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• Inspector Gadget

• Care Bears

• Babar

• Rupert

• Mona the Vampire

• Monster By Mistake

• Mummies Alive!

• Tales From the Cryptkeeper

• Freaky Stories

• Magic School Bus

• Stickin’ Around

• Ned’s Newt

• Anatole

• Cardcaptors

• Beast Machines (it’s a sequel to Beast Wars)

• Xiaolin Showdown

• Jackie Chan Adventures

• American Dragon: Jake Long

• Are You Afraid of the Dark? (not a cartoon)

If we just met, yes it is rude. We’re strangers, my life story is none of your business. If we’re more than acquaintances, I expect it would come up naturally at some point in conversation so not rude (hopefully).

I’m a visible minority so I have to weed out the people who are just trying to satisfy their curiosity about why I’m not white. Those people don’t ever accept the answer that I’m from Vancouver, or that my parents are from Winnipeg. I will never be Canadian enough for those people because of how I look.

Nobody ever asks my white spouse out of nowhere whether he speaks X language even though he’s given no indication that he does, and nobody ever asks him where he’s really from.

Don’t worry, mine is extremely cheap and it does the job. I also get those tiny scabs sometimes, and for me it’s from ripping out a particularly thick hair.

For taking care of your skin, don’t overcomplicate it! Exfoliating is definitely a good start, and always remember to moisturise. You shouldn’t need to pay an arm and a leg and incorporate 37 steps to keep your skin healthy.

Do you tend to have sensitive skin? Maybe you need to change up your skincare routine. Or you may just need some time to get used to it. It is kind of a violent action to rip hairs out of your skin after all. It gets easier though, fewer hairs come back and I find it doesn’t even hurt anymore.

I highly recommend epilating! Like waxing, you’re pulling the hair out by the root so it lasts a long time, but unlike waxing, you’re not also pulling your skin. Just like doing a coat of primer before you start painting, you may need to do a bit of a shave first, but the maintenance after that is very easy.

They are different tools, but fun fact, you can make curls or waves with a straightener depending on technique. A curling iron will only do curls.

This post always makes me smile and reminisce on my old '99 corolla with great fondness. I treated that thing like absolute shit and it’s probably still out there somewhere puttering around without a care in the world. It had almost 400k km on it when my parents donated it but it was in fine (if a bit rattling) condition.

It was succeeded by an '01 corolla which sadly is no longer with us due to a non-corolla driver plowing into its passenger side.

As someone who types very fast, your technique sounds insane to me. It must really be something to behold in person when you’re in the groove.

Chinese soups of various kinds. Many of them are pretty brothy, which I guess isn’t what a lot of people are looking for in a soup, so they’re not super popular unless you’re used to them.