Hey everyone, I just realized that it's been over a year of World of Dennis. Hopefully there will be many more. To help that happen, what do you, the readership of World of Dennis want to hear more about? What would you be interested in seeing more of? Also, if you have any sort of thought on any entry, please comment. It lets me know people are reading it, and it's also fun to see what people have said, however insignificant you may think it is. This goes especially for those of you who might read this because you tangentially got the link off the APDAforum or the facebook, or some other random place, and are too afraid to comment because you are embarrassed to be reading random person X's blog. Believe me, I read lots of random people's blogs who I only tangentially know, and I am certainly not going to look down on you for randomly reading my blog. It's kind of flattering actually.

Now, as many of my readers are debaters (or at least most of the people that comment) I'm going to again cater to APDA readers and provide you with a list of people I wish I knew better on APDA/in the debate world. All you people on this list, I find you somewhat intersting and wish I were better acquainted with you, but the situation hasn't arisen yet. Unlike the Hotlist these will not be ranked. (Note: your exclusion from this list doesn't mean I don't ever want to talk to you, it might mean that I think I am on my way to getting to know you, or that I 've forgetten you as my brainpower has decreased as the AM hrs wear on. In any case, if I would be on a similar list of yours, randomly come up and talk to me sometime either electronically or in real life, whenever I get back to a tournament....I promise I won't bite, and I'll probably tell people what a nice person you are.) (Note 2: If you are on the hotlist, you automatically are on this list, whether I mention you or not, cute people are always fun to talk to.)

Rory Gillis, Yale: Rory is a very nice guy, but he seems a little bit shy and a little mysterious. These are qualities that really intrigue me, and really make me want to get to know him better in the future.

Andy Bragin, Brandeis: I don't know why I don't know Andy as well as I seem to know other Brandeis people. It really makes no sense, he seems just as nice and as interesting as the other ones, but for some reason we haven't had the same interaction.

The Bates Team: There are a few of them that seem like really great guys, and I've really tried to make the effort to befriend them, with moderate sucess. They seem a very insulated bunch though, close to each other but not as much to the rest of APDA.

Dan Greco, P-ton: I got a small taste of Dan at Worlds in Malaysia, and he seems like someone who I should get to know better. He seems very earnest and genuine, which is a really great quality to have.

The Harvard Team: What an interesting bunch they are! They are all very quirky, insane, and lovable in their own ways, which is really the only way to be.

Matt Settle, NYU: So, I met him in Montreal, and had a really great time with him in the brief time we were there. I hope to see more of him.

Kevin Grinberg: I wish there were more of an opportunity to get to know Kevin, I think we would've been pretty good friends had my birth been a year or two earlier.

Amanda Griffen: She seems like a real sweetheart. She even helped us clean up after our banquet, which was really cool.

Again, if you were left off of the list don't feel bad, I've gotten tired and have to stop somewhere. If I've hung out with you outside of debate, you don't really qualify for this list.

Wow, what an exhausting weekend! I lived in Photonics for about two days running our debate tournament. The good news is that everyone seemed to love it. Some people even told me that it was the best tournament they had ever attended, which really makes me happy for myself and for everyone involved. It's always nice to see the thing you worked so long and so hard on impress people. The downside of it going so well is, of course, that it's going to take alot to top it.

Otherwise, classes are difficult, very difficult....I think I'll leave it at that since it's a boring and depressing topic, and since most people reading this have difficult classes or jobs. So, might as well stop bitching about them.

I went to my first Spectrum (BU's gay organization) for the first time on Wednesday. It was my first time ever at any sort of gay organization, and I think now was just about the right time for it. As a freshman I would have been way too embarrassed/intimidated to be anything but weird and non-responsive at such meetings, but now I'm far more comfortable with the whole gay thing. Though, I must admit, I still feel a tinge of uncomfortableness with letting the general public know I'm gay. Like, I have a shirt given to me by a guy from Tufts who I hooked up with, which says "Bias Off....Fabulous On" clearly indicating my own fabulousness. Now, I've worn this shirt many times in public, but when it's going to be visible, I still think twice about it. Similarly, when I saw the Spectrum people walking around trying to find a room in the GSU basement I hesistated to follow them around, knowing that if I did I would identify myself with that group, and, again, announce my own fabulousness to people hanging around there. I really can't explain this phenomena, there's no good reason.

