Covert

If there is one personal thing I love to do, it is being covert in various ways that are fun and amusing.

Life Lesson: "Simple things amuse simple minds," (a quote from my grade 9 gym teacher) is WRONG.

If it's simple, it might be hilarious, which ultimately may be amusing to all minds no matter how complex they are! If they don't find it amusing it just means they have a different sense of humour. That's my reasoning, disagree all you want. Anyways, I tried a small simple covert mission last Friday morning when I arrived at school. I love to people-watch and get into the minds of others. It is fascinating how you can act in a certain way that will lead people to believe that nothing is out of the ordinary! There was a girl standing in front of the Chemistry bill board figuring out her lab schedule, I decided to walk up beside her and pretend to look for my name and information as well. She obviously had no clue that I wasn't even registered in a Chemistry course this term or that I took that course last year (and she shouldn't, she doesn't know me)! It amused me to know that she will always think that the person beside her at that very moment was a student in her same lab (well, until she notices that I did not show up at any of them). I guess it wasn't covert in a physical sense because I wasn't disguised... but that's not the point. The point is, I created a false thought process and she will never figure out that she, essentially, was deceived! Don't worry, I'm not a creep who does this for sick and twisted kicks. It's just simply fun and amusing. Also, she was very pretty, maybe that was part of the reason why I did it; but again that's beside the point.

Speaking of covert missions, the two men in this video accomplish the most thrill-seeking covert mission ever. They are referred to as "birdmen" who are involved in a crazy extreme sport in which they sky dive/glide in flying squirrel-like suits. They jump into fjords and canyons and also jump from the peaks of mountains. It's UNREAL! Here, they disguise themselves in order to jump from the newest tallest building in the world, The Burj Tower in Dubai. Take a look!

The Burj Birdmen from Jan-Paul Bednarz on Vimeo.

Vimeo!

I have fallen into the wonderful trap of Vimeo. It's an excellent site where you can watch your friend's and random people's film magic at work. It's awesome. I've now posted a widget on the side bar to the right for my vids. Also at the very bottom is a vimeo movie player where you can watch the movies I enjoyed as well.

p.s. I saw Avatar yesterday and it was UNREAL! So impressive in regards to the visual effects!

Cheers to the New Year/Decade

Well, it's now upon us! A new year has begun and a new decade is within our sight. I cannot wait to see what new opportunities await. This new year's eve I didn't do anything too exciting. I actually hung out with three others and played Settlers of Catan (the best board game ever). I didn't win either of the two games we played but it was still loads of fun (Life Lesson: You can, in fact, have fun without winning. Take bingo for example; I played tonight and did not win, but I do know that I had a fun time).

When there was 4 minutes to midnight we turned on Madonna and J.T.'s classic tune (hence the time) to count down the new year (fricka fricka 4 minutes!)! Next, we decided to do something that we've never done before while entering into a new year... us three lads decided to urinate in the time period connecting the years 2009 and 2010! Therefore we can now say that we have indeed, within one isolated session, experienced life in two different years while urinating simultaneously! (I would have said "peed", but I didn't because it was such a profound statement). We went outside, filmed it, and accomplished the feat. The other two lads smoothly did so, I however was not as clutch and cut in and out under the pressure from the nerve-racking 5 second count-down (it was not as satisfying; you can hear me yelling in the video, which will hopefully soon surface). When we were finished hanging out, I actually made an appearance at another party for the rest of my night and enjoyed the company there as well (thanks to C Flow and other Red Rockers).

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Speaking of new year's celebrations, here's a vid from my '07-'08 new year's Europe endeavors. Cheers!

Manny & Dan's CHRiSTMAS BReAK! from MannyG on Vimeo.