gold, silver, paper... and Playstation??

So, my 4-year anniversary with Zeus was on Saturday. As proud as I am of the love that we’ve built (and torn down, and built again, and torn back down, and re-built… you get the idea), anniversaries still freak me out. For guys, it’s easy (at least it SHOULD be). Get us some flowers and a sappy card, some jewelry if it’s been awhile, and take us to dinner. Piece of cake!

But for us girls, it’s so much more difficult! You have to draw the fine line between something sentimental, something cool and something functional. We can’t get them, like… cufflinks or anything. Boring. And a scrapbook of the relationship can work if it’s done tastefully and only once. You know all they want are video games and stuff… fine for birthdays, but shouldn’t an anniversary have at least a touch of class? So I tend to compromise.

This year, I got Zeus a monogrammed silver money clip (cool, usable, but still slightly sentimental) and Seasons 1 & 2 of The Office. Hey, I’ve gotta keep up my super-goddess reputation somehow, right? Just giving the boy what he wants! And what did he get me? The most gorgeous bouquet of flowers I have EVER seen. Maybe a cop-out, but you can never go wrong with flowers!

And don’t forget…we are immortal…and so are our plants- these babies are never going to wilt!

Road Trip

Hey All. This last week I went on a trip to the Midwest visiting such renowned areas as Kansas City, KS and MO, Saint Louis, MO, Indianapolis, IN, Columbus, OH, and Oxford, OH. Now you might be asking, why Zeus would you visit such end destination points in the United States all at once? Well to be honest. Hera was driving me crazy (LOL, JK baby). Really, I love the Midwest during the fall. There is nothing like the array of fall colors on the trees, the changing of the season, and oh… did I mention the Colts vs. Redskins game. AAAAHHHHHH you actually thought I was sensitive for a second. Anyway, the game was great!!!!! I love it any time the Redskins lose, especially when it is to the Colts - who are having a great season this year BTW.

A few days before the game, I cruised down to Oxford, OH just to check it out and it was really cool. Basically, it is a college town of 17,000 students and 20,000 locals. Oh, and the college is over 150 years old. The thing I liked the most were the signs on all of students’ houses. The Majority of the students put large signs on their houses effectively naming their houses. Some of the names were Wine Down, Absolute Angles (LOL, get it absolute), Slow Idaho, and a ton of more vulgar ones which I will fail to mention in this blog. Anyway, this signs serve as landmarks instead of going to Mike’s house you would go to the T.C.P. house and thus navigate based on the signs. Apparently, the largest political concern that the town is currently facing is the amount of Drinking Games being played in the front yards of these houses. What a world where your biggest concern is a few drinking games and students stumbling home.

Politics and Pamphlets…

As I walk to class in the afternoon there is something sticking to the sidewalks on campus. No, it’s not the gum that some girl spit out from lack of flavor. It’s the people that are trying to get my vote. Yes, they wave fliers and pamphlets. They shove them towards me as I am trying to cruise by and talk to my buddies before class.

The problem here doesn’t lie with politics. If you are interested in that particular issue, you should stop to discover some facts. On the other hand, if you are just chillin’ trying to get some ear time with the girl you just met on the way out of class, the last thing you are looking for is a butt-inski. The next thing that happens is they blab about a really sensitive issue. I don’t have to tell you that the first time you meet someone, isn’t the time to elaborate on the inner workings of the old gray matter.

Enough of my rant though. I’m here to offer some methods to have these pamphlet pushers step aside.

Method 1: The Cell Phone

Approach: Anytime you enter a large common area, automatically pull out your cell phone out and pretend to have a conversation while quickly walking.

Result: Use this method with caution. The trick to having this work is always walking, if you stand still they will wait for you to get off the phone then approach you. Although you are not able to stay in the common area this is a great one for passing through.

Method 2: No Napkins

Approach: So you’re at a common eating area and there are some people circulating with political info. Before you sit down with your meal don’t forget to forget the napkins. This method works best with messy sandwiches. It is effective with spaghetti, but more effective without silverware.

Result: As the person approaches, don’t forget to make eye contact and smile big. It is important to not drop you food until the person is standing next to you. Then smile, say “Nice to meet you,” and extend that sticky paw. Don’t forget guys…no wiping on pants. When the person refuses to shake you hand, act very offended and ask them to leave.

Method 3: Skipping

Approach: This method is particularly effective in many different environments. When you sense you are in a political battleground, start skipping uncontrollably. Whether or not you decide to hum or sing loudly is up to you. If you decide to sing, I hear that Ears Hang Low song is popular again.

Result: I must admit that this method works best for men. When was the last time you saw a grown man skipping for a long period of time. The women should be just as successful using this. It goes back to the first method. If you don’t stay still they can’t catch you.

Best of luck on all of your fall endeavors, Dionysus.

Some things never change

Ok is it really that difficult????? Is it really that hard???? What I am talking about is a topic that I have had to deal with my entire immortal life and that is obviously BAD DRIVING.

Even back in ancient Greece chariots drivers didn’t get that you are supposed to pass on the left not just sit there going the exact same speed as the other chariot next to you, while the person behind you goes insane. At least back in those hay days you could yell at a person and they could actually hear you. Now-a-days, all you have is this horn thingy that is about as useful as Chihuahua barking. Oh, and if you are really daring you can flash your lights. That really gets them moving!!!! Not really, but I wish it did. There is nothing like a trip taking about 3 times as long as it should because someone is carelessly driving along listening to their classical music in the left lane. AAHHHHH it is so frustrating.

