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Stupid Toys

January 30, 2013UncategorizedLeave a Comment

In my post about poorly written song commercials I posted this video of an Orbeez Lady Bug:

Who the heck decided this was a good idea for a toy? The marbles could be eaten by young kids and those older would not play with this thing. Also why is there a dog in the commercial? It is also a tripping hazard, hence stupid for all sorts of reasons. I decided to seek out what horrible ideas for toys there are out there.

Now I bring this to your attention:

The most boring toy ever. I had one of these once. I waited days and days for the hair to grow and nothing happened. Perhaps it was a defect, but what on earth do you do with it when it grows? It does not make a great gift.

This Play-Doh Sweet Shoppe looks pretty fun and awesome. BUT LOOK THEY ARE MIXING ALL THE COLOURS. After a few plays, you will end up with a mess of brown.

Lastly.. I bring you.. the breastfeeding doll:

I get that little kids like to mimic their parents, but isn’t this going a bit too far?

What other stupid toys have you seen out there? I’d love to know.

Meh Tacos.. At Mexitacos

November 24, 2012April 2, 2013Food, Restaurant Reviews, Uncategorized2 Comments

Situated at 828 Bloor Street West, Mexitaco is much closer to Nash’s place and Exclaim! than Tacos El Asador so we thought I thought I might as well try it at least once. I was actually told their food is mediocre by people at work, but I’m the kind of person who will give everything a chance. Yelp reviewers also had very mixed feelings about the place.

We were in a taco mood. The chorizo taco was recommended by people on Yelp so we ordered them. For $8.99 there were four tacos. They were topped with coriander and onion. The chorizo meet was a bit better than at El Asador but other than that, there wasn’t really much to the taco.

A ring of toppings was brought to us with the tacos. There was two salsas, a green and a red as well as onions and limes. We weren’t exactly sure what the green one was. Our estimation was green tomato and jalapenos. Both salsas were a bit bland and runny.

We also ordered Tinga tacos which were described as chicken in chipotle sauce. There wasn’t really any other special toppings with it, just chickens in a taco. They were just okay, but either we don’t know what chipotle sauce is supposed to taste like or it tasted like burnt shoes.

Anyways, the tacos weren’t bad, just ok. Edible, but not anything special. The portions were also really small. Even though we had 4 tacos each, it wasn’t totally filling. Whereas at El Asador I could order 2 or 3 things for the same price and be sufficiently full. I will probably just make the extra walk to Tacos El Asador for now on when I have a taco craving.

My Many Passions

November 20, 2010November 20, 2010UncategorizedLeave a Comment

by teepoo
Welcome to my personal blog. If you don’t know me I’m also the main writer of Ride the Tempo, a music blog that is doing pretty swell. Today I was reminiscing a little about the old blog that got wiped by google in the Google Music Blog Genocide of 2010 back in February of this year. It was an unfocused little thing that talked about everything from life to food and of course mostly music. I love Ride the Tempo, don’t get me wrong, but sometimes I crave to write other things on the side. This is the reason that this little blog was started.

I’ll start with a short synopsis on me. In real life, I’m a student currently attending the Metalworks Institute of Sound and Production for Entertainment Business Management, a step closer to my dream of working in the Entertainment Industry. I went in mostly wanting to work on the music side of things, but now I’m more open to other possibilities. The reasons why will probably be another post in itself so I’ll get back to that later.

For marketing class, we were required to choose a non-entertainment company and present research on their products as well as how they market. I chose Moleskine (pronounced Mol-ah-skeen-ah), the company that makes those sleek black notebooks. The decision was based solely on the fact that I own a ton of these products. I have an obsession with notebooks and I never really thought about why until today. I have a pretty ADD personality. I wish I could handle doing all the things I want to do, but life doesn’t have so much time. Time (and my compulsive shopping behaviour) is the reason I have many notebooks that don’t have a single marking (or very few) in them. I purchase individual ones in hopes one will become a diary, another a story, a book of songs, a cookbook and then none of these things end up happening.

I haven’t thought about it until now, but I am a pretty unfocused person. I want to do everything. I want to work behind the scenes in the music (or entertainment) industry, but I’m also a musician that wants to write. I love art, and miss it so much I have a little doodle blog called mylifeindrawings. Those are just scribbles though, I can create things that would blow your mind, if I had the time. I used to be an amateur photographer. I used to write stories and poems that have won money and prizes. I love to read. I really really want to learn how to cook gourmet food.

Thus, I create this blog in hopes that I can share with you my other passions in one place. I hope also to grow as a blogger in terms of finding the right voice and writing style and have that come through on the music blog. Let the adventure begin.