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I don't know much, but I know we will be happy as a 1950's TV family...except times infinity. - TV Family, The Rocket Summer

Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlaying our hard hearts. - Pip, Great Expectations, Charles Dickens
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• 21Nov 09

  A Fox Trot Above My Head, A Sock Hop Beneath My Bed

  Oh, hai! How is everyone? It's almost been a month since my last blog. You don't have to say that you missed me, I already know. I'm just kidding.
  
  How about we start this blog off with some speculating about why I have been missing in action around here? Is it because
  A) I didn't take the trash out, so Laura grounded me and I didn't have Internet access for almost a month.
  B) I've been so busy with school.
  C) I died and was recently ressurected.
  D) I was just lazy.
  E) All of the above.
  
  The answer is E) All of the above...except A) and C). School has been hectic. I've had projects, assignments, reports, and midterms all over the place. Last week was the first week I've had in the past month and a half without a midterm. And in two weeks, mid-year exams start. It's okay, though. University exams are ridiculously fun! My last exam is on December 19th. My mom was angry about that. She was so pissed! LOL All the faculties in the university released exam schedules in late September/early October, but the engineering faculty released ours in the first week of November. My mom was frantic by that time because she was still arranging our schedule for the holidays. She was all, "Schedules, flights, schedules, accommodations, schedules, reservations, schedules, schedules, schedules..." I patted her head and said, "It's going to be okay." And you know what she did? She purple nurpled me! I tried to be comforting and I got cruelty in return. Women and their craziness.
  
  Anyway, the second reason is that I've been too lazy to write blogs. LOL Lately, I've been spending most of my time farming, cooking, and shooting colourful moving globs (Farmville, Cafe World, and Bubble Spinner on Facebook). And then I spent most of my time shooting other stuff. Last, last week Modern Warfare 2 was released. I spent hours in my game room playing MW2 in multi-player mode with my friends who are in other cities. It was nice because we got to spend time together, without actually being together. And they say video games make people lose human interaction. We proved them wrong! And then from MW2, I moved on to Super Mario Bros. Wii, then Left 4 Dead 2, then Assassin's Creed II, and then Tony Hawk: Ride. I also threw some DJ Hero, Band Hero, and Guitar Hero 5 in the mix. It looks like I haven't seen daylight in a while, right? Kidding!
  
  I've actually seen a lot of daylight lately. The days seem longer and the weather these past few weeks has been so nice. It was like summer two weeks ago. I wore flip-flops and shorts to school everyday that week. I brought out the metrosexual in me that week, too. I colour coordinated my clothes and I wore different sunglasses to match what I was wearing. Those days are gone, though. We're going back to dismal weather next week. The good thing is that we may have snow on Friday. Yay!
  
  Random stuff I remember in the past month that I've been MIA :
  
  Halloween was a bust. I was in Pittsford, New York that weekend for basketball. After the last game, I drove straight home to join my friends before they passed out from all the "beverages." LOL Kidding! I trimmed the 5-hour drive to 3 and a half hours. Did I run over some things...or someone? I don't know. I don't remember. Kidding! All I remember from that night is that I was surrounded by these: http://twitpic.com/o2baj
  
  One night, I overheard a guy trying to pick up a girl with the line, "If heaven had a height, you would be that tall."
  
  Yesterday, Shayne called me to tell me that he got new sets of underwear. It's nice that he still keeps me updated with the going-ons in his life.
  
  Mike's university beat my university by 4 points in the football championships. It was a good game! My university's team was pretty banged up. A lot of the players were struggling due to injuries. The quarterback played the game on one knee; his left knee was injured. The team put up a great fight. In my eyes, they lost the battle, but they won the war.
  
  The local transit system is on strike, so there are no city buses running right now. The management offered the bus drivers an 8.5% increase in wages because that's the most they can give. The bus drivers declined because they want a 20% increase. That's just ridiculous! How would the city compensate for that 20%? By increasing bus fares? That would just bring them back to where they are right now, since the public would not receive that move very well. This strike is such an inconvenience and it's stupid. It needs to end soon...or I will punch a baby. LOL Kidding!
  
