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Think you're Sandra Bullock's biggest fan?  Well you're not.  You may be her second biggest, but this guy takes number one hands down.  Click here to watch his crazy Oscar video.  Too funny.

Who wore your favourite dress last night at the Oscar's?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I liked pretty much all of the above...well, a little leary on J-Lo's, but for the most part-ladies looked good!

 

Two of my other favourites are getting less press, but I didn't wan't you to miss them!

 Sigourney Weaver and Tina Fey worked it last night. 

 

 

 

It's Oscar Time!

Diesel and I have made a small wager of a 2 litre of chocolate milk for whoever guesses the most awards correctly.  We've picked (no repeats allowed) from the following  4 categories:

Best Picture: Avatar, The Hurt Locker, District 9, Up, Inglourious Basterds, The Blind Side, Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” By Sapphire, Up In The Air, A Serious Man, An Education

Best Actor: Jeff Bridges “Crazy Heart”, George Clooney “Up In The Air”, Colin Firth “A Single Man”, Morgan Freeman “Invictus” and Jeremy Renner “The Hurt Locker”

Best Actress: Sandra Bullock “The Blind Side”, Helen Mirren “The Last Station”, Carey Mulligan “An Education”, Gabourey Sidible “Precious”, Meryl Streep “Julie and Julia

Best Animated: Coraline, Fantastic Mr. Fox, The Princess and the Frog, The Secret of Kells, Up

Diesel's picks (in order): The Blind Side, Jeremy Renner, Sandra Bullock, Up.

Rae's picks (in order): Avatar, Jeff Bridges, Gabourey Sidible, Fantastic Mr. Fox

These may not be our first choices, but there were no repeats, so sometimes we had to go with our second favourites.  Who will win? We'll find out Sunday night!

 

 

My 3 favourite things together AT LAST!

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The Juno Nominations Are In!

School dance today!  We're headed to Camille J. Larouge for the "Krazy for Haiti' dance today.  I remember my very first school dance.  It was the 6th grade.  They blocked off half of the gym with benches because we weren't allowed the entire gym.  It took place between 2pm and 3pm, and we also had to bring our own cd/tape mix (it was the transfer stage of things).  My contribution was the Lion King soundtrack, and my very first slow dance was with Tyler Kostiuk, to "Can you Feel the Love Tonight".  It was magical.

 

The Olympics...in Numbers:

    -  17 days of thrilling competition and athletic accomplishments

    -  15 sport disciplines

    -  9 competition venues

    -  3 Olympic training facilities

    -  86 medal competitions

    -  86 Victory Ceremonies (16 in-venue medal presentations, 25 at BC Place

       and 45 at Whistler Medals Plaza)

    -  615 medals awarded

    -  1,055 athlete bouquets presented

    -  82 participating National Olympic Committees (NOCs)

    -  6,500 athletes and team officials in total

    -  2,632 registered athletes

    -  50,000 workforce members for the Games, including paid, contractor and

       volunteers

    -  Of that total, 18,500 were volunteers; 6,500 volunteers will also work

       during the Paralympic Winter Games

    -  25,000 workforce uniforms distributed

    -  96,409 people accredited for the Games

    -  10,800 media representatives: 7,000 rights holding broadcasters, 2,800

       press reporters and photographers and non-rights holding broadcasters,

       as well as 1,000 host Olympic Broadcast Service (OBSV) personnel

    -  3.5 billion worldwide television viewers are estimated to have tuned

       into the Games

    -  Olympic rights holding broadcasters have offered Vancouver 2010 Winter

       Olympic Games coverage on more than 300 TV stations and on more than

       100 websites worldwide

    -  47 per cent more global television coverage of the Games than for the

       Torino 2006 Olympic Winter Games

    -  This represents approximately 24,000 hours of coverage

    -  50,000 hours of total broadcast hours of the Games across all media

       platforms around the world

    -  6,000 hours of coverage worldwide on mobile platforms

    -  As of Day 15, 33.1 million Canadians (99 per cent) have watched

       coverage

    -  27.7 million cumulative audience or CUME (meaning 82.7 per cent of

       Canadians) experienced the Games on February 27 through the platforms

       of Canada's Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium.

    -  1,500 appearances by the Vancouver 2010 mascots: Quatchi, Miga and

       Sumi by the end of the Games

    -  20,567 deliveries made to Olympic venues

    -  1.6 million tickets available for the 2010 Winter Games

    -  More than 3.3 million pairs of Vancouver 2010 Red Mittens sold

    -  $500-million target for gross retail sales of Vancouver 2010 branded

       merchandise met by end of Games

    -  2.2 million people engaged to date by the Vancouver 2010 Cultural

       Oympiad, which will continue for three more weeks

    -  More than 4,000 artists at 600 events, over 60 days in 60 venues are

       taking part in the Cultural Olympiad

    -  More than 12,500 volunteer hours clocked for Olympic Closing Ceremony.

