Count

It's been awhile, so I believe it's time for a count.

Number of girls I found attractive yesterday: one, two, three, four.

Less, the number of girls that would never work out: four, three, two, one.

Plus, the number of girls I found attractive earlier in the day: one, two, three, four, five.

Less, the number of girls that would never work out: five, four, three.

Less, the number of girls who'd never go for a guy like me: three, two, one, zero.

ZERO.

This is the number of my potentials.

You'd think I'd be more saddened by this news, but I'm not. I've realized that this was the number all along, so I shouldn't get my hopes up etc etc etc.

That, and I gots my video games, the one lover that would never turn me down...

Unless the computer crashes, or my comp isn't fast enough, or my sis doesn't let me install my freaking game when she said she would days ago...

:P

Until next time, I guess...

Haha

As per my last post, please disregard, hahaha...

Now, tonight was quite awesome, despite the fact canucks lost in overtime.

This awesomeness was, in part, because it was Angela's birthday. Happy birthday Angela!

Another, hanging out is quite fun as well, with everyone there.

I also got out of clubbing and instead watched The Princess Bride w/ Nate & Reuben at Mark's place. Mark also watched. AWESOME movie.

Although I do believe I owe Gemma a clubbing excursion. Or something to that effect.

Speaking of owing, I owe you a present Angela! I was gonna give a starbucks card I got for free as a temporary present, but it turns out it was only for $5, and that seemed much cheaper than saying that I'd buy you another present later. Don't know why, but it just does seems cheap giving a $5 gift cert. w/o anything else.

On another note, I've come to the conclusion that I like my hair. No matter what Aurea says, lol. WOOSH!
[although, a haircut would probably be in order, heheh...]

Also, I still haven't installed CivIV, since my sister doesn't let me have administrator privileges on her computer. Oh well, tomorrow is another day, or whatever.

So, yeah. In a considerably better mood right now than last posting.

OH YEAH!!! Almost forgot, today I played drums in front of my church. For a beginner, I was quite capable (if I say so myself). But, as Ron said so eloquently when I said I could've played better, "there's always room for improvement." But WOO, I can play super-basic drums adequately! Quite awesome, indeed.

Until next time, I guess...

...

You guys won't believe how incredibly depressed I feel right now...

ARRGH, Group Projects...

Well, I just came out of a group meeting, and HOLY CRAP did it ever bring back bad memories of BCIT...especially the whole "lets interview the manager" thing *shudder*

I know it's not really gonna work like we think it would, and it's not even a big enough part of the project to warrant this much effort...I tried to tell them, but I realized halfway through my argument that nobody would listen and/or I was bringing the entire group down i.e. completely counterproductive to overall group

It's all a bunch of marketing hooey if you ask me...stupid UBC O.B. being so rediculously horrible compared to BCIT's...I really do miss BCIT, where I actually felt like part of a society...

[just to clarify, at BCIT, I had a group project that practically 100% of the mark was based on this one presentation, and we went through soooo many different things we would do, but we couldn't get the interview, we couldn't find the info, we had lots (AND LOTS) of disagreements, I was yelled at because I was slacking off, some other group memebers weren't terribly incorporated into the fold, and in the end we only had about 4-5 days to get something put together...sooo not a good thing....had to pull practically an allnighter the night before the presentation, and let me tell you, having a presentation on only one hour of sleep is not a good thing, no matter how much caffeine you ingest...]

And here I am, ranting away...instead, I shall blog about something much more jovial:

I bought CivIV today!!! YEAH!!! WOOO!!!

Yup, I'm thinking I should just go home now, instead of sticking around for anime...nothing too much there, except for seeing people in cosplay, lol...

In fact, I shall leave to catch the bus right now.

Until next time, I guess...

--> As told through the mind of an introverted extrovert.

Quickie-like

Gonna blog yesterday, forgot...

Finished my midterms, last one was yesterday, in accounting, I think I did pretty well...

Birthdays coming up, needing to buy presents...not much money left...

Over the past few days, in my mind, "s***, I mean poo", as well as "f***, I mean sexual activity"

Well, it sounds funnier in my head...

Wait, this post doesn't sound right, doesn't capture feeling of yesterday:

I'M FREAKIN' DONE MY MIDTERMS!!! WOOOO!!! And wait a sec, I think I did fairly good on my midterms, too...WOOO!!! YEAH!!!

And such...

Until next time, I guess...

Lottery, hahaha...

