I have realised that I'm really a blog-neglecter.  I often complain to those who will listen (I love you all) that I miss reading and writing, but it's really my own fault.  Instead of doing something useful and writing a blog or something (though the entries themselves may be pretty useless, ahem) I waste my lunch hours watching makeup videos or reading product reviews.  I am hankering for a few items, but we will have to see how the June bonus pans out for that.

Anyway, I think I may do a few themed entries to at least provide something for you to read and for me to write.  It will stimulate the old brainsauce.

So?  What's IN:

GLEE

I am totally, usually, mostly, not a fan of showtunes or musicals . . . well, I guess I am, but my husband's love of them kinda turned me off at some point.  Not sure why.  Anyway, this show has got my toes tapping!  I am always jealous of those gorgeous individuals who belt out these incredible songs and DANCE at the same time.  I can barely walk and text without bumping into some disgruntled stranger.  Well, this show is just so witty and obvious and funny.  Kurt is my favourite character.  That is all you need to know.

SHAKESPEARE'S SONNET 130

This little number is a wonderful parody on those kinds of poems that compare ladies to goddesses and all that kind of hokey stuff (THAT WE LOVE TO HEAR).  I have always loved this one because it's such refreshing look at love, and also because it is poking fun at the "industry standard" of love poetry.  Given today's approach to beauty (Photoshop + Botox + good PR) I think it is absolutely divine in a modern context.  I really think he'd have kept the most intriguing blog.

PRESIDENT'S CHOICE KETTLE CORN TOMATO & SMOKED PAPRIKA FLAVOUR

I am a really, really big sucker for popcorn.  I don't care who you are, if you invite me out on a movie date I WILL GO WITH YOU just so I can get theatre popcorn.  It is an illness.  I often stink up our house when I invite Orville Reddenbacher over, much to to the chagrin of my spouse.  Anyway, so I saw this at the Provigo on sale and scooped it up.  That Prez sure's got good taste, 'cos this stuff is WICKED GOOD.  Don't you be a jerk and complain about the popcorn husks getting stuck in your teeth.  That is a small price to pay for this awesome snack.

SHIT MY KIDS RUINED

Just a preview on what's to come.  I am hiding everything I value.

And what's OUT:

PEOPLE TROLLING ON THE INTERWEBZ

Eff all a y'alls!  I just really dislike those jerks who comment on blogs and FB crap to be nasty and mean and start lame Internet fights.  I'm pretty sure I can Google random shit all day to prove people wrong, too.  However, I prefer to spend my time making people happy and being insightfully positive, not being a dickwad in their blog comments.

STREET COMMENTS

Kinda like trolling, but these people do it in real life.  Usually it's old ladies talking directly to the baby but saying something about my parenting skills.  Like, "Oh, you must be too cold today without a sweater!" Oh, just can it, lady.  Also, people, mostly old men, who think just because I don't look like a dumpster, they can stare at me and make loser comments to me.  If I'm legally blind and I can still tell that you are looking me up and down like a fiend, you need to step it the hell off.

STM OPUS CARDS

The STM (the public transit people in Montreal) have implemented these new passes with a chip in them that you scan and can then get on the bus or metro.  However, I'm not sure what it is, but they seem to lose their magic really quickly.  It's particularly sucky on a rush hour morning when you swipe it and burst through the turnstile -- and it doesn't move.  Added to that, there are about ten people behind you who have started to move forward, and your thighs are gonna look like a banana that's been riding around your lunch bag for five days.

WINDOWS XP

Do I really need to explain this?  I have a new laptop with Windows 7 and it's fantastic.  It could also just be that my laptop is really new and has nothing on it yet, but we'll see.  We also use Ubuntu at home, and you can't complain about bugs there because it's open source.  But, at work, I have to use XP and it just makes me mad, it is so buggy and slow.