       The thousands of volunteer performers range in age from 10 to 68

    -  More than 450 racks of costumes, 3,600 metres of elastic, 4,100 pairs

       of shoes, 18 kilograms of glitter, 10,000 green sequins, 200 giant

       spheres and balloons, as well as 20 zygote balls were used in the

       Opening and Closing Ceremonies

    -  275 million visitors in total to www.vancouver2010.com, shattering the

       previous record of 105 million set during the Beijing 2008 Games

    -  78 million total unique visitors to the site

    -  A record of 9,185,306 unique visits in a single day -- set on February

       24. The previous record set during the 2008 Summer Games was 8,797,614

       on August 11, 2008

    -  Vancouver2010.com was visited 85 million times this month from within

       Canada and reached more than 70 per cent of Canadians with Internet

       access and over 50 per cent of the total Canadian population

    -  19.1 per cent of North Americans with Internet access visited the

       website this month

    -  4.6 per cent of people worldwide with Internet access visited the site

       this month

    -  14,000 followers on Twitter.com/2010Tweets

    -  More than 1.25 million downloads recorded for the official mobile

       spectator guide, which for 10 days of the Games was the No. 1 free app

       in Canada

    -  1.1 million Facebook fans, nearly four times the total amount for

       Beijing at the conclusion of the 2008 Games.

 

I'm a huge fan of photoshopping.  I wish I had my own personal photoshopper everywhere I went.  Airbrush me! Airbrush me! Make my arms/thighs/face thinner!  I don't know why celebrities get so uppity about being photoshopped...until I saw this.  She looks a little like a kitty cat now.  She's beautiful as is...why mess with?  Hey Russian magazine, just because you can, doesn't mean you should.  Quit showing off.

Have ever wondered what Rihanna thought about the whole Chris Brown situation?  She really hasn't talked about it much publicly, but instead, has put it in a song.  In some recent interviews she's said that the lyrics to Cold Case Love, are about what happened.

On my roof
Dark and I’m burning a rose
I don’t need proof
I’m torn apart & you know
What you did to me was a crime
Cold Case Love
And I let you reach me one more time
But that’s enough

Your love was breaking the law
But I needed a witness
So pick me up when it’s over
It don’t make any difference
Will it ever be solved
Or am I taking the fall
Truth was there all along
Tell me how did we miss it

We opened up a cold case love
And it got the best of us
And now prints, pictures & white outlines
Are all that’s left at the scene of a crime
Of a cold case love 

Should’ve investigated
But love blinded eyes
Couldn’t see (no)
And then I tried to cage it
But your love ain’t the kind you can keep
Release me now cause I did my time
Of this cold case love
My heart’s no longer cold & confined
I’ve had enough

We lost our way
Took this too far
Now I’ll never find the pieces of my heart
We’ve lost enough
Looking for a truth
That was here all along

We opened up a cold case love
And it got the best of us
and now prints, pictures & white outlines
Are all that’s left at the scene of a crime
Of a cold case love

WHY??? Why has this happened?  Do people not play solitaire in their spare time anymore?  Click here.

Fun Fact!

 If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front 2 legs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died because of wounds received in battle. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.

See, crappy forward emails aren't always good for nothing.

 

I figured something out today that everyone else probably already knew...this happens a lot.  You know the ads on the side of your Facebook home page that are offering free samples of stuff?   Well, sometimes they say that the free stuff is only for people who are 26 years old.  I think "Weird! I'm 26".  Then I finally realized today that FB just looks at the year you were born, and slots in whatever number your age is. TRICKY! Damn them.  I really thought 26 year olds were special.  Guess not. :(

Whoa. Busy schedule this weekend:

Friday:

1pm-5pm - Olympics

5:30pm-7:30pm - Blackfalds arena for Kraft Hockeyville 2010!

8:00pm-Until I fall alseep - Olympics

Saturday:

7am-4pm - Olympics

5pm-12am -Bringing the Heat to Lacombe

Sunday:

7am-10pm - -Olympics

 

Hope I can get in some meals, but with a schedule that tight, it's doubtful.

GO CANADA!!!

So I finally went to see Avatar last night. Not because I didn't want to see it...I just hadn't got around to it yet.  Apparently I wasn't the only one, because the theatre was packed! Or it was filled with diehards that were seeing it for the 34th time.  I knew it was going to be good before we even took our seats. How?  Not because of the reviews, or all the cash it's made...it was the 3D glasses...they gave actual glasses! Not just the cardboard ones!  On the actual film side of things, awesome. I loved it. Unbelievable imaginations and such skilled computer/cinematographer/artist/whatever other people that made the movie.  It made you actually want to go to the world of Pandora...so much, so that there's a group that has started their own re-enactment group! My favourite video. Click here.

