Tuesday, March 31, 2009

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I'm all for taking well timed risks, but there are some things I will not just do.

What are your three "nevers"?

Friday, March 27, 2009

Morgan Freeman Effect (Update)

Another person who I believe demonstrates the Morgan Freeman Effect is T-Pain.

Any song with him is great, any any song with the addition of T-pain would be great.

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Is it Cheapstake or Cheapstake?

to describe a stingy person?


Cheapskate!

EDIT: I suck at grammar.

Monday, March 23, 2009

Stel Grigo is an IDIOT!

So today a few of my keyboard keys decided to crap out on me, so I restarted my computer a bunch of times and it still wouldn't work.


So what do I do in order to try to fix it?

I go to the bathroom, get the hair dryer and try to dry the keys myself. I stop, and I notice something different with a few of my keys. Whats wrong with them? They partially melted from the damn hot air.

Jeez. Now I gotta send the laptop in for repairs and replace the whole keyboard. ugh.

Friday, March 20, 2009

My March Madness Picks



I'm a day late, but I thought I might as well post my picks.

EDIT: Clearly, the whole bracket can't be viewed. Click the picture to see the whole thing.

Thursday, March 19, 2009

The Morgan Freeman Effect

I sort of came up with this theory on my way to school today.

Basically what it is, is that any movie could be improved by putting Morgan Freeman into it. In addition, if a movie with Morgan Freeman already in it (Which is a lot) were to be taken out and to be replaced with another actor, the movie would suck.


Thats my theory.

Sunday, March 15, 2009

So today.. and the Discovery or P.E.A.

Today was a great day, as the weather is freakin awesome , no clouds in the sky and hardly any wind. I also went to the Raptors game today with one of my good friends Bernie. It was pretty great to see the Raptors 1) Win a game, and 2) Win a game through hustling, driving to the hoop and making the other team look stupid. Had an awesome time.

Over the course of the game Bernie and I would continuously talk about nothing (Kinda sounds like a seinfeld episode, I know) and occasionally have an "OH SHIT!?" moment when Pops Mensah Bonsu and Shawn Marion would dunk the ball ( Which they did a whole lot of today). Anyway, during our conversation he told me about a theory that he likes to call P.E.A.(Personality Enhanced Attractiveness).

To me, he is sort of a genius because this was all collectively on the tip of our tounges, because we were all aware of girls that had a personality that made them hotter or less attractive, we just never bothered to give it a name.

So what P.E.A. measures is a measure of a girl or guys qualities or drawbacks that make him/her attractive or unattractive. A girl with a positive P.E.A would carry attributes such as a good sense of humour, ability to take chirps from guys, and liking/knowing about stuff sports or cars. A guy with a positivie P.E.A would carry similar attributes. Those attributes would make a girl/guy seem far more attractive in comparison to just glancing at her from a distance. An example of a woman with a good P.E.A. is Robin Scherbatsky from the CBS show How I met your Mother, she watches Hockey, is hilarious and can give and take chirps. An example for guys would be Seth Rogen.

However, a girl with a negative P.E.A. would carry the dreaded "qualities" like smoking, being really annoying, having a repulsive voice or talking down to people. That would make her less attractive than she physically is. The best example of a negative P.E.A is Paris Hilton. For guys it would be Robert Pattinson, the guy from the movie Twilight.

So, P.E.A. I'm making it my job to spread this term around, just so us guys or even girls who want to use it on guys have a measuring stick to evaluate the opposite sex.

Thank you Bernie for helping create this term.

Saturday, March 14, 2009

Today at Union Station...

So I got off of work today at 2 and at around the same time my friend Bernie who goes to school at Western was taking the train to visit Toronto this weekend and his train came to Union right around the same time, so we figured that we would meet up.

Anyway, we met up and walked towards the TTC part of Union. Bernie, like any normal person didn't want to pay $2.75 to take the train home, and I had a metro pass for this month so we figured we'd do a "pass back".

