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Hearts of the Month: March 2012

GAME - Where's My Water?
I became addicted to this iPhone game early in the month, so much so that when I closed my eyes I could still see it dripping around in my head.

APP - Zombies, Run!
I think this is my favourite heart of the month. Another iPhone app, this one part zombie game part workout app. This app turns any walk or run into an epic adventure by telling a story with voice actors where you're picking up items for your team of survivors and running from the undead. I decided to give this app a try, deciding just to go for a stroll on the treadmill and see how it works. By the time I was done I was doing my fastest pace ever on the machine, out of breath and super sweaty. Somehow this app made exercising fun.

GAME - Draw Something
Another addicting iPhone game, sort of like one on one pictionary.

BOOKS - The Hunger Games Trilogy
I completely devoured these books. Usually I take my time reading, going through a novel in a month however I got through book one, The Hunger Games, in 3 days. I then dove into Catching Fire and finished 5 days later and tore through the final book, Mockingjay, in less than 24 hours.
Bonus points for this being the first time I've ever read the novel before seeing the movie.

ARTIST - The Tiny Hobo
I mean do I need to explain.... SHE MADE ME A SUPERHERO

Music Monday: Of Montreal

Music Monday: Stornoway

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Music Monday: Two Door Cinema Club

Friday Foto Roundup: February 26 - March 8

I dressed as "The Iron Lady" for my Oscar Party

Music Monday: Elbow

I. LOVE. THIS. SONG.

Hearts of the Month: February 2012

PERSON - Kevin Smith
Smodcasts, (most of) his movies, live "Evening With" shows, playing street hockey... I could watch him do pretty much anything (and have done all of the above). I loved that at the beginning of February he broadcast his show "Kevin Smith: Live from Behind" from Toronto live to Cineplex theatres all over the country. He is just all kinds of fantastic and I am super excited to be seeing him live for the 3 (or is it 4th?) time this summer!


COMPANY - ThinkGeek
They have the most incredible customer service team I have ever come across. I had some shipping issues early in the month and they cleared it up quickly and beyond generously. I have never had a bad experience with them.


QUOTE - Won-Ton Jim
My sister was attempting to sing "The Saga Begins" by Weird Al and when it came time for her to say "Qui-Gon Jinn" she said "Won-Ton Jim". I am still laughing about it and this was weeks ago.


THING - Costume Parties
I have 2 costume parties a year, one about every six months. In the winter, for the Oscars and in the summer for my birthday. Call me a loser if you like but I just can't help but love a good theme party!


VIDEO - the new Avengers trailer

This Month in Comics: February 2012

Well obviously I've sort of fallen off the wagon when it comes to my comic related posts, and at the same time, I worry about overloading my blog for people who don't enjoy them if I DO post weekly.

SO to make it easier on everyone, I'm changing my comic posts to an end of the month roundup.

I admit I am behind on visiting the comic book store and picking up my books, so this month's roundup I thought I'd share my list of the books I am currently subscribed to. These are the books I care enough about to have them automatically 'pulled' for me every month (or every other week as the case may be).

Subscribed Series List:

1. Amazing Spider-Man
2. Avenging Spider-Man
3. Batwoman
4. B.P.R.D. Hell On Earth: The Long Death (mini-series of 3 issues)
5. Deadpool
6. Journey into Mystery
7. Wolverine & the X-Men
8. Wonder Woman

I also regularly purchase Animal Man and Swamp Thing on the DC comics digital app.

Then I have my "pending" list. It's a list of titles that I have pulled one or two issues of in order to decide whether I want to subscribe, wait for the trade paperback, or forget about it altogether.

My current pending list:

1. Adventure Time
2. Astonishing X-Men
3. Fanboys vs Zombies
4. Justice League Dark
5. Peter Panzerfaust
6. Scarlet Spider
7. Secret Avengers
8. Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi
9. Steed & Mrs. Peel

Since starting to blog about my comic purchases I have dropped quite a few titles.
I no longer read (not including mini-series that have ended or titles that were cancelled):
Uncanny X-Men, Justice League, John Carter: A Princess of Mars, Action Comics (though I'll pick up the trade), Captain America, Doctor Who, Teen Titans, and once Jeff Lemire finishes his run on Frankenstein, Agent of S.H.A.D.E. I'll be dropping it too.

I'm off to the comic shop tomorrow to catch up on some major reading!

Music Monday: Gotye

Music Monday: The Wanted

GUILTY PLEASURE ALERT!!!
(I liked this song a lot more before I saw the video...)

Music Monday: Calvin Harris

Weekend Wishlist: Way to my Heart

Anyone looking to woo me this Valentine's Day needn't look any further than this treasury.

(I'm trying out a new widget for Weekend Wishlist, so please bear with me if it decides not to show up properly...)

