Random Back to School Post

Well, looks like this is the last chance to post something before school starts, at which time I'll probably be too busy to post, and I didn't want to have a zero post month, cause that's just disgraceful. So here's a random slew of thoughts...

I got my TIMETABLE today. It's pretty crappy. Essentially, I have bio and chem 1st term (along with some random pointless classes that doesn't give out homework...), and English, Math, Social Studies, and Physics 2nd term. To make it even worse, bio isn't even Pre-AP, so it's really unbalanced. I'll probably need to get a lot of the classes switched around and add on French. Actually, just from looking at this, it looks like I'll need to change my entire 1st term, which is a relief, because if I don't, 2nd term is going to be hell. Unfortunately (or fortunately, I can't decide), I probably need to give up on English and Social Studies AP and just take normal for those, it kind of sucks, but oh well, I wasn't planning to take those AP in grade 12 anyways so no big loss. Although, I heard the Social AP teacher is cool...So yeah, my first draft timetable is so dumb, it's not even worth being considered as a real version, I'll probably get a better one sometime next week.

Back to school means no more staying up until 11 on Tuesdays to watch HOUSE M.D.. Which sucks. It is a really great show. House is probably the best show on tv nowadays. It's funny when you want it to be but also got enough drama for a prime-timer. Finally Fox comes up with a great show(no offense to the Simpsons, but I gotta say House is the better show, now that the Simpsons have grown a bit repetitive, which only to be expected after so many years, but House is new and fresh), too bad it's on Tuesdays. I gotta recommend that if you can, try to catch it. I know it's hard to imagine anyone who was in Stuart Little to be sarcastic and witty, but Hugh Laurie really pulled it off. Some of his lines are absolute gold that not even the great Horatio from CSI Miami can match: "You want a better anagram for Gregory House: huge ego, sorry."

Stumbled across this ramdom, but damned funny website a while back http://www.eviloverlord.com/lists/overlord.html. It's like the most complete check list for EVIL SUPERVILLAIN hopefuls. I just could not stop laughing when I was reading this. My favourite is probably, "The artifact which is the source of my power will not be kept on the Mountain of Despair beyond the River of Fire guarded by the Dragons of Eternity. It will be in my safe-deposit box. The same applies to the object which is my one weakness", or "I will be neither chivalrous nor sporting; I will use my superweapon of mass destruction as early and as often as possible", or "I will not tell my Legions of Terror 'And he must be taken alive!' The command will be 'And try to take him alive if it is reasonably practical.'" I think honestly every single cliche has been covered. I have to say, the "I will not turn into a snake, it never helps" one is a bit strange to me, I've racked my brains but still can't remember who turned into a snake! Great list though, the full list is now over 200 items long, just great. Ever since I read the list, I can't watch a movie or read a book without going back to it and thinking "uh oh, mistake number 24", or something along that lines.

Wasn't until I got to school today for registration that I realised just how many people had watched HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX. It was really a shock, most people who weren't even fans of the franchise went to see it, and predictably, many people thought it sucked! And I just have one question: WHY?! Why would you go see it, especially after Prisoner of Azkaban and Goblet of Fire? The Philosopher's Stone and the Chamber of Secrets were alright, (even if Harry was a moron in the ending of the 2nd movie "Let's hope Mr.Potter will always be around to save the day." "Don't worry, I will be." WTF is that? And the "There is no Hogwarts without you, Hagrid." line almost made me vomit), but PoA and GoF were crap. PoA stunk less but had the "He was their friend!" laughably feeble attempt at a rant,


Note: I realise it's a parody, but they have the real scene at the beginning and I couldn't find a better video.

so was passable at least until the half-way point. But GoF??? Pure, unfiltered crap! Where do I begin? There's the "You're father's vile and cruel and you're just pathetic" insult. (seriously, THAT's the best he can do? and who the hell would be insulted by that? I mean, even the book had a decent attempt at a yomama joke...) Then there's Dumbledore, who looses out on the academy award for Most Pissed Of to Hermione, who was apparently PMSing or something... That's not to mention the crowd surfing scene, I didn't know whether to laugh or puke at that point. So after the series that gave us such gemss in film making, why would ANYONE who isn't sleeping with a Harry Potter bedsheet and a Harry Potter action figure actually go see the newest movie? From what I've heard and seen in the trailer, it's just another in a long line of extremely quotable films. ("Who are YOU, and what have you DONE with Hermione Granger"? that's the crappiest version of the line I have ever heard, regardless of the context)


Anyways, eventough I promised no more NBA posts until October, I never imagined that there would be so much news in the association in the off season. Talk about the BOSTON CELTICS. How good are they going to be? I can't really say yet, but right now, they probably have one of the league's top trios in KG-Pierce-Allen, the only trios I can think of who can match this would be Phoenix's Nash-Matrix-Amare and MAYBE SA's Duncan-TP-Ginobli. I won't go so far to say that they'll go to the finals yet, but they definitely have a chance. I just wish I was still on the east coast so I can see more of Boston, they figure to be one of if not THE most interesting teams in the league. One quick note about the Toronto Raptors: I hope they trade T.J. Ford soon. He arguably was at his peak value last seaon, and Toronto should cash in quick as he has an injury history. Also, even after last season's success, I still feel that Jose Calderon is the better point guard for the Raptors; he just really seems to me like a Steve Nash clone(ok ok, that's a HUGE exageration) and plays better defense than Ford while costing the Raptors less. Sooner or later I think Toronto is going to need a bona fide primary point man who plays more than 30 minutes, I just rather that point be Calderon and not Ford, though I conceed I might be in the minority...

Anyways, that's it for now folks...