Love him or hate him, Jay Leno has passed on.
Haha, just messin' with ya. (If only that were true) [Un]fortunately, he's still alive and back on the Tonight Show on ABC. (Ugh. I've gotten used to waking up in the morning hearing Conan)
ABC news
Actually it's Jay Dee Salinger who has passed on. (Jan. 1, 1919 -Jan 27th 2010)
50 years hiding from the outside world, living alone in New Hampshire, definitely some Holden in there don't you think?
People are freaking out about the contents of his safe, where the stories he's written in "self-exile" are rumored to be stored. Sure, there certainly is some curiosity on my part, for he is one of the few writers who write to write. There are just so many writers writing for money these days, you have to sift through kilograms of shit at your library or bookstore before you land on something that isn't just some mindless action movie turned into book.
I'll bet 10 cents that the contents of the safe will be a disappointment. (I'm poor, okay? This blog doesn't pay)
His writing might have been very jaw-dropping, revolutionary and illuminating in the 50s, (well, technically 80s) but we're in the 10s now, and I'm sure his style will appeal less to readers everywhere, especially since he did become slightly "off his rocker" as he aged. Staying alone for 50 years, more or less removed from society can definitely do that to you. Not to mention I always thought Holden was somewhat of a autobiography.
I didn't like Catcher in the Rye any more than I had to, (search through the previous posts, I vaguely remember bashing CitR for the Holden's problems) but I did appreciate the writing. Still the most important think I learned from dear Jaydee, is:
To make a living out of writing, write a pocket format book, stick it in an assassin's pocket, and get him caught red handed in the act of assassinating someone famous with it still in his pocket.
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
100th post, nothin' special
Wouhahaha. CHAMPAGNE ALL AROUND. (By the waw, point champagne bottle away from face when popping it)
The ministry correctors have gotten tired of ARG!umentative texts it seems.
Practice writing of open letter in view of final writing exam being an open letter.
French teacher really digs Foglia, an old, extremely ironic, sport-freak, insulting SOB who has his own column in La Presse. (God, I hope I don't turn out to be like him)
Noticed something though..... we enjoyed it a little more than usual. It was slightly blog-style, sarcastic, funny, and generally less tight-assed than ARG! texts.
Hmm...
we should start blogging as an assignment. Think of the shit we could write...plus it's very educational. The quantity of links I've made with the things I've learnt a little bit everywhere is astronomical. And every time I write, I do research, and I have to say, sometimes, I learn more writing one post than the whole day at school. O.O Why is that? (Not to mention I get to practice my English)
In a few years, blogging might be a exam. After all, lots more of our literature is found on the internet, and God knows how short the attention spans of web surfers are.
Apparently, my blog needs more pictures for the *visual* people so here's one:
...and oh damn, I totally forgot to rant about the people who are getting prom dates 6-7 months before the event. Oh well, too late now.
Also, I wanted to make a post about Haiti, but they are so unlucky that even this heartless pessimist doesn't want to make any jokes about it. (Isn't to say that there won't be some ranting about the reactions of people.....honestly, some idiots with nothing better to do protested that they're are too many soldiers over there providing aid, and that it's just all a ruse to gain control of Haiti... true or not, I don't see them moving their civvy asses over there to help.)
The ministry correctors have gotten tired of ARG!umentative texts it seems.
Practice writing of open letter in view of final writing exam being an open letter.
French teacher really digs Foglia, an old, extremely ironic, sport-freak, insulting SOB who has his own column in La Presse. (God, I hope I don't turn out to be like him)
Noticed something though..... we enjoyed it a little more than usual. It was slightly blog-style, sarcastic, funny, and generally less tight-assed than ARG! texts.
Hmm...
we should start blogging as an assignment. Think of the shit we could write...plus it's very educational. The quantity of links I've made with the things I've learnt a little bit everywhere is astronomical. And every time I write, I do research, and I have to say, sometimes, I learn more writing one post than the whole day at school. O.O Why is that? (Not to mention I get to practice my English)
In a few years, blogging might be a exam. After all, lots more of our literature is found on the internet, and God knows how short the attention spans of web surfers are.
