You know you're from Wheeling, WV if...

For 90% of you who have never been to or heard of my hometown, this won't make any sense OR it will give you more fodder for making WV jokes, but for the very few of you who are also from the Ohio Valley or have been there OR have lived somewhere extremely rural, you'll appreciate this. I found it on my cousin Mallory's MySpace page and sadly, I can associate with everyhting on there.

YOU MAY BE FROM WHEELING, WV.... IF....

You know all the words to Country Roads and sing along with it...

You think all Pro football teams are supposed to wear black and gold.

You know all the 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter, and construction.

You live less than 30 miles from 7 high schools, a university, and 5 colleges....

You know what a "buckeye" really is, and have a recipe for candy ones.

"Toward the mall" means "West" and "towards Moundsville" means "South."

You've heard of an area called "Y.T.R"

You know if other West Virginians are from southern or northern West Virginia as soon as they open their mouths.

"Vacation" means spending a day at Cedar Point in the summer and deerhunting in the fall.
You measure distance in minutes.

Your school classes were canceled because of cold.

Your school classes were canceled because of heat.

You've had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.

You end your sentences with an unnecessary preposition. Example: "Where you at?"

You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked.

You think of the major four food groups as beef, pork, beer, and Jell-O salad with marshmallows.

You carry jumper cables in your car.

You know what "pop" is.

Hanging out in empty parking lots along National Road with all your friends is the best thing to do on a Saturday night.

You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.

Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow.

The local paper covers national and international headlines on one page but requires six pages for high school sports.

You know where the park is...

You have eaten Dicarlo's pizza... uptown, in the grove, and in Glendale and the Grove's is still the best

You can't understand why Lowe's is in the middle of a residential area[or... you can understand why Lowe's is in the middle of a residential area]

If someone says something you don't understand or hear, you say "HUH?"

It's pacific not specific...

It's wrench not rinse...

It's warsh not wash...

It's crick not creek...

It's buggy not shopping cart...

It's pop not soda...

It's sweeper not vaccuum cleaner...

Often times you keller not color...

Tabogin is a hat not a sled.

You know there is a difference between Elm Grove and Woodsdale

You know that a West Wheeling does exist and it's in Ohio...

You have gotten drunk with a cop...

You know the mayor personally

You've "cruised" the strip between Hardee's and McDonald's more than 5 times in one night.

Your parents went to Tridelphia High, Wheeling High, or Warwood High...

You call it Krogers even though it is Kroger.

Glen! Glen, Glen, Glen!!!

Hey friends! In liu of the fact that I'm freaking exhausted from a 10 hour day at school plus tango lessons, I'm just posting a video of my favorite commecial EVER!! Literally when I've reached the end of the day and I can't go anymore, I just watch this commercial and it gives me just a little more energy to keep going :) So enjoy all the goodness of Glenn and Roy!!



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Here are the inspired lyrics (in case you were wondering)... Genius I tell you!

Glen! Glen Glen Glen!

Glen Glen Glen!

Glen’s the man, going to work

Got his tie, got ambition

Middle management is right in his grasp

It’s a dream he will never let die

Glen’s the man of the hour

He’s the king of his cube

Status quo reports have finally met their rival

Burning the candle at both ends on his way to the top

He knows one day he just could become

Supervisor!

I wanna ROCK!!

Good evening friends! As I started a short break from the vast amounts of work I'm doing, I started perusing my iTunes library for some good music to listen to. Now, 95% of the time, I listen to mellow rock/adult contemporary classics when studying (read: Van Morrison, Prince, Journey, etc) but today I was up for something with a little more kick. As I perused my collection, I thought of a conversation Lisaopolis and I had a while back about what kind of music our future kick-ass bands would play in their set list. As we pondered the most important of all choices, we came up with 3 steps to putting your band together (a how-to list, if you will):

(1) Come up with a killer band name:
Lisa has hers already picked out (but I am not liberty to divulge for fear she will poison me in my sleep). I myself have chosen the bad-ass name "Mistress E" for my band's name (all rights are reserved for this name and I will sue your ass if you attempt to steal it!) I've also decided that every Mistress E album will be named after a different girl's name that starts with the letter E. So the first album will be called "Emily" (naturally) and subsequent albums will be called Eva, Esther, Elvira, Edda Mae, etc. Then people will be able to refer to songs that were on the "Emily" album or the "Eleanor" album (which will of course have a kick-ass cover of Eleanor Rigby on it).

