Mini blog...

Hmm... let's use this thing as a goal setter. Let's start off with a physical one. This is one I wanted to attain a long time ago, and the closest I came was in grade 11. I want to be able to do side splits by the end of August.

Next is an academic one. I will get an 88 or higher on my Econ final. This is a subject that can get me a 4.0 for sure. I also want to get at least B+ or A- for Chem 101, and I'm behind the 8 ball on that one, but let's give'er.

Oh wait, one last one, get back to being able to do >50 pushups and the task not feeling too difficult. Deadline for this one is say... Canada Day.

Hm... so why did I get a blog? Well, at the time it seemed to be an excellent way to express myself. Hopefully, it would clean up my ability to convey whatever it is I want to say and allow me to speak in my "voice". It also lets me tell people about whatever I did without having to repeat it, that is if I blog the event. Unfortunately, I think I've failed this blog.

I never actually did too much "expressing" myself through this. Not at all close to the level some other people have. Our PM Paul Martin is trying to be big on "transparency". He basically wants people to feel that they can watch the gov't and know whats going on. Well, I guess I thought maybe that would happen with this blog and that I would open up. Of course no one is going to completely open themselves out on an online web log, but I hoped I would be able to let a little bit out. I can't seem to type out certain things for fear of being judged, although I know its friends that come by and read whatever shows up here. Still...

Anyways, enough of that stuff. Time to really complain about myself. I'm really dissappointed in what I did today. First off, I didn't get to learn CPR which sucked. Basically tried to drop in but couldn't since I had no cheques on me, and they couldn't take it because they were't supposed to handle the payments, had to be done through the University. Oh well... not a major biggie since I'll have other chances. Good news is I did get some studying done for my three lab finals this coming week. Yay! Now time for the crusher. Bad news is that I must admit to myself I have "fallen off" from studying at home. I can't seem to stay focused at home, whereas at University its slightly better. I was able to work at home last semester, but now it's an inability to take charge at studying. Today I played Starcraft, just wanting to play for a "bit". One game, lasting half an hour would be great. I FUCKING GET SUCKED IN FOR HOURS. FUCK. I'm supposed to be over this. It's frickin crunch time for everyone now, but I decide for myself to piss away valuable time. I can't even try to justify this with it being time to "unwind". Theres better ways for me now.

Alright, so a few of you guys know I gave up fast food. Well, now I'm going to give up videogames. Screw the playstation, N64, GC, and computer and so on. I'm so friggin done. I'm not going to uninstall the games since that would punish Keith and he doesn't deserve it (he eats poo by the way)... Sigh, a large portion of my life was spent gaming and now I'm just gonna chuck it. Perhaps when it is July or August I will retract this, or those one time "marathon game sessions". Yes, it's a loophole exception type thing but I cannot rescind the following statement until at least July: I will give up video games. I'm even gonna pass when someone says "you wanna try?" If I can't follow this, frick, I'm screwed anyways.

I feel a bit better now. Not much else to say now except Keith and I must do 70 pushups. That is all.

Aloha.

So I just wrote an Economics mid term. Econ was not the hardest subject, but for some reason this mid term had my number on it. I didn't do too bad, but frick! My average walking into this midterm was 90, maybe a bit higher but getting a 70 brings it down to a risky 83. I say risky because my final is worth 45% and I wanted my margin of error to be high walking into it. Well, now I gotta work extra hard and try to make sure Econ gets me a 4.0 because I believe I'll need it.

As for physics... ah crap, I hope do better than I deserve. The sudden shift from Physics 30 material to waves has messed me up. Again, more work... sigh...

Right, Stats sucks. It's not even that hard. WTF!!

Anyhoo, I think I may be learning CPR this weekend. I do wish I had paid more attention in grade 10 and even got that thing recertified. It may appear as a waste of time and money, but I actually do want to know CPR and maintain my knowledge in it. I'll try to bring a notebook and write down the important stuff and again reiterate what I know. Who knows, maybe the thing I practiced for one day may come in handy. Of course, you are bound to lose such knowledge without proper repitition. But again, I do think knowing CPR will help. Perhaps if someone who was near my uncle was able to use such knowledge (I don't know the exact circumstances) then he could still be here...

Hmm.. not much else to add. It seems everyone has got finals and job prospects in the back of their mind. Here's hoping for a better update later on.

I hate Dallas...

Best game of the year!! The third period is why people watch sports. I'm not going to even try saying I'm this hockey expert or greatest fan ever, but this game is going to be in my head for a loooonnnnng time.

Aloha!

