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We all kinda know “that period” right? where we only think about the other person and wanna talk to them all the time and see them all the time. That period commonly referred to as the “honeymoon” period.
Isn’t it sad that we’ve been trained, on some cognitive level, not to have the same expectations [...]

Since coming to Kingston, Amazon has consistently impressed me, leading to increased purchases from them.
Whaddya think? Did I overdo it?
I think I may just miss Amazon most of all when I go home.

Now that exchange is officially over, I’ve been thinking about what singular change I would have made if I knew what I know now, and could rewind time to make the decision all over again.
What I wouldn’t change:
School - Queen’s University was my second choice, but I have no regrets at all. I loved living [...]

“Depart not from the path which fate has you assigned”
I can definitely place that “path” right about now.

As promised last week, this week I’ll take yet another look at an opening band, specifically Fun, who toured with and opened for Jack’s Mannequin in Montreal.
Fun is a straight up well… fun band. I really loved their quirky tracks with the utterly nasal voice that reminds me of pop punk in the ’90s, but [...]

Bizarro, a twisted version of Superman, was one of the key characters featured in Superman: Last Son, and this volume continues his story. He kidnaps Pa Kent and flies to “Bizarro World” which is powered by a blue sun, that gives him strange new powers. Superman’s job, of course, is to save his dad. But [...]

It’s been a couple of days out of Kingston and I’m always so aware of how much noise and people there are in big cities like New York compared to the small town of Kingston. I really miss that.
But I also miss my friends.
It’s not like friends haven’t changed over time. Friends in primary school [...]

If you’re making the decision whether or not to watch Bolt, here’s the short version: Bolt is such a good show, I want to bring my dog to see it so he can enjoy a wonderful movie about animals. Read on for the long version.
The Plot
Besides the ingenious twist in the beginning (which is probably [...]

Royal Assassin is the second book in the Farseer Trilogy, a review of the first book, Assassin’s Apprentice, can be found here.
The story follows FitzChivalry after the ending of Assassin’s Apprentice and plunges him back into his world at Buckkeep amidst Regal’s ambitions for the throne, the Red-Ship Raiders, more Forged Ones and his love [...]

24 hours from now I will be on the way out of Kingston, and it’s the fastest four months of my life, hopefully not forever (Queen’s is rated #1 for international business schools according to Businessweek, making it a great place to do an MBA)
One thing that has surprised me, is how people (or someone) [...]