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Random takes Marlin over Zeus
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you callthat abageljwith Adam Rottenberg
SPYING A SUCCESSFUL RETURN
By Evan McGarvey
Daily Arts Writer
Random: Hello?
The Michigan Daily: Hey! I've got
fantastic news. You've been selected to
do the Random Student Interview for
The Michigan Daily Weekend Maga-
zine.
R: Are you serious?
TMD: Yeah! You got like five min-
utes or what?
R: Yeah, I do.
TMD: Fantastic. So how's it going?
R: It's going great.
TMD: Classes? How are they treat-
ing you? What year are you?'
R: I'm a sophomore.
TMD: Oh, dazzling. So did you go
to the Rose Bowl or watch it at all?
R: I watched it on TV. I was really
sad that Michigan lost.
TMD: Why were you sad?
R: Because I thought we should have
won and we played really well until the
end.
TMD: But we lost.
R: I know we lost.
TMD: So wasn't that whole playing
well thing more of a spectacular fail-
ure?
R: I guess.
TMD: Ok, fair enough. So how do
you feel about people who scream in
the cafeteria?
R: Like in college or in high
school?
TMD: We're looking for a college
kid. Like have you ever seen any awk-
ward kids in West Quad screaming
Lil' Jon catchphrases at the top of his
lungs?
R: Um...no.
TMD: Well, you should make an
appointment to hang out there. It's
pretty sweet. So Michael Phelps:
Huge-eared freak with a goofy smile
or a potential beer pong partner? You
choose.
R: Potential beer pong partner.
TMD: Do you think he'd use those
long freakish arms to help you win or
do you think his gold medals would
accidentally knock over all the cups,
causing a party foul?
R: I think he'd help me win by chug-
ging all the beer. I think he'd be really
good, considering the DUI and all
that.
TMD: That's an excellent point. He
does enjoy the drink. So who's hotter:
Jessica Alba or Gertrude Stein?
R: I don't know who Gertrude Stein
is?
TMD: She's like one of the most
famous modernist poets ever. She's
really hot.
R: I have no idea who that is.
TMD: You know poetry? Like peo-
ple write things in verse?
R: I'm an engineer.
TMD: So I guess letters aren't really
your friend.
R: No, they are. I'm in English, too.
TMD: Oh, that's good. So what's
your favorite position?
R: Excuse me?
TMD: Favorite position.
R: Like ... in sports?
TMD: Just favorite position.
R: I don't know. I played center field
all throughout high school.
TMD: What sport?
R: Softball.
TMD: That's just super. What was
your batting average?
R: Somewhere around .300.
TMD: Wow, you'd be in the Hall of
Fame.
R: I was OK.
TMD: Did you hear about the orang-
utan that was loose in Angell Hall?
R: No, I didn't. That's cool though.
TMD: I was talking to some News
kids and they said there was a physi-
cal anthropology professor and he was
taking down some samples and he had
an orangutan in a cage and it broke out
of his car and like ran into Angell Hall.
So now professors are telling people
not to eat any bananas or pungent fruit
because the orangutan is loose in the
heat vents, and, if it smells the fruit, it
might drop out of the vent and possibly
get into all these mischievous adven-
tures and take your banana.
R: Haha, that's really funny.
TMD: Do you think you're going to
rearrange your schedule based on this
loose orangutan?
R: I'd like to see it, but I don't have
any classes on Central Campus.
TMD: If you could give the orang-
utan a name, what would it be?
R: Um ... I'd call it Orange.
TMD: Orange? Wow, you are an
engineer. Not a lot of creativity.
R: Because of like orange ... orang-
utan.
TMD: Shouldn't you be like build-
ing a bridge or something?
R: Well, I could build a device to
find the orangutan.
TMD: Whoa! Why don't you get
right on that?
R: Maybe I should.
TMD: So who's your favorite Greco-
Roman deity?
R: Greco-Roman what?
TMD: Deity. It's also a god. They're
a level above humans and usually have
omnipotent powers.
R: Oh. Does it have to be a guy or a
girl? Because I always say Zeus.
TMD: No, that's great. So who do
you think would win in a fight: Marlin
Jackson or Zeus?
R: Marlin Jackson because he goes
to Michigan.
TMD: But Zeus throws lightning
bolts and he's the father of all the
gods.
R: If he started throwing lightning
bolts then it would be close, but I'd still
say Marlin Jackson.
TMD: Sound like you're really
happy to go here.
R: I do. I love it here. I'm in the
marching band, too.
TMD: That's fantastic. So's my
roommate. You guys should go out
some time. He's tall and awkward and
he wears glasses and he doesn't get out
a lot. That's pretty unique in the march-
ing band, right?
R: Yeah...
TMD: OK, what's cooler: Ugg boots
or porn?
R: Ugg boots?
TMD: Why?
