second night this week of random insomnia.  let's see what i've done with my time:

read something wicked this way comes by ray bradbury (which was pretty scary, i admit it)
keeping up with the theme, read macbeth again (by the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes.)
listened to playlist after playlist on the cbc radio 3 site.  which, ( Read more... )

Instructions:
Bold what you've seen all the way through.
Italicize what you've seen part of.
Underline what you own
Add 3


01. Trainspotting
02. Shrek
03. M
04. Dogma
05. Strictly Ballroom
06. The Princess Bride
07. Love Actually
08. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
09. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
10. The Lord of the Rings: The Return ( Read more... )

has to be the favourite french word of people to whom french is not their first language.  not that i know whether or not douglas coupland's first language is indeed english, but i feel like making some kind of presumptions about it shouldn't end too badly ( Read more... )

so to tell you something true:

i was looking forward to living in guelph, getting a job, trying to rebuild friendships
everyone's probably better off without me there
i've been feeling like i don't belong anywhere lately
i can't see how it's just me anymore - is that a positive step?
i have no idea what to do now
i have no idea who i can turn to
i am so ( Read more... )

this is purely for me to vent my ever-growing anger towards whatever is causing my computer to suck ( Read more... )

if you didn't really miss me and you can't be bothered to care, then don't say the exact opposite.  fuck.

i've been online for so long that i've read through the archives of toothpaste for dinner, natalie dee's stuff, married to the sea, and some penny arcade.  fortunately, i'm fluent enough in nerdspeak to understand all the jokes (phew!).  these are some of my favourites.

if you ever wanted to hunt me down (or mate with me?), here's a hint:

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aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

how much more completely can i screw myself over?
i bet there's still ways, i just have to get more creative.

i would appreciate if everyone could feed into my increasingly maddening boredom and contribute their top 5 (or at least 3) favourite music videos, i'm very curious, and if you're so inclined, please add what makes them your favourites.

my top five (in no particular order ( Read more... )

i was trapped watching the billboard music awards last night (kind of off and on) and was kind of surprised by some of the winners. the decision is based on airplay, downloads, etc. monitored by neilsen soundscan. judging from what i constantly heard every time i turned on the radio, the results feel weird to me, but i guess middle america is ( Read more... )