Yo! There's a new calendar on sale!
We know what you're going to ask before you can even voice it. Read on and be amazed at our prescience!
Down at the bottom of the page, you'll find low resolution samples of the calendar spreads. Do not copy or re-post the images.
Violate our copyright and we'll find you and cut you. And so will our models. And you know how embarassing it is to have your ass kicked by a girl.
Your calendar, sir, will soon be in the mail. Online orders dropped to zero over the summer, but before we could deactivate the website, a few last orders trickled in. Vogt and I have both wicked busy with other engagements, but that last handful of orders is going out in the mail this week. And we've updated the ordering status to "buy at your own risk." And now we've removed the link entirely. We'll still ship if you donate over $50 to the Big Jimmy Fund, or you can buy the original calendar along with the NEW calendar!
Hell, yes! Jenn and Eric ripped a page (bleeding) from our book (along with the webpage source and the InDesign files) and have produced a really fantastic Women of the East Side v2.0 Calendar. I've seen it. I vouch for it. I even think the photography is even better than in the original calendar. It is VERY worth buying.
I'm woz. My co-conspirator is Vogt. Together, we are the Bad Ideas Club. We both used to be MIT students, but now we're employed. We're also the photographers, producers and (now) sole secretaries for this project -- so we'll be a little slow in answering email. All that aside, seriously, though, who we are is not important. What's important is that you stare at attractive women for charity.
Would you need a reason to take photos of good-looking girls?
We beg to differ. Every one of our models is a genuine MIT engineer. And we think you'll agree with us that they are plenty attractive, hot if not exquisite. In fact, part of the point of this calendar project was to demonstrate that MIT girls are extremely good-looking; it's Woman's god-given right to be both beautiful and competent at solving partial non-linear differential equations (watch out what you say about girls, Vogt's a raging feminist).
While we may have had to replace Vogt with a trashcan in one of the photos, none of the models have been altered. Anyone who says otherwise gets the hose.
Yes. Welcome to EAsT camPUS.
Because I (woz) paid for the printing costs and technically I'm the responsible one. We're keeping ridiculous paper records, and when all is said and done we'll send all the funds we've raised over to the MIT Alumni Association for the Big Jimmy Fund. Keep an eye out for our final statistics page -- you'd be surprised as to how many calendars we've shipped out to Wisconsin, of all places.
Then donate to the Big Jimmy Fund directly.
Because the convenience of the internet commands a high premium.
On average, $8 from every calendar will go to the Big Jimmy fund. Ultimately, every cent we get past the printing costs will be donated. Our fundraising goal was $4,000 and we've currently raised well over $6k (net, not gross). We bought 250 extra calendars (for a total of 750 printed), we have about 50 left, and we really want to sell out of stock.
No, but feel free to lick your computer monitor if you're that hard up. Calendars are cheap, you can afford to forgo 2 Anna's burritos.
Not right now. When the new calendar comes out, there will be a package deal. Go see the new calendar website for details!
Not anymore. But you can get the original Women of the East Side Calendar when you donate to the Big Jimmy Fund. Donate now!
If you missed our signing party, you'll have to approach the models individually and in person to have your calendar signed.
We hope so! We've included a bevy of datum in every month including: national holidays; MIT academic dates; important parties; and notable anniversaries. It's in a non-traditional format where every week starts on a Monday and ends on a Sunday and there's room for you to write notes and reminders.
And you'll be able to re-use them every four years. Hot!
So far, everyone seems to like them.
The most-often heard comment on the calendar is, "This looks really good; I totally thought it was going to be crap!" First, that means people are buying it primiarly to encourage campus nudity and support the Big Jimmy Fund. But second, it implies that you will totally get your money's worth.
The calendars are professional print quality, printed on 100lb glossy paper using a 4-color offset press. They're so cheap because we kept production costs by low feeding Vogt on PBR for three weeks and selling his bone marrow to Chinese cloning labs. You too can buy his "services" for mere pennies on the dollar from our fast-advancing neighbors to the East.
I was told that the calendars would have a drill-hole, and then it turns out that they don't. Sorry! Try using binder clips or a clothes-hanger to hang yours (photo courtesy of K. Takusagawa).
Send mail to eastsidecalendar [at] gmail [dot] com. We will not honor any purchase requests sent to this address. Questions and legal action only, please.
Well, all our models have signed waivers and are over 18. But is weasel pantsing legal in the state of Massachusetts?
No, but we only have about 30 calendars left.
No, but Voo Doo did.
Us, personally? No. But now that we've proved it's possible, we'd like to see it become a student tradition. And, so far, so good! There's going to be a 2nd Women of the East Side Calendar for 2008/2009. Hopefully, you all were able to tide yourselves over the lull with the College Cannon Coeds.
Check out these previews from the calendar. Yes, they're intentionally downsampled.
Website version 1.9 Last updated 04/05/2008