tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61352842011-06-08T01:04:08.278-04:00Life, the Universe, and EverythingThis is the blog of Oliver and Dave. This blog shall be home to whatever comments, interesting things, or snipits of our lives we deem fit for publishing. Enjoy.Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09393972333989420182noreply@blogger.comBlogger1221100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1105338984654733662005-01-10T01:32:00.000-05:002005-01-13T21:44:13.066-05:00Movie List:
Akira -Andy
Anchorman
Austin Powers the Third
Beautiful Mind, A
Being John Malkovich
Blade (the first) -Denz
Clerks
Chasing Amy
Dodgeball
Eurotrip
Hero (2)
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, The
Mean Machine (it's about soccer)
Ninja Scroll -Andy
Shrek 2
Skulls, The
Starsky and Hutch
Team America
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Wizard of Oz (With Dark SideOliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08211923821132569724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1094586745162073372004-09-07T15:47:00.000-04:002004-09-07T15:53:06.900-04:00So here I am in residence at VicU, which is really cool. I have a double room, but my roommate is really nice aswell as my other 2 suitemates. Our common room is nice and spacey and out kitchen has a fridge, a stove, a microwave, and a toaster. And the 4 of us share 2 bathrooms, so I only share mine with one other guy, which is really simple cause we're showered and done in 10 minutes. Today Oliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08211923821132569724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1091979851745731212004-08-08T11:43:00.000-04:002004-08-08T11:44:11.746-04:00A Magic quote: "[The deck's] main weakness is that almost all of its creatures are tiny. Earthquake is not your friend. Pyroclasm is not your friend. Tremor stole your girlfriend and ran over your dog."Oliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08211923821132569724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1091945869130895672004-08-08T02:13:00.000-04:002004-08-08T02:17:49.130-04:00Stupid courses that fill before I can sign up for them. Apparently that's what I get for trying to take higher level courses in first year. PHL245 and PHL345 were going to be my bird courses for the year, as they are Modern Symbolic Logic courses. In the fall, I'm taking Advanced Calculus, 2nd year Greek, 2nd year intro to Philosophy, intro to Comp Sci, and 2nd year Latin (though I'm going to Oliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08211923821132569724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1090733837109163572004-07-25T01:33:00.000-04:002004-07-25T01:37:17.110-04:00So apparently playing with fire is dangerous. I think I'm going to have a break from it for a while so that I can practise, and not burn myself next time, cause it's fucking painful. It's also fucking stupid when every guy likes the same girl. Out of curiosity, am I the only one who wants a girlfriend that no one else wants?Oliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08211923821132569724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1089961832711844112004-07-16T03:07:00.000-04:002004-07-16T03:10:32.710-04:00Another ridiculous thing is that in the Distribution Requirement section of the U of T Calendar, there are suggestions for "Humanities Courses for Science and Social Science Students," aswell as "Science Courses for Humanities and Social Science Courses" (we thinks that's a typo), but no "Social Science Courses for Humanities and Science Students" (like me).Oliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08211923821132569724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1089961609985177782004-07-16T03:06:00.000-04:002004-07-16T03:06:49.986-04:00And a message to Andrew: Remember the diriculously awesome pillow you have in your basement? Well Deb has two of them!Oliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08211923821132569724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1089961555924500412004-07-16T03:04:00.000-04:002004-07-16T03:05:55.923-04:003AM Revelation: The F and S beside a course code don't actually stand for Fall and Spring, but for "first half of the Fall/Winter sessions" and "second half..." Isn't it cool how abbreviations can have such perfectly formed double meanings?Oliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08211923821132569724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-108973301255804532004-07-13T11:04:00.000-04:002004-07-13T11:36:52.556-04:00So University timetabling isn't much better than in highschool. There are already three courses that I want to take that are all Tuesday and Thursday somewhere between 9 and 11, MAT157 (Advanced Calculus), GRK330 (Advanced Greek, a preperation course for the 400 level advanced reading courses), and PHL246 (on Inductive Logic; my brother is in this one and he really wanted me to take it too). And Oliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08211923821132569724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1088786085641121562004-07-02T12:18:00.000-04:002004-07-02T12:34:45.640-04:00Wednesday was awesome. Best day ever. I woke up around a leasurely 11:30, had some breakfast, and killed some time playing FF1, and then called up Shai. We went to the Duke of York along with Brian, Mark, Josh, and their friends Anthony and Evan. It was awesome. Portugal played really well, and definitely earned their victory over Holland. Unfortunately, I lost 25¢ to Shai when Portugal scored Oliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08211923821132569724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1088489852907171322004-06-29T02:03:00.000-04:002004-06-29T02:17:32.906-04:00I should post more, but I really have nothing to say. So basically, the only purpose of this post is to create a new comment box so that people can say things.
