Sunday, December 31, 2006

And Good Riddance...

Nope, I'm not done with this yet. So much to your dismay, or disappointment (or whatever strange feelings inside you may get), the only time I'll stop is when I'm on the lam. And I'm not... yet. Or at least I don't know if I am... am I?

Anyways, today is that day. The last of the last. Number 365. Day 365. And for 2006, good riddance, what a pretty pathetic year, if at most, tepid, or I'd like to define as 'meh'. Unfortunately that's all we can agree to, now if we could get some solution for world peace. But it's a start.

Now, rather than write out some convulted and horribly incoherent list, I have decided to simply point you in the direction of this Wikipedia article to tell how horrible 2006 was. And to start, it's just world events. Think about it. To quote the following, is the month of January. Read it, fall into a fetal position (thumb sucking optional), then soldier on to the next month. Repeat until December. Or scoff at Wikipedia. Some of you may. Go ahead.

January, a bad start to a bad year:

January

January 1 - Russia cuts natural gas to Ukraine over a price dispute.
January 2 - The Bad Reichenhall ice rink roof in Germany collapses after heavy snowfall in the Bavarian Alps, killing 15.
January 3 - Twelve deceased coal miners and 1 survivor are discovered in the Sago Mine Disaster near Buckhannon, West Virginia in the United States.
January 4 - Powers are transferred from Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to his deputy, Vice Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, after Sharon suffers a massive hemorrhagic stroke.
January 5 - A hotel in Mecca, Saudi Arabia collapses, killing 76 pilgrims visiting to perform hajj.
January 6 - The record-breaking 2005 Atlantic hurricane season officially draws to a close as Tropical Storm Zeta dissipates.
January 7 - Embroiled in multiple scandals, former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay announces he will not seek to reassume his former post.
January 7 - U.K. Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy resigns after revelations that he has a drinking problem.
January 8 - A powerful, magnitude 6.9 earthquake epicentered off the coast of the Greek island of Kythera shakes much of Greece and is felt throughout the eastern Mediterranean basin. Only a few minor injuries and no significant damage are reported.
January 9 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 11,000 for the first time since June 7, 2001, closing at 11,011.90.
January 11 - The Augustine Volcano in Alaska erupts twice, marking its first major eruption since 1986.
January 12 - A stampede during the Stoning of the devil ritual on the last day at the Hajj in Mina, Saudi Arabia, kills 362 pilgrims.
January 14 - A natural gas explosion in a coal mine kills 8 in Romania.
January 15 - NASA's Stardust mission successfully ends, the first to return dust from a comet.
January 22 - Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers scores 81 points in a regulation NBA game, second only to Wilt Chamberlain who scored 100 points on December 8, 1961.
January 23 - Stephen Harper wins the federal election in Canada, forming a minority government.
January 25 - Hamas wins the majority of seats in the Palestinian Legislative Council elections.
January 25 - Deus Caritas Est, the first encyclical of Pope Benedict XVI, is promulgated.
January 27 - Celebrations are held in Salzburg and around the world for the 250th anniversary of the birth of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
January 28 - A trade hall roof collapses in Katowice, Poland, killing 65 people.
January 31 - Samuel Alito is sworn in as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.



Pretty crappy for the most part already, eh?


If you disagree, that's what the Comments are for. Or send me threatening email. That always works. Fan mail would be a first for me, be it hate mail or not. So go ahead, write! It doesn't have to be as clever as what I type (or it could be better, dazzle me, please), but as long as it looks like English, I just might as well read it.


But onto my 2006.

2006 for me meant I finished high school. The second semester wasn't all that bad, but I could've done better. My summer could've been better, as I'm still stuck on whether or not that we didn't go on a family vacation this summer was good or bad. Well summer ended, as they all do. And to everyone's surprise, the Spring of 2006, the University of Toronto admitted me. (Well, more like late May infact). Laugh it up all you want. I find it hilarious myself, when my parents kept lecturing me on how hard university would be to enter, ad infinitum. Well, maybe I applied to general arts. Maybe that's why. But I'll have to say physical chemistry really nailed my ass, along with the rest of this semester's students in CHM139H1. I didn't get much done from September to December 31st. 3 papers, alot of late nights up either doing work or not doing work and waking up Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays before the sun comes up to get downtown (and it will continue this semster).

Long complaint short: I hate Tuesdays, where I have essentially 10/12 hours of classes (U of T is open from 9AM to 9PM). Sounds like fun, right? Maybe in some sick, sadistic sort of way.

About my general laziness: I hate writing labs. I hate writing labs for a Tuesday because simply, I work myself to death on Tuesdays. And to you who think arts courses (e.g. English, history, etc) are bird courses or something, you have been lied to. And, oh how those labs infuriate me. (repetition is always good to get a point across, something I learned in history). Now's a good time to stop complaining.

Luckily, something good of this year can be salvaged in my advantage. TIME named me one of the People of the Year. I'm not kidding. Okay, so you're probably one too, but I'm more important because I'm doing this... unless you're doing this too. (i.e. blogging)

Here's hoping I get more done in 2007, such as being more diligent with my work, and getting it done early. Well, probably not. New Year's resolutions? Maybe to write real New Year's resolutions for 2008. Or 2009.

Happy 2007. In about 8 hours and 15 minutes. At least for the Eastern Time Zone...ers.

p.s. I turn 19 on the 5th, January. If that really matters at all. Or if anyone reads this at all.

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