Ok, I think I might be better now. I just really needed to vent. As for the site, it is really coming along. You should see the features!!!!! They will blow your mind. That is all I can say for now, otherwise you will just have to wait and see! Sorry, but part of being a God is being cruel.

Decisions, Decisions...

Hey all, Hera here! It’s almost time for one of my favorite holidays! Now, don’t get me wrong. When it comes to family time, nothing beats Christmas. But when it comes to an all-out college party holiday, New Year’s has got nothin’. Welcome to the Halloween season! It’s the perfect time for TPing neighbor’s houses, carving pumpkins, going Haunted Housing, watching the leaves fall, and wearing comfy sweatshirts out at night.

But the most fun aspect of Halloween comes with one of the biggest stresses- what should my costume be?? Now, it’s an easier matter for guys. Come up with a funny pop culture character and dress like him to the tee. Something a little unexpected…some of the best I saw last year around this time were Steve Zissou, Dog the Bounty Hunter, and the BK King. Rock on, guys.

Us ladies have a bigger issue on our hands. Every year, it’s a battle between dressing up in a manner similar to the boys- for example, last year; I was Harry Potter, complete with a large, stuffed, ride-on dragon. Everyone loved it, and I was super comfortable and warm all night. But the year before that, I was a sexy Indian. Low-cut, short… and everyone really LOVED that, if you know what I mean. You know the saying- Halloween is the one night a year where girls have an excuse to show what they got.

Now, I usually tend to gravitate towards the boy-type costume. I want to be comfortable, and I want everyone to comment on how fun and original it is. But when I’m dressed as Harry Potter riding a dragon then standing next to all my sorority sisters and little Miss Aphrodite wearing basically nothing but their underwear, I really feel like an ugly duckling. Sigh… but hey, when this is the toughest decision of my fall, life must be pretty good, right?

A Dusting.......

Hey guys, what’s up? D-Nys here… so, the weather is starting to cool down…when you look to the mountains, you still see green- but something else is hiding. When you look closer in the high country something is starting to accumulate. Snow. Sweet! I’ve started paying attention to the resort websites, and they say ‘a dusting covers the ground’ but I say it’s a base to another wonderful season.

Down here in Boulder the wind is starting to whip through town and attached is the beginning of winter. You can feel the warm and cool swirls being replaced by cold weather. The only downside I see to winter is the miniskirts and flip flops being replaced by sweaters and Uggs… but you gotta take the bad to get the good!

If you spent any time in Colorado last year during the winter you would know that it was one of the best in at least a decade. Some of the best boarding I’ve ever done happened last season. Snow was coming down all over the place. There were very few days when I showed up to the slopes and new powder wasn’t laid down like a perfect blanket. That’s right, plenty of powder accounts for smooth riding.

That being said, I still fear that this season will have minimal snow. Last year was so good that this year is bound to disappoint to some extent. Last year I was all over the state snowboarding. Hitting Winter Park with a season pass, I went to Telluride for winter break, and supplemented with trips to Breckenridge and Eldora. Not that I won’t have killer winter either way- rough conditions can only improve my mad skills.

This year my season pass is at Eldora. It is a smaller resort in the town of Nederland but is very close to Boulder. That means closer boarding and minimal traffic on the way up. I am also purchasing a five day pass to Steamboat which is famous for world class powder. I will also pick up a four pass to Copper Mountain. It is off of I-70 and gets a ton of snow. So if you want to board like a God you need to take my advice and hit the slopes in these areas. ‘Til next week….D-Nys out!!

The Fashion Paradox

Hello all. As I mentioned in my previous post, I was spending a bit more time inside the house because of my academic schedule getting more and more packed as the semester is going by – oh, in passing, to answer Zeus’ last comment, I agree that being the scholarship chair might be a solution to my laziness, and of course that I would have been elected, no wonder, (right?) but mmh I don’t think I am going to run, for I think this position wouldn’t really fit my image. Oh well, we’ll see.

Anyway, even indoors, I had to find a way to make me procrastinate. It’s then that I started to pick up and have a closer look at all those fashion magazines spread all over the house, you know, the kind of ones all other girls read, like Vogue, Cosmo, Glamour, Elle, etc. For some reasons, I began to take seriously everything mentioned in those magazines. It’s getting ridiculous, but I have to admit that those guys are doing a pretty good job nowadays at catching our eyes. I mean, look at the some of these ads by Vuitton, Gucci, Armani… you know the big names, most of the shots are pretty breathtaking. They even make ME feel bad about myself and my clothes, and I’m supposed to be the goddess of beauty, the embodiment of physical perfection. Tsk tsk…

On the other hand, they didn’t make me feel bad about spending hundreds and hundreds on beauty products and apparel. The funny thing is, no matter how hard we try, no matter how much we spend, most of us still aren’t becoming even close to the image projected by those magazines. And we all realize it, we all know that it’s just very good marketing, and that all the pictures have been edited, but we still all abide by the rules set out by those medias. I would so love to save money but be hip at the same time. All girls do. I’ve consulted with many of my sisters about this frustrating paradox, but it’d be even better if we could all exchange tricks and opinions with all the sorority girls of the nation, or, I don’t know, compare ourselves... Ooh I just can’t wait till MyGreekLife finally comes out. Just imagine the endless possibilities! It would certainly help with so many of my problems.