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Volume 3, Issue 4 9/27/12 -10/3/12
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October Horoscopes
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ARIES: The start of colder weather combined with the beginning of fall trends leads you to assume that chapped lips and hard nips are in this year. You’re wrong though; chapped lips and hard nips are in every year. Like leggings. TAURUS: The unexplained happens as you’re drawn to watching a sitcom about gay guys adopting babies. You deny watching the show to your friends, but they soon catch on as you start taking better care of your skin. GEMINI: A cafeteria binge leaves you incapacitate with a taco-demon reeking havoc in your stomach. You attempt to perform an “exorcism” of this bad karma by overdosing on laxatives, and the suffering evens it out. CANCER: The results of your last exam have induced a buying spree of 5-Hour Energy, Adderall, and salted caramel mochas in preparation for your upcoming exam. Unfortunately, your “broom hand” is too jittery to fill out the scantron. LEO: This Sweetest Day, single you is visited by your ghosts of girlfriends past. True to character, they all show up drunk, crying, and you know, dead.
VIRGO: You give the trick-or-treaters a scare when you open the door wearing nothing but a cowboy hat and loincloth. You may have dressed down for Halloween, but we recommend dressing up for your impending court date.
What Your Ride Says About You
LIBRA: You fall victim to Student Health Services’s business ploy/Devil’s Night prank when you use one of the condoms they covered with pepper and poked a hole in. Stay hydrated. SCORPIO: Congrats, the sultry looks you’ve been giving your T.A. have paid off, and after class she rewards you with a “hay ride” and trip to her “petting zoo.” Hopefully, for your sake, you’re into involving animals in your sex life and women with mustaches made out of hay. SAGitTARIUS: Your new diet of Captain, cider, and donuts has you leaving spooky, smelly farts haunting all the rooms you have class in. The same kind of farts from which Slimer originated. CAPRICORN: Haunted houses no longer frighten you, as you brave a much more frightening quest and take a dump at your favorite bar. AQUARIUS: You fear a rip in the space-time continuum has happened during the weekend of the thirteenth, but then you just realize that all these people saying that they are “you in twenty years” are just alumni coming back for homecoming. PISCES: This fall the falling leaves fall in line with you falling in love with a little fault called alcoholism as you fall off the wagon once and for (f)all.
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bartender of the week
Is your shag wagon giving off the right impression?
laura from frank and marlee's is all like, screw it, i'm watching pineapple express again.
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The black sheep interviews: junk culture Check out this quirky one-man band's latest album Wild Quiet.
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contents page 4: flipping the script
Questions? Comments? Compliments? Insults? info@theblacksheeponline.com
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What happens when your favorite TV character stops being fake, and starts being real?
page 5: the top 10
a few sloppy ways to be "that" person.
Table of
page 8: The Drinking Game and Recipe for Disaster Mac 'n' cheese and Mario Kart guarantee a nostalgic weekend
page 9: from the streets
how do you feel about the smoking ban on campus?
page 10: the riddle
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word of the week Castrabate:
A forced stoppage of masturbation by either party in a relationship. “Dude, ever since Ann gave Keith the castrabate ultimatum he’s been arrested twice for beating up strangers in the street.”
Flipping Flippingthe thescript script
so your favorite t.v. character walks into a new show...
dean pelton on hillbilly hand fishin' Strengths: We’re not sure if the Dean has any hand fishin’ skills, but it would be very entertaining to see him tiptoe around reaching into a dark, wet hole for a big slippery fish.
We come to love the characters of our beloved scripted shows, if we don’t love them, then the show typically fails. On the other hand, reality shows make us eventually hate everyone, including ourselves, for watching. So, as The Black Sheep prefers to live in our own little fairy world, we decided to imagine how our favorite characters would do on plot-less, burnt out reality shows. By: Quinn and Brendan
ron swanson on survivor Strengths: Ron is a man’s man. No, he is the man’s man. With wood working on the third tier of his Pyramid of Greatness (just below America, buffets, and honor) he would have a small wooden cabin built by the time the others dig a shittin’ hole. Ron’s self-reliance is out matched by only his mustache.
Weakness: The show won’t allow the Dean to display his extensive wardrobe, which might be a problem for him.
Win or Lose?
