Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
The Fall Guy.
Omg, do you remember the show "The Fall Guy"?
Haaa! Omg, why did I watch this again? Well, if we're on the subject of amazing 80's television...
Wow.
DO YOU KNOW HOW IN LOVE I WAS WITH RICKY SCHRODER? I begged Mom to take me to the Waterfront Mall (Towers mall, at the time, for the Summerside folks who get how hilarious that is), to Mac's Smokes almost every day after school in hopes that there would be a new edition of Bop, the Big Bopper, Teen Beat- ANYTHING with Ricky's photo in it. I won't get into the story of how I sneakily used someone else's phone (and long distance) to call L.A. repeatedly in hopes that Ricky Schroder would answer the phone. Let's just say I was apprehended and my allowance went to Bell Atlantic that month...
Movin' right along...
What was it to exist without watching and loving the Muppet Show! And the Muppet Movies! Genius.
Who didn't love Punky Brewster!? You'd better believe I have the sheet music for THAT theme song. What a great friggin' show. Soleil Moon Frye, you rocked it gurrrl.
Fraggle Rock. Now, I don't know if it was just me, but I just could not get into Fraggle Rock. I mean, I watched it because, hello, the Trash Heap was hilarious. But Fraggle Rock just seemed to me a very inferior version of the Muppet Show. Having said that, Benjamin's first stuffed doggie's name is Sprocket. Long live Jim Henson.
And then there's was Flaming Road, the nighttime drama/soap featuring Mark Harmon of NCIS fame.
This show was well-loved and faithfully watched in our home until religious slash moral convictions finally put those flamingos to bed for good. The show was only on the air for 2 years. I wonder why? I mean, look at that shirt!
Watched it secretly after school, pretending to just be "flicking through the stations"... 'Nuff said.
Becky, this one's for you. General Hospital baby. General Hospital. God I loved Frisco Jones, like, he was my Ricky Schroder of the LATE 80's/early 90's. The song "All I Need" sent me into orbit. Screw NKOTB. It was ALL about Jack Wagner my friends. Oh, and I named my saxophone after him. Yeah, I said that.
Now. Who out there watched SNL in like, 1989, 1990, 1991? Epic.
Wow. I must have a seVERE case of ADHD or something (every teacher I have ever had could attest to this... kicked out of a few classes for disruptive behaviour? Yeah. Woopsies.) OH ANYWAY, yes, I was saying- I must have a severe case of ADD because I started out this blog with the word "Fall" in mind, simply because I wanted to say:
The Sears 2011 Fall & Winter catalogue is out Eeeheeheheheheheheheheeeee!!!
I. love. Sears. catalogues. The sound of the pages rippling, the waft of the smell of the ink and pages.. omg. The summer one is kinda fun, if you like heat and summer and all that shiz. But if you love the fall, with all the latest sweaters and jeans and booties? Don't friggin' EVEN. I love the nasty pics (way too many embroidered items for my taste... see page 35, item G) and the fabulous pics (beautiful silver haired model on page 85. Amazing.) So go git yer catalogue and git sniffin'.
Oh also, we're getting married at the end of August. But I s'pose that merits its own blog, oui?
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Push It REAL Good.
It has been s'dang long since I've written a blog that I'm feelin' a little rusty. I need to work up some hilarity and wit. But for now... for all of you who love to cook a bad ass burger on the bar-B: take a little trip (preferably on an LTC bus with all mah peeps) downtown to Jill's Table (J'ADORE) and get yourself one of these bad boys:
Get a big 'ole load of good ground beef, preferably drug-free (texture and taste are incomparable), throw in your fave flavours: herbs, spices, bread crumbs, sauces, whatever you love, and shove it into the burger press, separating each delicious burger with its own little disc, and get pushin'. Once you've got all your burgers made, freeze them on a tray and voila, ready-to-cook homemade, low-sodium, amazing, tasty, moist (ah! horrible word alert! horrible!) burgers. While you're at Jill's, pick yourself up a couple of bottles of Kozlik's Canadian mustard- don't even get me STARTED on the "Sweet n' Smokey" flavour (swoon)- and git grillin'.
Told ya... I'm just warmin' up... have to get my writing mojo back. Just wait for my Best Breakfast in London rant. I'm on a breakfast-eating rampage lately, so I have a few good (men) stories to tell, including an enormously tall cross-dresser with a blond mullet, an eastern European waitress with giant lips (with bright pink lipstick- naturally), and where to find sausage that is delicious. That's it, I'm out. Goin' to read my Kindle (don't get me going on THAT either. ADDICTED.)
