Author Archive for Justin Huft
Mind Over Matter
I want you to picture yourself walking out of the campus counseling center. You just had a therapy session for your depression and anxiety. You open the doors, and walk into a crowd of people. Some of them you know, others are strangers. Really, take a minute, and try and picture this. Now, how do [...]
Snark v. Snark: In Media We Trust? (Justin)
Time to break out your tin foil hats and Meals, Ready-to-Eat. In case you haven’t been following the news lately, the world almost ended. Also, this is the worst flu season in the history of ever. Not to mention, I just found out Obama is just about to initiate Operation: Make The Non-Muslims Socialist. Basically, [...]
Meds For Our Mentality
Stop. Just stop. Put your pitchforks down. Cool your jets with your Facebook postings. And, for the love of humanity, stop trying to solve the guns with guns. All of it is a moot point. You’re missing the issue entirely. These horrific acts of violence aren’t solely to be blamed on video games or the [...]
‘Off Center,’ but on Target
If you like music, or theater, or dancing, or food, the Off Center Festival is for you. Every year, the Segerstrom Center for the Arts puts on a fantastic festival unlike any other I’ve ever seen at a playhouse. The festival will consist of two plays, two musical acts and two dance companies. All from [...]
A Year in Review
If you’re reading this, most likely, the Mayans were wrong. Or, more probably, a bunch of scientific illiterates talking to the scientifically uninformed were wrong. Either way, it’s a time to rejoice. We’ve survived another year, and we have at least another half-decade before the next Armageddon is narrowly avoided (Palin ’16, anyone?). So, what [...]
ASUCI: Dissasociated
I would like to take this moment to take a break from talking about federal politics. Instead of talking about good ol’ R-Money and the self-imploding GOP, I’m going to let you know how I feel about another type of government. A little government a little closer to home. The Associated Students of the University [...]
‘Hitman’ Just Misses the Target
I was a bit concerned about “Hitman: Absolution” at first. It wasn’t about the fact that I’ve never played a “Hitman” game in my life. It wasn’t even so much my complete lack of knowledge about the “Hitman” franchise. Really, the reason I didn’t think I would enjoy this game is because I felt like [...]
No, America: Thank You!
It’s approaching that time of year again, where all of America sits down together and gives thanks. We give thanks to one another, our friends, our family and to the white men that exploited the Native Americans to build this country. It’s that time of year where we adopt a holiday founded on candy-coated history [...]
My Sincerest Apologies, America
This week, Republicans around the world had half-masted flags for our fair leader, Romnitron. Twitter went ablaze as thousands of good conservatives threatened to emigrate to places like Canada and Australia and other countries that don’t have universal health care, allow openly gay politicians, ban guns and teach evolution in schools. Personally, I think it’s [...]
It’s the Economy, Stupid!
This month, I painted a red slash across my door frame in hopes that the Gas Gods would pass over me. Instead, they raised their prices in glee (to over $6 in some areas) as I raised my fists in anger. Yesterday, I woke up to a strange smell in my house. It was the [...]
