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My midterm for this class is tomorrow at 1:10 pm. I'm trying sooo hard to read the course kit and the handouts, but no matter how hard I try to convince myself that the material in front of me is interesting, I end up feeling extremely dozy. This studying-before-midterms-or-a-test-or-an-exam is relatively new to me. In high school, I didn’t study before an exam or a test. I allowed fate to handle my fortunate or unfortunate future. If I fail, I fail. If I pass, I pass. But things don’t work like that anymore. If I fail, I’ll get my arse kicked by the school (they’ll kick my arse out of the school and back to the ghetto), and after that beating, I’ll get more at home from my parents. If I pass, I am entitled to sigh.

I think, I would enjoy post secondary so much more if it wasn't so expensive. I'm still pretty annoyed at the fact that I'm paying so much money to suffer. The world works in such a weird manner. Free things are always better. University is not free, therefore, it's...BAH!!!

Hopefully, I will be able to bond with university as I did with Xavier.
Heh, time will tell.

No matter how many times we encounter writer's block, and no matter how many times we vow to never "blog" again, we just can't help but crawl back to the net and share what we are thinking, doing, and even who we are to the unknown.

Crash is probably one of the best movies I have ever seen in my life. That sounds extreme, but it’s the truth. It knocked Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind off the number two spot on my list. I love it when the concept of the movie revolves around intertwining each character’s story, making them all equally significant, thus, producing a bold and memorable film such as this one. This film, like American Beauty (#1 on my list) presented reality so effectively using real people – the ones who actually have real problems and the audience is affected and afflicted by them. Crash, contrasting some big-budgeted flicks, which uses flashy effect to attract viewers, resorted to the traditional editing techniques, notable cinematographic shots, startling actors and one helluva screenplay to have the audiences focus on the story alone.

The plot is rather quite simple: racism and stereotypes, but I’m not surprise that no one until now has ever really tried writing it down on paper and making a movie about it. Shows how ignorant we all are and how normal racism and stereotype is in our society. That’s why in spite of the normality of racism, this movie was still a rude awakening for me. It really slapped me across the face and implied, “See, this is what happens around you - a brother down, and a sister molested. But it’s all good.”

The impact of this movie is so powerful that I might even give up on racial slurs. Yes, I admit, I find entertainment out of those blasted racist jokes, but hey, who doesn’t?

Anyway, watch the movie, I give it a four star (****). FOUR STARS Y’ALL! GO RENT IT, DOWNLOAD IT, GO NEXT DOOR TO YOUR NEIGHBOUR WHO HAS IT – JUST WATCH IT!

• We stayed late long hours finishing a project, or just goofing around
• Broke equipments, simply because it was inevitable to break 'em
• Satisfied our hunger with the "uber" healthy McDonald's at 5pm
• Argued with the custodians (while they begged us to leave, we begged them to stay)
• WE were our own gurus
• Redefined "high" school: people would step out to smoke whenever they want
• Definitely the most expensive room in STFX
• The best teacher is located in this room
• It was not a class (well, not the typical high school one - it was a "high" school class)
• Totally "geekyfied" the students
• Those who entered Room 104, ended up loving it - a lot

September has ended, but don't wake Green Day up. Let them hibernate for ten more years.

September has been one crazy month. Jam-packed with positive and negative events, this month is notably one of the worst months in my entire life. Timing was awkward, and for an adjusting undergrad, everything became too overwhelming.

On my little bio located at harshmercy, I claimed that I’m one unregretful person. This month proved me wrong. I regret not saying goodbye to him. Now, I will never, ever, have that chance again. I’ll miss his sweet voice and his insane sense of humour. For an old man, he told great jokes. For an old man, he was great.

I just don’t understand why things had to happen in September, and just before my birthday…

I don’t understand why he didn’t wait…

He was supposed to be with us right now.