Can't sleep

It's been several weeks! Well, tonight I just can't get to sleep. Here is the kind of thing that my mind dregs up on a sleepless night. Prepare for nostalgia (assuming you are from Ontario and grew up on mid-nineties YTV, that is).

All Shapes and Sizes

This is from Imaginaria. YTV used to air these things as "Short Circutz." Remember, "Chomp chomp! Got to eat a record, uh-huh," and "He's Styro, Styro the Dog?"

Actually, I liked all of these so much that it's hard to pick one to post so I think I'll post another one.

Bells and Whistles

Don't forget, we are of the butterfly. Whatever that meant.

I Shouldn't Find This Funny, But I Do

If I was singing this song: "Il est venuuu le temps des cathedraaaa - gasp cough hack! Air I need air!"

First off, let me make this clear: I love this song and I would totally marry Bruno Pelletier's voice if that was a thing that you could do. So if you are french-canadian, please don't kill me.

Now that that's out of the way, just listen to this song. It's hillarious.

Things to note:

• you don't need to understand french to see what I mean
• the song's not supposed to be  funny
• if you watched it and you still don't find it funny, you probably have a better sense of humour than me, so don't worry about it. My sense of humour is kind of weird. Or broken.

New Nintendo Wii Mini

Here's a strange thing. Nintendo is launching a smaller, less costly version of the Wii for the Christmas holidays but it cannot play GameCube games or access the internet. Weirder still, it will only be available in Canada, at least for now. Since when do we get exclusives like this? I can kind of see parents buying this to hook up in the kids' bedroom, attached to one of those Disney Princess TVs from Toys R Us. I don't know why else you'd want a crippled Wii console, but I love the boxy look. Yup, I'm one of those freaks that likes it when their toys look like toys. Forget you, Apple.

I guess this could work at the cottage. I wonder if it has collectible potential.