Who keeps the fish?

I'm busy writing a paper today- and probablly the next few days! But if you're bored- and I'm sure you are cuz you're here, I got a challenge for you.

Here's the Problem

There are 5 houses in 5 different colors. In each house lives a man of a different nationality. Each drinks a different beverage, smokes something different from the rest and keeps a different kind of pet. There are no two colors, nationalities, drinks, smokes or pets the same.

Given the following facts:
1.. The Brit lives in a red house.
2.. The Swede keeps dogs as pets.
3.. The Dane drinks tea.
4.. The green house is on the left of the white house.
5.. The green house owner drinks coffee.
6.. The person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds.
7.. The owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhill.
8.. The man living in the house right in the centre drinks milk.
9.. The Norwegian lives in the first house.
10.. The man who smokes Blend lives next to the one who keeps cats.
11.. The man who keeps horses lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill.
12.. The owner who smokes Blue Master drinks beer.
13.. The German smokes Prince.
14.. The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.
15.. The man who smokes Blend has a neighbour who drinks water.

The question is . ..WHO KEEPS THE FISH?
Good luck, try to beat my 30 min. record!

Someone...make me feel better!!

I'm usually a positive thinker, but forget that this week. To those of you who think I complain too much about the weather, cuz you know, no one can do anything about it... thanks to Montreal's below-zero weather, I am on the verge of getting sick. SICK! It's happened twice last year, and it better not happen again. It's back to wearing hats and gloves now- but i'm a summer clothes person. Geez. I used to never get sick. Maybe it comes with all the university crap.

I'm procrasinating again. I really shouldn't do that because this is my busiest week. The load just keeps on building up! And on top of that, I had to accept to do an article for the school paper. This interview, with this high-profile person, didn't go as well as I wanted it to. Why? Cuz some people have no respect for journalists. They don't understand that the reason you ask them things is cuz you need it to write. People. Also sometime known as pain in the asses.

I like blogging-it's just like therapy. Next post will be happier. Anyone have it worse than me?

Where have all the Snow Whites gone?

One of my most recent columns, for your entertainment. Enjoy!

Teens are growing up too fast, and I blame Britney Spears.

This past Halloween, my 15 year-old sister wanted me to help her put her costume together. She had found a pair of rabbit ears amongst our dumpster of Halloween memorabilia, and asked me if she could dress up as a bunny this year.

“Sure,” I told her, “just wear your pink pajamas, put on the ears and paint some whiskers, and you’ll be a bunny!”

She looked at me as if I had suggested that she smear chocolate all over her face. “Not THAT kind of bunny!”

Right. She meant the Playboy bunny. I should have known that- a while ago she wanted me to buy her a playboy bunny bellybutton ring, which I refused.

As I dropped my sister at her friend’s Halloween party, I couldn’t believe the costumes that the 13 to16-year-olds guests were wearing. When I was younger, I remember wanting to dress up as my favorite Disney characters. Later on, I preferred to stick to classic Halloween figures, such as a witch, a devil or a cat, as I like to now. Show a teen one these costumes today, and they’ll laugh in your face. But there were no Snow Whites or Batmans at this teen party. Instead, I saw play bunnies, naughty schoolgirls, seductive vampires, gothic angels, pimps, gangster rappers, Lara Croft and one girl who described herself as a forest whore. Thanks to teens, Halloween costumes just aren’t what they used to be.

Why are teens dressing like this? I’m not just talking about how they dress for Halloween; I’m also referring to their everyday dress.

A lot of people say that it’s because of the influx of advertising aimed at teens, and even tweens, meaning the 8-12 year age group. They are not teens, but yet, they act like teens.

These ads are producing mini-Britney Spears and little Backstreet Boys. All of the sudden, little girls are wearing midriff baring tops and young boys are spending hours in front of the mirror, using the whole jar of hair gel to make sure every hair on their heads sticks up straight, just like the guys in N’Sync. Back when I was a tween, or a kid as they called us in those days, I wore anything that my mom bought me. Parents just can’t buy clothes for their kids anymore.

