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Next Sunday is the big 10k run. This is the 2nd race I’ve ever done in my life. The first one was back in May last year for a YMCA Corporate 5k run. A little over a year ago, I could barely keep a jogging for no more than 5 minutes. Now I am able to keep steady for an hour. I think I’m ready. I’ll be simply happy just to finish the race.

Maybe it’s an illusion that one could actually change the world around himself.

Perhaps the only truth is the one that says one can only change their own self and no one else.

Maybe others could change in response to that persons change… like an influence.

These days, I’ve got a lot of things going on in my life. I’ve found this quote very helpful.

‘This guy I know’ did a Mississauga Google Maps mashup that you should check out called Fun In Mississauga.

http://www.funinsauga.com/

It’s pretty basic right now but the developer is looking for feedback.

(No, I did not make this site)

The day after Labour Day, went to do a gaming pilgrimage to Funland arcade only to find out it had been shut down.

Article: Game over for Funland Arcade
http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/453843

Video: Game Over for Funland Arcade in Toronto
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxA2WRqtUkk

It’s a great article in which I’ve learned a lot about the business.

*sigh* I share the same sadness as all the other patrons…

I got much of the above information from this site:
http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/blog.php?b=2373

My other blog of Funland here…

http://lapasa.net/blog/?p=91

(01:15:53 PM) false: kristine
(01:15:56 PM) Kristine: yes?
(01:16:00 PM) false: I must dine for lunch now
(01:16:05 PM) false: on filipino takeout
(01:16:09 PM) false: and then head to the markets for 2pm
(01:16:12 PM) Kristine: LOL, you make it sound so serious, cause you never call me by my full name
(01:16:18 PM) false: I do all the time
(01:16:21 PM) false: you just tune me out
(01:16:29 PM) Kristine: remember when you called into flow and you were like I’d like to dedicate the song to Kris, its from Mark
(01:16:33 PM) Kristine: LOL, it sounded gay
(01:16:37 PM) false: hahahahahahahhaha
(01:16:40 PM) Kristine: and that’s probably why they didn’t play the song
(01:16:45 PM) false: hahahhahahahahahahahahhahaah
(01:16:51 PM) Kristine: that was funny
(01:16:54 PM) Kristine: but it was sweet

I remember when I was in high school, I asked myself this very question….well, it was more along the lines of why is that hot girl going out with that fugly guy. A “new study, published in the February issue of the Journal of Family Psychology, reveals looks continue to matter beyond that initial attraction, though in a different way”

A very interesting read. It seems to make a lot of sense.

http://tinyurl.com/6bdjgv

Kendra Kassebaum a.k.a. Glinda the Good said in an interview:

WICKED is not just a re-telling of The Wizard of Oz. “It’s a new creation, it’s own, beautiful creation. It’s about tolerance and intolerance. It’s about cliques at school, romance with a ‘handsome prince,’ and how the outsider and the popular girl begin to connect. Adults appreciate all those things, too, but they’re also likely to get the darker, socio-political commentary in there, too. Nothing is ever quite as it seems.” That is why Wicked has appeal for all ages.

During the Thanksgiving Weekend, we went to check out Wicked @ Broadway, NY. It’s my 3rd musical that I’ve ever been and it has made quite the impact on my day to day. I listen to the soundtrack at least once a day. It’s one of the those pieces of music that the more you listen to it, it gets better and better. You hear the lyrics and you can discover that under the surface of this fantasy world, the lyrics are fully loaded with political and social undertones that describe the world that we live in.

I bought the book by Gregory Maguire and it really does a great job of creating an immersive world of Oz. Much of what goes on in Maguire’s Oz is a metaphor for what happens here in our world. It’s interesting to observe the events that happen in Oz during my TTC commutes. I got the book knowingly the play was ‘loosely’ based on this novel. The musical did a good job of adapting a book that is so dark and full of sexual connotations. There are a lot of differences between the book and the musical but it’s fun to find them out as they unravel when reading the novel. For instance, Doctor Dillamond was on the verge of a scientific breakthrough of demonstrating animal tissue is not very much different than human tissue. Therefore, animals would not be subjected to prejudice social practices. Before he got a chance to announce his discovery, the goat’s throat was slit by the secret police of the Wizard. Elphaba and Galinda witness his body being taken away by the medics. It’s at that point in the story that sets the wheels in motion that they must find out why did he die and avenge his death.

Julia Murney as Elphaba and Kendra Kassebaum as Glinda. We got tickets in Row W. Row W is like 2 rows away from the exit doors. But because Gershwin Theatre is small, the seats were pretty good. Best $300 I’ve ever spent!

Today, I attended a viewing for the father of a friend who passed away.

Immediately afterwards, I went to go celebrate…

A different friend had recently announced they are having a baby!

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