Source Code

On Tuesday, May 31, 2011, I went to see the movie Source Code featuring Jake Gyllenhaal and Vera Farmiga.

This movie is about Jake Gyllenhaal's character, Captain Colter Stevens, is on a mission. He has been sent into a man's body in a train and he has eight minutes to figure out who the bomber is, because when those eight minutes are up, the train explodes.

So, this movie is about Captain Colter Stevens trying to complete his mission and find who was the criminal who planted the bomb and trying to stop round two of the attacks. Round one was just the train explosion. Inside sources have information that a round two was coming.

Of course, there's also a big thing that happens in the movie, and a simplified explanation of what a source code is, but I am not going to give away this piece of information. See the film if you want to know.

The Bang Bang Club

On Sunday, May 22, 2011, I went to see the film The Bang Bang Club. This movie stars Ryan Phillippe, but it stars some other stars as well.

This story is about a group of photographers who were active taking pictures about the violence in South Africa during 1990 to 1994. It is based on a true story and a book that was published by one of the four people in the group and it follows the lives of the four major photographers in this group.

This was an interesting story telling. Ryan Philippe still hasn't gotten the whole acting thing yet though.

I didn't really think that Megabus could get any worse, but...

I usually don't blog about something while I am in motion. So, if I do, it usually means I am pissed off at something, a lot...

I cannot wait until I am stationery to express my comments yet again to the Mega Bus Service getting worse.

Not only have we had incidents of Megabuses being in accidents with bridges or having the buses burst into flame and passengers losing their luggage, but they have now changed their stop in Kingston.

It used to be that in Kingston, you would get a break to get some food or stretch your legs. If you were really lucky, you could get a coffee at Tim Horton's.

However, the lovely people at Trentway-Wagar, who run the Megabus Service has decided to "shave time off of passengers' travels" by making the stop at Kingston drop-off/pick up only.

Right... Because as I am typing this, I am 30 minutes (minimum) behind schedule. The reason because they added stops (supposedly drop off and pick ups) at Cornwall and Brockville - which they were not. How does the math work out that you cut my coffee break and leg stretch break by 20 - 30 minutes and yet I am STILL 30 minutes behind schedule? I was 30 minutes behind schedule on the old schedule when they gave me my coffee break!

So, I don't have my leg stretching break. I am hungry. The food they offered at the back of the bus was all cold and crappy and expensive. My ticket prices did not go down. In my opinion, they should have since they have added stops along this route, which would mean extra income for the company. No, that is clearly not the case.

I used to really dislike Via Rail, but man... I didn't know that I could hate a company more than Via! I mean, Via screws things up a lot... But I had no idea that Trentway-Wagar would be a new low.

And not to mention, the Trentway-Wager customer service is crap too! I have yet to get an actual response back from any of the complaints I have made. Or even a response of sorts.

Trentway-Wager is like a pile of dung. From different animals, all layered in nice layers. And in the middle of it, there's a really really really rotten egg that smells of Sulphur... Oh wait, I think Trentway-Wager IS a pile of dung.

Textuality

On Tuesday, May 17, 2011, I went to see the movie Textuality. This is a romantic comedy based on a few characters and how they use Facebook and texting to display their romantic relationships and how they learn about love.

The movie centres around Breslin Kennedy and how he deals with an engagement which ended up with him being left at the altar. Through his dealings, he has relationships with others that get tangled into the lives of others.

It is actually very good and the music is great too.

Rio

On Tuesday, May 10, 2011, I went see the movie Rio. This is an animated feature about a male blue macaw being mated with a female blue macaw because they are the last two of their kind on Earth. However, things go awry and they are stolen by bird poachers, because the last two on Earth would fetch a really good price.

What ensues is a hilarious tale of escape, fighting, sticking up for each other and learning. What happens? You'll have to watch the movie to find out.

The music and dancing (animated) is pretty good. I didn't watch it in 3D, but apparently, it is available in 3D.

Wow, it starts already...

I stumbled across this article today.

Harper is going to form his government and then he's going to reintroduce that budget that he introduced earlier in the year, which was not going to be supported by the opposition parties last time around, because the opposition parties did not believe that it represented the needs of a majority of Canadians. He's already showing his lack of respect for Canadians by ramming the same budget through. I fear he is not going to debate it either.

But since stupid Ontarians voted him in, I guess he can just ignore the needs of many Canadians and ram the budget through. Amongst other things.

* Sigh *

A dark day in Canadian politics

On May 2, 2011, Stephen Harper and his Conservatives, which is actually Canadian Alliance or Reform in disguise, has been elected to a majority government. It's amazing how quickly people have forgotten about the merger and that this is really just a repainting of the Canadian Alliance.

For the past couple of years, we have had minority governments. Now... the people of Canada have handed Stephen Harper a majority government. Already, for the past couple of years, there has been a lot of shit that has happened when it was only a minority government. He's cut funding to women's groups, ethnic groups. One of his ministers modified a document for her benefit. He cost us a seat on the UN. He wanted to push for Sun TV, which is equivalent to Fox News North... Where Fox News won a lawsuit to basically lie to its viewers. He was the first PM to be found in contempt of parliament... And the list goes on! And this was just with a minority government... Where there were reins on him. Now that we have handed him his coveted majority, he's got no reins... He can ram through any legislature that he wants.

Usually when anyone is found in contempt of anything, they get fired from their job. What does the Canadian public than do? They re-elect him. What does this say about Canadians? How stupid does this make us look? (The ones that didn't vote Conservative)

How does it make us look internationally when there are people who are living bloodshed to try and get the ability to vote and we spit on our democracy by electing back someone in who's been found in contempt of parliament? For the first time in Canadian History?

I am very disappointed in the Canadian voters, especially the ones in Ontario who went Conservative blue instead of voting strategically. Thanks for screwing us, a lot. I fear that women's rights, ethnic rights, aboriginal rights, minority rights, education, health care and a whole bunch of other things will suffer because of the lack of people who refused or didn't care to vote strategically. Instead of riding the NDP wave and being open to change, these fucking Ontarians went with what was "safe". Mark my lips: No one is safe with Harper and his Conservatives. Unless you are white, heterosexual and male. Thanks for making the middle class even poorer and widening the gap between the rich and the poor. Well, I guess that's what those mega prisons are for... Even though research has shown that crime has been on the decline for the past couple of years, and these stupid Ontarians still voted for a platform and mega prisons.

It's going to be a very very dark four years in Canadian politics and history.

I suppose it is not all bad... Other things were positive. We have an NDP official opposition, but they don't have enough seats and all they could do is whine... And for the first time ever, we have Elizabeth May, the leader who has been elected MP in Saanich-Gulf Islands. The first time that the Green Party got a seat in parliament.

I hope with these forces, they can stop Harper and his right-wing extremism.