He's going to make it! Yipee?

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Remember a couple of months ago, Australia held an international contest for the Best Job on Earth. 35,000 people entered and the Grand Prize eventually went to Ben Southall, who got the chance to spend the last six months on a tropical island blogging, all in an effort to promote Queensland as a tourist destination.

Unfortunately, their plan may have backfired!
It has just been announced that, last Sunday, Southall was stung by a potentially deadly jellyfish days before completing his assignment! The day after he was stung, he wrote on his blog that it felt like ” “a small, bee-like sting on my forearm”, apparently the jellyfish was no bigger than a fingernail!
Southall has since made a full recovery. The lucky bastard.

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Tough day for Canada

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Just wanted to quickly express my condolences to the five Canadians that lost their lives in Afghanistan today. Four of them were soldiers, while one of them, Michelle Lang, was a reporter with the Calgary Herald.

There is already a Facebook Group dedicated to the memory of Lang. You can join it here.
The Department of National Defence had not yet released the names of the four soldiers killed in the explosion because of difficulties in notifying next of kin.
Thank you to all of our Canadian troops that are over there fighting. We often forget about all the other Canadians in war-torn countries that are there reporting and doing amazing work.

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Popular for the wrong reasons!

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CBC just got a bunch of free exposure!

On Tuesday morning, a car was
carjacked, put into reverse, backed through an intersection and slammed into the newly renovated CBC Television studio in Vancouver.
I hate to be too cynical, but CBC does have a bunch of new shows debuting this week, so this would be an excellent way to get some free publicity! I can see the news report now: “A car crashed into a CBC building and the man will be serving 18-years to life, speaking of 18-Years-To-Life, that is also the name of new show!”
The accident is also garnering headlines since it involved the Canadian actress Carly Pope (from the WB’s Popular) and her brother. Apparently while Carly was still in the back seat, the hijacker jumped on the hood of the car, Carly’s brother got out, the car-jacker jumped in and took control of the vehicle. The accident was so bad that Carly is still in the hospital. Her brother was also injured, but he has since been released!
Of all the questions that remain, the one that is sticking with me is this: Why was Carly Pope sitting in the backside while her brother drove? I thought I was the only one that did that?!

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Good Ol' Hockey Game!

>All this week, (while I’m STILL in New Brunswick), I’ve been going to my nephew’s hockey games. I’m from a hockey family, so I’ve spent more than enough time in a hockey rink, but things are different than I was a kid watching hours of my brothers play the Canadian past time.

Now-a-days these hockey kid’s parents are INTENSE. They yell, they scream, they try to live vicariously through their ten year-old kids. Its all a little too much for me. But then again, every time my nephew scores a goal, I cry. So I think some of the parents might be yelling a little bit at me.
But none of these parents compare to the mother in this video. This lady goes nuts and it’s a wonder to behold. I so wish I was the one that got to film this lady go ape-shit. I would have had tears rolling down my face from both laughter and horror.
Thanks to out is through for the video!
Just a warning, this is DEFINITELY not safe for work!

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New Show: 18-To-Life!

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Remember how I love Stacey Farber?

Okay, maybe love is a strong word. But I’ve always loved her as Ellie on Degrassi, and even wrote about my concern for her career after the last Degrassi movie, when her storyline seemingly wrapped up!
Well looks like the TV gods were listening, because Stacey Farber is coming back to network TV next week, with the new CBC show 18-To-Life.
I’ve actually already seen it and will have a full review for you on Monday, but I wanted to give you a little taste of the show. Here a mini-preview of the really charming Canadian show.

I’m also going to have the chance to chat with Farber this week, so make sure you email me or post a comment with any questions you got! I’m excited to chat with one of Degrassi’s shining alumni.

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Your Glee Fix!

>Let’s be honest, we all got Christmas gifts that were complete shit. You smile, you say thank you and then you think: “what the hell am I going to do with this?”

That is why December 29th exists.
What’s so special about this day you ask?
Glee Volume 1 is out on DVD today!
Although I’m still annoyed with the studio’s decision to release the DVD set just after Christmas, it doesn’t take away from how excited I am to catch-up with the kids of William McKinley High School. Plus since we aren’t going to get any new episodes of Glee until April, this will be our only fix until then.
As an added Glee bonus, the show just debuted in Italy on Christmas Day and to promote it, they did a flash-mob in a popular mall in Rome! While this whole flash-mob things is getting a little tired, I’m totally fine with it as long as it involves Glee!