The Dean will win. He may insist on wearing his sister’s sailor outfit, but we have no doubt he will stick any extremity into the deep cave and get the biggest catfish to suction itself onto it.
charlie day on america's got talent
out as Green Man, drunkenly parade around stage, and maybe club a few rats with his clubbin’s stick.
Win or Lose?
Win or Lose?
dave rose on top chef
Not only will Louie lose, he’ll lose in the most excruciating way possible. Like, he’ll get his rose, fall down the stairs, throw up, cry, and have the girl call him a limpdick pussy, or something.
sterling (malory) archer on
stars earn stripes
Strengths: Dave’s general obliviousness to his vague douchiness will serve him well. Off-hand remarks about his lack of talent will simply roll off his shoulders, while audiences will eat up his inability to exist in the real world.
Strengths: Years of hands-on training in the field as an ISIS agent, plus, you know, athletic prowess after all those years at lacrosse camp. Coupled with some clever quips and a shrewd, biting sense of humor, and he’ll be banging the female half of the cast two episodes in.
Weakness: The lack of v-neck chef coats will really drag down Dave’s ability to maneuver around the kitchen. Beyond that, there are only so many puns one can make about food, ham I right?
Win or Lose? Loser, as always. Dave’s packing his knives by episode three, as another steak sandwich sends Tom Colicchio into a classic tirade that audiences have come to expect from him.
lucille bluth on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Strengths: There is evidence that Lucille Bluth is the original “Desperate Housewife,” but she isn’t desperate - she runs the show. While the other ladies are drunk and pulling each other’s hair, she’ll sit
Weaknesses: Most women are not turned on by the above.
Ron will win, then never leave the island when the show is over.
Weakness: Several. Charlie has a debilitating lack of confidence in his musical abilities, and will surely turn to cat food and glue for added confidence.
Win or Lose? Sadly, Charlie will lose. He will inevitably come
Strengths: Some women are turned on by fat, balding, bumbling idiots with two kids, a really busy work schedules and no time for a social life.
Weakness: None. His passion for red meat might cause trouble, but he will find a way.
Strengths: Charlie just gets the piano. He may be illiterate, but the piano comes natural to him. Surely he will win the judges over with an emotional rendition of "The Night Man Cometh", if he leaves out all the rape-y parts of course.
Louie on the bachelorette
back, roll her eyes, and sip on another vodka martini. Weakness: She might be too cold. Sure she could cry for the camera, but she can’t spare the moisture.
Win or Lose? Win. Lucille will have these ladies fighting with each other all week, or at least hire the OC’s finest investigator if they try to get at her.
Weakness: By the third episode he’ll be so bored with having to do actual work, Archer will be drunk during the episode that’s conducted over live fire.
Win or Lose? During the live fire episode, he’ll be automatically disqualified for putting a round in Drew Lachey’s foot after Lachey tries to chastise Archer for his on-set intoxication.
the hound on full metal jousting Strengths: The Hound isn’t just an ordinary knight, he’s a knight from a land of dire wolves, White Walkers and muhfuggin’ dragons. He’s seen some shit.
Weakness: Coming from a fantasy land set in a time that really lacks modern technology, The Hound is used to really killing people with real weapons for…like… good. This won’t bode well because…
Win or Lose? He’ll lose when he actually kills someone. The Hound will be dismounted by some guy who works at Medieval Times, and he won’t like it one bit. A few sword strokes and a lot of blood later, he’ll be off to prison to make everyone his bitch. And hey, the United States prison system offers marginally better living conditions than Westeros, so everyone wins. Well, except the dead guy.
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Ways to Be “That Person” It’s 3 a.m. and you’re deliberating on the very serious dilemma in front of you; go home or get another beer? You throw caution to the wind, say “screw it,” and grab another Keystone while pretending like you aren’t bored. You sit on the couch awkwardly with the stoned kids and that’s when you see him: That Person. That Person that orders Jimmy John’s for himself in a room of 25 drunks. That Person that never leaves even after everyone goes to bed. That Person who screams obscenities at everyone they play pong against because they’re ”the man.” Don’t be That Person. Here are a few tips to help you avoid being the subject of the grumbled hungover conversation the next morning. 10.) Opening the door for the police: Really, guy? Any time a gruff voice on the other side of a locked door says, “Police, open up!” it’s either an actual cop or a male stripper. At sausage fest house parties, neither are welcome. Keep that door closed.
what your ride says about you morgan foster wrote this Around campus, many people think it’s not really necessary to have a car. That feeling goes away as soon as they have to walk to class from the Square in the dead of winter because all the OUT buses can’t get through the foot traffic. So when you finally convince your parents to drive your car down to school for you, make sure you’re willing to take all the shit and stereotypes you’re going to earn because of your whip.
