Happy Belated Birthday Karl!

See title above.

Freaking post-secondary schooling.

PROTIP: When attempting to advertise your self, do not over-emphasize the amount of money in scholarships person x has won last year. This will just demoralize and depress others.
i.e. "It's thanks to studentawards.com and these forums that I was successful in winning over $200,000 in scholarships, including the TD Canada Trust Scholarship, Millennium National, etc. among others."
Thanks studentawards.com, because EVERYONE is able to get out of university debt free AND have enough for a down payment of a house. Not to mention, everyone gets interviewed by MacLean's for their opinions of the school system. Because it's definitely possible to have a 99 average and be part of 50 demanding extra-curricular activities legitimately.

Sure, I'm just saying this because I underachieve, and blah blah blah but honestly, it's not possible for everyone to do actually do so much without lying or have misleading statements. Also, hasn't anyone actually noticed it's the same few group of people who win every scholarship? I mean, when you've already covered full tuition + living expenses for your four years of undergrad AND have enough to pay for an executive MBA at some ivey league school AND can buy a decent car then something's not right.

The funny thing about this is a large portion of these people will end up working for underachievers.

On a side note, what is with people and big-name schools? I'm one of the few who has spent nearly every single lunchtime listening to a person from a liaison team from an university talk. Today, all of a sudden, Queen's comes and about half of the grade 12s come AND some grade 11s show up. I couldn't even get a booklet because of this mess and people who don't even care about making an informed choice and have probably already chosen their major/university get booklets. Whoopdifreakingdoo. Now I have to order one from them which will take at least a month to mail which is a month of me being depressed about society.

There was more I wanted to type but I forgot what. I might add more on later.

Google Chrome.

Google's internet browser was released sometime earlier today. It's fast. Really fast.

Explanation of it.

Eh.

Things are being tested (mostly ads and the sort).

Beijing 2008

R.I.P. Liu Xiang

Euro 08

Normally, I don't care much about football, but I had nothing to do this week (well, I could have studied for exams, but screw that), so I caught a couple of games. Anywhos, congratulations to both Croatia and the Netherlands, who managed to choke in magnificent fashion...Suffice to say, they folded faster than Superman on laundry day...



btw, I think this logo is stupid...

"I learned how to drive from GTA:SA." - "I learned how to drive from Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08."

I changed my display name shit thing because the old shit was far too long.

Anyways, this will be short since I want to cut back on being a procrastinasian. So, as of right now, it's still "download day". Whether marketing ploy or not, it's fucking genius.



Anyways, not that anyone will ever read this, but FF3 is pretty awesome. The new bookmarking thing and stumble combined made yesterday one of my most "productive" stumbling days.

For example,
Scratch and win envelopes

The centre of the internet

If this shit wasn't shopped, I'd be truly amazed

Ultra-condensed movies
Arms and more

I might update sometimes over the summer, but chances are quite slim of that.
Also, need to touch up on html skills again, forgot everything except linking and images.

18-1

It had to have been the best game I've ever seen. Football or otherwise. I don't want to gloat...oh hell, of I do. I said, from WAAAAAY back, that the Pats won't go undefeated. They had too much karma going against them. The whole spygate thing, I could understand, that was just routine cheating, like they say, if you're not cheating, you're not trying hard enough. I could take that. But the whole running up the score thing early in the season? That was unacceptable. They didn't show any sportsmanship the whole season, and tonight, the biggest football game of the whole season, or last 10 seasons for that matter. They paid for it. There was just no way the universe was going to let them win. NO WAY.



If you saw the last drive by the Giants you'd know what I'm talking about. It was absolutely magical. Manning looked like he was about to be sacked and the Patriots would walk away undefeated, but he somehow manages to get away from what looked like the entire Patriots team to throw that pass, that you knew just HAD to be caught. This is the kind of sporting moment that you'll remember where you were when you saw it. For me, the only other one that I can think of now that comes close was Zidane's headbutt. But honestly, I feel sorry for you if you didn't see it.

And as for the last few New England tries? Those long bombs that would normally be caught with some insane atheletics on Moss's part just fell short, like you knew it would. Because yesterday, the team that deserve to win the superbowl did, and all the bad karma the Pat's collected over the season came and smacked them in the face.

January Post

The Good: Go giants!



The Bad: Boo Obama! (I'll save myself the trouble of writing a rant and save you the trouble of reading one...)




