…I don’t pay attention to that sort of thing.” I get it. You’re [air quotes] colour blind and not some crazy racist. Maybe you didn’t know you can just say, “black”. You can even say, “Caribbean Canadian” if you’ve got the time but it’s a mouthful. Whatever. What’s most important for you to remember is that you can say… [Read more…]
February 19, 2012
Another season one favourite that made me press pause to post this. I just Googled. I’m not into married guys. Not even with lines like these: And people are like paper dolls / Paper dolls and people / they’re a similar shape Miranda Manasiadis and Hannah Clarke, lucky ladies and respective wives of Jemaine Clement… [Read more…]
February 18, 2012
Shane, I’d lose close to an hour’s sleep over this. Adam J. Kurtz, this post loves you and your passive aggressive buttons.
February 17, 2012
First of all, we can hear you. We can hear everything you say, even when you think you’ve lowered your voice. Can we have a Skype wedding instead? Me, in my insane asylum because you drive me nuts, and you, ANYWHERE else? Do you think I WANT to chop your face in half, or push you in front of… [Read more…]
February 14, 2012
Dan Harmon, creator of NBC’s Community, one of my favourite shows, retweeted this the other night: Dan Harmon @danharmon Holy cow, you are super gifted and sweet. RT @jujujulieta was going to wait until Valentine’s but… http://twitpic.com/8j4uzk And now I’m posting it here for you, dear sweet readers, who I heart for reading my blog. <3
February 13, 2012
I’m sorry, that big bad what? That Matoxy Sex Apee Quin. That’s what the Blackfoot First Nations people in Alberta reportedly called him, it means bad-ass black white man, naturally. He’s a cowboy! He’s the former slave cowboy responsible for driving cattle all the way up from Texas to Alberta 130 years ago making him the… [Read more…]
February 12, 2012
Canada’s Rosa Parks. Never heard of her. And as a black Canadian, that’s kind of embarrassing considering she’s got a stamp and House of Anansi has had a book out about her since last year [awkward silence]. This is what they posted about her on their blog: In 1946, Viola Desmond went to jail for defying an order to… [Read more…]
February 11, 2012
Bobbi Kristina, I am so sorry.
February 11, 2012
I’m a what? You’re a cringe#. Like Ian Beale off that BBC soap opera, EastEnders? Yes. Why? Because, it’s awkward every time you get on my bus, sit down beside me and say, “hi” after you blew me off. You say, “hi” like you never got my, “coffee next Wed or Thurs?” text and it makes the half a dozen or… [Read more…]
February 10, 2012
My mother named me after a nice lady she used to play semi-professional netball with in high school. Sharon (שרון) is Hebrew for ‘plain’ as in a flat area of land. There is a Plain of Sharon in Israel, and the Rose of Sharon comes from there. I asked my friend Graeme about my name in Japanese and he said… [Read more…]
February 22, 2012
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