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Letter from the editor

Hello everyone! Its fuckin PP time. Its come to my attention that some people don’t know how to answer the survey. I send them out every month via email, so it should go to the one you get monthly charges reminder too and it would be from Education@spartan.coop . I’ve been getting more submissions and overall engagement this past month, so id like to thank you all for that! If this is your last issue you’ll be reading as a member of the SHC, Thank You! you will be missed, and you should join the winds through the pines alumni group. And if your a new member and this is the first issue that you’re reading, welcome! I’ m so so happy to have you here! If you want to read past pine presses you can access them all on the SHCs issue page, Or you can contact me and ill delvier1 a few of my faves from the past year. I hope y ’all have had a great summer and enjoy the remainder of it, it goes quick!

In cooperation - Mackenzie

SHC cat spotlight

Introducing Wes and Sleater

This is Wes, she is a resident of Phoenix House and is the daughter of Sam and Harper. She loves guests, and she is the best part of house toures. Wes's favorite activities include sleeping in the laundry basket, dropping toys in her water, and booking it out of the bedroom door to run down the hall. Fun fact, we accidentally taught Wes to drink out of a mug because we thought it was cute when it looked like she was drinking coffee with us. This has caused issues when other people bring cups without lids into our room... She also is way too passionate about sniffing fingers and feet and making a stink face, we still cannot figure out why she does it.

This is Sleater. I was not given a write up about them or anything and have never meet them, but they’re a cutie and I assume a wonderful cat. though maybe they should

chill on the two hearted

Forcing AI to Come Out as Transgender (Not Clickbait!!!1)

James (Orion)

Once upon a time, I needed to write a message to tell my coworkers that I was changing my name and pronouns As a frequent text message overthinker, I was having a hard time finding the perfect wording. But then I remembered that we live in the modern age and can now use AI to do all of our difficult tasks for us (except for work and other actually difficult tasks, we still have to do those for some reason).

I had ChatGPT create a message for me I think I told it to write a message to send to my coworkers telling them I was going to start going by James and using he/they pronouns. It created this:

“I wanted to share an important update with you all Moving forward, please use the name James and the pronouns he/they when referring to me. Your support in using these pronouns correctly is greatly appreciated. If you have any questions or need clarification, feel free to reach out to me directly. Thank you for your understanding and respect ”

That wasn’t super helpful—too formal for the work group chat. But then I decided to put ChatGPT’s text into goblin.tools’s formalizer tool. You can give it text and ask it to adjust the message by making it more professional, more polite, less snarky, easier to read, more informal, more formal, more sociable, more to the point, less emotional, more passionate, more sarcastic, bullet points, grammatically correct, or a single word (you can also vary the intensity of each of these changes). It’s actually a pretty cool website; it has a lot of different tools, including one that analyzes the tone of a text and another that will take a list of the ingredients you have and give you a recipe from them.

1 If this was an online article, it would in fact be clickbait But as you are not clicking anything, this is technically an accurate statement

I tried each of the different message modifiers, some with different levels of intensity Most of it was not helpful I mean, I didn’t think that making the message more sarcastic was going to be useful, I was mostly fucking around. The message outputs are listed below. For some of the modifiers I ended up switching to this handwritten message, leading to some variance in the outputs: “Hi all, just wanted to let you know that I would like to go by James and use he/they pronouns”.

Results

Sarcastic

“Oh wow, guys, breaking news! From now on, you must refer to me as James and use the pronouns he/they. I know, it's a super crucial update that you all absolutely needed to know. Your unwavering support in using these pronouns correctly will change the course of history, I'm sure And if you're just so puzzled by this groundbreaking revelation, please, please, please feel free to shoot me a message. Thanks for your expected compliance with my totally reasonable request. Your understanding and respect is truly overwhelming.”

Review: Based.

