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Opinions: Four lists for your edification


Ten YouTube videos to see (type keywords into search bar, play first video):

  • 1. "Rives best"
  • 2. "De La Soul Hey Love"
  • 3. "Davis Coltrane So What"
  • 4. "Thriller inmates"
  • 5. "Catfish Arm"
  • 6. "The UFO guy"
  • 7. "Ronaldinho touch of gold"
  • 8. "Billy Collins forgetful-ness"
  • 9. "Hey Ya Mat"
  • 10. "Donavon ALO Weight"

Ten global issues to be concerned about today:

  • 1. The multibillion dollar—per year—human trafficking industry (slave trade)
  • 2. Child prostitution and sex tourism in the Caribbean (and elsewhere)
  • 3. Genocide in Sudan
  • 4. Tibetan protests
  • 5. War in Iraq
  • 6. Pollution/global warming/stewardship
  • 7. Abortion
  • 8. Zimbabwe's election
  • 9. Israel/Palestine
  • 10. Pornography

Ten date ideas:

  • 1. Roller-skating
  • 2. Little League baseball game
  • 3. Slow dance on the Stadium Parking Structure
  • 4. Picnic at Tempe Town Lake
  • 5. House of Tricks
  • 6. Reserve Computing Commons room with projector, watch "Casablanca" between classes
  • 7. Hike Camelback Mountain at sunrise (pack water and fruit, deny the urge to take your shirt off)
  • 8. Cook pasta together, listen to A Tribe Called Quest, eat, laugh if it tastes bad
  • 9. Sit by fire, share blankets, play guitar (even if you don't know how)
  • 10. Garden

Ten ways to waste money:

  • 1. Fake tanning
  • 2. Joel Osteen books
  • 3. Lottery tickets
  • 4. Rinse and repeat
  • 5. Starbucks
  • 6. Bling
  • 7. Online degrees
  • 8. Extra ranch
  • 9. Purses that say "C" in crayon colors
  • 10. Speeding on the Loop 101 Freeway

Daniel is an English literature senior. E-mail him at: daniel.d.wallace@asu.edu.


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