Oh CanadašŸ˜

Through all the pain, misery, depression, crippling anxiety, diabetes, and mounds and mounds of self loathing, there’s still one thing I look forward to. In this day and age of misinformation, disinformation, economic uncertainty, deteriorating infrastructure, rising unemployment, political instability, climate change, senseless wars, endless online brain rot, spiraling death cults of personality, unwanted artificial intelligence, oligarchical domination, hatred towards the other, rolling back of civil rights, and an overwhelming sense of damnation from god, we must find joy wherever it may be found.

And you can find that joy specifically at Tim Hortons

Their delightful customer service will help you pick out the perfect coffee to stave off suicidal ideation for one more day with their choice of French Vanilla, iced cappuccino, mocha latte, or original blend.

Thinking about ā€œdetonatingā€ your vehicle in a crowded downtown area? Consider picking up a delicious sausage and egg bagel before you do.

You see, at Tim Horton’s, we make modern life only slightly more bearable. We may not be able to cure your ass cancer or crippling medical debt, but we can make this meaningless odyssey towards death a bit tastier with our chocolate glazed donuts and cinnamon croissant muffins.

So run to the toilet and vomit up them sleeping pills! And when you’re done with that, stop into your local Tim Hortons and thank the pagan gods for creating Canada šŸ‡ØšŸ‡¦

Tim Hortons ā„¢ļø: Toujours frais, toujours Tim Hortons!

Canadian sci-fi

Sorry (or soar-y, rather) to all of Canada for talking shit about poutine because Andromeda rocks!

Cheap sets, great sci-fi concepts, horrible special effects, corny dialogue, wonderful cast…one of the great gems of science fiction television.

Disappointed to learn that Kevin Sorbo isn’t Canadian tho. Just sounds wrong.

body horror

For a director I don’t particularly like, I’ve seen most of David Cronenberg’s films. Despite their subject matter and shock value, these movies rarely promote much of a response from me. I either low key REALLY like them, or low key hate them.

So I don’t know why I started watching Shivers on Tubi. Probably because it’s one of Cronenberg’s first films. What sucks is that Tubi crapped out on me an hour into the film so I missed most of the good shit (Tubi, btw, has every movie known to God but the app itself sucks penis).

But Shivers is interesting. Perhaps it made me realize something about Cronenberg’s filmography: everyone looks like shit. Mind you, Shivers was made in the 70s and likely had a small budget. Still though, I think the decision to make everyone look terrible was a deliberate one. Even the ā€œattractiveā€ people made me want to barf. Cronenberg’s forte is body horror, after all.

This made me question my prior appraisal of the director. David Cronenberg approaches the human subject as if the viewer is an alien. When we watch the behavior of animals, we are simultaneously fascinated and disgusted. An extraterrestrial would probably feel the same way if they ever observed people.

Human beings are disgusting creatures. And most of the time, we fail to appreciate that…

…except when we watch David Cronenberg films.