More sarcastic

“Hey everyone, just wanted to announce that I have decided to grace you all with my presence as "James" now, because clearly my original name wasn't cutting it. And oh, how magnanimous of me to bestow upon the world the privilege of using not just he, but also they pronouns for my oh-so-special self You're welcome in advance for making your lives that much more complicated. Cheers to my greatness! ��”

Review: I feel like this was written by a transphobic comedian. But also, “Cheers to my greatness! ��” is a great line

Passionate

“I COME TO YOU NOW WITH A HEART SWOLLEN WITH EMOTION AND A SOUL THAT CRIES OUT FOR VALIDATION! PLEASE, I IMPLORE YOU, TO EMBRACE ME AS JAMES, AND TO USE THE PRONOUNS HE/THEY WHEN YOU SPEAK OF ME YOUR SUPPORT, YOUR UNDERSTANDING, YOUR RESPECT - THESE ARE THE THINGS I DESPERATELY SEEK FROM YOU. LET YOUR WORDS BE A BEACON OF HOPE AND ACCEPTANCE IN A WORLD THAT OFTEN FEELS COLD AND UNWELCOMING MY IDENTITY, MY TRUTH, MY VERY BEING - ALL OF IT IS LAID BARE BEFORE YOU, BEGGING FOR RECOGNITION. PLEASE, DO NOT TURN AWAY FROM MY PLEA. EMBRACE ME AS JAMES, AND TOGETHER, LET US WALK THIS JOURNEY OF SELF-DISCOVERY AND ACCEPTANCE. I AM HERE, I AM REAL, AND I AM BEGGING FOR YOUR LOVE.”

Review: I read this out loud to my friends later, and someone said that I should have sent this to see what the reaction was. I would not have done that, but it does feel like a missed opportunity.

More Passionate

“MY DEAR FRIENDS, I come to you with a heart overflowing with raw emotion and uncontainable passion! I must share with you the deepest depths of my soul and reveal that I am no longer the person you once knew From this moment forward, I shall be known as JAMES and I humbly beseech you to honor me with the pronouns HE/THEY. Let this declaration resound through the heavens and shake the very foundation of our existence! May my truth pierce through the barriers of societal norms and ignite a fire of acceptance and understanding within each and every one of you. Hear me, my beloved ones, for I stand before you baring my soul and entrusting you with my true identity. Embrace me as JAMES, embrace me as your own! United we shall stand, united we shall thrive, united we shall conquer the ignorance that seeks to divide us. And remember, my dear friends, that LOVE knows no bounds and transcends all differences. Thank you for your unwavering support and for joining me on this journey of self-discovery and acceptance With every fiber of my being, I declare: I AM JAMES, and I am proud to be ME!”

Review: I feel like this has the wording of a speech at a political rally, especially the line “United we shall stand, united we shall thrive, united we shall conquer the ignorance that seeks to divide us ” I also like the idea that removing one of the pronouns that I use is shaking the very foundation of the existence of myself and my coworkers.

Grammatically Correct

“Greetings esteemed individuals, I wish to inform you that my preferred nomenclature is James and I would appreciate if you could kindly address me using the pronouns he/they. Thank you for your consideration.”

Review: Interestingly, this is the only one of these messages that Google Docs is telling me has a grammatical error

More Formal

“Greetings esteemed individuals, it is with great humility that I inform you of my preference to be addressed as James and to be referred to using the pronouns he/they.”

Review: I feel like you shouldn’t have to reference your humility when changing your pronouns. I do think I might have used the phrase “esteemed housemates” in my message to my house, though.

More Professional

“Greetings everyone, I would like to inform you that I prefer to be addressed as James and utilize he/they pronouns moving forward Thank you for your understanding and cooperation in this matter.

Best regards, James”

Review: Boring.

More Informal

“Hey everyone, just a heads up that I prefer to go by James now and use he/they pronouns.”

Review: The closest to what I actually sent But also boring

Bullet points

“ - James is preferred name - Pronouns are he/they”

Review: I think this would be a funny text message to receive.