  This girl, whom I don't really know, but she is a friend of one of my friends, game me a Polo Black. I'm very appreciative of her gift, but I don't know if I'll ever use it. I don't wear Polo, I wear Davidoff.
  
  One day last week, I learned that, even though I am making my way out of my teenage years (I have less than two years to go, since I'm going to be twenteen next April ), I am still subjected to teenage woes. That day I woke up with a zit on my forehead that was so massive, it brought me down to my knees and made me yell, "Why, God? Why?" Kidding! It wasn't big at all, it was just a tiny dot...but it was there...and it taunted me...so I yelled, "Why, God? Why?" Kidding!
  
  Last weekend, my basketball team went to Ottawa and lost two games. I didn't play; I stayed home to write reports and procrastinate by running around and playing under the sun. I had a basketball game last night, which we won, 105-57. I have another basketball game tonight and I plan to demolish the other team as sort of a revenge for their school beating my school in football championships.
  
  I found out that Nina Dobrev is the sister of one of my sister's new friends. I was like, "Introduce me!" My sister laughed and flat out said "No." I'm not going to get her anything for Christmas now. Kidding.
  
  Three weeks ago, I was sick for two days. I had dry cough and nasal congestion. Laura took care of me very well. My dogs usually push me off the bed during the day, so they can sleep on it, but they didn't do that when I was sick. They were very nice to me, as well. My mom came over to the apartment and cooked for me, which was also nice. I was free of sickness after two days...which was sort of unfair because I didn't even miss school. LOL
  
  When my grandmothers bought my new place for me, they didn't know that there's a basement, either.
  
  The New England Patriots lost by a point to the Indianna Colts last weekend. I sent Bill Belichick bad thoughts for making that terrible 4th down call that lost the Pats the game. I hope he got them. LOL
  
  TV Talk:
  I'm caught up with all the shows I watch, except Ghost Whisperer and Smallville. I've yet to watch last night's episodes of those two.
  What's going on in Gossip Girl? I feel like I don't get it anymore. LOL Kidding!
  I don't like what happened to Barney and Robin in HIMYM. They need to go back to before.
  Sheldon and Penny for the win in TBBT!
  I like how Katie Cassidy made out with another girl in Melrose Place. That's all I want to see in that show. Kidding!
  The latest episode of Cougar Town was good. Favourite line: "There's a dead lizard in the toilet! *flushes* Bye, Ellie! I named him."
  Modern Family was epic. Edward Norton and Elizabeth Banks both guest starred in one episode.
  Glee was amazing! I like ballads and I 'heart' Dianna Agron.
  Fringe was heartbreaking. The dude made the girl important so she didn't have to die. Awww!
  The Vampire Diaries was intense. When Laura and I were watching, I was like, "They're having sex!" Laura was like, "Duh."
  
  Tomorrow is Laura's 4-year anniversary with me. Remember how we have two? Anyway, so hers is tomorrow and we don't really have anything planned. LOL We're just going to wing it. Spontaneity is good for the soul. One thing that we (meaning Laura) decided is to see New Moon tomorrow. In love, sacrifices are made. I'm going to sacrifice my sanity by torturing myself through that movie. LOL
  
  I've read your blogs, but I didn't comment because, as I said, I was lazy. I'm sorry! I know you're not lazy, though, so go ahead and comment down there! Kidding!
  
  I hope all is well with you, good people! Have a great week!
  
  Quotes of the Day:
  "Sometimes we have only ten minutes to be with the love of our life and thousands of hours to spend thinking about them."
  "Love is just a word until you find someone to give it definition."
  
  Picture of the Day:

  
  

  Kyle -- OUT!

  • Posted Nov 21, 2009 2:54 pm PT
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• 25Oct 09

  A Play on Words

  If I had a title, it would be a play on words of some sort. LOL

  Good day, peeps! How's it hanging? I'm well. I got seven hours of sleep last night, which is pretty lenghty for me these days. I woke up very refreshed this morning. But then I went to church and I got burned by holy water, so I didn't feel so good anymore. LOL I'm kidding.
  
  First order of business, I would like to apologize for taking forever to reply to your comments in my previous blog. And I know I wrote in your blogs that I'd come back and comment another time, but then I, like, didn't. I'm terribly sorry about that. I read them all, but I'm just going to keep my comments in my head and treasure them for the rest of my life. Kidding!
  
