New Hair

I got a haircut yesterday and am SO PLEASED!!!! Anything short of a mullet would have been fine but it's nice to have a good, and really different, haircut. I couldn't stop touching it, and I was even oggled a bit. If only I could look nice more often...

Favourite routine

My favourite routine this week was Niko & Arassay's Hip Hop routine:
http://watch.ctv.ca/so-you-think-you-can-dance-canada/top-14/show-highlights/...
LOVED IT! I am sad to see Caroline & Jesse go, but I am really proud of Isaak & Kaitlyn's routine this week. I can't wait till next Wednesday

Movies

I rented 3 movies yesterday: The Visitor; The Band's Visit; and Run Fat Boy Run. I wasn't sure what I wanted to see so I went for quirky and obscure. I had seen previews of Run Fat Boy Run but had not heard of the others. Run Fat Boy Run has some ridiculous and slightly nauseating moments (watch out for the foot scene, that's all I will say) but was very charming and funny and I really enjoyed it. The Band's Visit is a foreign film about an Egyptian band, the Alexandria Ceremonial Police Orchestra ( I couldn't remember it so I had to google it...), that ends up stranded in an Israeli town for a night. It's very subtle and brilliant. I loved it! The band's members wear these ridiculous blue suits, one of the younger members is quite the Romeo with an obsession for Chet Baker, and the loneliness the actors were able to portray was quite heartbreaking. The Visitor was also very touching and awkward and brilliant. This amazingly sad and socially awkward professor ends up falling in love with hand drumming. I highly recommend it! Three for three. Sometimes it really pays to just take a chance.

Post election

What did I learn yesterday watching the election coverage? Rick Mercer is funny, and nothing really changes. For funny election coverage stuff check out his website:
http://www.rickmercer.com/index.cfm

Poor Kevin!

Okay, so this past week's So You Think You Can Dance Canada was very exciting. For the first time I got to vote and all the performances were good, some were amazing, but it made the voting very difficult. I missed the results show on Thursday so watched it yesterday and I am so sad about Bre and Kevin. The solos were all amazing, though I can see why the judges chose the way they did I still thought Kevin's solo was amazing so was a little shocked. Anyways, he's from Westbank apparently, another B.C.'er. Hopefully he won't take it too hard because he's a wonderful dancer! I am looking forward to next week's show already, which technically is this week...
Check out the website for the interviews: http://www.ctv.ca/mini/dance2008/index.html

Dishwasher update

So after half a year I finally told my landlady about the dishwasher issue. Then, a few weeks later I reminded her. Then, later that week my landlord came down and had a look. Then, a few weeks later, ie. yesterday, I got a call that they called a dishwasher guy and he said to just run it a few times without any dishes in it to get rid of the suds. The suds wasn't really the main issue but ok. So, I run it and there's no suds. The lesson I have learned is that I won't ask them to look at anything again. Screw it. If I really need something repaired I will either never use it again or I will live on the street. The exception will be if there's a flood, or I blow all the electrical. That I think I should still tell them.

Vile - but what a vacuum!

I found 2 ketchup packets when I was vacuuming under my couch cushions...at first this shocked and horrified me, but then I felt it was at least mildly funny and ridiculous enough to share with you all.

Wet dream

Ok so I finally met my Soul Mate. It's a Dyson. Yes, today I finally got a vacuum (my previous one being completely fried and an electrical hazard) and it's an older model but was within my budget and honestly I wanted to get home right away just to be able to vacuum. It took 2 minutes to put together - already a plus! - and I already vacuumed my place. It's seriously the wet dream of vacuums. It's easy to manoeuvre, gliding easily across the carpet. Clyde hair a foot away actually gets sucked towards it. I don't think I can pull out the cord because it comes out at the top & is well made. I can't fully express the joy I am feeling right now. It's bliss. I told my Mom I was going to vacuum again just for fun and I wasn't joking.