BROWN PAPER KITTENS TIED UP WITH STRING…To finish off a fun year, I’d like to share my favourite pop culture moments off the year. Since I go to see so many movies, concerts, musicals, and buy so many books and CDs, picking the favourites is a challenge but here, after Continue Reading
Once upon a Time
Once Upon a Time is, quite simply, brilliant. I had high hopes for this show which seemed to promise LOST-like intrigue with a postmodern take on fairytales, and it has delivered in spades. It bounces back and forth between the fairy tale characters as we know and love them, and Continue Reading
Aspirational writing: one day I will write
Like so many things that fall victim to our modern action-packed lifestyles, writing can all too easily be consigned to the wish list of life. Though I live to write, and I am practically super glued to my blogs and the novel I am working on, I have been guilty Continue Reading
First trailer for The Hobbit released!
It appears that shooting on the Peter Jackson helmed The Hobbit movies is much more advanced that I thought. In fact enough footage has been shot that they have put together an awesomely great trailer that recalls the wonder and excitement I felt as I watched each of the dazzlingly Continue Reading
On the twelfth day of Christmas… I watched this year’s Warehouse 13 episode "The Greatest Gift"
What a fantastically fun episode! If there’s one thing that a Warehouse 13 episode deliver in spades normally it’s fun. But how much more fun that even those stellar heights was this episode that managed to be heartwarming, comic, and seriously reality-threatening all at once. There’s was just enough schmaltz Continue Reading
On the eleventh day of Christmas… I was given a Kobo e-reader and joined the e-book revolution
Today I powered up the Kobo e-reader I was given for Christmas by my partner and behold it is very good. Now just in case you’re thinking I jumped the gun completely as far as Christmas is concerned (which wouldn’t be an unreasonable assumption given my love of instant gratification), Continue Reading
On the tenth day of Christmas… I watched 2011’s Eureka Christmas episode – Do You See What I See
So I finally got to see a few of the episodes I previewed earlier and they are such a delight. Here’s my reviews of Eureka’s Do You See What I See DO YOU SEE WHAT I SEE – EUREKA Ah I do love the twisting of standard Christmas phrases into Continue Reading
On the ninth day of Christmas … my cartoon ornaments reminded me of childhood past
My Christmas tree is not your usual Christmas tree. Oh it has branches, and tinsel on the branches, and some sparkly red and silver baubles, and the most gorgeous blue and white twinkly lights. All the usual accoutrements, naturally and I adore it because it is exactly the sort of Continue Reading
Videogames – Lana Del Ray
Thank god for ABC’s JJJ radio, a government-funded music network that is primarily targeted at a younger demographic that plays some mainstream music but mostly spins records from bands than the commercial FM radio stations would never consider adding to their playlist. It is because of JJJ’s willingness to play Continue Reading
On the eight day of Christmas… the publishing industry fell in love with Christmas
Years after watching the cinema and musicindustries fall headlong in love with Christmas, declaring their devotion witheach festive movie and album released, the publishing industry has finallyfollowed suit. It is pursuing a full-blown love affair with the season.Bookstores are awash with Christmas themed-books which, to the delight of theseason’s newest Continue Reading