Word: uptightness
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Behind all of Phil Hartman's characters lurked the same guy: uptight, inflated, slightly annoyed, but just self-aware enough to be in on the joke. In his personal life too, the longtime cast member of Saturday Night Live and NewsRadio seemed to be one of the few who appreciated the humor of celebrity, keeping his life in balance and low-key: a home in the unglamorous San Fernando Valley, a position as honorary sheriff in his town and a steady income from his TV show, small movie roles and voice-overs. So what happened early last Thursday morning...
...find yourself stuck in some dingy hostel late in an Australian night miserably pounding out paragraphs about stultifying historical museums and bad restaurants, in a desperate attempt to meet deadline--stop. Sit back for a moment and rethink why you feel enslaved to a bunch of uptight Harvard kids trapped in a Cambridge office thousands of miles away, when Guatemala awaits; ask yourself again why you wanted to go to India or Ireland in the first place. Go for a beer, go to bed, go do anything rather than cutting and pasting your fun away, because you're supposed...
...Mather is] a very spirited house, and I'm impressed by the funkiness," said Emily M. Jin '00, who will make her home in Mather next fall. "People here seem less uptight than other formals...
...four formals offered open (if you'relegal) bars, and bartenders were kept busy earningtheir keep. For some students, alcohol at Houseformals was a welcome relief from Harvard'sgenerally uptight consumption policy...
...Heaven forbid someone should ask you forchange," Austin says. From his perspective,Cambridge is one of the safest places in the cityand he is still surprised that people here are so"uptight" about security...