Easier to read: HI ALL, JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I WOULD LIKE TO GO BY JAMES AND USE HE/THEY PRONOUNS.

Review: I think this would also be funny to receive Why are we yelling?

Conclusion

I didn’t end up using any of these messages and just typed one out myself. Also, I’ve since learned about the negative environmental impacts of generative AI, so I feel a bit bad for using it for something this silly though then again, Google now forces us to do an AI search everytime we look something up, so maybe we’re just fucked Regardless, I had a good laugh.

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RECIPECARD

spicy jalapeno aioli + vegan alt

MacKenzies special summer sauce

Servings:acouple

Time:10mins Difficulty: supereasy

Ingredients Instructions

Two jalapenos

two garlic Bulbs

Two egg yolks

olive oil Salt

Black Pepper

one lime avocado (optional)

Start by peeling garlic cloves.

Wash then cut Jalapenos in half long ways. then remove seeds and capsaicin glands.

Separate egg yolks and put them in a blender with the peppers, garlic and lime juice. blend together, then add oil and spice to your liking, blend till you have a smooth texture

Notes

I love garlic so two might be a lot for some, to make vegan

replace egg with avocado and extra oil

Snubs

Raft Hill Motorcycle Club

1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die is a goofy book made by goofy people. I know this because they’re British and, like all British people, they think they have the final word on all music ever. This is preposterous, because there’s one person in the world who can objectively decide the worth of music. That person is me, of course. Here’s a bunch of albums that those goofs forgot to include.

Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein (2001)

Abstract, experimental hip-hop

In the early 00s, there was a group of veritable dorks on a label known as Definitive Jux. Anchored by producer/rapper El-P (you know him from Run the Jewels), they were putting out some of the greatest defining records of underground hip-hop. The apex of their efforts came via the debut album by the duo Cannibal Ox, a name so cool I needed an excuse to type it again. Forget cold, this thing is frozen in a way that burns. It might be over 20 years old now, but El-P’s trademark trippy, disjointed, hard-hitting production sets it way into the future underneath bar after legendary bar from Vast Aire and Vordul Mega. It’s massive, too, with zero skits, transitions, or filler dotting its tracklist, but it’s so goddamn good and finds so many ways to hold your interest that it ends up feeling like a breeze (maybe more of a squamish?)-- if you can manage to get by without replaying “Iron Galaxy” a million times, anyway. I’m not sure if whatever’s underneath the surface of this record is a soul (all the robot parts cast that well into doubt), but it’s definitely alive and moving in some type of way. Pray tell it doesn’t want to kill us all.

Angel Olsen - All Mirrors (2019)

Art, chamber pop

The scale of All Mirrors still breaks my brain nearly five years on. Feelings of heartbreak and yearning can sometimes only be expressed in sheer space, and in space does this album gleefully indulge. At times, that space is flooded in lashing rain, and at others it’s blindingly lit by the sun peeking through the trees on a cold fall day. These songs are so utterly massive that they peak my shitty sound setup and break my speakers, and, God, do I love them for that. A personal notesince its release, I think I tried convincing myself that All Mirrors wasn’t the earth-shattering revelation it was to me upon release. Nope. It absolutely still is. I have been lying to myself this whole time. This album barged into my world, permanently altered my taste in music, and changed how I approach the world around me. If there’s a word for it, it’s powerful. Like a lightning bolt straight to the heart.

Snubs

System of a Down - Toxicity (2001)

Alternative metal

System of a Down are well-known and beloved for being goofs, but I need you to read along with the lyrics while listening to this. Even moreso than their self-titled, Toxicity entices you with the promise of said goofs… and then it shoves your face through the veil unto the unbearable reality just beyond. All the while, you’re being bombarded with some of the nastiest, heaviest riffs you’ve ever heard. You’d be forgiven for thinking this album came out after 9/11, with how much it forecasts an utterly terrifying America filled with paranoia and militarism and police brutality amidst chugging guitars. With the since-subdued political and cultural chaos of the 1990s, you wouldn’t have needed to know about 9/11 at all to realize the jaws were snapping shut. System didn’t, either. Toxicity came out on September 4th.