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Little Riding in the Hood!

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While I was doing some boxing day shopping, I stumbled upon one of the most inappropriate toys I’ve ever seen. (And I have been to an adult toy store!) As always, my use of inappropriate varies from hilarious to down-right rude.

Take a look at what I found!
Um….wow. Really? I don’t even know where to start. This is obviously not your mother’s Barbie. And yes, this is a part of the Barbie collection. We could discuss the trampy make-up or barely-there clothing, but I choose to focus on the wolf who seems to have been strategically placed in all his lick-lipping glory. I mean how did this get by toy developers? There is no way that anyone can look at this see how ridiculous it is. This would totally be fine in another store like Urban Outfitters, but this was found in a children’s section of Winners!
This has to be a new low for the store, which is impressive for a place that has been known to sell clothes from Timmy Hilfiger and The Gop.
Needless to say, I bought two.

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Down for the count?

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Apparently the new trend of 2010 will be knocking people down.

First it was the Pope and now an Olympic torch bearer has been knocked down. It happened earlier today during the torch relay in Kitchener, Ontario. Poor Cortney Hansen didn’t stand a chance against protester Brittney Simpson, as she was dragged to the ground.
Simpson is part of an anti-racism protest group known as Kitchener-Waterloo Anti-Racism Action. They had gathered to protest the flame passing over native land and the continued prevalence of poverty in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.
While I can respect the protesters efforts in raising awareness about the cost of the Olympics, don’t the protesters also see the irony in the money that is wasted processing their criminal charges.
In the mean time, if this knocking people down trend is going to stick around, can I make some friendly suggestions?
  • Justin Beiber
  • Any cast member of Celebrity Apprentice.
  • My aunt Bernice, for breaking up with Jack Layton in high school. He could have been my uncle. Sigh.
Dearest protesters, knock any of those people down and leave the torch bearers alone. You have my permission.

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What I Did on My Christmas Vacation!

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Sooooo how was your Christmas break?! Was it fun? Boring? Alcohol-drenched? All the above?
Since flying home to New Brunswick just over a week ago, I don’t think I have slept more than 5 hours a night. It’s been so busy, not that I’m co
mplaining, I’m just freaking tired. Isn’t vacation supposed to be relaxing?
I kept thinking that I was going to do all these blog posts about the things I was doing, but then the days got away from me, so here is one big giant Christmas Vacation post!
The Rankin Sisters
I know it’s weird, but I love them. At their Christmas concert last week, I was easily the youngest person there, but a LOT. I honestly think most of the audience had retired before I was even born. No matter where you are, no matter how much it costs. Make sure you see the Rankin family, why they aren’t bigger stars will always be lost on me. On a semi-related note: Molly Rankin where did you go? And finally, Heather Rankin, can you please eat something. Actually more than something. Eat something loaded with fat and calories. It’s the least you could do.
Alvin and The Chipmunk: The Squeakquel
In an effort to be a cool uncle, I took the kiddies to Alvin and The Chipmunk the Squeakquel. It was easily the most painful thing I have ever sat through. And I saw the first one. Seriously, it is bad. I thought I was being a good uncle by taking them, turns out it was just the opposite. I’m telling you now, if you saw this movie and liked it, our friendship is seriously damaged. To make it up to the kids, I took them to Invictus. They had no idea what it was about, but it made me feel better about myself.
Dufflebag Theatre.
I had never heard of the London, Ontario-based theatre-troop Dufflebag Theatre before, but now that I’ve seen them live, I have to make sure everyone knows about them! I took my niece to see their show, Peter Pan when they came through town this week and we had an amazing time. A truly interactive kids theatre company, we both had tears streaming down our face from laughter. Definitely made up for Alvin and the Chipmunks. The troupe tours around the country, if you get a chance and you have kids, they are a must see. If you don’t have kids, you can see it, it would just be weird.

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Nardware vs. Kid Cuddy

>We know him and we love him.
Now let’s all take a moment to watch an interview with the always awkward-moment inducing Nardware.

This time the interview is with Kid Cuddy. The chat itself isn’t too bad, but the way it ends certainly a little unexpected!

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