The best
2) Tool – Stinkfist
Bonus points for the extended metaphor
1) Pixies – Gigantic
Once you go black, you don’t go back
The rest
The Notorious B.I.G. – One More Chance
2pac – Temptations
The Beatles – Why don’t we do it in the road
Wu-Tang Clan – Maria
Tool – 4 degrees
U2 – Mysterious Ways
Weezer – Tired of sex
posted by Edward @ 11:28 PM
Ok we know what happened, so I'm not going to repeat it here.
Looking back,
We all know about our early struggles at
| | 1996 | 2004 |
| | 11 | 10 |
| Round robin Goals per games (3) | 3.67 | 3.33 |
| Playoffs GA | 15 | 12 |
| Playoffs Goals per games (4/3) | 3.75 | 4 |
| Tournament Goals per games (7/6) | 3.71 | 3.67 |
Ok, the big difference between the two is that we won in 2004 and lost in 1996. But in 1996, much like
While we’re at it
| Olympics | 1998 | 2002 | 2006 |
| Round robin GF | 12 | 8 | 15 |
| Round robin Goals per games (3/3/5) | 4 | 2.67 | 3 |
| Playoffs GF | 5 | 14 | 0 |
| Playoffs Goals per games (2/3/1) | 2.5 | 4.67 | 0 |
| Playoffs Goals per games minus | | 3.5 | |
| Tournament Goals per games (7/6/6) | 3.4 | 3.67 | 2.5 |
My first thoughts when we lost to
In the province newspaper (2/23/2006), Ed Willies put it best:
”Look up and down Team
Ok I think Draper and Doan were unfairly dumped on because they played well on the penalty kill, but otherwise it was right on the mark.
Patirck Marleau (64 points) was on the 2004 world cup team. Paul Kariya (58 points) was on the 2002 team and 1994 Olympic teams with only a concussion holding him back from the 1998 team. Alex Tanguay (66 points) was a strong consideration for the 2002 Olympic team. Why not? Back in 2002, Iginla wasn’t even invited to the August trading camp, but he played his way onto the team by leading the NHL in points that year. Haven’t these other guys played their way onto the 2006 team?
Anyways, I doubt Gretzky is going to be back for 2010. Ditto for Pat Quinn
Other guys I don’t think that will be back
Bryan Mccabe (Mccabe sucks bad)
Shane Doan
Joe Sakic (first ballot Hall of Famer, but I can see him retiring)
Kris Draper
Todd Bertuzzi (Prime year as a power forward are over. On a slow and irreversible decline now)
Overall I really do think our team really played their hearts out, but better luck and roster selections next time.
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posted by Edward @ 9:33 PM
I went to Toshi (Near the corner of 16th and main) this past Friday. For the record, I never really enjoyed sashimi until I came to this place. The fish was probably fresher than most places because it certainly tasted like it. Everything else (sushi, eggplant, fish, tempura, etc.) was of exceptional quality. The only drawback: portions were smaller than average. Otherwise, I’d have to say this place has become my favorite Japanese restaurant.
On Saturday, I went to the Pan Pacific hotel (on the waterfront) for e-ball. High quality dinner but not quite as good Toshi. Carrot soup infused with ginger and orange. Baby spinach salad with some kind of honey dressing. Chicken breast with exotic sounding herbs and spices. Crème Brulee. Never had Crème Brulee until that day. good good. The musical choices (ie, Foo Fighters, Gun n Roses, Led Zeppelin) for the dance were dubious at best. Overall, I don’t think e-ball was worth 50 bucks, but it is my last year so oh well. Then again, I did skip post-eball drinking because I didn’t want to sleep in my suit.
posted by Edward @ 6:58 PM
posted by Edward @ 12:40 AM
Not that I care because the Grammys and most award shows, because they’re are stupid, but here are some random thoughts. You know it’s a slow year when U2’s How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb wins album of the year. I actually liked the album, but it’s no album of the year. The production sounds so old; upon listening to Achtung Baby again, you’d think HTDAAB was released first. Late Registration is the better album. I might listen to Paul’s album eventually, but I have no intentions of listening to the other 2 album of the year nominees. Ever. Hollaback girl has got to be one of the stupidest songs I’ve ever heard. It’s 90% crap with a somewhat catchy hook if you’re a girl or have very bad taste in music. It’s a crying shame that The Arcade Fire didn’t win the alternative album award. Oh well, award shows are stupid anyways with the Grammys being the lowest of the low. I don’t understand why Kayne is so upset about not winning a Grammy. Chuck D said it best “Who gives a fuck about a God damn Grammy?”
posted by Edward @ 11:23 PM
Get over it Seahawk fans.