  Second order of business...is nothing.
  
  Say, did you see the single most amazing event on TV last Sunday? The New England Patriots demolished the Tennesse Titans, 59-0. 59-0! The Pats destroyed them and while it was snowing, too! Tom Brady set a record with 5 touchdowns in one quarter. The most touchdowns I've had was 7 in a whole game. Tom brady had 5 in one quarter. He's a beast! The Pats were up 45-0 after the first half, and then in the first 4 minutes of the third quarter, they had another touchdown. Then CBS became a douche and switched the game to a "more competitive one" between Buffalo Bills and New York Jets. So, I swtiched channels, too. Some people on Twitter were complaining about how the Pats are clas.sless for running up the score, which is ridiculous. Just because the Pats were up by 59, it doesn't mean they have to stop playing well. They're professionals, it's what they're supposed to do. If anyone was being clas.sless, it was the Tens. It looked like they weren't even trying; they just wanted to make snow angels on the ground. Kidding!
  
  My date with Laura that night was delayed. I had to finish the record-breaking game first. We went to dinner, the we saw Couples Retreat. It was like a hint after I put the game before her. LOL Kidding! I got a Laura a bouquet of assorted flowers and a box of chocolate the next day to make it up to her. Flowers say "I'm sorry" and chocolates say "I love you," right? I learned that from Lauren Conrad's dad back when Lauren was still in Laguna Beach.
  
  Monday was a good day. It was sunny and breezy. I skipped one of my clas.ses and just layed on the grass outside to watch leaves fall from the trees. I liked how the wind made tree branches sway. I also liked how the wind went through the trees, rustled the leaves, and went out accompanied with falling leaves. I especially liked it when the wind picked up leaves that were already on the ground and swirled them around. Nature is awesome. Boom De Ya Da! LOL
  
  Even though I skipped a clas.s, Monday was still a productive day. I had a two-hour lecture for one of my clas.ses, but I didn't feel like paying attention, so I just worked on some of my reports. For one of my reports that had a target of 1000 words, I spent 30 minutes on research and 30 minutes writing the report. Boom! 1074 words done in an hour. Then I worked on another report that had no target or limit on words. Boom! 21 pages, double spaced, 12 sized font done in an hour. Then I went to my next clas.s and I didn't pay attention, either. I worked on third report that had a limit of a 1000 words. Boom! 999 word in 27 minutes. That was such a productive 2 and a half hours, I was compelled to share with everyone I know, so I texted everyone on the contact list in my phone about it.
  
  I had a midterm last Tuesday night, which was so easy, it almost felt like an insult. LOL Seriously, it wasn't hard at all. It was a midterm that was supposed to take 2 hours, but I was done in 35 minutes. Waiting for the bus took longer than that. LOL I took the bus to the parking lot because it was 7:40 PM and it was already dark and I didn't want to risk being raped on the way to my car. Also, because I was super tired that day. I only had 30 minutes of sleep because I went to see Lord of the Dance the previous night and I was up until 3 AM. It was worth it, though! The crazy leg movements left me in awe.
  
  Wednesday was a crappy day. It rained the entire night from Tuesday to Wednesday, then it stopped for a bit, then it rained for the rest of the day. People were getting better before Wednesday, then it was back to having a symphony of coughing in clas.ses after all the rain.
  
  Thursday was better than Wednesday. It didn't rain in the morning, so after work I went to my parents' home and raked the leaves on the back and front yards. That was a good exercise. Then I helped my mom decorate for halloween. We turned the garage into a horror maze again this year. We used to do that when I was younger. I was the mummy and I chased the other kids around the maze. LOL My sister, Kaitlyn, was the one with the goblin mask, who came out from behind the fake skeleton and my other sister, Karen, was the witch who laughed in the cackle-y way. My dad was Dracula and my mom was Female Dracula and they were the ones who let the other kids in the garage. We were a team. The maze won't be like it was back then, though. My sisters and I won't be in it, so my parents will just let the kids go inside and scare themselves.
  
