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This lack of sleep doesn't agree with me, at least not at work.... especially when I have such a hard time staying awake.

Incredibly, I got myself a nice little tan. Heck, I was comparing myself with a friend who went down to Hawaii for 4 days, and my tan was darker... so nah nah!!

I saw Chanaman today. It was really good catching up, although we only spoke by the roadside for about 10 minutes, it's nice to know he's doing OK. I've always thought he was a pretty upstanding guy, but to hear that he's cutting his ties with Canada, selling his condo, etc, well, it's kinda sad, in a non-gay kinda way. Another friend, destined to be one more anecdote in the journey of life, something to tell the kids about when it's too cold to play outside. We never did an official poker night together though....

Chanaman, wish you the best of luck bud.

....Yo, just don't screw it up this time! (With your little housemate.)

posted by losir at 7:02 PM

Well, I'm back to trying to update my page regularily.

I was wholely spooked when I heard the amount of people that has been laid off from the Company recently. I can't and don't want to say much more than that. I've heard unofficial numbers of 23 in one day. One freaking day! Someone heard 200, which sounds a little too incredible, but you never know....

So anyway, no more webbing at least during business hours. As of this writing, it's 6pm locally, which should be okay, still, I'm keeping this to a minimum.

Okay, onto other things.

"Lock and loaded. Sir, ready to squash some bugs."

"Fire when ready!"

POW, KaBOOM, B A M!

Bug(s) squashed....

....Go go Power Coder. posted by losir at 6:09 PM

This page will not be updated until further notice. posted by losir at 5:03 PM

This is stupid.

I hate losing to a fat old lady while waiting in line for my weekly fix of greasy fried chicken. One second she was standing right behind me, but after I turned my head to talk to someone else, she scooted in front of me. She must have perfected that move from ages past. I swear, it was like precision budding in. Bam, vrooom, swoosh, arr�t.

Damn, what is a dude suppose to do in a situation like this? Grin and bear it I guess.

...Stings worst when they are craftier than you are. Experience over youth everytime.

posted by losir at 2:09 PM

Here's a good one.

From the pages of Computer Gaming World, titled Pipeline, from the Read.me section:-

"Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3:The sequel to one of the best.... New locations include Middleton, Rhode Island; Rio de Janeiro, Los Angeles, Canada, Tokyo, and Paris...."

It's nice to know that Canada has become 1 big world class city. When they say GTA, they're not just talking about the immediate Greater Toronto Area, they're talking about the rest of the country. When we say amalgamate, we really mean it!

....Now you know why Canucks all hide in their igloos in shame. posted by losir at 6:07 PM

Oops, forgot about updating my webpage, again.

I too finally saw the movie Shrek. Although it was highly amusing, I think it wasn't the gem for me as was for a lot of other people who "discovered" the film. A lot of the funnier sight gags were already seen in trailers, commercials, promos, including the gingerbread man, the Pinochiol (spelling, I know....) "I'm really a boy" gag, and a lot of others.

The movie also painfullly reminded me that stereotypes cannot be avoided when viewing an American film, even if it's digital. Think about it: (SPOILER BELOW! IF YOU INTEND TO WATCH THE MOVIE AND NOT WANT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT, STOP READING NOW!)

The ogre represents the White Man, hence the need for the ogre to speak in a pitiful Scottish accent. The donkey, speaks in ebonics. His only survival asset (no pun intended) is kissing ass (groan....). So throughout the movie, he's portraying the poor black slave, needing his white master to save him from certain doom. "Yasaa Massa. I be doing anything you say, Massa."

Maybe I'm reading into it, but that's the first thing I noticed. Also, towards the end, the donkey is declaring that he should own half of the swamp, because he did half the work in saving the Princess. The audience laughs because they all know he did next to bubkis in rescuing her, but now we can all poo-poo the situation because stereotypically, blacks are seen as leeches, often taking for what they didn't earn. Notice in real life, when white criminals commit a crime, they're not usually listed as white males.... but when a black guy carjacks someone, they always have to mention the fact s/he's black. Sad but mostly true.

So was the movie entertaining? Yeah, it was. Do I recommend it? Yeah I do, but maybe you can wait for the video, as it's not a movie absolutely needed to be seen in all its movie glory. I'm sure the DVD version will be packed with goodies.

....solid 7/10 for the movie, just don't try to read too much into it. posted by losir at 3:23 AM