Maya, I'm glad to hear from you. But I'm really tired and going to sleep now. Let me know if you feel like being particularly social. My email is dwarvenpyrotek@hotmail.com if you want.Oliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08211923821132569724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1087435652239709162004-06-16T21:26:00.000-04:002004-06-16T21:27:32.240-04:00An approximate quote from my soccer coach (also the principal at Lawrence Park): "We all have balls; we just don't know what to do with them. It's man's oldest problem."Oliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08211923821132569724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1086329113137472672004-06-04T02:04:00.000-04:002004-06-04T02:05:13.136-04:00So there's a girl going to sleep on my bed right now. Some of you may be wondering why I'm not there, and...Oliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08211923821132569724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1085973329826337552004-05-30T23:06:00.000-04:002004-05-30T23:21:47.346-04:00Dave, I noticed 7272712 on a list of sites. It's true 3 ball snake, with a 4th ball going back and forth, the extension from 52512. So anyway, I can do 531 and ...4444534444... I also noticed 55514, which I would like a lot more than 5551, since 55514 is symetrical, which means it exercises each hand equally, which is important for 5casade. Anyway, you should learn 50505, then learn the harder Oliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08211923821132569724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1085931154196021762004-05-30T11:31:00.000-04:002004-05-30T11:32:34.196-04:00The lack of comments leads me to believe that no one has tried out this screensaver. Oh well. I'm sure those who hang out with me a lot will be inevitably exposed to it anyway.Oliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08211923821132569724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1085458344648160462004-05-25T00:07:00.000-04:002004-05-25T00:12:24.646-04:00I just got the coolest screen saver ever. You too can download it here. After setting it as your screensaver, go to "Register" under the settings, and set the name as "Juggle Save" and the "code" as "0463321." As far as the siteswaps (referred to as "sites" ) go, I recomment using the highest maximum settings.Oliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08211923821132569724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1084030978529880562004-05-08T11:38:00.000-04:002004-05-08T11:47:27.796-04:00From Wilfrid Laurier University (where I'm not going, unfortunately):
Dear Mr. Oliver Cheng
PRESIDENT'S CENTENNIAL SCHOLARSHIP - Total Possible Value $18,000
We are very pleased to offer you the President's Centennial Scholarship in addition to your Entrance Scholarship.
... blah blah bah $3,000 first year, $5,000 each year for a 10.5 GPA (whatever that is)...
You know, this would have comeOliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08211923821132569724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1083438403142615002004-05-01T15:01:00.000-04:002004-05-01T15:11:03.340-04:00So I just got back from my first NTSC soccer game, and have eaten in preperation for my 4:00 pick up game, for which it had better not rain. My team is decent. There's one guy on our team, Tomas, who looks quite nerdy, but he's actually really good. He's the coaches son, and his brother, Andrew, was in my class in grade 3. At the beginning of the match, the coach was asking what numbers people Oliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08211923821132569724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1082684657807667722004-04-22T21:44:00.000-04:002004-04-22T21:48:25.513-04:00Lazyness has reached an all-time high. So high, in fact, that some of the detrimental effects would be negated (i.e. weight gain). I am sitting here, in my basement, a tad famished, but am simply too lazy to eat something. And I was planning to order in Chinese food anyway, but I was too lazy even to do that. Wow. So now I'm going to go to bed hungry. If I ever had to go on a diet, I would be so Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09393972333989420182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1082601408327157402004-04-21T22:31:00.000-04:002004-04-21T22:40:54.810-04:00It seems that the acceptance deities have decided my fate for me. Stupid Waterloo. On the other hand:
Dear Mr Cheng:
Congratulations on your offer of admission to Victoria College, University of Toronto for the 2004-2005 academic year. In recognition of your outstanding secondary school record, I am delighted to inform you that Victoriea College has awardd you an admission scholarship of $3 Oliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08211923821132569724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1082383547574887222004-04-19T10:05:00.000-04:002004-04-21T01:31:21.186-04:00Le Prince Laid
Il était une fois, un prince habitait au périgée d’une énorme montagne. Tout le monde savait que ce prince était calme, gentil, et intelligente. Mais tout le monde savait aussi qu’il était laid, et les princesses ne voulait pas le marrier. Alors un jour le prince a décidé de démontrer qu’il est aussi fort et fort courageux, par ce que personne ne le savait. Alors il a décidé de Oliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08211923821132569724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1082324756324191712004-04-18T17:43:00.000-04:002004-04-18T17:49:58.263-04:00My boss is teh coolest. I mentioned on my way out of work today that I'd like to stop working on Sunday afternoons, and instead just Sunday mornings and Satudays, and his response was along the lines of "yeah, we'll work it out, don't worry about it." Soccer über-soon. (Okay, it isn't actually that soon; I just wanted to use an umlaut.)Oliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08211923821132569724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1081994085857599542004-04-14T21:54:00.000-04:002004-04-14T21:58:43.186-04:00My Dad got a new computer: I am now a mad powerhouse of computation. It is so cool and black and flat-screened and it has so many buttons! I don't know what to do with myself. It's just so cool. So naturally, I'm writing a post using it. Even the keystrokes feel nicer. Mmm... ahem. Actually, I'm hiding from my Mom's friends, since their book club is here. They're reading "The da Vinci Code." I Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09393972333989420182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1081294104788905862004-04-06T19:24:00.000-04:002004-04-06T19:36:08.546-04:00The following is a forehead slapping exerpt from a conversation between my parents, my little brother, and me:
Julian: I was born on a Thursday. What day was Ol born on? [This wasn't quite as random as it seems.]
