Revelation

It just occurred to me, I want to create a successful surf rock band. Note to self: make that happen.

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I know taking pet photos is the ultimate in bad photographic form, but I don't care, I have some really cute animal friends.

Team Discovery Channel

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In case you were wondering, the post title is a quote from The Simpsons. Martin says it.

Shot this on Wards Island, early December 2010. Seems like ages ago now... My Hasselblad back is old and weird and has light leaks. Must get a new one.

Letter

I wrote a letter to Bruce McCulloch, but obviously have no way of contacting him, so I'm going to post it here, in the hopes that one day he will be googling himself out of boredom and slight vanity, and come across this post.

Dear Bruce McCulloch,

I have been a fan of Kids in the Hall, and you particularly, for some time now. I watched the show when I was a kid, and though I found you to be one of the funniest in the troupe, I also thought you to be somewhat creepy and unattractive. Lately, however, I have been re-watching Kids in the Hall episodes, and I have begun to wonder: is Bruce McCulloch hot? I can't seem to decide. I was hoping you could give me some insight on the matter. I need you to tell me if you are hot, or not. Should I be attracted to you? On the one hand, you have very chiseled features, and you're pretty built. And when you wear that heavy metal wig when your playing the angsty teenager, you look a lot like my high school boyfriend. But on the other, you have a really creepy stare, and nod your head a lot when you talk in a strange way that I can't explain, but you probably know what I mean, and you seem like you'd be really weird in bed.

If you could get back to me at your earliest convenience, it would be greatly appreciated, as this problem has been plaguing me for weeks. I just need to decide, that way if my friends ever mention you I can either say "Yeah, Bruce McCulloch, he's a total babe" or "Eww, not Bruce McCulloch, he looks like his breath would smell". Also, when I say Bruce McCulloch, I mean Bruce McCulloch circa 1989-1994.

Sincerely yours,

Claudia Puchiele

P.S. I'm not a loon, this is meant to be funny. Seriously, I think you're really cool.

P.P.S. Does your breath smell bad??

KITH Night of the Living Dead

Needed to cheer up, so I've been watching Kids in the Hall, season 1 (Graeme got it for me for Christmas). They are funny in ways that other sketch comedy troupes can only dream to be. I really like that they didn't do celebrity impressions or bombard their audience with parodies of current events. It's just random (but intelligent) comedy. So good.

Smokey

This is me and my cat Smokey, taken last April. I love her so much. She's the sweetest, most well mannered cat I've ever encountered in my short, 21 year existence. She loved to be cuddled and pampered, and enjoyed eating popcorn and dunking her paws in the water bowl. She died yesterday, and I miss her more than I ever thought possible.