Do you believe that everything just happens by chance? Or do you think that some things are just destined to be? This was one of the thought-provoking questions brought up by the keynote speaker, Ms. J. Porter, on Tuesday morning during the grade ten girls' career day. Grade ten girls had a chance to ask questions and converse with women in various careers (ie: pilot, R.C.M.P., veterinarian, orthodontist, journalist, actress, pediatrician, and many others).
Porter, a chiropractor, made it clear that she honestly believes that everything happens for a reason, and that if you keep your eyes and mind open, you'll find your place in the future. Her advice to everyone is to take the time to discover yourself, and your career destination will become clear on its own. And, most importantly, do whatever makes you happy; don't waste your time trying to fill someone else's empty expectations. You know what's best for you.
TramPOPoline
The tenth grade career days for boys and girls was this wednesday. I am a boy in the eleventh grade. Last year, career day was just for girls. This year it's for both sexes. Now, I would like to know why I keep missing important things. Consider this:
GreenEggsAndHam
In the cycle of nature, all things must come to an end, and at long last, one of the most watched shows ever, "Married...with Children," has met that end. The show, running for what seems like two millenia, has become a part of our culture (seemingly explaining the gradual degradation of society since the show first aired in Canada.) Sure, it may have had its mildly amusing moments, but it was not something to be raved about at the next social gathering.
Now, before you start to say things, yes, I have watched it, and yes, I did see that last episode (I wanted to see the show make its final trip down the toilet.) But perhaps the most frightening aspect of the show was that it was an hour long (which is estimated to be the amount of time spent watching "Married...with Children" before your brain becomes yogurt and starts to drip out of your ears.) Of course, that hour consisted of more drivel than the show usually exhibits. Kelly is once again falling for another guy, and Bud is chasing any and every girl. It may as well have been just another episode. But it wasn't. It was the LAST episode, the bright light that I thought would never appear. One can only guess how long the show will be in syndication. Perhaps another two millenia? I hope not.
The Outsider
This week's question is, do UFOs exist? Most Americans think so. But frankly, who cares what the Americans think? They have no family values! Their idea of a national hero is "Stone Cold" Steve Austin! Getting to the point Dust of Gold is doing a project on UFOs, so whoever has any information or any interest in either UFOs or wrestling (specifically GOLDUST) give me a call at [censored] or send me a message in the MacNews mailbox! One lucky person who wrote me or talked to me will be personally interviewed by me! If the interview is good enough, it will be featured in an upcoming publication of MacNews!
Dust of Gold
It's lots of work
For us to write
And glue
A MacNews every week
For you.
We stay past 5 o'clock
Each time.
I'm trying hard to make
This poem rhyme.
Sometimess people write things
Un-P.C. (not politically correct)
But if we don't have enough stuff
That's A-OK with me.
We are a little low
On articles this week.
I had to write this poem
Or this issue would be bleak.
Please send letters and articles
For us to read and print.
I am deeply in love
With Verbal Kint.
Even though poetry writing
Is my thing,
This one isn't good enough for
"The Writes of Spring"!
Sofi, ed.
On Wednesday night, the Mac Stage Band participated in the St. Elizabeth Catholic High School Jazz Festival. The event showcased the host school's ensembles, as well as those from a few other schools.
As usual, the Mac Stage Band performed exceptionally well. Soloists in the band included Danielle Beck on Alto Sax, Brian Ham on Flugel Horn, Jill Javier on Vocals, and Alex Balles on Tenor Sax. Other noteworthy players included included Tim Leroy on Lead Trumpet, and the Rhythm Section.
The highlight of the night had to have been the Stage Band's conductod, Mark McLean, heating up the drum set. Accompanying St. Elizabeth's Alumni Band, Mark stupified the audience with his fantastic playing (I think he was just showing off for his girlfriend). Anyway, the night was a fun one to remember for all involved and the band is looking forward to attending the festival next year.
Bones
P.S. That babe in the blue shirt was smapping those pictures all night. Ahhh.........click!
What a great movie! From the opening scene done in a sixties style, to the covering up of the ending.
How ingenious the Canadian born Mike Myers was (note: he went to Mac for his first year in high school). Apparently, Mike wrote the film, and I must congratulate him for his hilariously great work.
Although some scenes are rather rude, they add to the personality of Austin Powers' character. Austin Powers is a man from the '60s who was frozen in suspended animation waaaaay before great dentistry came along. Evident in his infamous teeth.
