On January 13th 2013 it will have been 1 year since my father passed away. He was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkins lymphoma in 2007. It still feels so surreal. Part of me is still very much in shock of losing my dad and of witnessing the moment of loss of life. He was 60 years old (I was 24). He'd always told me he wanted…

It's parodies of currently popular pop songs (Gotye, Taylor swift, Psy) with the lyrics changed to talk about the holidays (ex: open eggnog style instead of oppa gangnam style. No little drummer boy or other traditional christmas songs :)

I still hate the sound of fireworks. And thunder. And canons. My ears never got quite used to that type of noise. I'll still go out to watch the displays, but only with noise-canceling headphones covering my ears and some loud tunes blaring.

This post, I believe : http://jezebel.com/5927508/ask-a-mortician-what-do-you-say-to-someone-who-is-grieving

Yup, in Montreal people are mostly bilingual. Can't really find a job here if you don't know English. However, if you get out of Montreal, many only speak french. As was mentioned before, for some it's a question of pride and nationalism, for others, it's just because schools don't teach it very well. I learned…

j' ne se qua??? Cute, nice try :) It's 'Je ne sais quoi'

Every time I show recent pics of the hanson bros to my friends, they are absolutely astonished to see how attractive these guys have grown up to be. Plus they seem really cool and down to earth.

Same here! I'm not big on the ballads but the upbeat songs like Thinkin' bout something or Waiting for this are so good. Wonderful in concert too.