The Bunge

In Ryan Family fashion, we came up with a few songs to sing about Sean and Tina at their wedding reception.
Also, here’s a link to all the photos I took during the wedding.

I apologize, that a lot of the songs are only funny if you know the story behind it. So here are a few facts:
My dad, John Ryan gave Sean a kidney.
Madtown=Madison
Sean “would never have a pet” than he met a girl.
Sean never wore Jeans until he graduated college and Tina’s Dad(Gary) gave him Packer sweat pants when he forgot to bring pants on a long weekend.
Sean had a Bianator - which is like a hard core retainer.
Sean got into an accident driving to Madison.
Sean purposed on a golf course and the couple met at Pedro’s Bar.

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For Joe’s fiction writing class, he had to write a 15-sentence story which begins “morgan is the kind of person who…”

By Joe Gleason

Morgan is the kind of person who feels compelled to be hugging someone whenever her picture is taken.

Judging from her Facebook profile, you’d think that she is the life of every party. She isn’t. One benefit of going away for college, however, is that she no longer has any one friend who knows all of her other friends – a fact which she has used to her advantage by creating six additional Facebook accounts with which she frequently comments on her own photos or writes on her own wall. “Why didn’t you call me last night?? =)” asks non-existent Terri Bradshaw from NYU. “Happy birthday, babe – you’re gorgeous! xoxoxo” comments Patrick Dampsey, her super cute, completely imaginary boyfriend. “Damn, grrl, you look HOTTT,” writes Tyler Darden (she’d just seen Fight Club after buying the movie poster), referencing her new photo album entitled “Good Times, Good Times!!!!” And while she can’t remember the name of that bitch she was hugging in the photo, she is almost certain it was one of the American Girls, so she’s tentatively tagged her as “Felicity” because it sounds more sophisticated than Addy or Molly. And sometimes, (oh, this is embarrassing even to write) she has her nearly-real friends communicate not only with her, but with each other. Like, wouldn’t Facebook think it’s a little weird that all seven of these accounts have the exact same password (Carebear12345) and six of them are pictureless with only one friend – her? She’s got to cover her tracks. Now, most of the time, their interactions are limited to such greetings as “Hell yeah!” or “LOL!!”, but occasionally, they take on more significance. In a flourish of creative genius, she has recently guided Terri Bradshaw and Patrick Dampsey through a growing feud over which of them likes Morgan the most.

It’s been bitter and hard to watch, but in the end, though she’d never admit it to Terri, Morgan has to say that Patrick totally took the cake when he created a new Facebook group entitled “Morgan for President – 2016!” There are currently seven members.

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I was on the floor on the inside of the xcel and you can see my pictures here. I have video I’ll edit and put up later.

Sean Ryan, my brother, was working on the outside and was apart of this journalism madness. Matt Rourk, and AP photographer got caught up in the riot had his camera completely destroyed and for some reason was detained by the police.

I was walking to the nearby coffee shop when I heard a strange yet familiar sound coming from the third floor church window along the way. A few years ago I took a world music class that had a section on the old timey tradition of Shape Note singing and I had a feeling that what they were singing. I went up stairs and this video is what I found. Here’s a five minute taste of Shape Note singing with an explanation of how it works and its history.

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Shape Note recently gained some popularity after the movie Cold Mountain had a scene were a congregation was singing out the songs of the “Sacred Harp.” My world music teacher and her husband were the muscial directors in the movie and even had some of their songs featured on the Cold Mountain Soundtrack along side Jack White (of the White Stripes), Riley Baugus and Tim O’Brien. The movie’s soundtrack was nominated for 2 Golden Globes, 3 Oscars, and 3 Grammies.

This street interview discusses panhandling and street entertainment and legality behind it. Plus, there’s some singing for your enjoyment. I went out with a camera to do consumer insight interviews for an intern project, but took a tangent talking with Eric about singing in the street.