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| The Hamburger Press, by Hampton Direct. |
Get a big 'ole load of good ground beef, preferably drug-free (texture and taste are incomparable), throw in your fave flavours: herbs, spices, bread crumbs, sauces, whatever you love, and shove it into the burger press, separating each delicious burger with its own little disc, and get pushin'. Once you've got all your burgers made, freeze them on a tray and voila, ready-to-cook homemade, low-sodium, amazing, tasty, moist (ah! horrible word alert! horrible!) burgers. While you're at Jill's, pick yourself up a couple of bottles of Kozlik's Canadian mustard- don't even get me STARTED on the "Sweet n' Smokey" flavour (swoon)- and git grillin'.
Told ya... I'm just warmin' up... have to get my writing mojo back. Just wait for my Best Breakfast in London rant. I'm on a breakfast-eating rampage lately, so I have a few good (men) stories to tell, including an enormously tall cross-dresser with a blond mullet, an eastern European waitress with giant lips (with bright pink lipstick- naturally), and where to find sausage that is delicious. That's it, I'm out. Goin' to read my Kindle (don't get me going on THAT either. ADDICTED.)
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Lethal Injection
I have known for years not to trust "health care" and cosmetic companies. When I was 14 I started buying Tom's of Maine toothpaste and seeking out more natural moisturizers. But I am a super-sucker for marketing and advertising, and quickly pushed aside the info I'd read about the toxins and contaminants companies put in their beauty and skin care products. Also a tube of Crest on sale at Shoppers Drug Mart is cheaper than a $7 tube of Tom's of Maine cinnamon toothpaste.
So, as I am very good at doing, I pushed the info to a corner of my brain and have kept it there until now.
I was listening to Gillian Deacon, author of "There's Lead in Your Lipstick", being interviewed on CBC Radio (Good God in heaven I adore CBC radio). I was sitting in the parking lot at Shoppers Drug Mart, the rain drizzling on the windshield, and I couldn't get out until I'd listened to the rest of the interview. Let's just say the items I'd planned on buying at SDM did not come home with me. As I listened to Gillian talk about so many of the things I'd already known, I felt that I had to listen to this information. Then she said it. She said "You know, there's lead in our lipstick, but because lead is considered a toxin instead of an inGREdient, companies are not required to list it in the ingredient list."
EXCUSE ME?
That was it. I came home, threw out my $5 tubes of Revlon and Rimmel, cheap makeup removers, and eyeshadows full of carcinogenic talc. The thought of the toxins leaching through my eyelid skin is totally freaking me out. Obviously you can't ditch all your makeup at once unless you've got the money to go and totally re-stock, but I've started the process. I went down to QuarterMaster in Wortley (Good God in heaven I adore Wortley Village) to see what they carried along the lines of natural, organic makeup.
Lavera. Lavera NaturKosmetik- yes, it's German. I can spell it with "K"s and it's legit, not cheezy. (Krazy Kwilts anyone? Buh.)
I bought a chocolate-y brown eyeliner, and an awesome lipstick ... a vibrant pinkey-purple in a sexy black tube... loving it. Best lipstick I have ever owned. Goes on like silk, feels amazing, and lasts for hours. And the liner? Smooth. AND it has a little blending sponge on the other end. And the price is no more than the Lise Watier liner I buy at SDM. In fact, cheaper. The lipstick is more costly than Rimmel, but cheaper than the luxury brands. The price to our well-being and family's well-being? Priceless. I am choosing to buy fewer products, but ones that are much higher quality, and that won't give me scary diseases.
http://www.lavera.com/
Folks- ditch your Rimmel makeup remover and go and get yourself a tube of Green Beaver all-natural makeup remover. I could not believe how little I had to use. I just moistened (hate that word) one of those makeup-remover cotton pad thingies, put a tiny bit of the GB remover, and that's all I needed for very easy, quick and complete removal of eyeshadows, liner, pencil and mascara. Unreal. And cheaper than the expensive crap I'd bought at the drugstore that all the models say they love.
The couple who started up the Green Beaver Company (Canadian, from eastern Ontario, love that) were both scientists who quit their jobs and started the Green Beaver company so their kids would have healthy body washes and skincare. I had to get past the name of the company, and the fact that it looks kind of outdoors-y and woodsy (HATE)... I like my tubes and potions to be pretty and pink and black and gold and everything. So I had to put that aside. I don't like that the makeup remover is in a tube like toothpaste. But you know, I can deal because holy FRIGG it works and I don't feel like I'm burning my eyes every night when I take my makeup off, and giving myself macular degeneration and who knows what else. I need to smarten up and deal, and there that is.
