Monthly Archives: June 2009

secret confession #1

Sometimes when I’m really bored I like to rewatch my favourite scenes/episodes from movies/shows.

Here’s a selection for your viewing pleasure. Check it out after the jump.

PS-I am sorry for the quality of some of these. It’s not my fault, blame youtube.

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Miffed about Miffy

Remember Miffy? A dear friend I like to call Kevin Spacey reminded me of her tonight.

When I was little I used to hate Miffy. Well not so much hated Miffy as I hated the fact that the author/creator of Miffy’s name was Dick Bruna. My name is Bruna, and as a child having the word Dick in front of my name bothered me. Needless to say, I never took these books out at the library.

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white lies and shark bites

Scene 1, Act I.

Location: Work

I sit at my assigned desk for the day, minding my own business (reading texts from last night-no idea what I’m talking about? click here) in a quad with three highly toxic, 40 (possibly 50) something women (who have nothing better to do with their lives than obsessively gossip about one another while pretending to be eachothers bffs) when a friend comes by my desk to ask me if I want to go for break.

Friend: Wanna go for break?

Me: Sure man, let’s go.

Toxic 40something woman (one who never actually comes to work but insists that she’s always there and always tired from all the work she’s been doing—also incredibly anal about the ergonomics of her chair): Oh, what’s that scar?

note: Friend has big scar on left leg because she was run over by a car. Not joking.

Friend: Who me?

Toxic 40something woman: Yeah. How did that happen?

Friend (in the most deadpan demeanor ever): Oh, it was a shark attack.

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and they keep falling like leaves from a tree

Two new movies based on books to look forward to. The first is The Time Traveller’s Wife based on the book of the same name by Audrey Niffenegger. The book was absolutely beautiful, one of my all time favourites and … Continue reading