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This is my interstellar craft of truth and wit. Buckle up. If you want celebrity gossip, this is not the blog for you. If you want comfortable postings that’ll fill you with happy fuzzy thoughts about the world at large, or self-help guru shit, this is not the blog for you.
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Category Archives: Consumerism
Well, it’s all coming down. Another 10 days, and I can start looking in earnest for March 1st rentals in Victoria. Holy choices-to-make, Batman! Here’s what I know. I know roughly where I want to live. And while I’m working from home, I want to be less than 15 minutes’ walk to my local gym, [...]
Also posted in internet, Moving, Product Reviews Tagged apartments, finding a new home, finding apartments, home rentals, house-hunting, looking for a place, moving, renting Leave a comment
Nov
30
2011
So, Uh, About That Tree…
Yeah, okay, guilty. I’m that asshole who put her tree up on November 29th and made you feel like a totally unorganized idiot, or like I’m part of the conspiracy to make Christmas encroach further into our lives. But I say NAY. NAY, it is not encroaching! I don’t know when it started, but for a [...]
Oct
12
2011
Occupy This, Wall Street
In 2008, my friend bought me an Obama shirt as a New Orleans souvenir. I was definitely an Obama fan but I’ve never been one for political worship. You show me a politician, I’ll show you someone who makes compromise a lifestyle — Obama or otherwise. Not that all compromise is bad, but sometimes you [...]
Also posted in Current Events, Dimestore Philosophy, Politics Tagged #occupywallstreet, #OSW, change, finance, Politics, power to the people, revolution, wall street 1 Comment
Oct
05
2011
The Media Is Dead To Me
For three weeks, protests have been gaining steam in New York City, and spreading across America. People are realizing they’re angry, and hey, so’s the next guy. They’re seeing their way of life evaporate. Gone is the way I grew up, the life I knew, and I’m Canadian. Americans have it worse. Middle class? Buh-bye, [...]
Also posted in Current Events, Dimestore Philosophy, keeping it real Tagged #occupy, #occupywallstreet, change the world, open your eyes, stop the greed 1 Comment
Jun
04
2010
Fuck You, Hollywood.
We’re witnessing the end of an empire at the box office. Sex and the City 2 is lying there like a dead fish, with all the appeal of a used-up 45-year-old prostitute after a night of chasing 8-balls with gin after running the line for a sex-train at a frat party. Naturally, Hollywood is CONVINCED it’s [...]
Also posted in Being me, Current Events, Dimestore Philosophy, feminism, Hollywood, keeping it real, Modern Feminism, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), Society, Steff Rants, Women's Department Tagged bad movies, box office, carrie bradshaw, cliche, failure, feminism, Hollywood, kim catrall, movies, mr. big, new york, sarah jessica parker, satc2, sex and the city 2, Sexism, stereotypes, stupidity 6 Comments
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