Winning Lottery #'s--- 5, 11, 20, 30, 37, 43
Mom's Lottery #'s---- 3, 11, 20, 31, 38, 42


Hahahahaha, numbers were one off, we could've won the lottery...my mom was being all hysterical for a second there, "WE ALMOST WON THE LOTTERY!!!" Hahaha...

WHOA!!!

Holy freakin' crap, I fluked out!!! Everything I studied was on the test, and all the long answer questions were the ones I actually understood!!! There's a good chance I might even get 80% on this test! YEAH!!!

Then again, I could just be fooling myself into thinking I did good, when I actually made tons of mistakes, thus making my mark closer to the 60% range...but, as of right now, WOOOOO!!!

[btw, it's quite hard to place three exclamation marks in a row when you're extremely tired, even though you wanna show the enthusiasm felt a few hours ago...]

As the above mentioned, I'm quite tired right now...I think I'm starting to crash from the double shot of espresso I had earlier...well, espresso + equal volume of milk (therefore cooling the coffee for chugging) + a half pound of sugar. Even so, I wasn't super jittery, meaning that this past week of caffeine chugging seems to be wearing down on my sensitivity to it...oh well, no more caffeine for another 2 months for me!

Although, I do have my last midterm tomorrow, on accounting, and I haven't quite studied yet...good thing that my only class is cancelled tomorrow, I gets to sleep in! Woo! and such. Heheh, I was gonna study tonight, but then I think I crashed...plus, the heater was put up WAY too high to study, making me sleepier...but oh well. Point is, super hardest midterm ended up not being so hardest afterall. YEAH!!!

Now, for some miscellaneous garbage:

What I read on a desk in the "very silent" room in Koerner:
--> "Do asian girls like brown guys?"
Needless to say, the first thing I thought, "hmmm, Reuben must've studied here..." LOL
Plus, the answers to this question, as well as its surroundings, were equally as hilarious...

(I was gonna put more, but then I got sidetracked w/ my hockey pool and forgot them all)

So, yeah...I guess that's it. I'm gonna go sleep now.

Until next time, I guess...

The Opposite of Yawn (although I am tired...)

Exam at 7:30...meaning, about 2+ hrs left to study...

It's pretty bad if the night before you bomb last years midterm...

Seriously though, I could actually fail this test...

Not a good feeling, especially w/ my dad all "oh yes, microecon, that was one of my best classes, only econ that made sense" blah blah blah...knowing that my dad will probably have a better mark that what I'm gonna get really ticks me off...

And yet, here I am, blogging away instead of cramming...damnation from my procrastination, I say...

Until next time, I guess...

Good, but really not...

Well, I just got handed back my econ assignment, the one I pulled an allnighter on...

When I got it, I just felt horrible. I mean, I felt really REALLY bad...

I didn't deserve this mark...once I saw it, I couldn't stop thinking, "no... no... noooo, this can't be my mark... I don't deserve this... no... no... nooo......"

Needless to say, this mark is highly discouraging towards any further study for my midterm, but I shall force myself to anyways...this mark I got is not representative of my knowledge in the course, at all...

The point of all this?? No matter what my effort is, I shall continue to have marks I do not deserve.

This sucks...I'm sure when people see my mark, they'll all hate me for it...

--> As told through the mind of a reintroverted extrovert. At least, here at ubc, anyways...

[edit, 2 hrs later - And now I just spent 2+ hours surfing the net, mainly on hapkido. Instead of studying. For my midterm. Tomorrow. That I'm completely lost on. Great...just great.]

[edit, almost 5 hrs later - Well, I ended up studying for a good 3 hours...however, the last hour was very inefficient since I was starving...so, I decided to eat, but since I was so freakin' hungry I ate my entire big honkin' "lunch" my mom packed. Then I was very full. Emphasis on VERY. So, after eating, it was about 6, I realized that I wasn't going to be able to get any work done anyways, so I decided to go on the comp. Again. And now I've fiddled w/ my hockey pool for nearly an hour now. Way to go, me...]

Not good...

I just might possibly be the dumbest guy I know...

I mean, w/ two of the biggest midterms comming up, I should've been studying like crazy, esp. for Microeconomics which I've slacked off WAY too much for a subject I haven't taken yet...

Sunday was supposed to be the crazy Accounting study day. Instead, I play Heroes V beta for a bit (understandable, but still), I watch non-canucks hockey along with Iron Chef and other shows, I surf the internet (ebaum etc), and to top it all off, I FREAKIN' WATCHED 14 EPISODS OF SMALLVILLE!!! Sunday night, stayed up 'til 3, no 4...(could've been 5). Point is, horrible allocation of my precious time.

