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Just because he’s dead that doesn’t make this unfunny – people die everyday, he shouldn’t get all the attention because he’s a musician. Besides, he’s arguably a kiddy fiddler (I think I’ll stop bringing it up now).

Michael Jackson is now deceased due to a cardiac arrest, aged 50. I was rather sceptical about all the speculation going on (specifically by ∞ Facebook statuses on the matter) and held Wikipedia (as always) as my number one resource, then it hit me when it said the “died 2009” after refreshing the page every now and then and experiencing bad internet at such a crucial moment. I’m probably going to come out as a cynical bastard here but to be honest, I don’t like him, and I don’t mourn his death. Now, I’m sorry but if someone I don’t like dies it doesn’t mean I’m going to magically like them and beg the Pope to canonise them, am I? But trusting the media I’d eat my hat if I don’t see lamenting by the tabloids tomorrow. To me, this is an echo of Jade Goody – who was once hated but now has blood sacrifices laid to her. Also, I’m not too sure if he really dated younger women (or men?) but his verdict is unreliable as any celebrity gets cleared in the States. Oh well…

I just got Garry’s Mod (like an hour ago), I’ll review it later but first have a look at the crap you can do with TF2 on it!

Right let’s set the scene, it’s a typical Monday 15th June 2009, which is valete (sign-off-from-school-day). I think it’s best I criticise the shite out of this system (and if a teacher is somehow reading this, I propose you keep reading). Now the system works in theory, i.e. call them in, queue up, hand in books, sign out and enjoy your awfully long summer free from compulsory education. However, do you know what else works in theory? Communism. You see, in practice, it can never work if all of us (~180) are called in at one time with one teacher per desk (most noteably maths where we queued until time itself got bored due to everyone doing the subject). Also, the actual signing off process required a huge queue where only one out of the two were signing off, which is stupid. Oh well, just plain sailing for me now followed by 50 years or so in a tobacco farm…

Anyway, back to the focus – afterwards at the cinema watching Terminator 4. Short and overall verdict: ledge. Long verdict: well basicallé the special effects are awesome and the lack of now 61-year-old Arnie is compensated by a lookalike from him in the first one in 1984. Also, even though the film isn’t focused on much of a personal level and ditches the generic plot for the 3 films there is still some emotion and I like the many ways which it relates back to the early films (as they were objectively the best – T3 fucked up the plot and just opened up a cynical side to me), which was funny as I could predict a few things due to my superior knowledge of the films. I think the series has redeemed itself and I now support it again, just as long as they don’t make any more time paradoxes and stop being tempted by the evils of Hollywood…Oh, and as long as the Sarah Connor Chronicles crawls into a hole and die. Other criticisms aside, go watch it, but remember 2 will always be the best.

It has finally happened, my three hour sleeps of half-arsed revision the day before the exam have paid off, I have finished my GCSEs, and the plumbing services felt none of this recession due to the amount of times I shat bricks. Now lies a 3 month summer of unproductive boredom, nevertheless I intend to do the following:
Get CrossOver,
Get Garry’s Mod,
Get Sims 3,
Get into anime,
Draw stuff,
Make cartoons (with PowerPoint at least),
Learn the basis of another language, preferably Japanese,
Do a lot of the 100 things to do before I die list,
Learn driving theory and how to drive better,
Have a look over the subjects I’m doing next year,
Learn a lot of philosophy, write my own essay (posting it on here) entailing my own philosophical views.

That’s all off the top of my head anyway (floating above irrelevant facts from the just-completed exams). I can’t wait for A-level, except the fact that they aren’t pub quiz questions and matter a lot, ah well.

By the way, Terminator 4, watching it on Monday after valete. I will give a review (and post it here obviously), and it will probably be negative due to 3 which just ripped the perfection 1 and more so 2 built up (it also appears very commercial, and the lack of now 61-year-old Schwarzenegger brings despair…).

Take this, again from CollegeHumor (but funny), not related to anything but just stop questioning and watch it. :)

Tabloids – we know them, we see them pretty much everyday. The younger more immature ones would do anything to see a certain page and there’s something for everyone, all laid out proportionally and an overall good read.

Absolutely fucking no. I’ve actually had it. Why? Here’s why:

One day you shall note that CollegeHumor is a good source to find funny videos without having to search far, and with my laziness I bring you POWERTHIRST (2)! KING OF THE JUICE! (Here’s the first one)

Well I had a week that knew not the concept of compassion, all in all I was still a bit unprepared but it could have been worse, here’s my current course lineup:
Maths = 100% done
English language = 100% done
English literature = 100% done
Biology = 100% done
Chemistry = 100% done
Physics = 75% done
Geography = 65% done
French = 75% done
Classics = 25% done
Philosophy = 100% done
Statistics = 100% done*
RE = 100% done*
*Completed last year

As mentioned, Twitter will give the gory details.