Would you brush your teeth w/ black paste?

I know I wouldn't! Wonder how many ppl would actually purchase this? *shudder*

The ever so eloquent

Yeah yeah... I've been MIA for the past while. Mostly due to my obsession w/ the Winter Olympics and hte fact that work was CRAZY last week. Kinda sad that I won't have the Olympics to look fwd to every night, but I guess that also means that the shows I watch will be back w/ new eps.

Anywho, while I would never proclaim to be a word smith of any sort, I sure hope that I would be a better spokesperson than Ms. Anderson. It was announced that Pam is gonna be the host of the 2006 JUNOS... oh joy! </sarcasm> Here's what she said in a statement,

Canadian music rocks. No matter where I am in the world I can listen to Canadian music and feel like I'm at home. This is going to be one kick-ass awards show.

Gee... makes me wonder if she *really* wrote this letter... </sarcasm>

Wow... what a star studded film

</sarcasm> When Daniel Craig was announced to be succeeding Pierre Bronson, there was a huge uproar in Hollywood and the blogosphere, including me. Really... who is this Daniel Craig person & why doesn't he look like a James Bond? He's blonde for gawdsake! W/ the 21st Bond movie going into production soon, only time will tell whether Craig will be the next Lazenby.

Eva Green was announced to be the upcoming Bond Girl and Mads Mikkelsen is going to be the Bond nemisis. Yeah, that's right... WHO!?! Granted, maybe this movie will launch Green's career. You never know w/ these things. While incredibly talented, the biggest name attached to the movie, Jeffrey Wright isn't going to pull in that many fans.

It's looking more & more like this movie is going to be a bomb. Perhaps I should sell my stock before it bottoms out.

We're on a frigging roll!

After the COC announced that they were forecasting 25 medals at the Torino Games, I knew that was an omen. Really what that meant was that Canada was going to come away from the Games with less than the 17 medals they got in SLC. Sometimes I wonder why these committees feel the need to put the pressure on the athletes, when they're probably already facing pressure from other venues.

Obviously, there's been some truth in my theory. Look at how many athletes, who were expected to medal, have faltered - Beckie Scott (individual medal), Jeffrey Buttle, Jeremy Wotherspoon… the list goes on. Up until today, we had a huge whopping 1G, 1S, 2B.

However, it looks like we are starting to get on a roll. Just got the CKNW news alerts stating that not only did the women's longtrack speed skating pursuit team (I know that sport is new… but wtf is this pursuit stuff about?) win silver, but so did the men's team *&* we got a bronze in women's skeleton (which is one hell of a scary sport).

So… at this point, we're standing in 5th with seven medals behind the U.S. with nine, but does it ever irk me that we don't have 2G… As I'm sure you've heard by now, as all the Vancouver papers have made it front page news, Dale Begg-Smith has won gold in the men's moguls. So, what's the big deal about him? Well, born & raised in Vancouver & the prick decided to ski for Australia. :
Ok, so in reality, my opinion on Begg-Smith is mixed. It does bug me that he's a Vancouverite, who lives in a condo in Coal Harbour during his drives around Vancouver in his lambourghini during his down time, and skis for Oz. His coach… Canadian. He was on the Canadian training team when he was younger for gawdsakes. Granted, I can also understand where he comes from. The dude is supposedly a self-made multimillionaire from the age of 15 or so. He had to manage and oversee his company and couldn't dedicate the time to the training camps as expected. So… the Canadian team booted him. So, why shouldn't he still be permitted to represent Canada if he's willing to his own $ into training? I don’t know… it would've been nice to hear the Canadian anthem playing, that's for sure…

Why can't we just let sleeping dogs lay?

Seriously... the Bertuzzi-Moore incident is going to be one of those neverending stories. While the movie was about the adventures of Bastian and Atreyu in a fantastical world, this story is about how Todd, in one dumb ass move, sucker punched Steve into a world w/out hockey.

Let me start off saying that I, in no way, condone what Bert did, but at the same time, hockey is a "violent" sport and emotions some times run wild. Plus, there's the whole fact that an additional 3 or 4 ppl jumped onto Bert, who was on top of Moore - so who really knows what caused the injury...

I digress... I thought that this story would, by now, have died off. We had the case brought to Supreme Court and to civil court in Colorado. Both have been settled or thrown out. Now w/ the betting scandal surrounding Gretsky, the lime light has been taken off Bert. But not for long...

CBC is reporting that Steve Moore and his family has filed a $15 million civil suit against Bert in Ontario. If they can't get to him in other courts, why not try Ontario... where the incident didn't take place...

I guess you've gotta give them props for being persistent. On the other hand... talk about timing. Why now? Why when all eyes are on the Olympics? Are they just hungry for media attn or do they want to ensure that Bert is continued to be painted in a bad light so if the team does win gold, he won't be seen as a "hero?" Either way, I'm sick of this shite...

US version of The Office just got better

<in a high pitched voice>COCK</voice> Tee hee... So, I'm a huge fan of the original The Office. It's smart and pointless, much like real life is. & while you love to hate the boss, you can't help but feel sympathy for him.

When I heard that NBC was coming out w/ the US version, I was a lil iffy about it... Think about it. How many movies are remade successfully? Some, but only a handful. & of course, how many television shows that are revamped/remade for the US mkt succeed? NBC's Coupling sure wasn't one of them.

My question was... after that failed experiment, what made them think they could make The Office a success? I was willing to give it a chance & while I watched the first season, which was only approx. 6 eps, I didn't like it. I didn't like Michael Scott... he seemed more sleasy & greasy than anything else. Watching the show actually hurt me more than anything. & I was aghast when I heard the show was renewed.

However, what a nice surprise it was when I started watching the 2nd season & actually liking it? The characters have been evolved more and the storyline encompasses more of the office characters now. It's a nice breath of fresh air compared to the typical sitcom.

*&* now, it's being reported that Ricky Gervais is actually going to WRITE an ep!!!! How excited am I?

Yes... a very long rant to just get one pnt across - what else is new? ;)

Crossing the floor...

While I try to stay away from politics on my blog, I must admit that I'm glad that I don't live in David Emerson's riding. Must admit that I would be pretty peeved, especially if I voted for him.

It might be hippocritical of me, but I think it's one thing to cross the floor as a Tory to the Liberals, but it's another to do it the other way. Granted, I'm quite biased as I'm in no way a Conservative Party supporter.

However, it also bugs me that the Tories made such an uproar when Belinda Stronach crossed the floor to the Liberals. That's like the pot calling hte kettle black. Not to mention, @ least Belinda stayed w/ the party for several months, figured out that her ideals and the party's ideals aren't a matched and *then* crossed the floor. Emerson on the other hand... If the Liberals win the next election & he somehow miraculously wins again, watch him cross the floor again.

Oh... I've got my fingers crossed!!!!

Rumour has it that the Lost writers are so fed up w/ the behavious of a certain actor that they are dying to kill/write off the character. While I'm not a huge fan of reading spoilers, but I had a feeling that I knew who it was... I'm just hoping that it's true. While I might dislike the Jack character, I hate this character and actor even more...

GAWD... I hope this rumour turns out to be true!

Holy Cdn connections

Was perusing through Google News the other day & came across an article in the National Post that pnts out that Every.Single. best film nominee for the Oscars this year has a fairly strong connection to the True North.

Some might say that the reporter is pulling @ straws here, but I think it's a pretty cool observation & perhaps the Cdn movie industry isn't as pathetic as some may think...

Btw... you gosta scroll down to the bottom of the article to see the connections.