Mom: I don't know. Ask dad. He remembers these things.
Dad: Ol was born on a Saturday, and Si on a Monday.
Mom: Yeah, I remember that the days go backwards by two for each son.
Dad: Or Oliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08211923821132569724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1080874718220605662004-04-01T21:58:00.000-05:002004-04-01T22:02:16.903-05:00So when I was looking up "antidisestablishmentarianism" on Google (shut up, I was bored), I found this cool site with word-related factiods. Several of them are more common, but there are three pages of them. Check it out. Because Oliver isn't here, I can't do some fancy-shmancy hyperlink, so I'll just have to post the URL for you:
http://members.aol.com/phillman17/words.htm
Or you could just Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09393972333989420182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1080455883989466042004-03-28T01:36:00.000-05:002004-03-28T01:41:36.296-05:00Obviously the brilliance eludes you all (though I'm sure most of you just "don't care"), but I feel this needs to be stated anyway:
"It enables a numskull to memorize a quantity of numerals."
"I'm forming a mnemonic to remember a function in analysis."
"We present a mnemonic to memorize a constant so exciting that Euler exclaimed: '!' when first it was found, yes, loudly '!'. My students Oliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08211923821132569724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1080261995660319552004-03-25T19:46:00.000-05:002004-03-25T19:50:04.780-05:00Oliver, you should post some of those tom swifties you found. Tom swifties, if you folk didn't know, are basically just random puns, like "'Way to drive a zamboni' Tom said icily." or "'Why are we standing like this?' Tom posed." That sort of thing. Ok so I just made those up now, they weren't that good. But we discovered that they can get really nerdy, like "This loop statement increments the Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09393972333989420182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1080110130212724122004-03-24T01:30:00.000-05:002004-03-24T01:38:57.216-05:00Quiz: What is particularly cool about these sentences?
"By omnibus I traveled to Brooklyn."
"To disrupt a playroom is commonly a practice of children."
"He repeats: I shouldn't be tippling, I shouldn't be toppling here!"
(I have 3 different answers which even follow the same brilliance of these sentences! Answers are to be posted once someone understands what I mean when I say that I used theOliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08211923821132569724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1079851532318273702004-03-21T01:44:00.000-05:002004-03-21T01:49:05.153-05:00I trust that many of you could do this anyway, but I couldn't, so I will provide it to all of you who are like me here.Oliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08211923821132569724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1079497734390412512004-03-16T23:28:00.000-05:002004-03-16T23:32:11.716-05:00I keep forgetting to give The History of the Future to Oliver to ship to you, Anne-Marie, but I'll get him before the end of my break. I'm not used to having him as my sherpa I guess. Before you nail me on it, there is at least one typo another reader noticed: I said "...Henry, king and wife to Catherine..." Whoops. Oh well. I'm sure he was very effeminate and deserved it anyway.Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09393972333989420182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1079497523416687392004-03-16T23:24:00.000-05:002004-03-16T23:29:56.483-05:00I only linked Snow-Covered WotC in the second one. The first link is all good. As for the artilce, yeah I read it. And I showed it to Dave and explained the references, like "probe" and "slyly." Hehe, hypocritically was great. Anne-Marie would appreciate the flying hippo pun.Oliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08211923821132569724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1079424079812684622004-03-16T02:49:00.001-05:002004-03-16T03:04:36.246-05:00JuggleAnim is the coolest thing ever. The patterns I can do are 3, 51, 15, 531333, 4, 441, and I'm really close to 71. For something diriculously far from possible, try [97531] (the square brackets are necessary). [7531],[531], and [31] might help you if you don't understand what's happening in [97531].Oliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08211923821132569724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1079424047636481162004-03-16T02:49:00.000-05:002004-03-16T03:04:04.076-05:00JuggleAnim is the coolest thing ever. The patterns I can do are 3, 51, 15, 531333, 4, 441, and I'm really close to 71. For something diriculously far from possible, try [97531] (the square brackets are necessary). [7531],[531], and [31] might help you if you don't understand what's happening in [97531].Oliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08211923821132569724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1078787078075623652004-03-08T18:04:00.000-05:002004-03-08T18:07:44.390-05:00It would appear that my parents have inferred my dislike in long family trips, and thus our march break trip to Washington only spans friday to monday, giving me the entire latter portion of my M.B. free. You foppish Abelard folk have your "two week" March break, don't you? Bah. Oh well. I have a feeling Oliver will be at my house from Monday evening to Sunday evening.Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09393972333989420182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1078454783107532582004-03-04T21:42:00.000-05:002004-03-04T21:49:37.140-05:00I was recently discussing this with Laura, and it was requested of my be Adriana to post the links. Depth is overrated, as are height, relativity, and, well, height again. I suggest you follow suit and stretch your favourite into your background.Oliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08211923821132569724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1078443865565189182004-03-04T18:44:00.000-05:002004-03-04T18:47:25.873-05:00Dave's Nerdy Etymological Adventure
