The Infamously Unfamous John Stevens

Before I explain why John Stevens is important, I must first explain his birth: When people are drunk, they can’t pronounce Guthrie. I thought it’d be in their best interest, and in mine, if people simply called me John. Easy to remember. Easy to pronounce. Can’t go wrong with that. The last name Stevens came [...]

10,000 Lakes Festival; Pt. 2

I am making the transition back into the “real world” once again. It is part culture shock/part familiar but all the same, I’m back to where I was. For the past week I was lost in a world where anything is acceptable (except playing metal bands on the stereo). At 10K, I expounded on ideas about time, [...]

Five-Second Impression

Tonight I had the wonderful opportunity to attend a house party in Winona. I knew only one person there, a co-worker, who I also happened to be in an all-star jazz band with my junior year. I went with Melinda. We walked in and met everyone. Names flew by too fast; I remembered only a [...]

Thanks, But No Thanks

I was hoping for a great realization about how I feel in regards to graduating. It did not come. Instead, graduation seems like a petty insignificance to the whole. Do not get me wrong. I enjoyed my grad party and the graduation ceremony immensely but graduation, per se, does little to make me feel like [...]

Animals, Bears and Speed-drunks! Oh my!

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Drunkenness offers an interesting and numerous amount of personalities. One such personality, often in females, who get as drunk as they can as fast as they can, document their drunkenness, usually by photography, and create “drunk drama” that reaches no bounds, is a very common sight. I will call these people Speed-drunks [...]