I'm the US

Like in WWII. I'm not joining the war until it directly affects me. For now you guys can just keep trying to convince me to join this war. Until then, I'll just send little grenades everyday at whoever I am currently pissed at.

So, I totally won Andrew's contest!!! Woooo! The thingy I won is there on the right. It would be great if it were the same blue as my background (wink, wink, hint, hint). If I don't get a blue copy, or make it blue myself...well, let's just say it's getting relegated to a spot to which you would have to scroll to be able to see it.

Now, to be truthful...Jeremy's banner was the nicest. That's what happens when a winner is picked randomly. Too bad for you Jeremy. And actually...Dave's pink banner was also very pretty. But in all your faces...I totally won!! Whooo.

So, don't forget about my contest! Some legitimate entries would go a long way towards swaying me to joining this blog war.

I went shopping the other day. Since it's the end of January, they had those day-by-day calendars on 75% off. So I got a Simpsons one. It has a different trivia question every day. Surprisingly (and ashamedly) there were some I couldn't get! So when I get ones like that, I'll post them here and we'll see who has the Simpsons knowledge! And no using the internet to find these answers...just knowledge already lodged in your brain.

Here's todays:

In "The Dad Who Knew Too Little", according to Ned Flanders, his son Rod's hobbies are being quiet during trips, clapping with songs, and what?

A. Washing the feet of homeless people
B. Speaking in tongues
C. Diabetes
D. Self-flagellation

Shout Out

So, I promised this shout out a few days ago, but only got to it now.

Everyone who was at the MSN Election Party remembers Nitro.

Now, Nitro is my friend Brooke whom I met through SADD. She's a bit crazy, but is obsessed with Star Wars...so I know a lot of you guys will love her.

Anyway, she has a blog, so go check it out!

It's at MSN Spaces, so check it out and see what you think of MSN Spaces.

My Rubber Boot is the Path to the Dark Side

CONTEST!!!!!

So, this guy went to the circus. He got in, sat down and as soon as he sat down, the place went pitch black.

A spotlight came on, and a midget clown walked out. Suddenly, another spotlight came on, directly on this guy. The midget yells out "Hey mister! Are you the front of a horse?" The guy says "well, no" So the midget says "Well then you must be a horse's ass!!!!"

And the crowd goes wild! They're falling off their chairs laughing.

This guy is really embarassed and mad. At intermission people keep jeering him and calling him a horse's ass. This guy is getting really mad.

He wants to get back at the clown. He'd just go beat him up, but it's wrong to beat up a midget clown.

So, this guy decides he's going to outwit this clown. He'll bide his time.

The guy leaves and enrolls in University. He takes as many literature, english, Shakespeare classes...everything. He gets a degree in wit. But he still just doesn't feel quite ready.

So he applies at Cambridge University in London and gets accepted to take his Masters in wit. He studies for another 3 years and publishes papers and researches and finds everything out about wit that he can.

He publishes his thesis and it becomes the driving force in the world of wit. This man is the master of wit! No one is better.

So he finally feels ready. He's going to go face that clown and outwit him! Then the clown will be embarassed just like he was.

So he goes back to his home town and is first in line for the circus. He gets in, sits in the same seat and waits.

The lights go off, the spotlight goes on and the same midget clown walks out. Then the second spotlight comes on...right on this guy. Once again the midget goes "Hey mister! Are you the front of a horse?" And the guy says "No!" So the midget goes, "Well then you must be a horse's ass!" The crowd goes wild, they're laughing until the tears stream down their faces. It's finally this guy's time for revenge. The crowd quiets down and the guys yells back to the clown...




"YEAH, WELL FUCK YOU, YOU FUCKING CLOWN!!!!!"
(highlight between quotations)

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So yeah, that was a joke that my Comm 404 (Business Laws) prof told last class.

He has this thing. If you write a joke on your final that he thinks is funny enough to use next year in class, you get an extra 5% in the class. Now, this is hard to get. He's been teaching this class for years and has only given out these marks TWO times. It's gotta be a GREAT joke.

So here's the contest:

Submit a joke that is so incredibly hilarious my prof will give me the 5%.

