Life continues past the months of June, July, and August and so must the counselors of Day Camp.

5.29.2006

Roll Call!

Hula
Lark
Rudy
Snaps
Spidey
Bruin



Would'ja all do me a favor and shoot me an email?

Thanks.

16 Comments:

Blogger Michael K. said...

mkanbergs@berkeley.edu

10:29 AM

 
Blogger Andrea said...

bru you make me s smile

12:21 AM

 
Blogger Michael K. said...

Bruin said:

Around, I'm screwin'.

Jav says:

priceless.

10:00 AM

 
Blogger Ryan Sears said...

Not surprisingly, that was also my favorite line of the poem.

11:24 AM

 
Blogger venessa said...

hey brubear what are you screwin?

12:46 PM

 
Blogger Andrea said...

what or who? oppps i crossed the line

12:51 PM

 
Blogger venessa said...

actually, bruin crossed the line already when she was taking roll call.

2:41 PM

 
Blogger Alisa Marie said...

thanks for the laugh brubear... i think we all gravitated to that line fish.

10:21 PM

 
Blogger Michael K. said...

that part is painfully clear, bru. Personally, I love the double entendre and effed-up syntax you used. Cf. Mike Skinner, Dizzee Rascall, Lady Sov, or any other good, British, emcee who knows her way around a lyric.

9:06 AM

 
Blogger Matthew K. said...

I've always wanted to do this.

Michael, it's Rascal, not "Rascall" Also, wouldn't it be their way and not her way, considering that neither Mike Skinner nor Dizzee are females. Iunno, maybe the MLA updated again and only the CAL english elite are aware.

5:53 PM

 
Blogger Dr. Love said...

I remember the chant. Who thinks that Bruin's chant should make it on the day camp lawn? Anyone?

spideyland03@hotmail.com

8:26 AM

 
Blogger Michael K. said...

Well, yeah - wrong on the two l's. Sorry to Dizzee and you. However, my grammar stands, and now that you've called me out I'm just going to have to bitch slap you. Sorry.

In this sentence:

Cf. Mike Skinner, Dizzee Rascall [sic], Lady Sov, or any other good, British, emcee who knows her way around a lyric

her, his, his/her, or her/his would be correct. Their, however, would not be correct. Why? Number agreement. See: the pronoun refers to "any other british emcee," not Skinner, Rascal, or Sov. The pronoun is a spot-marker, taking the place of - e.g. - Kano. If I wrote Kano - ignoring for one second that the pronoun becomes grammatically unnecessary - I would use "his" not "their," because the number is singular, not plural. Likewise here: the commas separate the clauses of Skinner, Rascal, Lady Sov, and the other unnamed emcee, grammatically alienating the three prior ("them") from the emcee; ergo, alienating "them" from the pronoun.

Now: I chose "her" because "his," traditionally, has been a bit dominant - gotta' give the feminine a chance, right? - and I find his/her or her/his aesthetically displeasing.

2:58 PM

 
Blogger Dr. Love said...

Ohhhh...You got punked Matt!

3:16 PM

 
Blogger Matthew K. said...

OmGZoRZ MikAEl YoU'S a GRammAticAL G Fo REaL!!11!!!! TeaCHH mE YoUR WayZ PLEASZZZEE.











p.s. i love you girl.

3:34 PM

 
Blogger Ryan Sears said...

all we hear: blah, blah, blah, blah, blah

12:04 PM

 
Blogger Michael K. said...

I love you so much, Bruin.

I hate you so much, Fish.

12:05 AM

 

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