I have a confession to make...

I could not honestly name one song by Kendrick Lamar. Maybe I would recognize one, but I have no idea who he is or what he has done. In the past, I have taken SCOPE's side and this isn't even a knock on them. I think it simply shows how out of touch I am. And that is all I have to say about that.

Like I said in my comeback post I am old and I don't know what is cool.

But I do know one thing.

Hockey starts soonish, so who is giving me tickets? Because even though grad students have to pay a some student activity and athletic fees and all that shit, I don't get hockey tickets or discounted concert tickets. So fuck this and fuck that.

Stay Classy, not UMassy.

Twitter talks about UNH Wifi

Grad school is insane. I've had nothing to blog. I read and write papers all week and then drink till I forget it all on the weekends. UNH's wifi was down a bunch today, so let's see what Twitter had to say...

Fucking need my Drake! #jews

Breaking: New Hampshirite not dead. Just old and bitter.

If there are still some people out there who care, I'm making a comeback bitches. Even with my past antics and horrible grammar, UNH has decided to allow me to return as a grad student. Getting my Master's motherfuckers. I doubt I'll be blogging much, it seems weird as a grad student, but who knows really. My twitter will definitely be more active once the year begins.

I'm so excited to return to celebrating the almighty thirsty Thursdays. If I can figure out this new blogger format, the year doesn't prove too difficult and nonsensical happenings occur, the blog may see some activity... I really missed out on some good material last year. I didn't follow that whole thing with SCOPE or the logo-gate too closely, so feel free to  fill me in on those or anything else about UNH that I've missed.

I have so many questions.

Are baggy pants in or out? I feel like I've been away for so long. I'm old and confused. I'm tired. It's past my bedtime I think. GET OFF MY LAWN.

I feel like it's my freshman year all over again. Except this time I have an idea how college works. I don't think I'll resort to starting a blog again this time around. So cool with the ladies. This guy.

Is anyone reading this? Or did all my followers all graduate too? Can grad students get free hockey tickets, or am I gonna have to trade bottles of vodka to freshman for them?

Is "that's what she said" still a thing? Do these new collegians get that reference or is it too old? Can I make Zoolander jokes? Spinal Tap? Monty Python and the Holy Grail? I didn't see the Hangover 3 so shut up!

What musician is in right now? Who do I complain about SCOPE not getting this year...

I feel like I need a pop culture and college life orientation. But one aimed for people who already did college and took a year off. I'm gonna be that old guy in class. And yes. I probably am checking you out.

Stay classy, not UMassy,
The New Hampshirite

I'm not dead yet...

Well it's been almost a month since graduation and I think I'm starting to get accustomed to this whole "post-college real world thing." A few minor adjustments to my living style have changed and I'm learning as I go. For example, I've learned that my parents aren't as cool as my roommates were with me waking up passed out next to the fire pit with a empty fifth of Jack Honey in my hand, but other than that the past month as "The Living in my Parent's Basement-ite" has gone swimmingly. Literally. They were none to pleased when I fell out of my kayak either. According to them, no, the fishies do not want a sip of my gin and tonic.

Anyways, this blog is not dead... yet. I have one more final post in the works, but until then, I give you some of my personal favorite posts/moments in the history of the University of Nonsensical Happenings. Picking these was a lot harder than I expected and I'm sure I missed some, but it was nice looking back over the last few years. In no particular order, let's take a gander, shall we?

The events last fall surrounding the Gables and Woodsides quiet hours being restored. I had a handful of posts on this and, not to toot my own horn, I think it's safe to say my column in TNH, which caught the attention of housing and my subsequent meeting with them got the ball rolling. Soon after my meeting housing reissued a new survey and quickly restored the original quite hours.

My post on the hazing incident with CommUNHiversity. What I loved about this was how a reader/tipster stepped up and helped me get the PDF of the file report and it led to some intersting comments.This also showed how hazing (no matter the level of it) isn't just restricted to Greek Life.

My Surviving UNH tab. I spent some time one summer to put this together by combining past posts and columns and well as original content. I think it was around 14 pages in word when I first posted it. I've revised parts of it several times and I think it is my most useful work on this blog.

Remember when that Womyn's group wanted to hold a porn burning? That was amazing and so were the comments that it led too...

I don't think I have ever written something this great, but finding it on Craigslist was amazing.

UNH Media Relations Carlos Mencia-ing me with the "Paul Thompson for Hobey Baker" video.

Because forts are awesome. Not so much about the post, but the epic times that we had in this. Kinda more of an insider for my roommates and close friends.

And who can forget all my encounters with dining, the interesting Stephenson Billings and also my recent Q&As with some hockey players were also quite interesting.

Until next time - one last time-

Stay Classy, not UMassy.
(I will have one more post eventually!)

So, I just graduated...

 My view from one of the COLA sections.

Well Nonsensical Nation, I have finally graduated. It was hard at times, it was stupidly easy at times, it was fun, it was stressful, it was educational, but most of all it was memorable.