The Ugly: It's minus 40 in Calgary right now!

Merry Christmas!!!

Merry Christmas, happy New Years, and have a good whichever holiday you're celebrating at this time of the year!!!

Total Propaganda

OK, this won't be too too long, since I have a math test tomorrow, but after social studies class today, I just felt that this had to be said.

So we're learning about all the different philosophies in social studies right now, mainly socialism, capitalism, conservatism, and liberalism, with a bit about Marxism. I am just amazed, and somewhat baffled by the hostility towards socialism. Honestly, I'm in the "normal" social studies class, so these people know next to nothing about socialism and Marx and Mao, but when the topic comes up, they act like we're learning about Hitler or something. And the material does nothing to correct this. The books and sheets we get consistently depict(albeit subtly) socialism as this dictatorship and communist leaders as these insane power hungry people. It's so ingrained, "dislike" is probably becoming too indifferent to describe these people's attitudes towards socialism, communism, and by proxy, China.

So let me clear the air right now. Socialism and communism are miles apart from dictatorship, in theory, yes, I agree the applications are a bit too similar for my liking, but the idea was Utopian, and if the fault lies anywhere, it lies with corrupt officials, so stop acting like it's Satan worship or Neo-Nazism or something. Another thing, call me brainwashed, but Mao was not this cruel dictator the western world constantly depicts, yes, he had his faults, but he was a revolutionary first, a politician second, and frankly, there is no doubt that he did more good for Chinese peasants than bad (especially early on). Look up the Chinese civil war on Wikipedia, and you'll see what I mean. And the thing about communist brainwashing in China and stuff, don't even start, cause it happens just as much in capitalist countries.

This leads me to another topic, China, which has been consistently painted in a disgusting way by Western Media. Let me give an example. The west has always been against China's one child policy, but a while back, China released data saying that the policy reduced the population dramatically, greatly benefiting the environment through less release of green house gases. So what's the problem? One of the west's biggest beefs against China is environment policies. In the face of the afore mention fact, the west still condemns the one child policy in China AND the Chinese environmental policy, even though the former has helped the environment. So whatever China does, it'll always be painted as this evil communist state.

Now, I'm not trying to change your political beliefs or anything, partly because since I was born to a middle class, I like liberalism better than socialism anyways, but I do want you to get some adequate information before condemning a certain belief(This applies just as well to religion, re: Islam), especially communism, which is completely misunderstood, because the bias is bordering on discrimination in many parts of Canada right now.

That's all, folks...

Another Sports Post...(or ASP)

I don't know why, but after weeks of not posting, me and BQ decided to post on the same day, oh well. He's already done the Halloween stuff (headshot is totally ownage!(I almost regrett the self-imposed ban on the p-word and the u-word) shoulda taken a pic!), but I haven't done a sports post for a few months, so here it is.

Yay! The NBA season just started, and to top it off, the Rockets won their first game! Now, I probably shouldn't be posting this, cause I have a tonne of homework waiting for me (yes, it's 10 at night, I know); but what the hell, I'll live as a hobo before I stop following the NBA. So here's a preview, or actually, just some random sports related comments, they should have been up yesterday, but I had debate, so there wasn't much time, and I figure since I already missed the openers, I might as well wait till most of the teams had played, so without further interuptions...the official OBESE beginning of season NBA commentary.

The Houston Rockets were tied for 1st in the Southwest Division, yay! OK, fine, so it was only one day, but it was still a victory, and anyways, if luck stays with the Rockets, they can finnaly make some noise, and not just in the regular season. I feel really good about the new GM, he'd an MIT grad, so he's gotta know what he's doing, and apparently, he was a big force behind the Battier trade, which was obviously a good idea. I am a little alarmed at how he's stacking the back court. I mean, just because stats are important, doesn't mean you can just throw balance out the window. For the life of me I can figure out why they traded Howard for James, when they already had 2 pgs, with a 3rd coming. It's just weird. They did add Luis Scola, but I'm afraid he might be a bit overrated. The Spurs aren't idiots, if he was THAT good, I'm sure they would have found a spot for him. Scola didn't really do anything on opening night, just 3 rebounds and 9 minutes, but I like to wait 2 weeks before calling him a bust.

The Toronto Raptors look good this season (though I am unhappy that they didn't blow Philly out of the water), they're returning basically the same team with the addition of Kapono, which is good. Too bad the Celtics got so good though, still, the Raps should be able to get 2nd and maybe even 1st in the division if Bargnani gets better and Garbajosa returns effectively from injury.