Today, I was going to hunker down and do last years midterm in accounting. It was supposed to be from 4-6. Instead, I decided to go check webct and my e-mail. This of course makes me end up playing 'til 5:30. Stupid, stupid me. So I decide to cut my losses and go to Kwantlen to at least feel good for a bit. Then, I went off to Hapkido, which was good, and it made me feel great. However, when I got home, instead of quick shower then study, I end up watching more tv...much more tv...so, I decide to cut my losses once again and go on the comp, screw around w/ my hockey pool, etc etc...

[Hmmm, I don't know if "cutting my losses" really applies in this situation...chalk it up to lack of sleep combined w/ midterm jitters]

Anyways, at least some good came out of this...I just finished printing the past few midterms for my Econ course (actually it's Managerial Economics, but whatever). Hopefully tomorrow won't be a complete waste of my time as well...it shall be the day of Econ in the bowels of Koerner Library, because David Lam is the crappiest library ever...stupid 50 decibal group studies and dank computers...

Heh, my sister's off at 9:30am tomorrow, and I don't start 'til 10...meaning, I'll probably drive to UBC and drop off the car to my sis after she's done class. Sweet, I gets ta sleep in 'til later now...

So, as it turns out, I just spent the past 15 mins blogging, yet another complete waste of time. And now I'm tired. And I need my sleep. And I should get as much sleep as humanly possible. Meaning, no more attempts at last years acct midterm...oh well...

I swear, if the past in any indication of my midterm marks, there's a good chance that I'll fluke out and end up with better than decent marks. Yeah, that pisses me off too, I don't deserve it. However, it could always be another Tax...slacked off like crazy the first month+, then failed the test. FAILED. I DON'T FREAKIN' FAIL!!!

But that's a rant of a different colour...

Until next time, I guess...

Wooo...?

Well, for starters, I freakin' got the Heroes V Beta to freakin' work! WOOOOO!!! That's freakin' AWESOME!!!

One problem: multiplayer only.

Why a problem?? Because as of right now, a sunday freakin' afternoon, THERE'S NOBODY ELSE TO PLAY WITH!!! I'm freaking pissed off!!! I finally get to play the damn beta, and just because nobody's online, I'm still gonna hafta wait?! What the freaking hell?!?

Well, that being aside, whooo-boy, I can't wait to play!!!

Oh, and on another videogaming note, Civ IV is coming out in a few days. AWESOME!!!

The way I figure, I'll play the beta as much as I can, and if there's nobody to play / don't feel like playing, I'll just switch over to Civ. YEAH!!!

Or, OR, I could get off the comp and start studying for my super-important midterms coming up in a few days...but then that really wouldn't be me, now would it...

Until next time, I guess...

***Edit, 1+ hr later***

YEAH!!! People to play with! I finally played the freaking beta!!!

One problem: my sister's comp. is completely DANK ASS!!!

The game runs so incredibly slow on my comp that my first turn took nearly half an hour...so, being that it's multiplayer, my opponent leaves the game (I don't blame him/her, I'd've done the same). Meaning, I'm only able to play one turn then automatically win! That SUCKS!!!

I mean honestly, who buys a comp w/ only 256mb of ram anyways...plus, she doesn't wanna upgrade, which sucks so completely...

So, this game's basically on the backburner (for now)...

Now, as for Civ IV, the comp meets the minimum requirements, however just barely...recommended says 512 mb of course, but I'm hoping it'll still play relatively smoothly...

That being said, I have successfully wasted nearly 3 hrs of my day in non-study, meaning that I'll have to cram like super crazy now for the next few days (esp. tuesday for my stupid microecon that I've slacked too much on), but oh well...

"JUSTIN!!!"

"Hey, it's 5-1, Brad May should get a goal..."

(1 second later, he scores)

"JUSTIN!!!"

(then, all hell breaks loose)

"JUSTIN!!! YOU JINXED THE CANUCKS!!!"


--> Hahaha...oh well, at least we got the 2 points, plus linden got the empty netter, lol...

Standings

Sure is nice to see Vancouver on top of the league standings, if only for a while...

So Loud...

You'd think that it being past 1am, it'd be quiet enough in my house to study.

This is not the case. TV, phone, talking, etc are still going on. It's really starting to piss me off.

Yet another reason for me to move out. But, alas, I'm far too unmotivated to do anything that would allow this to occur. Like, say, get a job, for example...

