Happy Birthday John Cleese

I saw him live, and from where I was sitting I could see him getting ready backstage, so as far as I'm concerned we're like best friends...

I Might Watch Too Much TV

I am very excited, I have been offered a new job (in addition to my current jobs) at work. I am now going to be the Assistant Respite Camp Coordinator!

Karen (my boss): Assistant TO the Respite Camp Coordinator.

My Muppets

I am having the single greatest experience of my life. I am listening to a DVD commentary for one of the Scrubs episodes from Season 8. Bill Lawrence stopped talking about Scrubs and has spent about the last 10 minutes just talking about the Muppets.

I'm going to miss Scrubs.





and an old classic:

America the Beautiful

Here we are! The long awaited* pictures from my family's road trip to Virginia:

On the first night of our drive we ate dinner at the Olive Garden. Scott and I insisted because we hadn't eaten at the Olive Garden in like forever. It's like dining in the backyard of a delightful Italian stereotype.




My other exciting nerd-core moment on the way down was a stop in Pennsylvania to Breezewood to rescue my newest gnome. Meet Syd-gnome Crosby!



Also pictured: the Appalachian Mountains.




Whilst driving along the Blue Ridge Mountains we saw several deer. I would also show the video of the bear we saw, but unfortunately most of the video is disrupted by my brother and I making fun of our Mother for shouting "It's a bear! A bear!" as she JUMPED OUT OF THE CAR!








We were heading down for my Grandfather's 90th Birthday. And no don't get too excited- that doesn't mean I have good genes.





Here my cousin Doug plants one on my Grandma:



And finally my parents:




And on that note: Happy Birthday Mom!!






*Not entirely certain anyone was awaiting these... but I like to think you all were.

Speaking of things that go together really well...

This is so COOL!

Scott: You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

What the Frak?

Spoiler alert: If you haven't finished Battlestar Galactica, I must warn you, you will find out who the last member of the final five is in this video*.




Humans don't stand a chance man.



*Probably not true. I haven't gotten through season 4 yet, but being clever I already know who it is going to be.


PS: I have now finished the series. And no Keyboard cat was not the final cylon to be revealed... which is frankly too bad...

Classy Lit

Anyone who knows me and knows Fail Blog probably knows how well we get along. This made me laugh really hard because I definitely had a University prof who taught Classic Literature at UofA:



Knowing him, he is almost definitely responsible for this.

I consult this list before every move. Hence living in Sudbury and Hamilton most of my life.

Woo hoo! Take that everywhere except Victoria, Ottawa and Kingston!

Wow really? Kingston? Huh.


Canada's Best Places to Live

1. Victoria, B.C.
2. Ottawa- Gatineau, Ont./Que.
3. Kingston, Ont.
4. Burlington, Ont.
5. Vancouver, B.C.
6. Moncton, N.B.
7. Fredericton, N.B.
8. Winnipeg, Man.
9. Peterborough, Ont.
10. Brandon, Man.
11. London, Ont.
12. Canmore, Alta.
13. Lévis, Que.
14. Halifax, N.S.
15. Guelph, Ont.
16. North Bay, Ont.
17. Woodstock, Ont.
18. Edmonton, Alta.
19. Leamington, Ont.
20. Waterloo, Ont.

New Apartment!

Hey all!

I am moving... again... (I know). Still this is by far the nicest apartment I've ever had my credit approved for! As of Sunday August 16th I will be a resident of the City of Burlington. I will share some pictures:



Above: view of Lake Ontario from Balcony. Industrial Park not included!




The living room (soon to have a new TV and entertainment centre)... I just stopped this post to close my browser so that my "Language Settings" change would take effect. I will not have Chrome underline "centre" or "theatre" again! Damn yanks...




The Kitchen




My bedroom!


Stay tuned for apartment-warming party (80% sure on August 30th) and pictures with furniture.

I've been thinking and here's what I drink!

Is it wrong that my favourite part of the video comes at 2:36? Probably. But no more than it is wrong that I'm angry at Chrome for trying to correct my spelling of "favourite". Take that damn yankees!

Busted T

My first ever semi-professional T-Shirt design is complete! These are my brand-new staff T-Shirts for ErinOak Kids Respite Camp!



Yes the childish looking doodles are intentional.

Full band. Full awesome.

Speaking of going to see concerts for free:

All Points West

Don't mind the shameless advertising. I'm just trying to get free tickets.


This blog doesn't have enough artistic integrity to sell out.

Could this be the end of big sun glasses being cool?

Borrowed from CollegeHumor:


SIZE OF YOUR SUNGLASSES



Blue = Age
Green = Perceived beauty
Red = Actual beauty
Pink = Chances you're hiding a black eye
Purple = How much of an a**hole you are
Orange = Chances your name is Bozo

Better late than never

Actually it seems a little appropriate that this would be a day late...

Don't Blink!

This is borderline embarrassing. The commercial that I was in for Tourism Hamilton is up online. You will have to be really fast on this one. When the sing finished "let it shine..." I will briefly appear at the right hand side of your screen. You can't really make out my face, and I'm not entirely convinced that isn't deliberate. Either way if you want to see my 15 milliseconds of Hamiltonian fame head on over to Tourism Hamilton.


And no I don't know what that song has to do with Hamilton tourism.

Dance your cares away...

Speaking of unbridled joy. My parents cleaned out the attic yesterday, and guess what they found?!



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Fraggle Rock!



Scott: You want to write some more of our script?
Me: Sure, just let me run up stairs. I'm going to go take a picture of my Fraggles to put up on my blog.
Scott:... you probably should have just ended that at "just let me run upstairs".

Dr. Horrible to Host the Emmy Awards!

Sweet.

Neil Patrick Harris is going to host the Emmy Awards this year!

245 Characters. Take that Twitter!

What do I have in common with the song Paranoid Android? We're both on an OK computer! Apparently my many snide remarks at last night's Jays game (sponsored by Dell) about how I just wanted my computer back worked. I arrived home to find my computer repaired and ready to go :)


Also happy Canada Day!

Talking to Americans!

Hey everyone watch last night's Daily Show and watch clip #2. I'm sorry I can't figure out how to embed it. Sersiouly though, Jason Jones in Iran is totally awesome- 5:10 made my night.

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06/26/09


In last night's episode Jason Jones finshed up his report reflecting on his time in Iran and the current situation there now. He came on briefly to speak with Jon and show his support for the protesters by wearing a green arm band and giving the peace sign.

This week's reports from Iran and watching a recent special on the CBC Sunday Report on Iran and its people has made watching the events of this past week and a bit very difficult. These people being killed and arrested are around my age and are standing up for rights and freedoms that are a given here in Canada. My thoughts are with the Iranian protesters.

Nolite to bastardes carborundorum