Dear God I Just Realized I Have 3 Weeks of Un-Uploaded Cute Pictures

Here you go, a ridiculous amount of cuteness for your day. I also have a large quantity with funny captions, I'll blupdate those tomorrow. They're really funny. Funnier than me......awww man :'(

NEW POLL!!!! DO IT AND WE'LL DO YOU --->

DAAWW LOOK AT HOW CUTE AND SMALL AND A GREAT SAMPLE OF SPECIES DIVERSITY THEY ARE

Kitty playing with kitty playing with duck! (see: cutest paws ever)

Swimming. You're doing it wrong.

Meeeooooowwwwww

Pig in Boots. It would probably be better than Puss in Boots.

"That chick? Driving your boat? In the bikini? You hit that? Daaaaamn, nice bro!"

I like to pretend that I'm the donkey.

You dribbled a little bit on your face. Let me get that. #nomnomnom

TRUST ME HE WAS CUTE AS A BABY THIS IS JUST A BAD PICTURE

WOW CLASSIC BEARINGS

THIS IS SO STEREOTYPICAL AND THE GREAT 8 ARE REACTING SO STEREOTYPICALLY LIKE NARPS THAT I CAN'T HANDLE ALL THE STEREOTYPING.

HERE ARE PICTURES

CLASSIC

AWESOME.

NOPE DON'T WORRY I DIDN'T WANT TO CHECK MY CLASSES TODAY

EVERYONE SHOULD BE FEELING LIKE THIS

 

 Holy shit. Too far.

hat tip: Matt Glatt for the meme.

Is This Real Life?

Shut up, David after dentist.

Oh hey! Didn't see you there. What's that? You're wondering if the blog is still alive? Well it is. It's just that, I mean, I guess I'm trying to say, I'm not good at this type of thing. I forgot that I was in charge. I let you guys down. Whoops. DON'T WORRY I'LL FIX WHAT I'VE BROKEN!!!!!

So the nationals blupdates didn't really work, and then I kinda had to rush through all my work Monday and Tuesday. Furthermore, it's Thanksgiving break, so go buy yourself a KitKat, fatty, and give me a damn break. Also there's this really cute girl that I spent a lot of time with. She's funny, she likes foxes, and the only weird thing about her is that she spends time with me........I guess that's a pretty weird thing. I dunno, I like her; that belt is hotter than Hansel.

Woah look a video!

"Meeeeeeeooooooooowwww!"

Anywho, I will most certainly be reviving the blog as soon as it's logistically feasible. 

THINGS I WILL DO

1. Write about our nationals trip (filled with hilarity and good results! double win!)

2. Make general stereotypes of the types of people at Bowdoin

3. Jokes and laughs. More. Yes.

4. Get some more weekly contests rolling

5. Work on posting at regular times.

6. Pass all my classes.

THINGS I WON'T DO

1. Ever stop posting pictures of cats. 

MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAAH!!!!!!!!!!!!11

Meet the Nationals Gang!

Tomorrow at 3:45 the trip to nationals begins. I will attempt to blupdate as often as possible, and include as many pictures as humanly possible. I have no idea how long it will last, but I will do my best. Here's an introduction to the eight merry men and three lovely ladies on the trip:

The Guys

Yea I used Comic Sans, haters gonna hate.

Coby Horowitz
You know me. I know you. We've been through this. Cmon meow. Fun.

Nick Saba
You know him. Fun.

James Boeding
Great-great grandson of James Bowdoin III. He's Ladd House's proctor, and he stole Matt Hillard's look in this picture. He gets big energy rushes at 10 pm, every night, and that will definitely turn into a post. Fun.

Sam Seekins
The man, the myth, the hunter-gatherer. Only member of the team able to grow a full beard (besides O-Mac). You never know what you're gonna get with him. Fun.

Matt Hillard
Holding the trophy. Proud owner of the fastest kick in the NCAA. Was on the aforementioned trip to indoor nationals, and anchored the team to a strong fifth place finish. Captain. Fun.

Colin Ogilvie
Looking at a really interesting spot on the ceiling. Member of Ursus Verses, best male voice on the team, and probably going to do better than his brother did. Captain. Fun.

Greg Talpey
You know him. Fun.


Kevin Hoose
The lone freshman on the varsity squad, he's really just a tall kid. Like if you boiled him in a big pot until all the water evaporated, you would just have tall left. Freshman. Unfortunately he won't be making the trip with us, due to the fact that his eggs are hatching soon and he needs to sit on them. Here's what he looks like without makeup on. Fun.

Will Stafstrom
The final member of the varsity squadron. Big Midwestern farm boy, with big Midwestern thighs to match. Sole remaining member of the curly hair club. Will also unfortunately won't be making the trip with us, but I swear if he put his thighs on the job he could bike to Wisconsin in 6 hours flat. Captain. Fun.

Will Stafstrom, age 9.

The Gals

Madelena Rizzo
Also a Howardian! Unfortunately the 4 Howard kids won't be rooming together, so I'm sure there will be numerous complaints about how loud it is at night from us throughout the trip. Girl.

Olivia MacKenzie
Also called O-Mac. Mainly called Omac. Just call her omac (pronounced OH-mac). Anywho, she'll be a fun one. Girl.

Anna Ackerman
The last lovely lady. A senior and owner of the best female voice on the team, she's gonna take Wisconsin by storm and probably drag us around shopping all day Friday. Booooo shopping! Booo girls! Girl.


and last but certainly not least...

The Coach

Coach Slovenski
Coach, author, comedian, drill sergeant, booker of waterpark resorts, and just a generally all-around awesome person. There's no one I would rather travel with, and he's sure help us pass the time with witty anecdotes from the 70's, pop trivia contests, and Mean Girl references. He will make this trip excellent. Very fun.

