Pop Culture Punch! Ep. 07 Boy Meets Girl and They Have a Baby

Corey, Topanga and maybe the rest of the gang are back!   If you need Kelly and I, we'll be back in our hometown screaming like little girls... (in our minds anyway). 

 Are you stoked about the return/renewed version of Boy Meets World?

d'awwww

Pop Culture Punch! Ep. 06 - DisneyLucas

Okay, I swear I can count.  I know my last blog post included ep 04, but the past week has been crazy ridiculous... so yeah... Episode 5 does exist.   It took a look at Halloween costume trends, so feel free to see if you fit this year's trends! 

Episode 06 is up now and it's all about the epic showdown of mickey and yoda, or princess leia vs. disney princesses - Okay,  really it's about George Lucas selling LucasFilm to Disney.    Does this acquisition make sense to you? 

Audio is here! Click the pic.

Good idea? Bad idea?  Hit me up in the comments and enjoy some of the lovely "fan" art that's come of it...

 

 

 God I love the internet...

Halloween 2012

Well it's November now, and Moustaches will soon be sprouting up on the lips of people all over the place!   November also means that the Halloween season is done for another year. 

Sadly...

For me, Halloween is fantastic - An excuse to dress like a crazy person, and lots of horror to be seen.   It also means lots of events. 

Here in The Pas this year,  we managed to organize the 1st Annual Zombie walk in support of The Pas' Homeless Shelter.   I'm going to brag a little - I brought this idea to the table and really worked to team up with people who could help make it happen. 

Let's just say, it happened...

it IS 2012....

Over 400 people showed up with donations of non perishable food items for the shelter!  This was incredibly overwhelming.  Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine that many people showing up for one fundraiser.  The community really came together to show their support and dress gruesome!  The local hockey team (The OCN Blizzard) even showed up to do the walk!   I've said it over and over, but I really want to thank EVERYONE who showed up and was a part of it.  There was a lot of work that went in to it.  Myself and the CJ1240 staff are glad to have teamed up with the Opasquia Times and The Pas Community Renewal Corporation to make it happen with help from a number of sponsors around town.

In word,  it was Amazing. 

And just costume/outfit 1 of a busy Halloween season!

Brains?

So Friday is the Zombie Walk, what do we do Saturday?  Judge a pumpkin carving contest (in normal people clothes and a Wayne's world hat)... 

...And go to a rockin' social at the MMF Hall as Micheal Angelo with my other Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles of course (Costume 2):

And to end off the pre-Halloween weekend - Sunday is a day of sleeping in, catching up on TV shows from the week, running in the snow (I didn't even fall!) and attending a 5 year old's birthday party (those kids had sweet halloween costumes).   Happy Birthday Jade!


Then came Halloween - on a Wednesday.   This week I've been filling in on the Morning show, weirdly, it was easier to get dressed like this at 4am, than it was to put on normal clothes (mostly because I had set it out the night before and didn't have to worry about things matching)...

This is the one I blogged about putting together from pieces online here.

I wore that outfit all day at work then napped (I took the ears off for that),  fixed my nose makeup - reattached my ears and wore it all night to host a Halloween Party at the Wescana.  It was a blast, we have away $1000 for the best costume of the night to this guy:

It was movie quality (and Ted's actually a girl!) - The crowd loved it!

I lost some sleep, but had a blast this Halloween.  It was another year of success with 3 sweet costumes!

Happy Halloween y'all!  Can't wait for 2013!

Pop Culture Punch! Ep. 04 - The Voice Factor

I have a BFF, his name is Kelly.  We get along well and watch the same TV shows.  Usually anyway...
Last night we went to do a podcast and realized we don't ALWAYS agree. 

There was a showdown - it was recorded.  Enjoy!

The audio is here ^

Which do you think is better?

Personally, I think I won this battle... What do you think?  Hit me up in the comments! 

Insanity!

I wish my name was punny enough to be joined with insanity, it would explain my day today.   Unfortunately, I'm not Justin Lin.  (sigh).  I'll find a way to get over it (maybe). <--- I know this is terrible, but I had to write it.

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The day started out like any other.   I got up, drank coffee and ate breakfast.  (Thrilling routine right?)  That of course, was followed by a full day of work.  My new employee was on air live for the first time and did well (and...exhale).  All of this is typical.  After the work day ended, the fun began.

Recently, my pal Kelly and I started a podcast called Pop Culture Punch!  Today was another prep and record day - the new ep will be up soon!

From there I hopped across the street to Sweatshop Boxing for the first time in a long time (the same 2 weeks I didn't run for thanks to illness...ugh).   Running was nothing compared to a Fitness Boxing Class.

This is all you see when you come down the stairs again and again.

Between the skipping, lunges, pushups, sprawls and punch combinations, I, along with everyone in the room were just dripping with sweat.   It was really a lovely sight.  Class had another new order of doing things (it's literally different every time) and just one water break.  No one collapsed, it just felt a little deathy, so SUCCESS!!!

(pssttt... If you're in The Pas,  these classes are literally the hardest workout you can do - it's great)

You'd think that after this I'd be pretty tired right?   Sorta, but not as much as I'd anticipated.  because of this, I came home, had a little dinner, relaxed for about an hour then decided to go for a 3.5km run, in the pouring rain with 40km/hr winds and giant puddles on the sidewalk.   It was awesome.  I got soaked.  There's nothing more refreshing than a run in the rain and it's nostalgic of my soccer playing days back home.   That last sentence made me feel old, wow.

In summation, my crazy life is still crazy, but I'm back to exercising and it's full steam ahead. 

Also, once I got home from the run, I decided I'd reached insanity and took a loooonnnggg shower.   It was glorious.  

Change of Seasons

Fall is officially here, and halfway gone (it's much shorter in the North)

These trees are along highway 10 just outside of The Pas.  They are gorgeous, and somehow trees with needles that go orange. It's wild to me.  The colours make it a beautiful time to be outside, but the temperature is also just right for outdoor activity. 

This evening I went out for a run for the first time in almost 2 weeks.  Normally I'd be pissed off for missing so much time, but I had a wicked nasty cough/cold.  (okay, I'm still a little pissed...)

I gotta tell ya,  starting again is the WORST.  Your running pace is slower, it's harder to breathe and it kind of makes you hate life for 20 minutes.  But the burn is always worth it.  There's always a sense of accomplishment afterwards (immediately followed by the need to shower).

It's also the perfect time to run outdoors right now.  It's crisp so you don't overheat and the air is clear with the promise of Winter.   We'll see if Winter is still my favourite season after I run through it...

Looks like a safe surface to run on right?

Pop Culture Punch! Ep.03 Costume Crazy!

It's time to work out your Halloween costumes for the year, so how about a little celeb inspiration??

The Queen of Halloween is without a doubt Heidi Klum:

But there are a few others that are also entertaining...

Fergie's best Toddlers and Tiaras look

Gwen Stefani goes

Continuing the Halloween kick, here's a new ep of the Podcast with myself and Kelly Cortez!

Click the Pic for Audio!