Two days to catch up on...

I did it again.. I acted like a complete bum for the entire weekend. I did absolutely no work and watched a bunch of movies/basketball.

Ladder 49 and Flight of the Phoenix suck.. big time... One has no action the other no story.. When I mean no action or story I'm not lying. Ladder 49 was a predictable sob story that looked like some 9/11 tribute whereas Flight of the Phoenix was a plane crash with a bunch of other randomness. Damn... how the hell are these movies popular? All I was looking for was a nice action movie with a decent storyline, a hero and some hot girl to tie it all together. Steven Segaal needs to get back in the business.. his under seige movies are classics. You haven't seen a real action hero till you've seen him snap a neck like a twig. I bet I could make an action movie.... all you really need are these components.

(1) Your hero. Ex-military/ex-cop who has done their bit for their country and wants to relax a bit. Even better if they're reluctant to be the hero in the beginning but are slowly forced into it.

(2) Villian and his small army. Somehow has a grudge against a hero. Usually of russian origin, ex KGB or something like that. But nowadays they could be from the middle east as well.

(3) Hot girl, either a girlfriend, wife, daughter or a random girl who ends up falling for the hero in the end. She has to somehow unexpectedly get caught up in the whole mess with the climax being when the villian ends up going head to head with the hero while holding the girl hostage.

(4) Authoritative figure(s). Someone who dissaproves of the hero and questions what they're doing. Making it tough for him the entire way, until the end where they finally realize that the hero is all they got and he'll save the day.

(5) Lots of bloodshed (Obvious)

(6) Hero wins in the end (Obvious again..)

If I go heavy on (3) and (5) I'll have a blockbuster..

k.. enough with that..

Basketball was everywhere this weekend. NCAA, NBA, CIS (canadian university championships)... which brings me to more complaining. Why are sports treated like crap at UT? We are the biggest university in Canada and we stink at men's sports. Everyone is gonna bring up the whole university is about academics and we shouldn't waste the money.. but it turns out that well-run sports programs bring in the most money for universities. There are ticket and merchandise sales as well as more alumni contributions. I will admit for UT to turn the corner it is going to take some money but I really don't mind. Everyone seems to be at the trough feeding off incidental fees, why shouldn't the sports teams take some... on a temporary basis at least. It'll raise school spirit which UT is in dire need of and raise the profile of Canadian universities.

I gotta finish the MSE Pset..

bye bye