So, I went first and swiped my metro pass, left it on the turnstile and started walking towards the train platform. I then looked back and didn't see Bernie and I saw a woman with a metro pass coming through the turnstile. Immediatley I was led to believe that she took my metro pass, because I didn't see Bernie take mine.

I then confronted her, asking where she had got her Metro pass from. She started acting all defensive and yelled at me to leave her alone. Basically, I had no idea what was going to happen, I thought she was going to pull out her rape whistle and scream for help, or pepper spray me or go all womens defence on my ass. I then kept looking around for my friend and still didn't see him. So, I decided to chase her down, and I sprinted down the bus platform in an attempt to get my metro pass back, cuz its my fucking metro pass and basically my key to the city. i love that thing.

As soon as I got down there, I found my friend and asked him if he had taken my metro pass. He replied, yes i did. He was very confused as to what was happening and we got into the train car and I had told him about the whole metro pass situation and the woman I had confronted. Little did I know that woman was sitting in thge same car and our eyes met. I immediatley apologized for confronting her like that and we both laughed it off.


Thats my story, now I'm just lying down watching the Purdue/Illionois game and getting ready for my night.

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

How much you want to bet...

That the German kid who killed all those students was this guy...


Today was a good day...

Very good day today,

had a nap. did well on my accounting midterm, and watched my friend nick place 3rd in the 100 metre backstroke. so he is 3rd in the country.


pretty solid day.

Funny movie posters

http://www.worth1000.com/contest.asp?contest_id=22703&display=photoshop&page=5000#entries

Changed up one word, makes a difference.

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

kanyes louis sneakers





True or False..He got 0/100.



Response from the teacher:

Dear Michael,

Every year I attempt to boost my students' final grades by giving them this relatively simple exam consisting of 100 True or False questions from only 3 chapters of material. For the past 20 years that I have taught Intro Communications 101 at this institution I have never once seen someone score below a 65 on this exam. Consequently, your score of a zero is the first in history and ultimately brought the entire class average down a whole 8 points.

There were two possible answer choices: A (True) and B (False). You chose C for all 100 questions in an obvious attempt to get lucky with a least a quarter of the answers. It's as if you didn't look at a single question. Unfortunately, this brings your final grade in this class to failing. See you next year!

May God have mercy on your soul.

Sincerely,
Professor William Turner

P.S. If all else fails, go with B from now on.
B is the new C


Funny stuff.

Dwyane Wade is kinda good..

Sunday, March 8, 2009

This blows.

This post is for Nick.

So I just might watch American Idol this week

Something that I never do, apart from the finales. Reason why, is because Kanye West and Kelly Clarkson are on the Wednesday episode..March 11th. :)

Courtside tees



I thought these t-shirts were pretty funny considering Jack Nicholson and Spike Lee are always sitting courtside for Knick and Laker games. Enjoy.

I found this on www.karmaloop.com

Lance Armstrong Livestrong Shoes





Finally, something to go with my Livestrong Laptop!

Thank you Nike.

Thought this stuff was pretty cool





Loving the shoes, the dice cardigan and the numbers sweater.

Thanks Jeremy Scott!

FML Toronto Sports - Raptors Edition

Alright, So I think I work in the best place in Toronto. The Air Canada Centre, home of the Toronto Raptors and the Toronto Maple Leafs. Don't get me wrong, I'll always cheer for these two teams because they are my home town teams, but lately they're giving me plenty of reasons to hate them. I'll start with the Raptors and address the Leafs in another post.

Alright, I will admit it, I haven't been a Raptors fan from the beginning, or even when they were at their best with Vince Carter. I became a fan when they hired Brian Colangelo as their general manager, and then picked Andrea Bargnani with the first selection in the 2006 nba draft. Right around the same time I was hired to work at the Air Canada Centre, so I figured I'd start to watch the Raptors with optimism at an all time high, and that I would be exposed to the Raptors and Leafs everytime I'd go to work.

So, the Raptors finished that season tying their best all time record, won their first division title and played the man who deserted their franchise years ago Vince Carter. I had gone to game 2 of that series prior to my trip to New York and it was the most amazing event that I had ever attended, the atmosphere was truly amazing. Unfortunatley, the Raptors had lost that series and were eliminated from the playoffs. I was upset, but I was sure the Raptors would return with vengeance next year and for sure make a splash.

