WALL•E is TONIGHT!

M-O (short for "Microbe-Obliterator", seen on the left) is my favorite little robot (after WALL•E, of course) because he's so OCD with cleanliness that it's awesome.

You know what's sad? The fact that I couldn't fall asleep last night because I'm just that excited to watch WALL•E at midnight tonight. It's like I'm 5 years old again and it's Christmas eve. For me, the day that PIXAR movies premiere is pretty much like a religious holiday. Only it's not like I worship PIXAR daily or have a shrine in my room dedicated to the company (I don't. Really. The shrine in my room is for Harry Potter. Please THIS POST for more details). It's just that I look forward to their movies with as much enthusiasm as a 7 year-old looks forward to Santa coming on December 25th.

However, unlike Christmas where the presents are all surprises, I've been spoiled for my PIXAR holiday present for the last few months because I've read and watched anything and everything about WALL•E that I could get my grubby little hands on. Not that I really care or actually FEEL spoiled at all. If anything, everything I've read and watched has just served to make me more excited for this movie.

I'd also like to take this opportunity to thank all my friends for being so understanding of my WALL•E obsession and still loving me despite all my annoying PIXAR talk. You'll only have to bear it for a little while longer - at least until WALL•E leaves theaters and then again when it comes time for it to be released on DVD.

PS: Go buy your copy of the WALL•E soundtrack from iTunes right now. It's so awesome! I'm listening to it right now. I love the themes for WALL•E and M-O the best.

Jonas Brothers!

Nerdy Ninja: Celebrating 100 Posts! Congrats to ME!!!

Here's a drawing of the Jonas Brothers to celebrate this special occasion.

On my iTunes as of late:

Burnin' Up - Jonas Brothers (I bought the music video just so I could listen to the song since the single hasn't been released yet)
Just Dance - Lady GaGa
Nine in the Afternoon - Panic! At the Disco
Black & Gold (Marcussen Album Version) - Sam Sparro
Shake It - Metro Station
Play My Music - Jonas Brothers (from the "Camp Rock" soundtrack)
Burn it All Down - VHS or Beta
Like Whoa - Aly & AJ

I'm so lucky to live near T.O.

Today, as I look through my window at yet another grey, crappy, boring day, I come to realize how lucky I am to live near Toronto. Because I'm so bored, I decided to check out toronto.com to see what was happening in my province's capital city that would be pretty darn cool to attend. Here are few that I thought were pretty neat:

The Toronto Jazz Festival (www.tojazz.com)
Lots of artists from Canada and around the world are coming out to play at this event. There's outdoor stages, but some are also playing in lounges and bar and the like. Plus you can catch free shows at Dundas Square (I think. I need to double check that) too.

Mondo Muziko A-Go-Go! (http://toronto.com/summerfestivals/event/608948)
Free musical performances at Dundas Square. AlexCuba is coming in September! I can't wait! I love his song "Amore Infinito"!

Casa Loma Renaissance Festival (http://toronto.com/summerfestivals/event/514314)
How about a little history in the city, eh? Casa Loma is transforming the gardens into a 16th century village with street performers and vendors and such. Fun times!

Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition (http://toronto.com/summerfestivals/event/517749)
Various artists are coming out to showcase and sell their works and it should be pretty darn cool!

Wakestock (http://toronto.com/summerfestivals/event/375621)
One of the biggest wakeboarding competitions and music festivals ever - right here at Toronto's Center Island - lasting for 4 days.

Buskerfest (http://toronto.com/summerfestivals/event/609096)
At the St. Lawrence Markets, Toronto's street performers come out in full force to entertain and show off their stuff with music, theater, and all sorts of tricks. Plus at night, the streets are still alive with shows and comedy theater.

such a nerd am i (part 2)

yeah. that should say pretty much everything.
it's a video response to this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axrbPNYNxjI so go there if you want to know why on earth I did this. Also check out Andrew's original video about his StarWars nerdiness here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-JgvuFBo6M&feature=user

The Great Office War

Just a little something from runawaybox.com (I've been watching their YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/runawaybox - for the last three days and it's great) that also happens to be legendary, epic and frakking awesome.

The Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging Widget

i am so fabulous

my favorites from a recent photo shoot

adventure in baking

Today, I decided that I was bored enough to bake something and so I pulled up my favorite food blog, SmittenKitchen.com, and found the recipe for "World Peace" cookies, which I've been meaning to try out ever since I had fabulous results with the last cookie I made from a recipe from that site called the Margarita Cookie. YUM! About half-way through making the dough, I realized that this was bound to be an epic baking failure, and decided to document it, just in case it actually DID work out and then I could say that I'm an awesome baker-type person. However, the only thing I'm apparently talented at baking is my semi-famous tea biscuits and I've come to realize that the name of the cookies - "World Peace" Cookies - is a complete lie because I felt anything BUT peaceful while I was baking them today.
So, the dough, as seen in the photo above, doesn't look exactly like it should. For example, the dough shouldn't have looked like a clump of dirt in my hand.

Above, a slightly blurry photo of the dirt clods when I put them in the fridge to cool for three hours.
I used the timer function on my iPod to count down the three hours that I had to leave it in the fridge. At around this time, I opened the fridge to feel how packed the dirt logs were, and they felt like they may actually work and stick together like they should. However, when three hours passed and I opened up rolled packs to start slicing the logs into cookies, this is what happened:
Not fun. More dirt-like than before. However I managed to squeeze 11 into a semi-cookie shape much like the way coal gets pressured into becoming a diamond. I sat at the oven door for 12 minutes, watching them bake, making sure that nothing started smoking.
They turned out OK. Very chocolately and crumbly. As I was holding my cookie, trying to eat it, it kept falling apart in my hands. As seen below, I was trying to take a picture of it, and just managed to before it dropped onto the table.

Knowing what an epic failure these cookies were going to be, I also made garlic tea biscuits to make up for it, and to make myself feel better about my cooking skills. I ate 4 while they were cooling after coming out of the oven.



To attempt the World Peace Cookies on your own, swing by smittenkitchen.com for more details and awesome recipes, including the Margarita Cookie recipe.