Music Monday: Rizzle Kicks

Hearts of the Month: January 2012

The first of each month (in this case, being backdated and hoping no one notices) I have decided to share with you a few of my favourite things that I have come across in the month previous. It could be ANYTHING, the only criteria is that I had to have loved it.

These are my hearts for January:

TV- Rhod Gilbert's Work Experience




WEB - The Traveling Red Dress Movement



ARTIST - Yayoi Kusama



VIDEO - Kristen Bell's Sloth Meltdown




WEBSITE - JessicaMullen.com

Music Monday: Benny Benassi

I still laugh when I hear this song ever since my sister told me that a friend of her's thought the words were "You are a single mom"

Music Monday: Florence and the Machine

At 12:15am on January 1st, I declared this as my theme song for the 2012.

2011 RoundUp: Most Listened Music

According to last.fm my top 10 most listened to artists of 2011 were:
10. Freddie Mercury
09. Alan Cumming
08. Relient K
07. Tinie Tempah
06. Paolo Nutini
05. The Temper Trap
04. Andrew W.K.
03. Mumford & Sons
02. Brett Domino
01. Queen

And my most listened to track of the year was:
Queen – My Fairy King

2011 RoundUp: The 100 New-to-Me Flicks of 2011

In my 4th year of trying I finally did it! These are the 100 movies I watched this year:

1. Easy A
2. Get Low
3. Beyond the Pole
4. Van Gogh: Painted with Words
5. The Switch
6. Hedwig and the Angry Inch
7. The Damned United
8. Despicable Me
9. Eat Pray Love
10. Mallrats
11. Pranzo di ferragosto
12. The Social Network
13. Erik the Viking
14. Summercamp!
15. The King's Speech
16. Inception
17. Black Swan
18. True Grit
19. The Tooth Fairy
20. Barney's Version
21. The Invention of Lying
22. Metropolis
23. Red Riding Hood
24. Hall Pass
25. Paul
26. Rango
27. Flash Gordon
28. SuckerPunch
29. The Babysitter's Club
30. Arthur
31. Horton Hears A Who
32. Christopher and His Kind
33. Megamind
34. ThanksKilling
35. Burlesque
36. Made in Dagenham
37. Babies
38. Muppets from Space
39. Back to the Future
40. Tangled
41. The Hangover Part II
42. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
43. Road to El Dorado
44. Doctor Who's Lust in Space
45. Green Lantern
46. How to be a Serial Killer
47. How to Cook Your Life
48. Ponyo
49. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
50. Captain America: the First Avenger
51. Thor
52. Cowboys and Aliens
53. Iron Man 2
54. I Am Number Four
55. Source Code
56. Spider-Man
57. Spider-Man 2
58. Spider-Man 3
59. X-Men
60. X-Men 2: X-Men United
61. X-Men 3: The Last Stand
62. Young Nuns
63. Every Little Step
64. FAQ About Time Travel
65. Imagine Me & You
66. Cruise of the Gods
67. The Importance of Being Earnest
68. The Trip
69. Your Highness
70. In Time
71. Jim Gaffigan: Beyond the Pale
72. Gulliver's Travels
73. Wordplay
74. X-Men: First Class
75. My Kid Could Paint That
76. Bunny and the Bull
77. Bridesmaids
78. Who the #$&% Is Jackson Pollock
79. The Radio 1 Movie
80. Hugo
81. A Film With Me In It
82. Arthur Christmas
83. Burke & Hare
84. Frontrunners
85. Holy Flying Circus
86. Sarah Millican: Chatterbox
87. Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
88. Horrid Henry: The Movie
89. Valentines Day
90. Time Bandits
91. The Importance of Being Earnest [remake]
92. Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
93. Ramona and Beezus
94. Not Another Teen Movie
95. Driving Lessons
96. Beastly
97. The Borrowers
98. The Muppets
99. Cherrybomb
100. Four Lions

2011 RoundUp: Favourite Movies.

My 10 favourite movies that I saw this year (in no particular order):

• Metropolis (1927)
  
• Van Gogh: Painted with Words (2010)
  
• Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)
• The King's Speech (2010)
• Inception (2010)
• The Trip (2010)
• Bunny and the Bull (2009)
• The Importance of Being Earnest (1952)
• Four Lions (2010)
  
• The Social Network (2010)

And my 10 least favourite:

• SuckerPunch (2011)
  
• Burlesque (2010)
• Red Riding Hood (2011)
• The Invention of Lying (2009)
• How to Cook Your Life (2007)
• Doctor Who's Lust in Space (1998)
• Eat Pray Love (2010)
• ThanksKilling (2009)
• Muppets from Space (1999)
• Frontrunners (2008)