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As midterms continue to eat Colonialist writers alive, we have to resort to posting real news.  One-time Colonialist contributor and professional amateur photographer Greg Magee snapped the shot we all wanted.  Dicky C on campus.


We also wanted to thank everyone for the large number of blog submissions we’ve been receiving!  Keep them coming!
Good luck with Midterms. To better ensure you aren’t studying for them, he’s our favorite time waster, BOOM SHINE.  (Play with sound for best effect).

While doing research for another post, I stumbled upon the most frightening thing I’ve ever found on the internet.  Kim’s House of Dolls is a blog based around taking pictures of dolls around the country.  And she’s close by.

She has written posts continually for over two years now and  I haven’t been able to find any comments.  This leads me to believe Kim is doing this entirely for her own amusement.  That’s fine, but also completely terrifying.  This is a doll in front of the grave of Ed

So, in order to do some lubin up for the show on the 9th, here is a clip from ‘On Parole.’ It won’t show up in the cut exactly as it is here, but its nearly a full scene from the script . So give it a look, and come out on the 9th! It’ll be a time! Thanks, everyone. (Updates to come as other portions of the event are finalized)
In addition, here’s a DISCLAIMER: What will be screened at the event is a ROUGH CUT. That means it doesn’t yet have a proper soun...

Another Colonialist editor and I were having a discussion last night, part of which included talk of the nature of contemporary fiction, specifically in movies. I suggested that a currently growing trend seems to be a slight break from the uber-realism and the recapitulated fantasy (political movies and comic book remakes), two of the most popular tropes in movies today, and a move toward some more original fiction. I don’t know if this is true, seeing that a genuinely original story te...