So I learned recently about the four humours, and the words that are derived from them, and I thought it was cool: In Victorian-ish times, they thought that the body was filled with four fluids, or humours, and that a person's personality was dictated by the fluid which was dominant. Though people don't believe in that anymore, the words still remain. Here theyDavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09393972333989420182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1078270811988130252004-03-02T18:38:00.000-05:002004-03-02T18:43:09.733-05:00In more news, I, Oliver, have been accepted into the NT soccer house league for this spring, and so has Jamie. Woot! But I can't tell if Gord has, possibly because the server was stupid, which might have been caused by my getting his first name wrong.Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09393972333989420182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1078270131673508892004-03-02T18:27:00.000-05:002004-03-02T18:32:44.780-05:00Men we have a new and preferred comment system, but de we have lost all of out old comments.
Edit: I hope "men" isn't a post positive...Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09393972333989420182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1078117196686324252004-02-29T23:32:00.000-05:002004-03-02T18:30:22.890-05:00I currently have an overwhelming feeling of uneasiness. My stomach is in a rather "butterfly filled"-like condition. There are several deadlines for things which I might or might not have started. There are several important school deadlines (including but not limited to a bio test tomorrow of size like unto an exam, an English paper due disturbingly soon of disturbing magnitude, reading for Oliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08211923821132569724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1078107038617971282004-02-29T21:10:00.000-05:002004-02-29T21:13:34.013-05:00I have four bound copies of The History of the Future, so I'll send one home with Oliver next Friday for Anne-Marie. I got annoyed at my Mom because she suggested that maybe I shouldn't give any copies to friends because they might plagirize for their own assignments, which is not only really stupid, but an insult to me, as to what sort of friends I hang out with. Besides, as long as I get cited,Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09393972333989420182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1078090214569095322004-02-29T16:30:00.000-05:002004-02-29T16:33:09.546-05:00I attended a drunken party this saturday, with Oliver, Andrew, Gord, Hilary, and James Lamb. It got boring after a while, because I wasn't one of the drunkards. We tried to get Andrew drunk, because we thought it would be funny, but he'd have none of it. Making fun of the other people being drunk was very entertaining though. Also, Oliver doing insane juggling tricks completely freaks out people Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09393972333989420182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1077756970772137812004-02-25T19:39:00.000-05:002004-02-25T19:59:00.793-05:00And so I inevitably return to my blog. I haven't posted for quite some time, since I've been waiting for actual anecdotes to relate, though it has recently occurred to me that I have not posted recently though I now have said anecdotes. But they're really not that good, so it is not quite so surprising that they have yet to be posted. The two anecdotes (more easily communicated as one) are my Oliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08211923821132569724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-10776626138850372004-02-24T17:43:00.000-05:002004-02-24T17:46:21.936-05:00I'M ALMOST DONE!!! The History of the Future is a tome about an inch thick, and all I have to do is write the bibliography and proofread (which will take hours, since I'll have to read the whole thing through). Luckily, my style of writing is to perfect each sentence as I construct it, so I won't have to overhaul much stylistically. It has a lot of pictures in it, too, so it isn't as huge as it Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09393972333989420182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1077393008356585422004-02-21T14:50:00.000-05:002004-02-21T18:41:07.826-05:00We got the results back from the aforementioned regional finals, and we came first! Again! Boys came first, girls came third, and we came first overall. It was quite awesome. Now only the good people who qualified for the Ontario finals are still at practices, and they are quite brutal, and we have them every day this week, including on tuesday on thursday, which are late openings, and after Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09393972333989420182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1077146905197542062004-02-18T18:28:00.000-05:002004-02-18T18:31:05.216-05:00Just got back from regional (GTA) finals. Quite pooped. Got 2nd in medley relay, 5th in 100 backstroke, 4th in free relay. Didn't get a medal yet: they have to verify stuff since some people were cheating or timings were stupid or something. Leaving in 45 mins to go to a play.
Diagram of Dave falling asleep:
(*.*) -> (-_-) -> (_ _)zzZZ...Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09393972333989420182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1076978850138695992004-02-16T19:47:00.000-05:002004-02-16T19:50:07.293-05:00"The sheet is slit. Who slit she sheets? Whoever slit the sheets is a good sheet slitter." Get someone to say that ten times fast without complimenting some anonymous person on soiling their bed linens expertly.Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09393972333989420182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1076978703622415202004-02-16T19:45:00.000-05:002004-02-16T19:47:40.793-05:00Happy two-day belated Valentines to all of you! "Belated" is a great word, it's a really good euphamism for "whoops, I forgot to mention it earlier and/or get you a gift." Anyway, here is a lovely poem for you, which Oliver was reciting and I thought was hilarious:
Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
All my base
Are belong to you.
Hah! Isn't that great? Ok, so the humour is a tiny bit obscure. Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09393972333989420182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1076805935293304572004-02-14T19:45:00.000-05:002004-02-14T19:48:09.530-05:00Well, I am procrastinating, since I have IES to write and five tests to study for. I ran into my mom at 9 this morning at shoppers drug mart; we were buying cards for each other. So I just read the card she was going to get me, and she put it back. And then we just bought more chocolate. "Bought" is spelled stupidly. It should be spelled "bott," as in "Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans." That Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09393972333989420182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1076633443334150932004-02-12T19:50:00.000-05:002004-02-12T19:53:15.513-05:00Moo-har! We are the awesomest! Northern ranked FIRST in the city finals. That's FIRST with a capital one! The junior boys and junior girls had ranked first in their section, and the senior girls ranked third, all of which had swum (swam?) already. So it was basically all up to us, the senior boys, to secure 1st overall. We pulled through, giving us three mini plaques and one really huge one that Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09393972333989420182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1076549355119487312004-02-11T20:29:00.000-05:002004-02-11T20:31:45.450-05:00Bah! It broke. Oh well, you get the gist. And I just got a haircut today, so my hair might be lopsided anyway.Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09393972333989420182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1076549308495710092004-02-11T20:28:00.000-05:002004-02-11T20:30:58.840-05:00Swimming city finals tomorrow! Wish me luck. Go Dave! Rah rah!
Dave yelling "yay!" in the pool after he wins, avec 'fro:
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Y'know, I actually like being at school, it's pretty interesting, it's just the homework I don't like. School should be an hour or two longer and have no homework. Then again, that would violate my physics teacher's theory that his Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09393972333989420182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1076371747409574722004-02-09T19:09:00.000-05:002004-02-09T19:11:35.170-05:00My parents have concluded that my IES (aforementioned independant study dealie) must be completed by this Sunday. Coincidentally, I have four tests next week. But, but! I have a three-day week. City finals for swimming on thursday, PA day on friday. The only PA day in the entire year, I think. Stupid cutbacks. Anyway, I've written about 5800 words of this paper, and it is about half done. Well, IDavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09393972333989420182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1076132585616920512004-02-07T00:43:00.000-05:002004-02-07T00:45:29.060-05:00Well, this friday was very satisfying. "Cushion for the pushin'" is my new favourite phrase, consequently.Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09393972333989420182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1076039042882604452004-02-05T22:42:00.000-05:002004-02-05T22:46:39.936-05:00I'll explain this much.Oliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08211923821132569724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1075942037664261722004-02-04T19:47:00.000-05:002004-02-04T19:49:38.076-05:00Owned at the swim meet. Again. I got our medley relay a half-length lead but the second and third guy lost it. But our last dude is a tank and won it for us, qualifying us for the Ontario finals. I was especially satisfied because a huge, fearsome-looking grade 12 was in second, and he was the one I was so far ahead of. The annoying prick on our swim team beat me by a foot on the 100 backstroke, Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09393972333989420182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1075757827315048782004-02-02T16:36:00.000-05:002004-02-02T16:39:24.920-05:00"IGNORED!" "Ow, my blog!"
"OVERUSED!" "Ow, my joke!"Oliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08211923821132569724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1075615658890291822004-02-01T01:07:00.000-05:002004-02-01T01:09:54.653-05:00Hey, Valentine's Day occurs one weekday later than it did last year.Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09393972333989420182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1075615422156761702004-02-01T01:03:00.000-05:002004-02-01T01:05:57.950-05:00Well, this is our first collective post. That is, we are both here at the same time!! Consequently, this post will have impeccable grammar. Despite our best collaborative efforts, we are still unable to come up with anything decent to post. And by "decent," I mean mildly interesting to read. Unless of course you're a "Blog Nerd" (Gordon, 2003), in which case you read any fricking thing on the Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09393972333989420182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1075528404690696562004-01-31T00:53:00.000-05:002004-01-31T00:55:38.420-05:00Your school is crazy. It is frigging small, but very cool nonetheless. There were several cool people who I didn't get to meet/see in their natural habitat because they were elsewhere, including this allegedly cool principal of yours. But I met the other Devin, and those stupid grade 9/10s, or so says Andrew. I think it is awesome that your floors are carpeted. I wish I had carpeted floors at my Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09393972333989420182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1075404738146776702004-01-29T14:32:00.000-05:002004-01-29T14:34:30.200-05:00I'm trying to write another section of my History of the Future essay, and I have Nostradamus coming out of my ears. So I thought I'd do something innane like post. And this is pretty inane, considering I haven't said anything thus far besides the fact that I am posting.
