{"id":601,"date":"2007-08-13T09:00:31","date_gmt":"2007-08-13T13:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=601"},"modified":"2014-05-28T10:11:14","modified_gmt":"2014-05-28T15:11:14","slug":"all-i-really-want-to-do-is-have-absolute-control-over-the-universe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=601","title":{"rendered":"all i really want to do is have absolute control over the universe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>so here&#8217;s the thing. I&#8217;m finished exams August 16 and then I have three and a<br \/>\nhalf weeks to do &#8211; to do &#8211; to do something &#8211; but what?! How do you suggest I<br \/>\nspend this time? The fall reading lists have yet to be published, and dammit,<br \/>\nI don&#8217;t have enough cash to head to NYC for a week. Any suggestions?<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>am i to believe that you have never before experienced the wonders of summer vacation and all the fun things to do during it? has your entire time so far as a student has been spent studying, doing summer classes, reading ahead, and repeating the process without a single night spent having fun? i am so glad that i&#8217;m a humanities student.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;well, at least you know that NYC is a cool place to go and do things. i was going to head over there, but since i have a huge fanbase in new york, i&#8217;d just get mobbed getting off the plane. it&#8217;s hard to relax and eat a bagel when you&#8217;re surrounded by screaming fans all the time.<\/p>\n<p>i don&#8217;t have that much to go on without you actually including something about yourself, since your best option is to pursue your interests. since you haven&#8217;t supplied me with much info, i&#8217;ll just assume you have the standard university student interests: sex, drugs, &amp; rock n roll. so here&#8217;s a few suggestions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the <span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><a title=\"dakota\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/thedakotatavern\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">dakota tavern<\/span><\/a><\/span> is the best bar in the city. they have live country music every night, and if the prospect of great live country music puts you off, i hope kris kristofferson comes to your house and tackles you. the bar is also slightly underground so you don&#8217;t get any celphone reception, which is a good thing<\/li>\n<li>there are a lot of art galleries here. my favorite is the <span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><a title=\"whippersnapper\" href=\"http:\/\/whippersnapper.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">whippersnapper gallery<\/span><\/a><\/span>. if they have an exhibit, go check it out<\/li>\n<li>since you&#8217;re clearly an academic, it stands that you&#8217;re probably a nerd, so come check out the <span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><a title=\"tcaf\" href=\"http:\/\/www.torontocomics.com\/tcaf\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">toronto comic arts festival<\/span><\/a><\/span>, which is on campus this year. the coolest artists and writers of the comic world come together to sell their books and art. the last time they had this festival a couple of years ago, it got me big into comics. the background illustration of this site is from artist <span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><a title=\"radiomaru\" href=\"http:\/\/www.radiomaru.com\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Bryan Lee O&#8217;Malley<\/span><\/a><\/span>, who will be there to show everyone the latest installment of ultimate toronto comic <span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><a title=\"scottpilgrim\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scottpilgrim.com\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Scott Pilgrim<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>go dancing! i officially hate the dance cave, which no longer plays good music or has the attractive cool kids of yesteryear, but i&#8217;m just upset for getting kicked out the last time i went (i attacked a large inflatable jetski&#8230;.long story&#8230;i am not joking either), but if you&#8217;re willing to brace the extreme grossness of the place, uoft students get in for free. i tend to be a fan of the boat in kensington market<\/li>\n<li>make &#8216;the official drink of the summer&#8217;: take a watermelon and cut into small cubes. put the cubes into a large freezer bag with the juice of 3 limes and the zest of 1. also add a whole bunch of rum. sometimes i add some freshly pureed cherries, though fresh pitted whole cherries will do&#8230;they are strong, so add a small handful. by leaving the watermelon in the freezer for a few hours, you don&#8217;t have to use as much ice. so take it out of the freezer when it&#8217;s a bit icier but not totally frozen, and throw it into a blender with however much ice you want. if it&#8217;s not blending properly, juice a few tangerines or something. and thus you have fancy watermelon booze slushies: the official drink of summer &#8217;07<\/li>\n<li>make that drink and invite your friends over and have a party<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>hopefully these suggestions will appeal to you. i&#8217;d add more, but since most are based on where i go and hangout all the time, i could accidentally betray my secret identity. hope your brief summer vacation makes up for the insane studying it sounds like you&#8217;ve been doing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>so here&#8217;s the thing. I&#8217;m finished exams August 16 and then I have three and a half weeks to do &#8211; to do &#8211; to do something &#8211; but what?! How do you suggest I spend this time? The fall reading lists have yet to be published, and dammit, I don&#8217;t have enough cash to head to NYC for a week. 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