This is real, this is The Strand Vol. 65

Mitchie Torres wishes she was this real

THE FARTS & CULTS TEAM

Your #1 Most Real Moment

- at time me and Sam cleaned the o ceRion (co-boss)

- After I saw my article published in A&C, I realised it was real - Adam Lam (Webbed Up) - at time I got 100 matches o of “Date the Strand” ... Y'all are too attering - Lucila (Editor-in-Chief)

- Having no allergies #nuts #shell sh #dairy - Sam (SOOSAC Correspondent)

- Bestie, I don't know what this meansRoensa (Senior Comma Cowboy)

- Crying in Burwash <3 - Faith (Stranded Editor)

- Putting on a one-woman show of Les Mis to a group of people who had never heard/seen it, the one and only time I've ever been drunkMikaela (Arts and Witchcraft Associate Editor)

- Dropping a course (or three) - Shelley (Visual Defamer)

- Wearing a banana costume to face my fears - Ishika (Whimsy Coordinator)

- Violently (and loudly) sobbing and crying in the middle of Emmanuel College at 10 am on a Tuesday <3 - Janna Abbas (Co-Boss)

- Breaking into e Strand o ce to get snacks - Kieran Guimond (Scientologist)

- Getting followed by Niall Horan on Twitter - Isha (In uencer)

- Jamming a 16-mm lm reel inside a projector and destroying it in the process of shing it out, having to replace the wreck with nine carefully bonded Fruit Roll Ups - Eugene (Associate Creatures Editor)

- When I started walking into tra c and my friend had to pull me back - Celena (Hater-inChief)

Your #1 Most Not-Real Moment

- at time Sam and I cleared dead ies o the windowsill - Rion

- I realised my eyes are real, which meant that mirrors are also real - Adam Lam

- When we went to outer space for a cover shot - Lucila

- Being born in Washington D.C. during the Bush administration :( - Sam

- I am always real how dare u suggest otherwise - Faith

- Pretending I did the readings in tutorial discussion by using context clues from my classmates’ answers - Mikaela

- When I spilled "Souper Soup" all over my clothes :(( - Janna

- Getting followed by Niall Horan on Twitter (turns out it was an impersonator with an extra ‘l’ in the username and I’m dumb!!)Isha

- Conveniently leaving out the fact that my high daily protein intake comes from gobbling up silver sh that enter my dorm room - Eugene

- Exclusively dating comp sci majorsCelena

To me, authenticity is…

- Being able to deal with whatever the fuck was in that garbage can - Rion

- Being the realest - Adam Lam

- Being able to take a nap wherever you want whenever you want - Lucila

- Admitting your aws if you have any - Sam

- A perfume? - Roensa

- Oversharing on Ca ends shifts every week - Faith

- Making the Care Bear that you resonate with the most your whole personality - Mikaela

- Telling my professor that yes, I did do the reading - Kieran

- Biting through a KitKat bar whole, not breaking it into those silly bars like a wussIshika

- Taking your BeReal with zero retakes - Isha

- Very important when buying items o of Grailed. You don’t want to be duped into buying fakes! - Eugene

- Being a hater - Celena

Something you believe is not real

- Whatever the fuck was in that garbage can - Rion

- Being real - Adam Lam

- Pigeons - Lucila

- My aws - Sam

- Stocks. Where does all the money go???Faith

- e so-called 'necessity' of pre-heating an oven. Why 'pre' if it'll still 'heat'?? - Roensa

- Our EICs - Kieran

- Quokkas. I've never seen one in real life. You've never seen one in real life. ey're too cute to be true - Mikaela

- Work-life balance - Shelley

- Scurvy - Ishika

- Burwash Dining Hall. Since Vic won't let me in (#justcommuterthings), I'm starting to think it's not a real place - Janna

- Stress free life :) - Isha

- Everything is real if you choose it to be #BelieveInYourself - Eugene

- Tax evasion - Celena

Your #1 tip for being the realest you possible

- Bite your tongue and sing! - Rion

- Be real - Adam Lam

- To keep it real, make sure you're keeping your eyes out for the cheese grater. at means good stu is about to fall on the oor - Lucila

- Delusion! - Sam

- Live laugh love - Faith

- Skipping your classes when they are boring! Live, laugh, love babeyyy - Janna

- Indulge <3 - Shelley

- Nothing matters, live your life - Kieran

- Just be delusional, the joke will write itself (whoops) - Isha

- Open Pinterest, look up your favourite noun + “aesthetic,” hit search, then base your entire personality and life o of the images that pop up! - Eugene

- Be a hater loudly and proudly - Celena

One thing Victoria College should make real

- Pigeons - Rion

- Reality - Adam Lam

- I think Vic should remove their no-pets policy. I feel excluded from campus life - Lucila

- Divestment - Sam

- Actual scholarship opportunities and nancial aid for international students :’)Faith

- Sit-in seating at the Northrop McDonald's rather than just a to-go counter - Mikaela

- My leftover meal plan money from last year - Shelley

- Stop the chickening of students (see: SOOSAC) - Ishika

- Ned's serving ANYTHING other than pasta, I am begging - Janna

- e Northrop Frye statue (he should come to life) - Kieran

- Kind treatment towards university students

- Eugene

- An airport walkway that connects to Sid Smith - Celena e best Ned's secret menu item

- e free tea bags - Rion

- e Strand - Adam Lam

- Bowls of milk - Lucila

- Not a secret but… Ned’s water - Faith

- Gasoline - Shelley

- e purple sauce - Ishika

- e crispy water (which sadly doesn’t hit anymore) - Isha

- Tomato Aspic (lemon Jell-O, tomato juice, hot sauce, and vinegar). So light and refreshing!

- Eugene

- e ceiling mayonnaise - Celena