In other news, my Playstation 2 is in a coma. I need to take it in to Ducan so he can fix it for me.
In other other news, I Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09393972333989420182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1075352395359507492004-01-28T23:59:00.000-05:002004-01-29T00:02:06.200-05:00Got back from Jamie's house, where we were making some solid snow fort. Rather, the Impenetrable Fortress of DOOOOM! It is darned good. We also decided that we should make a fort at my house next gathering. So that is what I'm gunna do.Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09393972333989420182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1075327900308663562004-01-28T17:11:00.000-05:002004-01-28T17:13:51.466-05:00Am I the only one who thinks Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre is a decent book? Some say that it's only because I'm within the first ten chapters thus far. She's wordy enough to be engaging and deep, but not enough to bore me and drive me to sleep.Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09393972333989420182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1075301448281770832004-01-28T09:50:00.000-05:002004-01-28T09:52:58.450-05:00Man, school is so stupid. Here I was all like, "Mmmm... sleeping in..." And I called the school (mostly just for formalities) only to discover that I actually have to go. Boo-urns.
For some weird reason, I feel colder here in Dave's basement than in my room, even though my room in way colder. It's a good thing Will had to go so early, or I would never have woken up. Stupid school. I have to go Oliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08211923821132569724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1075076748564951052004-01-25T19:25:00.000-05:002004-01-25T19:27:55.496-05:00Well, I bought some juggling knives. Oliver claims they are scarier than torches, but I'm not sure yet. They are really cool, but my festivities-related finances have been exhaused. They are also very heavy, so I can write juggling off as cross-training for swimming. W00t. Don't worry, they're blunt, but they could still put someone's eye out. And I have nicked myself a few times, but nothing Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09393972333989420182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1075011915027393012004-01-25T01:22:00.000-05:002004-01-25T01:27:21.030-05:00On a scale from one to cool, how cool are these lyrics?
The Antibody Politic
'Free citizens of Planet Earth',
The leptons in some base equation.
Bound by swaddling-chains from birth,
unto travail and assentation.
Given what they're taught to crave;
Denied the truths they sorely need.
Shown a future new and brave;
Frog-marched towards it at fool-speed.
[Chorus:]
If there's anyone else out thereOliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08211923821132569724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1074737718785114792004-01-21T21:15:00.000-05:002004-01-21T21:17:20.466-05:00It would appear that I can't comment on stuff. But I was going to say as a comment to the last post that it's more that others disclose the details for them that people get offended by. But I digress.
"Speaking of uninteresting school-related posts" update: I did well in my swim meet. I am tired and itchy, but all is good. I came first in all four of the events I was in, and Jamie and I got a Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09393972333989420182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1074648989789213222004-01-20T20:36:00.000-05:002004-01-20T20:38:29.780-05:00But of course I don't think a girl would buy "needs more blog material" as a good reason for a relationship.Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09393972333989420182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1074648938735144692004-01-20T20:35:00.000-05:002004-01-20T20:37:38.733-05:00Yeah dude, our lives are totally boring. We need more Public Displays of Angst or girlfriends or something. Y'know. Something to give us more material. I mean you can only go so far with school-related posts and witty grammar puzzles.
Speaking of uninteresting school-related posts: I have a swim meet tomorrow! Again. I am in a backstroke race which is twice the length of my usual race, and I Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09393972333989420182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1074635924368547982004-01-20T16:57:00.000-05:002004-01-20T17:00:43.826-05:00Geez, posting is such hard work. It involves going to the blogger site, then logging on, and only then can I actually type that which is to be posted. Unfortunately, that is all I have to post. My life is so boring, but not devoid of work, so no complaints.Oliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08211923821132569724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1074232750702728572004-01-16T00:57:00.000-05:002004-01-16T01:01:04.590-05:00Tweety Sylvester the dog Granny punished tricked chased escaped.
P.S. Does the dog have a name?Oliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08211923821132569724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1074226122947455372004-01-15T23:05:00.000-05:002004-01-15T23:10:36.640-05:00So yeah, I was in the middle of taking that very same test, when it struck me how useless it is. Everyone who reads this should know what kind of nerd I am. Though surprisingly enough, not that many of my answers agreed. Who would ever work out in prime numbers? I find no consolation in trigonometry. But alas, these simple statements do very little against what is clearly known.Oliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08211923821132569724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1074215956488995142004-01-15T20:19:00.000-05:002004-01-15T20:21:09.840-05:00Stole the link from Andrew's blog. Again. Well not actually again, but it sounds better if I say that.
take the nerd test.
and go to mewing.net. a nerd utopia.