So the Oilers beat the Preds last night, and me and Del were there. Rexall was excited and completely behind their team. Despite the Oil being behind, the place didn't give up but kept on cheering. The game is all I can think about, it was great! The first period was blah and showed it would be a long night. Quick period by period summary for those who wanna know what I thought of the game.

First: The Oilers gave absolutely no faith to Ty Conklin. As soon as there was a possibility of a shot reaching goal, everyone dove in front causing a giant screen. He ended up facing around 2-3 shots, officially 2 but I remember seeing more. I remember one moment the Oilers collapsed and made a tent around Conklin and basically gave the Preds target practice.

Second: Nashville getting a bit more physical, as Jason "I go fast and but only straight" Chimera got rocked hard by a Pred. Rexall gave a huge "ooohh!" That was the hit of the night. But anyways, the Oilers get their first goal from Moreau who was not going to be denied, and everyone knew it. Of course, the Preds bounce back with one bleh goal, and one completely shitty one. Then, they get a 5 on 3 for almost a minute and a half. PK comes up big and we're down by one for the third.

Third: Period of the year!! The Oilers continued coughing up the puck, but you can credit Nashville for trying to be aggressive instead of sitting back. Whenever the Oilers set up behind the net, no Nashville players were at the red line, but instead in or near the Oiler zone. Friggin aggressive. But anyways, the Oil tied it 2-2, immediately get downed 3-2, then tie it, grab the lead at 4-3 and then lead Nashville tie it at 4-4. Then finally Ulanov slaps one in and soon everyone is leaning in or standing to watch the last minute of play. It was friggin intense, and Nashville came close a few times. In the end, the Oilers managed to get the puck out and Nashville was forced to ice the puck to get whistles, with the last icing occuring with 4.8 seconds left. Rexall went KrAzY for the icing call because we all knew, that was it.

Well, there was more and I was trying to be "quick". There wasn't really any highlight reel goals, and some were lucky like Walkers' 2-1 goal or Dvorak's behind the net off an ankle shot goal. There was also a bunch of moments where there were scrambles at the Nashville net, and no one knew what the hell was going on but hoping for the red light to go on. And one last night, the crossbar saved Ty Conklin. He would be lynched in the papers if not for the Predators hitting the crossbar in the last minute.

Well... that's all folks for now! Time to try to do homework...

Aloha!

Quick blog before I head to yet another Oilers game. This game is against Nashville, go Oil go!

Anyways, it's been a few days and not a whole lot to note. I did get to take over karate class for a bit and that's pretty much it. Oh yeah, University stuff blah blah blah.

Also, I met someone who is aiming to go into Rehab Med! Yay! Or not, since i'd be competing for spots w/ her....in any case I'm getting ready for the game. Peace out!!

Oh yes, to anyone reading this go do sets of 20 for pushups, squarts, burpees, leglifts, and ah what the hell clap pushups too. You'll get a treat for accomplishing that, really!

Aloha!!

Today was cool because I got to go to the Oilers game today. We were kind of lucky in that our opponents (The Ottawa Senators) played yesterday at Vancouver. I was hoping they would beat Vancouver and expend energy and play generally pretty shitty today. They did, as although they missed the net 5-6 times, they generated a not so whopping number of 13 shots at Ty Conklin. I was suprised that Prusek played given that he just played yesterday. Haha, you suck Lalime... Well we got 2 games vs LA, we just need to win both those and win a game when they lose and we can be in! Just hope that St. Louis chokes too instead of taking that spot. But yes, one of the best Oiler games I've attended so far. Also, I should note, the Oil got a 3-1 lead in a must win and did not blow it!! Astonishing! Rexal Place was excited despite the "exciting style" of Ottawa, that retarded team. It looked like they still sat back even though they were behind by two. Good job guys..

Hehe, the other day me and Dev had a mini-debate over basketball vs. hockey. We were trying to change each other's minds, but overall nothing was resolved. But now, I gotta leave it to anyone who reads this. Hockey vs. Basketball! Dun dun dun!

Aloha!

If anyone gets a chance, check out George Carlin's website at http://www.georgecarlin.com/georgecarlin/home/home.html. His "Rules to Live By" is undoubtedly the words of a divine being. Or a crackpot. Hm... not so undoubtedly now.

In any case, first year university is winding down. I gotta check out all the information to make sure I'm returning to University next year. I kind of took it for granted that I'm going back there next year. Hehe, wouldn't I feel like a dumbass if I couldn't go back because I didnt' re-apply. I did get an email about it, and hopefully I didn't delete it. Also, I think I may have finally decided that Occupational Therapy could be the way. I probably should go back to the faculty and get more info and hopefully I can get a Q & A going on with someone in that field. C'mon Chris, less talk more walk...

