King  Gary 

I just saw ‘Alien‘ for the first time. Fun stuff, but I guess knowing a lot of the famous scenes in it ruined it a bit. But still, it’s interesting to see how well the special effects for this horror/action movie is, when it was made back in 1979 (about same time as Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back.) I have the DVDs for the entire quadrilogy (a word coined by the Alien series; the proper term is actually ‘tetralogy’), and so I’ll probably watch at least Aliens, since I heard it was good, but the last two weren’t nearly as good.

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I returned home from high school for the very last time, just a few minutes ago. Exams and school are finally over now! I have 74 days of freedom, until university orientation day. At least 10 of these days will be spent in a country other than Canada. Hopefully I’ll be able to visit every European country before I graduate from university!

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It’s funny. I like listening to pretty much songs from any genre (alternative, rock, rap, blues, jazz, country, punk, etc.) One of my favorite bands is Coldplay, though. A lot of the artists in my music library only have one song in there, but not Coldplay, for sure. I have at least 15 of their songs that I listen to regularly, so I know they’re consistent and that I really like their style (which I know many others do, too.)

But, if you were to ask me what my favorite song is, I would have to say it’s “Such Great Heights” by The Postal Service (at least, for now.) This is probably because of how differently the song sounds from my other songs, though, or maybe it even stems from the fact that its music video is very similar to an advertisement of one of my favorite companies, Apple.

If you asked me what my favorite artist/band was, though, it probably would then be Coldplay. I heard that their next album was going to be vastly different from their previous three albums, though, in that it would have a much more darker feel to it. I remember Chris Martin mentioning that there would be no pianos in the tracks; I’m not too sure how that will turn out to be, but I’m hoping they’ll be just as addictive as their latest offerings.

Anyways, some interesting tidbits that I’d thought I’d like to share.

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I just watched Dirty Harry. It’s okay, but I was really looking forward to the scene where he says “Do you feel lucky, punk?” and then I find out that this scene is in one of the sequels. I never even knew it had sequels, because the sequels don’t include the phrase ‘Dirty Harry’ in the title. Anyways, it was an entertaining movie, but not as good as I expected.

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As NHL proudly proclaims, “The Cup goes to Carolina!”. Bummer for us Canucks - the last time a Canadian team won the Stanley Cup was back in 1993, by the Montreal Canadiens.

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This is a video of my dog. And he sings.

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It’s my dog, ’singing’ while I play the violin. He only knows when to sing at the right times!

Some say it’s because it’s hurting his ears, but he runs to the violin when I’m playing, and scratches the door when it’s closed (even if he was in the basement or somewhere nice.) I’m guessing he would rather run away from the sound if it hurt him, instead of plop himself in front of the violin and start singing like that. Also, he sings on low notes but with a fast tempo, too.

I first played this song when I was about 6, so it ISN’T a display of my full potential on the violin…

Also, don’t forget to visit my blog at www.kinggary.com !

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This is a video of some of the guys dancing at the BBQ after-party. The song is “Sugarhill Gang - Apache”.

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Does anyone want to go to Edgefest? It’s on July 1. There are a couple of us going, but if anyone else wants to come along, then let me know.

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