Which reminds me. I'm thinking about getting a job at the Old Spaghetti Factory, dishwashing/cook or whatever. Yes, the same place where my sister works; yes, the same place where so many people I know work(ed); yes, the place where I've worked in the two previous restaurant incarnations. I just miss having money. Plus, it's not like I'm really doing anything of importance with my spare time.

Well, except for right now, since I'm trying to study, but it's still SO FREAKIN' NOISY!

Goodness...

[Wow, a full-circle rambling, I don't do too many of those...]

Until next time, I guess...

Stupid procrastination...

Well, it's less than an hour before my OB midterm...

This should've been rediculously easy, but I haven't studied nearly as much as I should have...

I mean, if I had read the chapters, read the notes handed out, did the online mc questions, etc when they came out (which would've taken like no time at all), everything would've been rediculously easy...

This is what I did when I was at BCIT...oh, how kwantlen + taken the course before really degrades your study habits...

Hopefully I'll get over 80%, which scaled would be rather nice...but now, I'm thinking more around the range of the 70's. This blows.

Anyways, it's about 45 mins left to study, just needed a break, but now I gotta go cram a bit more...boo me and my procrastinating ways...

Until next time, I guess...

[p.s. - Haha, here's the difference between sympathy and empathy:

Sympathy - feeling sorry for someone
Empathy - being able to understand how someone feels (i.e., able to put yourself in their shoes).

Heheh, sounds so simple now...]

Break from Study

Just studying...doin' my hw...catching up from watching/listening to hockey...mind wandering...

Yeah, my hair is really wavy now...whoosh, and such!

My goodness, I always leave such easy homework 'til later, when I make stupid mistakes instead of getting perfect...like right now, could've done acct hw, but noooo, I'd rather be stupid and do it at 12:30am...

That's about it...

Oh, and for those of you who haven't noticed, go to Nits' Lyrical Explications! It's awesome, plus there's free music! WOOOO!!!

Until next time, I guess...

Testing Whoa's

In the words of Sam Wong:

"I raped that test! RRAAAAAPPPPEDD!!!"

And so on and so forth (leaving a lot of it out actually, lol...)

Translation? I freakin' aced my quant midterm!!! I can't believe it! I thought I'd be horrible, but nope, I felt awesome! Wooooo! Now, I better get a freakin' good mark, heheh...

Anyways, other than that, my day was alright...classes were kinda annoying (moreso than usual actually), but afterwards I went over to that pizza place on top of the village, University Pizza or something, and bought myself the Monday special: $5 small 2-topping pizza. Yummmy. Mushrooms + Banana peppers filled me up, althought the mushrooms were kinda underdone (not sliced thinly enough). Next time I'll probably go for the beef instead...anyways, pizza good. Crust kinda lackluster, mushrooms kinda underdone, but other than that it was niiiice...cheese, good. Spicy, good. Sauce, GOOOD.

But I digress. After fooding/studying, was the test. Yeah. That's basically my day, heheh...

Although waiting for like 2+ hrs to get on the comp was quite annoying...oh well.

Anyways, enough w/ the procrastination, I just realized I gots tons of hw to do still...gotta do my online test, my acct hw, study/prep for ob, acct groupwork...plus a bunch of other stuff I know I'm forgetting...

Until next time, I guess...

[edit, ps - Hahaha, had to add this in:

"Unfortunately we are having problems getting the Chapter 8 quiz up and running.

We were hoping to post it this afternoon but it may have to wait until tomorrow. Please 
check the site again tomorrow around noon. If we are unable to get it running by a 
certain time, then I will send you an e-mail to inform you of any cancellation.

Please don't ask me to clarify a "certain time" at this point. I need to confer with the 
course coordinator and the other 293 instructors tomorrow morning and agree on a 
reasonable resolution. I can assure you that we will not expect you to do the quiz if we 
cannot post it by a fair and reasonable time.

Regards,
Kiu"

And the reply right after:

"all the other prof's i've ever had give one word answers to these sort
of questions.  you reply in full -- amazing

kudos to you"

LOL, what a brownnoser! Okay, so it's true, my prof's awesome, but still! HAHAHA!]

I Miss BCIT...

I miss BCIT...

I miss the relatively kickass computers...
I miss the infinately-better study accomodations (stacks and whatnot)...
I miss eating Mr. Sub nearly everyday (WAAAY more awesome than subway, plus about half the price)...
I miss going early and going to the free gym...
I miss the lack of distractions being so far away from home...
I miss studying with people who actually want to get 90%...
I miss the straightforwardness of the courses...

But most of all,

I miss teachers that actually TEACH!!!

Oh, how I miss the days of yore...everything seemed nicer back then...


