First of all, I second the Fforde recommendation. Anything by Jasper Fforde. His writing is very light and face-paced and immensely entertaining.

Mashed potatoes with mashed cauliflower is how I fed myself the first two days after my wisdom teeth were taken out. It was pretty delicious, I have to agree.

I'm watching an incredibly cheerful documentary about Auschwitz (and by that, I mean anything but) while making flight plans for August. I'm considering turning on my other computer, booting up Sims 2, and doing some renovations, though. Fascinating Friday, I know.

Oh my goodness, I would love a purple wedding dress. Unfortunately, I care entirely too much about what other people think.

That makes far more sense. Thank you! There was too much awesome going on at once for me to catch it all.

Holy crap! I never saw that before!

I love seeing 'regular sized' women — size 10, size 16, size 20 — looking smashing in fashionable clothes because it tells me that I can, in fact, look amazing and that I will not, in fact, look like a whale in such-and-such a style. I'm not even that big, but I've always been convinced that fashion is for skinny…

I'm with you. I refer you to our Canadian Prime Minister, Stephen Harper. His eyes give me the willies.

I found the latter video to be rather boring, actually. The pace was too slow for my tastes, and it didn't feel as if there was a strong narrative thread.

You might have heard of it, but I like browsing Shabby Apple. It's not bang-on similar, but a lot of the clothes have a like vibe.

The graduate college at the University of Toronto requires academic garb for all meals. All I could think when I read that was, "Hogwarts!"

Do you have a link to a plan you suggest? I've never really looked into it and I'm curious.

I love academic regalia! Some of it looks so awesome, and some of it looks so silly. Masters' robes tend to err on the side of sedately awesome. I'm sorry it throttled you.

I think that this is what should happen.

I dunno. It is forgivable if it was in the dialogue. Otherwise, yes. Terrible.

What a beautiful, professional looking site! I'd agree that clothes would be best served by a model, but a dress form will do in a pinch. Either is better than flat. (Although I love that cream/white and purple dress regardless...)

It seems like it might have higher viability rates than if she laid the eggs in the standard egg-froth, letting them develop from tadpole to frog in the big bad world. In fact, her technique strikes me as akin to what humans do, just wholesale.

As of last night and a second coat this morning, mine are some generic shade of opalescent white. Light colours don't show my mistakes and chips as easily.

I've ordered from Canada. The shipping isn't outrageous, but steel yourself against the duties and make sure you know what should and shouldn't have duties applied so you know what you can argue on the little form.

I never once thought to check if there were commentary tracks. I must now rewatch the series. (Any excuse is a good excuse!)