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So, I wrote a really terrible YA horror novel when I was around 12 or 13. [Okay, confession: I was 12 AND 13, ’cause it took me a year to write it.] The whole thing was the result of consuming too many R.L. Stine and Christopher Pike novels, though I have no regrets. Ten years…
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In honour (?) of today’s release of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 1, here is an old post I did about how eerily similar Twilight and Pretty Woman are. Enjoy! 8 reasons why the Twilight series is like Pretty Woman: Edward (in Pretty Woman) never eats or sleeps (almost never sleeps). Neither does Edward (in Twilight).…
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This: If I could have that tattooed on my body, I would. (…Actually!…Maybe???) And this: “If you want something you’ve never had before, you have to do something you’ve never done before.” – Michael Jackson? (???) Onwards and upwards, my friends!
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I know what you’re thinking. People can’t propel themselves into the air by excreting feces. And, yes, I suppose you’re right. In fact, now that I think about it in the light of day, it does sound pretty ludicrous. But try telling that to my subconscious. The dream starts harmless enough, I suppose. I’m watching…
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Who’s Your Favourite Mad Man?: Breaking Bad and Dexter are two dramas about some heavy subjects and dark leading characters (a meth cook and a serial killer) that I can’t help comparing. I’ve been a long-time fan of Dexter, but I only just started watching Breaking Bad this summer (I’m caught up now). This weekend, we…
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Yay: Despite getting cheesier, more over-the-top and ridiculous this season, this past Sunday’s season finale of True Blood was actually really good. Interesting character development, good intersecting drama between the characters and lots of sadness. Keep it up next season! Nay: The premiere of Sarah Michelle Gellar’s long-awaited (sort of) comeback to television, Ringer, was…
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This is just going to be a quick post to complain about this: “‘Snail Mail My Email’ Marries the Romance of Analog with the Convenience of Digital” from GOOD. The basic premise is this: You can write an email and then send it to this project, where strangers will transcribe your letter onto paper, add…
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Day 1: Wednesday, July 20 (preview night/registration) Lowlight: After a long train ride from L.A., checking into the hostel and walking down to the convention centre, we get a text from the SDCC official Twitter feed saying that registration is closed for the day. It was only around 6:30 p.m. and registration was supposed to…
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I never really know exactly how I feel about a movie immediately after seeing it, unless I absolutely loved it or hated it. The rest of the time, if the movie has underwhelmed in some way, I only have a vague sense of what I’m feeling, a restlessness that I’ll ponder over for days until…
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One year ago, Lost aired its final episode. And though I had never seen a single episode before (that’s a lie, I saw the last five minutes of the season 1 finale when it was on TV for some reason), I live-blogged the whole thing. Since then I’ve gone back and watched all six seasons…
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