I just got back to my apartment from commencement and wanted to share a few thoughts. While I thought some of speeches dragged on a bit, and others just seemed plain awkward, I really enjoy the Key Note speaker Ron Noble. Some people felt he only talked about himself, but I was fascinated by his story. It really shows that you can achieve great things you never expected... but I'm sure going to Stanford helped. (Calm down WSBE grads...) Maybe the message from Ronald Noble was saying "Experience it for yourself." Also, his moment of silence for Greenland police chief Michael Maloney was very nice. I'm happy there were any idiotic shouts during it (No matter what, that seems to always happen). It may have been the quietest moment of silence I've ever heard, which says a lot about UNH and our graduating class. And even if you didn't like him you have to admit, those snipers and security force was pretty badass.

I was lucky to have a decent group of people around me, but it only takes one or two people to take the enjoyment out of a great ceremony. During the entire second half of commencement this one kid kept blaming UNH (and just about every speak) for his COLA degree being worthless. Hey buddy, you got to pick your own major. It's your fault. Also, no degree is worthless if it is something you truly care about. Money isn't everything, but finding your passion in life is. I'm sorry your not mature enough to keep your mouth shut and let the people around you enjoy themselves. I'm sure that will really help you during the whole job search.

I am now officially a UNH alum and this blog is on it's final legs. I'm planning a few more posts to wrap things up over the next week or so, so don't check out just yet. 

Stay classy, not UMassy.

Thoughts on Graduation

I'm a few hours away from my last ever final. My final, final. Unless I end up in graduate school down the road. That being said, all year I have been terrified of graduation. I love it here and UNH has meant so much to me. I've learned a lot, about the world, politics, history and other various things I took courses in. But perhaps most importantly, I learned a lot about myself.

As graduation has rapidly approached over these last few months I had thought that I would become increasingly anxious. And surprisingly, I haven't.

It's May 16th and I haven't had a mental breakdown, an anxiety attack or anything like I thought might happen last August. Recently, I've even become more and more positive about graduation.

They way I look at it, the past four years, and really my entire academic career, I have been doing meaningless work. Other than bettering my own intellectual mind, the work that I have accomplished up until this point in my life is pretty bland. I'm just one person. My senior colloquium, exams and final papers that I have tried to do well one my whole career really mean nothing. Especially once I have my diploma.

But all of that changes on Saturday. On Saturday I, and the rest of the UNH graduating class, will no longer be students. We will no longer be charged with completing meaningless work under the concept that an "A" is good, a "C" is average and an "F" is a failure. But we will become active, contributing members of society.

Now whether that means we will be school teachers, accountants, lawyers or doctors down the road, lab workers, journalists, laborers, a cubical monkey or work in social services among the dozens of other options, we will no longer only be working for ourselves. Even the most greedy CEO does work that benefits others (even if it is just the people right below him). The point is, we are no longer working just for ourselves, our own personal grades. Even if we are just working for money, to get rich, we will still be contributing in many more ways than we do now.

Of course, first we must find jobs. That scary "J" word. There are jobs out there, I believe in them. It is not a myth. Sure, we will probably have to start at the bottom and work shitty entry level positions, but we all have to start somewhere.

So, UNH class of 2012, let's take these last few days we have here to celebrate our memories. But the way I look at it, our freedom isn't ending. It's only just beginning.

Stay classy, not UMassy.

The Final, Final Countdown

Welp, here we are. I'm a few days away from graduating and I still can't believe how fast these last four years went. Three (and a couple months) I spent sharing with you all on this blog. It's been a major part of my college experience and really my life. A lot of effort went into this, probably more than most of you realize (not to brag) but it is a lot more than just a few minutes here and there. Most of my posts are new and original. I'm not just posting the latest music video or whatever and writing three sentences about it. When I created this blog I wanted it to mean something, to provide people with news, opinions and stories on the undergrad life at UNH. I wanted it to be unique to UNH, unique to my experiences and unique to our time here and I think I accomplished that, for the most part at least.

A lot of you have asked about what will happen to this blog after graduation and the answer is that nothing will happen. Here is my reasoning.

This may sound a little selfish, but it is what I want. This blog has been my creation, my work and it took a lot of my own personal time. I'm leaving it as my own personal mark on UNH and really my own personal college memoir. I don't want to give it away, because quite frankly, even if I found someone better, I would never be happy with it. Someone else will create their own form of blog or twitter account to fill the void left by me and my fellow UNH social media personalities who are also graduating.

This blog has been filled with my personal stories, opinions and rants. It's been completely my own creation and done with my own style. Even the guest writers I've had never really seemed to fit in 100%. Don't get me wrong, they had some great posts, but they all seemed to fade away after a few posts (or due to graduation). Other people will make their own mark and leave their own path. I don't think it would be right for me to hand it on, not because I don't think it can be done, but simply because of how personal this blog is to me and what it means to me.

There is a reason I kept this blog mostly anonymous, although if you look in the right places you can figure a few things out. But at the same time for certain job applications this blog could actually be quite useful. (I'll be making my own personal twitter account and linking to it from my UNHBlog one when I do if you really care that much.) Also, there might be a little more "public" announcement come graduation...

Stay classy, not UMassy.
PS: I plan to have a couple more posts up over these next few days. I'm not done yet!