This is a great film that shouldin't have received only one star from The Toronto Sun. I give the most incredibly hilarious movie this year *****.
Smutton, one of the new internet Editors. (Meaning anything involving the internet will have to be edited by Nony or me.)
If "This Hour Has 22 Minutes" was still running for the season, their scriptwriters would have their hands full coming into Week 2 of the federal election campaign. For those who didn't know that the campaign had started (let alone that it was for an election!), don't worry. So far, it has been a campaign for anything but an election.
If this keeps up, 1997 will be remembered in Canadian politics as the Year of the Farce! This campaign has either been a proclamation of a "coronation" for Jean Chretien or it has become a campaign for another referendum. It seems that Jacques Parizeau is gasping for one last breath before his "steam bath" in the lobster pot.
As if dinner wasn't enough, it seems that the old lobster wasn't the only one getting cooked! The Bloc Quebecois claims to show the way for Quebeckers, yet it seems that everyone on the Bloc team is "direction-impaired" to a certain degree. Not only was Gilles Duceppe's sanitary cap compared to a condom (re: La Presse's editorial cartoon), but it seems that even the "experienced" bus driver couldn't find his way. The new bus driver said it correctly when he told CTV that being a bus driver for the Bloc would not be easy!
Remember I said that some thought that this campaign was going to be a coronation for Chretien? Well, almost! Now that Preston Manning has kidnapped the son of Red Book from the Liberals' noses, it seems that there may be a pretender lurking from the right.
As if it took only two to tango, along came Jean Charest with his platform on a CD-ROM disc that is meant to appeal to all Canadians, and yet can only be operated by a minority who can afford the luxury of a computer with a CD-ROM! As if the tax cut wasn't enough! If you think that two wings of the right-wingers are willing dancing partners, cover your ears! Due to the "do-or-die" situation for both the Tories and Reform, I hear a shotgun wedding for June 3! Talk about a morning-after hangover for the right-wingers of the political spectrum!
Now that the political right is overcrowded with pretenders, this leaves many with the impression that perhaps the lone left-wingers have something new and fresh to offer. Now, hold your horses. The nearly-decimated NDP may have a new leader to shout about, but their platform, even with its optimism and the NDP's pledge to be an effective opposition rather than to be a government, reeks of doubt. Even with the massive yax hikes on the "super-rich" and the massive $18.8 billion social spending that they're advocating, there's no guarantee that this would be enough to cut the employment rate in half, as their platform promises to do. The fact that they've already admitted that they're better off as Her Majesty Aggressive Opposition might give them some credibility, but let's be realistic. They may have forgotten that our last foray into social spending of this kind was the catalyst that got us into this dficit in the first place! It seems that another Liberal, Pierre Trudeau, had tried this before too.
So with an all-out fight of the right brewing and the cmpaign being flooded by the criticism from Manitoba, about the only way anyone may realize that there is an election campaign going on is the night after the leader's debate! I'm saying this because with the way the campaign has been making viewers go to sleep, about the only way people will know an election will be held on June 2 will be on the evening news on May 11. It seems that only a fist-fight between the right-wingers, the absence og Gilles Duceppe due to his "lack of direction", a few more imitations of Manning by Chretien over the Red Book II kidnapping, a generous serving of "Red Book II Sautee" for dinner courtesy of Charest, or the interference of the NDP candidate for Toronto Centre-Rosedale in defence of his ambushed lover will help save the day.
Despite all the slapstick, it is obvious that by 8 p.m. on June 2, Chretien will be crowned as PM again, the Bloc will still be there (though in hopefully diminished numbers), the Tories will make a comeback, and the NDP will still be banging at the political doors, trying to gain access into a system that has never accepted them even after the House of Commons had done the opposite. However, if I was program director at the CBC and I was shrewd enough, I'd be laughing all the way to the bank right now! So much for a vacation for the cast of "22 Minutes": "where are you?"
Until next time, bon appetit!
The Witness
5) They forgive us when we make mistakes.
4) Money. Lots of money.
3) Because they always check our closets for monsters.
2) Free food!
1) Oh yeah, they gave us life and stuff.
GreenEggsAndHam & All-Star
Why does Jean Chrest's commercial look like an advertisement for DeVry? What's with this CD-ROM thing? Is he trying to be hip and Gen-X or what?
What about the voters out there who can't afford to feed or shelter themselves, let alone own a computer with a CD-ROM drive? Shouldn't people of all classes have the right to review the proposals of the Conservative party?
I don't understand politicians.
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