Now, Spectrum was good in that it accomplished and seemed as if it will continue to accomplish one of my goals for the first semester, which is to meet more gay people (and to meet more people in general). At this particular meeting I ended up talking to a guy from my Colonial Society course, which we concurred was a dreadful class with an insane professor (the class isn't hard at all, the professor is just actually crazy). The guy seemed nice and is not bad looking, but I don't see anything happening. There's always room for more friends, though. In fact, there is a desperate need for gay friends who I haven't hooked up with. Right now, that number stands at zero, and I think it's a result of the mindset I generally have when relating with gay guys. I usually attempt to hook up (by hook up I mean make-out level hooking up NOT sex level hooking up) with desirable gay men that I meet and get to know, and I generally do end up hooking up with them. I do this with almost no regard to whether a romantic relationship would be a workable one. This is bad because sometimes I ruin potential friendships, I think, by hooking up and making the dynamic so weird so early on, where any attempt at friendship would be construed as attempting to continue, or restart some romantic relationship which did not work out.

On the other hand, hooking up is so enjoyable that it's very hard not to do. If a person is desirable and desires you in that way, it's very hard to stave off the impending hook up. From my point of view, as well, it's just so much fun to sample different types of people, how they kiss, how they cuddle/ show their affection, and how they look at you in the moments before and after each kiss. Each person is unique and beautiful in those ways.

Updated Debate Hotlist

So time goes by, perceptions change, and the list needs to be updated....here is the new list, some will be happy, others sad, but all will be entertained. Some of the subtractions have been based on lack of recent participation in debate....I've lost track of some of you and can't imagine what you look like now. Nate Goralnik is gone because I think I've decided that 2004-5 Nate Goralnik is simply not as cute as 2003-4 Nate Goralnik, and that I was living in the past on the last update. As for Jan, I saw him with his shirt off at Worlds, and it was not what I imagined. He was so skinny that even I, a lover of skinny guys, was turned off. That said: the new list.

10.) Christian Franco, NYU: The hair has grown on me, he dresses well, and he increased his hotness score by being able to berate Malaysia Airlines until my ticket was changed. People who can get their way are pretty hot, as well as people who help Dennis.

9.) Brian Schon Brandeis: Adorable curly hair and brown eyes. I think I am one of the few people who thinks darker eyes can be nice, which is funny since I have blue eyes, which are usually considered more attractive. He also get points for being in a band. Also, if Josh Bendor's deep voice gets him hotness points, I've decided Brian's niceness has to count for something, hence he makes his debut on the Hotlist.

8.) Michael, Stanford Novice, I believe I have seen him at two tournaments, and I must say, he has to be the most adorable debater on the circuit. He has nice, fluffy, longish hair, and really dreamy eyes. The circuit needs to see more of Michael.

7.) Josh Bendor: Josh returns to the Hotlist for the second time and also moves up on the list. His voice is really deep and sexy, and he's pretty attractive too.

6.) Karl from NYU, I haven't seen him in a while, but I assume nothing has changed. So, he stays.

5.)Josh Sandberg, Stanford: Stanford makes it's second appearance on the Hotlist. I don't know why Josh wasn't on the first one, as I've always thought he was attractive. He has really nice eyes, which is a big plus, and his smile is really really nice. Also, I think he's a little shy, which is really cute.

4.) Australian Judge at Worlds, Such a shame he was not gay, though he really seemed promising. Those who were in Malaysia know who I am talking about, the golden hair, the adorable face, the soft eyes, his economics major. The complete package.

3.) Greg Arthur, UMCP: Meh, my taste has changed a little bit he doesn't seem quite as sexy to me now as he did before. It is probably just a change in my tastes, but hey thats what this thing is about.

2.) Adam Bonnifield, Cornell: Yeah, Adam was probably way undervalued in the last Hotlist. I overestimated Jan's hotness, and I was recieving much pro-Greg Arthur propaganda, which I was vulnerable to, because he is quite hot. The fact is, though, that Adam is the most attractive APDA debater in my eyes for a bunch of reasons. First, he is consistantly well dressed, and wears his clothes well. Second, his personality is kind of cool and quirky, he can be a little crazy sometimes, which is kind of a turn on, and he's a very original person, there aren't many APDA-ites like him. Finally, his physical features are very nice, his figure is pretty good and his face is really cute. But even saying all of that.............

1.) Seb Issaac, Lincoln's Inn: ....he still can't beat the master. Seb is knee bucklingly hot, and it would take something truly extraordinary to take him down.