I Fought The Law...

Not even close...but I did break it with one of my blog posts, apparently. Thanks to the guidance of one of my friends, Carmel, I realized that the post I wrote about selling my vote was indeed illegal. I kept the post there though, just because I think the comments are funny, and also because I think it's relevant for future discussions on the election.

My friend Yining also pointed something out to me; selling my vote, even if legal, would be almost useless. The riding I live in, Mont-Royal, hasn't voted Conservative since 1935. And that was a very different time for the riding, before Hampstead and Cote-St-Luc were filled with predominantly Liberal-voting Jews. Just so you know, that was not an anti-semitic comment. I'm Jewish myself, I just wanted to get the facts out there.

This photo is here for informative purposes, not an endorsement

When Irwin Cotler was first elected in 1999, he won 91.97% of the vote. The Conservatives haven't even come close to the Liberals, since 1984 when Pierre Trudeau was not running in that riding for the first time in 19 years.

"Réal Caouette, long-time leader of the Social Credit Party in Quebec, once said that a mailbox could win the Liberal nomination in Mount Royal and still win election just because it was red (the traditional colour of the Liberal Party)." (Wikipedia)

Also, my Understanding Quebec teacher once said that if a dog ran as a Liberal in my Provincial Riding of D'Arcy McGee, he would win.

And they were both right.

The point is, despite my riding's extremely Liberal views, voting is still important. It's our democratic right, and even though I originally opposed voting in this election because of my lack of knowledge on the subject, I'm changing my position.

I encourage you, wherever your riding, however one-sided it is, to still vote. I will.

BUY MY VOTE!

DISCLAIMER: This article is meant purely as a joke. Do not take it seriously, selling one's right to vote is an offense.Yes. You heard right, I am auctioning off my vote for the Prime Minister of Canada, with elections to be held October 14th.

Here are the seven candidates running in my electoral district, Mont-Royal:

Tyrell Alexander (Green Party of Canada)
Antonio Artuso (Communist Party of Canada)
Irwin Cotler (Liberal Party of Canada)
Diane Johnston (Marxist-Leninist Party of Canada)
Maryse Lavallée (Bloc Québécois)
Nicolas Thibodeau (New Democratic Party)
Rafael Tzoubari (Conservative Party of Canada)

I am not following the election as much as I should be, and do not have any ties to either party as this is my first election. Because of this, I am willing to auction off my vote to the highest bidder. Please send me an E-mail at gewurzj@gmail.com, with the party you want me to vote for in my riding, and how much you're willing to pay me.

Any money I receive from this auction will not go into my bank account or pocket, but to a very deserving charity, which I will decide upon at a later date. The person who buys my vote will have input on which charity will receive the money.

Please give generously, because not only are you helping out one of the parties, you'll also be helping out a very deserving charity.

Note: I reserve the right to refuse a bid if circumstances grant it.

PS. Please check the sidebar on the right for the leading bid, and who they want me to vote for.

The First Book Post

So carrying around this little book that i talked about last post has actually mildly payed off. While waiting for the bus outside Plamondon metro earlier tonight, I actually started writing. But because i was interrupted by a friend not too long after I started, my "post," was interrupted. Anyways, here it is:

I Hate Rain - 8:44 pm
"Piece of shit weather. I hate rain. I also hate public transportation, especially at night, when you just want to get home already. Even during the day it sucks. I was standing next to this one guy on the bus this morning, and he actually smelled like a garbage bag. No exaggeration. To make things even worse for me (and the other passengers,) his arm was raised, so we were getting the full whiff. Straight outta that commercial a few years back."

And that's it. Pretty short, but I had barely started writing before the friend showed up. Had he not, I prob could've ranted a bit more about how much I hate the STM at night, and maybe thought of some other stuff. But I don't exactly remember how I was feeling at that exact moment, so maybe next time.

At least I'm not carrying around the book for nothing?

I'm Really Cool...

If some of you think that's me, then you must be hilariously stupid. It's Michelle Trachtenberg, the female lead in Eurotrip, back in her days as Harriet The Spy. So why is this relevant? Good question.

Most of the time when i write blog posts (like now,) It's because I'm sitting at my computer, bored, and decide: "why not? I have nothing better to do." But now, thanks to a little notebook i found in my house, I'll be able to do that all the time! Woo-hoo! (Wow Jamie is so cool...)

Basically I'll be keeping this book (it's blue,) in my bag with me at all times, at least during the day. Whenever I feel the need to write a little something, I'll whip out the book and write. Next time I get in front of a computer I'll simply just type it up into a blog post.