The joke must be clean enough to use in a university class...so swearing is ok, but no derogative terms.

No insulting any group of people (you notice in this joke, it was wrong to beat up a midget clown).

The joke can be submitted on your blog, but make sure I read it. It can be submitted in the comments of any of my posts, or it can be e-mailed to me. If you don't have my e-mail address...well then you'll just have to use one of the other choices.

Prize: Undecided - It's a long contest...I'll take my time to think up something AMAZING
I guess if you want to suggest a prize, I could consider it...but remember, I'm poor right now.

You get the prize whether I get the 5% or not. If I choose your joke to use, then you win.

Due Date: April 11, 2006 - This is the date of my final exam in this class, so you have until then. Don't worry, I'll remind you about the contest every week or so.

So yeah. I finally have a contest. It's a bandwagon, I had to hop on it.

So get those funny juices rolling and get me my 5%!!!!

Great Night

So, election day.

3:30pm - Shanna votes for Brad Trost - Conservative candidate for Saskatoon-Humboldt

6pm - Shanna watches the CBC news to see some of the election coverage

8pm - CBC election coverage starts

8:10pm - MSN Election Party gets underway!

8:30pm - Results begin coming in

8:45ish pm - Conservatives take the lead

9:07pm - CBC declares Stephen Harper to be the 22nd Canadian Prime Minister!

11:17pm - Paul Martin steps down as Liberal leader

12:35pm - Stephen Harper claims VICTORY!!!!


Overall, I'm pleased. The Conservatives won and Stephen Harper is Prime Minister. This is just what I wanted.

I'm surprised at the support the Liberals received...103 seats. I thought all the other parties would do much better. I am disappointed that the other parties didn't do better.

I feel that Paul Martin will not run again. I don't think he wanted to say it now, just after he was elected, but I really do feel that this will be his last term in office. The announcement about the leadership is not surprising for me at all.

Saskatchewan is the same as it was before. 13 of 14 seats are Conservative and Ralph Goodale holds the 14th seat. Once again the NDP are shut out.

The party was great. We had a big group of people:

• Me - Soulfood - Shanna
• Nitro - Brooke
• Jeff - Dyer
• Pilon - Andrew
  
• Danny
• Rhonda
• Pilot - Jeremy
• Mark
• Steve
• Chris
• Jeff - another one, I don't know which

I think that was everyone. It was a great MSN party and we should really do it again. My computer decided to shut off on me twice during the party...so that sucked. But otherwise it was great. We had a great spectrum. I didn't want a party of people all from the same political view. With the colourful spectrum of opinions, it was a great party. Thanx to all who participated.

I got home today and there were 3 messages on my answering machine. All from Brad Trost's office, telling me to go vote.

Well, that was a great election day. A long election, but a good one.

P.S. In your face everyone who didn't vote conservative!!!!!

ELECTION DAY!!!

Well, it has finally come. After 2 months of campaigning, election day is here.

Head to your poll and get your vote in. If you didn't receive a voter information card, just head to any poll with ID and something that has your current address on it (in case your ID doesn't).

Vote Conservative.

Tonight:

I will be holding a live election event over MSN. If you want to chat, just message me and I'll add you to a conversation. Hopefully we can get more than 2 people in the convo and have a good discussion group going. I will be sitting at home all night following the results.

A reminder, due to the decision by the Supreme Court, results won't be shown until 10PM EST...this is after all polls in the country have closed.

So just this once, in case you aren't on my messenger list, here is my e-mail.

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This post will be edited to remove that after this election event is over.

Vote Conservative.

So remember, you have until 8:30PM to vote. As long as you are 18 and a Canadian Citizen, you can vote. So do so.

Anyway, I am now going to get my hair cut and then will be heading off to vote myself.

Vote Conservative!!!

A Challenge - Answers

Well, I'm glad my last post generated some interest in my second to last post. I was kind of disappointed at first in the lack of response because I worked for a while on this.

Anyway! Here's the answers, as promised!!

