Tighty-Whiteys

I got this book for my birthday from Jane. Why is Jane buying me a children's book? Because it's awesome - that's why. When first reading the book I laughed and thought it was cute.

Further thought revealed how dark and twisted it really is. Allow me to share.

**SPOILER ALERT**.
Do not continue reading if you don't want to know what happens in
Bear in Underwear.

The book starts off with the main character, Bear. He's playing Hide and Seek with his friends. But no one finds him and he's left stranded in the woods. First and foremost - Bear's friends suck at Hide and Seek. He was only hiding behind a tree. Secondly, he clearly needs to find new friends. They can't just leave him out the woods. Geez.

On his walk back home he finds a back pack. So he takes it. Way to promote theft, Bear.

He eventually finds his friends and they pump him up to snoop in the backpack. Again - nice friends.

What's in the backpack? Underwear. All different shapes and colours. Tons of them. Why on earth would someone just fill a back pack with underwear? I can only conclude a pimp or stripper would be toting such a thing around.

So what does Bear decide to do? Try them ALL on and parade around for his friends. Like a twisted episode of "Say Yes to the Dress", he finally stops when they all agree what pair look best on him.

End of story? Nope. His friends then take the leftover underwear for themselves and they all appear to have a pantie party in the forest.

Hats off to the author, Todd Doodler, for writing possibly the funniest children's book ever.

P.S. Bear chose to go with the tighty-whitey's, which were my personal fave as well.






Favourite of the Day: Twitter. I know a lot of people don't 'get' Twitter. But it makes me smile every single day. Yesterday @MrsRupertPupkin had me laughing with this one: "My cat tried to knock my tv on the ground this morning. WHY ARE MY BEST FRIENDS FIGHTING?!!"

Someday, she'll whistle.

I cannot stop watching this video. Imagine having a kid this awesome?? And don't even get me started on how sweet the dad is. I have too many adjectives flying through my head to express my thoughts.

I love the moment at 1:04 when she looks up at him and smiles.

This video makes me want to shoot babies of out of my uterus. For real.



Jorge and Alexa Narvaez, singing "Home" by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros.

Find them on their fan page here.

A Child of the 70's

It may be misleading to say I was born in the 70's considering I was only technically there for 28 days. Majority of that time was spent sleeping, I'm sure. However, I thought it would be interesting to know what was happening around the world the year I was born. Here are some random tidbits from the year: (side note: how awesome is the word tidbits?)

1979

• The Pittsburgh Steelers win the Superbowl. The Habs win the Cup. The Seattle SuperSonics win the NBA finals. Pittsburgh Pirates win the World Series.
  
• School shooting in San Diego California. Brenda Spencer opens fire in a school, killing two staff members and 8 students because "she doesn't like Mondays". I didn't know school shootings, by a chick to say the least, happened back then. And because she doesn't like Mondays??
  
• It snows in the Sahara Desert for 30 minutes.
• New Orleans cancels Mardi Gras because the Police Department went on strike.
• Joe Clark is the Prime Minister of Canada. Jimmy Carter is the President of the United States. Margaret Thatcher becomes the first female prime minister of the United Kingdom.
• The first execution using the electric chair takes place.
  
• US President Jimmy Carter is attacked by a swamp rabbit (um. yes. a swamp rabbit.)
• Ray Washington, who is the co-founder of the "Crips" one of the most notorious gangs, still to this day - is murdered.
• Michael Jackson releases his first album. It goes platinum, selling 7 million copies.
  
• ESPN debuts.
  
• For Better or For Worse comic strip debuts.
  
• The 'One Child Policy' is implemented in China.
• McDonald's introduces Happy Meals to its menu.
• Mother Teresa wins the Nobel Peace Prize.
  

I started to look at who else was born in 1979. Keshia Knight Pulliam was one of them. WHAT? Rudy Huxtable and I are the same age? SHUT THE FRONT DOOR. I had no idea. Other people who were born that year: Kate Hudson, Heath Ledger, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Marian Hossa, Claire Danes, Pink, John Krasinski (awww), Sara Bareilles....

Things that I THINK probably also happened in 1979, but can't say for sure:

• The birth of my sister's 'Middle Child Syndrome' is launched.
  
• My father presumably gets the vasectomy he missed 9 months prior. (Ta Da!! HERE I AM)
  

I feel like I just did a school project. I found this interesting though. I hope my fellow 1979-ers enjoy this as well!