You KNOW that when I get on a bandwagon about something, I'm very pushy about it (hopefully in a hilarious way), but seriously, I am going to be driving everyone CRAZY with this. This poisoning and deception needs to stop.
Here are some links to (many Canadian) companies who sell all-organic, truly natural cosmetics and skincare and laundry products:
That should do until my next rant... which will be more raving about all the amazing new SAFE and fun and gorgeous products we've bought. In the meanwhile we will be purging our cancer-causing makeup, Head n' Shoulders, moisturizers, cleaners- you name it. GONZO.
So, as I am very good at doing, I pushed the info to a corner of my brain and have kept it there until now.
I was listening to Gillian Deacon, author of "There's Lead in Your Lipstick", being interviewed on CBC Radio (Good God in heaven I adore CBC radio). I was sitting in the parking lot at Shoppers Drug Mart, the rain drizzling on the windshield, and I couldn't get out until I'd listened to the rest of the interview. Let's just say the items I'd planned on buying at SDM did not come home with me. As I listened to Gillian talk about so many of the things I'd already known, I felt that I had to listen to this information. Then she said it. She said "You know, there's lead in our lipstick, but because lead is considered a toxin instead of an inGREdient, companies are not required to list it in the ingredient list."
EXCUSE ME?
That was it. I came home, threw out my $5 tubes of Revlon and Rimmel, cheap makeup removers, and eyeshadows full of carcinogenic talc. The thought of the toxins leaching through my eyelid skin is totally freaking me out. Obviously you can't ditch all your makeup at once unless you've got the money to go and totally re-stock, but I've started the process. I went down to QuarterMaster in Wortley (Good God in heaven I adore Wortley Village) to see what they carried along the lines of natural, organic makeup.
Lavera. Lavera NaturKosmetik- yes, it's German. I can spell it with "K"s and it's legit, not cheezy. (Krazy Kwilts anyone? Buh.)
Fabulous.
I bought a chocolate-y brown eyeliner, and an awesome lipstick ... a vibrant pinkey-purple in a sexy black tube... loving it. Best lipstick I have ever owned. Goes on like silk, feels amazing, and lasts for hours. And the liner? Smooth. AND it has a little blending sponge on the other end. And the price is no more than the Lise Watier liner I buy at SDM. In fact, cheaper. The lipstick is more costly than Rimmel, but cheaper than the luxury brands. The price to our well-being and family's well-being? Priceless. I am choosing to buy fewer products, but ones that are much higher quality, and that won't give me scary diseases.
http://www.lavera.com/
Folks- ditch your Rimmel makeup remover and go and get yourself a tube of Green Beaver all-natural makeup remover. I could not believe how little I had to use. I just moistened (hate that word) one of those makeup-remover cotton pad thingies, put a tiny bit of the GB remover, and that's all I needed for very easy, quick and complete removal of eyeshadows, liner, pencil and mascara. Unreal. And cheaper than the expensive crap I'd bought at the drugstore that all the models say they love.
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| Suck on THAT. |
The couple who started up the Green Beaver Company (Canadian, from eastern Ontario, love that) were both scientists who quit their jobs and started the Green Beaver company so their kids would have healthy body washes and skincare. I had to get past the name of the company, and the fact that it looks kind of outdoors-y and woodsy (HATE)... I like my tubes and potions to be pretty and pink and black and gold and everything. So I had to put that aside. I don't like that the makeup remover is in a tube like toothpaste. But you know, I can deal because holy FRIGG it works and I don't feel like I'm burning my eyes every night when I take my makeup off, and giving myself macular degeneration and who knows what else. I need to smarten up and deal, and there that is.
You KNOW that when I get on a bandwagon about something, I'm very pushy about it (hopefully in a hilarious way), but seriously, I am going to be driving everyone CRAZY with this. This poisoning and deception needs to stop.
Here are some links to (many Canadian) companies who sell all-organic, truly natural cosmetics and skincare and laundry products:
http://www.drbronner.com/ (creepiest looking guy ever!)
That should do until my next rant... which will be more raving about all the amazing new SAFE and fun and gorgeous products we've bought. In the meanwhile we will be purging our cancer-causing makeup, Head n' Shoulders, moisturizers, cleaners- you name it. GONZO.
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
THE AGENCY MODELS: New images of Christine
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Monsters Inc.
I bought a new pair of jeans and I feel like I'm on (Carpenters reference coming:) top of the world. Time for a Carpenters video (1991 remix, no less):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0G-c4QDMzU
Oh, that's right, I LOVE Karen Carpenter, and I suppose by association, Richard Carpenter, though seeing The Karen Carpenter Story (50 times or so) kind of made me anti Richard. ANYWAYS (get that "s" off of there!) I think it's already obvious that this blog is going to be pretty incoherent and rather, to use a very overused word, "random".