1. "I'll have spent one day out there"
-The Hunchback of Notre Dame
-Title: "Out There"
-Sung by Quasimodo
Who got it? Pilot...partially

2. "The sweet caress of twilight, there's magic everywhere, and with all this romantic atmosphere disaster's in the air"
-The Lion King
-Title: "Can you feel the love tonight?"
-Sung by Timon
Who got it? Michelle, Pilot, Yecart

3. "There's no difference who you are. Anything your heart desires will come to you"
-Pinocchio
-Title: "When you wish upon a star"
-Sung by Gepetto
Who got it? Pilot...partially...he just can't seem to get the right singer

4. "The bees are buzzing in the trees to make some honey just for me"
-The Jungle Book
-Title: "The Bare Necessities"
-Sung by Baloo
Who got it? Pilot....I guess this was just too old school for people. I didn't think it would be that hard.

5. "There will be a head for you, a tail for me"
-Lady and the Tramp
-Title: "We are Siamese if you Please"
-Sung by the 2 siamese cats - Am and Si
Who got it? Pilot

6. "In a mine, where a million diamonds shine!"
-Snow White
-Title: "Hi ho, Hi ho, it's off to work we go"
-Sung by the 7 dwarfs
Who got it? Pilot, the Yecart

7. "Little one, when you play, don't you mind what they say"
-Dumbo
-Title: "Baby Mine"
-Not sung by a character
Who got it? Pilot

8. "We can make her dress look pretty, there's nothing to it really"
-Cinderella
-Title: "The Work Song"
-Sung by the Mice
Who got it? Pilot, Yecart

9. "I know you, I walked with you once upon a dream."
-Sleeping Beauty
-Title: "Once Upon a Dream"
-Sung by Sleeping Beauty
Who got it? Michelle (she fucking better have!), Pilot, Yecart

10. "First I cut off their heads, then I pull out their bones!"
-The Little Mermaid
-Title: "Les Poissons"
-Sung by Chef Louis
Who got it? Pilot, Yecart

11. "Every morning just the same since the morning that we came to this poor provincial town"
-Beauty and the Beast
-Title: "Little Town"
-Sung by Belle
Who got it? Yecart, Pilot

12. "Hey you let us through, it's a bright new star"
-Aladdin
-Title: "Prince Ali"
-Sung by Genie
Who got it? Pilot, Yecart

13. "You'll learn things you never knew you never knew"
-Pocahontas
-Title: "Colours of the Wind"
-Sung by Pocahontas
Who got it? Pilot

14. I'm pissed at the number fourteen right now.

15. "Must I pretend that I am someone else for all time?"
-Mulan
-Title: "Reflection"
-Sung by Christina Aguilera
Who got it? NO ONE!!!! Come on people...Mulan kicks ass!!!!

16. "A sweep is as lucky, as lucky can be"
-Mary Poppins
-Title: "Chim Chim Cheree"
-Sung by Bert
Who got it? Pilot, Yecart

17. "And when she was lonely, I was there to comfort her"
-Toy Story 2
-Title: "When Somebody Loved Me"
-Sung by Sarah McLachlan
Who got it? Pilot (wrong singer again), Yecart

So, people kinda figured out the songs. I realized after a while that all the lines I picked were in like the first 30 seconds of the songs, then I stopped doing that.

I must say I expected a few more answers. Some were pretty obvious. Like seriously, "A sweep is as lucky, as lucky can be?" Where is there a "sweep" except in Mary Poppins?? And if you say you've never seen Mary Poppins then you're either a bald-faced liar or a very deprived person.

So, the ultimate Disney person is.....PILOT!!!!

Not surprising. As the oldest of 4 children, he's seen it all. Even the movies that are traditionally "girls" movies. Yup, us little sisters can force our older brothers into anything.

Anyway, as a prize, here's an old picture of Pilot for you to gaze upon!!

(He's on the left)


OK, maybe not so much a prize for Pilot...I just wanted an excuse to show this picture. Aren't those earrings just great!?

Shit (The Melted Kind)

I accidentally put my ice cream in the fridge.

