Et cetera, Et cetera

I've had some free time lately, but it is unfortunate because I have not touched my Olympic vlog footage at all! This needs to change right away, and it will (I'll begin editing tomorrow and also release a trailer showing a snippet of my experience... hopefully)!

In other news, my entire body is really stiff right now. Yesterday, I managed to head to Prov after school to train and play futsal with the soccer team and then head back into the city to play floor hockey! So that was a pretty crazy/busy night. I am extremely exhausted and now I fully know that I am extremely out of shape. Speaking of busy, I was talking to Reims today, and she mentioned that I was a pretty busy guy and I guess it's kind of true, at least only for this week! Actually, today I had nothing up and I took full advantage of it, relaxing all evening (I will get to tonight's content later on in this long post). However, the rest of my week will not be as chill. Here's a lineup of what's upcoming in my "mad life" (Reims' words):

I'm very excited for what tomorrow night will bring. My dad and I will actually be recording some music together (ABOUT TIME)! He wrote a song about the Red River called: "Red River Rising", and now he wants to record it with the help of his producer friend and I! This will technically be my first time recording in a legit studio, so I'm totally pumped (at Bible school, out in Germany, we had this homemade one that consisted of upright tables and a lot of blankets... good times).

On Thursday, my evening begins with the Survivor watching crew. Yes, I have caved in and have fallen into the trap of the show Survivor! It's the 20th season and I am only getting into it now... unreal! It has been quite epic though, and I am loving every minute of it. Later that night I will also finally see the much anticipated: Shutter Island! I hear it just blows your mind and makes you search for out-of-reach answers; I can't wait to have my brain rattled. Plus I'm going with some of my blogger peeps, so I know it'll be a party, party (Saint better be there... I just quoted his song)!

Friday, is Youth night for my Church (The Meeting Place)! We'll be heading to my beloved high school of MBCI to attend a fundraiser to support an orphanage in Kenya named The Nest. There is a $20 entrance fee per person and all the proceeds will go towards the orphanage. If 100 people come out, that will be enough money to run the orphanage for 3 months! That's pretty awesome, so I hope 200+ show up and support a great cause. Log in to facebook and check out the event (<--- Check it out!). They are also going to have a battle of the bands happening later on too, so hopefully the local talent rocks the boat.

Saturday is my man Malech's BDAY BASH! Yes, all day I hope to be celebrating with this beloved man. Let's party, party!

Sunday, I have another concert to attend for my awesome music class (The Well Tempered Concert-Goer). It'll be featuring some Native Throat Singers. When I hear that, I am immediately intrigued... should be good!
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As for tonight's content: I drummed some drums, strummed some guitar (I learned a Hey Ocean! song the other day!), and played some FIFA 10 (a soccer video game) while listening to some chill tunes. I know this next portion may be somewhat or even entirely nerdy (nerdiness seems to be a theme for my blogging crew tonight...) but I'll post it anyway! As for FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association... I was wondering the same thing. Now we know it is actually a French acronym), I scored an UNBELIEVABLE goal and uploaded it online/entered it into the FIFA 10 Goal of the Week contest (laugh at me, I know you want to). The winner gets a pair of Adidas' newest cleats!! Anyways, here it is; I call it the High Flying Spanish Heel... Check it out!

EA Sports: The High Flying Spanish Heel

Speaking of Physics...

I had my Physics midterm tonight, and I'm pumped that it has finally come and gone! You would probably think that there couldn't possibly be a lesson to be learned during an exam, but of course... I found one. When everyone was thinking about the exam at hand, I was thinking of a lesson to give on exam etiquette...

Life Lesson: ALWAYS REMEMBER TO SET YOUR MOBILE PHONE TO SILENT RIGHT BEFORE AN EXAM!!!

Yes, someone's mobile phone had an incoming call for literally 90% of the two hour exam period! I couldn't believe it! Was there an emergency? ...Or was the caller too flippin' stubborn to leave a voicemail!? The phone was in a bag at the back of the room, and my two lab partners and I happened to be sitting at the back of the room! We silently laughed it off the first couple of times, but I'm not going to lie, it was terribly distracting. Just imagine it: You are currently writing an exam (actually picture this). You're obviously worn down from studying, you're devoting all your brain power and attention towards the exam, you're extremely focused and want to do well, recalling integral information like nothing else. Now enters a noise that is all too familiar... that distinct vibrating cellphone sound that presents itself after every three second interval, exactly. It doesn't help that you start to anticipate the next vibration and ultimately shift your concentration to the constant vibrating! This is where that dreaded eye twitch of yours comes in. How are you supposed to maintain your concentration!? ...You can't; or at least I can't! I am extremely jealous of the person who can overcome and entirely ignore such a situation.

Anyways, even though it was frustrating, it was also hilarious to see how everyone reacted to the disturbance! When it went off the first time, everyone in the back sort of sighed and shrugged it off with a shake of the head and a wow,-whose-phone-is-that? kind of look. By the third time, people were getting annoyed and would exchange disgusted looks with one another. And by the 6th, 7th, and 8th times, people started to voice their disgust. When the T.A. came by to check our student cards and record our signatures, the girl right in front of me said, "This is ridiculous, it's hard to write an exam when a phone keeps going off every second!" The T.A. replied, "Ya, it's tough..." (or something to that extent) and walked off without doing anything about it! Why wouldn't she go find the bag and give a quick announcement exclaiming, "Whose ever bag this is, turn off you're D@#% cell phone!" Side note: The T.A. was wearing a shirt that said "evil", with a heart replacing the dot in the "i"! That's not a t-shirt I want to see going into an exam...

Overall, the vibrate setting is not good enough, people. So please, have a little respect and enough decency to set your mobiles to silent for your exams! *Sigh*, Thank you!

Speaking of physics... click on the following link to check out an UNREAL physics display!! It's called: Creme that Egg!

Sometimes Windows Break!

In the mean time of studying for my last midterm and getting all my Olympic vids organized, I just so happened to construct a quick must-see video in honour of my beloved brother. It was the night of the Canada vs. Russia quarter final hockey match-up, and we had company over (not for the game, but for medical students... although the game was the crowd-pleaser). Our dog (Ophelia) was outside, barking profusely, and my brother was fed up... his emotions resulted in him kicking his bedroom window multiple times to get Ophelia's attention. Instead of getting her attention, he caught his own by surprise when the window shattered! Here I am trying to report on the matter... Check it out!

p.s. I totally call Canada winning the Gold Medal in this video! NBD.

Sometimes Windows Break! from MannyG on Vimeo.