Who should you really call?

Since I was not born in 1984, this shouldn't surprise you that I  haven't seen this movie. But maybe it does, it seems everyone else knows who to call. I was on the Book of Faces when I saw this picture:

(Photo Credit: Marc Mikhail Photography www.takenbymarc.com)

I showed Bestie # 1 Zack and he laughed, I laughed too...but I laughed because the marshmallow man had cankles and fat rolls on his knees and there was no way he was catching up to this bridal party. They need not fret.

A few weeks later, Ghostbusters was suggested for me on Netflix (how did they know my life?!) 

This is one of the weirdest movies I have ever seen...and that's not saying much since I haven't seen many.

I realized how much better movies were before motion picture ratings changed everything. This movie would be rated R now. 

I like that a ghost gives one of the scientists a Beejer.  I wonder if the kids today try to reenact that on the playground? I assume that things in movies used to go over kid’s heads but today I’m not so sure. All I know is that it didn’t go over my head. I also have to say that the first scene in the library actually scared me and that I enjoyed the non CGness of the movie. I think it looks more realistic that way.

So, as I’m watching this craziness I see a 

big marshmallow man appear… What the hello?! I had no idea that he was from this movie and that is why he was in the above picture. I was beside myself with laughter. This time not because he was so fat but because I realized that is why there is a picture of him chasing a bridal party and that is why it is supposed to be funny.

My favourite quotes from the movie:

Raymond Stantz: Everything was fine with our system until the power grid was shut off by dickless here.

Walter Peck: They caused an explosion!

Mayor: Is this true?

Peter Venkman: Yes it's true. [pause] This man has no dick.

Peter Venkman: Let's show this prehistoric bitch how we do things downtown.

Gozer (uncredited): Are you a god?

Peter Venkman: No...

Gozer (uncredited): Then... DIE!

Raymond Stantz: It's the Stay Puft Marshmallow man.

After reading quotes, I wondered if the Stay Puft Marshmallow man still exists even. Guess what? He’s made up. News to me, I actually thought he was from a marshmallow company.

Wikipedia says “Along with the Ghostbusters logo, the image of the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man has become one of the most recognizable emblems of the franchise.” Recognizable to not me. He’s like Santa Clause, everyone has seen him but he’s not real.

I started reading reviews for this movie because I wondered how many people really love this movie etc. Lots of children and adults really do and lots of adults think this movie is tre tre inappropriate for children. I thought it would be inappropriate but then I realized kids are dumb. They don’t know what these things mean. A ghost can freely give a scientist a bj without a kid asking why, a possessed Sigourney Weaver can tell that nerd she wants him inside her with no questions asked. I think this movie is definitely kid appropriate- they’re tied up watching what up with the slimy green thing.  Since the movie was turned into a cartoon it makes it kid appropriate.

 I like this webpage with what parents thought of the movie: http://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/ghostbusters/user-reviews/adult

Funny.

I kinda liked this movie but I think I would have liked it more had I watched it when I still wouldn’t have understood it.

So who do we call now that it’s not the 80’s anymore? 

FISHBOWL FRIDAY

Well, I've never had a fishbowl drink. For an avid drinker, this is shameful. So I decided to take a swig.

It was awesome. More alcohol. Although I imagine if I made my own it would be alcoholier and tastier.

Then I saw these pics and decided what I had was lame.

                                                 

              Is the one on the far right real??



(photo credit: http://theberry.com/2012/04/07/ill-have-a-fishbowl-please-27-photos/)



These ones are full...of alcohol.

Everyone I talk to seems to love these things but has a hard time finding a place that serves them on a regular basis nowadays. I imagine it's because American's like everything big and so fishbowls being big and misunderstood in Canada have sailed off to the Americas. 

I also didn't realize that fishbowls are meant to be shared...

who would share??

(photo credit: http://theberry.com/2012/04/07/ill-have-a-fishbowl-please-27-photos/)

That's a lot of work to share....and someone is getting more alcohol than someone else for sure.

So where do fishbowls originate from is my burning question...

Any fancy drink connoisseurs/ alcoholics know where they came from?  

Loaf of Sadness

So, my other bestie (Mandy) who always gives me constructive criticism and spell checks all my stuff told me that I need to be more funny again in my blogging and not so educational. So when I told her what I was going to write she laughed and called me a racist.

Last week I went out to dinner and since I had never tried meatloaf, Zack offered me a bite of his..

I accepted a nibble of this new to me item and it tasted just like what it is: a brick of ground up meat. Q'uelle Suprise!

