Ummmm I guess I'll talk about my favourite colour?

Both favourite and colour spelled the Canadian way, obviously.

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Quyen S
June 25, 2025

It’s me :). When I’m not writing dumb things here on the Twice-Weekly Daily Nightly Buzz, I’m writing occasionally-smart things over at my column with The Ubyssey. (I’m being paid $30 an article — don’t get jealous.)

Point of Inquiry: AMS President Riley Huntley asked me to write an executive goal. Here’s what I said

This administration has shown a genuine desire to engage those outside the AMS in its goal-setting and decision-making. While simply engaging with students and student organizers is far from sufficient to create an equitable AMS, this collaborative energy is a start, writes AMS Columnist Quyen Schroeder.

ubyssey.ca/opinion/point-of-inquiry-ams-president-huntley-executive-goal

You should go read the article. It’ll make me happy :). Also I have a Ubyssey email: [email protected] so I can be cool and professional.

Main Story

So I maybe am supposed to be studying for my computer networking final that is tomorrow. So I’m not doing a super in depth one today. (Even though if I’m being honest when I finish writing this I’m going to go directly to bed because I’ve been falling asleep while reviewing all day.)

Truly, the first easy topic I could come up with is my favourite colour. Do y’all want to guess what it is? I’ll give you five seconds — just yell it at your screen, like this is a children’s cartoon.

Five…

Four…

Three…

Two…

One…

The answer is… purple!

Is it a little bit basic? Yeah, probably. I’m not a massive fan of the really dark or really light purples. Or really pink purples. I wish I could say that my favourite shade was more of a lavender because that would be really gay. I’m a big fan of more of an amethysty medium purple. Which… saying it out loud… that isn’t not gay.

When I was in like 2nd grade, someone said that purple was a colour for tomboys, and for some reason I decided that meant I shouldn’t like purple. (look how that turned out. I got my gender all transed.) So for years I lied and said that orange was my favourite colour. Not that orange is a bad colour, mind. (Though the fact that I went hard for like neon oranges is a little yikes).

I think it took like five years before I told my mom that actually my favourite colour had been purple the whole time. And only like four years after that did I come out as not-cis. (happy pride.)

Anyways, that’s the main story. Let me know your favourite colours. And tell me what colours you think are the gayest. Or don’t. I’m not your mom.

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As always: RIP online sinceline :(

Your girl is also 67% of the opinion articles this month! (Powers at Be is technically in print but isn’t online at time of writing. Once that happens, I’ll be 50% of the opinion articles :D)

Saskia’s article was pretty good, y’all should read it. I’m a Gen AI hater, but I think she did a really good job presenting the non-hater arguments.

Will they won’t they for two years

So, as you all know, I’ve been going to AMS Council meetings for over two years. I know, it’s sad. But you know who else has??? The Ubyssey. Something cool about council meetings is that there is free food (technically it’s for councillors, but at a certain point normies are allowed to get it). And the question I had been struggling with was when was it appropriate to get food. The answer my partner and I decided on was that we could get food whenever The Ubyssey got food.

Well. The other day I learned. That apparently The Ubyssey had been WAITING FOR US TO GET FOOD????? WE HAD BOTH BEEN WAITING FOR EACH OTHER. This is crazy. My mind is blown. The past two years of my life completely recontextualized.

Also they apparently wanted to talk to us. And we wanted to talk to them. And NEITHER OF US MADE A MOVE. We sat in the hallway for HOURS together during in camera sessions and never said a WORD.

They wanted our Bendu cardssssssss. We literally thought about walking over and giving them to The Ubyssey. This is crazy.

Also Speaking of Bendu

If you have ideas to put on the AMS Council Bendu cards let me know :).

Quick

It’s 10:01. But photos good, closing sad. Birds very sweet

In photos: The last days of the Education Library in Neville Scarfe

ubyssey.ca/photo/in-photos-the-last-days-of-the-education-library-in-neville-scarfe

From the Archive

Jan 1, 1956.

I think this is an ad? I have so many questions about the anatomy on this drawing.

It’s so cursed….

That’s All!

Read my thing. The external validation will make the brain chemicals go brrrr. (Someone subscribed to this newsletter told me “you don’t think very highly of yourself.” Which. Hilarious.)

Point of Inquiry: AMS President Riley Huntley asked me to write an executive goal. Here’s what I said

This administration has shown a genuine desire to engage those outside the AMS in its goal-setting and decision-making. While simply engaging with students and student organizers is far from sufficient to create an equitable AMS, this collaborative energy is a start, writes AMS Columnist Quyen Schroeder.

ubyssey.ca/opinion/point-of-inquiry-ams-president-huntley-executive-goal

Wish me luck on my computer networking final tomorrow. I may be properly actually cooked.

Until Sunday at 10:03 pm, buzz on, my busy bees!

But for real… is he gay? since 2025

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