"feel my quads"

so being in physical therapy we were told early on that we are ambassadors for proper body mechanics. in fact we had several classes called LTR focusing on how to position ourselves when doing lifts and transfers (and repositioning). and so I saw this series of Public Service Announcements featuring Batman and Joker and one of them in particular was dear to me.

my new job

so with a busy school schedule it has been difficult to find the time to get a part time job. I need to be able to have my evenings/afternoons free in order to work on group projects and such. plus with only a bus pass it isn't easy getting around Saskatoon quickly. with those limitations in mind I set out thinking of what sort of part time job I could get. I wanted something that wouldn't require a large time commitment, that didn't require me to travel outside of my regular daily path, and allowed me to get some exercise.
and then, like a message from a higher power, the answer was delivered to my door one morning. the note read:

PAPER CARRIER NEEDED FOR DRAGAN ST ROUTE

Dragan st!? well that is just a block down from my street! This is perfect! So I emailed the woman in charge and a few days later I was getting up at the crack of dawn (6:00 to be precise) hand delivering my papers each day. I have to say the first day was pretty hard, and the saturday morning after the formal was rough, but I have my route memorized and I can deliver the 35 papers in about 30 minutes round trip. almost 10 minutes of that time is spent on these 4 houses that are a bit out of the way from the rest of the route. I really enjoy it because it forces me to get out of bed early and now that I know the route I can divert my attention to thinking about other stuff.
so that is my new part time job. I don't even feel that it takes away from my day because it happens so early that I have the rest of the day.

Natural Harvest - for those chefs looking for something a little different

So if you aren't afraid of losing your appetite I suggest you check this out. I enjoy the creative names for the recipes, especially Strawberry Splasharita, Spunky Candied Pecans, or Man Made Oysters. I could never imagine doing the research to put these recipes together.


Nasty, nasty, nasty!

Fall Formal = Fun, Filling, and Fantastic

Well I got home from the formal a little while ago and I just couldn't wait to write about it. I had soooo much fun and everything was great. The evening started off with a delicious supper buffet at the Ramada. The highlights of the meal would have to have been the roasted new potatoes and the roast beef served with au juice. After supper we settled into the videos. The 1st year ladies went first and their video was really well done. I don't have a copy of it yet so I won't say much about it until a later time. I'll summarize by saying that they had a survivor theme and had 4 teams of 8 girls competing in various school related races.

Next came our video. It rocked the pants off the gathered masses and you can see it below. I laugh so hard each time I watch it and it just gets better every time. I hope people who aren't in PT can appreciate it. If you are a fan of the movie 300 I'm sure that would help too.

Then we had a few speeches from staff and a short video/power point presentation from one of our profs. She did such a good job and it was sweet and funny. I really love our faculty.

Finally came the 2nd years video introducing the staff. Well they pulled out all the stops and made a feature film. It was 30 minutes long! It even had a preview for a different horror movie. The basic premise was these two mexican immigrant talk show hosts interviewing the various staff. They would ask questions and then cut to clips of the faculty answering completely other questions. It was hilarious and well done but seemed a bit long. We'll have to do something much better next year.
My cheeks are still sore from so much smiling and laughing.

After all that they opened up the dance floor and we partied hardy. I didn't have a camera so I will post pictures once I get some. In the meantime I hope you enjoy The Men of Physio - Class of 2010.

The very first Facebook page

so I know that I was a little late in getting on board with this whole "facebooky" thing but I don't think anyone could really claim to have had the first facebook page.... until now!

The Internet explained in one easy word: MAGIC!

I always wondered how the email or an internet worked, but I didn't want to look stupid by asking my friends. Thankfully these two women explained it to me. It all seems so simple, I'm surprised I didn't figure it out before.

See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

p.s. the best way to sell a product is to have two hot women with big breasts discuss it while leaning forward.

My girlfriend is a Science Journalist

I had no idea, but Marlito moonlights as a science journalist. Last week I was glancing at the Star Phoenix and there was this article by a young journalist named Janet French and I remember thinking, "She kinda looks like Marlito", but I didn't think anything of it at the time. Now yesterday there was another article and I looked at it closer and this time I was sure it was her. I mean, come on, how could she have kept this a secret from me for so long! And what is with her alias? Janet French!?
I suspect this all started when Marlito spent that summer in Montreal. She got in touch with her french side, got all scientific, and VOILA, Janet French was born.
I am really happy that she has been so successful in her writing, I just wish she didn't feel the need to hide it from me.
Please Marlito/Janet, come out of that journalistic closet and allow your friends to bask in your scientific glory.
Oh, and I like your second blog, especially the post about the giant hairball.

most disgusting commercial by mainstream company ever!

I don't have any other words to discribe this ad other than OMFG!

p.s. it isn't a real Microsoft commercial but it would be awesome if it was

Amazing video

So each year the physio students have a fall/christmas formal get together thingy that all the students and staff can go to. It is a get to know you kind of party and this year it is going to be on friday (Nov 21st, mark your calendars).
People give speeches and there is a dinner and dance but the highlight of the evening are the student videos. The first year students are supposed to make videos to introduce themselves and the second year students make a video to introduce the staff. Here is the video made by the Physio Men from the class of 2009.