[and yes, I know I'm only remembering the good parts, but I got a freaking midterm coming up, of a class that I've already taken before, and yet I feel like I could drop below 80%...horrible feeling...Oh, how I miss the easiness of BCIT...contradiction, yes, but whatever...]

Until next time, I guess...

Cool Math Trick

Saw this on ebaumsworld:

Cool Math Trick

1. Grab a calculator (You won't be able to do this one in your head)
2. Key in the first three digits of your phone number (NOT the area code)
3. Multiply by 80
4. Add 1
5. Multiply by 250
6. Add the last 4 digits of your phone number
7. Add the last 4 digits of your phone number again
8. Subtract 250
9. Divide number by 2

Do you recognize the answer?

And now for something completely different

Well now, I think this blog could use a change from the regular "my life sucks blah blah blah" kinda dribble...therefore, I ask this question:

What do you think is the strangest fusion/mix of musical genres? Here's what I got so far:

--Ska-core (Ska + Hardcore)
--Alternative Country
--Christian Death Metal
--Funkatronica (Electronic Funk)
--Rap Metal

And my personal favourite odd genre:

--Christian Country Punk

Haha, Craig's Brother is an awesome band...you would't think Christian Country Punk would work, but it actually kinda does, lol...

Any other additions/suggestions?? What's your favourite mixed genre?

Unbelievable...

I can't believe that I haven't slept yet. It's been, oh, at least 40 hrs I woke up, save for the few minutes of shuteye I got on the busride...but man, no sleep for me.

I did end up finishing KareKano, as well as Smallville Season 3, so it was rather good in that way, but I really didn't feel up to studying/hw at all (understandably). But yeah, still kinda wasted the day. Plus, my sleep deprived situation kinda left me in a state of insatiable hunger, as I seem to have eaten far more than I should've...but that's besides the point.

The point is, my mind's physically exhausted from doing that stupid stupid homework, and my body's physically exhausted because of Hapkido last night (plus the general lack of sleep weaknesses). I'm hoping that I'll be refreshed tomorrow and actually end up doing some homework, instead of wasting the day away...I mean, it is freakin' midterms next week too...time to get cracking...

But I ramble. Now is sleeptime.

Until next time, I guess...

TIIIIIRRRRRRED...

I can't believe I'm gonna havfta pull another all nighter...stupid procrastination.

Plus, I was all staying up last night to at least start the hw, but I'm only halfway through, so I have tons of work still ahead...

And although I did waste most of yesterday hanging out in Kwantlen, man that was such an awesome time...hurrah for hanging out.

Not like today. My lab from 4:30-5:30 was cancelled today (hurrah!), but instead of staring my hw, I decided to just go to kwantlen (since I was going to Hapkido that night anyways). So, when I got there, there was nobody there (kinda surprised), so I decided to just go down and watch the hockey game. Hoooooly crap, what a freakin' waste of time. Crappy crappy canucks today...soooo bad. And to think, that 3 hrs could've been spent doing homework, instead of me having to do it right now...booo me.

Although, I did see Munhong today, watched the 2nd period, hung out a bit etc...plus, he got me new headphones, which was completely awesome! (although, he did kinda mess up my old ones, buying new ones was awesome...asked if he wanted to at least split it, but he had none of it. Besides, he said, he got it for cheap, like $16 instead of $50+, lol...)

Once again, YOU'RE AWESOME GOON!!!

Anyways, back to my ranting about my long night ahead of me.

So yeah, continuing my story, after the hockey game (saw Abraham, awesome...Oh right, I saw Nate and Jined on the bus, that was pretty cool too. An aside, yes...), after the hockey game I went to hapkido. I found out the mark I got, 78 (pretty nice considering my panic during the test). But freakin' Reuben got 79! Plus, I only got 2 B's while Reuben got 3! Heheh...not to gripe or anything, haha...but actually, I'm quite happy w/ my marks. I got over 70%, so it's all good. Except for the fact that some of the other people who tested didn't seem to be as strong as me and still got better. Who knows...

Anyways, back to my griping, yeah Hapkido was a killer workout today, and now I'm tired as hell, with crazy homework to do. I'm just so freakin' glad that my 290 hw is a group project, so I could lean on the other guys tonight. Group projects are awesome. However, I just know this is gonna bite me in the ass next week when the midterm comes along. Boo me and my procrastinating ways. Oh yeah, but I did end up buying an iced tea and a jolt "electric blue", so hopefully that'll keep me going for the night. Although, right now it isn't quite helping as I'm feeling terribly tired. Although, w/ the caffeine, I'm sure I wouldn't be able to sleep anyways.