9.) Leaving your too-drunk friend: No, Emily is NOT okay propped up against the trash can for the night. She’ll wake up in the morning disoriented and scared because you’re the one who dragged her to this shindig and made her stay until she puked. 8.) Starting a fight: You lack the depth perception necessary to win this battle. If you’re the guy who has to start a fight over losing that ONE game of pong, you should go back to the keg and fill that gaping hole in your face with a little more beer before something bad happens – like getting your ass handed to you because you can’t see straight. 7.) Spilling: If you spill something, clean it up. Everyone’s encountered that person that spills beer and just throws something over it and walks away – NOT cool.
The Sticker-Covered Beater: Usually you’ll find an activist of some sort behind the wheel. Not just any activist though: the feared pushy asshole activists. If they’re an environmentalist, the stickers slapped haphazardly across the rear end of the vehicle might include phrases like, “Keep Earth clean, it’s not Uranus!” and, “May the forest be with you.” The bumper stickers on these cars are often offensive as hell, such as, “People like you make me Pro-Choice!” When normal human beings drive behind these jalopies, they immediately hate the driver’s uber-political, tree-hugging guts. It’s a rule of nature. The Mitsubishi Eclipse (or Anything Similar): Owners of these cars have a flower lei hanging from their rear view mirror. They also apply lip gloss and mascara in their mirrors every ten minutes – so you’ll often see Eclipses swerving or rear-ending other cars. The owner works at a tanning salon and takes advantage of it, hence the crispy, orange skin. The backseat is a used condom graveyard. Who knows how many possible children could be swimming around back there. At any given time, Nicki Minaj is booming through their open sunroofs. Girls who own this car think it’s sporty when really it is a flashing neon slut sign. The Pick-Up Truck: There are several different types of people who own this car. First are the macho dudes that get boners when they drive their F150s. They think their driving looks like the pick-up commercials, when in reality they’re driving down suburban roads rather than a rocky mountain. The second type is the female pick-up driver. She tries way too hard to pretend she’s a skank. She has stickers on the rear window reading, “If you’re going to ride my ass, at least pull my hair,” “Country girls know how to get dirty,” and, “Real women drive trucks.” These ladies think they’re badass because they drive a typically male owned vehicle. Most either have a country accent or questionable facial hair, so don’t be fooled by their fake badass-ery. The Luxury Sports Car: Old smug white guys who have gone through a particularly expensive midlife crisis are the predominant owners of this vehicle. They think that the Bose-emanating, supple leather-coated interiors and sleek, shining exteriors of their cars will bring in the ladies. Unfortunately for society, this actually works (Don’t judge me, I just wanted to test out the seat warmers). If a person younger than thirty is driving such a fine piece of machinery, then they are drug lords, pimps, or assholes leeching off of their parents’ money. The bottom line is: Stay away from those shiny German cars. Their owners will only cause trouble and herpes. The Minivan: Everyone knows minivans are the prime vehicle for soccer moms and emasculated dads. They almost always have those family pictures or honor roll stickers on the back, as everyone should congratulate them because they popped out three semi-smart kids. Minivans are great to drive next to at night though, because you can watch whatever the kids are watching on the TVs on the back of the front seats. The White, Windowless Van: “Want some candy? Come on in my van,” says every owner of a white windowless van ever. Seriously, this is the perfect pedo-van. Anyone who owns this van has to realize that people run from it in fear. No one wants to be stuck tied up, sweaty, and candy-less in the back of that thing. Well, maybe the truck-owning women do, but that’s another story. If your car doesn’t fall into any of these categories, then it’s just normal and boring. Yeah, Ford Focus. I’m looking at you.
