Unfortunately, I wasn't able to blog from Canada so I have some backblog to catch up on. One sunny day, my host, Phil, and his Golden Retriever, Honey, went for a long hike up the Etobicoke River. Here are some photos I took along the way.
First, I'll show you some of the cool graffiti we encountered.
That last one was also the first one I saw but the earlier picture was too dark. Definitely some talented vandals around here.
Lots of flora, here are some of the flowers.
Apart from the dog, not much fauna.
But lots of lovely scenery...
Well, that last one isn't very scenic but the raccoons like it.
I tried to hone my stone skipping skills, though there was one slight deterrent to that endeavour.
Finally some shots of Honey with a Spongebob Frisbee.
And she successfully captures it.
Too bad the dog wimped out on me later and refused to retrieve Spongebob from the opposite side of the river. Ah well, a present for some future hiker.
While researching news about the recent スポンギ・ボブ ハッピセット, I discovered that there is no Ronald McDonald here. Rather he has been given the nomenclature of "Donald"! You can click around ドナルド・マクドナルド and unlike the North American Ronald, he's into fitness, computers and you can even have him visit your birthday party with only 3 days notice!
I'd assumed that this wave of NickelodeonSpongebob toys had ended yesterday, but it appears that I have another week to get the 7 that I'm missing. I'm not so sure I really want to though. Even if I substitute Sweet Corn for Fries, that's still a lot of crap for me to consume and since the toys come in random packages you can't pick and choose the object of your desire.
Here's what I have so far: Baker, Skateboarder & Artist all dispense tiny stickers out of the side of their heads!
Doctor & Golfer light up at the push of a button!
Rocker & Cook exclaim something incomprehensible!
Bat-Sponge & the Karate Kid have a viewer implanted in their skulls so you can see a few scenes!
Other goodies that came out over the last two weekends includes a Memo pad & a set of Stickers!
Will I obsessively try to obtain the last seven? Or will I succumb to good sense? Hmmm. Too tough to call.
Watch this commercial and tell me if these kids need to try the new McRitalin burger:
These are toys from a set from a year ago that I hadn't gotten around to blogging about. I figure now's as good a time as any.
There are two straws, two cups, some pineapple thing, a boat and just a plain ol' SpongeBob.
The weekend special then was a couple of cardboard cutouts that look cool but are pretty flimsy.
As you can see my photos are all topsy-turvy again. I gotta figure that out one of these days.
If anyone out there has doubles of the ones that I'm missing, I have some doubles as well, maybe we can set up a trade...
I love Vampires! Anyone think they suck? I sure don't. Give me a great vampire movie, a mediocre vampire movie or even a crappy vampire movie and I'm a happy Vlad.
Tell me what you think of this list of the top 11 Vampires and tell me if you can notice a few missing entries. The movie sucked, but I can grant them Kate from Underworld; biker chomping Salma Hayek, of course; Blacula, no problem; our Lost Boys boys, sure; Sesame Street's The Count Von Count, okay; Deneuve from The Hunger, oh yes; Cruise miscast as Lestat, if we have to; Buffy's Angel, why not Spike?; Nosferatu's Orlak, jawohl; and Oldman as Coppola's Dracula.
Kelly over at Mixed Nuts would like to add Chris Sarandon from Fright Night and Michael Nouri from the Curse of Dracula (a series I'm ashamed to be unfamiliar with). I thought that among the 179 listings of the infamous Count, you'd think that maybe Bela Lugosi or Christopher Lee might have warranted at least a mention in the list (What Morons!)
Because it's a list of Hollywood Vampires, I can't fault them for not mentioning Canada's own Nick Knight from Forever Knight.
Or more recently, Henry Fitzroy from Toronto's own Blood Ties based on Tanya Huff's very cool series of books.
Since tomorrow starts Halloweek at school (lessons about Halloween for a week & a half), here are a few Vampish characters I'll be using for you to enjoy.
SpongeBobula Bugs Bunny as the Count, though I prefer Bunnicula.
This last one is from an old anime starring Dracula & Frankenstein's monster, but I can't make out what it's called. Any hints?