And look at me ramble. Sure sign that I'm tired as hell.

No more wasting time on my blog. Time for study now.

Until next time, I guess...

--> As told through the mind of an introverted extrovert.

[edit, 2am - Hoooooly crap, is the caffeine ever kicking in...I'm having the jitters. Woo, sensitivity to caffeine...and I didn't even finish my drinks, haha]

[edit, 3:20am - Yeah, my jitters ended about 45 mins ago, and I'm in the not-hyper-but-still-awake normal caffeine-y stage. It's quite nice, although I wish I could get through these problems faster...and hopefully I'll finish by 6, be able to get a couple hrs of sleep, drink the rest of my drinks in the morning, stay away through class, fall asleep in the library for a few hours, perhaps do my HW for next week, study a bit, go to the mall and reserve civIV, go home and watch a crapload of anime/smallville, sleep 'til noon the next day since I have no school friday...a guy can dream, heheh........ oh man, I'm rambling. Nuts, perhaps I'm getting more tired than I thought....... back to work!]

[edit, 5:40am - I've been working on this stupid friggin' questions for the past 2+ hrs...I have absolutely no idea how to do one question (worth 16/100), and I have no idea how to do this one part of a question (worth 4/100), therefore I still have 20% of the homework to write, but I have no idea what the hell to do...I made my guesses, but they lead to nowhere, but perhaps I could get part marks...but that's the last resort...I really gotta figure this stupid thing out...I'm so freaking pissed right now...the only hope I have is that everyone else does uber crappy on this hw...hurrah for bell curves, I guess...]

[edit, 7:10am - Yeah, I've pretty much given up. I tried to bullcrap my way through most of the problem, but there's only so much I could do...if I get 8/16 for that question, I'd be more than ecstatic...I'm just sure as hell hoping that all my other ones are right, which is under question since I did most yesterday while half asleep. Oh well. Anyways, right now I'm just waiting on a friend to catch up to the problems where I had troubles with. That, and fiddling around w/ my hockey pool again. I dropped Yashin for Eric Staal. Quite a free agent acquision, if I say so myself...stupid overpaid Yashin. Then again, at least he was consistent. Oh well.]

[edit, 8:40am - Well, I'm about to leave to take the 480, and I still haven't gotten everything down pat...talked w/ my friend, he got me to see how q7 worked out...apparently my brain has turned to mush or something...anyways, hurrah for Johnny for helping me, and such. Now, when I get to class, I shall quickly jot stuff down, hopefully fill in any holes in my assignment, and hopefully end up with a good mark. Cause now that I think about it, everyone's gonna get a good mark. Not many people had to stay all night to do this stupid thing. Booooooo me]

Wow...

Wow...I just spent the past couple of hours fiddling w/ my hockey pool.

I'm tired, I'm hungry, and I have 2 weeks worth of homework to finish. Why do I waste my time so?

Because hockey is awesome. AWESOME.

Hurrah for the return of the NHL. Hurrah for my vastly reduced motivation to do anything productive.

I swear, w/ the NHL, HOMMV beta, Civ4 coming out in a few weeks, Smallville/Anime to watch, Hapkido, and general hangings-out, school keeps getting pushed further and further down. I thought that now that my GPA actually counts for something (i.e. getting a job), I'd be more focused on school. Oh, how wrong I was.

Until next time, I guess...

"Active Learning", my ass...

Okay, I just had to give a Class Participation Feedback e-mail to people in my Class Participation Feedback e-mail group. One problem: THERE HAS BEEN NO CLASS DISCUSSIONS.

Therefore, here is what I wrote in my feedback e-mail:

1)

2)

3) N/A (no class discussions as of yet)

4) N/A (see above)

5) N/A (see above)

6) N/A (see above)

7) N/A (see above)

According to the original guidelines, class discussion should be the focal point of the feedback e-mail. However, due to the lack of class discussions, I cannot give accurate feedback for .

Because this is a Class Participation Feedback e-mail, and not an Active Learning Feedback e-mail, there is nothing left for me to write.

Justin Glenn Beaudry

It just pisses me off how crappy UBC's OB program is, especially compared to the awesomeness that was OB back at BCIT. And they wonder why BCIT and SFU students have higher soft skills. Seriously, I'm highly disappointed.

Plus, 10% of our grade is on "Active Learning". Since there are no class discussions, all of this mark is made through online forum participation, bringing in newspaper articles which reflect OB principles or whatever, and making a "learning log" to record reflections on what we learned in class. What a bunch of bullcrap. No, it's worse than bullcrap. It's a steaming pile of elephant feces.