6.) Eating the host’s food: It’s not cool to eat all of the hot dogs and then pretend like you didn’t, even though you have bread crumbs and pig assholes hanging out of your mouth. The food you just ate is your host’s only form of sustenance; don’t do it, ok? 5.) Repeated crashing: Just because the host let you nod off in their bed once, that doesn’t mean you have a free pass to lay with your puke bucket on their couch every other weekend. 4.) Alternative bathrooms: The closet is not another bathroom, despite the hoards of drunken people who claim it is as such. And no matter how long the line is to the toilet, the balcony is also never acceptable. 3.) Public nookie: If the sexual tension is breaking tonight, take it into a locked, vacant room. No one needs to see you “fingerblast that one blonde” on the couch. 2.) Mooching booze: If you don’t have anything to drink offer to pay for a beer run or just leave. This isn’t Sister Mary’s of the Poor Guy Who Spent All His Parents’ Money During the First Month of School. That’s not even a thing, man. 1.) Drama: Now is not the best time to tell your best friend that you made out with her boyfriend. Well, there’s never a best time, just a least worst time.
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bartender of the week Laura B. frank and marlee's Who are some celebrities you hate: Drew Barrymore and Jodie Foster
Age: 21 Major: General Studies Drink Recipe: Teenage Pussy
What’s your favorite gum flavor: Blue gumballs
Favorite Shot: Tequila Worst Drink: Gin & tonic Favorite Drink: Vodka tonic with lime What is your personal theme song: “Bootylicious” by Beyonce Who is your dream date: James Franco What is the funniest thing that’s happened at Frank & Marlee’s: A Harry Potter wand fight.
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mario kart Here at The Black Sheep, we encourage you to drink and drive! Never thought you’d here those words, huh? (Not literally, please don’t sue us). What You’ll Need: Mario Kart, friends who like to play Mario Kart, and beer. Number of Players: How many controllers you got? Level of Intoxication: As little as a buzz and as much as a blackout. How to Play: - Pop in your favorite Mario Kart game and assign characters to players. - Set up your beers so everyone can reach them. We prefer the ol’ canbetween-the-thighs maneuver. - Begin the game but drink as follows: - Take one sip if you’re hit by a shell. - Take three sips if you’re hit by a lightning bolt. - Take four sips if you’re hit by a player’s special item. - Finish your drink every time someone laps you. - If you fall off the course, drink until you are put back on. - If you’re dead last, chug whatever you have left. - The winner of the race gets to choose one player to finish off their drink, too. The Game Ends When: Everyone is all Mario Kart’d out. But let’s be real, no one ever gets sick of Mario Kart.
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Who has your favorite celebrity style: Nicole Ritchie
What’s your life motto: “Screw it.” What did you want to be when you grew up: I wanted to be an astronaut. Who is your favorite Disney character: Princess Aurora from Sleeping Beauty. What ’s your favorite movie: Pineapple Express
Recipe for Disaster
state fair mac'n'cheese What You’ll Need: A box of your favorite mac ‘n’ cheese brand (It’s Kraft SpongeBob and you know it), flour, two eggs, and oil. Cook Time: 25 minutes. Fatty Factor: Go ahead and schedule your gastric bypass surgery for tomorrow. Let’s Get Baked: - Prepare some mac ‘n’ cheese (you’re college students, we refuse to walk you through that one). - Heat ½ cup of oil in a skillet. - While that heats, pour a cup of flour into a bowl. - Beat two eggs in another bowl. - Scoop out fist-sized balls of your macaroni and roll it around in some flour. - Dip your balls in the eggs until it’s fully covered. - Drop your balls in the hot oil and wait until they turn golden and crispy. - Once all sides are browned, place your balls on a paper towel-lined tray, let ‘em cool, then dive on in. You really can make these any shape you want, but we are having just too much fun telling you to place your balls in different foods. You like that, don’t you?