Manitoba / Caribou - Up in Flames (2003)

Indietronica, psychedelic pop

No, it’s not a collab album. I just prefer the name “Manitoba” even though it’s now under Dan Snaith’s post-lawsuit moniker of Caribou. It’s one thing for an album to be filled with a childlike wonder and whimsy, but it’s another thing when it’s real. That warm, beating heart is in the percussion. My Lord, does Up in Flames have some of the most lovingly assembled drums I’ve ever heard. It’s also got the most undeniable, developed, rich texture you can imagine. It’s soft, it’s warm, it’s so, so inviting, with the reverb laid on thick and the vibes immaculate. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve softly awoo-ed along to “I’ve Lived on a Dirt Road All My Life.” I can’t tell you how many times you’ll do the same as the song blooms into full glory.

Selena - Amor Prohibido (1994)

Tejano, cumbia, latin pop

Another damnable missed layup. It’s a shame that the reification of Selena into a mythical religious figure in the decades following her passing has overtaken what she actually did. This album is a shot fired straight across the bow of pop culture, sending her on a rocket towards superstardom without a care in the world towards political or cultural barriers. Its synths might have aged a ton, but it still turns folk structures into smiling-to-hide-the-pain pop music gold all the same, dipping into far out regions like dance and even cheesy 80s AOR. I can guarantee you that “Si Una Vez” and the title track secretly soundtracked many of my childhood memories growing up in Houston. Thank you, Kat, for being her proper introduction to me. :)

Snubs

Battles - Mirrored (2007)

Math rock, that shit you heard on Little Big Planet

It’s okay, the white boys are allowed to be freaky from time to time. Nowhere else did they get freakier, or better at that freakiness, than on Mirrored. You know how I like describing albums like living things? This thing is a fucked up little beast, exploding with energy, screaming and throwing shit all over the place. Battles crafted something wholly unique and singular, chaotic but enticing, that no one save for maybe black midi has been able to approach since. The songs are thrown against a wall and reassembled from the shattered glass shards. The guitars are flying away, the vocals are fried, the drums thump away in your head forever. One thing’s for certain: you people won’t be people when you hear this sound.

Aaliyah - Aaliyah (2001)

R&B, neo-soul

If you had to distill the Y2K aesthetic (before its mutation in the 2020s) down into a sound, it’d be this album. In looking to develop her style and musical capabilities, Aaliyah may have accidentally made the most irresistibly laid-back album of all time. It’s between this and D’Angelo’s Voodoo, anyway. Lames will say the production flourishes haven’t aged, but have you felt the way the synths on “Rock the Boat” wash over you, or the way the bass shakes “More than a Woman,” or the shiny gloss making this whole album gleam? I, for one, believe the future arrived on July 21, 2001, and fuck it sounds groovy. If you can get through this album without it subconsciously changing your entire internal rhythm, you might need to see a doctor.

D’Angelo - Voodoo (2000)

Neo-soul

It was while I was writing the previous entry that I learned the 1001 dropped the ball on Voodoo, too. Fair warning-- although this album is horny, it’s important to not just discard it into the “sex music” bin and leave it at that. You would not have Blonde or any modern soul without this. This is D’Angelo trying to elevate an entire genre, enlisting the help of jam session members up to and including Questlove, and getting that shit to just work. Don’t let that total length scare you, it might be an ordeal, but it’s wholly worth it. That doesn’t mean it’s not slooooow, glacial at points (those track times!), but here’s Voodoo’s secret: it’s so lovingly realized and detailed that it keeps slow from becoming lethargic, like the most sensual emulsification ever. Wait, what the fuck did I just say?