It did have the added bonus of bacon and they do say everything tastes better with bacon so maybe this was better than the regular meatloaf I consistently see on T.V. 

I didn't love it and I didn't hate it, then Zack told me it was a Bison Meatloaf. Who would want to make such a thing? It didn't taste like Bison I don't think although I don't know what Bison tastes like. 

Back to why Mandy called me a racist. I announced to her that I thought meatloaf was a "white person's meal". After she stopped laughing and jokingly called me a racist we had a heart to heart about it.

I explained that anytime I have ever seen meatloaf it has been primarily in caucasian family dinners and on tv shows/movies that is the most popular item served for meals. I also explained that growing up my mother was raised in a different culture who has a completely different idea about what food is. My father on the other hand grew up in a European family in a small town in Canada. He ate meatloaf. She did not. Her idea is that everything is fresh fruit, vegetables, no canned items and no fun. He was okay with cucumber sandwiches and mac and cheese.

As a child, my mother discouraged my favourite foods like mr. noodles and alphaghetti :( She could not fathom why North Americans would want to eat "garbage" as she called it. Finally, she gave in and we were able to taste the goodness of North America (minus meatloaf and s'mores).

Now that I've had meatloaf, my question is WHY? What is there to like about meatloaf? It is plain, ground up sadness... with gravy. People try to spice it up with taco seasoning but it's still just a cheap loaf of meat. You might as well have spaghetti and meatballs. Change it up a bit. Leave the loaves to bread.

(photo credit: tumblr.futuramafry.creatememe.com)

I still did have to do some research and meatloaf comes from Germany (white people, like I said HAHA) I do think that Meatloaf is a European/ North American cultural food. Certain foods have certain cultures like you know when you hear Jerk Chicken you think Jamaican (or is it that you are equating jerk with black people HAHA again). Seriously though, I think that certain foods are tied to certain cultures and meatloaf is a primarily North American/ European meal. 

This is the picture that came up when I Googled: "Meatloaf funny":

(photo credit: quickmeme.com)

I'd Like S'more Please

So I know I haven't been online for a little while, I've been caught up with doing new things....

Now that I've addressed that issue lets talk about something delicious:

S'MORES!!!!!

One evening my boyfriend and I decided to take a stroll at our local walmart and we spotted a do it yourself kit. Again it came to light that no I have not tried yet another thing.

 I love chocolate and things with marshmallows in it and the imaginary taste in my brain said it would technically taste good so we bought one:

Although this do it yourself kit, it is pretty much done all you have to do is put it together. I did not take the lead on putting it together, we decided that my bestie Zack should do it since he had more experience with S'mores than I do.

Side note: as I was writing this and spelling out "S'mores" I started to wonder why they are called this and the who where what when of all of this business.  

Time for some wikipedia-ing!! 

First piece of information: National S'mores Day is celebrated yearly on August 10th in the United States!! HELLO they have a day for S'mores? WOW. I've missed out on travelling to the United States to celebrate over 20 National S'mores Days

 :(

I started daydreaming about who would create such a thing and imagined a bum who had no money putting together this cheap sandwich and warming it over a garbage can. Boy, was I wrong... I should have known girls (very smart intuitive girls) would have had a hand in creating a  

chocolate marshmallow sammy.

"S'more appears to be a contraction of the phrase, "some more." While the origin of the dessert is unclear, the first recorded version of the recipe can be found in the publication "Tramping and Trailing with the Girl Scouts" of 1927"

The thing I took out of that most was the title of the publication "Tramping and Trailing with the Girl Scouts" ....  Girl Scouts were tramps? But how could tramps create such chocolatey goodness? 

I definitely would like some more! S'mores are dang good. Real dang good. Messy but good- see proof below:

 

I was going to post all the different variations I found of s'mores but there were wayyyy too many and now I want a s'more... but here is some additional information about s'mores:

The word is in the dictionary! 

"S'more: a dessert consisting usually of toasted marshmallow and pieces of chocolate bar sandwiched between two graham crackers" (Merriam-Webster Dictionary online)

Wiki how has also posted how to make s'mores (campfire style) just in case you were unsure, pictures included: 

http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-S'more

When I Googled "S'more" the results were the dictionary and several different s'more bakeries which got my attention until I quickly realized none of these places are close to me. Then it dawned on me that Zack taught me how to make s'mores and I didn't need no s'more bakery, I'm my own s'more bakery. I have yet to be taught how to make s'mores on a campfire due to never going camping until adulthood.

