whirl.and.rewind
Thursday, December 16, 2004
another term, another blog
finished my last exam on monday. my first one was okay, second one good, third one bad, last one good. but I'm not sure if my goods were enough to offset the bad...and I won't know till marks come out second week of january....what suspense...
these holidays will be my busiest since gr12?...I don't know what I was doing in gr12 holidays..haha I just remember oac I had to do one movie review but that just took a couple of days. but this year I have to really catch up / get ahead for my design project cuz it's now or never.. next term is gonna be busy again so I won't have time to deal with all that design project stuff. and I've also been looking into applying for grad school but I'm having trouble finding referees..all of that should be known over the next two weeks. if I find a second referee, then my holidays would get two times busier cuz I'd be writing applications. and the thing is even if I apply I probably won't get in, but I don't wanna not apply if I had the chance and then always wonder what if I had..
if I don't get in, that means I'd need to find a job...but I don't really wanna work right after I finish school...I want another summer! ='( but if I'm waiting for universities to get back to me, I wouldn't really be actively job searching anyway...so if I find that second referee, I'm not working straight after school either way...it would take a while for me to find a job...last year the school helped a little in getting companies to hire 3rd year interns, and I still couldn't get one...how much harder would it be for me to find a job on my own! job searching is no fun..especially if that becomes your main thing to do...
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on a lighter note, how about that steve nash and those phoenix suns?? add them to my list of fav teams..
for some reason people are picking vince carter and tracy mcgrady to be starters for their respective positions/conferences http://www.nba.com/news/allstar_041216.html . but look at their numbers...vince is scoring a dismal 15.9 points per game, and tmac is shooting a dismal 41% from the field and not really leading his team to realize their potential. actually, 15.9ppg for an all-star starter...would that not be the lowest scoring avg for a voted starter in the all-star game? and why isn't steve nash a starter thus far? the suns got him in the offseason and now they're 19-3. and he's averaging a double double in points and assists, and shooting above 50%. and lebron..I don't know...still not impressed though his numbers are surprisingly good....I'd take dwyane wade over lebron any day...wade is just so much more fun to watch, and that's what an all-star game is about. the same goes for nowitzki vs. duncan...their numbers and importance to their respective teams are comparable and dirk is a blond russian guy who can shoot the lights out, and has an entertaining name. and how about that grant hill? he deserves an award for his perseverance! without further ado, here are my picks for the 2005 nba all-stars after a month of voting:
EAST
C Shaquille O'Neal
F Grant Hill
F Antawn Jamison
G Steve Francis
G Dwyane Wade
WEST
C Yao Ming
F Kevin Garnett
F Dirk Nowitzki
G Steve Nash
G Kobe Bryant
Oh, Kobe? He's putting up 27-7-7...can't ignore that (where there are other legit choices for east forwards besides lebron, no guard in the west can touch kobe)..but I'm not voting for him anymore cuz we need to get Nash in there! though it doesn't look likely...oh well, nash will definitely make the team as a reserve. anyway, west has a better team cuz of their advantage at the forward positions. even if they bring in jermaine, the west would still boast duncan and stoudemire off the bench (assuming the lineups above). unless shaq decides he wants to take over...then we might have a ball game...and shaq-yao, all-star edition would probably be a landslide..
