Apology to the Boston College Hockey Team

Two nights ago (technically morning) at 3:00AM I was still up doing some studying for class. At around that time I was interrupted by boisterous screams of "Beanpot!" Of course I was quite frustrated and agitated. Even worse I got knocks on the door and chimes of the doorbell...four of my roomates were already asleep and I was virtually certain they would wake up from the noise. I went over to the door to say please leave before I call the school police. For some reason that message did not quite sink. While they left the door they decided to pioneer towards the back glass door continuing to scream "Beanpot!" and they showed this massive trophy. I was not exactly sure what this trophy meant but I did not care, I had work to do and the noise was not helping so I kindly told them, "Please leave, I have a lot of work to do," fortunately after I said that much they left.

It was not until I left that the three or five guys rudely interrupting at 3AM were members of the Boston College Hockey Team who had won the beanpot that night, the second most important college hockey feat for hockey players in the Northeast (second only to winning the national championship). I found out later from a friend that the hockey players visited all of the Modular houses who had their lights still on (signifying someone was still up) and my place was the only one that did not let the hockey players in. This statistic surprises me and I think even college athletes do not have the right to barge into anywhere they like even if they have had the best day of the entire year. Nonetheless, four of my roomates are intense hockey fans and gave me a frown when I told them what happened and passed up the opportunity to meet and congratulate the hockey team as opposed to kick them out. I even passed up the opportunity to drink from or hold the beanpot. Boston College winning the beanpot is was a huge deal on campus and rightfully earned them the top spot on ESPN Sportscenter's top plays. While I think it is perfectly appropriate not to let in who had to be the most excited athletes in the nation on that particular night, I definitely apologize for kicking them out the way I did instead of at least congratulating the hockey team. It is funny that as I am writing this I turn left and view my roomate's flag on our room's wall that says Boston College Hockey Beanpot Champions (and lists the years in which Boston College has won the beanpot). It looks like he is going to have to get a new flag that includes 2010.

I apologize BC Hockey team and congratulations on such an excellent achievement!

How about them ads?

Before and after every Superbowl there is some type of discussion of commercials and how good of a job advertisers do. In my opinion, the last two Superbowls have been busts in terms of advertising in that I felt there was a dearth of good and humorous commercials. This year, there were several excellent advertisements. My favorite ad is one of the Doritos commercials that has got to be one of the best commercials I have seen in my life.

Here it is:

No Longer the Ain'ts...Who Dat?

The New Orleans Saints beat the the Indianapolis Colts in Superbowl XLIV. The Colts were favored by 3 with the odds from InLine, however, few could refute that the Saints and the Colts were the two top teams going into the playoffs. This Superbowl was sure to be interesting and the Saints certainly delivered New Orleans a night to remember. The New Orleans Saints franchise had been one of the worst franchises over the years such that they used to be referred to as the Aints in the 80s and 90s. Prior to today the Saints had never gone to the Superbowl. Tonight the Saints could rightfully call themselves the best team in the NFL after beating the Indianapolis Colts by a score of 31 to 17.

Bumper Stickers

A bumper sticker never written: "Better to walk a blind dog than have it walk you."

Something Magical about A Capella

It seems as if just recently I have been exposed to the world of a capella. Almost randomly I came across a video from the Voca People, a professional a capella group. Needless to say, I was more than impressed. This triggered me to look more into a capella and realizing that there are hundreds of brilliant professional and non-professional a capella groups all around the world making music and rhythms without any instruments. Good a capella seems to take beat boxing to a whole new level. There are several a capella clips that are quite impressive that can be found on video sharing sites such as YouTube. Here is a clipe from a group performing the theme song from The Simpsons.

Avatar for the Experience

Rating 8/10



There has been a lot of deserved hype about the movie Avatar. While I am by no means a fanatic of fantasy or sci-fi movies, I was definitely impressed with Avatar. Avatar is a movie that is more of an experience than a motion-picture. The visual effects used in Avatar seem to be unreal for the 21st (or even the 22nd) Century. Avatar is the first blockbuster to use non-animated three-dimensional effects. I would recommend this movie to anyone if nothing else but its visual effects. Nonetheless, I enjoyed more than just the effects, the plot was good albeit a bit cliche. Avatar has some striking similarities to the movie FernGully: The Last Rainforest. I know this seems like an odd comparison, but it really shouldn't be. Like Avatar, FernGully involves a human who comes into contact with an outside land of creatures. Not only that, but the land of FernGully is about to be destroyed by humans. I would be shocked if the movie FernGully never crossed the minds of the makers of Avatar...but do not get me wrong, I much preferred Avatar. My only two criticisms of the movie are: Avatar is overwhelmingly cliche and (while limited) the foul language seems gratuitous. Overall Avatar deserves a 8 out of 10 and is worth seeing before it is no longer in theaters.