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Oscars 2010: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
I must have made almost 100 tweets last night when I live-blogged the Oscars over on Twitter. I decided that rather than make another dozen or so, I would post my general thoughts in a LiveJournal post. That makes 3 posts in one year - one more and I tie the 2008 tally. You can probably read this in lieu of the array of tweets I posted - I can't ( Read more... ) -
My Predictions For The 82nd Academy Awards
Tonight we bear witness to the most ridiculously inflated, self-important, pompous and wretchedly excessive night in Hollywood: the Academy Awards. I would probably like the Oscars a lot more if they didn't take themselves so seriously. Of course, I plan to watch regardless, so that makes me no better than every other critic you find on the ( Read more... ) -
Brainbin Reviews: New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Note: This game is a direct sequel to New Super Mario Bros. for the Nintendo DS, released in 2006. I have not played that game, though I have researched it, and since the intention is to compare this one to the side-scrolling platformers of the past, I will not refer to that game unless it is pertinent to the review.
The last true old-school ( Read more... ) -
Go Forward. Move Ahead!
So, it's been another whole heck of a long time, but I suddenly felt the need to do some writing in my LiveJournal, and I figured I would seize the impulse before it faded away. In the last six months, my university had a three-month strike, and I almost got a job, but it fell through at the last moment, and I've suffered through another half-year ( Read more... ) -
Third Year - Prisoner Of Azkaban?
Students at my University start classes the day after most public school students do - which is to say, two days after Labour Day. That was the third of September - eighteen days ago. I've now been through all my classes, twice. So, what's the situation?
This year I am completely committed to my major - Psychology - and my minor - history - as well ( Read more... ) -
Bytown Is My Kinda Town
Wow - where does the month go?
I'm sorry about not posting the Ottawa story until now, but here it is. I do remember most of the details, and all of the big ones, so don't worry about too vague or short of an account. Our voyage there was a little shorter than the one to Quebec City, and not quite as relentlessly eventful, however a good deal ( Read more... ) -
Vive Le Quebec
Hopefully, everyone in Ontario (as of this writing, that's all of my readers) had an enjoyable Civic Holiday. A lot of people went away on vacation during the long weekend, and if the usually-crowded orthodontist's office was any indication, many people are still away.
According to the orthodontist on my previous visit, I am at least two-thirds of ( Read more... ) -
And Time... Goes By... So Slowly...
...So Quickly, actually.
I know, I know, it's been forever and a half, and even I've lost track of how many hiatuses there have been by now. (Five or six, I believe, but don't quote me on that.)
True to form, a lot of interesting things have happened in my absence. The Writers' Strike, of course, has come to an end, and it appears that a looming ( Read more... ) -
Deep Throat
Just a quick follow-up post. Indeed, I have another throat infection. My throat has plagued me all my life, both before and after the tonsillectomy in my youth. These past two years without health problems may well be a record for me. On the positive side, I did get the results from the blood tests that were taken during my annual physical, shortly ( Read more... ) -
Sick Again
Well, apparently even frequent hand-washing and well above eight glasses of water per day isn't enough to stave off sickness forever. On Wednesday I came down with something very nasty and was quite unable to finish my day at the University, leaving early. That morning, I didn't feel very bad, but I was sneezing a good deal more than usual. Then ( Read more... )