This year our class had to step it up a little. The Physio Men of the class of 2010 came through with an amazing video that I happened to be able to preview today. I won't give anything away other than to say that it is truly an epic tale. I will post the finished video after the formal along with any others that are available.

super cuteness makes people explode

If you like to watch cute things being adorable, go HERE.

I dare you to go here and not die from too much cuteness.


(don't blame me if they aren't doing anything cute)

Not another Beethoven movie!

Well it seems that the powers that be still consider a giant St. Bernard worthy of a movie and so the 6th (yes, you read that correctly) installment of the franchise is coming to a theater near you. I would have figured that with Beethoven and Beethoven's 2nd there wouldn't be that much material for the character to explore. And then after squeezing out a 3rd, 4th and god forbid 5th movie they should know that you can only beat a dead dog for so long. But no, they don't know. And apparently they don't think anyone has seen the first movie because they basically reuse all the classic gags from it. Unless this movie is supposed to be a tribute to the first one, a slobbery homage of sorts, a veritable tip of the dog collar(?) to the original. If that is the case I say bring on Beethoven's Big Break.

Beethoven's Big Break. Trailer. @ Yahoo! Video

p.s. and as a side note I am sad to see Rhea Perlman sink to such lows.
p.p.s I think "That's MY bacon!" needs to be the hot catch phrase of 2009.

what a cute little werewolf (plus awesome pumpkin pics)

I know Halloween is over but these have to be seen.

oh sweet japan, how I miss thee

here is a link to a post about a very disturbing product that comes from the land of freaky things

best movie tag line ever

THE CHILDREN

You pushed them from your womb; They'll put you in your tomb!
or
You brought them into this world. Now.... they will take you out!

it is up to you to choose which is the actual movie tag line. Now watch the trailer and fear for your life.

and one more from the Conchords

I would love to see these guys perform in person. I think they could end all racism if given the chance. I mean it worked in New Zealand, so why not elsewhere?



and here is the song as used in the tv series.

tribute to New Zealand's 4th most popular guitar-based digi-bongo acapella-rap-funk-comedy folk duo

Well I just love this scene from Flight of the Conchords and this guy did a bang up job recreating it.




So I hope you enjoy this as much as I did.
"It wouldn't be gay to put a wig on a man and pretend they're a woman. How could that be gay if you're pretending they're a woman? Not that I did it."

Go ninja, Go ninja, GO!

So growing up you might say that I had a certain fondness for ninjas. Not so much as a former friend of mine who may have actually thought he was a ninja (Km, you know who I'm talking about).
Anyways, so I really liked ninjas and I think more than once I dressed up as one for Halloween. So this year I was invited to a costume party and thought it would be pretty cool to pay homage to my childhood and become a silent assassin once again. Only this time with a slight twist.

Fat Ninja (or No, I'm not Chris Farley)

So I decided that I would be a fat ninja instead of the usual lean, mean, death dealing machine one might expect.

At the party everyone kept saying, "Beverly Hills Ninja, that is so awesome!"

To which I would have to reply, "No, I'm just a fat ninja. Just a regular ninja who is overweight."

It's as though they had never heard of a fat ninja.

So now I know how it feels to have people make assumptions about you just because of your weight. I feel sorry for all those other obese ninjas out there, constantly being associated with such a terrible movie.

It isn't easy being a fat ninja.

Especially when you have to pick up dropped shuriken.

Silent but deadly

Silverfox never realized that this would be the last photo he ever took. Mom-in-law soon after met her demise at the hands of.....

THE FAT NINJA

Funny Quotes

Give 'R Guns!
That was the phrase used by one of my classmates during a recent group presentation. To give you more context it was after the instructor had asked a question like, "Do you think it is appropriate to compare exercise habits of athletes to a 70 year old woman with anemia?"
The answer went something like, "Well we don't want her to go out and Give 'R Guns, but she does need to be careful not to over exercise."

Maybe it is one of those things you had to be there to fully appreciate.

Sushi Sunday

So two weeks ago I found out about this little workshop that was going down on a Sunday over at the STM cafeteria. There was going to be a sushi making class taught by a local chef so I thought that sounded like fun. I mean I already knew how to make sushi rolls but I thought I could pick up some tips from this, plus eat some sushi at the same time. I've been going through serious withdrawal since leaving KW and I needed to get a fix quick!

I don't think the chef had been making sushi very long but the class was interesting and I got to try out making hand rolls and inside out rolls which I hadn't done before. And as a bonus we got to take home the bamboo roller. So now I feel like I have a nice arsenal of sushi options under my belt. All I need are some people to make it for (Mom-in-law and The Silver Fox just aren't the sushi types).
Check out this presentation. I made that :)