Chart Riggerversary: Six Random Facts About Me, Six Random Facts About You

Pull out the party hats—today marks six years since Chart Rigger went online! Yee-hawzoo! In honor of this monumental historical achievement, I thought that, rather than bore you with some sappy trash, it would be classy to tell you six random facts about myself you might not have known (or really cared about to begin with).

AND THEN why don't ye brave souls among us take the same six points in bold below and answer them in the comments. Awwww—it'll be like we're speed-dating.

1. When I was a kid, I wanted to grow up to be _________.
A comic book writer/artist for DC. I used to draw my own comics, color them with Crayola magic markers and make my parents read them.

2. The first album I ever bought on CD:
UB40, Labor Of Love II. A few days after Christmas 1989

3. My favorite movie (or at least one of them):
Taxi Driver. I had never seen it until my mom bought me the video when I was on a big De Niro kick my freshman year of college.

4. Favorite artist someone else turned me on to:
Saint Etienne. I bought Foxbase Alpha in spring 1991, but didn't truly become a fan until Moogaboo put "He's On The Phone" on a mixtape he gave to me at Christmas 1995.

5. Album everyone loves that I tried to get into but found to be as dull as a dead hooker's non-moving mouth:
Janelle Monae, The ArchAndroid

6. Song that played during a memorable makeout session:
Enigma, "Return To Innocence." First time I kissed a boy. His CD single was on repeat for two hours in his dorm room.

The Goonies 25th Anniversary Collector's Edition

Talk about feeling (and I guess being) old. One of my favorite all-time movies is quarter of a century old.  To celebrate, Warner Home Video will release, The Goonies 25th Anniversary Collector's Edition  ($28) which features special packaging, an included board game, original storyboard reproductions, a 1985 souvenir magazine reprint, a reprint of a 2009 Empire magazine article with cast photos and updates, and cast commentary with Richard Donner and all seven principle actors.

The Goonies 25th Anniversary Collector's Edition

Talk about feeling (and I guess being) old. One of my favorite all-time movies is quarter of a century old.  To celebrate, Warner Home Video will release, The Goonies 25th Anniversary Collector's Edition  ($28) which features special packaging, an included board game, original storyboard reproductions, a 1985 souvenir magazine reprint, a reprint of a 2009 Empire magazine article with cast photos and updates, and cast commentary with Richard Donner and all seven principle actors.

Happy One Month Anniversary!

by Sarika Arya

About one month ago, the Yale Journal of Human Rights blog was born. While I crafted its first piece (FAQ: The Yale Journal of Human Rights), Oscar Pocasangre handled the web design, and through word of mouth, emails, and a lot of persistence we expanded our audience and recruited more contributors. Now, through a massive group effort – far beyond just Oscar and me – the blog has combined creative elements with academia and politics, making it a legitimate and engaging forum for human rights discussion not just for Yale students but for all sorts of people around the world -- college students, professors, human rights experts, former politicians and government officials, and even a national organization in Egypt have all sent us their best wishes and encouragement. Congratulations to all our contributors! We are in a truly happy relationship with our little web space that is making a lot of noise; so happy one month anniversary, baby, and happy reading to our followers!

Although the blog is still in its beginnings, here are some interesting facts after just one month:

407 different people have visited this blog 1,625 times.

The average time spent on the website is 3 minutes and 57 seconds.

Unsurprisingly, though interestingly enough, our map shows 0 visits from China; however, we know people have accessed the blog from China through a proxy server based out of the U.S.

In order from greatest to least visits, the countries that most frequent this site are: the United States, Egypt, the United Kingdom, Peru, Israel & the Occupied Palestinian Territories, El Salvador, Denmark, Germany, France, and Canada.

On average, 60.93% of the visits we receive everyday are from new readers.

Aw shucks, this is just great.

A very special thanks to: Oscar Pocasangre (our resident web designer and Internet mastermind) Max & the Timothy Dwight Blogspot, and Meredith Morrison for getting the ball rolling and maxing out on the publicity work.