Trip to Niagara Falls

The past weekend, my family and I along with friends visited Niagara falls for a one night stay. We got a fun pass and went  to Clifton Hill, where we went to the Midway, the Haunted House, a Ferris Wheel, Ripley’s moving theater,  Ripley’s Believe it or not Museum, etc. We also went indoor sydiving, and rode a helicopter. We stayed at the Hilton Hotel. It was pretty fun.

Trip to the Hospital

Today, I had to go to the York Region central hospital, to have an MRI scan done on my left wrist, to check if it was cracked or not. Painfull stuff. Anyway, the MRI used a powerful magnet, so no metal could be taken into the scanning room, so I had to change my pants, because of the zipper. The pictures below. Honestly, look at me. I can make anything look good on me. I mean, look at me!

Niagara Falls Trip

Today, my Dad and I, along with a few friends, went to Niagara Falls, Ontario. They’re visiting from another country, and we wanted to show them one of the more memorable Canadian places. These waterfalls happen to be the biggest in the world. We live in Toronto, so it was a two hour drive there, and I spent most of it playing Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops. When we got there, we parked, had lunch, and spent a few hours admiring the falls.

Obama disses video games

Our beloved leader is on a bit of an anti-video game tear lately. In a Father’s Day message to all Americans, President Barack Obama categorized video games as a waste of kids’ time. In this Sunday’s Parade magazine, Obama wrote: We need to set limits and expectations. We need to replace that video game with a book and make sure that homework gets done. We need to say to our daughters, Howard Huge was unavailable for comment. That’s not the only Obama vs. video games news I have for you, though. In a speech to the American Medical Association, Obama got down to the nitty-gritty of preventative health care, saying it: “means going for a run or hitting the gym, and raising our children to step away from the video games and spend more time playing outside.” I’m totally in favor of kids both doing homework and playing outside (as long as I don’t have to participate in either), but I don’t think video games and good grade/health are mutually exclusive. Neither does EA Sports head Peter Moore. Moore, on EA’s website, threw down a challenge to the leader of the free world, posting: It may be time for the President and his family to put their Wii to good use and fire up the 30-Day Challenge with EA SPORTS Active. This is a “game” even the President may not want to “step away” from. And adding: Mr. President, here is my challenge to you: Try EA SPORTS Active and I guarantee you’ll need aides saying “Yes You Can!” to finish your first workout.

Read more:

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If our president gets into World of Warcraft, we can kiss the Country Good Bye

Our beloved leader is on a bit of an anti-video game tear lately. In a Father’s Day message to all Americans, President Barack Obama categorized video games as a waste of kids’ time. In this Sunday’s Parade magazine, Obama wrote: We need to set limits and expectations. We need to replace that video game with a book and make sure that homework gets done. We need to say to our daughters, Howard Huge was unavailable for comment. That’s not the only Obama vs. video games news I have for you, though. In a speech to the American Medical Association, Obama got down to the nitty-gritty of preventative health care, saying it: “means going for a run or hitting the gym, and raising our children to step away from the video games and spend more time playing outside.” I’m totally in favor of kids both doing homework and playing outside (as long as I don’t have to participate in either), but I don’t think video games and good grade/health are mutually exclusive. Neither does EA Sports head Peter Moore. Moore, on EA’s website, threw down a challenge to the leader of the free world, posting: It may be time for the President and his family to put their Wii to good use and fire up the 30-Day Challenge with EA SPORTS Active. This is a “game” even the President may not want to “step away” from. And adding: Mr. President, here is my challenge to you: Try EA SPORTS Active and I guarantee you’ll need aides saying “Yes You Can!” to finish your first workout.

Read more:

 http://g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/696745/TheFeed.html?utm_source=g4tv&utm_medium=twitterblog&utm_campaign=twitterblog_thefeed&intcid=twitterblog_thefeed#ixzz0K7zHP8uJ&C

Metal Gear Solid No Longer a PlayStation Exclusive!

              I don’t think you can find a single person who has not heard of the award-winning, record-breaking, and utterly amazing Metal Gear Solid series. It has recieved universal acclaim from critics, game editors, and gaming sites alike. The gameplay sucked you in, the sound effects made your mouth drop open, the characters and the story attatched you to the game, and when you finished the game, you wished you hadn’t. The game has always been a great source of income for the PS3, and even gave some gamers a reason to buy the PS3. Well, those days are over now. Konami recently announced a new Metal Gear Solid game at E3: Metal Gear Solid Rising. However, they announced something even more shocking than that. Konami shocked the crowd when the company announced that Metal Gear Solid Rising would be released for the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 gaming consoles! There is no doubt that Sony will take a huge hit from this, as the series had always been one of the greatest things about the PlayStation.

I just got a new cell phone!

On Saturday, my dad got me a new cellphone, a sony erricson c905, because of my amazing report card term 3.  The cellphone rocks! It has an 8 megapixel camera, and a ton of other cool features.  It’s like my old cell phone, a sony ericsson k750,  just an updated version, and it has a gravity sensor, so when I’m playing games like Need for Speed, I can steer the car I’m driving by steering the phone itself, like a steering wheel. It’s a slide phone too, and looks cool.

 

Halloween 2008

As we all know, yesterday was October 31, otherwise known as Halloween.  This year, I was going to be a nerd/geek, but I ended up being the Joker. We went Trick-or-Treating for about an hour, before going to dinner at a restaurant. I got  a good deal of candy, but it was less than last years amount, which was depressing. I went with my family, and I thoroughly enjoyed scaring my sister. Most of the time we were racing from house to house, trying to get there before the other one, and then we competed to see who would get the most candy. What was unique about this Halloween is that even my parents dressed up, which was a change. Can’t wait till next year!

Below are some pictures of the event:

That’s my dad, wearing his costume.

A picture of my sister, dressed up as a witch.

Again, my dad.

From left to right: Me, my dad, and my sister.

My mom and dad.

Wonderland Again!

Yesterday, I once again went to Canada’s Wonderland with my dad and friends. This time, though, my main goal was to go on the Behemoth, which I did. I also went on Flight Deck, Jet Scream, and The Mighty Canadian Mine Buster. We also had our Caricatures drawn and got air brush tatoos. We went from 10:30 a.m. to around 2:30 p.m. I have to say that the Behemoth was the best part of the trip. It was fast, big, long, and fun. It was an enjoyable day. Can’t wait to go back!

Swimming

On Sunday, August 17, 2008, I went swimming for the first time in almost two years with friends. There was a water slide, which I went on a few times, and other enjoyable stuff. The session started at 3:30, and ended at 5:00. It was fun.