Category: dating and pathetic crushes

  • The Best Most Listened-To Albums of 2010 – Honourable Mentions

    It’s become a yearly December tradition to highlight the music I’ve been listening to in the previous year. I keep track of all my music listening through Last.fm, and often find myself disappointed when some of my favourite albums weren’t actually the ones I listened to most (after all, longer albums and albums released earlier…

  • The Cock of the Walk

    There’s this cock carved in the sidewalk near Queens and Wellington; nothing fancy, just a half oval with two circles. My sense of humour includes the not-so-sophisticated, so I giggle every time I walk past. It takes me about 45 minutes to walk to work (factoring in a stop for coffee, because the coffee at…

  • Bling

    If there is one thing I’ve never fully understood, it’s extravagant jewelry. Nothing says “human existence is pointless” like working your ass off to save enough money to afford a bauble that serves no purpose other than to show how much you worked your ass off. Sure, an expensive diamond looks pretty. So does a fake one…