"smarter" than the average bear

Guys I couldn't make this up if I tried.

Yogi Berra was apparently one of America's favourite baseball players who, in my opinion, got hit one too many time in the head with the ball or the bat. At the end of this you can feel free to suggest which one.
Here are a few of his quotes...enjoy

1.It ain't over till it's over.
2.This is like deja vu all over again.
3.You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I'm not hungry enough to eat six.
4.When you come to a fork in the road, take it.
5.The future ain't what it used to be.
6.A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore.
7.It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future.
8.I knew I was going to take the wrong train, so I left early.
9.Baseball is ninety percent mental. The other half is physical.
10.Nobody goes there anymore because it's too crowded.
11.I don't know (if they were men or women fans running naked across the field). They had bags
over their heads.
12.You've got to be very careful if you don't know where you are going because you might not
get there.
13.I don't want to make the wrong mistake.
14.If people don't want to come out to the ballpark, how are you going to stop them?
15.In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.
16.Interviewer - "Why, you're a fatalist !"
Yogi Berra - "You mean I save postage stamps? Not me."
17.Little League baseball is a very good thing because it keeps the parents off the streets.
18.Mrs. Lindsay - "You certainly look cool."
Yogi Berra - "Thanks, you don't look so hot yourself."
19.I'm not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia. Let them walk to school like I did.
20."That ain't the way to spell my name."--After he got a check that read 'Pay to bearer'.
21.How can you hit and think at the same time?
22.You can observe a lot just by watchin'
23.Always go to other people's funerals; otherwise, they won't go to yours.
24.Never answer an anonymous letter.
25.We made too many wrong mistakes.
26.When asked what time it is: "Do you mean now?"
27.For a spring training drill, Yogi instructed his players to: "Pair off in threes."
28.Reporter: "What would you do if you found a million dollars?"
Yogi: "If the guy was poor, I'd give it back."
29.I usually take a two hour nap from one to four.
30.You give 100% in the first half of the game, and if that isn't enough, in the second half you
give what's left.
31.I never said most of the things I said.

Hope y'all had fun

quote

"You should always go to other people's funerals or they won't go to yours"
-Yogi Berra

In a galaxy far, far away...

Well my morning started as early as I could allow it...6am, ridiculous hour to be up, but I remembered the mad crowd that was there the last time Palace dicided to pull this stunt with Matrix,and off to Sovereign I went.
From the road I could see a small crowd of people gathering by the shutter near the C and W shackand I decided to go around to the other side.As luck would have it this side was empty and surprise, surprise, the shutters were up.Hurridly walking under before anyone else discovered this little secret, I was stopped half way to the stairs (darn it) by a security guard who kindly asked me to wait on the other side.
On the other side the crowd stood up against the shutter as if they were in a concentration camp and they could smell freedom on the other side. Some took to grinding there feet in the ground like they were bulls about to charge. Thankfully this stopped after an hour and they realised the shutter was not going to spontaneously shoot up without warning and their only chance of getting to see the movie was if they trampled everyone in their way. At one point the cleaning crew came thru the shutter and the sound of the shutter moving up apparently invoked some animalistic insticts in people who tried to scrape under. Go figure. You'ld swear this movie contained the secrets of immortality, but only for the first 25 patrons (all they got was a free ticket each).
Moving on...
with a text book to keep me company (yeah, right) and texts from PJ and Hayden, I sat by the side until Hayden came and he pointed out Rohan, and the three of us sat together.
The guard came over to the shutter, looking quite terrified and started trying to reason with some of the guys pressed up against the metal. By the way, no...it was not crebs acting like this. After realising the gate HAD to go up at 8am for business to start, he pulled on the chain, the shutters came up, and they were off!With a mad dash down the passage and up the stairs the crowd went. Not as many people fell as you'ld expect. I personally expected to see more damage; after all, I got out of my bed at 6am, I deserved some form of amusement.
Gingerly I squeezed between the crowd, until I had reached the middle of the line and kindly informed the person who just reached in behind me that I was holding aspace for 3 other persons...it's good to be a girl.
So finally we reach inside and (skip advertisements and previews...Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Monster in law, and Madagascar look good) the movie starts.
15 minutes in I realise that I'm sitting beside "that guy". You all know him...the guy who has to laugh at all the one liners, and makes the swooshing sound when the light sabers are in motion. Yeah, now you remember, "that guy".
Well I'm not going to spoil the movie by telling y'all how it went (call me when you've watched it), but I will say that Mr. Lucas didn't do too badly with a movie that everyone (who has every the original Star Wars and Episode 2) already knows the plot. And although the trailers may feel like they give too much of the movie away, there is still much more than meets the eye.
Watch the movie, you should...good or bad, it's purpose it served.

Thursday 8:30am

Hello good and gentle people,
My exams start on wednesday and I am anticipating the need to relax and unwind after the stress. So one one of my free days between exams (namely, Thursday morning at 8:30) I will be joining the line to be one of the firsts to witness the completion of George Lucas' Star Wars legacy.
If you're free at that time and actually willing to part from your bed then I guess I'll see you there for your free popcorn.

