  Looking forward to actually playing some good ball next week because I played VERY badly last night. My passing has been the only thing I have done well this year but last night I stank up the joint. Many of my passes were way off the mark. The team as a whole however seems to be getting better. I think our play has improved every week. My goals this season are to dominate the paint and be an effective rebounder and defender. Unlike many of the other guys on the team my involvement in organised basketball did not include running set offences. I know what to do when I play on the outside but I'm getting a bit lost in the paint. I did have success when I played in the Filipino league but that was because they usually played a very tight man/zone defense.
It's weird but beacuse they played such tight defense it cuts your options... so you actually make better decisions. If there is only one thing you can do... you do it. No hesitation, no decision, just reaction. In this league they give you more space so I get mixed up and often run to the wrong places. Hopefully I'll get better and if you watch me play, try and notice how lost I look out there sometimes.
Just finished another assignment on Wednesday. Only have exams to go this semester. I'm not enjoying one of my subjects this semester and it shows in my marks. I really dislike the subject and also the lecturer. The content and delivery leave a lot left to be desired. But some of the students are absolutely f! @*ed up. One student ,whom is a HR manager, piped up in class and stated they weren't getting enough out of the subject. They went on to say that their company was paying them $50 per hour to be in the class. How f%&#ing arrogant and disrespectful. How would they like it if I came into their workplace and said the same thing. What the f*&# is wrong with people. I pity the organisation that has this person as their HR manager. BTW if they're a HR manager then what the f%$k are they doing in an introductory HR subject. Just to top this all off, they went on to say that they earned by far more than their spouse does.
That spouse should be given a f*$%ing medal for putting up with this person and all of their s#@t. What is it anyway with manager postgrad students. Most are really good. They are open to new ideas and usually have a great amount of respect for lecturers, students and the learning process. However there are a few that have been downright rude and are grandstanding. Usually they are managers puffed up full of with their own self-importance. I say if you are there to learn then you make a commitment to listen to what the lecturer has to say. Don't sit there and constantly probe,contradict and challenge the lecturer. It slows down the learning process for everyone else.
I wouldn't mind if the questions were valid or searched for a deeper understanding but usually they are just looking to prove that they are "smart". If they think they know all the answers... then why are they IN the class. In my book this is grandstanding and has no place in the classroom. This is what annoys me about managers that are postgrad students. My interest has been piqued by Donnie Darko.
I didn't really understand the story. It kind of bothers me beacuse rightly or wrongly I think I'm usually pretty good at this sort of stuff. Well apparently I'm not alone. Look up the web and you'll find many links to posts asking if anyone has seen an analysis of the movie. I have found a few good ones. http://www.ozcraft.com/scifidu/donnie_theories.html http://www.metaphilm.com/philms/donniedarko.html I think there may be no real thread or theme that ties the whole movie together. Just a number of mysteries and events that are linked through the main character Donnie and it is up to you to join the dots any way youlike.
Even the writer/director said that it is open to interpretation. Sometimes I think this is valid and thought provolking and sometimes I think it's a copout for plot holes. In this case I believe it to be the former. One reviewer put it best when they said the movie tried to match the theory of time travel with the fear of dying alone. A combination I would never have come up with in a hundred years. I tip my hat to the writer on this one. It is compelling nonethless. 
