SUSAN BOYLE! WHOAAA

Simon Cowell is not an easy man to impress...

But Susan Boyle did not care one bit.

Susan Boyle is a 47 year old lady from some town in Britain and after her mother's death she decided to try her hand at singing one last time.

She walked onto the stage and was immediately hit by waves of negativity from the crowd and the judges but again she did not care one bit.

Then she started singing and the crowd instantly turned to her side and gave her multiple standing ovations.

I don't want to sound like a liar, but usually I'm pretty optimistic about that kind of stuff and I had a feeling that her confidence would prove to be well placed.

Either way, here is her performance on youtube, enjoy.

Wake up and smell Rose, Derrick Rose!

Derrick Rose , 36 pts, Bulls win.

The defending champions, the Boston Celtics, just lost to a Bulls team that is led by a rookie, has a player that shoots free throws with two hands, and quite possibly the least athletic center around (Brad Miller).

I don't know whether the Celtics are playing bad or if this young tattooed whippersnapper is destined to carry the Bulls on his shoulders for the rest of his career.

Sure Ben Gordon also played well but that guy is a jerk who wont bring up the rest of the team while Rose is a true leader on the court.

I don't really think there's much else to say here since I had so much prepared to write about why the Bulls lost and how they need to improve but I think I will just take it easy and enjoy the series.

The Cutler Deal

The Chicago Bears finally helped themselves out by really utilizing their first round picks. They did this by trading them away in exchange for Jay Cutler, future superstar!

This is great for the Bears because one of two things will happen now. Either Cutler will develop into a legendary quarterback that will lead the Bears to many Superbowls. OR They will train him and fail, resulting in another Rex Grossman situation where a great arm is ruined by poor coaching.

Cutler's failure could even be looked at as a success though because the Bears will never have to play against the guy in the future and they are used to less than stellar quarterback play.

Either way, its good to see the Bears finally trying to improve. Unfortunately though there is a chance that Grossman may play again somewhere and get revenge on the Bears. But we will cross that bridge when we get to it.

Blargas heads out to Northrend.

Blargas decided that it was finally time to head out to the newly discovered icy continent of Northrend.

Of course, on does not simply walk into Northrend, so he had to make his way to the city of Orgrimmar. From there he took a zeppelin ride and landed in the main Horde Settlement in the area, Warsong Hold.

Once Blargas showed up, he was quite honestly surprised that the area wasn't covered in snow, in fact he could have sworn he saw a fair amount of grassland in the area.

Now, Blargas, ever curious about the origin of the name Borean Tundra (the name of the zone that Warsong Hold was in) checked on the local Warsong Hold computer the meaning of Borean Tundra.

Now Tundra is an area of land with very little vegitation and know for extreme cold as well as permafrost. Borean is (according to wikipedia) a grouping of Eurasian and North African languages.

So, after long hours of meditation within the Horde stronghold, Blargas decided that this must refur to Eurasian and North African tundras and thus the area should share simularities with its real life counterpart.

Of course this isn't the case due to the uncharicteristic hot springs, abundance of wildlife and the volcanic subregion located in the northwest. Of course this can be attributed to the magma elemental that decided to take up residence in that particular area.

Despite the differences, Blargas did notice that the shrubbery of the region is very similar to real life examples. The animals, despite overpopulated (perhaps due to a high respawn rate) do show signs of adaption to the elements. Also, just like real life tundra this region is at risk of oil drilling and too many humans* in the area.

Armed with this knowlege, Blargas leaves Warsong Hold with hope and wonder.

Of course he is then killed multiple times by the spiders he was tasked to exterminate.

Now on his lucky 5th attempt, Blargas sets forth with grim determination. Will he fail or suceed? Who knows, but we are eager to find out!

*Blargas did notice that the article made no reference to trolls, orcs, tauren, elves, dwarves or gnomes.

To learn more about Tundra go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tundra

Blog changing

OK, changed my mind. Decided to focus this blog on one thing.

Welcome to the new world of warcraft (WoW) blog!

WHOOOO

Yeah I figured old stuff wasn't working out too well so I decided to make my blog about this game I play. So from now on you can read about the adventures of me, Blargas.

Heres some quick info on what WoW is. 

Best game ever. 

The impact of an end (in a movie)

How To Lose Friends & Alienate People (from now on mentioned  as "the movie" for the sake of convenience)  is an interesting movie whose basic summary without spoilers can be found here.

The odd thing with this movie is that the comes so surprisingly fast and with so little reason that the once charming and pleasant tale to something that felt rushed and confusing at the end. 

A strange thing happened a few days later though, the ending of the movie became irrelevant to me and whenever I look back at the movie I remember it for what it was, a pleasant light comedy. Such a forgettably bad ending then takes a movie and allows it to sit in my mind as a good experience.

This small revelation led me to contemplate the real effect the endings of movies have on me. After a few minutes though I decided that the end of a movie can leave a bad last impression, but not enough to ruin the experience for me.

Thats my two cents...

"Will this be on network access?"

Often during the school day I am surrounded by PowerPoint presentations and more and more I am realizing that this program is not nearly as helpful as I first thought. 

What I notice most is that this program is gradually becoming less of a learning tool and more of a "lesson in a box". What I mean by this is that it decreases the amount that a teacher's personal ability affects the effectiveness of the lesson. While this can be a lifesaver to inexperienced or less skilled teachers, more experienced or skilled teachers may be losing more chances to truly stand out. 

But, since I am not a teacher I will focus more on the effects PowerPoint presentations have on me as a student. Most notably I notice a very negative reaction among my peers and myself whenever we find out that the whole lesson will be included onto network access. This mainly consists of the amount of notes taken being decreased significantly followed by a significant lack of attention.

Of course this doesnt apply to every situation and often whenever a teacher can make a PowerPoint interactive and untilized as a learning TOOL I find it is a very useful program indeed, unfortunately though many cases of PowerPoint dependancy are also seen every day.