We used to have a crazy friend here who talked about wanting to go work in Afghanistan for a year or so, but then he would keep coming back to Toronto. We didn't mind because he made great steak.

Reading the mixed reviews for Shopgirl (surprising in retrospect), I had prepared myself to be slightly disappointed when I went to see it tonight - eventhough somehow I knew from the trailer that it was gonna be my type of movie.

There used to be a time, not too long ago, that shows like Top Model would fuel my anti-TV stance and possibly even disgust me. But things are different now, very different.