The Ugly Truth is a romantic comedy centered on a capable and uptight female TV producer, a brash and offensive TV talent, and a good looking, but somewhat superficial doctor. With the exception of three or so contrived scenes, such as a ball park date gone bad and a typical unplanned dance at a restaurant, the movie is entertaining. The jokes ( Read more... )

France and Germany no longer in recession. Source: BBC News online
Link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/default.stm
Comment: Good. Hopefully other economies will rebound and people will stop being pessimistic.

After the first half of the book, which is similar to the popular movie, the novel gets crazy ( Read more... )

I'm happy to have seen the movie, so I can have an informed opinion about the buzz. However, I thought the movie was pretty mediocre. I wound up skipping much of the action/hunting seen in the middle. The teen love and mood swings made me groan at times. Plus, what's with sparkling vampires? Silliest notion I've heard in a while. Oh well, maybe ( Read more... )

Impressions: Small town. Vampires are real. Telepahic waitress. Rugged male vampire moving in. R-rated sex scenes, nudity, and rampant flirtation.
Verdicts: It's like White-wolf fan fiction.

Today was my first class of karate after Christmas break. I feel pretty beat up, but, as always, better. It's a hard to explain what I gain from karate- I think it's somehting I am meant to do. Also, my mother and I went for a walk, as is our New Years tradition, and my brother came over for dinner. The years seem to be going faster. I plan to make ( Read more... )

My New Year's resolution is to stop procrastinating. So far I haven't made much progress, but I plan to work on it. :-P ( Read more... )

For those of you who don't know, I'm taking Nursing at Camosun College. So far, I'm not doing as well as I like in the program because I am not connecting with the theory classes and since some of my previous disorganization and procrastination has carried over ( Read more... )

Hydrogen car developed. Max Speed: 150 km/hour Range: 500km ( Read more... )

Yesterday I went to the Sooke Potholes with Max, Haley, Meghan, and Jenn. I recommend taking a trip there in the late morning to avoid the crowd, as it is quite a beautiful location. -P-