I will leave you with words that rhyme with S'more: 

"abhor, adore, afore, and/or, as for, ashore, backdoor, bailor, bandore, Bangor, bedsore, before, bezoar, bookstore, box score, but for, call for, candor, captor, centaur, chain store, claymore, closed-door, cold sore, cold store, condor, Côte d'Or, decor, deplore, dime-store, Dior, done for, donor, downpour, drugstore, Dutch door, encore, ephor, explore, eyesore, fall for, feoffor, fetor, Fillmore, first floor, flexor, folklore, footsore, foreshore, fourscore, French door, full-bore, Gabor, galore, Glen More, go for, ground floor, gun for, hard-core, hog score, ichor, ignore, implore, Indore, indoor, in for, inshore, in-store, Kotor, Lahore, lakeshore, lector, lee shore, lessor, line score, look for, Luxor, memoir, mentor, Mysore, nearshore, Nestor, next-door, offshore, onshore, outdoor, outpour, phosphor, psywar, rancor, rapport, raptor, raw score, Realtor, restore, rhetor, savior, seafloor, seashore, sector, seignior, Senghor, senhor, sensor, settlor, Seymour, signor, smoothbore, soft-core, sophomore, stand for, stentor, stertor, storm door, Strathmore, stressor, stridor, subfloor, swear for, Tagore, take for, temblor, tensor, therefor, therefore, threescore, Timor, trapdoor, turgor, uproar, vendor, what's more, wherefore, wild boar, woodlore, z-score"  (Merriam-Webster Dictionary online)

 

 

POSSUM OH POSSUM

What does this look like to you??

Last year, on a quiet Saturday at work my coworker informed me a possum gained access to her home. I struggled to think about what a possum looked like and since when did they immigrate to Canadia? I thought possums were from Australia or some desert like place...

My coworker and I discussed possums at great length. Firstly we discussed the difference between possum and opossum:

Wiki Answers said:

"The "possum" of North America is just a shorter name for an opossum, but true possums are different from opossums, and not related at all, except by virtue of both animals being marsupials.

• Possums belong to the order Diprotodontia and the suborder Phalangeriformes, while opossums belong to the order Didelphimorphia and the family Didelphidae.
• Opossums are found only in North America, although there is a "water possum", also known as the yapok, which is found in central and South America.
• True possums are found in New Guinea, Australia (including Tasmania), Sulawesi (Indonesia) and a few other small islands in the Pacific region. Although not native to New Zealand, the brush-tailed possum was introduced into that country over a century ago and has subsequently become a pest.
• The North American Opossum has a bare tail. All varieties of Australian possums have furry tails.
• There are many varieties of possums in Australia (and New Guinea), including Gliders and the Cuscus. There are more limited species of the opossum.
• Captain Cook's botanist, Sir Joseph Banks, named the Australian animal "Possum", referring to it as "an animal of the Opossum tribe" because he believed there was a physical resemblance.
• Opossums were named by Captain John Smith in 1612. He took the name from an Algonquian (North American Indian) word."

 So now that we had that cleared up....
 
I found out other things. Like: people have these giant rat like things for pets, there are many different types, they like people's homes apparently, they can be quite large and lastly, I decided I was petrified of them. 

 Luckily, my coworker's husband trapped this demon spawn and brought it over to show us- that is him above in all his glory (possum not husband). He was mean (again possum not husband). They hiss. It hissed the closer we got to it and if you touched his tail he did not like that. I did not participate in the tail stroking.

Possums are a weird rodent like animal. We looked at several pictures and informational websites to learn more... 

 photo credit: www.acuteaday.com

Ok so these baby possums aren't so bad...but then.... 

LOOOOOOKKKK

 

photo credit: www.neatorama.com

This apparently is a Cuscus- the largest type of possum on earth... This looks like a monkey. A very ugly monkey. 

Then we looked at realistic pictures of possums, the one's that come into your home and try to attack your animals. Here is a a video to demonstrate:

That possum is nearly as large as the cat. Imagine waking up on a Sunday morning to see this happening in your backyard. I'm not so worried about this cat- this ginge looks like he can hold his own.

I really didn't know that possums were drinkers either...maybe we could get along.

   photo credit: www.nithyananda-cult.blogspot.com 

 After I saw this one, I no longer had the urge to look at them...NIGHTMARES:

 photo credit: www.flickr.com

Never say never though because I saw this picture and enlarged it. I discovered they have molars...Molars. 

 photo credit: www.giantbomb.com

Take a gander at their "hands" they have five "fingers"... 