Please, Mike d'Antoni, please limit Steve Nash's minutes this year!!! If the Phoenix Suns' starters are rested come the playoffs, they can win it all. I really think this is the Suns' year. This might be the last chance for d'Antoni's system and Steve Nash, considering his age and injury troubles. They're tougher than people give them credit for and I think they have a decent chance to beat the Spurs. So yeah, I guess the Suns are my pick to win it all, and with style I might add, unlike a certain team that won't be mentioned here...Oh, and Shawn Marion, please stop complaining!!! You have 3 straight 50+ win seasons, enjoy the ride while it lasts!!!

Yi Jianlian, or the Chairman, as ESPN calls him, had a pretty good start to the season, 2 blocks and a steal in 25 minutes. The 6 fouls and the 1 for 4 from the line puts a damper on the celebration though. I just have to ask all the rabid Chinese fans out there not to vote for Yi over KG and Lebron just cause he's Chinese, cause that is NOT cool, I'm as big a fan of Yao or any Chinese player as anyone, but that would just be embarrasing...

Kevin Durant, whose bandwagon I jumped on before he was even in college! is having a solid game through 3. Fine, it's against the Nuggets, who aren't exactly the Spurs, but still, 15pts, 5 rebounds, 3 steals! and only 1 foul. The 6/19 from the floor and 1/6 from downtown are pretty gruesome though. Still, first game and already owning. I'm gonna go out on a limb right here and say he's gonna be better than Lebron or Kobe!

Now for some baseball stuff, the Red Sox just won the world series again, swept the rockies too. They should be so proud of themselves, winning with awesom front office moves and efficient managing...oh yeah, and the 2nd highest payroll after the Yankees, and thats not counting the money spent to convince Dice-K's (I'm just writing this cause I don't know how to spell his real name) real team to talk to him. So yeah, now they're Yankees 2.0.

Battle of Undefeated this week, Colts vs Pats. First of all, let me just say that running up the score is not cool in any sport in any level. It's horrible karma and you're gonna get screwed in the end. So just don't do it. The Pats have been doing it for weeks (I'm embarrased to have Brady on my fantasy team, and yet, I absolutely will not trade him), so even though they're stacked and were my preseason pick, I'm gonna go out on a limb and say they will not win the superbowl this season. Too much bad karma(remember the cheating thing?), so go Colts. Still, they're more than likely to win this weekend. I just want to say though, if you're not a Pats fan, please root for the Colts!

The Sens have been totally dominating. I would love to pick them to win the finals, since they're returning like the same squad with better goaltending, but history tells us the hot regular season teams rarely wins it all, so unless Dany Heatly goes absolutely insane in the post season, I have the Wild as my pre-new year pick for the winner(just to throw you a curve ball). Last year, it was easy to pick the Ducks as the champs (I had them in the pre-season, suckas!!!), but this year, I have no idea, cause I do NOT want to jinx this Sens thing...

Anyways, that's all, folks, happy Halloween(it's still Halloween for another hour in Cowgary), and since I probably won't post for a while, an early happy birthday to BQ. (and here's to 2 more years before he can properly celebrate a b-day by getting loaded!!!)

Hallowe'en

3 Things today:
1) Hallowe'en
2) Karl's Birthday
3) Most importantly, a week away from my birthday.

So first, HAPPY BIRTHDAY KARL.

Happy Birthday Karl.

How Not to Be an Asshole

OK, normally, I wouldn't do a blog right now, but I am just too freaking pissed after a crappy day at work. And now, I'm tutoring some kid who's so stupid he's managing to fail Social Studies and English!!! So I'm just going to do a blog to vent; so yeah, there will be explicit language. It's addressed to the assholes of the world and is basically about what not to do when you're at a store.

I don't give a rat's ass about Future Shop
Seriously, I don't give a shit about the prices at Future Shop or Best Buy. This really applies to any store, the cashier isn't the freaking boss.  So why are you telling me about the fukcing prices at other stores? I can't change the prices! If it's so cheap at Future Shop or whatever, great, buy whatever the hell you want there, it's a free country. Unless you have the intention of actually buying something or asking a question, FUCK OFF!

Don't lie to me
I'm not stupid, if I'm working at a retailer, that means I know something about what I sell. So don't give me shit about getting a Lexmark cartridge for $15 at Future Shop. It's not true! Just because you say that, doesn't mean I'll give you a discount or something. I'll just think you're an asshole.