This won't be a diary or a journal, and I won't be spying on people, but having the book with me at all times... at least during the school day, will give me a chance to write some stuff down when i see random ass shit (like the guy sitting alone, without a shirt on, with no books, in the Library today.)

And that's about it for now.

DAMN YOU NBC!

Before I start this post allow me to have a disclaimer:

NBC is probably my favorite network. It airs Heroes, The Office, How I Met Your Mother, and 30 Rock, my four favorite on-air shows. It also airs my two favorite late night shows, Late Night With Conan O'Brien and Saturday Night Live. A couple years back it even showed some of my all-time favourites (Seinfeld, Friends, Las Vegas.) So why all this hatred?

After I discovered I could actually put videos into my blog, instead of just linking to them, I was very happy. Immediately I put in Tina Fey's impression of Sarah Palin on Saturday's episode of SNL in the post where i reviewed that episode. Then watched it. Four times. God bless YouTube.

But then, a couple hours later when i tired to watch it, i remembered: NBC sucks. The video, and all other videos on YouTube that showed the whole sketch,had been removed due to copyright infringement.

Excuse me NBC, but have you seen YouTube? Almost every single video there violates copyright law, despite the warning YouTube gives when you upload a video. YouTube became so popular that many television networks, including NBC, got their own "channels." Both John McCain and Barack Obama are using YouTube to post speeches and ads, in an effort to reach the viral community.

So where did NBC go?

A couple of months, actually closer to a year, NBC shut down their YouTube channel, taking viral mega-hits "Lazy Sunday" and "Dick In A Box," with it. Why? In anticipation of the launch of Hulu, their own version of YouTube.

Because of those assholes over at NBC, viewers outside the U.S. no longer have access to any NBC-related clips. They've essentially monopolized something they have the right to monopolize, but shouldn't have. If you have the right to change your name to We Suck A Lot Corporation, do you? No. Thanks NBC, you guys suck.

PS. You may suck, but please keep Heroes, The Office, How I Met Your Mother, and 30 Rock on the air as long as possible. Thanks.

Phelphs Phails as SNL Host

Oh, haha. Jamie made a play on words. Anyways, I was at a friends house yesterday and we decided to watch SNL, which hasn't been that great lately, except for the occasional episode when they have a great host (Lebron, Peyton Manning, Seth Rogen, etc.) And then the show goes and does two things, each with a completely different level of awesomeness.

1) They get Tina Fey to come back (maybe more than a one-time fling?) to portray Sarah Palin, who looks almost identical (in her "Tina Fey glasses" as Amy Poehler, playing Hillary Clinton, says,) like the actress.

2) Then they go and do something stupid: get Michael Phelps to host.

Now being the host of SNL is kind of a big thing, at least in regards to the show. You have the first sketch after the opening one (the monologue,) and you're in a large number of the skits. So why did Lorne Michaels choose Phelps? Because of America's utter infatuation with the swimming phenom, something I , as a Canadian, can not understand. Now I understand he shattered records in Beijing on his way to a record 8 gold medals, but as anyone who saw his interviews during the games can attest to, he's no comedian. He even had trouble answering simple questions during the interviews, acting like an awkward teenager, which at 23, he still kind of is.

America's infatuation with Phelps extends so far that some people (like Nina Mandell, in an SI.com article here,) actually think the performance was GOOD. Maybe they're swimmers themselves, and have inhaled too much chlorine, because his performance was atrocious. Worse than Vinny Chase in Medellin. Anyways, Skit-by-skit, SNL tried to hard to turn Phelps into something he's not, a funny person.

To get him comfortable, two separate characters were used in HIS opening monologue. They also tried to recreate the originally hilarious skit starring Seth Rogen (who was the host) and Kristen Wiig as the extremely ugly children of Bill Hader and Amy Poehler, who are having a sort of party with a few friends, who keep getting interrupted by these grotesque children.It was funny with Rogen, where his size and too-small shirt made it even funnier. Switch Rogen's character with a 6''4' behemoth, and its not so funny.

The one bright point of Phelph's night was the final skit, which made fun of his now infamous 12,000-calorie diet. Check it out on YouTube if you can find it.

There were a few other funny moments, including Weekend Update correspondents Nicholas Fehn, the headline guy, and the new, hilarious "Alaska Pete." The best moment of the night however, was the opening sketch, featuring Tina Fey as Sarah Palin and Amy Poehler reprising her role of Hillary Clinton.

