- I saw The Kite Runneron Saturday. My wife says it wasnt as good as the book, but we were both still in tears at the end. Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant filmmaking.
- Crave FX is going to drive you mad. We play at 7:15, 10:15, 1:15 and 5:15.
- Britney is on the cover of every.single.tabloid. this week. She's creating more chaos today by reportedly adding her paparazzi boyfriend to her entourage. She also brought him to a custody hearing today.
- The Golden Globes were handed out last night. Yeah, I was watching the Amazing Race too. Good thing, cause I have no idea who many of the winners are.
- Christina and Nicole had their babies in the same ward of the same hospital on Friday. I love the story of how they sent "spies" down to the guest area to see who had a bigger present pile.
- Mary J Blige on steroids? That's what's being alleged of her, 50 Cent, Timbaland, Wyclef Jean and Tyler Perry. The Blog According to Buzz. Spread the word, ya heard?
It’s Romney v Huckabee v McCain v Edwards v Clinton v Obama and even Canadians who can’t hang a chad are glued to CNN/MSNBC/FoxNews trying to understand what the hell a caucus and a primary is.
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Okay, so I bought many of my Christmas presents online, preaching the convenience and joy in doing so from my pyjamas to many of my friends, only to have a few of my gifts arrive in January. I guess 3 weeks wasnt enough time to come all the way north from Everett, Wa.
I would have thought things would be easier doing some Boxing Day shopping from Future Shop. Uh no.
Once again, I was laughing at all the sad sacks who camped out 20 hrs in the cold to save $200 on a flat panel tv. Yet here they are, enjoying all their HD goodness while I am still waiting for my tiny little SD Card and iPod Shuffle.
After re-checking my invoices etc last night, I found the parcel was shipped December 27. I got a tracking number and matched it up with Canada Post, who said my item was delivered January 7. It may have been delivered, but it wasn’t delivered to me.
So what do I do? I tried to send an email to Future Shop’s customer service, it bounced back undeliverable (of course). Do I take it up with FS? Canada Post? Visa?
I just wanted an 8 gig SD card and a cute shuffle. 3 weeks ago!
Online shopping still sucks.
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It was a busy day in baby land yesterday as 4 new stars joined the Hollywood constellation.
David Allan Grier and Courtney Thorne-Smith had children, but all anyone cared about was Xtina and Nicole.
Nicole Richie had a girl. Harlow Winter Kate Madden. Very cool. I especially like Winter. Mysterious, unique and elegant. Not that freaky Hollywood type of name.
Christina Aguilera had a boy. As of this writing, the name is said to be Kevin Jon Bratman. Sooo .. is it a backhanded dig at Britney or is it just really boring and unimaginative? No offense to any Kevins reading this, but you know you have a boring name. Just remember this jab is from a guy named Buzz.
Cmon, Xtina, this is H-Town. Throw down something unique and special. If it’s gotta be Kevin, at least spell it Kehvinne - or something dorky like that.
Actually, to be fair, despite all her freaky makeup and big fake boobs and unwillingness to look interviewers in the eye, Christina is a sweetheart. Her picking a “regular” name is just part of her character.
Check out the interview I did with her in the spring of 06 as she was getting ready to release Back to Basics.
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We received some final instructions today, notably flight times, hotel stuff and the question each one of the 36 members of Team Blogger wanted to know. Can we live blog?
No.
I guess 36 geeks hammering away at a keyboard and taking self portraits with Wendy Mesley would be distracting to the whole show. Actually, they have a legit excuse - Wifi sucks in the studio and Blackberries interfere with the remote devices we’ll be using to answer the questions.
We did get some good news out of the email, though. Each team will have a celebrity cheerleader joining them, we’re getting Daily Show correspondent Samantha Bee! (guess she’s got some free time with the WGA strike and all) Samantha is a good old fashioned maple syrup swigging Canuck and will be a welcomed addition to our squad.
We tape the show at 7p-9p EST, and it will air at 8p-10p in most time zones. This should make for a fun Sunday night. I finish the show at 9 and have to be on a flight home at 10:40.
It’s gonna be tight, but I have to be back home to take Le Grand Zizou to Aquaman class (swimming lessons) on Mondays. Can’t disappoint the kid!
I hope you’ll watch and cheer on Team Blogger. Whoever scores the highest from all the teams scores a $5000 voucher for a vacation. w00t!
