Rob and Amber Get Married

I started watching this show and realized that I haven't even watched my own wedding on tape yet. Why the hell would I watch someone elses?!?!?!

End of review.

The Contender Title Fight

If I hear Stallone say "rematch" one more time I think I'll puke. It wasn't even that great of a fight. He must have said it about 30 times and he started talking rematch before the fight even started! It was basically two guys hugging each other for 7 rounds.

Mora was bleeding like a pig at the end but he deserved the win, no question. If he wasn't such a pompous prick I might have enjoyed the fight, but I think most people were hoping that Manfredo would win. Maybe he's just one of those guys that people love to hate.

Let's face it. Mora was the better fighter and the only person not to lose during the series. Manfredo was lucky to get voted back in.

Personally, I think the fight for bronze was much better to watch. I love watching Jessie fight because he makes you feel like the next punch will be for the KO. The other fighers lacked that.

Another thing... how can you expect guys to heal enough to fight that often and compete? I'm no expert, but if a guy gets cut in a fight, he probably needs a few weeks to recoup or it will just open up the first time the other guy lands a decent punch.

I'm not interested in a Mora vs Manfredo Jr - II. Mora vs Alfonso doesn't interest me either. I don't think Alfonso can beat Mora, but at least he's a likeable guy. What I'd really like to see is if any of these guys really are contenders. Let Mora fight for the real title! Then we'll see if he's really worth the million bucks.

It was also weird to see fights actually scored properly. I kept waiting for the shocking results but then realized that Don King wasn't involved in the show.

All in all it was a great season and I'd watch it again. I give season 1 an 8 on 10.

Liberals Survive Confidence Vote

How lame are we as Canadians right about now? Our minority government (that was recently exposed for bilking millions of dollars through the Adscam scandal) has managed to once again pull itself out of the fire. The Liberals were faced with two non-confidence votes tonight and they won both, with the speaker of the house voting as the tie breaker (he's a Liberal).

And why? Because we don't want to have to vote during our summer vacation? There's no alternative party to vote for? Not only did our prime minister strike a deal with the NDP which ended up costing taxpayers 4 billion dollars that wouldn't have been in the budget otherwise, but he stole one of the opposition MPs and offered her a cabinet seat to make sure he had enough votes.

I can't wait to find out what deals he made with the independent MPs. We'll see if any of them all of a sudden join the Liberals and get cabinet positions. Or maybe they'll just get some nice federal funding in their ridings. What a joke.

Suppose they didn't snag Stronach like they did.... they would have lost the vote and we'd be heading to the polls in 40 days. Recent surveys were showing the the Conservatives had already lost most of the support they had a few weeks ago, so the Liberals would have most likely ended forming a minority government once again.

I pissed my vote away on the NDP last election, only because I knew I wasn't going to vote Liberal, but I don't trust the Conservatives either. The 2 main reasons I won't vote Conservatives are:
1. I want our healthcare to improve (and not by privatization!)
2. Their position on gays getting married. To me this is a religion issue, not a political one.

And as far as Stronach goes... I think Harper let her go so she can be to the Liberals, what Kim Campbell was to the Conservatives. I've lost complete respect for Martin... he's just a political whore in my mind. And McKay... shutup about your broken heart already you sissy! You probably would have ended up being divorce number 3 anyway!

I don't understand how an MP can just switch parties if they want. Shouldn't that decision be made by the constituents that elect them? There are tons of people who vote for a party, not the individual. Many people vote for the party that most reflects their values, and to just switch from one party to another is a complete change in those values in some cases.

Alright... I'm done bitching for now.

The Amazing Race 7

Even though it's been known for weeks who won (apparently Vegas odds for Uchenna & Joyce were heavily in favor of them right off the bat) , I was still dissapointed to see them win the race. Especially considering that Rob and Amber were the only team of the remaining 3 that didn't get one of those bullshit "non-elimination" free passes.

What's up with that?!?

To me, if you lose a leg of the race you should be sent packing. You suck!
What differentiates Uchenna & Joyce from all of the other teams that were eliminated? They all finished last in a leg of the race. They just had a non-elimination a couple of weeks ago when Ron and Kelly finished last. I was pissed when they weren't sent home and I'm pissed that Uchenna & Joyce weren't sent packing too. If you want to make the game longer, just add a couple of teams!

And why is it a security risk to get Rob and Amber on one flight but they re-dock the plane later on for Uchenna & Joyce? Considering that every team was against them from the start I still think Rob and Amber should have won.

At least in the Amazing Race the best teams have a shot at winning, unlike Survivor where the strong get voted off and the weakest players duke it out to see who the others hate the least.

As if Bruckheimer would let the winner of Survivor take home the top prize on his show too. I'm a sucker for thinking he might.

Head to Head: Zip.ca vs VHQOnline.ca

Here's a comparison of Zip.ca and VHQOnline.ca for the month of April. I live in Ottawa and my friend and I each have a membership with one of the above online DVD rental companies.
I'm with VHQ and my buddy is with Zip.

For the month of April, 2005, the zip account received 20 DVDs.
During the same period, my VHQ account received a dismal 11 DVDs.

A few things to keep in mind.
1. We both tend to "watch" our DVDs and mail them back the very next day from the same postal outlet.
2. I lied once and told them that I had sent my DVDs back more than 4 days before to accelerate them sending me my next 4 DVDs. They emailed me on a Tuesday saying that my next shipment was sent, and I didn't receive them until the Friday. Pathetic!
3. VHQ ships from Toronto and Zip ships from Ottawa, so there's a definite advantage for Zip.
4. One thing to note is that when you put a new movie at the top of your list with your VHQ account, it usually gets shipped right away, where you can have 2 new movies on your Zip ASAP list and they won't get sent for several shipments.

So... my conclusion is that if you don't care so much about quantity and you care more about receiving the latest releases, your best bet would be to go with VHQ. You should be able to get 10 to 12 movies a month with VHQ and they'll most likely send the ones at the top of your list. You'll get closer to 20 DVDs with Zip, but you might not get the ones you put on your ASAP list.

One other note... I'm pretty sure VHQ purposely waits a day or two to say they received your DVDs before shipping your next DVDs and I think they also only ship the new ones the day after they email you that they've been sent. There's no way it takes 8 business days to send and receive something between Ottawa and Toronto.