Unfortunately, because of NBC's decision to remove all NBC videos from YouTube and switch them over to Hulu, (which is unavailable in Canada,) the video cannot be found by Canadian residents online. To my knowledge, please comment here if you find a way.

Check out my new post regarding my displeasure towards NBC for leaving YouTube by clicking here.

Palin PWNED!

Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin made to look like a fool in the first part of her first public interview.

Waiting Up For Ike

Hurricane Ike is 1 mph away from being declared a Category 3 hurricane, and headed towards Houston. Because Houston is the home of one of my sets of first cousins, as well as my favorite football team, I'm staying awake, refreshing CNN every couple of minutes.

Fortunately, by the time it passes over Houston, experts predict it will have died down a little, so neither my cousins nor my favorite team should be harmed.

One good thing to come out of this hurricane, however, is that the Texans-Ravens game originally slated for Sunday afternoon has been moved to Monday night, giving the Texans their first Monday night game in their short history.

Even though most of the continent will be tuned into the Cowboys-Eagles matchup, I'll be watching/following my Texans. Unfortunately the game won't reach me here in Montreal so I'll have to watch online. Or move to Baltimore, Washington DC, or Houston, which is probably not the best idea, considering the circumstances.

Anyways it's already after 3 so I'll be going to sleep, or at least trying to... and I can only hope that Ike does not get any stronger, and those affected in Houston and the rest of Texas are okay.

Peace Out Logo, Template

Yes, I am talking to a no longer existing logo, who of course cannot respond. Sometime, when I get bored, I make irrational technological changes. One time I deleted everyone from my MSN list that I hadn't spoken to in the last three days. One time I gave up using MSN or MySpace for a month (oh MySpace...) Another time, this time, I got bored and changed my layout.

I know, I'm a rebel.

Basically, I'll admit I'm not the greatest writer, but I need practice, and that's why I have The Blender, with it's new motto (see top of page) replacing the old one "When you put every topic you can imagine into a blender, this is what comes out." This motto change makes the title utterly irrelevant, like when the Minneapolis Lakers moved to L.A. (where there are almost no lakes,) or the New Orleans Jazz moving to Utah (that has no Jazz scene at all to my knowledge. It would be like the Canadiens moving to Maine and keeping their name, but I don't care I still did it.

Does it really matter anyway? How many people at there actually read this blog. I pretty much write this as an online journal of sorts, just not as personal I guess. I've been teased for writing about certain things in the past, but really, since when do I care what people think?

If that were true I would shave more then once every full moon, exercise, and maybe spend more than 37 seconds choosing an outfit for the day. But I guess that's the sometime beauty of being a guy. I can't speak for all women, but from what I've heard learned form my female friends, women care a lot more about what people think of them than men do.

But if they didn't they wouldn't shave their legs, so let's be thankful they do.

Who Takes Over The AFC?

Only 7:22 into the Patriots season-opener against the Chiefs, and the entire NFL season was sent into a spiral of questioning. As Tom Brady went down clutching his knee, fans nationwide started wondering; was that it? Did the Patriots just lose the league’s reigning MVP, and along with him, their playoff hopes?

Yes and most unfortunately, yes. With Tom Brady officially on injured reserve, the Patriots’ playoffs chances hinged on the inexperienced Matt Cassell. Tom Brady actually took over the Patriots, back in 2001, under similar circumstances, following a Drew Bledsoe injury. But Bledsoe was no Brady, and neither is Cassell. Brady started 22 games at the University of Michigan. Cassell? He spent four years backing up Heisman winners Carson Palmer and Matt Leinart.

So who becomes the AFC favourite now? Many people are saying the perennial underachievers, the San Diego Chargers, but with Shawne Merriman sidelined for the season, their chances seem grim.

Some other “experts” say the Jets instantly become not only the favourites to win their division, but the entire AFC. Apparently these experts forgot that the Jets went 4-12 last year, and even though they added Brett Favre, they still have too many holes to be Super Bowl contenders. Division maybe. Conference? Not a chance.

So who wins the conference? The Steelers. The Steelers have an explosive offence, with underrated Ben Roethlisberger at quarterback, “Fast” Willie Parker at running back, and two stars at receiver, Hines Ward and Santonio Holmes.

Not only do they have a great offence, which they didn’t when they won the Super Bowl back in 2006, but their defense is dominant. I know this from experience, as I watched the Steelers rip apart my beloved Texans in week one.