I recently took my twelve-year old cousin shopping. She was looking for clothes to wear everyday at school. Store after store, I showed her some items, but she kept shaking her head. Finally, she pointed to a group of girls about her age, and said, “I like what they’re wearing.”

I cringed as I glanced at three girls. One had a t-shirt that read “my boyfriend is out of town.” Another wore pubic-bone baring hip-huggers. The last one was wearing a black off-the-shoulder shirt that was almost see-though.

I never thought my cousin would be interested in wearing these kinds of clothes. From the media, girls get the message that they must show off their ass cracks in order to impress. It’s hard for even the chastest girl to remain so in this society. Even teens who aren't interested in sex are still interested in being sexy. If this annoys me, I can’t imagine how their parents feel. I guess it’s just the J. Lo generation.

What's the world coming to?!

So I wake up a bit earlier today- ok, way earlier than usual- to try to get some homework done because all the final projects are due soon. The question is, did that help? Not that much. I managed to nail down some research, but it's all too chaotic, and I just can't think anymore. Some say I've finally learned to procrasinate, as if that's a bad thing. But think of it this way- procrasination avoids boredom; one never the feeling that there is nothing important to do.

We celebrated my 13 year-old cousin's birthday this evening. It was cool being with my family in that cozy Chinese restaurant. They bought so much food that I think they won't have to cook dinner for a week. Then all of the sudden, I decide to look out the window and...NNOOOOO!!!! It can't be SNOWING already!! Why did my parents chose to move here?? It's not even December!!

As you may or may not be able to tell, I HATE SNOW. Everything's wrong these days. You know what we got bday boy as a present? This toy car called Formula Fewer or something. Get this- to make this car go, you have to activate it by pouring juice in it. Not water. Juice. Toys these days seem to be made for kids, by kids- or adults with kid-like brains.

But...This isn't Hollywood!!

I welcome you all my new For Your Mind Only page by recounting my experience of the last film shoot I did. For those of you who have no idea what I'm talking about, TOO BAD! I'm just kidding. Hi, my name is Kim, and I'm someone you shouldn't always take seriously. I used to post my rants, thoughts, stories and whatever else on this webpage I called For Your Mind Only. Being a busy person, I soon found out that web pages are sort of a pain in the ass to update, and thus, I stopped writing on the page. Blogging on the other hand, seems to be THE thing to do these days, and since I like being in style in everyway, I well, started blogging. Don't worry, I'll keep this one going.

Previous entry: Hollywood Style?

May 2, 2004 : Day one of my three day shoot on the set of Kings's Ransom, the latest Anthony Anderson film shooting in Montreal. I have to say, it's the best set I've ever been on. I got to see actors such as Anthony Anderson (duh), Loretta Devine (from Boston Public), Kelita Smith (From The Bernic Mac Show), Lil' Kim, Donald Faisan (From Scrubs), and Brooke D'Orsay. The Scene: Malcom King (Anthony Anderson) throws a big party for the people of Chicago...and what a party! Everyone was dressed up in very fancy attire, and we had to do a lot of talking, , drinking (fake alcoholic drinks, like apple juice) and dancing. it was a lot of fun, and the shoot wrapped at 6am!

May 3, 2004 :Day two on the film set. We shot the party scene yesterday, today we had to film the scene in which everyone arrives at the big party. Cars with the Illinois license plates on them drive by and stop at the red carpet. People get out of the cars or cross the street, pass the security guard at the red carpet into the building, on the way stopping to pose for pics for the papparazzi. The annoying thing: It's summer in Chicago. But...It's not summer in Montreal. In fact, spring just barely started. It was at most 10°C. As you can guess, they made us take our jackets off... and there I was in jsut a dress and sandals, freezing my ass off! On "Action" I had to act all happy and excited to go in. I even had to walk a block in that freezin cold weather! If you watch the see a two girls huddling together and holding each other up, it's cuz of the weather, not what you're thinking :p Oh yeah, and Lil'Kim knows my name..she is really nice!

May 4, 2004 : Skipped day 3 of the shoot, told production that I'm sick..in reality, I don't want to risk getting sick cuz it's even colder today!