A tale of seven cousins

I think of a tale of seven cousins. Once upon a time, two were chastized over their plans to move away from the suburbs of Burnaby near the big-city trams of Vancouver, to the boonies of somewhere called 'Kelowna.' Why would their relatives have moved out here from Toronto, if they were only going to move to some podunk town.

They had five children. These children had one, two, no, two and two children for a total of seven (pleasantly below the replacement level of 8.4). I am number two (McGregor is number six).

After the last of the middle generation wed, the question was, "what will be the next wedding?" This was short-circuited by a marriage on the same generation, but one relation over. The question has not come up since. But who will? (I'd put money on number three.) Will the eldest go to Montreal to stay? Will anyone cut highschool, much to the chagrin of the rest? Who will be gay? A geek? (one, two, and five are sure bets). What will three do with her life? (Three seems to be the most clear in what she's doing). How will seven fare in high school? Who will be allergic to what? How will the deaths affect them: will they stick together, or will a cut one level up, sever the ties? Will there be fighting, or will they work it out or cover it up and will they phone each other every week?

Kids are awesome, no matter how old they are.

I live in the future. How could you live anyweher else?

Out-of-context quate of the week

"Let's see if we can do the violence without falling down in socks."
- Beth Brown

Ethnic fever

In the Rhino Party's latest desperate bid to capture the ethnic vote, we have decided to stop just talking louder to people who can't seem to speak Engilsh for some reason, and instead find people who speak these "other languages." If you would be able or know someone who would be able to help us reach the Roman, Klingon, Elvish and/or Esperantan communities, please leave a note.

Harry Potter IV: The Voyage Home

Harry potter IV: Harry Potter Forever, is a public art performance that uses the innovative techique of projecting light through a strip of moving plastic, to "project" colouful illusions onto a large white canvas. This is accompanied by sonic illusions created through the magic of electrico-magnets.

The plot of HP4: The Quest for Peace sees Harry returning to the ring to battle Ivan Drago, a soviet boxer who killed his mentor or something along these lines. He is accompanied by two rival wizards from foreign schools: one with good manners but terrible fashion sense, another with the best clothing I have ever seen.

Harry Potter: Vice City contains all the makings of a good movie: actors, a set, props and seats to sit in while you watch in. Many moments in HP, such as Harry's battle with the dragon, were exteremely humourous, although some say they were intended to be action-packed. Parts of the movie were pretty. Alan Rickman was good. The interrogation scene was more than capable. Daniel Radcliffe was a capable supporting actor, buoying up the lead of Computer Graphics.

Chris Columbus has made one serious oversight in this film. Hard-core Potter fans will see anything, no matter hom bad, and will complain about anything, no matter how good. Newell is one in a string of directors employed in homage of Rowling's innotative writing technique of contracting out each book to a different ghost writer, which is especially bold as it involved a change of director/writer after Harry Potter III: Harry Potter Revolutions, which was recognized by many critics as being "good." Paul Verhoeven is expected to be the one to blame for part 5 (I am defensively proud to say that I have not read "Harry Potter: Assignment Miami Beach" but would like you not to inquire as to how I can relay the contents in detail).

I heartily reccomend recognizing the fact that it is, without a doubt, a movie that you can watch.