July 30, 2004 - 6:33 p.m

Ok, so I wrote the exam which I didn't find too difficult...then again I am a notoriously poor judge of my performance so what the hell do I know? I went into the exam with an embarassing 63% (which, I suppose, isn't THAT bad considering I didn't do any homework or classwork all month). Still, I've never had to worry about FAILING before. I've never failed a class before and while I doubt that I failed this one, there's still that little itch that won't be scratched until I know ---- for sure ---- that I got my credit.

Of course, I'd know right now if it weren't for the stupid sadists that run the summer school admin. The sheet my teacher handed out said for us to show up at 8:30 SHARP and I came at 8:30 SHARP and where was the bastard? NOT THERE, THAT'S FOR DAMN SURE! Then I heard we weren't going to get our report cards 'til 10:00, which just throws my whole transport route and schedule all out of whack. AND I'm still agonizing about my mark. Fucking summer school...

Anyway, aside from being haunted by the prospect of failing, I'm extrememly happy. I FINALLY GET TO ENJOY SUMMER, as I so clearly detailed in my last entry. After my exam, I was ready to do summersaults over fences, but instead I biked to my friend M's house. I'd never done this before, so I was just a LITTLE chagrined when I realized it was a mostly uphill trek. We planned on going for a bike ride around town and have ourselves an adventure, but by the time I got to her house I had a major cramp so we just walked to the mall. On the way, we talked about a bunch of crap, but mostly about how we ought to use our time as youths to make stories.

Stories are, if you didn't know, otherwise known as 'humourous anecdotes' and, being as old as I am, I'm a little dismayed as to how little stories I have to share. I've never done anything wild or dangerous or stupid on an extreme scale. Well, yesterday, we got our FIRST STORY:

On our trek to the mall, M and I passed by a railway that was going under construction. Suddenly, we hear a loud CRACK BOOM and something came FLYING over our heads. Scared the bejesus out of us. We turned and looked and saw this PORCUPINE and a BRANCH that slammed into the wall of the supermarket. How trippy was that? Felt kinda sorry for the porcupine.

Anyhoo, what else is there? Right, I wanted to add Heat, Spider-Man 2, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, and A Series of Unfortunate Events to the list of movies. And Collateral (is it just me or does Tom Cruise being a bad guy with grey hair make him much sexier? I never found him particularly attractive until now...maybe I have a thing for old men....creepy.)

HOME STRETCH!!!!

Tomorrow is my summer school exam. I can't say I'm looking forward to it, but I can say that I'm extremely excited about the upcoming, math-free August. Here are things that I hope to do in the following weeks:

1) Film the movie (screenplay is ALMOST DONE)...it's an adaptation of Roald Dahl's Lamb to the Slaughter...I don't have editing equipment or even a camera battery but WHO THE HELL CARES! I figure I'd be better going with the Troma Films philosophy of quantity over quality and just film something already.

2) Watching MOVIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh my God, I've barely scratched my list. I've seen the Godfather movies (BRILLIANT! btw...even though I didn't really care for the third one...more on that later), Touch of Evil (equally brilliant, but Charlton Heston as a Mexican? Puh-leeze), and Fahrenheit 9/11 (exactly what you'd expect from a Michael Moore movie...that's a compliment or an insult, depending on how you see it. I can't say I was swayed by his arguments, probably because I was questioning their credibility most of the time. As a movie, it was very powerful, as a documentary? Well...time and research will show whether it really deserves that title. But who cares? Michael Moore's made MILLIONS.)

Other movies on my PRIORITY list are:

- Bonnie and Clyde
- Bourne Identity and Bourne Supremacy (I've heard good things)
- Chinatown
- Kill Bill Vol. 1 and 2
- The French Connection
- Les Liasons Dangereuses
- Rosemary's Baby
- Mean Streets
- The Village (well, actually, ALL of M. Night Shyamalan's movies since the Sixth Sense, which I thought was great)
- Garden State
- To Catch a Thief
- A Clockwork Orange
- A Dog Day Afternoon (AL PACINO!!!! : ) )
- Dr. Strangelove
- Anything by Monty Python (Holy Grail...what more can I say? There's a reason it's a classic.)
- Harold and Kuman go to Whitecastle (C'MON...don't make fun. You know you wannnnaaaa too.)

And to think...this is just what I'm thinking of RIGHT NOW. No doubt, more will be added later.

3) Sleep. Oh GOD...Sleep.

4) Run. I've got to lose weight...I'm starting to look pudgy. (Starting...HA!)

5) Think of other things to do.

Ok, I'm sick of typing. I'm OUTTIE!

Signed,

X

I hate summer school

I hate summer school sooooooooooooooooooo
much.

Toronto by another name...

I don't care how much money there is in being 'Hollywood North'...I am adamantly against big Hollywood hotshots using Toronto as an America by proxy.  I mean, it's a great city with great landmarks and it's just as urban and eclectic as any New York or Chicago...so why is Toronto never allowed to just be TORONTO?  Why is it always New York or Hoboken or Seattle or Chicago or whatever?  Oh right, because the studios like to save a couple of bucks, so why not go to the Canadians 'cause they like American currency!  Am I the only person who finds this notion insulting on their part and embarassing on ours?

So, America, just a word of advice: STAY THE HELL OUT OF TORONTO!