Snubs

Beverly Glenn-Copeland - Beverly Glenn-Copeland (1971) Folk

If you’ve heard of Beverly Glenn-Copeland, it’s likely because of Keyboard Fantasies, a calming exploration of new age electronics that deserves its own examination in this column. However, I want to rewind the clock further and focus on his self-titled, which instead focuses far more on acoustics. This is an enchanted forest of an album. It’s lush and warm, but with a cold foreboding wind. Its layers of guitars are thick, dense and leave you utterly enamored as it fragments into scattershot improvisation. Give “Erzili” a listen, and you’ll know when you’re possessed. This album tends to do that to people.

Jai Paul - Leak 04-13 (Bait Ones) (2019) Alt-R&B, indietronica

I’m going to be real with you: this album is unfinished. After a disastrous leak following the theft of his laptop, Jai Paul had a breakdown and shelved Bait Ones indefinitely until he finally gathered the courage to place it in its rough-hewn demo state online in June 2019. That does not matter one bit with how perfect this album is regardless. Oh, my lord, even with the amount of (demo) and (unfinished) tags, you cannot help but wonder how huge this thing would have been back in the era of Channel Orange, from the bright colors of “Genevieve” to the thundering bass of “Jasmine.” I’m stealing an observation from Pitchfork, but there’s one finished track here, “Str8 Outta Mumbai.” Listen to this song and weep at the decade you’ve spent without ever being able to jam to it while blasted off your ass.

Mos Def - Black on Both Sides (1999)

East coast hip-hop

There’s a lot of times when I question how serious of an endeavor the 1001 is intended to be when you miss out on Mos Def. What the fuck? Hey, forget those Brits. If you want one massive curveball after curveball consisting of some of the most creative and unorthodox hip-hop ever crafted and sequenced, listen to this. Mos Def (now known as Yasiin Bey, of course) has total mastery and treats his album like a novel, up to and including recurring themes bookmarking each other as you progress. I know, it’s another long-ass rap album, but you will down this thing like it’s a quarter as long; such is the nature of Black on Both Sides. It will leave you confused as hell but satisfied and endlessly humming the samples to “Ms. Fat Booty” for the next week.

Snubs

Tim Hecker - Radio Amor (2003)

Ambient, radio broadcasts

Cold and warm, the distant signals bouncing away forever. Unintelligible signals, once signals of whole colorful lives, reduced to mash in the ether. Endless looping receptions that follow you for months. Years. Decades. Receiving a transmission for help when you’re far too long gone and away to make any difference. Calls from sinking ships, burning buildings, heartbroken souls. And yet, still, love. There’s a spirit within these radio waves, and it loves you, for all the flaws you carry. It only wants you to step further into the electromagnetic interference, abandoning your world and stepping into something else. Radio Amor is one of the most haunted albums ever made, and you will never stop listening to it.

Unwound - Fake Train (1993)

Post-harcore, noise rock

Unwound are no stranger to this column, being one of the greatest and most disrespected bands of all time, but they had to start somewhere. That somewhere was Fake Train, a brawny, brawling noisy punk album that only hates itself more than it hates you. This is the record that spawned in a lot of Unwound’s hallmarks that would be developed and iterated into later albums, from the sheer but disconnected despair to the odd drum patterns and feedback-laden guitars and the non-word song titles. It just so happens that, here, all that is cranked up to eleven, infused with distortion and rage on one of the angriest and most bitter albums of its era.

MF DOOM - Mm..Food (2004)

Abstract hip-hop, food rap

MF DOOM’s run in the early 2000s, especially from 2003-2004, will be studied one day as one of the greatest stretches for any artist in modern history. Capping it off is the fantastically goofy and irresistible Mm..Food. C’mon, you know you can hear the looping intro to “Rapp Snitch Knishes” in your head. Don’t you lie to me-and don’t try to hide behind that vocal from “One Beer” or the “supa!” sample on Hoe Cakes, either. There’s no deep concept here beyond the continuous food mentions and DOOM rapping and producing his fucking ass off. Years spent honing his Special Herbs culminate here, and boy are they aromatic and fresh. Put this on, get astronomically high, and teleport yourself back twenty years in the best way possible. Gee, the 1001 missed the mark on this. Surely they wouldn’t miss all of DOOM’s output from this period?

