Word: normale
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Usually we permit ourselves this cathartic exercise of self-love for the Friday before and the Saturday of the game. But by Saturday afternoon this year, it was back to normal: bragging was out, humility was in. This shortened time-frame explains why we care about the loss. By winning, the Yale team deprived us of a few more hours of the much-needed, post-game therapy that we have come to expect and enjoy. When the game ended, our right to gloat...
...drawn to children who are "helpful, kind, sharing, giving, cooperative and responsive to distress," says Marano. Ruthellen Josselson, co-author of Best Friends, an in-depth examination of girls' and women's friendships, advises, "If parents themselves have friends in a visible way so that it seems like a normal, important part of life to their children, that's a positive influence." Josselson adds, "Anything parents can do to make opportunities for their children to be with other children is good." That's particularly important for only children...
...winding intricate thoughts into the heads of her characters. Rarely, if ever, does the omniscient narrator comment on the characters or their actions. One area where Moore seems inclined to stray away from the norm is dialogue; all too often, people say things that just aren't spoken by normal people; they're spoken by people in existentialist plays or in college lectures on surrealism. Occasionally these can be distracting--it's hard to believe that these lines are coming from her own experience--but they're part of her style, and it can work either way, as distracting...
...then there's the fame fetish. Maybe they're arrogant, maybe they're insecure or maybe they're just normal guys who happen to have come up with a bunch of songs about being famous, but Reel Big Fish certainly spend more than enough time singing about being stars. Their comments on popularity range from the extraordinarily subtle "Big Star"-"Now that I'm a big star what am I gonna do/I'm so bored countin' all my money"--to the potential attempt at modesty "I'm Cool" (a remake of the hidden track on Turn the Radio...
...supposed highlight of this all is the inevitable game itself. While enthusiasts claim that the chaos across the river is an opportunity to enjoy the school spirit that "normal" colleges experience, we have one word: BORING! If ass-numbing cold and nosebleed seats will fullfill you, then Harvard/Yale is for you, chump. (P.S., don't think that the tailgate party out the back of the Mercedes M-class is for you; the Moet & Chandon is legit and so are watercrackers. Only alums actually get piece this weekend...