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I think this time it's noteworthy to talk about the most powerful force on this planet. One that from the beginning of recorded history, I think, we have seen the powers of fear. Fear of new religions, fear of old religions, fear of new people and new ideas, essentially what it narrows down to is a fear of change. We as a species have reacted the same.
New year at Auburn, and I must say I am pleased with how this year is looking.
Last fall, students from Auburn University, Auburn High School and their parents formed a group and started meeting in an effort to get Auburn a public skatepark. After several small meetings in the city meeting room behind Cheeburger Cheeburger, the group rounded up all of the skateboarders, BMX bikers and rollerbladers in Auburn and stated their case in front of the city council.
Today's athletes are bigger, faster and stronger than the athletes that preceded them. Athletes today, however, must cope with the witch hunt that some have labeled as the "Steroid Age."
Only 83 days until the most wonderful time of the year ... Auburn football season. The first weekend in September will most likely be smoldering. However, 87,451 people will be busting down the gates of Jordan-Hare Stadium to watch new head coach, Gene Chizik, lead the Tigers into their first play of the game.
The advocacy of gay rights was one of the hot topics where Pres. Obama found an audience of eager listeners, and it served him well.
If there's some sort of rehab program for people addicted to eBay, I think someone needs to sign me up. My addiction started in high school when I created an account to try to find a cheap cell phone battery, and I've been rolling downhill like a bidding-crazed snowball ever since. It's something about the victory of the "You've won!" e-mail followed by the package arriving in the mail with my name on it a few days later that just gets me pumped.The items I've won range from the awesome (a GPS that I got for hundreds less than the retail value), to the not-so-awesome (a misses size M zebra print dress from Japan which was actually a kids' size 10), to the downright bizarre (a one-cent grab-bag of estate jewelry, the centerpiece of which was a pink plastic rosary -- I'm Baptist). Through much trial and error, however, I have earned a 100% positive feedback rating and my blue star (which, all you eBay novices, means 75+ people have left feedback for me), all of which have taken my credibility on the online bidding site to new highs, but my bank account to new lows.Another consequence of my little bidding problem has been that it's made me the biggest cheapskate within my circle of friends. If I find something I love in a retail store, I always think, "I could find it cheaper on eBay." And I'm usually right.My question is, with the economy in its current state of disarray, is an addiction to a Web site that can offer us quality items at drastically discounted rates really a bad thing?Paying $2500 for an authentic pair of Chanel sunglasses? It's practically un-American NOT to look for a better deal.Half my wardrobe came from eBay (that is not an exaggeration -- and the other half is sorority T-shirts), and I like to think that I dress pretty well. Trying to have some semblance of style on a college budget is just not easy. And I'm willing to bet that lots of fathers out there agree with mine that $15 is a perfectly reasonable amount of money to spend on jeans, and thus are unwilling to open their wallet any further for their trend-conscious children.That said, I would love to share the secrets of my infinite eBay wisdom with you, the average Auburn student scraping quarters out of the console of your car just to have enough money for cover at Skybar. After all, what's the point in going out if you can't look like a million bucks (even if you only paid three bucks plus shipping).1) Get in the right midset. That $75 bottle of tanning lotion you just bought? You could have gotten it for $15 on eBay. Retailers mark up their products sometimes by 100% or more. On eBay you can often buy those products wholesale.2) List items by price -- lowest first. Many the items I've bought on eBay were $5 or less.3) For your max bid, enter the highest price you would be willing to pay. The site doesn't automatically bid that much at first. It bids in tiny increments until your max bid is reached. You may end up paying much less than you thought!The economy will recover from this slump, but I will never pay full price for a designer handbag again. And if you're smart, you'll check out how much you can save.
Full days in the scorching sun, a dinner of crackers and Vienna sausages, dingy portable potties and crowds of sweaty people sporting paint instead of clothes.
This weekend will be awesome. I'm not going to the 'Roo like Allison, whose column is below, but I will be going to Montgomery.I will be visiting the Capital City to visit one of my closest Auburn friends and her fiancee. I've known Lauren for three years, since our days at the AU Bookstore my freshman year, and consider her one of my best friends. Josh isn't too bad either. They'll be getting hitched next March. And this weekend is Lauren's first dress fitting. I plan to bring a camera (I won't be uploading the pictures of the dress to Facebook for obvious reasons), lots of "aahhhs" and "oohhhs" and a box of tissues. I'm a crier and this weekend I'll be in top form.To be honest I may start crying the minute we walk into the bridal salon and won't stop until Lauren takes off the dress or yells at me to stop, whichever comes first.I've cried at every wedding I've been to since I was a kid and was in my aunt and uncle's wedding, although I cried at that wedding because the shoes weren't comfortable and I was 5 years old.Something about them make my tearducts go haywire, and my heart sad. Or maybe happy. Or maybe both at the same time?At the last wedding I attended, my friends all made fun of me for being the only one who misted up. The general agreement between them was that weddings were happy occassions, and I can concur. But aren't they also sad?When entered into on honest terms and because of love a marriage marks the entering into a life with a person's partner. But that also means they are leaving behind part of the life they had before the wedding ceremony.For this reason I am a little sad for everyone who gets married.However for every sad tear I cry at weddings there are at least 10 happy ones. I can't wait until Lauren's wedding and you bet I'll have my box of tissues with me then as well.
