When I tell someone that I’m graduating a semester early, I know exactly how that person will react to the news.
With syllabus week long gone, the real first week of school is now half-way over. The part of me that dreads actually putting effort into classes has taken over and paralyzed my brain—a sensation best described as that spinning, rainbow wheel that shows up when a Mac momentarily freezes, buffering right inside my head.
There are several reasons to be upset right now. Whether it’s the world burning or school starting, here’s the solution: laugh a little.
With her latest album “Witness,” Katy Perry promised her fans a new sound: “purposeful pop.” Every track would be socially aware and promote 360 degrees of liberation as far as politics, sexuality and negativity were concerned.
Anyone with doubts about whether Aziz Ansari can be more than his shrieking and self-obsessed “Parks and Recreation” persona Tom Haverford or one of the most successful working comics today, sit down.
Ladies and gentlemen, I’m sorry to say that this is the end of times...with me as Recess editor.
The first time I ever heard a Louis C.K. joke, I shat my pants. Sorry... to be more politically-correct: “sharted” my pants—you know, that rare fart/s*** hybrid.
If you’ve read any of my editor’s notes, dear reader, you know that I hate writing these with every fiber of my being.
I rarely laugh out loud and actually mean it. No, it’s not because I think I have a holier-than-thou sense of humor, where I shun anything that’s not up to my comedic standards.
Being that it is summer break, the last thing I want to do is write an editor’s note. Now don’t get me wrong, I thoroughly enjoy editing and managing arts and media content for tens of people—if I didn’t, I wouldn’t have taken this job.
Beverly McIver, new professor in art, art history and visual studies, at her studio in her Durham home. Special to The Chronicle