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the interview
junk culture
Junk Culture is a one-man band, but not like one of them old-timey guys with cymbals between his knees. Instead, Deepak Mantena’s an eclectic bucket of fun, synth-layered party. He was a blast to talk to. Be sure to grab his newest album, Wild Quiet, wherever it is crazy kids are buying music these days. By: Brendan The Black Sheep: How do you put an album together, from concept from finished product? Deepak Mantena: That’s a really loaded question. TBS: I know. Deepak: I can’t say it’s the same each time I do a record, but for Wild Quiet I did have a concept going in. I thought, “Let’s see if I can write something simpler and more focused than what I’ve done before.” TBS: Was that a superficial goal, or a philosophy you want to stick with going forward? Deepak: I tend to change up my approach to music on every record. It’s more exciting for me to do that, and it just feels really honest. It might not sound like the record before it, but it will sound like what I was interested in doing at the time. TBS: You talk about that honesty, but how do you reconcile that idea with the idea that you play music for an audience who has expectations of you? Deepak: Let me frame it this way: Bands I’m into, I’m not listening to them because they have a sound they’re repeating on every record. I listen to artists that are interested in being adventurous. A good example, I’m a huge fan of Caribou, even back when he was Manitoba or whatever. To me, as an audience member, getting to sink my teeth into one of his new records is a really rewarding feeling. I try to do the same thing with my work. TBS: What about concern with this new music being translated live? Deepak: I’m not so worried about that. When I sit down and figure out how to do a live show, I put a huge amount of effort and thought into that. I understand that people come to see songs that they like to hear, but I don’t want the rest of the show to feel like filler, and I think about that. I tour with Girl Talk a lot, and if you strip away what he does it’s a guy on a laptop triggering samples. How does that translate into huge sounds? The answer is, he really thinks about his approach to it. TBS: What kind of forethought goes into writing a song? Deepak: I don’t consider how it translates live. That’s a bad attitude to have. When I record a song, it’s about the song. So, when it comes time to how to deal with presenting it live, then we’ll figure it out. TBS: How much do you pay attention to a crowd in a show? Deepak: Oh man, that’s the perpetual problem. I used to do a little theatre stuff, and it would always be interesting to see—doing the same play one night to another—how different audiences take to different jokes. I guess I’m not at that level to know how good a show is going to be. I think I can handle the audience a lot better now. They want to be entertained, and it’s your job to guide them through that.
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TBS: Five words to describe your live show. Deepak: Tough, rock. TBS: Do you struggle with keeping up with contemporary music? Deepak: The first band I was really into was the Smashing Pumpkins, and they were like, the only band I’d listen to. It would be their whole collection on repeat. I’ll get really into someone and listen to them nonstop, and go through these bands in spurts.
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TBS: What goes on your perfect sandwich? Deepak: I’ll take a good old-fashioned BLT any day. TBS: If you could have any mythical creature for a pet, what would it be? Deepak: Does it have to be a pet, or could it be a friend? TBS: I don’t think a griffin could engage you in conversation for very long. Deepak: What about a gnome or something? TBS: Yeah, you could have a gnome. Deepak: Like, see a movie with him or something. TBS: No amusement parks, though.
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the classtime • Cans of ___1___, to mix in my roommates ___2___ blender with ___3___ so I can get my bulk on finally. • ___4___ and ___5___ to get my freak on with the ladies. Maybe some ___6___ for when we ___7___? Also, paper towels.
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• Oh yeah, and ___13___ bagels. Oh yeah, and ___14___ but that’s from Carl. • Peanut butter, to mess with our neighbor’s ___15___ . And my ex. • Several cases of ___16___ and a 6-pack of ___17___ to impress my ___18___ dad.
• Solo cups ( ___8___ ones! Err’one • Dumb ___19___ Burnetts, so love neon.) and ping-pong balls. the hotties dance on the table. ___20___ so my bros get into • The new Doritos, ___9___ Exbrawls. ___21___ for the people I treme ___10___ , ___11___ Blast. really care about (slam pieces). • ___12___ cases of Mountain • ___22___, if I can find them, for Dew, doubles as a chaser and those lonely nights. hangover cure.
1) gross protein 2) adjective for bad 3) Vegetable 4) Ice cream topping 5) Uncommon fruit 6) type of syrup 7) sex position 8) bright color 9) B-List athlete 10) type of cheese 11) type of spice 12) Large number 13) flavor 14) slang for weed 15) odd pet 16) shitty beer 17) craft beer 18) adjective for mean 19) fruit 20) hard liquor 21) Expensive alcohol 22) childhood snack
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