College Dropout

Thankfully this post is not about me. I've been at Dawson long enough, dropping out at this point would just be useless. Anyways I was just doing some work, and figured I'd pop in my iPod for some background music. The album I chose, however, turned out to be a lot better than just "background music."

College Dropout, Kanye West's 2004 debut,is filled with great tracks. All Falls Down, featuring Syleena, is amazing. So are Through The Wire, (which Kanye wrote and recorded with his jaw wired shut after a near-fatal car accident,) Slow Jamz, featuring Twista, and the always-classic The New Workout Plan and Jesus Walks, the monster single, and a few other decent tracks.

So even if this album is pretty old, it's still amazing, and for some odd, odd, reason, I felt I had to tell someone?

New "Celebrity" Crush?

Every blog needs a "crush."

Extra Mustard has a new one almost every week, so I think it's about time I've decided on one, at least for now, even if she's not much of a "celebrity" per se.

Readers, meet Erin.



Now I've had many celebrity crushes in my life, in no order; Emmanuelle Chriqui, Lindsay Lohan, Hayden Pannettiere, Kristen Bell, Tina Fey, Isla Fischer, and many more that I just can't think of now.

Anyways the point is, Erin trumps them all. Mainly because I've never seen any of the others in real life, but also because she has the total package, every shallow chauvinistic thing I look for in a girl.

For one thing she's a redhead. My whole life, well, since I saw the Parent Trap and fell in lust with Lindsay Lohan, and then later on Isla Fischer. I don't really know where it came from, but I used to joke with my friend that I had inherited the blood of Jim Morrison, somehow, because of our similar names (James-Jamie.) Jim Morrison preferred redheads, and even his wife was one. But obviously I didn't actually inherit his blood, the redhead thing kinda came out of nowhere. Most guys prefer blonds but not me.

Keep in mind by the way that this is a completely shallow, chauvinistic article. In real life I actually do prefer a woman's personality to her looks (guys, make fun of me as much as you want, girls, message me if you're down,) but the purpose of this article is just to express my lust towards this cheerleader.

That reminds me, I never said where I "met" her. I went to the Alouettes game with my friend today and we sat in the third row, less than 50 feet from some of the Argonauts cheerleaders, (as well as washed-up former NFLer Mike Vanderjagt, who got a couple good heckles form me.) Early in the game my friend goes "whoa, check out ginger," and I had no idea what he was talking about, so I started scanning the cheerleaders till, boom. I saw Erin.

I feel extremely immature/stupid to write this blog, especially since it's already been almost 400 words of useless drivel, but oh well, back to lusting after this Erin...

Aside from her redheadness, Erin possesses everything I look for (physically,) in a girl; nice body, nice sex appeal (her dance moves...wow...lol,) and the simple fact that she's also ca cheerleader, another attraction that started when i started becoming obsessed with Heroes and Hayden Panettiere.

She's been a cheerleader for the Argos for 3 years apparently, and is a vegan. Good for her. Her bio on the Argos site (yes I did the research,) asked what her perfect day would be like, and I'm posting it here just because it's hilariously stereotypical cheerleader/jappy of her.

"My ‘perfect’ day would consist of… Start off with a big tray of assorted fruit, then I would get picked up in a Viper that would take me to a mall for a big shopping spree with all my friends. Then I would go to a charity that supports underprivileged children to have a chance to participate in sports and donate and help organize the sports games. I would finish the day with my family for dinner and a movie."

Kayyyyyy Erin. You may be extremely hot but you don't seem to unique. Don't worry, I, and now The Blender, still lust you. (I have this thing with the word love...)

I think almost 600 words is enough for an unknown CFL cheerleader, so I think I'm off to bed.

Stay classy.

Ranting on the Entourage Premiere

I know she wasn't in the first episode, but when I think "Entourage," I think Emannuelle Chriqui. Excuse me for being a man. Anyways, after my Texans post I started writing a couple words on tonight's episode, but that ended being over 200 words, so I gave it it's own post. Here it is:

Entourage, the TV show, is back after it's almost year and a half oasis.

For those of you who haven’t seen the series premiere yet, sucks, because I’m about to spoil the ending for you.

A couple of questions I have for those of you who watched it…

Did turtle really not notice that Drama was carrying a fish with him the entire carried? And surely Richard Roeper, probably one of most famous critics out there, would have better security that isn’t as penetrable as Turtle and Drama made it out to be.

On another thing, what’s the deal with Turtle and Vince’s hangout in Mexico? Are there only girls allowed or something? Is Vince Chase really a big enough player to be able to pull about 20 girls away to a resort? No. And regarding the whole arrangement Turtle and Vince have with their girls, who planned this? Vinnie gets two and Turtle gets one? Did all the girls have a meeting or something and agree on this?

