The Greatest Hamiltonian

Reading the article on who should be the Greatest Hamiltonian was a little dry for me, mostly because I hail from Oakvlle, Ontario which is around 20 minutes away from Hamilton. Unlike Hamilton, Oakville is known for being this super-rich "town" (actually there's enough people residing there for it to be considered a city, but I guess us "superrich" people like to save our money, yes?).

Anywho, so basically from reading this article I got a taste of who was from Hamilton. Who knew Hamilton, stereotypically known for smelling like crap and just looking like crap in general had so many "celebrities". So basically, I narrowed down the list to my top 3 people.

Michael G. DeGroote: Alright, so I'm biased. I'm only in my first year at McMaster and yet I cant help but make sure people know that I'm a part of the Commerce faculty. To tell you, the reader, the truth, I think I'm only in business cause I didnt feel like taking chemistry in grade 12. Oh well. But yeah, this guy has donated a ton of money to Mac so I guess.. why not make him the Greatest Hamiltonian?

And that's it. Yeah, I realise I said I would talk about my top 3 but I finally realised someone was missing! Remember that extreamely raunchy movie American Pie (which I watched for the first time when I quite young.. even now, I'm pretty sure I'm too young to be watching it). Remember Jim's dad?! Eugene Levy! This guy is AWESOME, so why isn't he on this freakin list?

"Levy was born to a Jewish family[1] in Hamilton, Ontario, the son of a homemaker mother and an automobile plant foreman father. He went to Westdale Secondary School, and attended McMaster after his graduation. He studied film at McMaster University and graduated in 1969. He was vice president of the McMaster Film Board, a student film group where he met moviemaker Ivan Reitman."

Straight from Wikipedia. Yeah I know Wiki isnt exactly reliable, I remember seeing one of those Canadian Walk of Fame things on tv and they said he went to Mac and such, so HA. He went to MAC and he was BORN in Hamilton. I bet if I looked up half of the people on this damn list that the majority of them were probobly born outside of Hamilton and just moved there or something. I'm going to answer a few of the questions that the article asks the reader at the beginning:

What makes a great Hamiltonian? Is it toughness, or tenderness -- or both?
Both?

Is it grace and accomplishment in the face of adversity?
Sure?

Is it generosity?
Sure, why not.

For that matter, who qualifies as a true Hamiltonian?
Apparently all of these people even though I'm pretty sure alot of them weren't born there and probobly didnt even live there.

Does a person have to be born and raised here? Is it OK to move away and bring recognition from abroad? Is it most admirable to start somewhere else and choose to make a home here?
Well for someone to be a true Hamiltonian, I persnally think they need to be born and rasied but I don't think it's OK for them to move away and bring recognitition abroad.

Oh well. I'm not a true Hamiltonian, so I wouldnt have a say in who wins anyways.

The Shape of Thighs to Come?!

So last night I read up on the Vanity Fair article titled The Shape of Thighs to Come. It was interesting to see the assumptions people made just from reading the title! When my roommate's boyfriend saw the article on my laptop, he gave me a look of "What the hell is this?" He then went on to a rant saying girls like myself and my roommate shouldn't be reading articles like that because then we would start to say things like "Ohh my thighs are huge.. Oh my godddd I'm so fat" etcetera. Little did he know, this article actually applied to him in more ways then he knew.

Since I can remember I’ve been attracted never been attracted to the “android-y aesthetic of the pumped-up he-man with washboard abs” kind of guys. I have always personally found them to be too much and in my experience, they’re either idiots or just jerks. I’ve been running track and field my whole life and being surrounded by guys that were lean and nicely cut most likely aided in my attraction to less-bulky guys. Further into the article, they started talking about how our new views of less-bulky men and women with slimmer frames were affecting cars. I myself am a big car fan and personally, I’m a big fan of the German cars such as BMW and Mercedes and I noticed, much like how I tend to like the slimmer looking cars. Surprise? Apparently not.

What I found surprising was that the author of the article thought that the “fad” of large derriere and larger-than-average breasts would eventually fade away. In the world of modelling this is clearly true but while viewing more current music videos on YouTube such as the video for Ayo Technology by 50 Cent (who is well-known for his bulky physique), I realised it was possible that this the large-derrières and large breasts “fad” may actually have been a fad. 50 Cent’s music videos are quite well-known and just like every other stereotypical rapper video, the women in his music videos are often scantily clad and there’s n emphasis on their large breasts and huge butts. But in the video for Ayo Technology, the emphasis is placed on the fact that the women are wearing practically nothing and if one listens to the lyrics carefully, Justin Timberlake states “I’m tired of using technology, why don’t you sit down on top of me”.

So maybe unconsciously, we really do follow the trends and they may actually have a huge impact on our lives. Who would think that liking bulky men would result in you yourself being fond of bulky-looking cars and SUVs?

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