Don’t believe everything you read about meta analyses of sound studies showing proven causal relationships.

This made my afternoon..

I'm guilty of a lot of these. 

Daily Dose

The internet is telling me that a Whedonverse alum made their way into The Avengers. Not that I doubted it. And I was all prepared to not find out who, then I accidentally found out who. That internet sure is a double-edged sword.

Also, the AV Club has a discussion on bad heroic leads in otherwise great shows. Oz, you could learn a thing or two from the guy who loves Buffy but not Buffy.

Dear Game of Thrones,

Thanks for giving me rat nightmares. Jerk.

Give us more Tyrion and I'll forgive you,

Ellie

Dear Lord

I mean, Dear Oz.

We talked on the phone earlier today. You'll remember that I spent the better part of our conversation yelling at you for giving up on Angel after only 10 episodes. I've been trying to think about a way to convince you to stick with it. But everything I want to drag out as reasons to watch are, I think, spoilery, and should be discovered on their own. The first half of the first season is no way to judge a show. Many awesome shows do not have good first seasons (including Buffy, which only had about 4 great episodes in it's first season).  You're missing out on so much, not just the really funny or dramatic episodes, but the expansion of the Angel world to include all sorts of great characters you haven't even met yet. And if there are characters currently you don't really like, remember: this is a Whedon show. Characters will die. Not Angel, mind you. I suppose it's not a spoiler to tell you that he never really dies. And if he's the reason you don't like the show then there's really nothing to be done about that. Except to say, give it more time!

I can't tie you to a chair and make you watch it. Not as long as you're living in Alberta, anyway.  I suppose if you're willing to live the rest of your life never understanding the context of Numfar's dance, then who am I to argue?




  Love, Ellie

There's a rainbow in my pocket.

Or, for my American readers, there's suspicious, potential surveillance devices in my pocket.

My quarters, soon to be converted into laundry. 

These are dated 2011, but this week was the first time I noticed them. I love that we're not content with just coloured paper bills, that we want colour on our coins too. This playfulness the Royal Mint seems to have is so at odds with how I tend to view Government departments (yes, it's a crown corporation, which is different, but most people don't care).  I'm glad they do fun stuff like this. Because, really, why not?  I also learned that they're making some changes to the loonie and toonie. They're going to do laser etching. Cool. 

Happy Friday

This Super Mario-ified cover of The Smith's This Charming Man makes me happy.

Original. 

Cover. 

I don't know how effective it is for people who don't know the song, or don't have it permanently engraved on their soul, but at the very least it's pretty damn catchy.

Check this out, but don't think too much about what the number actually means. Because then you start picturing unpleasant things.

Also, in keeping with my new theme.

Sweet Idea of the Day

My BFF and I were talking about this great commercial staring Hugh Laurie ("Forty-five!"). I'm really going to miss him and the House character when that show ends. 


Maybe Joss Whedon will return to TV and write a show for House and Giles. They could call it the Hugh and Tony Awesome Hour and they could just sit around being British and awesome. 

I can't write what I want to write without giving stuff away

It's one of those movies where the less you see or read, the better. The trailers I watched actually ruined a couple of little things. I made a point of not reading any reviews before seeing it as well. So, apparently, did one guy in the theatre because about 15 minutes in I heard him say, "What is this movie about?"

Thor

The Avengers comes out soon.

I'm looking forward to it because I like superhero movies and I like Whedon. Those two things together can never, ever end badly. While I'm sure you can go into Avengers without having seen any of the individual character movies before it, I wanted to see them all. I liked the Ironman movies. I saw Captain America, but honestly couldn't tell you anything about it. I'm watching Thor right now.