  On Thursday night, I went to Laval, Quebec for a basketball game. Some of the guys in the team slept in the bus, while I watched TV shows with the guys who didn't. The basketball game on Friday night was good. We won, 97-72! That win felt good because it was against the school who beat us in football championships last year. There was luncheon yesterday to promote inter-school harmony or something. I don't know, I just went for the food. Kidding!
  
  I went home last night. The 8-hour bus ride wasn't as fun because there were no shows to watch, so most of us just slept. Sleeping upright in a bus is certainly not the most ideal sleeping position. I do not recommend it.
  
  TV Talk: I figured this blog is long enough, but what the hey? I'll make it longer.
  The Simpsons - The Tree House of Horrors episode was so and so.
  Gossip Girl - That was the anticipated Chuck and other guy kiss? Seriously? I've kissed my guy friends better than that. Kidding!
  How I Met Your Mother - I like how this show makes fun of Canada and how Barney thinks the Queen is Elton John. LOL
  The Big Bang Theory - Wil Wheaton!
  90210 - It's so dry, but we're still watching it because Laura believes it will get better.
  Melrose Place - Still watching it for Katie Cassidy. LOL
  Glee - No way slushies get thrown at jocks. Even if they start belting out songs in the hallway, there's no way. This show is bogus. I still love it, though.
  Cougar Town - Busy Phillips is hilarious.
  Eastwick - I'm starting to get into it, especially in last week's episode. I mean, hello, Jaime Ray Newman.
  Modern Family - Definitely one of the best new shows this fall.
  Castle - The halloween episode tomorrow looks promising.
  Lie to Me - It was good, but not the best.
  Heroes - Sylar's coming back. Whoo!
  Parks and Recreation - Leslie Knope always makes things better. LOL
  The Office - At first I was on Team Pam, but then I was on Team Michael. Team Michael deserves to be happy, too.
  FlashForward - The last 5 minutes was awesome!
  30 Rock - Alec Baldwin gets some of the best lines in this show.
  Smallville - I felt that it was such a filler episode. LOL
  Dollhouse - Go, Dichen Lachman!
  Ghost Whisperer - I like the guy's security system in this episode. Not the best storyline, though.
  
  There were no new episodes of The Mentalist, Fringe, Bones, and The Vampire Diaries last week.
  
  This week is slightly less busy than the last. I have another midterm on Tuesday. In fact, I have a midterm each week for the next 3 or 4 weeks. I have more reports due this week. It's all good, though. I'm not procrastinating as much, so I'm getting things done.
  
  I'm going to Laura's volleyball game after this. Then my grandparents will be arriving from LA and Miami and I'm giving them a tour around the apartment. Then we're all going out to dinner tonight. Oh, and I'm going to a Jay-Z concert on Thursday!

  How about you? Any plans for tonight?
  
  Hope you all have a great week!
  
  Kyle -- OUT!
  
  Picture of the Day: Two toned roses.

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  • Posted Oct 25, 2009 10:40 am PT
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• 18Oct 09

  I Gotta Feeling

  That tonight's gonna to be a good night. That tonight's gonna to be a good, good night.

  Hello! How is everyone? I'm well; I'm still winning in the game called life. LOL Today's nice and sunny. It's a bit chilly, but it's still nice. My buddy, Aaron disagreed with me when I said that it's nice out today.
  Aaron: That is a bold-faced lie. It is ungodly cold today.
  Me: Is it end-of-the-world freezing?
  Aaron: Yeah.
  Me: Will people die?
  Aaron: Yeah.
  Me: Will ducks freeze in mid-air?
  Aaron: Yeah.
  Me: Will horses eat each other?
  Aaron: Yeah.
  Me: Do you feel like you're going to see a mountie soon?
  Aaron: Yeah.
  Me: Dude, you grew up in Canada. Grow some balls and face the cold.
  
