Extra curricular activities

Up until this year I was never involved in any extracurricular activities. I always was too unmotivated to commit to anything, or I was just plain uninterested. This year however, I've joined robotics and fitness club; And they're great. We've only had one fitness club day, and My pecs and shoulders are still killing me; which means that it was quite a success.

So far robotics has been a lot of fun, we haven't done a lot in the meetings but today we did a demonstration at the science centre. As a part of the 'robots rule' weekend, us and the prestigious team 1114 put on a series of demonstrations. For those of you who don't know, our robots pick up large inflatable shapes and hang them on a rack. From opening to about four, we showcased our robots to parents with small children and a variety of media personnel. You might have seen an interview with ShawnZ on CHCH, although I doubt it. Also at the demonstration were a couple reps from MDA, the company that built Canadarm, and a lego league elementary school whose teacher forced them to put on a ridiculous presentation which stated that eating food that isn't organic will give you cancer.

My job in robotics isn't what you think it is. I'm 1st lieutenant on the spirit team (of which my little sister is the captain) and the mascot. The mascot is a spartan/gladiator with a blue crest on the helmet and a blue cape. It's awesome. The only thing it's missing is a sword, or more appropriately, a giant ratchet and clank style wrench. And a name. On top of that, Ben and Jiro say they want to forge a metal chest plate to replace the leather, but I don't know if that'll happen. BTW, Ms. Cat, can the robotics mascot get up double as uniform?

So... for this week's post we were supposed to write something about our favourite movie and include a link to a clip from it. Well... I really don't know what to say about a A Scanner Darkly, other than watch it. A clip really can't show you what the movie's about. I assume that it would just terribly mislead you. So if you are interested, google it. You can easily find it online. For a clip... I think I'll find something from I ♥ Huckabee's. It's one of the best movies I've ever seen, and it and A Scanner Darkly are in very, very close competition for my top movie. So close, that it depends on what mood I'm in, what time of day it is, and in fact, the title goes back and forth multiple times each day. Well, here ya go:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JD--IFO2no

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PhDGze8YmE&feature=related