As you could probably tell, I'm am highly pissed off and slightly disgruntled about all this.

Organizational Behaviour used to be one of my favourite classes. And now it's not.

Until next time, I guess...

--> As told through the mind of a slightly disgruntled introverted extrovert.

[p.s. - Now that I've wasted a good couple hours ranting about this crap, I have to start on the incredibly humongeous pile of actual homework due by wednesday. Great, another wasted weekend with absolutely nothing done. Just great.]

Whoops...

In my rage, I failed to realize the answer was staring me in the face.

I even posted the stupid e-mail.

How embarrassing...

I blame it on lack of sleep. Therefore, gnite (moon)

[edit 1:15am - Well, didn't sleep, wrote to ubisoft, got pissed off because I couldn't find a way to check what kind of sound/video cards I have, which really pissed me off cause it took like half an hour to guesstimate. Plus, I'm uber pissed off right now because it seems that my sister's dinky computer doesn't have enough ram. I mean, who buys a comp w/ only 256mb??

Anyways, I'm gonna review the Hapkido cd again, then go to sleep. I'm so pissed off right now, I hope it doesn't effect my testing...]

WHAT THE FREAKING HELL?!

I'M SO FREAKING PISSED OFF RIGHT NOW!!!

I tried to install the HOMMV beta on my sister's comp, but then I get this message:

"Activation Failed. Not enough time has passed since the recent product activation. Try again in 11 day(s) or contact your product Customer Support."

WHAT THE HELL!!!

So I go to the closed beta forum, and there is now a sticky from the producer of Heroes V:

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Here is a summary of workarounds for the main problems you could encounter.

- installing the game : you need to have privileges to install and modify the registry, and you need internet access to validate the code
- activating the game : use automatic activation system, insert the key provided to you as `registration key` (copy-paste to avoid mistakes)
- installing on another computer : the key can only be used once, so you can install only on one computer
- cannot connect to ubi.com : if you have a firewall you should open these ports 6668, 40000, 40005, 40100, 41006, 42000, 44000, 45000- still cannot connect to ubi.com : send a mail to heroes.beta@ubisoft.com- game lagging : try altering the config file as explained here http://forums.ubi.com/groupee/forums/a/tpc/f/111103043/m/8951075463
- game gradually lagging : we have a memory leak which is being debugged- game crashing : most of the random crashes were taken care of before release of the beta test, but you will still encounter some. Being debugged
- uninstalling starforce : uninstalling the beta does not uninstall starforce (the final game will), use provided tools at star-force.com

If you messed up somehow and blew your key, mail me. I will be VERY selective into giving out new keys.

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WHAT THE HELL!!!

I wait all this time, and now I'm not able to play the freaking beta because the key can only be used once?!? FRICKIN' HELL!!!

And how the hell does one mail the producer of Heroes V, anyways???

Oh well, I'm off to figure this one out...instead of getting a good night's sleep for tomorrow's Hapkido testing...will definately sleep by 12:30 though...must get 7 hrs, at least...

Until next time, I guess...

[p.s. - I wanted to blog about today, such as hanging w/ Reuben, walking in vancouver for an hour, etc, but right now I'm far too pissed off]

Jackie Chan Commercial!

Haha, awesome Jackie Chan commercial...

"Resists puncture!"

lol! I'm sure Reuben & Shar'll love this...

Anyways, lots of stuff happened today, but perhaps I'll blog later...not in the mood at the moment.

Until next time, I guess...

Hockey Hockey Hockey

I'm thoroughly engrossed in my yahoo hockey pool.

Um, that's about it...

Lets see...testing on sunday, nerves kinda kicking in...

Oh right, I haven't been able to play the beta yet, as my comp sucks (i.e. wont even let me start it up), and my sister's hoarding her comp, so I can't play on hers...who needs to write papers anyways...HOMMV beta far more important...

Anyways, yeah, hockey's awesome, hockey pool is awesome too. Yup yup.

Until next time, I guess...

"Congratulations!"

"Congratulations !

You have been selected to take part in the Heroes of Might and Magic closed beta test!"

HOLY FREAKIN' RIGHTS!!! I GOT INTO THE FREAKIN' BETA!!!! THIS IS NEARLY AS AWESOME AS THE FACT THAT HOCKEY'S BACK!!!

HOCKEY'S FREAKIN' BACK!!!

YEAH!!!!!!!!!!

All in all, a fairly awesome day.

