I went to the Metropolis showing at Dundas Square on Tuesday.

Metropolis is a silent film from 1927. The showing was accompanied with the beautiful live Trip Hop beats DJ’ing of Andrew McPherson.

I’ve never seen a silent film before, but it was absolutely amazing. The acting was passionate and expressive, despite not having a lot of dialogue (some dialogue was narrated in captions, but not much). The music was a perfect addition to it. It’s a whole new genre opened up to me, and I highly recommend it to anyone else.

My favourite act, by Pete Sweet:

Hilarity was ensuing like a barrel of monkeys tumbling down a silly-shaped hill.

More Buskerfest photos here.

To whom it may concern,

The first episode of the second season of The IT Crowd aired this week.

To everyone else,

Watch this show. You will be quizzed on it at a later date.

Ever since I popped by Booster Juice with some coworkers, I’ve been in an insatiable fruit smoothie mood. For all those blessed with abundance of fruit, here’s something you can do with them.

1. Throw various delicious fruits into the mixer. In this case I used my leftover blueberries and some raspberries. Strawberries also make for great smoothies. Pretty much any fruit will do, even if it’s a little too ripe.
2. Add a few scoops of cheap vanilla icecream, and a bit of milk (depending on how liquidy you want it), and a teaspoon of sugar (depending on how sour the fruits are).
3. Blend, pour, and drink. Remember to remove the blade before pouring, or else it will slide out and precious smoothie goodness will escape onto your floors.

And I bought a new camera. Yay.