Apparently, my blog needs more pictures for the *visual* people so here's one:
...and oh damn, I totally forgot to rant about the people who are getting prom dates 6-7 months before the event. Oh well, too late now.Also, I wanted to make a post about Haiti, but they are so unlucky that even this heartless pessimist doesn't want to make any jokes about it. (Isn't to say that there won't be some ranting about the reactions of people.....honestly, some idiots with nothing better to do protested that they're are too many soldiers over there providing aid, and that it's just all a ruse to gain control of Haiti... true or not, I don't see them moving their civvy asses over there to help.)
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Debatezzzzzzzzzzzz
I'm hoping it's just because of the same subjects being discussed over and over again, but sitting through ethics debates was like watching paint dry.
If it was in any other class, I'd probably let it pass, because debates would have just been an excuse to evaluate the oral competency, but a debate in ethics, shouldn't it be a deep and meaningful session of dissing and cussing?
Instead, because of the scoring system (or so it seemed), the debate remained flat and shallow, with all arguments based on "expert" advice and statistics. You know how easy it is to fake a statistic? And you know how difficult it is to actually come up with a statistic that is truly indicative of anything other than that statistics are inaccurate? And these "experts", do you just blindly adopt their point of view because they've got a PhD in smoking pot? Think. Taking a bunch of numbers, arranging them and shitting them out is what a computer does. You're Human. You take information and you put a new spin on it. We could've replaced you with computers, and if a computer could do what you did, that really shows how linear and undeveloped the debate was.
There was no personal opinion, just stats and the opinions of others. It was boring. Debates are supposed to make you think. This one made me facepalm and feel disgusted. Although, I admit, it's a little difficult to emit a personal point of view with the subject of abortion—which proves that we need new subjects.
I really hoped, at least in ethics class, that it would have turned into something a little more deep and meaningful, with concrete examples touching true values and beliefs relating to us, humans. Oh well.
If it was in any other class, I'd probably let it pass, because debates would have just been an excuse to evaluate the oral competency, but a debate in ethics, shouldn't it be a deep and meaningful session of dissing and cussing?
Instead, because of the scoring system (or so it seemed), the debate remained flat and shallow, with all arguments based on "expert" advice and statistics. You know how easy it is to fake a statistic? And you know how difficult it is to actually come up with a statistic that is truly indicative of anything other than that statistics are inaccurate? And these "experts", do you just blindly adopt their point of view because they've got a PhD in smoking pot? Think. Taking a bunch of numbers, arranging them and shitting them out is what a computer does. You're Human. You take information and you put a new spin on it. We could've replaced you with computers, and if a computer could do what you did, that really shows how linear and undeveloped the debate was.
There was no personal opinion, just stats and the opinions of others. It was boring. Debates are supposed to make you think. This one made me facepalm and feel disgusted. Although, I admit, it's a little difficult to emit a personal point of view with the subject of abortion—which proves that we need new subjects.
I really hoped, at least in ethics class, that it would have turned into something a little more deep and meaningful, with concrete examples touching true values and beliefs relating to us, humans. Oh well.
Monday, January 25, 2010
Write your opinion...sorta
Do you think classic Quebec literature should be taught to secondary students to help them understand the society in which they live in?
Your options:
Yes, Moderated, or—that's it.
Something smells fishy donnit?
Sincerely, I'm 100% for reading anything and everything, and I strongly believe that literature, even the low quality kind (hemhem-starts with the letter T), is in some way or another enjoyable/insightful/educational. But, it ticks me off when they screw us of our rights, especially when it's about our educational success, so why can't we decide what we write about?
Shit happens when I get ticked off.
So let us begin. (Abridged of course)
For my opinion letter I need to answer this question that you ask of me: Do you think classic Quebec literature should be taught to secondary students to help them understand the society in which they live in?