I was actually very disappointed with the episode as a whole, even though I do like Bow Wow’s character as one of E’s clients. Give E a hot assistant and his character could really take off this season. “Look for Bow Wow’s character to blow up and end up being a big star,” says my friend Josh. Could happen, and would suck for Vince when his best friend’s attention turns to his new client.

Anyways, regardless of how bad the plot or ending might be, if Entourage continues its steady stream of hot female stars and one-liners from Ari and everyone else, I’ll be fine.

Do The Texans Still Have A Shot?

For some reason I love to start my blog posts with semi-rhetorical questions, only to spend the entire post answering that exact question. So I will. And even after a 38-17 manhandling at the hands of the Pittsburgh Steelers, I, a usually pessimistic person, remain extremely optimistic.

Why?

The 2007 Cleveland Browns. The Browns lost, 35-7, at home, to the Browns week 1 of last year. They ended up finishing 10-6 and a tiebreaker away from a playoff spot. Can the Texans replicate that? It's possible. Allow me to make the comparison, player to player;

QB: Browns - Derek Anderson, Texans - Matt Schaub
Anderson came out of nowhere to throw for nearly 4000 yards to go with his 29 touchdowns. Matt Schaub is also an underrated, unknown QB that could do the same, even with his less-than-stellar performance this week.

HB: Browns - Jamal Lewis, Texans - Steve Slaton
The two players couldn't be more different. Lewis is a bruiser, Slaton is the shifty, elusive, Westbrook type. But the Browns signed Lewis at the beginning of last season and ended up with over 1500 total yards and 11 total touchdowns. With the Texans zone-blocking scheme perfect for Slaton, give him a couple more reps to get used to the Texans playbook and we can expect big things form the former Mountaineer.

WR: Browns - Braylon Edwards, Texans - Andre Johnson
Both receivers have been absolutely dominant so far in their young careers. Edwards was drafted third overall in 2005, Johnson went third in 2003. Last season, Edwards broke out with 1289 yards and 16 touchdowns. Many compare the two, both huge receivers with speed. Johnson got injured early last year, but returned mid-season to finish with 851 receiving yards and 8 touchdowns. Providing he stays healthy, can he have a similar season to Edwards last year? He had 10 catches for 112 yards this week against a tough defense. So it looks like it

TE: Browns - Kellen Winslow, Texans - Owen Daniels
I'm not gonna come out and say Daniels can top Winslow's 1106 yards and five touchdowns, but when a QB needs a security blanket, he has his tight end there for him. Daniels could have an 800-yard, 5 touchdown type season, which is good enough for me.

LT: Browns - Joe Thomas, Texans - Duane Brown
Thomas was far and away the best offensive lineman in the 2007 draft. If I remember correctly, Brown was the 7th tackle taken this year. Regardless, both were young, thrust into starting roles as rookies, and performed admirably, with Thomas making the Pro Bowl. Will Brown make the Pro Bowl? I doubt it, but he's huge and has potential, and it looks like the Texans have finally found their left tackle.

Defense:
I'm not even gonna get into this too much. I know the Texans have a week secondary, and though they got torched on the run this week, with young stars like Mario Williams, Amobi Okoye (one of the youngest players in the league, even though he's a second year pro,) and Pro Bowler and former Defensive ROY Demeco Ryans anchoring their defense, the Texans should be fine.

A look at Sarah Palin and the 2008 Election

As an aspiring journalist, I pride myself on coming up with creative headlines (hence the pop-culture reference in this one,) and leads, as well as witty sentences. But, even though blogger Bill Tancer of Time Magazine thought of it first, I have to say this.

"I doubt that any of us have ever considered any of our past vice-presidential candidates a sex symbol."

Tancer couldn't be more right. And even though, at 44, Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin's looks are declining, one thing cannot be contested. She used to be hot.

Exhibit A:

Not bad eh? Taken in 1984, the photo shows Palin as an attractive 20-year old woman. She even finished second in the race for 1984 Miss Alaska, taking the "Miss Congeniality" title. Not only was she attractive, she was also a sportscaster for KTUU-TV in Anchorage. A hot female sportscaster. Can't get much better than that. So I'll admit. I am very attracted to Sarah Palin.

