My training session have been intense and furious. It's as though the energy and concentration I put into the CMA program has now shifted back into the weight room. There is that need once again to grind against the cold hard iron. Once again I began doing calves which has given me the needed power in the squat through transfer of leverage throughout the whole leg.

Somehow since now all the academic work of the CMA has ended it seems that there is no sense of loss but one of real tangible accomplishment - more so in many ways that a degree. With the CMA it seems one become a part of some fraternity while with a degree you feel cut off from the institution once you leave.

I anticipated that I would feel a sense of loss as when I graduated back in '96, but not at all.

The Hulk seemed low budget - made in the dark to hide the lack of resources to finance more extensive graphics, but the story was deeper and more immersive.

Get Smart and Mongol seem promising as does Hancock which is a must see - of course for pure entertainment value.

Until next time.

June 15th

We got 8.5/10 on the CMA Board Report presentation.

We expected perhaps a 7/10 but if our actual mark is any indication of how the written report will be marked, then perhaps this will count as our finest effort.

Kaye always said that it will take time but in 10 years............the time has now come.

June 8th

By next Sat it will be all over. We handed in the Board Report last week. Nearly three years culminates in a simple hour consisting of 30 minutes of presenting 15 of min of questions and another 15 minutes of evaluation.

And then what?

Back in 1996 after graduating from U of T it took me a few months just to get used to the idea of not going back to school in the fall. Granted it was 9 years in between but going back 3 years in a row one can get used to looking forward to the the deadlines and commitments.

It seems that the small and simple things take on a greater meaning when squeezed into a time based deadline. The movie or dinner with a friend can seem that more significant when surrounded by an external goal - having an assignment or a report to complete.

Grand Theft Auto 4 has been a disappointment. It feels slow and laboured and just seems to lack that "I can get myself lost in this game doing nothing" feel the predecessors had. The driving feels laboured with traffic blocking ones path once you feel you have enough speed an inevitable crash brings to an end your long winded sprint. The incessant ringing of the phone is also a distraction esp when all you want to do is drive around on your own. San Andreas and Vice City still call.......