Hehe, just like in the end of grade 12, everyone now seems to be trying to give themselves a pep talk to get shit done as the year winds down. Well, then just gotta remember: The best time to do anything is NOW! Except for dying, or getting cancer.. or getting kicked in the balls so hard it hurts 3 days later....

Aloha, quick note on something.

Although I was studying, I stopped at 10 something to go online for a bit. There, I find out that at Karate James got canned really bad. Not regular pain. We're talking like Motrin pain. I think it even goes beyond that. There is probably no scientific measure for this kind of pain. He tells me that walking, sitting, and well, existing hurts. If this was not blogworthy, then I have no fricking clue what is. To add to that, he says ah frick it must be swelling, then Larry goes, "pfft, you wish". Good times!

Aloha, and wow do I get behind really quickly.

Brief recap of what has happened:

On Monday my English group presented our poem to the class. Very yay and half-hearted, but the poetry of our author was pretty good. Wow, did I just say poetry was good? I need to take a shower...

On Tuesday there was a stabbing at Cameron Library on University Campus. It's freaky to know this happened, I mean all the crime we know about is what we read in the Gateway about the repeat drunk poisoning or random guy masturbating at the LRT station. Never something serious as this. Apperently the victim was able to run to another building leaving a whole trail of blood. Freaky stuff....

Right now I gotta gear up for my chem 101 midterm. Didn't do so hot on the first one, trying to do a lot better on this one. I did set up an appointment with my prof, not exactly a waste of time but not exactly eye opening. Either way, it shows I got my work cut out for me. Just a few more weeks ^_^

Now that brings us to today, Wednesday. And what happened on Wednesday you ask? Ermm... a big fat whole nothing. Except for when I got home, Delia was already there and we haven't seen each other in a while so she wanted to look nice and did she! It was something out of those teen movies, where everything slows down and you got light shining over her.

In any case, I obviously don't really have much to say at this point so I'll shutdown for now. Oh yeah, do 50 pushups...

Crud, netscape crashed on my last blog. Oh well.

While typing I had started off on a solemn tone, but then went on about something positive. I'll start with that. Saturday was pretty cool. Our family went to the Science Olympics to cheer on Keith and his team. I'm so proud of Keith, he's such a keener! Anyways, his team does pretty well, snatching 2 bronzes and 1 silvers out of 5 events. They end up overall 3rd out of 19 teams. Not too shabby! Take that Ainlay!! I saw some pretty cool things such as an event which required jr. high kids to build a projectile machine that could knock over tin cans. Most were catapaults, but there was some original ones like the "cow canon" and the "really weak looking slingshot thingy". They ended up doing a double elimination tournament which took almost forever. As for Keith, two of his events had to be pre-made. One was a to devise a mechanism to heat up water, of course theirs kinda broke down, but caught the silver (= The other was to build a land wind sail thingymabobber. In that event, I saw a group use CD's for wheels. Apperently, my dad says it'll work if done properly. CD's for friggin wheels.

Back to the tragedies of today. I won't be too specfici, as I may not be supposed to talk about this, but I do feel a need to. Apperently, one of my mom's coworkers passed away Earlier she told me while I was at her office of her. I think she was in a coma from a stroke. I'm not too sure. Later on my mom phoned another colleague to talk about this. A little while after I was told by a friend of an attack of a relative attacking 3 other relatives. It's sad to hear this, and the attacker was led to attack due to unstable mental condition. At least, it appears that way. This period of time has been surreal, dating back to my uncle's passing. I have never been struck by such tragedies, and these have shattered my feelings of "everything will be okay." For all involved and affected by these events, I hope for peace and recovery.

It kind of makes me think about English because I was trying to do my group project. I always complain about English being useless after trumping my so friggin sweet English diploma mark. If there was a conversation between faculties, it would go like this: *Faculty of Science: We're trying to develop ways to cure people with spinal injuries *Faculty of Engineering: We're trying to develop vechicles less reliant on fossil fuels *Faculty of English We um.. make poems and rhyme words and stuff. Please like us. Fine, DON'T!! We'll go brood and be depressing". Obviously I've got a little frustration against English, but I do think we all feel the value of English implicitly. It does help understand the aspects of our life that is not straight forward. English for me is often not meant to be straight forward, because life, not school courses, is like that. Maybe it will be of comfort to me while I think of the past events, and also my future as well.

Ah crap, no complaining about University...