P.S. I don't get the third sentence of Oliver's.
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The horse raced past the barn fell.
The grass the moose the forest the fire burnt sheltered ate turned brown.Oliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08211923821132569724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1073966846011808482004-01-12T23:06:00.000-05:002004-01-12T23:07:47.280-05:00Woohoo! Ça marche! Boo ya! Go making links.Oliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08211923821132569724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1073944828764934672004-01-12T16:59:00.000-05:002004-01-12T17:00:50.060-05:00You're right, Anne-Marie. I didn't have the http://. But I've added them now, and they still seem not to work. Hopefully my blog just hasn't updated itself to see the changes.Oliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08211923821132569724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1073879291505666852004-01-11T22:47:00.000-05:002004-01-11T22:48:31.946-05:00ARG! I can't get links to work. Instead of doing what I want it to do, it adds the address onto the end of the page where I place the link. Anyway, the first link is to www.nuklearpower.com, and the second merely to google.Oliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08211923821132569724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1073879116365304662004-01-11T22:45:00.000-05:002004-01-12T16:58:29.203-05:00Stupid letters.Oliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08211923821132569724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1073878857939555092004-01-11T22:31:00.001-05:002004-01-12T16:58:46.170-05:00Incase you were wondering, here's how to play three-to-one marny:
Pick three(3) cards.
Roll one(1) die.
Whoever has the best hand, moves one(1) space ahead.
The player to reach the endzone first, wins.
So yeah, that's the scoop. And I got a job. I suppose that is a slightly bigger scoop. For those of you who didn't know, it's at Paradise Comics all day long on Sunday (i.e. noon-ish to 5-ish). Oliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08211923821132569724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1073878868728337872004-01-11T22:31:00.000-05:002004-01-11T22:41:29.263-05:00Incase you were wondering, here's how to play three-to-one marny:
Pick three(3) cards.
Roll one(1) die.
Whoever has the best hand, moves one(1) space ahead.
The player to reach the endzone first, wins.
So yeah, that's the scoop. And I got a job. I suppose that is a slightly bigger scoop. For those of you who didn't know, it's at Paradise Comics all day long on Sunday (i.e. noon-ish to 5-ish). Oliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08211923821132569724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1073110271997737732004-01-03T01:11:00.000-05:002004-01-03T01:11:30.586-05:00As I now clean up the wake of another Friday get-together, I realize it was decidedly solid. And by "solid," I mean good. People were back who weren't before, such as Gord, who went straight to my house from the airport, and Cori, who had only arrived in Toronto a few hours before. The success scale of a Friday is pretty much how messy it is afterwards, and today the mess was horrendous. Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09393972333989420182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1072888203281154512003-12-31T11:30:00.000-05:002003-12-31T11:30:21.006-05:00I took quiz links from other people's blogs, cause I thought I'd try them myself.
Wind
The Force of Nature Quiz brought to you by Quizilla
Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09393972333989420182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1072887777090414822003-12-31T11:22:00.000-05:002003-12-31T11:24:27.356-05:00Hecate
?? Which Of The Greek Gods Are You ?? brought to you by Quizilla
Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09393972333989420182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1072630371652025802003-12-28T11:43:00.000-05:002003-12-28T12:42:26.536-05:00OMG like WTF BBQ! RF! I get to play outdoor soccer on the 28th of December. Woot! This is like leet with a capital one. And Dave's back, and my left hand is more or less healed. Well, slightly less, but I'm sure it's good enough anyway.
A question of opinion: a friend of mine asked for my favourite song quote, and there are many I can think of, and I was wondering what you (yes, you) think is Oliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08211923821132569724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1072620130530152292003-12-28T09:02:00.000-05:002003-12-28T09:02:27.703-05:00Hey, It's me, and I'm back! I got back home yesterday afternoon, and Oliver was at my doorstep within half an hour of me reaching my own doorstep. Heh. Silly right hand. Anyway, Paris was alright, I looked at a lot of paintings by famous dudes, and saw that big code of Hammurabi's, among other stuff. I think the crepe stands on the street were the highlight. The French don't have enough fat in Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09393972333989420182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1072405387467070702003-12-25T21:18:00.000-05:002003-12-25T21:23:23.780-05:00Alright. Now that's I've posted a link to my this site from Anne-Marie's comment box, it is necessary that I post something interesting. However, I lack in said area, and so I am at a loss (aporia, if you will). My hand is almost healed, so you are all invited to organize a large showing of fire, for those of you who haven't yet seen it (and for those of you who have, and yes, it is both the onlyOliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08211923821132569724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1072116965937317262003-12-22T13:15:00.000-05:002003-12-22T13:16:21.426-05:00It's great that no one seems to care about us, Dave.