NO (I state my opinion very clearly), you shitheads (I address my audience), I believe, as explosively as a nuke going off (marqueur de modalité), that classic Quebec literature should not be taught to secondary students to help them understand the society in which they live in. (I make sure I am not off topic by restating it in it's entirety)
It would be wasting valuable time and resources as well as money—the student's. We have potential to be doing so much more with our precious time and already limited resources. Plus, we could use the money to get us what we need to enable use to survive the SAEs, which teach you such things like responsibility, and teamwork by forcing you to answer dumb questions in the same category as "Do bears shit in the woods?" (Don't know about shittin' but they do their pissin' in urinals)(Okay, went slightly off topic, but comic relief is necessary--the ministry people have extremely short attention spans)
In addition, your freaking question is bullshit. (Strong supporting argument. The final stake in their coffin) Classic Quebec literature does not help youth understand present day society because in no freaking bearshit way does Jesuits converting Amerindiens, wood-runners killing beavers, living on a farm, moving to the city, help me understand present day society problems such as the fucking high school drop out rate? or teenage pregnancy? or even how Quebec's education system managed to fuck itself so completely in so little time?
OOOh, I get it, you want us to understand how the English kicked your blue asses 250 years ago, so you feel whupped and still haven't gotten over it, especially with AMERICANISM, IMMIGRATION, and WORLD ECONOMICS raping you some more since then, so we're supposed to accept your illogical, unjust, quasi-childish attempts at preserving your culture/economy and just go along with it.
Seriously, 4 years of subliminal messages and propaganda through history and other classes. Gosh, you fail at being communists too, since clearly, this article isn't praising the Quebec government and bashing the crap out of EVERYBODY ELSE ON THIS FREAKING PLANET.
In conclusion, I'd like to say that we should most definitely NOT be learning classic Quebec literature(Return to the point), but instead, we should be reading more of everything to diversify our culture and understand of the world and society as WE know it, with classic Quebec literature last on the list of priorities because it is as helpful to us as sand in the desert.
Amen.
Your options:
Yes, Moderated, or—that's it.
Something smells fishy donnit?
Sincerely, I'm 100% for reading anything and everything, and I strongly believe that literature, even the low quality kind (hemhem-starts with the letter T), is in some way or another enjoyable/insightful/educational. But, it ticks me off when they screw us of our rights, especially when it's about our educational success, so why can't we decide what we write about?
Shit happens when I get ticked off.
So let us begin. (Abridged of course)
For my opinion letter I need to answer this question that you ask of me: Do you think classic Quebec literature should be taught to secondary students to help them understand the society in which they live in?
NO (I state my opinion very clearly), you shitheads (I address my audience), I believe, as explosively as a nuke going off (marqueur de modalité), that classic Quebec literature should not be taught to secondary students to help them understand the society in which they live in. (I make sure I am not off topic by restating it in it's entirety)
It would be wasting valuable time and resources as well as money—the student's. We have potential to be doing so much more with our precious time and already limited resources. Plus, we could use the money to get us what we need to enable use to survive the SAEs, which teach you such things like responsibility, and teamwork by forcing you to answer dumb questions in the same category as "Do bears shit in the woods?" (Don't know about shittin' but they do their pissin' in urinals)(Okay, went slightly off topic, but comic relief is necessary--the ministry people have extremely short attention spans)
In addition, your freaking question is bullshit. (Strong supporting argument. The final stake in their coffin) Classic Quebec literature does not help youth understand present day society because in no freaking bearshit way does Jesuits converting Amerindiens, wood-runners killing beavers, living on a farm, moving to the city, help me understand present day society problems such as the fucking high school drop out rate? or teenage pregnancy? or even how Quebec's education system managed to fuck itself so completely in so little time?
OOOh, I get it, you want us to understand how the English kicked your blue asses 250 years ago, so you feel whupped and still haven't gotten over it, especially with AMERICANISM, IMMIGRATION, and WORLD ECONOMICS raping you some more since then, so we're supposed to accept your illogical, unjust, quasi-childish attempts at preserving your culture/economy and just go along with it.
Seriously, 4 years of subliminal messages and propaganda through history and other classes. Gosh, you fail at being communists too, since clearly, this article isn't praising the Quebec government and bashing the crap out of EVERYBODY ELSE ON THIS FREAKING PLANET.
In conclusion, I'd like to say that we should most definitely NOT be learning classic Quebec literature(Return to the point), but instead, we should be reading more of everything to diversify our culture and understand of the world and society as WE know it, with classic Quebec literature last on the list of priorities because it is as helpful to us as sand in the desert.
Amen.
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