Let me rephrase that. I am attracted to who was then known as Sarah Heath. That is, 1980s Sarah Palin. The current Sarah Palin, not so much. Not only is she getting old, she stands for almost everything I'm opposed to, from being pro-life to just being pro-McCain. She is the republican vice presidential nominee, despite much better options (Tim Pawlenty, Mitt Romney,) being available. If John McCain wants to pry Hillary voters away from Obama, all the power to him. He will not be successful.

Another thing I don't like about Palin is her skill in making choices. Say what you want about her voting for drilling in the ANWR (Alaskan National Wildlife Reserve,) she clearly has not made good choices in naming her kids: Track, Bristol, Willow, Piper, Trig. Only celebrities should have the right to give their kids stupid names like these. And she can't control her own daughter, 17-year-old Bristol, who is unmarried and five-months pregnant, how will she control the country?

In choosing a vice-presidential candidate, the presidential candidate should always look at the one-heartbeat-away factor. If something were to happen to McCain, could Palin lead the country? No. Not even close. Now on the other side, if something were to happen to Barack Obama, would Joe Biden be able to lead the country? I really do think so.

Case closed? Not quite. According to USA Today's Electoral Vote Tracker, the Democrats have 248 electoral votes on lockdown, to the Republicans' 135. For those who don't know, a presidential candidate needs 270 to win. Now let's examine this deeper.

States Obama-Biden have on lockdown: Washington, Oregon, California, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Pennsylvania, New York, Maine, Vermont, Massachusetts, , Rode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, and D.C.

States McCain-Palin have on lockdown: Idaho, Utah, Wyoming, Alaska, North Dakotas, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Mississippi, Alabama, Indianapolis, Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina.

Which leaves the following "swing" states open: Montana, Nevada, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, and New Hampshire.

Out of the leftover, no-locked down states, these should go to Obama: New Mexico, Iowa, and New Hampshire.

And these should go to McCain: Montana, Nevada, Arizona, Colorado, Missouri, Arkansas, Lousiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, West Virginia.

After those states have been awarded, the new electoral vote tally? 264-227, Obama. Based on common knowledge/assumptions, Obama is a mere SIX electoral votes from being Amerca's next president. Where will he get these votes? Two states seem to jump to mind, the only two I did not award to either candidate. Ohio and Florida, both huge players in the controversial 2000 election, where the Dems won the popular vote but failed to lock down the presidency.

Do I think Obama will win Florida? Yes. Do I think Obama will win Ohio? Again, yes. But this means nothing. Not only am I Canadian, I haven't done nearly as much research as hundreds of political analysts from our neighbours to the south. The fact of the matter is, with a dead heat in Ohio and a slight Obama lead in Florida shown in recent polls, an Obama victory seems imminent (and deserved.)

Should make for an interesting two months.

September Already?

Yep, it's arrived that fast. After a short 100-day summer or so, September is here. So what if I, unlike most of my friends, started school last Monday instead of the usual post-Labour Day Tuesday. To me, school only really starts this week, with all the introductory classes done with and the work starting to pile on. In fact, I already have a homework assignment due tomorrow as well as a quiz, so I should probably be getting on those, but I figured I'd stop by the blog first.

While most of my friends are post-frosh starting classes tomorrow, I'll be beginning my second week of what some people call "the Dawson Victory Lap," for those who don't finish Dawson in the standard 4 semesters. Anyways, I messed up and I know it. With the prospect of actually being interested in all my classes for the first time in my life (I hope to end up in Concordia Journalism,) I might actually try for once. And hey, look at this: it's 8:26 and I'm already going to start doing work. First time I did that before 10 in a while.

I've Seen Too Many Movies This Summer

It's true... I Have. And it fucking adds up like crazy, with each movie over ten bucks, plus ten bucks or so in food. I've seen so many movies in theaters this summer I could've probably bought a video game system with the money I've spent, seeing these movies;

- Zohan
- Pineapplex Express (twice)
- Dark Knight (twice)
- Tropic Thunder (just now...)

Basically, a lot. And I'm sure there's been more, plus some other ones on DVD or TV. Basically, a shit load of movies for one month. And what movies do is they take over your life, each one taking up to 2 hours off your life while you get trapped in their fanciful life.

But it's a nice trip they take you on, Tropic Thunder case in point: a bunch of actors (Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr. [disguised as a black guy,] Ben Stiller) playing actors forced into real life combat in the Vietnamese jungle. Quite the movie, with hilarious lines coming out of nowhere. Downey Jr's portrayal as a white Australian who received medical attention to be transformed into his character, a black man, was fucking amazing, excuse my language.

Anyways, goodbye for now.