(2) Find your sound:
Do you plan being a punk band doing R&B covers? With a bluegrass feel? Or are you more Emo with a little metal flavor? This is an important decision because it will then determine the venues in which you will start your rise to fame. AND, more importantly, it will start to narrow the types of songs you want do in your playlist. As the lead triangle player in Mistress E, I have decided that we will have kind of an S & M leather thing going and will be a salute to hard-core rock (read: mostly AC/DC covers) with a little bit of soul and Irish flair.

(3) Determine your first rockin set list for your "Best of" album:
I have been thinking about the tunes that The Best of Mistress E will cover (as I have no time to write my own songs;) This is what I've come up with so far. Here are the Top 10 covers that will appear on Mistress E's "Best of" album:

1. If You Want Blood (AC/DC)
2. Hey You (Pink Floyd)
3. Stranglehold (Ted Nugent)
4. Eleanor Rigby (The Beatles)
5. Lawyers, Guns and Money (Warren Zevon)
6. Don't Stand So Close to Me (The Police)
7. I Touch Myself (The Divinyls)
8. These Dreams (Heart)
9. Cream (Prince)
10. You Can't Always Get What you Want (Rolling Stones)

Therefore, today's poll asks: (1) What would be the name of your rockin fantasy band, (2) What would your band's sound be, and (3) what songs would be in your band's set list?

I know Lisa is itching to answer these questions, so have fun with this one!!!

Deflated shamrock

Afternoon friends! After 11 hours of much-needed sleep, I thought I'd write about the most anti-climactic St. Patrick's Day ever:( As you all know, I've been hyping St. Paddy's Day all week, and if you've seen me around campus, you can vouch for how excited I've been. But yesterday turned out to be not at all what I thought it'd be. As most of the bars around here opened at 6-7am yesterday, I envisioned meeting up with friends in the afternoon for car bombs and Killians. Alas, it did not work out that way (although I should've known better). The post-Spring Break season is the busiest time of year for grad students and although I was pumped up for the holiday, none of my friends seemed that psyched, due to the mounds of work piling up for everyone. So I proposed that we all head out to the Quaker Steak & Lube for some drinks about 5 or 6pm. By 3pm, the number had dropped from around 10 people to 3. By 6pm, it was down to 2. My shamrock was becoming slowly deflated. However, I have to give props to my friends Jon and Parastou for trekking out to the Lube for beers with me. And although the Lube promised a raucous good time (they even had a drunk bus), it ended up like a St. Paddy's day in suburbia. We were seated at a table in what can only be described as the family section, and many many people were not wearing green. I tear up just thinking of the lackluster of it all. However, in the end it ended up being an okay night. Jon, Parastou and I ended up having beers and talking for a couple hours and that was cool. Plus, I made it home in time to catch the end of some of the late NCAA games. But it just wasn't how I pictured it. Maybe, I need to stop going into holidays with expectations, therefore I won't be let down. Oh well, there's always next year, and until then, I've got the NCAA tournament to keep me warm.

Here are some (obviously tamer) photos of my St. Paddy's Day celebration:

10 Reasons to Love St. Patrick's Day

Actually, this list could also be called "10 Reasons to Love the Irish ON St. Patrick's Day":

10. Any other day, it'd look like toxic waste, but on St. Paddy's Day a river dyed green in Chicago is just festive and happy!!











9. Corned beef and cabbage: ...And a special shout-out goes to the Catholic Church this year. Since St. Paddy's day is on Friday this year, and it's during Lent, the Catholic Church (in a truly great act of randomness) has said it's okay for us to eat meat that day. I love it when they just make new rules up as they go along! That crazy Vatican!;) If you don't believe me, check this article out.










8. The Guinness flows like water AND public drunkenness is expected! (Did ya know-- people consume about 2 billion pints of Guinness every year? How awesome is that?)











Gaelic for Genius!


7. Black 47, The Corrs, The Chieftains, Van Morrison and U2 (By the way, here's a fun fact for ya- U2 was discovered by Guinness--okay, actually at a Guinness talent search-- in Dublin in 1977) Like we need another reason to love Guinness!














