Yeah, U of C is really much less like that than other schools. I did admissions interviews last year (I wanted to do it this year too, but I have a more important job now, so I didn't have time). My impression is that they really select for uniqueness - I despise that word, but can't think of a better one - and…

One of my friends had a "UIC" shirt that he'd wear around that was just a plain white T-shirt with "UIC" written on it in Sharpie. (He had several shirts with this same design ethos) Pretty funny.

One of my friends had a "UIC" shirt that he'd wear around that was just a plain white T-shirt with "UIC" written on it in Sharpie. (He had several shirts with this same design ethos) Pretty funny.

I am also a U of C alum!

I am also a U of C alum!

Call Me Maybe is undoubtedly my favorite song of the year. I first heard it in someone’s car, in May, on one of those dates where you just keep not wanting to go home until it's lasted all day, and which turned into a two-week early summer fling. It was exactly like in the song! I spent the rest of the summer in…

Call Me Maybe is undoubtedly my favorite song of the year. I first heard it in someone’s car, in May, on one of those dates where you just keep not wanting to go home until it's lasted all day, and which turned into a two-week early summer fling. It was exactly like in the song! I spent the rest of the summer in…

Oh my god, that sounds like the worst shit ever. It's like a caricature of itself.

Oh my god, that sounds like the worst shit ever. It's like a caricature of itself.

I like Doublemeat Palace. It's funny and cute. Season six is my favorite, though.

I like Doublemeat Palace. It's funny and cute. Season six is my favorite, though.

I felt the same way about Footnote (I had gone to see it with my dad, too). I thought it was kind of a missed opportunity - it could have been so much funnier and more interesting. I think it was, if anything, dragged down by its commitment to realism/authenticity to the kind of miserable lives of its characters. I…

I felt the same way about Footnote (I had gone to see it with my dad, too). I thought it was kind of a missed opportunity - it could have been so much funnier and more interesting. I think it was, if anything, dragged down by its commitment to realism/authenticity to the kind of miserable lives of its characters. I…

This is possibly one of the best articles I've read on the AV Club.

This is possibly one of the best articles I've read on the AV Club.

". . . will probably have little value outside of the nerd brothels destined to
spring up from the ruins of the San Diego Convention Center."

". . . will probably have little value outside of the nerd brothels destined to
spring up from the ruins of the San Diego Convention Center."

I don't think anyone fucks in submarines. I think they select against that when assembling submarine crews.

I don't think anyone fucks in submarines. I think they select against that when assembling submarine crews.

Haha, he's my favorite character. I think the show walks a perfect balance between making him just a "character" (in that sense of the word) and random moments of genuine emotionality, but not too many that it becomes difficult to reconcile and still be funny. Also I find the thing with him and Robin to be the…