Keep the receipts
I'm not giving you a fucking refund without a receipt, it's that simple. Prove you bought it from us, or I'm not giving you a cent. How do I know you haven't just picked up shit from a garbage can and tried to pass it off as our stuff?

Be on time
I do not sleep at the mall, if I'm at the end of my shift, I want to go home. If you came exactly as I close, I won't help you. I'll tell you nicely to fuck off and then leave. Sure my boss'll be pissed, but I don't give a shit! You get the whole day to come and you choose the time when I close? Screw you! This applies especially to fast food places, if you go when the machines are all washed and stuff and ask for a $1.00 sundae or something, you come off as a fucking retard, trust me.

Know the prices
If you don't know what the price of something is, ask before buying it. Other wise you'll just be that whiny retard making my day suck.

Pick up your stuff
This applies for pre-ordered stuff only. If you pre-order something, and we give you a pick up date, pick it up then! Don't be an asshole and wait a gazillion years before coming back, you'll come off as an asshole, and a tardy one at that.

Know what you want
If you come and say: "I need a black cartridge" I won't know what the hell you need. Cause there are just a few hundred models around, so don't be a retard and know your own stuff before coming to buy something. Else you'll be the fucktard who wasted my time.

Twenty is not acceptable
Don't give me a 20 when I charge you $3.26. That's a lot of change, and you come off as pretentious asshole.

That's it for now, folks...

The bad.

Last week, I absolutely started hating some technological revolutions and questioning whether technology is actually good.

Story on how this was started:

In September my dad bought a new car, it had power everything etc. Our old one had manual everything etc.
Last Saturday I think it was, I was inside the car when my parents were at Farm Boy I think. Anyways, it was a bit stuffy inside so I tried to open up my window, it wouldn't budge. So, I unlock the car without realizing that the security system had already gone on (it goes on 2 minutes after the car is locked), and then BAM! The car's security was beeping at full throttle and I couldn't turn it off (apperently it shuts off 2 minutes later). Later that day, my dad told me that everything requires either the key or the engine to be on.

So, is technology a good thing, I mean there should be a manual override of some sort to turn off the freakin' beeping. Anyways, if a thief is trying to break into your car, what good will two minutes of beeping do? I was standing there outside next to the car but no one was looking. This is why somethings should be re-engineered/designed, I mean I was locked inside my own freakin' car (if I unlocked or opened the door, the car would've started going crazy but I could still get out), I could've suffocated to death.

And the hockey season has started once again:
The Sens are 2-0 already with 2 wins against the Leafs. Gerber's playing in net was decent. By locking Heatley in a 6 year $45 Million contract, they're sure to keep Spezza as well.

The NFL season:
Dallas will win.

T.V.:
This year, Air Farce will go live.
For the first year, I'm actually not looking forward to any specific television show at all. Almost every show will just make the same jokes, have the same endings, no suspenseful parts because it's too obvious what will happen. That new show with the guy that played Frasier seems pretty decent but I haven't watched it yet.

Now some optical illusions:
I agree with this one:

Waterfalls:

Face in here (I can't find it):

There's an arrow in here:

The last two are my personal favourites:
OPTICAL ILLUSION:

Victory vs. Defeat:


Now VIDEOS!:
Preseason Downie on McAmmond:

This video is win:

So is this:


'Nuf said.

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...

Harry Potter Mania

OK, from a self-professed Harry-Hater: yeah, I got caught up by the whole hype and insanity of it all, and yeah, I liked the books even though I really really disliked the main character, and yeah, I got tired of getting the ending ruined before I got a chance to see for myself. So I bought the book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, first thing on Saturday morning. I'm not proud of it, and it cost me 25 bucks, but I'm pretty sure it was worth it, unless of course, Rowling decides that it would be a good idea to write a 7 book prequel to the series.