Last year it was more of the same, unfortunatley injuries led to a bit of a drop off in their record but they still made the playoffs, but were promptly eliminated by a much better team in the Orlando Magic. In the offseason, they traded one of their best players and one of my favorite players T.J Ford, Rasho Nesterovic and their first round pick for a former all star centre Jermaine O'neal. Personally, I was not a fan of the trade because I feel that they had a more pressing need in their guard position and small forward position and that they should have targetted Shawn Marion or Gerald Wallce, two players that were being shopped by their teams at the time.

The 2008-2009 campaign began for the Raptors with two straight wins on the road against Philadelphia and Miluakee, leading up to their home opener that I attended against the Golden State Warriors. They won that game in overtime, Chris Bosh played like an MVP and the Raptors were playing with swagger, something that they never really had since the Vince Carter days.

Unfortunatley, this was all a mirage as the Raptors always seemed to collapse at the end of games and now they are sitting 2nd last in the Eastern Conference, and would pick 8th inNBA Draft, not guaranteeing them an impact player which is something that they're lacking, but enough to hopefully give them a solid contributor.

So that is that state of the Raptors, they are not going to make the playoffs this year when their expectations to succeed were higher than ever. I cannot wait for this season to end because this team needs a major retooling. I'll address my ideas at a later date, when I have a level head and not going crazy.

Those are my thoughts for now. Thanks.

In honor of Bill Simmons

So I stated that I really like and admire Bill Simmons the writer for ESPN. What I like so much about him is his "Lists" and Memes. I'll provide an example, and I sorta created my own list, certainly not as good, but hey, I'll share it.


First Mine..I created this sort of "Token White Guy" list, which states white artists or singers who aren't rappers but are respected in the hip hop community.

The people who are included on this list are Justin Timberlake, Colby O'Donis, Chris Martin, Adam Levinge, John Mayer and a new member is Andy Samberg.



Now for my favorite Simmons memes.

Ewing Theory

One of Simmons's most used Internet memes has been the Ewing Theory,[13] which was conceived by reader Dave Cirilli and named after Patrick Ewing of the New York Knicks. In 1998-99, the Knicks made the NBA Finals after Ewing sustained an Achilles' tendon injury. Thus, the Ewing Theory claims that when a longtime superstar who has never won a championship leaves the team via injury, trade or free agency, and the media writes the team off, the team will play better.

Examples would be Nomar Garciaparra when he got traded from the Red Sox and they won their first World Series in 86 years that season. Another one is Tiki Barber retired from the Giants and they won the championship that year as well.

Emilio Estevez All Stars

In a September 19, 2008, column, Simmons created the Emilio Estevez all-stars. The team is named in recognition of people with Latino names who don't look remotely Latino.


Emilio Estevez
Anthony Gonzalez
Jeff Garcia
Rich Rodriguez
Barry Alvarez

The Lindsey Hunter All Stars

In his August 10, 2007 mailbag, Simmons, with a reader's help, added a new category "The Lindsey Hunter All Stars", a list of male athletes with names that make them sound like a hot girl.
Alexis Ajinca
Coco Crisp
Lindsey Hunter
Aubrey Huff
Courtney Lee
Ashley Lelie
Brook Lopez
Robin Lopez
Sidney Rice
Alexis Rios


Anyways, so thats my love post for Bill Simmons, hope you enjoyed it and I hope you weren't waiting too too long when I was writing that I would write more about Bill in just a bit in my previous posts...

See ya.

PS all my info is from Wikipedia.

Friggin Daylight Savings

So I just woke up and I totally forgot that it was the day that we turn our clocks ahead. I just now figured out that it is 12:00 PM and I feel like my day has already been wasted, oh well.

What I think about at 12:54 A.M

Uhhh morning? or good evening? I don't know, either way..hey!