Back to the jeans. I have already told you that since the Hamburglar invaded our home, I want to shop 'til I drop.
So last Wednesday, I had a couple of hours and went to the Bay to get a couple of watch batteries. I always think that The Bay is going to be expensive, but I always end up finding some of my favorite items there, and often at extremely reasonable prices. I love "kersh", "kensie", "INC", "Jessica Simpson".... DID YOU SAY "INC" and "JESSICA SIMPSON"? Well then let me tell you: I found an awesome pair of jeans by INC. (which I can fit into again Praise the Lord Above) and they even have big-ass pockets on the back, to create the illusion of actually having one. AND? They have shiny rhinestone-y buttons on all the pockets. (Squeal?)
http://www.macys.com/catalog/product/index.ognc?ID=477953&BannerID=PD437&PartnerID=LINKSHARE&LinkshareID=neQRQBqOKtQ-a1fuf4iDMgEfEu8lo39OfQ
And don't even get me goin' about the Jessica Simpson top I found. Regular $64 (so not worth it), marked half price, and then at the cash, further reduced to $22. (Looks better on me, p.s.):
Now listen- you could go to a cheaper store and find a cheaply made, gross-feeling shirt for $22. But why not go to The Bay!? Love it.
Next topic: having an alarm system is the best thing ever. For $25 a month, and free installation, we have an Alarm Force alarm system that kicks every monster's ass. Benjamin is sleeping again, IN HIS ROOM, and for like 9 hours a night. He knows that the alarm system keeps the monsters out and what a difference it has made. I can sleep again. David can sleep again. It's like having this constant invisible superhero laser shield around your house. I can't stress enough how valuable this is. When you go away, you don't have to impose on a friend, asking them to look after your house so it looks like someone's home. Why should they have the responsibility of the safety of your home? I always hate asking people to do that. And when you're sleeping, you don't have to listen to Tiny Night Noises because you know you have an alarm system that will go off if someone tries anything stupid.
Love.
Next topic: I've added up the replacement value of the jewelry I lost. I can't even bring myself to write how much but OMG. Let's just say insurance only covers $4000, and that comes nowhere close. Apparently the price of gold really HAS gone up. Holy frigg. So that is just another reason to take legal action with UPS. I've already spoken with the folks at the faculty of law at UWO to get legal advice, and I am going to set up a consultation with a lawyer downtown to see how much of a case we have. But pretty much everyone I've talked to is shocked at the negligence UPS showed at leaving a big 'ole sticker on our front door, the DAY BEFORE CHRISTMAS, announcing that we were away. And leaving the package at the back door, to boot. Unreal. Oh, and guess what? They were here again the other day when I was home and didn't even ring the doorbell, but decided to leave the handvac I ordered IN THE FRONT PORCH, on the floor, with no notification whatsoever. Another $100 lost if someone had walked in and seen it. Unreal again! And David's aunt ordered a Dyson vacuum cleaner awhile back, and UPS delivered it... AND LEFT IT OUTSIDE ON HER FRONT STEP!!!! Are you SERIOUS?
I need another cup of coffee.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0G-c4QDMzU
Oh, that's right, I LOVE Karen Carpenter, and I suppose by association, Richard Carpenter, though seeing The Karen Carpenter Story (50 times or so) kind of made me anti Richard. ANYWAYS (get that "s" off of there!) I think it's already obvious that this blog is going to be pretty incoherent and rather, to use a very overused word, "random".
Back to the jeans. I have already told you that since the Hamburglar invaded our home, I want to shop 'til I drop.
So last Wednesday, I had a couple of hours and went to the Bay to get a couple of watch batteries. I always think that The Bay is going to be expensive, but I always end up finding some of my favorite items there, and often at extremely reasonable prices. I love "kersh", "kensie", "INC", "Jessica Simpson".... DID YOU SAY "INC" and "JESSICA SIMPSON"? Well then let me tell you: I found an awesome pair of jeans by INC. (which I can fit into again Praise the Lord Above) and they even have big-ass pockets on the back, to create the illusion of actually having one. AND? They have shiny rhinestone-y buttons on all the pockets. (Squeal?)
http://www.macys.com/catalog/product/index.ognc?ID=477953&BannerID=PD437&PartnerID=LINKSHARE&LinkshareID=neQRQBqOKtQ-a1fuf4iDMgEfEu8lo39OfQ
And don't even get me goin' about the Jessica Simpson top I found. Regular $64 (so not worth it), marked half price, and then at the cash, further reduced to $22. (Looks better on me, p.s.):
Now listen- you could go to a cheaper store and find a cheaply made, gross-feeling shirt for $22. But why not go to The Bay!? Love it.
