Archive for March, 2008

March 29, 2008

I Have A Bun In The Oven

That is, I have a wad of dough in my brand new Cuisinart Convection Bread Maker. In only 4 hours, I will meet my very first homemade whole wheat. I’ll let you know how my future loaf turns out.

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March 27, 2008

Creepy French Electro-Pop Dreams

Now, as you may imagine, with me being a scholar of fine arts AND and internet addict, I am bombarded with a higher-than-average amount of visual stimuli.
So I feel that it is only fair that I award French popstar Yelle with the award for “Video I Saw Today That Most Resembles My Subconscious.” And that [...]

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March 26, 2008

Collect Them All

Check out these Indiana Jones Heritage trading cards that Patrick Schoenmaker did for TOPPS.
Via Drawn.

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March 25, 2008

Seriously? Juno Sucked So Hard.

Ever since last fall, people have been telling me, “Oh, you have to see Juno, you would love it.” They emphasize the you. This makes me nervous, because the last time people told me that, they were talking about Garden State. Garden State is the worst movie ever.
Like Garden State, I saw Juno about three [...]

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The next year of my life

…will be dedicated to this.
I have been officially thesised.

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March 21, 2008

Am I A Hater?

Yesterday, I expressed my personal distaste for Robert Bateman on Torontoist after Bateman made a really heavy-handed attempt at a political statement. I probably wouldn’t have said anything, except that I have been thinking about the Bateman show at the McMichael last fall for most of this semester in a Museums and Galleries class.
I was [...]

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It’s Mantis Time!!!

Break out the mojitos!!!
Photo by Lawraa on Flickr.

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What’s The Difference?

20 x 2 : What’s The Difference? from photojunkie on Vimeo.
Rannie made a video for a panel-thingie called 20×2 at SXSW Interactive. I’m going to have to make it down to Austin for that one day…
Via BlogTO.

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March 20, 2008

A 90’s Flashback In Two Parts

Part 1: Dream Phone
This Dream Phone commercial is exactly how I remembered it.“Hello hunks!”“You’re right, I really have a crush on you!”“It’s Dan! Dan’s my man!”I also remember that if you called the wrong hunk, the hunk on the phone would say “I know who it is, but I’m not telling. HA HA.”
Part 2: Kelly [...]

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March 19, 2008

Kittens Love Fresh Prince

Oh yeah, also: I am sick. Charlie is helping.

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