BYE PATT QUINN in hopes for better seasons to come...you'll be missedwe'll see ya next year LEAFS ...for now, GO JAYS GO (whoa i haven't said THAT in a long time)
i must congratulate the boys former known as the backstreet boys. =) they made a really impressive comeback!, i really didn't think they could do it. in terms of record selling hits, and chart topping sell outs, they didn't do so well, just like i wouldve predicted. i don't think the tour that they tried starting did that well either? they definately had to go to smaller cities (ie. waterloo instead of Toronto) and held them in smaller venues i guess beucase they didn't think they could sell out their concerts or make a profit. but in terms of their music produced..hey hey not so bad.
for the longest time i refused to listen to their new album thinking that it would be the most horriible thing imagined. the reason was because the world of music has changed so incredibly much in the past couple years that if they came back with the same stuff, they would've failed miserably compared to the artists today. anyhow euge burnt a cd for me with a couple songs, didn't like it much at first (probably becuase i was really closed up to this new album). he eventually got me the cd which i never opened til months later. (possibly 4 months later) i guess the album really grew on me, cuz now i can't stop playing it on my ipod. these songs are goood. there IS talent in it. good range of instruments, strong vocals, solid base and choreography. im really impresssed. the only thing that bothers me is nick's annoying whiny voice which i once thought was adorable. " tell me whyeeeee..." haha. but he's working on it. its getting better. in addition they did a good job of breaking out of their "backstreet boy" image. they have grown and have shown some musical maturity. theres alot of passion in this album - you can hear it in their voices. when it comes down to it, its all about the passion. ask mr. coldplay. he knows what passion is all about.
i hate people bash artists for not playing their own instruments. theres nothing wrong with focussing strictly on improving your vocals. playing instruments while singing is a whole new world that is another challenge to help you grow as an artist - but is it really neccessary? producing your own music is another thing. sets you as an artist on a WHOLE NEW LEVEL in my opinion. not every can do it. now the question is, can you really call yourself an artist when you can't even write your own music? but can only sing what others have produced? (not saying bsb can't write and compose their own music, cause they have, with assistance and it was decently put together).
one thing i think they need to improve on is their lyrics. its a little too straightforward and plain. theres tons of room for improvement there. =)
anyway good job boys. you guys will always have a place in my heart. haha. check out the album if you get a chance to!
this happened to a friend of a friend of mine (all girls should give this a try. hahah) :
im going to lent making out.
ARE YOU CRAZY? whats wrong with you maaan?!
?!! nothing!
wh-wh-whaat am I going to do?!
we can both lent it. ya i think it would be good for us.
waaat! whats the point of going out!?
. . . !! I think its a good idea. im seroius.
youre crazy. this shouldn't be even discussed.
only for a couple weeks.
youre crazy! what about chocolate, msn, TV..?!
pisss me off more and i'll make it a couple months.
:0
lol. oh boys. what do we do with you. sigh...**********on a serious note now..
summer's right around the corner and i need serious direction. i feel lost and confused and i have no idea what to do. whether to go back to toronto or stay in waterloo and take extra courses and find a part-time job. its driving me crazy and i hate not being prepared for the near future. however i trust that my summer is in His hands. siigh.
Lately alot of negativity has been running around my head, and its been wearing me down. And its been a little excessive. today i realized that getting upset, stressed, or just sad more than usual isn't just 'not good', but youre pretty much telling God he's not good enough. Praising Him includes realizing that He is sufficient. so when we complain, or worry ourselves to death we're definitely not honouring Him. just a thought. =)
anyway, im a week back early in toronto - yet my last exams are on the 20th. so shhh! no one's supposed to know becuase i have to study. hehe.
aight. im out!
finals just begun at UW. and boy does life take a change during these couple weeks..a depressing change.
first of all, youre internal clock is messed up. i now go to bed btw 4-5 am (hence the the time now is 3:40am) and wake up at 1:30 pm. and when i get up at 1:30 its not becuase my body tells me to get up, it cuz someone will wake me up. then i'd make a quick lunch at home and head to campus where i study til 12-1am.
and you eat alot of junk food aka study food and drink alot of coffee. study food consists of anything from Timmy's. since we have a 24/7 timmys in our slc, timmy's breaks are a norm. once school's out, i never want to step into a Tim Horton's til september.
in addition you lose sense of time..and day. every day feels like a weekday. weekends don't exist during exam time. sad, i know.
however, a nice thing is that you run into everyone. ppl 'that you never see during the term, you just run into random ppl. in the library or lining up for timmy's.
on a sadder note...
there are the hardcore students that don't even go home. they just stay at the library all day and all night. they sleep in the library until their exam the next day. or wait, they don't even sleep. they just stock up on red bull or more timmy's coffees, or even take those caffeine pills to stay up. those kids are the math and engineers in waterloo. im sorry. no one should ever go through that. those kids are troopers.
sorry. this is a sad post. im sad.
on a happy note: i got watched narnia again today. :) anddd i indirectly won a donut on the ROLL UP THE RIM TO WIN. indirectly because i bought the coffee for anj..so its not really mine.. i never win. shoot. thats sad...haha
goodluck everyone on your exams. and be happy becuase once this ends summer is here!!
If I won: so we finally agreed to clean each others room. YEHS. haha personal room service, sweet. Anj's final answer: SILVER. 
so my buddy Justin Kim and i were having a discussion on buying his new car. he's deciding between 2002 acura RSX, 2002 toyota celica, or 2006 honda civic 2door. since i don't know my cars, he sends me pictures of them. and i tell him they all look the same except they're just different colours. he informs me that the "acura RSX is the beige one, and the blue is the civic." I take another look at the two pictures and i see no beige car. The RSX is SILVER and the civic was blue. then we both call each other colourblind - and i respond that colourblindness is a Y-linked trait, so girls can't be colourblind. and infact 50% of boys of colourblind. HAH! He disagrees and tells me to look closely at the rims (which he thinks are silver) and to contrast them with the colour of the body of the car (which he thinks is beige). I don't see a difference. haha. Then i remind him that Beige is the colour of my skin. He agrees, Yet he still sticks to beige - that stubborn justin. so we decide to place a bet, and let Anj the mediator to make the final call.
Here were our brainstorming ideas for the bet:
