people who look like people, part iv

okay...i'm SO convinced that i'm right about this one that i've got a few photos to prove it. did i mention i also have way too much time on my hands?

my two specimans today are: hayley, my kindred spirit from kindergarten and tina majorino, aka "mac" from one of my favourite tv shows, veronica mars. because i have a hard time believing that actors are just playing a role when they're on a tv show, i will refer to tina as mac instead of her given name. i'm sure she won't mind. oh, and although mac's face can look chipmunk-y, which does not resemble hayley's face, i think the similarity is still strong - i believe this is my best work yet!

exhibit A:

hayley with her husband, justin.



mac with pieces of a random guy.




exhibit B:

hayley is the adult in the middle. cute babies!



mac is on the right hand side.




exhibit C:

hayley with one of her adorable cats...please note the piercing blue eyes and neatly groomed eyebrows.



so mac's hair isn't the same...please note the piercing blue eyes (not as noticeable) and neatly groomed eyebrows.

ta-daa!

roses are orange...

i teach two brothers and when they had their lesson on monday, they brought me flowers for valentine's day! aren't they pretty?

happy thoughts

please think happy thoughts for kris' mom tomorrow.

thank you.

re: walk on water

i've received a request for my thoughts on last week's episode of grey's anatomy. you love me! you really love me!

so here it is:

as i mentioned in one of my previous posts, i hate 3-part episodes. it just means that the first episode is all about building the setting, and you KNOW all the excitement is going to happen in the last three seconds before the end. i was tempted to just record this week's episode and watch it right before next week's episode. but i didn't. because that would take will power, which i don't have.

i don't understand why the writers always want to put meredith in peril. sure, i guess it's good for ratings, but since it's called grey's anatomy, of course they won't kill her off. so it's suspenseful but it's not.

does anyone else think that the crushed pregnant woman's face looks like meredith's step-mother's face? pats on the back to the make-up people - i couldn't even look at this woman's face even though it wasn't real. ugh.

richard's hair. oh dear, richard's hair. at times it looked like it had a purple-ish hue! i think that grey hair is attractive on men (what a double standard!) and he should have left it as is. perhaps he will take mcsteamy's advice and put in highlights? my hairdresser was telling me about how he has male clients that flat-iron their hair. ha, the chief should grow his hair and then borrow meredith's flat iron. that'll definitely have the ladies calling.

and WHY can't burke and cristina ever be happy?! there are snippets of their happiness, but it doesn't usually last long. and it seems burke likes to use his position of authority to punish her - when she wanted to get the donor heart for denny in season 2, he let alex come with him even though she asked first...i can't remember the reason why, but he was mad at her so he didn't let her get the heart with him. and this episode, he wouldn't let her scrub in because she didn't tell meredith about their engagement? stupid burke. why don't you go cry in the corner by yourself while everyone ignores you - wait, you already did that. tee hee. there need to be more happy moments between them otherwise their romance/engagement/future marriage won't be believeable.

that's all, folks. until next time...

facebook express...next stop: memory lane

i signed up for facebook this week. as if i need another reason to be addicted to the internet...there's something so mesmerizing about it, and it's way better than myspace. i'm connecting with all these people that i haven't spoken to in years!

erm...that's both a good and bad thing...

what i would do for breakfast in barbados...

i'm trying to qualify for breakfast in barbados. i have to say, it's not going very well. for those of you who don't know, you're supposed to listen to the radio station, listen for the sound of the jet and be one of the first 5 people to call in. well. the radio personality actually TELLS you when they're going to fly the jet - right down down to the minute. and in case you missed that, the times are listed on the website. so my quick reflexes pose a very small advantage. it's evening the playing field and that bothers me!

i have literally dialed BEFORE the jet sound (quick reflexes + knowing what time the jet will fly + desperately wanting a free vacation = a neurotic miko), and the line is always busy! ALWAYS BUSY. to make it worse, for some reason, when i use my landline phone to call, it always rings at least once, and then goes to the busy signal. sometimes it rings 3, 4, even 5 times before going to the busy signal! those are precious seconds wasted! so i tried using my cell phone, but because telus doesn't do per second billing anymore, i am probably over on my minutes. which means, not only do i not get a free vacation, but i will have a huge cell phone bill.

but of course you know i will keep trying. at least the contest only runs until the end of february...then i will have my life back. *sob*

coincidink...i think not

seriously? a dr. shepherd and a dr. burke on BOTH grey's anatomy and lost? are there no other doctor-sounding names lost could have used? grey's anatomy clearly had dibs on dr. shepherd and ESPECIALLY dr. burke.

and i hate 3-part storylines!

callie o'malley = mrs. doubtfire?

i meant to blog about after last week's episode of grey's but forgot.

i wonder if callie's middle name, iphegenia, was taken from the movie mrs. doubtfire. i remember once shonda rhimes, the show's creator/executive producer, said that she gets inspiration for character's names from real people or other characters. for instance, for mcvet, she liked the name finn, and has a poster of dorothy dandridge above her desk and so finn dandridge it was. iphegenia is a ridiculously uncommon name...this means shonda is a fan of mrs. doubtfire...another reason why i like her so much!

heaven in a cup

i used to be a fan of the mcdonald's "fruit'n'yogurt parfait". i enjoyed this for a little while, until i found the fruit to be consistently frozen. i stopped being a fan. fast forward to a few years later...i've recently been craving mcd's fruit'n'yogurt parfait, and went to greath lengths one afternoon to get one. three macdonald's restaurants later, i remembered why i didn't like it anymore. the fruit was frozen and the yogurt had a rubbery texture. craving un-sated.

i tried the tim horton's "yogurt and berries," but their fruit tasted like a mixture of dirt and the inside of a freezer. craving un-sated.

then i noticed that starbuck's had a "fruit, yogurt and granola parfait," so i tried it and it was wonderful. tragically, it doesn't seem worth it to buy it regularly since it is so pricey. so i decided to make my own. my secret ingredient? cherry pie filling! mixed with strawberries and blueberries, along with vanilla yogurt and granola on top. i call it "heaven in a cup"! craving...sated. ahhh.

a taste of winter - blech

we attended a wedding this weekend in listowel, ontario. the weather, although very cold and with more snow than in toronto, was pretty tame when we got there. we checked into our hotel and got settled into our "suite" - we were upgraded due to overbooking. but remember, this is listowel, population 6,000, so we weren't expecting anything extravagant. our "suite" turned out to be a nice room with a king-size bed and heated bathroom floors. otherwise it was a normal room, which makes me wonder what the standard rooms looked like. when i think of a suite, i imagine a multi-room, big bathroom, big bathtub, pretty woman kind of room. this definitely was not that, so it's a good thing i lowered my expectations...otherwise i would gone to the office demanding to know where richard gere was and what about the champagne and strawberries? and the hooker?!

we got to our room, cranked up the heat and watched the oilers beat the pants off colorado. tee hee. it was very cosy and warm in our room. we got ready, made sure we had everything, then opened the front door to leave to be greeted by a blizzard. this is what happens when you draw the curtains and hole yourself up in a hotel room! both kris and i forgot our gloves at home - d'oh! the roads were terrible on the way to the church and eventually were closed, but we made it to and from the wedding with no problems.

the wedding was nice. i played pretty well, although there was a timing malfunction so i thought i had to rush when i didn't, and ended up having to fill time in the end. the reception was fun, although i have to say the most awkward moment of the evening came when i was on the dance floor with my ex-boyfriend's mom and my ex-boyfriend's wife. eep.

today's weather wasn't much better, but of course once we arrived in toronto, there was no snow and the roads dry and bare. three cheers for smog to keep the snow away!