Wiki How talks about how to get rid of these molar havin', five fingered, black eared wearin' sickos. It can be found here: http://www.wikihow.com/Get-Rid-of-Possums

I posted the wiki how page out of genuine concern for anyone who has to deal with possums. I didn't even know they existed here until last year and saw one with my own eyes. If I saw one in or around my house I can't say what would happen to me. I read the wiki how thoroughly to prepare myself.  

Prepare yourselves not for a zombie apocalypse but a possum apocalypse!!!!   

  photo credit: www.zombiepossum.tumblr.com 

WHATCHU TALKIN BOUT WILLIS??

So I know this show is before my time. I wasn't even born. 

BUT

Man did I find out that I love Gary Coleman. This would have been my favourite show if I were alive. I'm obsessed. It doesn't even matter that this show is so old its still so funny and inappropriate sometimes- better than T.V today. 

I have only watch the first two seasons but I've decided that  

"whatchu talkin bout Willis?" 

will live on forever (even though I only recently discovered it's from this show). The above clip is one of my favourite ways that he says his catch phrase (the last time he says it in the clip). 

I have never known Gary Coleman as a child actor- only as an older washed up celeb from a show I never heard of. So naturally I stalked the crap out him and his costars. This is what I found first:

 

photo credit: www.thesmokinggun.com

 

 He looks cray cray here. He looks haunted.

Then I found:

photo credit: www.thesmokinggun.com

But I didn't find his mugshot (this is close enough):

 

 photo credit: www.washedupcelebrities.blogspot.com

So. All three of the happy chillruns from Diff'rent Strokes have all been arrested at some point in their lives. Gary Coleman for assault, Dana Plato for theft and forgery. And Todd Bridges accused of attempted murder.... I wonder what happened while the show was going on.

When I did all my stalking I found out how sad Gary Coleman's life had been after being on Diff'rent Strokes and how his parents took all his money and he tried to sue them to get his gold back. I learned that he is adopted and he has some sort of kidney disorder and that is why he's so small- thought he was a dwarf. I knew he was a security guard at one point (I never stopped to asked who would hire someone smaller than me to guard anything??). When I "researched" some video clips I found out he married a ginger but then I saw another clip of him on Divorce Court trying to get a divorce on tv....why on tv? I noticed in some interviews that he is not very forthcoming and tries to lead a "normal" life. I can't imagine what it would be like to live in the public for so long. He is very evasive with his answers and he seems not to want people to know much about him. But now he's dead and I'll never know. Wish I watched this show sooner and stalked him in real life and met him!

 

Now the other two aren't nearly as funny to me as Gary Coleman was on the show. I remember watching one of the earlier episodes when Willis is talking to his friend calling him "blood". I had to rewind that, didn't know they talked like that back in the day. I believed that was corrupted black kid talk of today! Makes me wanna call my family blood all the time. I read up about Willis too, or I should call him Todd Bridges- apparently he was big into crack/cocaine and decided it was a good idea to get high and try to pop a cap in someone's arse. He was acquitted and was not charged with murder. I am interested in reading his book called Killing Willis. I kinda like his song too....

 

 

Don't get it twisted folks, this is Will is spittin dope written for those sniffin coke. 

 

HAAAAA. This show is so popular it has a song. A song. A whole song with the chorus that says "Whatchu talkin bout Willis?" I don't like anything else but that line in the song.

 

I was disappointed to learn that Dana Plato is dead after I just started watching the darn show. Apparently, she's another druggie who likes to steal from video stores and forge scripts for Valium. So she's dead and so is her son. I got curious when I read her son died- surprise he committed suicide too!

 

Diff'rent Strokes taught me to hurry up and unshelter myself!

 

 I missed Gary Coleman's life people! This is getting really serious. I could have had a whole new outlook on life had I of watched the show sooner. OK. Maybe not but I would have laughed more. This is a great show and coming from someone who does not watch anything older than 1985 you should believe me. Or not. What's the worse that could happen, Gary Coleman die without you even enjoying his funniness as Arnold Jackson?

 

 photo credit: www.ok3.org

I can only hope I have a son as hilarious and creative in the mouth as this kid!

  

No one told me he dies...

It's a Saturday afternoon and I decided to watch a movie. 


Many people would call this one of their favourite movies. I would not.


