin ever grown. Christy Harp has been growing huge pumpkins since the eighth grade, so she has a bit of an advantage over her husband. But every year, the couple divides up their pumpkin patch and see who can grow the larger gourd. The verdict is delivered at the Ohio Valley Giant Pumpkin Growers weight-off in Green Township and on Saturday, Christy weighed in a pumpkin that tipped the scales at freaking 1,725 pounds. "I kind of knew I had a good shot at the world record, but when it hit the scale, it was just happy, I was crying, thought I was gonna pass out," Christy explained. "Last year he beat me by 200 pounds. This year I beat him by 400 pounds. Very good year! My pumpkin, my side of the patch! We separate the patch and never step foot on the other side!" She also recalled that at one point in August, the pumpkin was growing 33 pounds a day (Can anyone say steroids?). But apparently the Harps claim to use “lots of compost, coffee grounds and cow manure” and not steroids - whatever. “We also pick out seeds with good genetics," Christy stated. For now, her record pumpkin stands even though two weeks of weigh-ins remain. So what do the Harps plan to do with their record-breaker? Unlike last year, when they made boats out of their giant gourds, Christy says they're planning to take their great pumpkin to the Big Apple for some professional carving. Just be careful that Rosie O’Donnell isn't in town or she’ll try and eat the pumpkin….all of it…………
- Bad news for the St. Louis Rams cheerleaders and fans of the St. Louis Rams cheerleaders: none other than conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh is part of a new bid to buy your team. The bombastic, self-righteous talking head is teaming up with St. Louis Blues owner Dave Checketts in a bid to buy the Rams.
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