6. "Kiss Me, I'm Irish" Shirts (cause nothing says I'm horny like wearing green and drinking Guinness)













5. An excuse to drink Bailey's in my coffee with no guilt (though I do it every day anyway;)

















4. Claddagh rings (The only ring in the world where you can tell if someone's single without asking. Besides, if you're drunk and can't form any words you can still see which direction the ring's pointing.)













3. People dressed like this are in charge all day:)




















2. Leprechauns & Lucky Charms



















1. Natural redheads;)

March Madness Pool

Good evening friends! I've noticed a paucity of comments since I've returned to town and started blogging again and it makes me weep like a little girl (on the inside;) Where's the fun in blogging if I don't hear from you.

Anyhow, after an exciting Selection Sunday and heartbreaking loss by BC to Duke in the ACC championship game (f&$*ing Duke!), I'm now officially geared up for March Madness. Other than the Superbowl and the Academy Awards, this is my favorite season of the year. AND BC and Ohio State have legitimate shots this year. Excitement abounds.

Anywho, my boys over at NOSE have been talking about getting a little friendly March Madness action going and so I just created a group on the ESPN Tournament Challenge site called NOSE/Red Red Rine and any of you can join (for free) and make your picks. The computer then keeps track of the points you earn for each round instead of doing the scoring and keeping track of everything by hand.

To join: Click on the link here to the NOSE/Red Red Rine group and choose to join. Then you make your own picks. The computer will keep track of it for you. You can create up to 5 different tourney picks per person and the group is open to join until the morning of the 16th when the tournament actually starts. Nate had talked about offering something awesome to the person who wins, but you'll have to ask him about that (Btw, N8 & Gus can you email me at emilyrine at hotmail dot com so I actually have your email addresses?) Check back once the tourney starts for updates:) Happy betting!

Where have all the undergrads gone?

As you can see by the sexxxay photos below, while the undergrads are away the grad students will play!;) My thanks to Lisaopolis for sending me these photos. Check out her last post for more fab photos.

















Wake me up before you go-go!!

















Germs united:)


















Sexxxaay drunks - Em & Josh

Signature Song?

Good evening friends! Did ya miss me? I've been in the land of dial-up Internet access (aka Ohio) for the last week, so I've been unable to visit or post to my favorite blogs. Now that I'm back in S.C., however, I've been playing catch-up on the multitudes of work I didn't do while visiting the 'rents and reading about your adventures as well.

Although I don't have any super exciting stories from the land o' Buckeyes, I started pontificating with Malfeasance and Lisaopolis last night at a bar (while drinking some excellent Magic Hat No. 9) on one of the great challenges facing us in society today: finding your perfect ringtone. Now it's a common fact that cell phone companies love to promote ringtones on commercials, brutally annoying commercials I might add. I especially loathe the one with the redneck singing along to the Dukes of Hazzard theme. However, redneck boy has a point. Choosing the right ringtone is on par with choosing the right spouse or outfit for the Academy Awards. Everyone needs a signature song attached to their phone. The big problem is not, however, choosing a song but finding a version of it acceptable as a ringtone because we've moved past the days of polyphonic Muzak tones that sounds like some geek with a synthesizer recorded it in mom's basement. Today we have bad-ass real tones that play the actual chords. And although I often find people's ring tones annoying, I think what annoys me the most is not that their phones are ringing, but that they pick stupid ringtones. Selecting a ringtone is like making a statement about your personality and therefore, one should not take it lightly. Therein lies the dilemma though. When I got my phone, I downloaded "Sweet Child of Mine" because, well, it's "Sweet Child of Mine." I also downloaded Modest Mouse's "Float On" and, as an homage to my old-school Nintendo days, I also got the Mario Bros. theme song (read: classic!) Lately, however, I've been unsatisfied with my choices. These tones just don't scream Red Red Rine and so I spent far too many hours on the Cingular site last week trying to find a suitable signature tone. The problem is that not all tunes are available for every phone (bastards!) So while I was able to find a few songs that are soooo very me, I can't get them for my particular phone. Damn you Cingular!!! So for now, I've currently got the theme to Chariots of Fire on my phone. It's no "Pour Some Sugar on Me" but it will have to do for now.

Therefore, today's poll asks the following: If you could have any signature ringtone(s), what would it be? To get you started, here are the top 5 ringtones I lust after (in order of lust), but alas am unable to find at this time.

1) Eye of the Tiger
2) Pour Some Sugar on Me
3) Red Red Wine (for obvious reasons)
4) Bohemian Rhapsody
5) Back in Black