Hayden's list

Hayden I tried my darndest to ignore the addition of "Van Helsing" to your list, and even "Demolition man" (I'll put that down as you have something for Wesley Snipes)
but to have not included "Godfather" is the insults of all insults.
Yes, I acknowledge that the book was better than the movie (And with the exception of LOTR, minus ROTK how many movies surpass the book), but it still deserves respect and a place near the top of your list for being the masterpiece it is in it's own right.
How many one-liners have been spawned from this one movie (note, I have not mentioned 2&3)? I'm sure that some of y'all don't even know where you get some of your phrases until you rewatch the movie.
If you haven't watched it, watch it
If you have, watch it again.

Questions

I'm curious, is it really better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all? Did the first person to coin this phrase ever have a broken heart? Doesn't it contradict "ignorance is bliss"? or did it come before, and therefore "ignorance is bliss" serves as more of a rebuttal?
Perhaps each is to serve certain circumstances...for example, the premature death of a loved one, as opposed to someone cheating on you.
I understand that you have to experience certain things in life in order to grow as a person but who would you consider better off, the still happy old couple celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary or the brokenhearted romantic about to file for her 3rd divorce?

Must-see big screen - part I

Well kids, it's that time of the year again when summer rolls in and the movies roll out.
There are several interesting selections on display this season, but please note that interesting does not equate to good.
Although there are quite a few movies that I would like to watch, with the increase in movie prices my wallet dictates that I am only allowed "must-sees", and even their numbers are limited.
It is here that I would like your input, to cut down my list to about 5.
Now let's begin...
First up we have "crash" which Jason C is apparently standing behind 100%. It may be considered for my action choice, but then where does that leave "Unleached"? and that movie definately looks like it kicks ass...I'm not sure about storyline, but when Jet Li moves on a screen you're allowed to be dazzled by his motions and not care much about storyline.
I'm definately considering "The Interpreter" for suspense. I've grown to appreciate Sean Penn as an actor since "Mystic River" which, by the way, I recommend.
As much as it grieves me to say because I had an imaginary love affair with Legolas Greenleaf for sooo long and pictured myself as Elizabeth to his Will Turner, I cannot bear to watch Orlando Bloom guard one more great wall. So to "Kingdom of Heaven" I say no, and I ask him to please please please consider doing a non-epic.
"Madagascar" is definately in the lead for animated movie that I want to see (if only because there doesn't seem to be anything else and it looks really cute).
I think I'll be skipping the old shows turn movie genre...so no to "Bewitched" though it looks like Nicole Kidman got that twitch down; and no to Jessica Simpson's Daisy Duke in "Dukes of Hazard"
I'm not so sure about "monster-in-law" but "Kung-fu hustle" is a definate must...Hayden don't forget to link me.
"Batman Begins" looks like they could have finally captured the darkness that is the vigilante nature of Bruce Wayne's alter-ego...Christian Bale is so cool by the way with diversity ranging from "Swing Kids" to "Little Women" to "American Psycho" to "Equilibrium". I look forward to seeing him as Batman vs Ken Watanabe's Ghul.
I'll also be skipping the slew of horrors...which by the way seems to be a trend for 2005,
why???
Ofcourse it's understood that I'll be watching "Episode III", not only for continuity but because I get to see Chewy again (Yes K, my reasons for going to watch movies can be rather skewd).

There are several that I'm not mentioning now, but they'll come in later posts (when things to blog about become waning)
If there are any movies that you recommend that I haven't mentioned, or if there's any movie that I've dismissed that you think I should reconsider then please respond. All opinions are welcomed.

Wear sunscreen!

Here's to a song of sorts that always manages to cheer me up no matter what mood I'm in, and always seems to have some practical advice which I can take and apply to my life at any given moment. Sorry it's a bit long, but those who know it know it's worth it.
I hope it finds y'all in good spirits...

"Wear sunscreen.
If I could offer you one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it.
The long-term benefit of sunscreen has been proven by scientists, whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meadering experience.
I will dispence this advice now.

Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth. Oh never mind. you'll never understand the power and beauty of your youth until they have faded. But trust me, in 20 years you'll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can't grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked. You are not as fat as you imagine.

Don't worry about the future. Or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubble gum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind, the kind that blindside you at 4p.m on some idle Tuesday.

Do one thing everyday that scares you.

Sing.

Don't be reckless with other people's hearts. Don't put up with people who are reckless with yours.

Floss.

Don't waste your time on jealousy. Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind. The race is long and,in the end, it's only with yourself.

Remember compliments you receive, forget the insults. If you succeed in doing this, tell me how.

Keep your old love letters. Throw away your old bank statements.

Stretch.

Don't feel guilty if you don't know what you want to do with your life. The most interesting people I know didn't know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives. Some of the most interesting 40-year-ols I know still don't.

Get plenty of Calcium. Be kind to your knees, you'll miss them when they're gone.