[Hah. Try not commenting to that:P.]Oliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08211923821132569724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1072027196193870572003-12-21T12:17:00.000-05:002003-12-21T12:20:49.230-05:00Losing Dave for the week is like losing my right hand. And bruising my left hand for the week is like losing my left hand. Now I can no longer see Dave, and I can't even juggle to boot. The simplest of all activities, ruined because I spun the torches too hard and bruised myself. And you thought the fire was the dangerous part...
Fortunately, both should be functioning next week.Oliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08211923821132569724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1071936990322833372003-12-20T11:16:00.000-05:002003-12-20T11:16:45.276-05:00Well, I'm going to Paris for a week this afternoon, so I guess I'll see you guys around.Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09393972333989420182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1071707470127975442003-12-17T19:31:00.000-05:002003-12-17T19:31:24.153-05:00At the incessant request of my adoring fan, I have decided to post my intro, despite the scrollage. So if you complain against it, ... nartz to you!
On a sidenote, I have "swimmer's ear." My ear doesn't clear of water or anything, cause of swimming a lot and some other factors in conjunction.
The History of the Future
Throughout the course of human history, we have always been captivated by Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09393972333989420182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1071619474250217522003-12-16T19:04:00.000-05:002003-12-16T19:04:48.373-05:00Dude, I totally roxored my essay intro! I am leet with a capital one. I would post it on the blog for all to see, but it is 500 words, and would give people a hernia with all the scrolling. But you can take my word for it that I roxored it old school. Now you may be asking, "c'mon dave, way to not tell us what the S.A. is about!!", or if you are Oliver/Anne-Marie, you would be asking "Come on Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09393972333989420182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1071539558450918622003-12-15T20:52:00.000-05:002003-12-15T20:52:51.660-05:00Another Crisis Averted:
I was almost not around this friday. But then I was. Christmas parties are ne cool pas! Who needs them. Yeah, my parents wanted me to go to a Christmas party, and I'm all like "Ok." and then they're all like "K," but then later they were all like "I don't wanna interfere with your posse-gathering-ness, so if you wan-not-na go (i didnt splice my infinitive), tis good." And Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09393972333989420182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1071430123335160012003-12-14T14:19:00.000-05:002003-12-14T14:28:56.546-05:00When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice.
-Marquis de la Grange (1639 - 1692)
The squeaking wheel doesn't always get the grease. Sometimes it gets replaced.
-Vic Gold
It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.
-William G. McAdoo (1863 - 1941)
People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
-Soren Oliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08211923821132569724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1071377243107920232003-12-13T23:46:00.000-05:002003-12-13T23:47:35.910-05:00Fire is fun, really, really, fun. I won't explain the details, for most of you were there. And for those of you who weren't there, it's your fault for ditching me.Oliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08211923821132569724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1071098148926048032003-12-10T17:52:00.000-05:002003-12-10T18:16:01.373-05:00Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.
-Peter De Vries
I stopped believing in Santa Claus when my mother took me to see him in a department store, and he asked for my autograph.
-Shirley Temple
I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.
-Noel Coward (1899 - 1973)
Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater.
-Oliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08211923821132569724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1071088739436311482003-12-10T15:36:00.000-05:002003-12-10T15:39:11.620-05:00It's amazing how an event can be anticipated as being simultaneously the best and the worst by a single person.Oliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08211923821132569724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1070927841204325912003-12-08T18:57:00.000-05:002003-12-08T18:57:33.320-05:00Dudes, I have my first swim meet on Wednesday! Wish me luck! It's the first one of the season, and I was just put into the senior group this year, so I am gunna get smoked. But all is good. 'Twill be fun nonetheless. Jamie, the captain, just had his wisdom teeth out, so he may not swim, since he'll still be on painkillers. Oh well.Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09393972333989420182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1070858360760693762003-12-07T23:37:00.000-05:002003-12-07T23:39:55.723-05:00Well, Dave, since you have the picture on your computer, I don't think it's hard to post. I, however, do not know how to do it, but I'm sure if you ask Anne-Marie nicely she'll either tell you or get her other self to tell you.Oliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08211923821132569724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1070847056003223722003-12-07T20:30:00.000-05:002003-12-07T20:31:07.416-05:00Ah, I am already looking forward to this coming Friday. I have been deprived of Dave's Basement-age for a while (as has my co-poster, to a much more severe degree, I'm sure), and I'm looking forward to getting back into the swing of things. Especially since DUCAN is coming! Tres w00t! The Friendly Goth is making his comeback! A legend in his own time. Ah yes. Anyway, there might be a larger Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09393972333989420182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135284.post-1070726903185173052003-12-06T11:08:00.000-05:002003-12-06T11:08:34.563-05:00Friday was pretty good at Zoe's birthday party. We went skating at Nathan Phillips Square, where coincidentally there was this big shindig goin' down. Anyway, we skated around for a bit and watched some random interpretive dance where people were standing on long poles covered in a big sphere of fabric. Anyway, that was about it, and we ate pizza and played charades, where the girls almost ran Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09393972333989420182noreply@blogger.com