Who the fuck uses the word "ubiquitous" in the course of normal conversation?! Really!

Yesterday was a shit day ( Read more... )

Is your garage band trio still lacking a name? Don't fret! Try this simple algorithm for naming your group:

The + (Given and Family) name of a famous figure skater (in traditional order for country of origin)+ a really cool noun or two.

Here are some examples:

The Josée Chouinard Light Brigade ( Read more... )

Feeling rather old and tired today. A friend is engaged and getting married next summer. It seems crazy and altogether too fast. Maybe it's what she needs. I'm not convinced, but I hope for her happiness that this is truly the right decision ( Read more... )

It's the afternoon on Mother's Day. I'm in the office; the only fool on my floor. A bunch of the volcanologists are in today (Peace and long life!). Mildly cranking the new Broken Social Scene... everyone seems to be having a studio release these days except Dan Bejar who just keeps wrapping his bitterness around him. I don't like it: picking ( Read more... )

Alan Moore! I am so in awe of his awesomeness!

Usually I just cringe in horror when they turn his stories into movies, but V for Vendetta was fantastic! The lines (however flowery and Moore-ish they were) were delivered expertly, so the taste of his writing wasn't lost. The core symbolism was preserved and the mystery unfolded with good timing ( Read more... )

The kiddies sucked the life right out of me. Oi. Third-year..... seems like a distant memory ( Read more... )

GIANT NOVELTY CHEQUE ( Read more... )

Hi people.

I am alive. Things have transpired.

id est:

1. Wrote a fricking tome (220 pages).
2. Employed said tome to add some more letters to the end of my name.
3. Commenced further endeavours to add even more letters to the end of my name.
4. Saw Harry Potter IV with J.G., S.J., et al.5. Am now poster-girl not only for Corporate Greenwash ( Read more... )

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