Red Riding Hood

Red Riding Hood sucks, don't go see it.

I'm a big Amanda Seyfried fan and when i learned she had been casted in this movie I thought "oh my, her dear in headlight look will be perfect for this story!" However, this movie would have been good if it would have been directed by M. NightShamalan but it was not. It was directed by Catherine Hardwick, the woman who directed Twilight.

Now, I was aware of this information before entering the movie theatre. However, what I was not aware of is that Catherine Hardwick was going to direct Red Riding Hood like a Twilight knock off. The woman has no intention of differencing herself from the franchise or even trying to direct something that might gain her some respect form her peers.

The movie is overly dramatized, overly poetized and states the obvious, over and over again, as if the audience is too dumb to understand imagery. It is shot exactly like the Twilight movie, with big conifer trees in the background and dumb pretty people in the forefront. The werewolf is secondary storyline to the love triangle, which isn't much of a triangle as the heroine states her choice in mate in the first scene of the movie.

Just like the Bella/Edward/Jacob love triangle offers no true contradiction in Bella's choice; Valerie never shows any intention of choosing Henry over Peter.Catherine Hardwick obviously enjoys having a man pinning over her without having any intentions of ever giving him light of day.

All in all, this is not the horror/suspense I was expecting to see but a sappy love story entangled in a earie atmosphere. Even Amanda Seyfried and her pretty blonde hair couldn't save that one for me...

If you sprinkle when you tinkle

To girls who squat and pee on the seats of public bathrooms; you are part of the problem, not the solution.

It's a bathroom, not a gym, just sit on the damn thing!!

Back to December

Back to Reality

I came back from vacation on Thursday night, only to be whisked away for the week-end at my work by-annual getaway. So it's been pretty busy but good busy! :)

I went on a cruise with Carnival ships (the Carnival Destiny to be exact) and had a blast in Jamaica and Cayman Island. I will do a longer post on that vacation soon!

Now, today I had to face a snow storm, get back to work and I have a class tonight at McGill. Oh vacation how I miss you already!

Radar

Confidence is a must
Cockiness is a plus
Edginess is a rush
Edges; i like them rough

If I meow back at my cats, does that make me a crazy cat lady?

Expectations

Today, a doberman went home with a 19 months kid...Let rewind a bit!

During my shift at the SPCA, a family of three; mother, father and a 19 month old kid asked me to help them find the perfect dog for them. So I automatically looked into all the dogs we have that are recommended for young children but they all had something that didn't quite made it work. We had this perfect border collie which had "kids +++" on her file but the dad didn't feel any chemistry with the dog, but he was interested in a doberman/german sheperd mix called "Ranger".

So we looked at his file and he seemed pretty chill for a doberman so I offered to bring him to a contact room and see how he would react to the child. First I brought the dog in the room with me and the dad (the dogs have a tendancy to get overly excited when they get taken out of their cages and I wanted him to have time to calm down before subjeting him to a 19 months old baby). The dog was super sweet and calm. We brought in the mom and baby and he basically ignored the child, let him pet him and everything.

They went to walk him and I spoke with a dog trainer there to ask for his opinion on that adoption. You see, Dobermans are guard dogs, and so are german sheperds. Which makes them territorial and not really kid friendly. They can get agressive and they are pretty imposing. So the dog trainer came in the room with us when they came back to see Ranger interact with the dog. He gave his green light when he saw how patient the doberman was being with the baby.

So today, a doberman went home with a 19 months old kid. The craziest thing happen when you least expect them. I'm proud that today I helped a family grow in the most unexpected way.