Unleash the power!

Little cartoon is from Applegeeks. It's basically been the main thought in my head these holidays, swirling around. We put up with 13 years of education to do another 5 to get a piece of paper. I've been thinking, why AM I doing this? I think about Darren who, besides loving his anime and has a HUGE amount of it, went for an apprenticeship after year 10 and is now working, while I'm still in school...I can't help but think of the incredible advantages he has over me. Sure there are disadvantages in the long term, but I really wonder whether I really want to go to Uni. There doesn't seem to be a course that really interests me. Sure, health and engineering all pique my interest, but I don't feel really connected to them. Maybe a little time will change my views.

So I've been crawling through work and study and the main thing one my mind is the English Advance oral. Why can't it be called a speech assessment? Oral can be used in the wrong context. Anyway, I've been throwing up mainly between Antony and Caesar. They are two of the three most obvious choices, and the two that I have the best chance to acting out solidly. Still the paper doesn't say who the characters are limited to. I had a brief idea that I would be one of those anonymous messengers or one of those minor characters in the beginning, like Philo. I'm leaning towards Antony on this one, but haven't really thought up of a speech. I want to use the quote I'm still Antony yet! in there somewhere, and make Antony like some emo mofo railling at Caesar, at Cleopatra and at himself for being such a weak-ass loser. Hmmmm, I may be on to something here.

On an entirely different note, year 12 concert is coming up and with my memories of the previous year 12 concerts being really good, more or less anyway, I've been trying to come up with some ideas. Haven't got anything substantial yet. Damn creative block. Although the little comic on to does raise some vague idea about students unleashing the power of their degrees to become like actual personifications of the degree. A person with a Physics degree could start manipulating or violating the laws of physics. Of course, it kinda smacks with the god-awful 2Unit skit in the Talent Quest. Well, not god-awful, just weird. And sucky. And...yeah...awful. So I can't sing, not very well anyway, so if anyone out there are thinking of a couple of skits, I'm more than happy to join. As long as it's not too stupid. Stupid is fine. But there's a line, just so you know.

Finally, I've noticed that whenever there is something on, yr12 concert or talent quest, the hosts always crack some jokes, some more lame than others. This year instead of jokes we could have lines out of stand-up comedy routines, even the ones we think up ourselves. For ideas, go Youtube, and search up Mitch Hedburg. He's so damn funny, and since his jokes are mostly one-liners they work perfectly. There's Dat Phan, a Viet comedian and considering how a sizeable amount of the school population is Asian, some of the lines will go down great. No Russel Peters. I think everyone has basically seen that. And dammit no Dave Chappelle. You can only say I'm Rick James, bitch! so many times before it gets lame. Lame, people!

And now a blast from the past. Who remembers The Adventures of Milo and Otis? 1 point for remembering and 2 points for liking it. I have discovered an old VHS copy and am now trying to transfer to my computer. Or maybe there's a torrent somewhere out there....