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Fat Tuesday #1

February 05, 2013  /  Erin Kys

 

The amazing Rachele at The Nearsighted Owl is running a 52 week e-course and blog series called HOW TO BE A FAT BITCH and I've enrolled as a student. You should too! Fat acceptance, fatshion and being your awesome self is the name of the game.

 

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Our assignment this week is:

Write down 5 things that you are going to do that make you happy. Not "even though you are fat" but because you are fat and awesome. 5 things that have nothing to do with trying for the sake of others. 5 things for yourself and your well being.

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EXTRA CREDIT: Do some of them!

 So here is my list!

 

  1. Do yoga in the morning before work. It's a perfect way to start the day instead of sleeping in and having to rush through the morning and ending up stressed out before the day has even really begun.
  2. Create a new before-bed beauty routine. Specifically Moisturizing! Since I haven't found any products that have really spoken to me yet maybe I'll subscribe to one of those beauty crates I've been meaning to check out!
  3. Pick up some new lipsticks. Nothing makes me feel more ready to take on the world than a rocking colour on my lips.
  4. Treat my haggard feet to a pedicure. My dance shoes from the musical last year really did a number on my poor feet. They have definitely seen better days. Need to get them presentable before it's flip flop season again!
  5. Start taking some outfat (outfit - oooh amazing typo) photos. I've always wanted to, but never really have the confidence. Now is the time.

 

 

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Hearts of the Month: January 2013

February 03, 2013  /  Erin Kys

VIDEO: Ghost in the Stalls

I laugh like the first time I watched this, every time I watch this.

 

VIDEO: Iron Man Arc Reactor Proposal

Awesome, awesome, awesome.

 

ART: Portraits of People Who Look Alike But Aren’t Related At All

This project is so intriguing to me! Some people are offput by the awkward poses of two people who don't know each other but I think that makes me love it even more.

 

 VIDEO: Team Long Brothers

I CRY. This is one of the most beautiful videos I have ever seen. What an amazing brother/human being. These parents are clearly doing something right.

 

COMPANY: Royal Caribbean International

I think it says something that the day I came home from my very first cruise I was googling job opportunities with the ship. 

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tags / Art, Iron Man, Royal Caribbean, adorable children, comedy, comics, cruise ship, heartwarming, photography, web video

2012 RoundUp: Favourite Movies

January 01, 2013  /  Erin Kys

My 10 favourite movies that I saw this year (in no particular order):
• The Avengers (2012)
• Rhod Gilbert and the Award Winning Mince Pie (2009)
• Greg Davies: Firing Cheeseballs at a Dog (2011)
• Life in a Day (2011)
• Tiny Furniture (2010)
• Beginners (2010)
• The Deep Blue Sea (2011)
• Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
• The Intouchables (2011)
• Midnight in Paris (2011)

 

Usually I list my 10 least favourite as well, but this year I could only come up with 5 that I felt I could call my least favourite of the year:
• Snow White and the Huntsman (2012)
• A Complete History of my Sexual Failures (2008)
• Morning Glory (2010)
• War Horse (2011)
• The Campaign (2012)

 

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2012 RoundUp: The 60 New-to-Me Flicks of 2012

January 01, 2013  /  Erin Kys

Wow! Coming from the success of last year, this year sure was a flop! I only saw 60 films (both movies & dvds of live shows included) but this year I enjoyed way more than I disliked. I'll get into that a bit later today in my roundup of my favourites of the year.

This is my list of the new-to-me flicks of 2012:

