Swine Flu. Wash Your Hands.

Supposedly, the world is going to end in 2012. According to the Mayans.

I believe we are facing a possible worldwide pandemic that calls for the end to come sooner.
6 cases have been confirmed here in Vancouver, BC. Hundreds await their test results in the same area. Altogether, 257 people in 11 different countries have been affected and sickened by H1N1 Influenza A. This is serious.

Everyone: this is a public notice. Wash your hands, get clean.
Avoid public venues and places where people are enclosed in tight places.
It's unfortunate, but people should not be going to Mexico at any time for now.

52 Movies I've Always Wanted to See

1. Becoming Jane
2. The Stupids
3. The Jerk
4. Atonement
5. Roman Holiday
6. Charade
7. Saving Private Ryan
8. The Reader
9. Slumdog Millionaire
10. Brokeback Mountain
11. Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
12. Beautiful Mind
13. Dark Knight
14. Schindler's List
15. Million Dollar Baby
16. Rocky
17. In Her Shoes
18. Charlie's Angels
19. Dead Poet's Society
20. Alpha Dog
21. The Other Boleyn Girl
22. Godfather I, II, III
23. Pulp Fiction
24. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
25. City of God
26. Citizen Kane
27. The Pianist
28. Gran Torino
29. V for Vendetta
30. Tropic Thunder
31. Pineapple Express
32. Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
33. Knocked Up
34. The Perfect Score
35. Confessions of a Go-Go Girl
36. Billy Elliot
37. A Walk to Remember
38. Casablanca
39. My Fair Lady
40. Gone With the Wind
41. Singin' in the Rain
42. Dirty Dancing
43. A Mighty Heart
44. Vicky Christina Barcelona
45. Seven Pounds
46. La Vie En Rose
47. Lawrence of Arabia
48. Ben-Hur
49. Obsessed
50. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
51. Matrix
52. When Harry Met Sally

(Note: I have seen parts of some of these movies, but I really want to see some of them again! Others are recommendations from friends near and dear to my heart.)

Tom Daley, You cutie.

7th in the 10m dive last year at the Beijing Olympics, this Brit is just about one of the most cutest and most talented athletes in the history of swimming/diving. This 5'5 cutie has placed gold and silver in various int'l diving competitions and dives synchro with fellow athletes 12 years his senior.



The reason why I'm writing about him today is because I saw a blurb of him in the newspaper (in the sports section way in the back, mind you), talking about his experiences at school at the moment. A mere 14 years of age, he attends schooling in the UK. He says that he has been made fun of (and is still treated in the same manner) at school, both pre and post Beijing. It is enough to make this diver not want to attend school, and he currently has not been. Daley has taken some stands against this sort of violence and bullying when he publicly became a celebrity supporter of ChildLine.

The truth is, I can't figure out a single reason to say anything bad about this boy. He's adorable, and anyone who would dare make fun of him is a fool. He's nice and he works hard. So yenno what, Tom? Don't listen to 'em. They don't even know what they're missing, and they'll regret in a couple of years. Keep smilin' that smile and workin' that accent.