My first reaction to watching E.T was:

No one told me he dies.... </3

I don't think I would like this movie if I were a child. I was definitely creeped out by the little E.T and I can imagine I would be petrified as a child. The movie itself was okay but I wouldn't call it my favourite. I watched up until he died...I was so disappointed that a children's movie would have the little thing die, so I went out. When I came home I thought I would give it another shot. I finished watching the movie and found out he does come back to life which makes the movie slightly better. I also think that the movie would have been more awesome if Elliott went home with E.T, I seriously thought he would go home with him. I would have if I were him. It doesn't look like he's got much going on at home. Personally my favourite thing about E.T is his neck, his long giraffe like neck.


(Question: How many of you understood everything in the movie when you first saw it? I was confused as an adult. Am I just dumb or?? I did not understand at the beginning when there were these peeps searching for E.T what they wanted him for- I thought they were studying him and he escaped and they were just looking for him and they'd give up. Then I didn't understand why E.T was dying. Did Elliott not feed him right, did he need more than Reese's Pieces and beer or better tasting beer? I also thought he missed his alien planet just. I thought he just wanted to make a phone call to his blood. I didn't know he wanted to get the heck outta there. I also didn't understand why his heart started glowing at the end... maybe I was just not cut out to understand sci fi. E.T would have had to spell it out for me and say a little more than just E.T phone home. I'd tell him he is home...)


After the movie, I did a tonnnn of googling about it. I wanted to know who the who played E.T's voice, if it was a computer generated thing or animatronic? I found out a lot of cool things that made me like the movie more. Firstly, it being a movie made in 1982 E.T looks quite real...


The internet told me that E.T's voice was played by a woman who was a long time smoker and it was crazy to find out she was only paid around $350 bucks (I wonder if she could ask for more now??) I was pretty sure that E.T was animated and not real but Wikipedia says he's a costume. There was a lot of work apparently put into his costume- I think he's worth a millie. Then I was shocked when I found out who played E.T- 2 midgets and a kid born without legs/feet.... WOAH didn't see that coming. There are some scenes where E.T is wobbling, stumbling and falling and the kid without legs played those parts walking on his hands giving E.T a more realistic look. 


All in all the research made me enjoy and appreciate the movie more- for a movie made in 1982, E.T was ahead of his time looking so dang real. E.T was a big hit at the box office too, it was released twice making more than a billion dollars total. E.T was number one in sales until Jurassic Park.


I googled for images of E.T to put up on my blog and this has to be my favourite: 

Photo Credit: www.camp666.com

You know he's popular when he takes awkward family photos with MJ...  

Bazinga!

People say there is no "i" in team and I hadn't been until last year...

I had never been on an organized sports team ever. I am not athletic or competitive. I always tried my best to not participate in gym. You might be wondering what kind of sport would accept a player like me? 

DODGEBALL! 

A friend mentioned she played dodgeball a few nights and week and how she thought I might like it. She was aware of my unathleticness and I think their team was so good they had to even it out with "players" of my level. At first, the sheltered me said:

"Nooo. Sheltered Christa... that would blow your mind." 

But I told Sheltered Christa to shut up and joined.

I started playing on a team called Bazinga. I have to say I thought dodgeball was a simple, fun recreational activity. Especially playing in a women's league. Oh no. These ballers take the game very serioso. There are also many athletic players who's skills are too superior for this league.

I quickly realized: I suck at throwing the ball. Also I can't catch. Most the time when I threw the ball someone caught it and I rarely caught the ball. Maybe once. My skills are laughable.  

Anyway, the first few times I "played"  I stood on the court watching what rules not to break. I think I broke all of them before the season was over. My first game I barely touched the ball and I did more dodging than catching or throwing. 

I can confidently say today that I can dodge a wrench. 

(and yes...I have seen the movie Dodgeball)

I remember in one game, a girl whipped the ball in my direction and I unathletically allowed it to hit me square in the face. That ball hurts. I think that was the point when I really learned how to dodge and not to misjudge the person throwing the ball. 

We won most of our games (I think we lost once) and we made it to the championships (yes there are championships for dodgeball). It was more than I could have ever dreamed of- the first time joining an organized sport and we made it to the championship?! What's even better is that:

WE FREAKIN WON. 

I was on the winning team. We won. We got a trophy- that we spent the evening with. Drinking with, eating with, taking pictures with, singing karaoke with....I guess that's what winners do.

Parents you should put you child on a team. Doesn't matter what kind of team, doesn't matter if they suck but you really should. Especially seeing the outcome here...

I learned a lot about what being on a team really means:

 winning is everything and losers suck!