1) The pass interference call on D.Jackson was the right call. On the replay, he clearly extended his arms on the defender to create some space.
2) The Big Ben touchdown was ruled a touchdown on the field. Therefore to overturn the touchdown, the replay must show indisputable evidence that the ball didn't cross the goal line. In the replay, the motion blur prevented us from seeing whether the ball crossed the line or not. Therefore, there was no indisputable evidence. Touchdown stands. Personally, I don't think the ball cross the line, although it was damn close.
3) The phantom holding call. Well that was definitely questionable, but then again holding happens on every play…. It just depends whether the refs call it or not. Then again, you can’t blame the refs for that brutal Hasselback INT.
posted by Edward @ 11:00 PM
I beat super punchout for the Snes about 1-2 weeks ago. I mainly played in the CHBE labs. Thanks to the word spreading about my ROMS, free space on the shared network drive has dwindled to 1 gig out of 50 gigs. Then again, many others abuse the shared drive (ie. mp3, video storage, bittorrent downloads. etc)
- I've decided to start skipping my tues/thurs 9:30-11 econ class because everyone has unanimously derided this class. Of course, I'll goto the midterm and quizzes, but otherwise, I'm gonna just photocopy someone else's econ handouts. Instead of attending this class, I'm gonna go for morning runs. Actually, depending on whether there's a Tuesday design meeting or not, I might start skipping Tuesday altogether, which I did today.
- today, I finished this fairly challenging mission in San Andreas called "supply lines" (well according to the two FAQs I read when I was stuck, although they were no help). Basically you have to fly this model plane (armed with machine guns) around
two things that I noticed which really helped me out.
1) Use L2 and R2 when turning. Using the analog stick turns the plane sideways, which usually causes you to crash into the side of a building if not the asphalt. The controls are also very sensitive, but it's very to forget this during a mad scramble. Got to remain calm
2) When firing the machine guns, it's essentially on auto aim. For the horizontal axis, you just have to be pointed in their general direction while you don’t even have to worry about the vertical axis (ala Doom). Of course, you have to be within a certain range, but it’s hard to quantify here.
General strategy:
1) Kill the first guy to your left at the start. Shoot at the van ASAP. The guy will then get out of the van leaving him completely vulnerable.
2) The second guy is just around the corner on a bike. I think he gets off the bike, but either way, he’s an easy kill.
3) Dilemma. Two guys to the north. One to the south. Given the diminishing fuel supply, you have to kill the two guys to the north first. Just shoot at their vehicles until they catch on fire and explode (they’re too stupid to get out). You should have a little more than half a fuel tank at this point otherwise it might be tight.
4) Kill the last guy by shooting the van until it explodes. Then hopefully you have enough fuel to make it back to the last rooftop.
Oh yeah, Zero, the character who offers this mission, is voiced by David Cross (Tobias from arrested development). He’s pretty funny as the nerdy mail order store owner (Curse you Berkley!).
posted by Edward @ 10:27 PM
One team played in the worst division (NFC West) in the NFL. They only played three teams with winning records. Sure they won each game but they had lucked out big time each time (one thanks to a horrible INT by Bled-scoe with 14 seconds remaining, another thanks to Jay “I just missed three game winning kicks” Feely and the Colts didn’t even show up to their game).
Hence this team had the easiest regular season schedule. No surprise, this team secures home field throughout the playoffs. In the divisional playoffs, they faced the road-weary Redskins. At this point, the Redskins had to win 6 straight with 4 on the road just to reach this stage. No surprise, the Redskins ran out of gas and lost the game. This team then faced the Panthers in the NFC champion ship. The Panthers had played 4 of their last 5 games on the road. Shortly into the game, Panthers running back Nick Goings is knocked out of the game forcing the Panthers to utilize their *fourth* string running back. This basically left the Panthers with no rushing attack making them one-dimensional team with only one receiving threat: Steve Smith. Gee I wonder who won this game.
Meanwhile, the other Superbowl team had gone on the road and beat the top three seeds to get to this point. Two of the victories were in convincing fashion to boot.
Bandwagon Seahawk fans make me sick.
Go Steelers.
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