All right, this’ll be a bit of an obvious post if you know me in real life. I’ve been going to see stand up on Mondays at the Rivoli in Toronto since I was 19 years old. That’s a long time, so that’s gotta mean SOMEthing. It’s a great room and I deeply suggest you go some time if you’re in the city. You can see the weekly lineup here. I’m keeping this short ‘cause you really just have to go to see how much fun it can be. I could go on to list amazing people who perform there often, but that would be excessive and the list would be too long and you’d be all, “Ugh, this list is too long. I’m not gonna click on any of these since there’s so many. I’m too busy. SO BUSY.” So I’ll just link this one lovely lady who can always make me laugh. Oh! And this beautiful specimen too, since he’s hosting tonight.
“I would like to be the air
that inhabits you for a moment
only. I would like to be that unnoticed
& that necessary.”
“No matter how much you want extra cream cheese on that bagel, do not order extra. You will feel quite ill afterward.”
Laundry Punching Bag
This just seems like a great idea. Not sure why you can’t do it with your regular, old current laundry bag… but still a neat idea. (Note: I just tried punching my laundry bag a minute ago and it seemed to do no damage to the bag and my noted aggression was put at ease.) Why do I have boxing gloves in my bedroom? Well, you mind your business.
If you want to get real fancy and buy one, see here. I took note of this item from this beauty of a site.
Tip - Soft Lips Lip Balm
I’ve been using this brand of lip balm for over ten years now. Maybe that’s a sad sentence to hear. Or maybe I just know when something is especially quite good. Why is this baby so good? I’ll tell you why, jerk. THEY’RE SO SLIM! Really. That’s probably my main reason. Yeah, they smell good and go on smooth, but every damn lip balm does/has that. These just glide right into my pocket and aren’t as bulky as your run-of-the-mill ChapStick. I also feel like it lasts longer than other brands, but that could just be a completely false statement.
Apparently you can buy them at Walgreens, but I haven’t seen proof of that yet so I just buy a bunch when I’m in Canada at Shoppers Drug Mart.
If you’re weird enough to purchase lip balm in bulk and/or online, you can get them here. I’ve never bought them online before, but I might now because they offer silly flavors like marshmallow ghost.
Sorry about calling you a jerk. That was rude.
Mom Says
“It is unlucky to cut fingernails on a Friday or Saturday.”
Jon Stewart - Women In Combat (link) →
“The thing women have yet to learn is nobody gives you power. You just take it.”
The Simpsons Sailboat Painting
My mom painted this herself and gave it to me as a Christmas gift two years ago. If you don’t know why it’s great, well… I feel for you. I really do. Mainly because it’s an homage to one of the greatest television shows OF OUR TIME. This is the one item in my possession that I would feel it necessary to pass onto my future children as a family heirloom of sorts… I can already envision myself making a really big fuss when those ungrateful little cretins don’t give a damn about it.
I know I’m a little late in liking this song, but I can’t be on top of everything always, now can I. It’s so goddam catchy and great. It was on this week’s Girls episode (‘Bad Friend’) and was definitely one of the highlights. (Girls review coming in the future… will it be a bad or a good review? My opinion changes daily, so we shall soon see.)