Next topic: having an alarm system is the best thing ever. For $25 a month, and free installation, we have an Alarm Force alarm system that kicks every monster's ass. Benjamin is sleeping again, IN HIS ROOM, and for like 9 hours a night. He knows that the alarm system keeps the monsters out and what a difference it has made. I can sleep again. David can sleep again. It's like having this constant invisible superhero laser shield around your house. I can't stress enough how valuable this is. When you go away, you don't have to impose on a friend, asking them to look after your house so it looks like someone's home. Why should they have the responsibility of the safety of your home? I always hate asking people to do that. And when you're sleeping, you don't have to listen to Tiny Night Noises because you know you have an alarm system that will go off if someone tries anything stupid.
Love.
Next topic: I've added up the replacement value of the jewelry I lost. I can't even bring myself to write how much but OMG. Let's just say insurance only covers $4000, and that comes nowhere close. Apparently the price of gold really HAS gone up. Holy frigg. So that is just another reason to take legal action with UPS. I've already spoken with the folks at the faculty of law at UWO to get legal advice, and I am going to set up a consultation with a lawyer downtown to see how much of a case we have. But pretty much everyone I've talked to is shocked at the negligence UPS showed at leaving a big 'ole sticker on our front door, the DAY BEFORE CHRISTMAS, announcing that we were away. And leaving the package at the back door, to boot. Unreal. Oh, and guess what? They were here again the other day when I was home and didn't even ring the doorbell, but decided to leave the handvac I ordered IN THE FRONT PORCH, on the floor, with no notification whatsoever. Another $100 lost if someone had walked in and seen it. Unreal again! And David's aunt ordered a Dyson vacuum cleaner awhile back, and UPS delivered it... AND LEFT IT OUTSIDE ON HER FRONT STEP!!!! Are you SERIOUS?
I need another cup of coffee.
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Confessions of a Shopaholic, Break-in Edition
All I want to do since the break-in is spend. I want to just go CRAZY buying things. I don't know exactly what it is, I'm sure there is research done explaining this reaction (Kenneth Cole, I thank you). But ever since the day we got home and found the house had been invaded, I just want to buy things. I want to buy magazines, and I've already subscribed to four since the break-in. I justify it because it's for the studio/parents, which is true, but I just needed to BUY things. Online, in person, doesn't matter. I want to throw everything out and replace it with all new stuff. Obviously that isn't going to happen, so I'm just going nuts with all this pent-up energy that needs to be spent, literally, but don't have the funds to do it. I want new clothes. I want to replace all the underwear they went through. I want to go and buy a big ole gold bracelet to replace Dad's bracelet. I still can't handle that they took it. It's the only thing I got of his when he passed away 11 years ago. I despise them for taking it. Yet I don't. But TOtally do. I want to buy a new one. But can't. I want a new iPod so I can go walking with music again. I want to play music in the studio on a new laptop but can't. It's making me a bit crazy. I'm trying to get my head around it and see the best- no one was hurt. No one is sick. They only took very specific things. All that stuff. But like, how about the ruby ring with two little diamonds that dad bought me when I was like, 10? WHY DID THEY NEED TO TAKE THAT? I hate them. But I don't. But totally do.
I want to buy books and fill the shelves with them. I don't even need to read them. I just want to buy them. I want to buy a new couch and new rugs and new cutlery. I want to buy piles of DVD's to replace all the movies we had on the laptop for Benjamin.
I want to buy clothes. SO many clothes. I want new shirts, new jeans, new boots. It's very specific the things that I want to buy. I don't want coats or scarves or CD's or anything. No earrings. I want rings and bracelets and shirts and books. I can't stop thinking about buying things, like, just PILES of stuff. It's driving me nuts.
And now the dreams have started. Couldn't sleep all night. Every noise is someone trying to get in, to get at us, to take more.
I want to buy books and fill the shelves with them. I don't even need to read them. I just want to buy them. I want to buy a new couch and new rugs and new cutlery. I want to buy piles of DVD's to replace all the movies we had on the laptop for Benjamin.
I want to buy clothes. SO many clothes. I want new shirts, new jeans, new boots. It's very specific the things that I want to buy. I don't want coats or scarves or CD's or anything. No earrings. I want rings and bracelets and shirts and books. I can't stop thinking about buying things, like, just PILES of stuff. It's driving me nuts.
And now the dreams have started. Couldn't sleep all night. Every noise is someone trying to get in, to get at us, to take more.
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