Honestly speaking, it was pretty short. I mean, it was still around 600 pages, but after Order of the Phoenix and Half Blood Prince, I was expecting an 800 page knockout, or something like that. Since by now, there are probably a trillion spoiler's out on the internet, I won't hesitate to tell you some myself. So first things first: was the ending what you would expect? Yes and no, I mean, there's really no big shocker here, but it's not that obvious either. I couldn't guess the ending until it was told, but, still, it was nothing like the whole "Snape kills Dumbledore" thing in Half Blood Prince. I don't really know what the biggest surprise was. If you were like me, and went in with the mentality that every single character could die with the exceptions of Ron and Hermione, the biggest surprise would be: if Luna Lovegood gets caught doing illegal stuff, why is she sent to Malfoy's dungeon, and not Azkaban? By this time in the story, pretty much everything that needs to be told is already told, except for two chapters at the very end of the book, giving away some Dumbledore and Snape's secrets. Honestly, I thought it was too convenient, how everything unfolds exactly at the end. And how Harry got to look at Snape's memories and talk to Dumbledore, and don't worry, Dumbledore is really dead, to tie up loose ends. It just felt unnatural how everything went. A lot of people probably thought that the fact that Snape is good after all, is a huge surprise, hate to break it to you, but it's not. Think about it, the old man isn't exactly an idiot, and he was pretty calm about dieing when he drank the potion at the end of Half Blood Prince, why would he suddenly be begging for his life? Some of the background characters died, probably the most important would be Lupin and Dobby,a bunch of others died too, but there wasn't any overly dramatic "avenge me!!!" scene. At the end of the day, the book is everything Rowling promised: some characters died, someone became a teacher at Hogwarts, and the final piece of the puzzle was put into place. I would still hesitate to call the last book a masterpiece, or even the best in the series. It seems that it was a lot less believable than some of the other books in the series. Maybe it was just the fact that it wasn't set in Hogwarts, but it lacked the order that the other books had. Most importantly, was it a satisfying ending the to series? Yeah, you have to admit that, there wasn't any glaring holes that you could point to and there was even an epilogue set 17 years into the future. Unless of course, you're like me, in which case, you were pissed off by the reason that Harry Potter managed to get out alive, again. All I could say was damn, the luck of this guy! I'll be totally honest: I wanted Harry Potter to die, that would make sense, right? He gets to be the tragic hero, and I get the satisfaction of knowing the idiot's luck had finally run out. But no, he gets to live forever, damn it all. Well, if you read this, I gave some important stuff away already, but not that much, so yeah, I would recommend you read this book. Whether from the library or the bookstore, it's your own choice, but I would still say the book and the series are one of the better ones available.

That's all for now, folks...

University *Sigh*

Anyways, I'm posting this partly as a response to n0n4m3's new post and partly because I just finished my future decisions unit for my online career/life manage course. I'm not worried about anything else yet, but university is really worrying me. For one, which one am I going to go to? That depends on my grades, but the thought of being stuff in Alberta for any longer than I have to really sucks. Then there is the problem of how I'm going to pay for it. If I stay in Calgary, I can probably get out of university debt free, a HUGE luxury. But if I go anywhere else, it'll probably take around $50,000 over 4 years. That is a LOT of money. Where in hell am I going to come up with that much money? I figured if I keep going at this job and do the RESP thing. I can have around $8,000 by the start of university. But seriously, where am I going to come with $40,000?! This is really a huge problem. In my education plan that I had to do for the course, I said that I wanted to go to university of Calgary so I can be debt free, and that's probably what will really happen. Cause I really don't have enough money to do anything else. Of course, I could just borrow money from the bank and then eventually declare bankruptcy, but needless to say, that's horrible. So anyways, anyone got a get rich quick and easy idea, tell me quick!!!

Oh, and another thing, BQ, we should get pic or banner or something, for the blog. Any ideas??? Oh, and it seems that our title is too long, since we only refer to it as OBESE, how bout we just go the KFC route???

That's it for now folks, sorry there's no videos. But you know, you could just youtube it up yourself, it's really easy...ya lazy bums...

Hurray It's Summer! [/sarcasm]

Woohoo it's Friday the 13th...
Anyways, yesterday I watched Portugal vs. Chile, it was hilarious. First, Chile scores a fluke. I mean the goalie was trying to get something called, he didn't even move. But no one cares about the scoring, it was one of the most bizzare endings I've seen in my life in football.

Look at the ref's face!
Edit: Forgot to mention
Vidal, the goalscorer, gets a second yellow in stoppage time for time wasting meaning a one game suspension

And then a few weeks back, I saw "So You Think You Can Dance"...
There was this guy on called Jesus (Pronounced "Hey-Zeus")


Something that may be very disturbing:
I don't know if he got through into the Top 20 but he made it into the Top 35.
How is this a talent?!

Look at David Hasselhoff.. lolz If he wins..