WOO!!!

Until next time, I guess...

Go Go...something something...

I was feelin' a little blue, being that I'm tired as hell and it's nearly 1am, and that my mom didn't get off the comp 'til about half an hour ago, and that I had homework do to that needed the computer...well, the point is, nostalgia always seems to pick me right up, if only temporarily...

Yes, it seems that I've been on a retrojunk spree, much more so than the others...perhaps

This time, I realized how awesome the original Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers really were. They were just cool. Super awesome cool. Kinda makes me wanna watch the old ones again, haha...but man, back in grade 3/4, Billy was my hero...geeky/nerdy guy that turned into a super asskicker...not to mention he was the blue ranger (my fav. colour at the time), and that the freakin' lance that broke off into two was the coolest weapon of the bunch...

Anyways, I remember the chat Roger and I (plus others) had at Kwantlen about MMPR, and man he just kept going and going, pissing off just about everyone else on the table...but not me, 'cause oh man did that ever bring back good memories of simpler times...I mean, this was before the time when videogames encapsulated my entire non-school life.

But I procrastinate. I should do my hw. I should've done it earlier today, seeing that I did get home rather early (around 4). But no. Home is the last place I seem to do work. Unless it's 1am. And things are due.

Man, I'm really sucking as of right now. Life-wise, that is. Doesn't help that I found myself with zero, count that ZERO potentials at the moment. Not even my delusional self is working right. Boo, everything. Well, not everything...mostly me.

Nuts, I'm feeling down again. Off to some more retrojunk...

Until next time, I guess...

--> As told through the mind of a nostalgicly introverted extrovert.

Heheh, an actual post now...

Well, got a couple of Retrojunk awesomeness outta the way...man, Retrojunk isn't half as awesome when you don't have a blog to keep everything down, haha...

Anyways, first off, after eating w/ my uncle, I caught the tail end of Ginger Snaps II, thus reminding me of my other celebrity crush, Tatiana Maslany. Can't believe I forgot her...but oh well. So, therefore, my all-time celebrity crushes list includes Maslany, Allison Mack, Lalaine, and Christina Ricci. Woo, and I always prided myself in not liking celebrities...oh well, nobody's perfect, lol...

But that brings me to the rest of my day.

Well, morning time = draft, so I woke up relatively early for that. However, I didn't end up going to sleep as I thought I would do. Instead, it was another 6+ episodes of smallville. Woo! I wasted most of my day!

Anyways, around 4 my uncle came to pick me up to go to dinner, except I haven't showered yet. So, I cleaned up and left. Why this is important, you ask? It just further shows how much I wasted my morning, I guess...

So we ended up going to Lolita's, this new mexican place downtown westend, the good & expensive kind of mexican place, and the food was rather tasty. Pulled brisket taquitos, wild mushroom quesadillas, gourmet tacos...yum yum. However, I was quite full after all that...so, we drove around a bit, my uncle found some restaurant he was searching for (for next time, Coast, on Hamilton, south of Davie), then we had dessert in Trafalgar/Sweet Obsession, w16, I think...lemon mousse cake and verdana (sp?) mint tea. Exceptionally full at this point.

So we go home, uncle stays for a bit, watch end of ginger snaps 2, he leaves, reuben phones me up (or vice versa, I think), then we go to the river club to practice hapkido & workout. Hilarity ensued....did I say hilarity? I really meant awesomeness, 'cause practice is needed on my part, only a week to go...then a bit of weight training etc, rather nice since I havent gone to an actual gym in about a year...plus, the RFR discussion was quite awesome as well, haha...

Anyways, I got home and wasted over an hour waiting for my sister to get outta the bathroom, which she's been out of for at least the past 15 mins, haha...stupid internet sucking all my time etc...

Soooo...yeah. That post wasn't terribly exciting, now was it...

Until next time, I guess...

X-MEN?!?!?!

What in the holy hell is this crap??!?

...did I say crap? I meant, strangely awesome in that 80's sorta way...

I like jingles...

So kiss a little longer
Stay close a little longer
Hold tight a little longer,
Longer with Big Red!

That Big Red freshness lasts right through it,
Your fresh breath goes on and on,
While you chew it!

Say goodbye a little longer,
Make it last a little longer,
Give your breath long lasting freshness.....
With Big Red!

HOCKEY'S BACK!!!

Hahaha, oh man, hockey's back, I'm in a freakin' yahoo hockey pool, yeah yeah yeah!!!

Draft was at 9am today. Sunday. I'm going back to sleep...

Until next time, I guess...

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