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...

Sports Wrap Up

Editor's Note: Here're are some sports stuff, nba and nhl wrap up that we didn't get to because of how hectic the last few weeks of school were...

So the sens lost in the finals, I'm pretty disappointed, but not really surprised. I picked the ducks over the sens when the playoffs began anyways. The sens were outplayed pretty badly and there weren't any controversies, so I can't really complain. But I hope that the sens decide to keep most of the team together except for Martin Gerber. He should be traded for some cap space or new players, but I think that the team is great as it is, and the salary situation is good. I really like their chances next season to return to the finals, if not winning it. And that's really my final thoughts on the NHL season.

I have a bit more NBA thoughts though, since the final rounds were so unpredictable. The west, and consequently, the nba championship, were pretty much spoon fed to san antonio after the phoenix situation, so there's really nothing to say there except I hope the suns' owner realize that this is a special team and open his wallet to get phoenix another big man so they have a better chance next year, remember, nash won't play like this forever. The east though, had some surprises for us. Don't really know what happened to the pistons, they managed to loose to the cavaliers, which is a big surprise to me. I couldn't believe it. LeBron's 48 point game was pretty cool, but in the finals, he really bombed, so I would think that it's more like vince carters 50 point game than jordan 63 point game as of now. The finals were pretty boring as a whole, actually, I had watched as many games as I could up to that point, but I got tired of the horrible offenses and blowouts. This is pretty much the worst finals I can remember.

People everywhere on the web are saying that the spurs have a dynasty, which is weird, considering I always thought that threepeats, or at the very least repeats, were prerequisites for a dynasty. Considering that winning back to back is much harder than every other year and that the spurs have won, but not dominated. I'd really hesitate about saying they're a dynasty. Now, I get why most people agree that they're better than larry bird's celtics, but keep in mind that bird had to get past magic, kareem, and worthy, while duncan had to get past...leBron, zydrunas ilgauskus(I can NOT spell his name), and larry hughes? And keep in mind that the spurs previous victories came against and 8th seed knicks without patrick ewing, a horrible new jersey team, and a piston team that manged to win the year before only because shaq wanted to kill kobe.

The nba draft is coming up. I used espn to make my own mock draft. I really didn't like how the three worst teams all slipped three spots, but I guess they got karmatized for tanking. Kevin Durant seems to be pretty good, but I think that even in this day and age, you don't pass up a big man. Unless atlanta trades, I don't see how they pass on an elite point guard, AGAIN. But outside of the top three, I don't know about the rest.

So it's been an OK winter sports season, nothing too memorable though. But I'm already excited about next october.

Summer vacation

Just had my final test, I only had 2, so I managed to finish pretty quickly. Anyways, so summer vacation is here, so why am I not excited?

Don't get me wrong, not having to go to school is great, but it just seems to be that summer vacation has lost a lot of it's...flair, I guess, compared to just a few years ago. As usual, the vacation started horribly: I learned that I loat some psychology book and will now have to pony up to cover my own ass, and then I went to the bank to cash a check, and somehow, in the three minutes that I was there, the computer managed to CRASH! First they told me that it was all good and that the transaction had been saved so that I would still get my money, but when I checked again a few hours later, they basically told me "What check?" Now I don't know what I should do. It was $35 for a tie rufund from my band teacher, so I guess it's not a lot, but for me, it's a huge blow considering I'm already owing money to the school. So yeah, that sums up my horrible day. Before, when things like this happens, I could usually count on the summer to be great and refresh me and get me ready for school. But now, I'm just annoyed that I'll have so many things to do this summer: get a job, get my driver's license, study for the SAT, take my online course.

The online course is apparently really easy, so I'm not too worried about it. But still, it's a month of school that I would really rather not have to do.

As for the SAT, I know I don't really have to take it, but I would like to see how much I can score and maybe go to the States for university. Again, it's a LOT of studying that I would really rather not have to do.

Now, I realize a lot of you probably think: "you're retarded, a driver's license is a great thing, just imagine the freedom!!!" And you're probably right, except I doubt my parents would actually let me drive the car when I'm alone, and if they're there, it seems pointless for me to drive. Sure, I suppose I could try to save up for my own car, but that would cost a LOT, more than I can realistically earn anytime soon. So, you'll have to forgive me that I'm not excited about trying to get a driver's license that I won't even use for a few years.

I'm not sure it's the job search or the job itself that annoys me. I just don't want to get a job. I've sent out a resume to the library since they're my primary option. Their pay is horrible for Calgary though, $8, considering every fastfood restaurant out there is offering wages in the $9-$10 range. But they probably won't hire me since they are pretty full anyways, so I won't have to worry about that. Then I was thinking something along the lines of McDonald, you know, your average fastfood place, but I'm not really excited, for obvious reasons. Then there's the fact that I don't really have that much use for money right now anyways.

Now, you're probably saying: "you are an idiot! if you don't want to do this stuff, then just don't do it!!!" A valid point, but I really need to take the online course to free up some time in my grade 12 year for ap courses. And I don't hate the SAT, just the studying that preceeds it. The driver's license I'll have to get eventually, so why not now? But the job is completely my parents' doing...

So yeah, that's my summer plan, not excactly the greatest vacation idea. But I guess summer is suppose to be a fun time, so what are you doing reading this depressing post? Go outside, hang out with your friends, play a ball game to stay active, or just go take a walk to soak in the summer sun...cause before you know it, school will be just around the corner