I wish you all the merriest of Valentine's Days today (or, if you're perpetually twelve years old, like me, a very happy VD day!)  May you be doing exactly what you'd like, and may your day be a little more about feasting on chocolate and deliciously-chalky talk hearts and a little less about martyrdom ( Read more... )

... and to all a good night ( Read more... )

Happiest of Hallowe'ens to you all, my dear ghostlings!!!!

I'm sorry I've been so terrible at updating, and I promise to make a proper, rambling entry sometime this upcoming week.

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I suppose it goes without saying that I was a bit of an odd child...am a bit of an odd child.  I've always been fascinated by the sinister, the macabre, and have always sought out the nastiest bits of history.   I was the only child in my elementary school classes who would not only read and re-read Anne Frank's diary, but who would actively seek ( Read more... )

Christmas is a time of joyous celebration and quiet reflection, and I've been doing my quiet reflecting by scouring Youtube for both holiday classics and abysmal holiday videos.  I've been finding a lot more of the latter (oh hai Jessica and Ashlee Simpson's duet of "Little Drummer Boy!" - - I'm not even posting the link, because it will make you ( Read more... )

Glad to know that sunscreen makes me sinister:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/beauty/article-1231176/Vamping-new-make-craze-New-Moon-sends-sales-pale-foundation-soaring.htmlAs much as I'm bewildered and terrified by the insane heights of Twilight fandom, anything that will keep teens out of tanning beds and that features a heroine who wears ( Read more... )

Alas, I regret to report that there's been a slight dent in our Halloween plans.  My friend Leanne's sister (and housemate) has just been diagnosed with the H1N1 virus, so any plans of Hallowe'en shenanigans in Ottawa have been postponed.  What's most important now is that her sister is feeling better soon, and that Leanne is able to successfully ( Read more... )

1) I had a crystal-clear dream a few nights ago in which I was Malia and Sasha Obama's babysitter.  I made them sandwiches, we skipped around in the backyard...of the White House, and we had a spontaneous song and dance number in the kitchen.  In the tradition of most great song and dance numbers, the music was cranked up to eleven and we sang into ( Read more... )

In addition to a new puppy, we have a new exchange student!  My youngest sister, Marissa, is off to Italy for her first semester of Grade 11.  I’m picturing it to be exactly like “When In Rome” with Mary-Kate and Ashley.  I am hella jealous.  In her place, we have a 16-year-old boy from Germany, named Christoph.  We had assumed he’d be arriving ( Read more... )