PS: They are probably gently mocking it.

PPS: I didn't give my 3D glasses back like we were supposed to.

The best thing ever happened last night.  JARED LETO accepted my friend request on Facebook.  I know.  Impressive.  Now some of you may not know who he is, but for every woman who watched television in 1994 and 1995 remember him as Jordan Catalano on My So Called Life.  Yeah, the show starred Claire Danes, but the only reason I tuned in was to see this dreamy face...

Yep. Take it in.

 

He looks like the bottom picture now...and also is having amazing success with his band, 30 Seconds to Mars.  I prefer vintage Jared...but I'm open to both.  Add him on facebook, and buy me the "My So Called Life' box set...please.

New toques!  Go Canada!  To learn a little about our friends Quachi and Miga, click here!

Happy Valentine's Day Weekend!/ Family Day Weekend!

I hope you have a wonderful time with your family and friends.  Watch this video...it will fill your heart.  The best.

Give love! Be happy! Show kindness!  Love can show up in the strangest places...

Looking for a Valentine's Day card that isn't your average lovey-dovey junk? I'm on it.  Check out my favourite e-card site!  Here are some examples from www.someecards.com  LOVE!

Best EVER!

Last night I was sitting at home minding my business (playing Mario) with my roomate and I see that I've got a text from an unknown number.  I opened it up, and the following conversation ensued...word for word for an hour or so...with a complete stranger. Awesome.

Them: (person I don't know, but my roomate and I have chosen to respond to anyways.)

Me: (My roomate and I)

 

Them:  Do you have a blackerry?

Me: (probably should say they have the wrong number, but don't.) No.  Do you have a walkman?

Them: (instead of saying 'what?' or 'who is this?') No. Do you have an original Nintendo?

Me: (HA AWESOME!)  No. Do you have an Atari?

Them: No. Do you have a black and white tube tv that is bigger than your couch?

Me: No. Do you have a Beta cassette player?

Them: No. Do you have a long curly white wig?  (WHAT?)

Me: No. Do you have a Lite Brite?

Them: No. Do you have a slinky?

Me: No. Do you have jewel belly troll?

Them: No. Do you have a red Power Ranger?

Me: No. Do you have a Hyper-Colour t-shirt?

Them: No. Do you have a blurry "Hey Ref, do you need glasses" t-shirt?

Me: No. Do you have a Magic Eye picture?

Them: No. Do you have an Easy Bake Oven?

Me: (At this point we're looking at the cat clock that was bought as a joke for my birthday this year, and thinking, 'YES we need to send a picture of that..." so we did.)

       No, Do you have a cat clock?

 

No response..................I guess they didn't have one. Regardless, thank you, mistaken texter for making our night. It was awesome.

 

 

Sure, everyone talks about what a girl should do if they're single on Valentine's Day...but what about the single guys?  Surely they don't down a litre and half of Little Penguin and cry into family size bag of Dorito's (not that I know anyone who would do that).  But what DO they do?   I was lucky enough to read one account...and it seems that the guys aren't all that different from the girls...

One man's account from thefrisky.com...

The Morning
I wake up at roughly 8:00 a.m., ready to start the day. I look at the calendar and immediately drop back to sleep. At about 10:00 a.m., I wake up again, this time permanently. I call work and leave a confused message about why I’m not coming in today. Something about lizards. Upon hanging up the phone, I realize that there’s no work today, as it’s a Sunday. Also, I don’t have a job.

Afternoon
Smart guys buy a few flowers and candies, just in case they’re able to pull off the last-minute date. I open up a heart-shaped box full of candies, head back to the phone, and begin calling women I know. I try to make it clear that I’m not looking for a serious date, just someone to spend the holiday with. There aren’t any takers. I keep thinking that if I could stop crying and screaming, “DON’T HANG UP!” my chances might be better. But hey, if I could do that, I could’ve held down that telemarketer job.

Prime Date Time
At around 7:00 p.m., I’m resigned to my fate. I won’t be dating anyone tonight. Big deal! I’ve spent thousands of nights alone. Thousands and thousands of dark nights. Thousands of nights counting the hairs on my knuckles as I bask in the dim glow of another “Friends” rerun. I spend some time on Facebook, de-friending anyone who’s gotten married. My phone is still on. I’m text-messaging some ex-girlfriends in the hopes of a last-minute movie or something. Finally, at 8:30 p.m., I begin my date with Jack Daniels and three ice cubes.

Later Evening
At around 10:00 p.m.,I eat a bowl of cereal and read the Wiki for Valentine’s Day. It turns out that it’s got quite a violent history. I make a mental note to bring this up the next time I call the women in my phone who haven’t blocked my number, then I pass out in a pile of fluids.

But to be fair, this is how most of my days turn out.

Awww sweet!