On another topic, I'll leave that last post up for a few days, so you can keep guessing. I want to give the guys a chance to guess. Because no matter how they claim opposite, I know the guys who read this blog. They've seen Disney movies and can definitely name at least one, if not all of the songs I have listed. Oh, and boys...when you try to defend your masculinity too much, it just makes you seem more girlie.

The answers will be posted in a few days.

The election is on Monday. Turnout for advanced polls was higher than last election, so that's a good sign. Everyone needs to vote. It's a privilege that too many people around the world are denied. While I may mock you for the party you choose to vote for, deep down, I respect you for exercising your right to vote. Even if it's for the wrong party.

Now, as promised, here's the party I'm voting for:






Come on, you saw this one coming.

A Challenge

So, how well do you know your Disney songs?? I'm going to list some lines from Disney songs and you name the movie, the song title, and the character singing!

And no using the internet! Just your own knowledge

1. "I'll have spent one day out there"

2. "The sweet caress of twilight, there's magic everywhere, and with all this romantic atmosphere disaster's in the air"

3. "There's no difference who you are. Anything your heart desires will come to you"

4. "The bees are buzzing in the trees to make some honey just for me"

5. "There will be a head for you, a tail for me"

6. "In a mine, where a million diamonds shine!"

7. "Little one, when you play, don't you mind what they say"

8. "We can make her dress look pretty, there's nothing to it really"

9. "I know you, I walked with you once upon a dream."

10. "First I cut off their heads, then I pull out their bones!"

11. "Every morning just the same since the morning that we came to this poor provincial town"

12. "Hey you let us through, it's a bright new star"

13. "You'll learn things you never knew you never knew"

15. "Must I pretend that I am someone else for all time?"

16. "A sweep is as lucky, as lucky can be"

17. "And when she was lonely, I was there to comfort her"

Nothin'

I keep having these great ideas for blog entries, but I don't write them down, so I forget them and then they're gone.

So, I figure I'll blog about Steve Biss today, cause he mentioned me on his blog, so here we go.

Now, I could have titled this entry "Steve" or something like that, but then you would have known what it was about and maybe then you wouldn't have read it. This way, I got you hooked and now you can't pry your eyes away.

My beginnings with Steve Biss were as his big sister's friend. He was the annoying little brother.

Then, me and his sister drifted apart and he became that kid that hangs out with my brother.

Once in high school...well, I guess once I hit grade 12 and he hit 10 and got to the comp...he became that hilarious grade 10 kid that the 12th graders thought was a fun guy. A lot like his sister...nothing like his dad. (But I remember Steve and his dad doing some hilarious stuff for our SRC assembly movies...that was cool)

Then once I moved on and he joined the blogging world...he became another blogger in my circle of bloggers. He joined The Pylon and although that died and he only wrote one article for it...that remains the final article ever posted on the Pylon.

So there you have it...my history with Steve...he's an interesting guy. And I don't like his dog. But his dad was an OK chemistry prof.

Great Feelings

Here are some great feelings:

1. When you have a stuffy nose and you blow it and just totally clear your sinuses
2. When you have to pee for like 3 hours and finally get to a toilet and let it go
3. Sitting down and putting your feet up after a long day at work
4. Going to sleep knowing that you don't have to set your alarm for the next morning
5. Reading a good book

Got any others??

Marker

So, I am now officially a marker. I am marking Commerce 301, Managerial Accounting. Basically, I took this class last year and I really liked the prof...he's great. And it turns out that the prof, Suresh, is really close friends with Preeti and Sameer, a friend of mine and one of my other old profs. So, I've had a lot to do with Suresh and he asked me to mark.

I'm happy about it and kinda stressed. When I applied, in December, I figured I would just work less hours at Subway to make time. But then I hadn't heard anything, so I figured he might have picked someone else or whatever, so I took on some extra hours. So, now I need someone to take back some of my hours or else I'm going to go crazy. Marking is going to add another element of stress to my life. Right now I have:

• 5 classes with a LOT of assignments
• 34 hours of work a week
• Marking
• SADD - local group and provincial board
• Life - cleaning, cooking my meals, doing laundry, etc.

So yeah...it's going to be a hectic semester. I'm really going to have to overcome my computer addiction and spend the hours working and not on my computer.