How is this less talented than Boy Shakira?:


So sport thoughts:
Baseball: R. Sox are doing great, NYY won't catch up.. I hate baseball
Football: No freakin' way Chile or US will win.. my $ on spain
Hockey:Without Priessing, Sens will do a lot crappier
I wanna see Hamilton get a team
Crappy trades going on
Basketball: Too Lazy
F1: L. Hamilton is overrated.. Massa/Kubiken = Raw Talent

And now...

It's the summer...

Summer is finally here, and what a busy summer it is. I have a lot of stuff going on right now, which is really usual for me. So far, I haven't had a chance to do what I usually do in the summer to relax after 10 months worth of school work: sleep in until 10 and watch 8 hours of tv a day.

The first thing I did when I finished my exams was to go out and find a job. This being Calgary, it wasn't too difficult and I had my pick of jobs. After 2 days of job searches, there were two jobs that really intrigued me, one was working at Wendy's downtown, and the other was working at an Inkjet cartridge refill booth at a mall near my house. The Wendy's job was great because all the shifts were during the day, and it paid pretty well, $9.5/hour, high even by Calgary standards. But, there were downsides, for one, I would have to work in the kitchens occasionally, which I wasn't too keen on. Also, the job was only a summer one because the downtown Wendy's was only open Mon-Fri, 7:00-5:00. And I didn't really want to have to take a train to go to a summer job. So in the end I decided to take the Inkjet job. It paid $8/hour, which is pretty low by Calgary standards. It's pretty boring because you sit there for hours on end with only a few customers, and when they come, they tend to come in droves. But still, it was close to my house, and really liked the fact that I could go hours without any real work, even if I have to deal with annoying customers often.

Over the Canada Day long weekend, my parents took me to Edmonton. We didn't really do much, considering how gigantic the West Edmonton mall was. I have to say, I was pretty impressed. There were 3 parks inside the mall, and a skating rink. There were also 2 different food courts and plenty of attractions. It was pretty cool. It was a shame that the two roller coasters in the galaxy amusement were shut down for repairs though. But I did see a cool seal show, albeit without any traditional ball tricks. Then other major place I went to was Fort Edmonton Historic Park. The fares were pretty cheap considering how much activities they offered inside. And I loved the buildings they reconstructed, they looked really authentic, many of which actually had working water pumps and real wood burning stoves and stuff. There was also a historic Free Mason lodge that is still being used. We wanted to go to some activities downtown, but it was rained out, but it was still a pretty good weekend all around.On a related note, I was really impressed by the gas mileage on our Toyota, after driving to Edmonton from Calgary, the gas tank was still at least 60% full.

Started my online career/life management course today. Already fininished have of unit 1. Considering there are only 4 units I should be done pretty quickly. I kinda think it's a big waste of time because there are a lot of apparently useless stuff there, but I think I'll just be glad to finish the course when it's all said and done.

Started my driving lessons. First I wanted to take a few test drives with my dad in some empty parking lots before signing up for driving school so I don't look like a total idiot. Still got a lot to work on though, but my parking is coming along, even if I can't do anything else. One thing that was annoying me was the mirrors, I didn't really know where they were suppose to point to, so my blind spot was huge, but I'm sure they'll help me with that in driving school. And another thing that amazed me was how hard it was to line a car up exactly where you want it too. Hopefully, I'll be able to get my full license before next year.

Just a few more sports thoughts, the last until October:

-What's up with the New York Rangers? A lot of spending this offseason, kinda reminds you of a certain other New York team, doesn't it?
-A lot of draft day sliding for the NHL...
-There's a conspiracy going on to get Crosby the greatest team in the history of sports...
-I didn't like the fact that Phoenix got rid of both James Jones and their first pick for cash, come on, I'm sure you don't need money THAT bad.
-Zach Randolph to New York, Ray Allen to Boston, and Rashard Lewis to Orlando, looks like the North West are Oden-Durant territory now.
-Ray Allen and Allan Ray on the same team, cool!!!
-What's with the Houston Rockets getting so many guards when Yao Ming obviously needs help up front?
-Yi Jianlian will not be as good as Yao, mark it down. He's a good player, but no where near deserves the hype he's been getting.
-Kobe needs to stop complaining and remember who wanted Shaq out of town the most
-Shaq's show is awesome!!!
-Raptors are too good, even if MoPete leaves

That's it for now folks, enjoy your summer...