We’re encouraged to have our wardrobe on the show match what we wear when we blog at home. I’m usually in pj’s and a tshirt. Can I really wear that on national tv? Hmmm .. might have to do it.
I will need a slogan for a new tshirt, gotta do it up nerd style. Choices so far are:
You’ve no doubt heard about 2 Girls 1 Cup. Today, there is a sequel, 4 Girls Finger Painting.
Warning. These are videos featuring naked women and feces. And eating it. They are NASTY.
The fun part is that people are making reaction videos. They turn their webcam on and make videos of themselves watching the nasty video.
Ceara K and I made a video of ourselves watching the new video. Warning, it takes almost a minute until our reaction starts, and we do swear. There’s nothing ganky in the video below, it’s just me and Ceara watching other people.
Good times.
I’m kinda curious, even though this entry is labelled NSFW, did you just close your office door, turn down your speakers and look over your shoulder to watch it at work? Or did you make a mental note and you’re now at home and ready to go?
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I was off to the Passport Office today to get papers for myself and Le Grand Zizou to head to France this spring. (Okay, Jen’s coming too. She got her passport last year before the crush)
I filled out the forms online, got the pictures guaranteed, printed off the forms, packed a lunch, a tent, some video material and headed down to the Richmond Passport Office.
Problem #1. When I Googled “Richmond Passport Office” I got an address on Saba Rd. When I got to said address, there was no Passport Office, but there was a nice little Passport Photo Place. Asked the little man where it was, and he told me they moved around the corner, on Cooney Rd. Too bad for him, the new place was about 7 blocks away, I bet his drive-by business isnt what it used to be.
So I whipped over to the new place and saw the rows and rows of chairs and people sitting in them and thought “Ugh.” But good news, they have a couple pre-screeners to take your money, and check your forms so you don’t waste a day waiting only to find out you misspelled your name.
Who would misspell their own name? Me.
Problem #2. My middle name is MCKAY. Pronounced Muh-Kye. It’s my Godfather’s name. I’ve always spelled it McKay. Well, I guess when I filled out my Passport form 5 years ago, they assumed the capital “K” meant a new word, so it appears as MC KAY on my old Passport. I wrote it out MCKAY in my application. Hmmm. Alarms and bells and whistles start going off in the office.
When using the speedy renewal form, everything MUST be identical in the two applications. After rooting around in my bag, I found my birth certificate. It also had my name as MC KAY. Okay, so I guess I don’t know how to spell my own name.
I ask the screening agent if I can just fill out a new form and all will be right in the world. She checks with a manager, isn’t sure and doesnt totally process my forms. I will have to see the agent, she says.
Great. I come all the way down and I misspell my name, and it’s a big deal. While I’m waiting for my number to be called, I decide to fill out new forms and spell/misspell my middle name the way it is “legally.”
I get to the agent, explain the screw up. She says “no problem,” uses my new handwritten forms, takes my money and sends me on my way.
I didnt need the tent, didnt need the lunch, and only ended up watching about 20 minutes of Californication on my Creative Zen Vision: W.
Kewl. New passports in 3-4 weeks. Big vacation to France in 2 months.
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A province wide ban on smoking indoors is being upheld. That means hookah parlours and cigar lounges will no longer be allowed to offer their custormers the privelege to puff on the premises.
I’m an anti-smoking nazi. Hate the stuff. I mutter “die smoker” at the cancer kids huddle in the wind and rain outside building doors. I boycott tobacco companies and all of their subsidiaries.
Did you know Kraft is actually owned by Phillip Morris Altria? Add in all their subsidiary brands like Nabisco, Kool-Aid, Maxwell House, Jell-O, Oscar Mayer, Post…- and if you’re not careful when you do your groceries, you could actually be supporting big tobacco.
So it’s not surprising I should feel no sympathy for the hookah people now that their reason for business has been removed from them. One parlour owner downtown is trying to trumpet his business as a place for Persians and Iranians to have a bit of home, here.
I got an idea, how about when women are treated equally in your part of the world, you can smoke in our part of the world?
When in Rome Vancouver, friend. When in Rome Vancouver
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Okay, so I bought many of my Christmas presents online, preaching the convenience and joy in doing so from my pyjamas to many of my friends, only to have a few of my gifts arrive in January. I guess 3 weeks wasnt enough time to come all the way north from Everett, Wa.
We did get some good news out of the email, though. Each team will have a celebrity cheerleader joining them, we’re getting Daily Show correspondent 
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