yeah, my folks live in Sask. so i'm torn between "suck it up people, Canada is colder" and feeling totally sympathetic because nothing in temperate, balmy Vancouver is built for the cold and when it reaches -10 the world might as well end. i feel for everyone with single-glazed windows.

I'm entertained by Winnipeg finally making international mention because it's actually colder than Mars.

they're lovely. i considered buying them but they're a bit narrow for me. i may have a few pairs of vogs >.>

oh god. are we the same person?

oh lord. my dad stopped trying to eject me from the room while he was watching things like Akira by the time i was 6. so many trippy balls movies that i definitely didn't quite grasp until i re-watched them a few years later. i also found this video game kicking around when i was 8 and definitely had trouble sleeping…

what?? how did the Fluevog BBCs make this list? the leather is a tiny bit distressed, but they're not meant to look USED. they're quirky shoes by a small-ish designer in Vancouver, and the reason they cost $250 is that they're actually quite well made, by people making a living wage.

if you're going to pick on Fluevog…

well, i do make it up properly when i wash the bedding once a week. i will agree with you that it is nice. i'm just prone to extreme laziness at home because i spend most of my time at work cleaning up after other people.

no hate, just apathy. i live in a postage stamp studio apartment, the entire thing is essentially my bedroom, and i can't be bothered to make the bed because no one ever comes over and i'm just going to make it a nest all over again.

oh dude. i love this. it's going in my bookmark bar. i needed a solution to my horrible "do nothing for 2-3 weeks and then spend all of saturday night scrubbing grout and dusting" routine.

i was told not to bother getting it because a) i was over 21 and b) i'd already had one type of HPV. a lot of professionals seem incredibly uninformed on the subject.

this. i don't usually get the flu. but i spend time with my grandfather every week, and there is no goddamn way i am giving an 80 year old with a pacemaker and asthma the nasty shit i probably carry from working with the public. flu shot, pneumonia vaccine, boosters.

this. i get very uncomfortable when people start edging towards the topic, particularly because i'm acquainted with a few folks who have young children on the spectrum. i understand that it can be very upsetting and that they may experience guilt, but spending all your time raging at it and trying to pin blame isn't…

it's amazing how incredibly pissy people get about price increases. it doesn't do any good to start explaining the global coffee market, or tea shortages due to climate fluctuations or disasters like Fukushima, or even the price of fossil fuels. nope, the world is ending because your end consumer product went up 20…

i had someone pull this in a retail setting the other day. she came in in a panic with a laundry list of requirements (spiced christmas tea, not black, loose leaf, organic, under four dollars...) and i just did not have what she wanted. my store is tiny and we don't have bulk tea. she just stood there staring at the…

wow, your dad sounds like a real cupcake :(

i like sparkly things, sometimes. i bought myself a $6 glittery ring object the other day. beyond that, i buy my own jewelry, and it is silver. end of story.

HELLS yes. rar.

my mother sent me money and told me to buy something nice to wear. while i am a horrible suspicious person and would normally take that as "you dress like a slob", i have actually been kvetching about having to wear pants at work and how much i hate pants and feel like a bum. so she's actually trying to make me feel…

that is what my aunt got me. i am going to buy some very nice irish whiskey and i am very, very excited.

if someone bought me a cordless drill i'd probably have to marry them. dang.