1. The Adventures of TinTin
2. Mark Watson Live
3. Rob Brydon Live
4. Rich Hall: Hell No I Ain't Happy
5. The Remarkable Guide to the Orchestra
6. Dara O'Briain: This is the Show
7. Rhod Gilbert and the Award Winning Mince Pie
8. Greg Davies: Firing Cheeseballs at a Dog
9. Ed Byrne: Different Class
10. Tim Minchin: Ready for This
11. Alan Carr: Spexy Beast Live
12. Russell Howard: Right Here, Right Now
13. Rhod Gilbert and the Cat that Looked Like Nicholas Lyndhurst
14. Life in a Day
15. Stagedoor
16. Sean Locke: Lockipedia
17. Dara O'Briain: Live at the Theatre Royal
18. A Complete History of my Sexual Failures
19. The Lorax
20. Poetry
21. The Hunger Games
22. Albert Nobbs
23. The Avengers
24. Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
25. Midnight in Paris
26. Tiny Furniture
27. Hysteria
28. Much Ado About Nothing
29. Beginners
30. Fright Night (2011)
31. Island (2011)
32. Parked
33. Morning Glory
34. War Horse
35. The Deep Blue Sea
36. The Artist
37. Snow White and the Huntsman
38. Unrelated
39. Rock of Ages
40. The Amazing Spider-Man
41. Brave
42. Henry IV part 1
43. Henry IV part 2
44. Batman Begins
45. The Tempest
46. Archipelago
47. Henry V
48. The Campaign
49. John Pinette: I'm Starving
50. Jim Gaffigan: Mr. Universe
51. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
52. ParaNorman
53. Being John Malkovich
54. Adaptation
55. Moonrise Kingdom
56. Pitch Perfect
57. White Christmas
58. The Intouchables
59. Rise of the Guardians
60. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

 

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27 before 27: Go to a ballet

December 18, 2012  /  Erin Kys

 

On Sunday I got to cross another item off my 27 things before I turn 27 list.

I saw the State Ballet Theatre of Russia's presentation of Nutcracker.

It was beautiful! The insane amount of power and strength these dancers have while appearing effortless and graceful was really something to behold.

 Really there were only 2 minor things I disliked about my experience.

  1. Unlike in the video above, there was only one follow spot and the operator wasn't very on top of capturing the action as it was happening.
  2. Near the beginning of the second act a large pearl -like bead fell off of a dancer's costume and stayed on the stage for the remainder of the show. Anytime anyone danced near it, it was all I could focus on - worrying that someone would step on it or slip or something. So tense! So many heart palpitations!

I loved seeing all the little girls in tutus that came to see the show. There were even some little boys who seemed to really enjoy themselves too.

It was a great afternoon seeing the show, and I'll definitely be checking out another ballet in the future.

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Hearts of the Month: October 2012

November 01, 2012  /  Erin Kys

Well now, it's been a long time since I've done one of these! This month I bring you one audiobook and a load of videos!

AUDIOBOOK - Is It Just Me by Miranda Hart

It's out now, and it is amazingly laugh out loud funny. I purchased it in hardcover AND audiobook format and while I love physical books, something about hearing audiobooks narrated by the author themselves is especially magical.

Here's Miranda reading the first paragraph.

 

VIDEO - Dads sing "Part of Your World" from THE LITTLE MERMAID

 

VIDEO - A Conversation With My 12 Year Old Self: 20th Anniversary Edition

 

VIDEO - Shake It Out: Choral Tribute to Florence and The Machine by the Capital Children's Choir

I think I've listened to this about a billion times and it brings me to the brink of tears EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.

 

VIDEO - Drunk Jeff Goldblum Paypal Ad

A while back someone discovered that if you slow down Jeff Goldblum's voice it will always sound like he is drunk - check youtube for old Drunk Goldblum Apple commericals, they are amazing.

 

 

 

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27 before 27: Munchkin

October 30, 2012  /  Erin Kys

On October 20, 2012 I participated in my third year of Extra Life. Extra Life is a 24 hour gaming marathon that raises money for Children's Miracle Network hospitals. This year I decided to incorporate board games into my usually 100% video game schedule to give my old eyes a break from the glare of computer and tv screens. Let me tell you it was the BEST IDEA EVER. I got to try out a bunch of new games that I've been wanting to play like Settlers of Catan, Ticket to Ride and most excitingly MUNCHKIN.

Playing Munchkin just happens to be one of my 27 things I want to do before I turn 27.

I first heard about Munchkin YEARS ago. Five to be exact. I was watching an episode of the Totally Rad Show where they were playing the game and I thought it looked amazing. I immediately bought Super Munchkin but quickly discovered that none of my friends were "into that sort of thing".

Flash forward 5 years and my current group of friends is all about board games! FINALLY!

I've become addicted to a web show called Tabletop. It's basically just Wil Wheaton with various celebrity friends playing a different board game every week. Queue the Munchkin episode.

My interest is piqued all over again. I order Munchkin Deluxe, which they played in the episode.

Admittedly, it does sit in its package for about 2 months but finally on that fine Saturday afternoon (and again at 7am the next morning) MUNCHKIN WAS PLAYED.

AND I ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT!!

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