Maybe you'll marry, maybe you won't. Maybe you'll have children, maybe you won't.
Maybe you'll be divorced at 40. Maybe you'll dance the funky chicken at your 75th wedding anniversary.
Whatever you do, don't congratulate your self too much, or berate yourself either. Your choices are half-chance, so are everybody else's.

Enjoy your body. Use it every way you can. Don't be afraid of it or what other people think of it. It's the greatest instrument you'll ever own.

Dance, even if you have nowhere to do it but your living room.

Read the directions, even if you don't follow them.

Do not read beauty magazines. They will only make you feel ugly.

Get to know your parents. You never know when they'll be gone for good. Be nice to your siblings. They're your best link to your past, and the people most likely to stick with you in the future.

Understand that friends come and go, but with a precious few you should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle, because the older you get, the more you need the people who knew you when you were young.

Liive in New York once but leave before it makes you hard.
Live in Northern California once but leave before it makes you soft. Travel.

Accept certain inalienable truths: Prices will rise; politicians will philander. You too will get old. And when you do you'll fantasize that when you were young prices were reasonable, poiticians were noble and children respected their elders.

Respect your elders.

Don't expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you'll have a trust fund. Maybe you'll have a wealthy spouse. You never know when either one might run out.

Don't mess to much with your hair, or by the time you're 40 it will look 85.

Be careful of whose advice you buy, but be patient with those who supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it's worth.

But trust me on the sunscreen."

The edited version

I am a student of life, and as is typical of any student, some lessons I learn and some fly completely over my head.It is said that nothing beats experience as a teacher, but noone has blessed/cursed with adequate days to learn all the lessons that life has to teach.With this in mind I opt to learn as much as I can from the mistakes and experience of others as well as my own.Hence why I've come to be so intrigued by this blogging phenomenon which seems to be taking over pan and my friends... mind you, it could also just be my overriding need to procrastinate.

I developed interest in one particular blog, even before I read it because indivuals around me were talking about it. D, I found your post interesing, and funny no end but I'm sorry that you seem to have so much to relate to this stereotypical "nice guy" on which you based your syndrome.
The truth is guys, you can make up as many lists as you want to to deal with this "syndrome" but if at the end of the day you're still pretending to be something you're not, you're right back at square one.
"To thine own self be true"...and really, what would you have to lose. Worse case scenario, the girl that you're interested in doesn't like the real you...then she ain't the right one for you. Atleast when you're yourself you both know what you're getting into and you can both save yourselves the awkwardness before someone gets hurt in the end (cause no matter how great an actor you are, noone can keep up the pretense forever).

And guess whatelse guys, males aren't the only ones who suffer from this "nice guy syndrome", though y'all seem to suffer from it much longer than we do.In my honest opinion, females just learn from a younger age that life ain't all flowers and candy, and we either have to learn to duck and weave or throw some punches of our own.
Yes, we all have a bitchy streak in us...that would be our punches being thrown.If you all think that society and the media reflects man badly, then what about females. According to society and the media's standards we're all supposed to be either 6ft tall, a size 2 and be able to cook, clean, and make and take care of babies, or 5ft tall, a size 0, feeble, needing a big strong man to protect us, and able to cook, clean and make and take care of babies.
I'm not going to turn this into a male vs. female debate, because in the end neither party wins... but what I want y'all to realise is the seaweed is always greener in somebody else's lake, and no list in cosmo, allure, GQ, or someone's blog can make it better.
If atleast at the end of the day you can say "I was myself", or "I did not comprimise myself or my principles in anyway" or "I was not a pushover for anyone" then you would have that victory to feel proud and happy of.
P.S. I think whoever the maternal figure was in your life that instilled that tiny voice in your head had good reason for doing so, so mute the voice on occasion, don't try to get rid of it.
(The above post is based on my personal experienced, though limited, and those of close and dear friends who too have been hurt by facades and lies. No animals were hurt in the production of this blog.)
Live long and prosper all.

Blogging

After a bit of reading over the past few days, I've come to realise what blogging is, or atleast from what I've read.
Although a few individuals use it to keep friends and family in touch with what they're doing while a far distant from home,blogging appears to be a medium for persons to be or have their own personal Carrie Bradshaw.
Mind you, (no insult to Sex and the city) some of these messages I've been reading seems far more interesting that anything I've watched on HBO (OK, maybe a little insultive to S&C...but it was they're own fault for those last 2 seasons), and more diverse.
It also seems provides fair ground for a battle which will rage on way past the end of the world as we know it (did anyone else really like that song?!)
I think for now I'll just be using it to voice a few observations, maybe some theories, and who knows whatelse may come my way that I may need to vent about or broadcast.

Premier

Hi all,
Ain't really got much to say,
Kept hearing all this talk about blogs, blogging, blogger etc and got curious.
I'll be honest, at first it sounded to me like something that hurt or British cussing,
Then a bashment bass shone light on my darkness and now I'm just curious.
Hope all is well with y'all