http://laurensouch.ca Fri, 19 Feb 2010 23:28:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en No, not me - and besides; I'm not blonde anymore. I'm talking about a very close friend of mine, someone I've known since I was a kid. This girl's pretty amazing - she's loved by women all over the world, is well travelled and well educated, drop dead gorgeous, owns more ... http://laurensouch.ca/2010/02/18/career-change-for-our-favourite-blonde-again/ I won't pretend to know a lot about football. I've picked up bits and pieces from my days in first year of painting "GO MAC" on my stomach and waving spirit sticks at college ball games; and from groaning about Sundays filled with hours upon hours of football with the ... http://laurensouch.ca/2010/02/09/superbowl-2010-highlights-yknow-besides-the-game/ "Time for the weather report. It's cold out folks-- Bone crushing cold. The kind of cold which will wrench the spirit out of a young man, or forge it into steel." --Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider, "Northern Exposure" It's cold up here. Really, really cold. One of the first things I ... http://laurensouch.ca/2010/01/07/northern-ontario-winters-101/ I think, in some way or another, everyone has had their life touched by cancer - whether it's a parent, grandparent, friend, or friend of a friend... we all know someone. My grandfather passed away from cancer when I was in grade 7 - a long time ago now (over ... http://laurensouch.ca/2009/12/14/princess-margaret-hospital-foundation-commercial/ I spent a few hours this afternoon volunteering my time at the annual Lions Club & CTV Telethon. I was there from 3:30ish until about 8, and it was great fun - talking to community members, reading out pledges, and encouraging people to call in and donate. It was (as ... http://laurensouch.ca/2009/12/06/2009-lions-club-ctv-telethon/ Totally irrelevant lunchtime survey questions thanks to Quirk Classics. Answer them yourself on their blog post and you could win some cool, quirky prizes. 1) What are you listening to right now? (Music, boring meeting, The Voices, etc) Absolutely nothing. Dead air, the sound of me typing, and the sound of my ... http://laurensouch.ca/2009/11/12/lunchtime-survey/ Schwarzenegger vetoed a bill recently, and people are upset about his "hidden message". Take a read of the first letter of every sentence. Catch anything unusual? His reps are claiming it's a "strange coincidence"… yeah, I'd claim that too if I were them! Coincidence or not, I still think it's rather funny... ... http://laurensouch.ca/2009/10/28/schwarzeneggers-hidden-message/ I realize I am more than a month late on this, but WOW: This sand animation was performed by 24 year old Kseniya Simonova on "Ukraine's Got Talent" (and it was the winning act, rightly so). Her art depicts life in Ukraine during WWII. Apparently the words she writes over the ... http://laurensouch.ca/2009/09/23/kseniya-simonovas-sand-animation/ 1. Turning 24 (yesterday! and a happy birthday shout-out to my favourite, aka only, female cousin on my Mom's side who shares the special day with me). I think this is reason to be excited? It's not 25, yet, which I always *lovingly* tell my friends on THEIR 25th birthdays ... http://laurensouch.ca/2009/09/09/things-to-be-excited-about/ *DISCLAIMER* This rant contains serious spoilers for both the book and the movie, so if you don't want to ruin either I suggest you stop reading right now. Let me preface by saying that I very rarely expect to be satisfied by a book-to-movie adaptation: The DaVinci Code? Pissed me right ... http://laurensouch.ca/2009/08/27/the-time-travelers-wife-aka-how-to-ruin-a-perfectly-good-book-in-1-hour-and-47-minutes/