Another option would be to deny the marking. Well, technically it's an option, but not in my mind. I applied, so it's an obligation I made when I applied that I would accept the job if offered. And seriously, you can't get a better reference than from a professor...oh, and this professor has a PhD and is the head of the accounting department. Doesn't get much better than that. I've been a bit worried lately about getting a reference from a professor...but when you mark, that's basically guaranteed.

Would I give that up?? Hell no.

I'll Say It Again

Gilles Duceppe is impressive.

I'm watching the 2nd english debate. And really...I almost wish I lived in Quebec, then I could vote Bloc. Of all the leaders, Gilles Duceppe knows what he's talking about and he plays a straight game. What he says is easy to understand, he doesn't evade, and he demands answers from his opponents.

Plus, he's so dashing.

Remember, the election is 2 weeks from today. If you haven't received your voter registration card, visit Elections Canada and find your local elections office. Polls are open from 8:30am to 8:30pm. Advance polls are open this weekend, so if you won't be around election day, ensure that you get your vote counted. If you need to vote by mail, you need to apply for that by Tuesday January 17.

Make your voice heard!

Corruption

Corruption is everywhere. One of my favourite sports to watch is figure skating. Soon I'll get to watch a bunch, because the Olympics are coming...next month!!

But we shouldn't forget what happened at the last Olympics. It was a huge scandal, but 4 years later, we've moved on. Of course, we can't dwell on it forever, that would be useless. And I'm quite sure that once the Olympics get underway, the story will re-emerge.

Don't know what I'm talking about? Well, do you remember these guys:

This is David Pelletier and Jamie Sale accepting their silver medals in Pairs Skating at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics.

Oh, by the way, the people who won gold...yeah, the Russians. The guy FELL during their performance and they SOOOO weren't in unison.

The Canadians...perfect.

Who gets the gold???

Mr. Fall Down

Next, out comes the corruption in figure skating.

I just watched a documentary on this, which is why I'm blogging about it right now.

Basically, we've all always known that figure skating has some shady back room deals going on. But when a team obviously loses the gold yet still gets it...sorry but we're not gonna take that.

Oh, and it helped that the Olympics were in the US...the US media is a bunch of vultures!! But in this case...good vultures!

A huge fuss was made and here's what happened:Yup. We got awarded some pity medals.

Did they strip the gold medals from the Russians??? NO!!! What!?

Seriously, unless you're going to strip their medals and give them the silver, they're just pity medals.

So yeah, 2 sets of gold medals handed out in that event and everything swept under the rug.

Oh, and all the whistleblowers who made sure that justice was served??? They've been banned from all international skating organizations.

The corrupt ones?? They're still there, ruining the sport.

I hope it gets fixed.

But there's a happy ending to this story:

Jamie and David got married! Yay!!

Lance

Who is this Lance guy and why hasn't he added me to SaskBlogs??

Ass.

Why???

Why does my living room smell like a hospital?? Does anyone know of any type of food that when it goes bad it smells like hospital?? Cause maybe that food is under my couch. I'm not sure. I haven't bothered to look under there yet.

First Day of Classes

I usually like the first class of any course. But man, today....sucks so far. OK, granted, I've only had one class. But it was with a prof that I've had before and I hated him because he tells dumb stories. Oh, and he told all the same stories today that I heard in my previous class with him. Fuck.

And I went and read a few other course outlines...they were on the profs' webpages. Wow...is my semester going to SUCK. Way more group work than I expected, that's for sure.

And listen to this. I just finished this class...447. I'm sure I told you about it...when we had to make the business plan and my group was doing a wedding planning business. WELL...I have to do it again!!! OK, this other class I'm taking...Venture Capital and Entrepreneurial Finance...we have to go to a 447 class, pick a group, and do their financials!!!! FUCK!!! No one did this for me. I just fucking did the financials for a business and now I have to do them AGAIN!

Needless to say, I'm pissed.

The Plus Side to Webcams

They're so incredibly pixelated, that you don't really notice blemishes or anything on your skin. I think it makes me look better than a real picture. Pixelly better...but better.