Just arrived home from my cousins party, and I'm pretty pooped from my day. From waking up, to making the shirt, to the game, to the party, it has been a pretty rockin March 7th 2009 for me.

With that being said there are a few things on my mind, just a few thoughts here and there, and if you're interested in reading on, then by all means these next few sentences or paragraphs are for you..depending on how much sense I make during that time.

First thing that's on my mind, has to be the city of Boston. Pretty random, I know..but I have this sort of love/hate thing with the city and the state of Massachusetts in general. So, I'll start with what I love about Boston, it is pretty safe to say that I absolutely love Boston clam chowder, the people that live there and support their sports teams ( I'm basing this on the fans that were at the game today) and of course my favorite part about Boston is that one of my favourite writers Bill Simmons was born there (I'll get back to Bill in a bit).

What I do not like about Boston is the damn success of all their sports teams at the same time, yeah I'm damn jealous because every Toronto team sucks, its a fact.

Maple Leafs are the 7th worst team in the NHL
Raptors are currently the 2nd worst team in their conference.
Blue Jays are on the wrong side of the best division in baseball.
and Toronto FC has great entertainment value, they just cant win games.

Do not even get me started on the Argos...

Anyways, another Boston peeve of mine would have to be Ben Affleck, I do not really understand why everyone loves him...meh, whatever. hes not worth much to me.



There is a lot more on my mind, but getting out all my thoughts right now would keep me up past 3, and I'm getting reallly tired.

So g'night :)

Saturday, March 7, 2009

Just got home from the game

So I just got home from the opening game of the world baseball classic, and it was indeed a classic. Canada almost pretty much took the lead in the 9th inning, but unfortunatley morneau or bay couldn't make it happen. oh well.

anyways, it was the best time i ever had at a baseball game and i'm really happy i went. my shirt was a hit, and it got many comments like "Nice!" and "Nice shirt dude!".

Mad props to Joey Votto and Russell Martin for making this one of the best games I've ever been to in any sport.

Gotta jet, will post some more later tonight.

Canada shirt pics

















































So the shirt turned out a bit better than I had expected...I put MORNEAU on the back, he is probably one of my favorite baseball players even though I'm not too huge on the sport in general with the steroids, HGH and MUSCLEEE MILK!! etc etc..However, its not everyday you go to a game to see Canada vs USA...So i gotta show my Canadian pride lolll.

enjoy the pics



Morning!

Hey everyone,

Just woke up...its 10:40 a,m..pretty excited for today because it is March 7th, and I'm going to the home opener for Canada which is against the USA in the World Baseball Classic. So, I'm going with a couple of friends of mine and were gonna have a good time.

So currently, because of this recession, I cant just go out and buy a jersey to wear to this game, which kind of sucks. However! I'm creating a solution, the other day my friend David and I went to Spadina (chinatown) and bought a couple of shirts that say Canada on the front, so..as we speak im putting a name on the back of that shirt!

Pics soon to come!

Quick review of Watchmen

Like I stated in my previous post, I just came back from seeing the movie Watchmen, basically...This movie was overall entertaining, but what stopped me from really liking the movie was that I could not get into the main characters, their personalities seemed so dry or bland, or in the case of the the big blue guy Jon or Dr.Manhatten had no personality at all, which I guess was his "thing".

Anyway, This movie I realized was pretty sexed up in comparison to other movies I've seen recently, and I was kinda caught off guard, very subtle innuendos here and there, made it sorta funny.

Hmmmm, what else? Basically all there is to say is that I really want to see Terminator Salvation now (it was in the previews) and that I can safely say that my childhood dream of being a superhero is definitley being re-ignited, so thank you Watchmen for that, but that didn't save you from being an average movie.

My arrival


Bahahahhahaaha, So I decided to make a blog...

its 1:54 A.M, and I just came home from seeing the movie Watchmen. It was alrrrrrright, nothing too too special, but a good movie to see in a theatre as opposed to a rental.

Obviously, there's a reason why I decided to create a blog, I guess you could put the blame on my girl E. You can find her blog at seewhatelenisees.blogspot.com. Mad props to this girl, she is truly one of a kind.