R: Because I like to wear Ugg
boots.
TMD: So you're not into wearing
porn?
R: Haha, no.
TMD: Are Uggs the new porn?
R: No, I'm happy when I wear
them.
TMD: That's fantastic. So what
would you do if your dad said some-
thing that was really sexually charged,
like if he said he was going to "skeet,
skeet" over dinner. Would you correct
him or just grimace and let it slide?
R: I don't know. I think I would
probably let it slide.
TMD: OK, last question. Give me a
cheap, low-budget porn scenario that's
completely unique to the University of
Michigan - like could happen any-
where on campus. Now I don't want
you to be foul - this is a family paper.
I just want the lead-up.
R: Hmmm ... well, I really want to
meet Michael Phelps, and I'd like to
meet the quarterback ... Chad Henne,
so I think it would be a girl's fantasy to
be with both of them at the same time
on the football field.
TMD: Well, all I have to say to that
is "Go Blue!" So as a joke, do you think
people call Chad Henne "Chad Penne"
and then call him "Pasta Boy?"
R: No, that's not that funny.
TMD: Do you think they might call
him Chad Penne and then told him
to put some marinara sauce on that?
That's a pretty good comeback, right?
R: Haha, I think that's really nerdy.
TMD: My mom said it was cool!
R: Sure.
TMD: Well, you're clearly too cool
for me. Thanks for doing this. Look for
it in Weekend Magazine.
R: OK, thank you.
TMD: Bye.
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WEEKEND
BOX OFFICE
Gross in millions of dollars
1. Meet the Fockers (28.4)
- Barbra Streisand plays ... wait for
it ... wait for it ... the motherfocker.
2. White Noise (24.1) - Looks
like Michael Keaton didn't fall off
the face of the earth after all.
3. The Aviator (7.49) - Mr.
Burns was a much better Howard
Hughes than Leonardo DiCaprio.
4. Lemony Snicket's a Series
of Unfortunate Events (7.43)
- Don't blame Jim Carrey - you'd
be in this too if you were offered
$20 million.
5. Fat Albert (5.7) - Since when
was Albert Brooks ever obese?
6. Ocean's Twelve (5.3) - There
once was a time when Steven
Soderbergh made good movies. If
you don't believe us, we're sure it
was a cornerstone on "I Love the
'90s."
7. Spanglish (4.25) - An
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Schneider - well, there's a first time
for everything.
8. National Treasure (4.2)
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on stealing Monica's stained dress.
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that Scottish dude from the "Tomb
Raider" sequel.
10. The Life Aquatic with Steve
Zissou (2.7) - You know it's Oscar
season when Bill Murray plays
another depressed, middle-aged
guy looking for redemption.
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MAGAZINE
Daiiy Arts Mix Tape
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Writers: Katie Marie Gates,
Puja Kumar, Dan Marchese,
Evan McGarvey, Kathryn Rice,
Amanda R. Shapin, Doug
Wernert, Sarah Zarowny
Photo Editors: Elise Bergman,
Tony Ding, Ryan Weiner
Photographers: Jason Cooper,
Alexander Dziadosz, Ashley
Harper, Shubra Ohri, All
Olsen, Peter Schottenfels
Cover Art: Jacob Nathan
Arts Editors: Jason Roberts,
Managing Editor
Adam Rottenberg, Editor
Editor in Chief: Jordan Schrader
Are you being led on and
spun around by a certain
someone? Have you tasted
bitter re'ection but still
won't quit pursuing? Patiently
waiting for them fo break up
with their actual significant
other? Nervously writhing
from jealousy? Never fear,
this mix tap understands
your woes, your ining, your
determination. So when all
your friends (and random
acquaintances in your
classes ... and your parents)
are sick of hearing about
it, this mix will provide the
empathetic soundtrack to
all of your obsess-worthy
relationship conundrums.
- Kathryn Bawden
1. Man In A Shed - Nick
Drake
2. 100,000 Fireflies - Mag-
netic Fields
3. California Stars - billy
Bragg and Wilco
4. Slip Away - Clarence Carter
5. The Boy With the Thorn in
His Side - The Smiths
6. Honey, Just Allow Me One
More Chance - Bob Dylan
7. I Am Waiting - The Rolling
Stones
8. rllBe Your Mirror - The
VelvetUnderground
9. Jellybones - Unicorns
10. Alone Again Or - Love
1. Outta My Head - M. Ward
2.. Little. Triggers- Elvis.-.
Costello
3. Tired of Waiting for You .
- The Kinks
.4. Buckets. of Rain - ob Dylan
5. Je Ne TAime Pius - Manu
Chao
6. Where bid You Sleep Last
Night - Leadbelly
7. God Only Knows - The Beach
Boys
8. Zurich Is Stained - Pave-
ment
9. Living Life - Daniel Johnston
10. Queen Bitch - David Bowie
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