Pay up or Burn up Pay up or Burn up

Years of carefree living have finally caught up with us, and now the fire department is bringing the heat. For decades, they've turned a blind eye, giving us just a slap on the wrist, but now they're losing faith in us. They've warned us time and again to be safe, but we've flown too close to the sun, and now we face the burn. They are enforcing the law: A $500 fine for every fire violation found in a house Too many violations, is the same as drinking and driving “misdemeanor,” so it’s better to just drink and drive There's still hope for brighter days ahead The fire department doesn't want to see us go up in smoke they want us to succeed, and so we will The Executive Committee and Maintenance Team are working hard to put out fires on their end, and they need your help to keep the flames at bay Zach Crews has created a presentation (scan the QR code) for Facilities Officers and Education Officers to share with their houses Let's be fire-smart and keep the co-op alive and well

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Member survey responses

Sounds of the SHC

Canada geese - Afraid of crushes, guess - Charlie XCX, The Issue with Angela - DeadWhiteLilyMacKenzie

Coming of age by Maisie Peters :) - Didn't leave a name :(

Sun Bleached Flies - Ethel Cain - JD, Orion

Parasite by Set it Off - Teah Phoenix

The Muslims - James, Orion

Yummy by Ayesha Erotica - Loren, Raft Hill

Way too much “Home” and “Bohemian Rhapsody” - Jake, Phoenix

brat by charli xcx (duh) quebec (the album) by ween (speciﬁcally chocolate town, and tried and true), troupe bleu (the album/track) by cortex - AJ, Vesta

0898 HEARTACHE by Los Campesinos - Abby Orion

a lot of ethel cain, charli xcx, and rosalía - Rachael, Vesta

either folklore in its entirety (taylor swift) or like brat/chappel/troye. no in between - Anna p from da Raft

Out of the Dark and What's your Wi-Fi by No Mana, really anything by No Mana. AD MORTEM has ﬁre spotify playlists as well. - I was given no name, Howland

Joshua Radin - Winter - Eric, Howland

Pesticides, by Moselle. and Freakin' Out on The Interstate, by Briston Maroney - Sam, Phoenix

Lots and lots of John Prine! John Prine is a rly good album - Rowan, Hillsdale

Mach-Hommy - HOLY / Ofege - It's Not Easy / all of Donuts by J Dilla - Jesse, Raft hill

Nomad by Clairo - Leo, Orion

maybe-janis joplin - Mylee, Phoenix

FishMans - Jonathan, Phoenix

July second is world UFO day, Have you seen one? if so tell me more!

Yea. Once, but then we identiﬁed it as peppa pig - Teah, Phoenix

No but I believe in aliens - Loren, Raft

No, and I prefer UAP - Jake, Phoenix (Kick rocks Jake)

No :( - James, Orion

I have not, but one time when I was a kid my neighbor told me that we communicate with aliens through the orb sculpture things (like the blue ones that are shiny). Mackenzie, if you know what im talking about, you should put a picture of it in - AJ, Vesta

I saw one in Ohio at 2am while driving to Kentucky with shc alum Matthew from PHX and Kelly from Bower I saw another while driving home from Detroit with PHX member Harper Both of them appeared in the sky as a ball of light that stretched out and slingshoted away. I think about this all of the time and I really don't know how to make sense of the matter. The only thing that keeps me sane is that there were people with me who recounted the story the same way - MacKenzie - BIRDHAUS

i wish - Rachael, Vesta

no :( - Anna P from da Raft

A UFO is just an unidentiﬁed ﬂying object. I see UFOs everyday since I refuse to learn what an "airplane" is - Ethan, Orion

I've actually been in one at a county fair, it was weird. - I was given no name, Howland

