Best Missed Connection

This is all great. Really hope he contacts her. 

Monster Mash

I can't even tell you how much this gets played on my iPod every October. CAN'T EVEN TELL YOU. Also, it always reminds me of that great Simpsons Valentine's episode. 

Hocus Pocus

All of my Octobers include this movie. I first saw it in theatres when I was eight. I went with my brothers and some church friends (we had church friends when we were kids) and I cried my eyes out at the end and they all laughed and pointed at me (yeah, even the church kids). It was the first time that a movie made me cry and I'll never forget that. I didn't care that much about all of them laughing at me, 'cause I was more struck by the thought of, "Why aren't these mutants WITH me crying right now? Probably 'cause they're teenagers and their souls are dead."

Anyhow, this movie is great. It will always be great. And I swear this will be the only Buzzfeed "article" that I tell you to go read, but if you've ever liked this movie then go read this. I love everything about that list. 

This gem is only $7 on Amazon. Get on it.

The Urban Peasant

If you grew up in Canada in the nineties, please tell me that you remember this man. The Urban Peasant was a Canadian cooking show starring James Barber and it aired on CBC (and also aired in some states on TLC, I'm told). This was the first cooking show I'd ever seen (this was long before the Food Network) and I loved it dearly. Why? I don't know, maybe 'cause this man was GENTLE AS HELL! And so likable. And everything he made looked deLIGHTful.

I was thinking about him the other day when I saw a man on the street who looked exactly like him, so when I got home I Googled him and found his website. A ton of his recipes can be found there, as well as a DVD of some of the episodes. Can't believe that I forgot about this food pioneer. What a fine man.

(Also, that man on the street was not James Barber. The internet tells me he's quite dead.) 

“If you can remember, don’t talk to anyone about how busy you are. This is even more boring than talking about the weather.”

— #lizadvice

The Most Astounding Fact

"Astrophysicist Dr. Neil DeGrasse Tyson was asked in an interview with TIME magazine, "What is the most astounding fact you can share with us about the Universe?" This is his answer."

This is kind of an old video, but it still gives me shivers when I watch it. 

Why You Should Try Pilates

I've only been doing pilates for about two weeks now and I really think I'm gonna stick with it. Yoga has occupied a lot of my time off and on for years, but I just had my first pilates class recently - and I don't think I'll ever want to go back to yoga now. It's not that I dislike yoga, I just don't really care about focussing on all of the breathing stuff, I think. Maybe when I'm older I'll give more of a shit about that kind of thing? Not sure. But for now, I'm think I'm looking for something that's more heavily involved in lots of movements and strength stuff. And that is exactly what pilates is all about. 

Why should you try it out?

1. It can range from being really tame to grossly exhausting, depending on the teacher, which is a good thing. Why is that good? 'Cause if it were the same level of intensity at all times, that would get monotonous. And also, some days you want to push yourself.
2. It's, in my opinion, more active than yoga. Unless you're into how calming yoga is, then cool, stick with that. But if you've ever done yoga and have either scoffed at it or thought it wasn't for you? Definitely try pilates as an alternative. 
3. It's not just for women. Most classes I've gone to have been 90% women, but I've talked to male personal trainers who swear by going. They say that it helps with a man's flexibility more than anything (which is something most men don't care about apparently? And they should.)
4. If you skip going to the gym and go to a class instead - you don't feel terrible about the no gyming. 
5. You learn to get bendy as hell.

Anyway, if you ever get a chance you go to a class, definitely go. I love it to death. I know it's only been two weeks, but it's the only sort of exercise that's managed to excite me and make me want to keep going. And I feel like that's a hard thing to come across. 

Sidenote: Just because I do healthier stuff now does not mean I won't review donuts and/or pen an essay exploring the greatness of all the different kinds of gravy in the world. 

Tree Tents

"The Tentsile Stingray was conceived as a portable 3 person treehouse. It offers occupants a spacious triple hammock interior, accessed via a hatch through the floor or via a large front door. It can be suspended at any height and if dry, can also be pitched on the ground." - tentsile.com

There's very little that attracts me to the idea of camping - the bugs, the night bugs, no proper toilets, the shitty food, possible bear attacks, night noises, the wet morning air, the stinky people around you (not my own stink, I'm kind of into that stink), etc. - but if one of these floating tents were involved? I'd be all over it. And the thought of sleeping in mid air? Neat as hell. I don't really understand how you'd actually get into it, but since it costs about $1000, I'm sure there's some kind of invisible ladder or something.

 (Also, the lumpiness of the ground is never a good bed, world. Stop sleeping outdoors if you have the choice. It's silly.)

“Life becomes easier when you learn to accept an apology you never got.”

— Robert Brault