  
  The past week was good. I had a basketball game last Wednesday and I scored a career high of 49 points. Yay! My dad wasn't able to make it to the game because he had a business dinner with a client. My mom was there to represent for the both of them, so it was all good. I miss my mom so much! I don't see her everyday anymore; I only see her on the weekends or when she comes to my basketball games. Now everytime I see her, I give her a big bear hug. I'm, like, regressing to the time when I was a boy and I wanted to be around my mom all the time. It's so unbecoming. Laura thinks it's sweet. I'm like, "No." LOL
  
  I don't miss my dad as much as I miss my mom, which is good. I see him more often since I work with him. Yeah, not "for" him; "with" him. That's what my dad tells everyone. They don't work for him, they work with him. He has a way of making people feel good about themselves. For example, he wouldn't "fire" people, he would just "dehire" them. I hope he doesn't "dehire" me for not doing my job. LOL I was supposed to collect "unneeded materials" from other offices last Friday, but all I did was hang out in his office and watch TV. I even used his computer to check my e-mails and update my status on Facebook. My dad didn't mind; he even commented on the status update I posted on Facebook. LOL
  
  After last Friday, I won't be a "collector of unneeded materials" anymore. It's not because my dad dehired me. Working on Friday afternoons conflicts with my schedule. I still work on Thursday mornings, though. I'm still going to park cars for lazyabled lawyers. I'll probably end up lazyabled in the future, too, but one thing I will not do is drive a convertible. LOL First, it's not practical in Canadian winter. Second, I don't need to compensate for anything; my ding is "dong" enough. Get it? And third, I don't fit in covertibles. LOL I had the hardest time getting in and out of a Z4. That car is made for people who are not tall. Seriously, everyone and their mothers should know that bit of information.
  
  Anyway, last Friday night, I drove to Kingston with my buddies, Shayne, Rob, and Josh. We went to see our other buddy, Mike, and to watch a football game. My university played against Mike's university. It was a win-win for me because I support my university and I also support Mike, who's in the football team of his university. So, it was a Yay! for everyone involved ...except the football team of my university because they lost by a single point. It was a very good game, though. So, it's still Yay! for everyone. LOL
  
  My friends and I stayed at Mike and Ali's apartment. Ali (Mike's girlfriend) said that it wouldn't be fair if only one of us stayed in the second bedroom, so she made us all stay in the living room. Shayne, Rob, Josh, and I had the hardest time going to sleep that night. We didn't want to have anything drawn on our faces, so we all stayed up together. LOL We fell asleep when we were too tired to care if we woke up in the morning with inappropriate drawings on our faces.
  
  It was a good night, though. We got some bonding moments in there. We were being too loud at one point. Mike came out of their bedroom and we thought he was going to give us some "time-out" , but then he went, "Can I join?" LOL We had to be quieter after that because Ali was already asleep, so we just watched a movie. We watched The Timetraveler's Wife...because we're a bunch of little girls. I think we grew some ovaries after that movie. Kidding! We weren't really paying much attention to the movie because we had pretzels for snacks, which made us do our own versions of Kramer's "These pretzels are making me thirsty!" We did, however, pay attention to the movie everytime Rachel McAdams was in the scene. We paused the movie and just stared at her. Every time we paused, we all went, "Awww." Good times!
  
  Near the end of the movie, I found myself rooting for a happy ending. Because I'm a manly man like that and I believe in all that is good. Not in Balloon Boys who make me genuinely concerned, just to have my emotional investment thrown back to my face. That was not cool. Things like this Balloon Boy hoax make me lose faith in the good in people. It almost makes me want to lose faith in Santa, too. Wait, what?
  
  Anyway, this coming week is a lot busier than the last. I have a midterm, a couple of quizzes and a bajillion reports due this week. I have a basketball game in Quebec on Friday night, so I'm leaving on Thursday night and I won't be back until Sunday. Laura has a volleyball home game next Sunday, so she won't be coming with me. My grandparents are coming over next weekend. I won't see them the first couple of days that they're here, so they're staying for a whole week.
  
  This coming week seems unusual weather-wise. We had snow last Friday, but this week we're going back to double digit temperatures. It's my fault. I shouldn't let Laura out often. Her hotness causes global warming.
  
  Laura and I are going out for a date tonight. Yay! I hope the global warming thing earned me major points.

  Quote of the Day: "Friendship is like peeing in your pants. Everyone can see it, but only you can feel it." So, you should all thank your friends for being the pee in your pants.

  Picture of the Day: The cutest little girl, ever!
  
  
  Hope you all have a wonderful week!
  
  Kyle -- OUT!

  • Posted Oct 18, 2009 12:45 pm PT
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