I wouldn't tell you if I did - Eric, Howland

One time I saw a UFO in the sky while my dad was driving me to school. I pointed at it and screamed, causing him to almost crash the car It was not a UFO, it was dust. This enlisted my dad to say what I have heard many times "What the fuck Samantha" - Sam, Phoenix

does it count if i'm the one ﬂying but idk why - Rowan, Hillsdale

once upon a time i was walking along a country road west of i95 outside of daytona beach. i look up and i see a plane, and by some miracle i had an internet connection, so i went to ﬂight tracker to see where it was coming from-- it's pretty reliable that they're all headed to daytona, new smyrna or

orlando, so the more fun part was the origin. the plane was not on the ﬂight tracker website. i looked up and it was gone. - Jesse - Raft Hill

I have bad eyes and a poor grasp on reality I've seen a few - Nico, New Community

I haven’t but my grandpa had this story where he was driving home late one night and saw a bright strange light. He recalled getting out of his car and back in and somehow hours had passed, he wasn’t a superstitious person but he always said that he never knew what happened that night during the time he lost. - Leo, Orion

no, but i have seen twice as many stars as usual - Mylee, Phoenix

Never seen one but I believe - Jonathan, Phoenix

Pinecones

Ethan and Sam from Orion for getting me to work on time every time! I am beyond grateful - JD, Orion

Sam for the lovely meeting notes that I can read and not feel quite left out. - Jake, Phoenix

Johnathan, for coming over as soon as I asked for help planning and designing a project

Thank you to Brody for watching extensive amounts of television with me, being so nice, and introducing me to Dungeon Meshi (did not know I would ﬁnd an adventure anime centered on cooking and eating monsters to be so enjoyable but here we are) - James, Orion

Anna, raft hill: thank you so much for not only being a great friend, but thank you for listening to me when I have to talk to you about my feelings :333.

rachael, vesta: it has been so long since I have seen your face, and it was so fun to meet up with you guys and hang out before the 4th of July!

Mackenzie, Phoenix, James and Sky, Orion: Thank you so much for your help with Pride! You guys made this event great and slayed the house down! - AJ, Vesta

To Ethan for his good vibes and ability to make sure orionites are always having a good time :)), To Alex for always watering the garden in the morning you are the only reason our ﬂowers are still alive i think <3 - ANON

pinecone to AJ for being the best - Rachael, Vesta

computer science majors apparently - Anna P from da Raft

Alexander Morley. RIP - I was given no name, Howland

Rowen's a pretty cool fella - Eric, Howland

pinecones to everyone who puts things in the pine press for me to read and enjoy :> - mRowan, Hillsdale

shoutout to my furries. may you have an unexpected ﬁnancial windfall that allows you to afford a fulllsuit from your dream maker - Jesse, Raft Hill

I like how they smell. If I was a squirrel, I think I'd have a great time eating them. - Nico, Neww community

Pinecones to all of Orion, yall are the best and I can't wait to move in!! Also pinecones to Rowan, I love when you're in the oﬃce, and thanks for taking me with you on the tour of the GRACC houses! :”) - MacKenzie

pinecones to sam for marllllboro & to collin for putting the ﬁre in phoenix - Mylee, Phoenix

Pinecones to Mackenzie for doing the stuff and things - Jonathan, Phoenix

What's your song of the summer

zanzibar by billy joel

The Story - Brandi Carlile - JD , Orion

Cream - Aaron May - Teah, Phoenix

Mackenzie singing Hot to Go - James, Orion

James Taylor - Youve got a Friend

club classics - charli xcx - AJ, Vesta

very obviously hot to go, but JOYRIDE by Ke$ha is a close second - Abby, Orion

I wanna be down - brandy - Racxhael, Vesta

birds of a feather by billie - Anna P from da Raft

Anything by Flatbush Zombies. - I was given no name, Howland

Shag Rock- Sunbleached Girl - Eric, howland

Freakin' Out on The Interstate, by Briston Maroney - Sam, Phoenix

Mach-Hommy - COPY COLD (ft. Black Thought) - Jesse, Raft Hill

Sound and Vision, David Bowie, Nico New Community

Everything is Romantic Charli xcxm - Leo, Orion blow- ke$ha - Mylee, Phoenix

Well, you can do it without me by Father John Misty - Jonathan, Phoenix

What's the best studio ghibli spirit, creature or critter

soot sprites! - Loren, AJ-Vesta

Dust sprites idk why this is even a question I love those little guys so much - Abby, Orion i think about the dust sprites from Totoro a lot- rowan Hilsadale

