LIVEBLOG: Dean’s Date, Fall 2011 PART 2

9:18 AM - The AftermathLike you, we were so caught up in the post-Dean's Date rush we forgot to actually finish the blog. We sincerely hope you had better things to do last night than ponder our disappearance.At this point, there's not much left to say except congrats: you've conquered the monster once again. In celebration, a look back, courtesy of some Dean's Date all-stars last spring.--LZ4:00PM- Heading over the McCosh courtyardFree giveaways (yeah right, I've never gotten one). Food. Fun. Jeff Nunokawa. Be there. Ciao.--VC3:20 - Classroom in Lewis (yup, snagged it)In the spirit of the two most motivational things on the planet (cute animals and the promise of sleep, obviously), I bring you a message from Shironeko, the world's most relaxed cat:

YOU CAN DO IT! And in less than two hours, you too can pass out amongst more alert friends.-- ASG2:41 PM- The WaWe Princetonians often have terrible eating habits—no real surprise there. I just chatted with Lominy who worked at The Wa from 1-9:30 p.m. yesterday. Check out what he had to say:Did you notice Princeton students buying a lot of food last night?They buy a lot of stuff. They eat a lot, too. With the sandwiches, they put a lot of ingredients on…. They ask for like all kinds of peppers or all kinds of condiments. It makes our job harder because everything just falls apart.Did you get grossed out? Yes, yes.Was this just last night?No, almost every day.______You are what you eat?--DB2:37PM-My roomMy roommate's stack of books, piled precariously high on top of our mini-fridge for the past week, has still not fallen.Titles of note: "Hamas and Suicide Terrorism""The New Oxford Annotated Bible""Inside Al-Qaida and the Taliban""The Historical Figure of Jesus""Allah, Liberty, and Love: The Courage to Reconcile Faith and Freedom"--AK1:25PM - bedBaby animals, meet Bent Objects.

Warning: more violence and innuendo than you'd expect from inanimate household products.

--VC

1:06 PM - Somewhere in the depths of Firestone“Having caffeine in you is like being drunk but also smart. Drunk-smart. You know what I mean? It’s like being drunk off your own intelligence.”Optimism or insanity?Speaking of which, it is likely that somewhere in the last 24 hours your computer screens have started to look a little less like that Word doc, and a little more like this.T minus 4 hours !!- LBC12:52 p.m.-Forbes LibraryJust woke up from a glorious 2 hour nap after sending in my paper!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!For all of you still typing away, here’s a public service announcement from your friendly neighborhood blogger. DON’T DO THIS:--EL12:37 pm -- Chancellor Green There's no shame in procrastination, unless of course your Dean's Date paper actually is going to save us all from the apocalypse or cure cancer.But for the rest of you, if judgmental glances from the guy sitting next to you are keeping you from enjoying lemon baby, sleeping kittens & the like, try stealth procrastinating with Vanishd, which lets you browse behind a Word document, PowerPoint, or other innocent cover. Note: try not to laugh out loud at what appears to be a blank Excel spreadsheet, then we'll just think you're crazy.--LZ12:04 pm -- Wallace LibraryThe key to the last 5 hours of Dean's Date is tricking yourself into thinking that what you're doing actually matters. That you're on a really important mission. A mission far more important than getting a passing grade (or, let's be real, turning in the paper.)So go ahead and pretend that your lab report is about the next apocalyptic strain of influenza. Have you just spent the last thirty hours coding? You're saving the world from Skynet, even if no one knows it yet. If you don't finish that Gender Studies paper, a sloth somewhere dies. Raise the stakes!To that end, some epic songs to get you going.AW12:00 PM- Still...floor. I love sloths.LW11:50 AM – Whitman LibraryAt this point, everyone on campus looks like they’re about right here (ripped from a real essay):While I’m posting, I may as well give the U-Store some love for the delicious iced tea and high-strength cough syrup they sold me last night. A plug for the store that serves all purposes, straight from their post in the aforementioned Prince article’s comments section (i.e. the early action piece). Caption credit goes to Nick Martin: “amidst a sea of diatribes against low admissions rates and reverse racism, the u-store gets in some quality ad time.”

-CRM11:34AM-My floorWho needs caffeine when you can have an endless supply of encouraging compliments?http://www.ilikeyourjacket.com/fav: They should name an ice cream flavor after youLW10:58 AM - My bed...sort ofOn the topic of babies (is it bad that lemon baby feels like it just happened?), don't you wish you could hold up under pressure as well as this one?-- ASG10:46AM-Edwards Andrew Bird is the best soundtrack. He's a sort of funky-indie instrumentalist with some vocals, a little blue-grassy, and most of all, chill Andrew Bird channel--AK10:35 AM - AMAZED AT RUBE GOLDBERGSTOP WHAT YOU'RE DOING. Watch this. I kid you not, it's the best 2 minutes you'll ever waste:For anyone trying to read a textbook at breakfast and eat at the same time, this is ABSOLUTELY necessary, unless you need to turn more than one page. (Just get me a hamster, don't ask questions.)--VC10:27 a.m. - OITLast night's slushy downpour seemed a depressingly appropriate soundtrack for our collective mindset. And though the forecast today is still looking pretty bleak (literally, below, and figuratively), all our favorite caffeine refueling stations are open and there are still six and a half hours to hit those page limits. We just might pull this  off.Unless, of course, you're one of the three people who came into the tech clinic with computers that won't even turn on.See? It could be much, much worse.--LZ10:18 a.m. - edge of deliriumGood morning!  (although I'm guessing it's not)  Oh what a lovely day for... finishing your papers in a dark cave.-NP9:53 AM - still stuck between Adrienne Rich and Gayle RubinLike the seventh Harry Potter movie, we've decided this blog is so massive that it requires a second installment. AND NOW FOR THE THRILLING CONCLUSION.Is it just me, or is every conversation I have from now until Intersession some version of this?--VC