We're not satisfied until you're not satisfied.

Don't worry! That is not my attitude at work. It is, however, the slogan for a "Demotivator" at despair.com. They are basically parodies of the motivational posters that started coming out a few years ago with the picture and then a caption at the bottom. If you click on the link above, I have a feeling you will know exactly what I am talking about. Now, whenever I see an actual motivational poster I keep expecting a snarky caption at the bottom and it surprises me when the caption is actually sincere. Maybe it's just my dark sense of humour but the snarkiness of some of the demotivators really amuse me. Here are some of my favourites:

• CHALLENGES
• DARE TO SLACK
• HAZARDS
• LIMITATIONS
• MISTAKES
• MOTIVATION
• PERSPECTIVE
• TRADITION
• And my absolute favourite: WISHES

Desair.com also has amusing T-Shirts as well as other rather amusing products. I highly recommend looking through the website. So today's favourite things are the "Demotivators" at Despair.com.

"Spare the snark, spoil the networks!"

I was introduced to Television Without Pity a few years ago. It continues to be one of my favourite websites. It is basically, at the very least, a site that had recaps of various TV Shows. The great thing about the recaps are that they don't just tell you what happened in the various shows, the recaps are really quite snarky and sarcastic, my favourite adjectives for reviews and recaps. The creators of TWoP also published a book about various TV related topics that is quite amusing as well. You can check their archives for shows they have covered in the past and maybe catch up on their recaps for shows you are currently watching. They don't recap every show out there but they cover quite a few.

Oh honey no....

I will be the first to admit that I pay way too much attention to the world of celebrities. It's part of my TV addiction and it keeps me amused. A few years ago, I found a wonderful little website called Go Fug Yourself. It's basically a blog about celebrity fashion disasters, some of which are truly atrocious. Sadly, some celebrities I have only heard of through their fashion faux pas. It is a very snarky website which is one of the reasons I like it. It routinely has me giggling over some of what they come out with. Occasionally, they have something good to say about someone's outfit but generally it's there because it is just awful. Some of their pictures are NSFW (not safe for work) but it's generally pretty clean.

Happy New Year!

I hope everyone had a good 2008. I should totally be asleep right now as I am leaving for the airport at 4:30AM but I decided to do this before I actually go to sleep. For today's post, I am going to write about some of my favourite things of 2008. Some of them have or will have their own posts but for now it's just a list. In no particular order,...

• Panera Bread (American restaurant, really good sandwiches and soup. One of the things I miss most about Boston)
• Joss Whedon TV shows (I discovered Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, and Firefly this year. Also, Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog was awesome)
• The Sims 2 (for PC)
• Television Without Pity (Snarky recaps of your favourite shows, what more could you want?)
• Tina Fey as Sarah Palin
• Neil Patrick Harris
• I discovered some new and amusing websites this year. See my blog roll. I also enjoy www.tvtropes.org
• Twitter (I don't use it often but I like reading what other people are saying)
• Hulu (although I can't use it in Canada)
• Flamenco (That's not a new favourite, but I saw some amazing flamenco performances in '08)
• Living with my sister (It's been an adventure, especially with her doing a new thing everyday. It kept me on my toes)
• Using acronyms for phrases even if it's shorter to say the actual phrase (ex. btw for "by the way")
• Quoting random TV quotes in casual conversation (It's a sickness)
• Having an actual TV and using a DVR to record certain shows. (Awesomeness)
• TV Shows that are online (How I caught up on TV when I didn't have one)
• TV on DVD

I probably have a few more favourites but I am getting tired. I hope everyone has a great 2009!