These little guys are deﬁnitely the fan favorite, and understandably so! They're so cute, and fun!

The ﬂying centipede thing from Nausicaa of the valley of the wind! - MacKenzie, Phoenix

This guy may not be as cute and whimsical as other ghibli critters, but I love them nonetheless. Do they only have like a minute of screen time, yes, do they almost eat our heroes, yes. But I just love em. Nausicaa is my favorite movie so if you haven't seen it do yourself a favor and do so!

No face! - Teah

Iconic, and for a reason!

Haku! - Sunny, Phoenix Elegant, white and green (killer color combo) just slays over all

The dude with all the arms - Jake

You would say him jake.

The Om (from Nausicaa) - James, Orion

Yesssssss, yessssssss! Love these big boys so much! Plus nausicaa rep is always appreciated! (thank you for going to see it with me at the movie theater during ghibli fest it make me so happy, muah <3)

Jiji the cat - Rachael Vesta

Jiji, the cat from Kiki's delivery service - Nico, new community

Love this cutie, Love this movie.

Moro - I was given no name, Howland

Interesting choice. I do like Princess Mononokae, but it has far from the best vibes. It's great but also a little too much for me most of the time so I've only watched it once and don't really have anything to say about it.

Kodama they'll fucking weird in a cute way - Eric, Howland

They are, I agree. And there cuteness is deﬁnetly needed to balance out the vibes of that fucked uo movie.

Teto from Nausicaa - Leo, Orion

What a perfect way to end this list! As I said earlier Nausicaa is my favorite movie, and it made me very happy to see people writing in the little guys from it.

Fun July/August events in Lansing/ East Lansing

Come to music in the gardens in Beal Gardens on campus. We have one every month in the summer, very fun! - Loren, Raft Hill

Barrio is doing a drag brunch on July 28th!! - Abby, Orion

come see boiler room at albert el fresco july 25th!! - Rachael, Vesta

summer reading at the elpl :) - Anna P from da Raft

JazzFest Michigan is 31 July - 03 August in Old Town Lansing !! - Rowan, Hillsdale

not “fun” but Ingham county animal control is hosting free dog/cat vaccine clinics in August! (21st for dogs, 29th for cats) completely free for ingham county residents!! - Mylee, Phoenix

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In your opinion what house has the best parties? ��

Orion - Bella, Orion

ignoring any neighbors that hate fun, it’s a tie between bowie and phoenix! - Someone fron Howland who didnt put there name down

Orion, duh - JD, Orion

Montie if they count �� - Teah, Phoenix

Phoenix is built up for the house with the best parties, but House of Apollo has always been very consistent with good vibes. - Jake, phoenix

Bowie, they threw a super kickass party and didn't get shutdown early Techno theme was on point and music was too - Raft, Hill

Vesta. Im biased, but like when we do throw parties, they are absolute bangers. - AJ, Vesta

see this is a hard question because even though i am biased i think that vesta has a really good set up for parties and we had really fun ones recently - Rachael Vesta

Howland ofc. Next is Hedrick then Bowie. all diff vibes, also a good house with bad music is a bad party. More respect for the bands and DJ's!! - I was given no name, Howland

I don't know man i just work here - Eric, Howland

O-Haus!! - MacKenzie, BirdHaus

This feels like a trap - James, Orion

phoenix for 30 minutes until it hits 11pm <3 - Mylee, Phoenix

Animal House - Jonathan, Phoenix

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