fear not the neighbor friendship- we get bombed with ours all the time.

of course with us its a matter of convenience- it's a hell of a lot easier to walk out to the yard and start drinking, than it is to actually call one of my 20 friends and make plans and drive there, blah blah
crsmal | 08.24.05 - 6:55 am | #

re the neighbors, you're gonna have to read Revolutionary Road.
Joe | 08.24.05 - 7:22 am | #

the kid from "My Bodyguard"
dlee | 08.24.05 - 8:26 am | #

christopher makepeace?
Dam!!!N brit | 08.24.05 - 8:31 am | #

also in meatballs
Dam!!!N brit | 08.24.05 - 8:34 am | #

i believe the exact quote was '*Wisconsin has not been included in the list as we no longer rank professionals along with amateurs. **UVM just flat failed to make the list - get over it'
Anonymous | 08.24.05 - 9:54 am | #

Look, it doesn't matter if you want to make new friends or not. Your kid needs friends. Baby Bungle doesn't have 20 friends or Yankees games or anything. And this is just the first step in making that happen.
Dan K. | Homepage | 08.24.05 - 10:25 am | #

Does it help any if I tell you I consider you to be kind of religious?
Big Jimmy Lang | Homepage | 08.24.05 - 11:53 am | #

UVM #2 in Reefer Madness.
http://www.princetonreview.com/c...ID=3& TopicID=28
Mrs. M | 08.24.05 - 12:49 pm | #

whodat = kirk cameron

what you do with the neighbors is keep it on the level of building / apartment / landlord / lease watch. you compare notes how you've been treated. how the mgmt responds. who's a dick. etc. that will become a relationship right there, and it can consume all time slots alotted, and the friendship is optional. add one or two other couples and you have sixteen eyes watching your shifty landlords instead of four.

dan k.'s point is also quite strong.

to anonymous above who takes a cheap shot at groovy uvee: um, did you read yesterday when i said the UVM regents DEMANDED uvm be taken off the list? if you did, i wasn't kidding. if you didn't, then this discussion is over.
pb dot c | 08.24.05 - 2:52 pm | #

chris makepeace was correct. not sure how we will divide the genius points, as d.lee did correctly identify him as the kid from my bodyguard. expect a ruling later tonight or tomorrow.
hans | Homepage | 08.24.05 - 4:11 pm | #

come on I've never got a bungle point!!! I want all the credit!
Dam!!!N brit | 08.24.05 - 6:18 pm | #

dear pb dot c,

as pointed out by Mrs. M - VUM made #2 w/ the reefer. how dat you say? an extensive polling of the gange society of stoughton revealed the following possible reasons:

a) the regents approve the widespread use of medicinal weed for recreational purposes
b) the regents were too stoned and failed to notice there was a reefer category altogether
c)the princeton review folks responsible for the weed category were way baked and failed to read the demands of the UVM regents
d)the regents never actually DEMANDED anything AND UVM flat done failed to make the party cut.

bung readers...whaddya think?
gb dot p | 08.24.05 - 8:15 pm | #

please read:

this

and

this

and

this
pb dot c | 08.24.05 - 9:08 pm | #

and

um

this


and while you're at it read

this

Colodny is the one who got UVM de-listed, technically, under pressure from the board, after Ramaly was forced out (she was prez during my time there, 88-92). and YES, they did approach the editorial boards of "party school" rankers and said don't fucking list us.

hell you might as well read this too excerpt: I've visited a fair share of colleges and large Universities around the country with insane party repuatations and festivities. However, I have not come across a school with the student to student ratio that partys harder that the University of Vermont Catamounts.... UVM's reputation used to surpass ALL schools in the party school ranks at one point in time, but has toned downed due to upped law enforcement and smelly hippies.
pb dot c | 08.24.05 - 9:08 pm | #

While UVM has certainly earned a solid reputation as a party school, I can guarantee that every year each school on the party list demands to be removed and every year it does not happen. I can't speak for all surveys but I can for this one. Most often a school drops from the party school list because the Administration enacts new rules to demonstrate their commitment to sobriety.
Mrs. M | 08.24.05 - 9:23 pm | #

the other thing that happened when UVM used to make Playboy's list regularly was when the magazine showed up to take pictures of naked UVMers there was a huge protest and playboy had to leave without its quarry.

but hey don't take my word for it

that link happens to be from a gay pub but it was straights who protested and who were labeled dykes.

that's surely no way to keep yourself listed either.
pb dot c | 08.24.05 - 9:34 pm | #

every school probably did that too.
pb dot c | 08.24.05 - 9:35 pm | #

please see Mrs. M's previous post. oh yeah...you never picked a,b,c or d???
gb dot p | 08.24.05 - 9:48 pm | #

oh yeah...strong argument for playboy...but it fails to explain your appearance on the reefer list for PR...
gb dot p | 08.24.05 - 10:10 pm | #

if i have to i'll call colodny and get it from him. not because i care particularly but now it's a pride thing. i know it's true. it was all over the student papes and on campus back in the day.

and screw princeton review's bandwagoneering. i was talking about playboy's list anyway.
pb dot c | 08.24.05 - 10:22 pm | #

wow, this reminds me of how heated everyone used to get when the rankings came out and we were 19 years old.
hans | Homepage | 08.24.05 - 10:44 pm | #