When I was three years old, Lady Di and Prince Charles were married. I know I saw footage of the wedding (in replay), and it seemed like the most amazing and wonderful thing ever. Diana’s beauty in her dress made my tiny heart light up. I imagined what it would be like to be one…
Category: PopCulturalism
Canadian Election 2011: Stuff that’s Cool
This March, when the current federal Conservatives were found in contempt of Parliament and the government fell, a widespread reaction was, “We’re going to the polls again?? This is a stupid waste of money – we’re just going to end up with exactly the same situation.” (It’s been less than 3 years since the last…
BANG Movie (and story) Review: The Adjustment Bureau
After seeing The Adjustment Bureau last night, I decided to read the story it’s based on – “Adjustment Team”, by Philip K. Dick. A strange experience on both counts. I’d seen trailers, so I knew the movie was about some guy who gets involved with a group of sinister guys in fedoras who reveal to…
BANG Movie Reviews: Just Go With It vs. Blue Valentine
Kudos to my friend Skye. She is my most moviegoing friend, and she has now seen all TEN Oscar Best Picture Nominees! And she still made time to see two other movies with me in the past couple weeks. Here’s my little Table O’ Comparison between Just Go With It and Blue Valentine. Two movies…
Dilovely’s Playlist: 20 Favourite Pick-Me-Up Songs
As promised ages ago, I have made y’all a playlist of “uppers”, as my brother calls them: songs that I put on when I need a mood-lifter, ones that are infectiously happy, or just have a melody that makes a body feel good. These are by no means the only 20 songs I would put…
Kids Are Great
Perhaps it’s time to talk about some kids other than mine. So, a week late… let’s talk about the school play, “A Night at the Wax Museum”. It was worth writing about, although the words will never do it justice. It was a cute play, created by my colleague Mr. A and his actors, about…
BANG Movie Review: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part I
Today I went with Skye and Skye’s friend to see HP7i at the VIP cinema in Oakville. I’d like to say we got into the VIP place (which is age 19+, has big crazy chairs, alcoholic drinks, and reserved seating) on the sheer awesomeness of our persons, but actually entry is achieved by the purchase…
School Snippets #5
I’ve been helped to understand a significant truth. I’ve noticed the craze of “silly bands” – as a teacher, I can’t avoid them. For those of you who are not between the ages of six and twelve, they’re stretchy bracelets that form different shapes when relaxed, in all different colours. (Like the 2010 version of…
Great Advice
It was a busy weekend, in which I had considerable reason to think about the way people’s minds work. I think we all have those times when we are bitter about something, and we’ve all hung on to things longer than we should have. Like, for example, I still get righteously angry when I think…
BANG Book Review: The Year of Living Biblically
This month’s GGG book, chosen by the oft-mentioned Skye ( 🙂 ) was The Year of Living Biblically, by A.J. Jacobs. Skye picked it because she had read The Know-It-All by the same author and loved it. Not all the gals who made it to the meeting had finished the book, but we were all…