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Tuesday night I went to the Richmond Hill Silver City to catch Fahrenheit 9/11. Way, way too many young people milling around aimlessly. Parking could have easily been a nightmare were it not for the fact that I don't mind parking far (which is what I ended up doing). The film, unfortunately, was sold out! A Michael Moore film sold out in Richmond Hill. Whoda thunk it.

I went again Wednesday and again my attempts to see the latest Mr. Moore mockumentary were thwarted by others... how did it become so popular?? I have a vague worry about everyone taking Moore's rants as fact, but people are smarter than that, aren't they? Hello? Well, I guess I should see it first before saying anything.

So we fell back on the alternate plan, which was to see Spider-Man 2. Now, I know I didn't sound too enthusiastic about the first film, but I did like it. I think the problem was the choice of baddies -- the Green Goblin has always struck me as a sort of lame villain. He's just a strong, laughing maniac who rides a hoverboard and throws grenades. Whoopdedoo. The second installment features Dr. Octopus, who has been given four wonderfully rendered, genuinely threatening tentacles. For Spiderman fans, one will note the departure from the comicbook story. The film version isn't bad, but I kinda dislike the "AI devices want to take over your mind" meme. Those poor, misunderstood, human-killing robots....

Anyway, the film is good! Real good! Sam Raimi has outdone himself, creating a memorable, fulfilling comicbook-conversion. Identity issues, unrequited love, revenge, a truly scary villain. It's quite amazing how much plot, action, and character development they manage to cram in the film. And of course there's plenty of comedy and self-aware humour. Pretty much everything you'd expect to find in a Spiderman comic.

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whoo, a mother Canada Day has command gong. angela and I went down to the beaches area, which was HELLA packed with people. thankfully we were able to find a nice, unbusy spot on some pebbled beach and relax, keeping an eye on the natives. i was inspired to come up with a gameshow called "daughter or wife?", the premise of which is you get to see a man and woman out in public, and you have to decide what her relationship to him is. the most disturbing bit is that, sometimes, the answer is a trick -- she's BOTH! the idea came to me from watching a man and some woman/girl playing with an elmo kite and his baby daughter. very cute, but the age/status of the woman/girl was quite mystifying. the theme song would be very simple: "daughter or wife, daughter or wife, is she my daughter? or is she my wife?" etc.

after tossing many smooth, flat stones into lake ontario (in attempts to get them to skip), we went to the danforth for japanese food. oh, woe to the driver who attempts to park there when greece wins a soccer game. you'd think they were liberated, what with all the horn-honking and flag-waving and toplessness. i'd hate to be around if they were to actually win the cup. as such, we didn't find parking and got out of there as quickly as we could -- which is to say, not very, given the aforementioned honking and waving and general milling about. closing the street didn't help much either.

have you tried pizza pizza's bbq chicken pizza? oh man is it ever good.. the three toppings are white chicken meat, hot peppers and red onions. but the thing that makes it so delicious is that they use bbq sauce instead of tomato sauce. SO yummy.. spicy, savoury, sweet... mmmmm! if you get it by the slice, they sometimes use tomato sauce instead but you can ask them to splatter on some bbq sauce, the cheap bums.

hey, did you know that they raised the price of lotto 6/49 tickets to $2!? no, 'strue! however (according to the woman behind me in the shopper's drug mart line) they increased the minimum jackpot to $4 million. not that i'd ever buy a lottery ticket... again. i did some calculations and the chances of winning are less than 1 in 1.

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what's the deal with female chickens? I mean, I think it's crazy that they should be constantly laying eggs. are there any other species of animal that lays eggs without hope of hatching them? it sounds like some kind of monstrous feat of bioengineering. what kind of instinct is it to produce protein/cholesterol fruits all the time, to be ingested by others? some kind of lame survival instinct?

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2010/08/03 Hwan I won't say that all is well (for I don't believe it to be so), but I am better. Thanks to all for asking!
2010/07/20 QYV Expected range for Creatinine for guys is 60 - 110 umol/L
2010/07/20 llamariffic Hmm, macrocytosis here as well, but to be honest I've had it since before I truly embarked on drinking as a proper hobby. Similarly, stopped drinking entirely, and it didn't go away. Just one of those things, I think.
2010/07/19 girl ack!! It's weird to think that I am now a parental unit. It was nice to see you hwan!
2010/05/21 Hwan I recall trying earplugs well back in my undergrad years, to mixed results. My sleep was troubled by feelings of claustrophobia. I also have a, perhaps unfounded, fear of not hearing the essential alarm in the mornings. However, I may give these another go, thanks.
2010/05/21 llamatron Have you tried sleeping with earplugs? My flat faces out onto a main road, so I've started using the standard foam plugs. It took a few nights to get used to them, but they make a big difference.
2010/05/21 girl The original swedish title: "Men who hate women". I'm not sure if it's the fault of the translation, but I never liked the reporter dude.
2001/03/07 Hwan Damn.. it seems Unweb has since died. http://www.gamegrene.com/node/183
2001/03/07 TY SHARDEL YOU CAN TRADE WITH THE UNIVERSE AND ENABLE SOCIAL NEEDS, OR PERHAPS POST WISH LISTS, HUG THE GLOBE LIKE A BIG OCTOPUS... TY
2010/03/24 Hwan I am amused by the John Irving comparison. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Irving#Recurring_themes