Author: meghan
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Raise a Glass
Today, you would have been 32. Gone, but never forgotten. In honour of your day, let’s raise a Woodchuck Cider and watch this video I know you would have appreciated. Thanks for being my friend all those years. RIP.
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5 Fandom Friday: Con Swag
Speaking of Con Loot, everyone’s pictures of SDCC looked so fun and yes, I fell for the internet prank of the Firefly cast reuniting. Quick subject change! Showing off some of the cool swag I’ve bought myself at NYCC: 1. Dalek shirt which is so soft and comfortable and lovely!!! Also hilarious because when I…
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If I Dated Fozzie Bear…
Today we discuss what would happen if I, hypothetically, dated Fozzie Bear. Why date Fozzie Bear, you ask? Well, Kermit is unavailable, Gonzo is too desperate, Rowlf is clearly married to his career. And Doctor Teeth & Electric Mayhem? I’ve dated enough “musicians” (read: one) to know that’s a bad idea. PROS: He’s a bear! …
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Trader Joe’s Tuesday: Biotin
Trader Joe’s Biotin 5,000 mcg Tastes Like: Don’t taste it, just swallow it. This is a dietary supplement that I’ve been taking for over a year now, and let me tell you. My hair used to fall out every time I washed it, there would be a whole Wookie worth of hair in the tub. …
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Podkayne of Mars
I can’t wait to introduce you to Podkayne of Mars!!! Told as a diary written by Poddy Fries, nine Mars years old (which is like 16 Earth years – because of the longer orbit, duh, Heinlein thinks of everything) and about to embark on the journey that will change her young life!! But then –…
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5 Fandom Friday: Spin Spin Spinoff
I’m not a fan of spinoffs, generally, since Angel was such a disappointment after Buffy. Most of the things I love just happen to wrap up in tidy, complete packages. I can’t imagine, for instance, continuing the story of Les Miserables, or Battlestar Galactica, or Love in the Time of Cholera. So I struggled immensely…
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Living With Roommates vs. A SigOth
As soon as you announce that blissful decision: “We’re moving in together!” well-meaning advice mongerers will load your ears with fears about living with a partner. So much has been said about the drawbacks, that I want to preach the benefits! When you live with a roommate, you are a constant thorn in their…
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Trader Joe’s Tuesday: Cheddar and Horseradish Flavored Potato Chips
Trader Joe’s Cheddar and Horseradish Potato Chips Tastes Like: Your new favourite potato chip. Extremely cheesy, with a spicy aftertaste. Look, these chips absolutely deliver on that flavor promise in a BIG way. Great With: Cold beers, seltzer, and possibly plain sour cream as a dip, but these are delicious all by themselves! Perfect For: …
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How I Want To Spend My Summer Vacation
What a ride the past nine months have been! It felt so much longer. I got incredibly drunk (one – ONE frozen mojito!) after school with my coworkers on Tuesday to put the year behind me and look forward to this summer. Of course, I’m looking for a new job – but I’m also going…
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5 Fandom Friday: Not Of This World…
This week’s 5 Fandom Friday features our Five Favourite Aliens! Kick it up to Warp Speed and join me, The Nerdy Girlie, and Super Space Chick and hashtag #5FANDOMFRIDAY and #FANDOM5 with your 5 favourite aliens – self included! 1. THE DOCTOR in all his various incarnations. I think my favourite has to be Tom…
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Currently… in July 2015
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FEELING: Free! I cannot emphasize that enough, so let me try again: FREE!!! The final weeks of school were a mess and completely destroyed me. Any shred I was clinging to was completely gone. I have burned that to the ground and it is done. I know there’s a new adventure for me out there,…
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Trader Joe’s Tuesday: String Cheese
Trader Joe’s String Cheese Tastes Like: The perfect string cheese – strings delicately, not too much of that “processed” chemical taste, light and cheesy! Great With: moar cheese Perfect For: Folks who forage the fridge for a tiny, quick snack Must Know: Not vegan. Costs: $3.49 for twelve sticks. Gone in a flash.
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Five Times I Was The Coolest Teacher
Now that the school year is coming to an end, I feel like a soldier surrendering. Well, I tried. Well, it’s over. I feel like a failure, but there are students who brightened my outlook by sharing the times they enjoyed in my yearbook. You know, there were times when I actually kind of nailed…
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5 Fandom Friday: Fandom Guilty Pleasures
Normally I would say “Nothing you enjoy should make you feel guilty!” but there are those things you cringe to admit like… 1. I adore the Twilight series and I’m glad to see it popping up on other people’s lists too! I feel so bad because the books are a massive commercial success turned cultural…
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Greenpointing
My new neighbourhood is the greatest! I’m so excited to be a Brooklyner, especially in such a quaint, adorable part of town. Over the past weekend, I had the chance to explore and photograph just a small handful of places around town (and dine at them). No better way to beat the heat than with…
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5 Fandom Friday: Favourite Fictional Fashion
Favourite Fictional Fashion (or: “I just want to rock a jumpsuit): 1. Kaylee Frye from Firefly makes a jumpsuit look pretty…pretty, actually! 2. Batgirl of Burnside has some admittedly hipster but fashionable looks! I would absolutely raid her closet. 3. Friday from Friday normally I’d never want to dress (or is undress the word) like…
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Rice to Riches
After hearing nothing but AMAZING things on the internetz about Rice to Riches in Soho, I finally had the chance to check it out last weekend!! And it is everything you could dream of and more!Their signage boasted many flavours. But I was still shocked to see so many flavours available and guess what? All…
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Bringing Up Baby…Cacti
One of the things I was most looking forward to in my new Brooklyn apartment was using the big windows with lots of light to raise an indoor farm of plants! Well, maybe not a whole farm, but I have quite the lot of greenery going down on the kitchen windowsill at the moment. My…
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5 Fandom Friday: Favourite Fictional Fathers
In honor of Father’s Day, much as for Mother’s Day, we are listing out favourite fiction fathers this weekend! 1. Bob Belcher from Bob’s Burgers is sort of the “straight man” to his wacky family, but that’s what they need. Also, the burger puns. 2. Giles from Buffy the Vampire Slayer isn’t so much really…
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5 Fandom Friday: On The BIG Screen!
Sooo, Hollywood is all about making movies of things. And TV series. And that’s terrible. ART IS ART! Okay? Comics are a medium unto themselves. Who ever suggested making a pilot of the Mona Lisa, or turning Starry Night into a blockbuster? I can’t even wrap my head around how terribly stupid it would be…