The Animal Unleashed: April 2005

Yours truly? Best Daily writer?

According to polls of both the paper’s business and edit staffs, yes.

This past week, surveys were taken for the paper’s “Best of Ann Arbor” section due to come out in a few weeks. First the business staff ran a survey of the paper’s “readership,” which is actually one of the most rigged surveys around as the paper’s advertisers have a surprisingly high amount of the accolades. But under the term of Best Daily Columnist/Writer, I won. The paper’s edit staff ran its own survey. I won in that as well, “in a landslide” according to election officials.

While I don’t think I’m the best writer at the Daily, it’s great to get recognized. It feels pretty good.

Team Maneater’s season ends

Team Maneater lost in the playoffs tonight 3-1 to end its season. We controlled the run of play, but just could not score. I played goalie in the second half and gave up a goal. It was fun while it lasted.

My East Lansing Adventure

If you thought my St. Patrick’s adventure was insane, my weekend in East Lansing might have topped it. The column on the matter comes out Thursday, so I won’t give a blow-by-blow account, but here are some quick points.

-Cheering for Michigan State to blend in was harder than it looked in the pictures

-The 60 canisters of pepper gas fired into Cedar Village was mostly unwarranted

-Yes, I feel into a river

-Pepper gas sucks