excess verbiage

I guess it'll have to be britpop wednesday instead. Here's another one from my list of top 10 best songs ever - so good it can make me cry. On Your Own by The Verve (acoustic version).

Okay, I get why rich people are thin. Because they can afford to shop at places like Whole Foods and organic health food stores like that. I went in there to buy some stuff, and boy, does everything ever look good. But omg, it's so damn expensive. It's why a friend of mine calls it Whole Paycheque!

Anyway, I wound up buying stuff just to try it. It was expensive, but hey, it must be worth it, right? Uh... wrong! I have to say, the food is pretty subpar, especially for what you're paying. It's totally disappointing because it looks so good and so fresh, and of course you feel no guilt because it's organic and healthier for you too. But why does it have to taste like crap? Seriously, I'm of the belief that healthy does not have to equal tasteless. I know this sounds arrogant, but I can make better food myself!

But here's why rich people are thin. They buy overpriced guilt-free yet tasteless food from trendy places like WF, and the food tastes so bad that they lose their appetite and wind up not eating very much of it. For some, it's probably the best diet ever. You feel like you're buying healthy stuff and the act of tasting the food is in itself a deterrent to eating. Brilliant!

Well at least now I'm motivated to cook my own food from scratch from now on. If you're into organic ingredients, I think there are better, less-flashy places where you can buy your ingredients like farmers markets. I'll stick to those places, thank you very much. I'm so embarassed that I paid what I paid for some of the stuff I bought. SO not worth it. And I found that they sold a lot of the same products that I see at regular supermarkets but they mark up the price a lot more because their display looks prettier than anywhere else. Meh. Whatever!

Though maybe I should buy all my stuff there for a while - I might actually lose some weight that way. ;)

EDIT

Okay, fine. One of the things I bought tasted okay after I re-seasoned it properly. But still, for the cost, it should taste great from the start!

2nd EDIT

Alright. I was too hasty in posting this. I admit that Whole Paycheque does have a lot of products that you can't find elsewhere, like my favourite salad dressings and drinks and stuff. I think I was just hungry and disappointed in the meal I bought, but really, I shoouldn't judge based on one prepackaged meal. I mean, it's prepackaged so what do you expect? Anyway, I'm over it, and sadly, I'll probably still go back.

Every time I buy something at Best Buy, I'm completely dumbfounded as to why they have someone checking receipts before you exit. I can kind of understand doing that at a place like Costco, where it's huge and where the checkout registers are quite a distance from the exit, and there's a constant high volume traffic going in and out. But at Best Buy, the guy checking receipts is standing about 20 feet from the registers and can see you walk up to the register, pay for your stuff, and then walk towards him.

Let's see, in that 20 foot distance, as he's looking directly at you, you could have had plenty of time to throw some other unpaid goods into your bag, right? Um, yeah, whatEVER!! What assclown came up with that stroke of genius? And I hate that I have to actually pull out my receipt from my bag to show this person proof of my purchase. I just want to yell at the guy, dude - you SAW me just pay for that! Wtf?!! Honestly, it makes no sense. But they clearly have the money to pay these people for pointless jobs. DUMB.

Just read how they're thinking of doing another Buffy movie, but with a whole new direction and none of the characters we know. This is crazy talk!! A Buffy without Spike, Willow, Xander? Why?!! Joss Whedon's not even involved either. All I can say is noooooooooooooo..

I'm horrible at baking, but this recipe for honeycomb cake doesn't look terribly difficult, so maybe I'll give it a shot. Original recipe posted here.

It connects to your toilet drain and it doesn't use litter, but this other stuff. And when the cat pees, it gets flushed out with water. And then it electronically scoops poop on its own. Amazing! Check the video.

I should rephrase my earlier mission about the burger hunt. Instead of the "best", I'll call it my "favourite". There are just too many arguments about what the best is, because it's way too subjective. The reason one person might call a burger the best could be the same reason another person would hate it. So to each his/her own. But this is my search for my favourite. My criteria: must be fresh, handmade patty, must be juicy even if well done. Some people are purists and insist that the meat have no other flavourings to it - just pure beef. Me? I don't mind if it's flavoured or has other ingredients in the actual patty. As long as it tastes good, has a good texture, and is juicy. Juiciness is a must, otherwise, it's a waste of my time.

So I read about Burgers Etc. on Hastings in Burnaby being voted the Best Burger by CTV viewers. Of course I had to try it. I liked that on their menu, they said they serve it medium well. It's a good sign.

...do hookers get PR and media training. For real. This article is one big eye-roll. Trust me.

They're so damn perfect, it's disgusting. She really is a goddess, isn't she? That dress is weird though. She's definitely not wearing any underwear beneath that! Not many women can pull that off. Brad seems like a bit of a tool sometimes, but together, they're like this weird golden couple. Ugh. So beautiful. So gross.