Classic Coach.

Stay tuned for more updates! The fun begins at 3:45, and don't stop til we get enough.

Shaking Things Up A Bit

 If there are too many words for you, read the first paragraph, then skip to the end. The middle is just jokes and other stuff so you won't miss much.


So as you may or may not have heard, the Bowdoin men's cross country team is headed to Wisconsin for nationals on Thursday. I will be there, as will Nick and Greg. As a fun little thing to keep me occupied and you guys entertained, I'm probably going to be blogging about our time in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. You may be thinking, "hey that sounds really boring". You're a dick. If this trip is anything at all like my trip to indoor nationals with our DMR team and my coach, it has the potential to be absolutely hilarious. I'm taking this time to give you a taste of what nationals was for me last time, and introduce you to the members of this years trip.

Indoor nationals was in Columbus, Ohio, and we (Colin Fong, Matt Gamache, Matt Hillard, Elsa Millett, Coach Slovenski, and Coby Horowitz) managed to make it the best 3 days ever. First of all, Coach Slovenski made the great decision to not book us a hotel, but to have us stay in a water park. Did you read that right? Yes. A water park. 5 college aged people and Coach, who I believe is probably 50 in people years but 14 at heart. Anyways, the entire trip was a hilarious fiasco. First of all, we took a van to the airport to catch our plane. Unfortunately, all the school vans were taken, so Coach had to borrow his sons van. Also unfortunately....

Coach's son was in high demand.

And so we rolled to the airport in style. Once we got to the Portland airport we checked our bags in and headed to the terminal. What's that? A snowstorm at the end of winter in Maine? That sounds about right. Don't worry, even though our flight was cancelled there was another flight we got shifted to. Since we were trying to get from Portland to Columbus Ohio though, there were no direct flights, and now we encountered the problem of having only 5 minutes to catch our connecting flight once we landed. Again, don't worry: we were fast enough to make nationals, we were fast enough to catch a plane. Safely aboard our second flight, we finally were able to relax, thinking that the trip could only get smoother from here. HA.

Once we landed, we yet again realized that we were running short on time. There was an NCAA banquet for all the athletes and coaches at the track that was starting in 30 minutes, and we still hadn't picked up our luggage or gotten our rental car/van/semitruck/wereallydidn'tknowwhatweweregoingtogetatthispoint. More running, more hastening, more fun. Once in the rental car (thankfully a normal minivan), we headed on our way to the track through the great city of Columbus, Ohio.

Except Columbus hasn't really been the same since Christopher Columbus left. And "on our way" connotes that we knew where we were going, and that was the farthest thing from true since I believed it was butter. After many missed turns and Colin and I struggling to get our maps on our phones up to date, we got to the banquet just past the nick of time. The 5 runners and Coach strolled in during the ceremonies for academic athletes of the season, grabbed our food, ate it and left with the crowd 10 minutes later.

LOOK AT HOW HAPPY HE IS!!!!

We arrived 45 minutes later at the Waterpark. Did I mention that we were staying at a waterpark? I was almost too excited to sleep the first night: not because of the race, but because of the slides! We spent all of Friday perusing Columbus, hanging at the hotel playing arcade games, and generally being far too old for our environment. We turned nervous energy into childish excitement, and I attribute our success in the race to this.We ended up finishing fifth, earning All-American status and being the fastest team from New England. We're going to do even better this year. Elsa ran very well (like she always does), but unfortunately her time didn't qualify her for the finals. Trials and finals stink. The only upside of this was that she was free to play with us all day Saturday in the waterpark! WE WERE GOING TO THE WATERPARK AND I WAS SO EXCITED IT WASN'T EVEN FUNNY!!!!!!!!!!!!! (except it was funny)









Moral of the story: Waterparks are great. The trip to nationals was great. Waterparks are great. It was so much fun. And this time in Wisconsin is going to be just as fun, and it all starts Thursday at 4. So get your cowboy hats and reading glasses ready, because it's gonna be a blast! I'll introduce the squad tomorrow when I have free time, currently I'm trying to figure out how to be a sociology major without having taken a class of it yet at Bowdoin.

Kitty Kaption Kontest Ktime! (#3)

Meeeeowwwwwwwww!

Except this time it's not gonna be a cat! (it's gonna be almost as cute though, don't worry)

Apparently not everyone loves cat (yea, news to me too) so due to some nagging this weeks Kitty Kaption Kontest won't feature a cat, but a different lovable creature. I present to you....

THE TOYTLE!
(make sure you click the picture for the full effect)

Aw yeah!

Informational video!

Less informational video!

Last Weeks Winner

@eBasshole

Bowdoin being Bowdoin (Bowdoin is synonymous with awesome)

This past weekend, Bowdoin sports once again proved their dominance at the regional level. Volleyball unfortunately had their season ended by UMass Boston, but it was nonetheless a record setting one. Field hockey pooped on whoever they played because they're the field hockey team. They don't lose. I just feel bad for whoever gets matched up against them. Football pulled off a spectacular win against Colby, allowing them by some means of witchcraft to keep the CBB title instead of sharing it. Hat tip to Jimmy Garvey, NESCAC special teams player of the week. No big deal, we went to high school together. Women's rugby also had its season ended, finishing fourth in the NRU (I literally just read this article and then made that up). Finally, the men's cross country team earned its first team berth to nationals since 2007ish, which is big for 3 of the merry 8. So on Thursday, Greg, Nick and I will be going to Winneconne, Wisconsin to race on a golf course in freezing temperatures. Yay running!

Furthermore, it sucks to suck.

MIT's Weekend Recap

In conclusion, they're not going to nationals for anything. Hey, more time to study! We like that.