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  • Don’t Worry, It Gets Worse by Alida Nugent

    Certainly an entertaining read, but it’s pretty much the same old song and dance as with other memoirs by funny twenty-somethings—stories about being single and jobless, having awful boyfriends and no money, finding a first apartment and struggling to buy groceries, pay the phone bill, and make student loan payments. The genre is starting to get…

    Being Tori

    10.11.15
    Book Challenge 2015, Books, One-Liners
    Alida Nugent, Book Challenge, Don’t Worry It Gets Worse, Frenemy blog, haha funny, library book, memoir, take it or leave it
  • Saving money in style

    I’m reading Alida Nugent’s Don’t Worry, It Get’s Worse. And now this is how I’m going to live my life.

    Being Tori

    10.06.15
    Books, I wrote this, Images
    Alida Nugent, am reading, comedy, Don’t Worry It Gets Worse, haha funny, memoir, TAKE IT!
  • It’s been a while…

    It’s been a few days since I’ve entertained you all with my wit and charm, but I’m a very busy and important lazy person, so you shouldn’t be surprised. I do like to entertain, though, so in place of a one-liner (coming soon, I swear), please enjoy these Disney face swaps that a friend of mine found…

    Being Tori

    10.01.15
    I stole this, Images
    Disney, Disney Princess, Disney Villains, Face Swap, haha funny
  • Look what I got!!!

    It’s finally here! It’s finally here! I already know that Furiously Happy is going to be one of my favourite books, and not just because it’s gold and sparkly. And after how much I loved Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, I’m pretty ding dang darn excited for Hollow City, too! #ILoveBeingABookNerd

    Being Tori

    09.28.15
    Books, Images
    am reading, books, Furiously Happy, Hollow City, Jenny Lawson, Ransom Riggs, Rocky the Raccoon
  • I should be sleeping…

    But Don’t Worry, It Gets Worse by Alida Nugent is keeping me up. I wonder if my hysterical laughter is keeping my landlords up?  #worthit

    Being Tori

    09.27.15
    Books, I wrote this, Images
    Alida Nugent, am reading, books, Don’t Worry It Gets Worse, haha funny, memoir
  • Ashby

    I… I’m not sure… but… I think… I think I have a crush on Mickey Rourke. There. I said it. Not so bad, right? In other news, I definitely have a crush on Nat Wolff. And I wouldn’t have expected it, but they make a great pairing—both of their characters are surprising and entertaining in…

    Being Tori

    09.27.15
    Movies, One-Liners
    action, Ashby, coming of age, Emma Roberts, haha funny, Mickey Rourke, movie, Nat Wolff, Sarah Silverman, TAKE IT!
  • Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

    I purchased this book because nearly two years ago a younger cousin of mine could do nothing but sing its praises. I was skeptical, and the photos of creepy children gave me pause (for real, creepy as hell), but it was on sale and I can’t help myself when it comes to purchasing books. And…

    Being Tori

    09.21.15
    Book Challenge 2015, Books, One-Liners
    Book Challenge, Fairy Tales, fiction, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, novel, Ransom Riggs, TAKE IT!, YA
  • Southpaw

    If Jake Gyllenhaal isn’t already one of your favourite actors, or if he’s not already a role model to scores of aspiring actors, he will be after this movie. He made me feel all the emotions. Granted, I probably would have loved this movie even if it had been mediocre (I unabashedly love all sports…

    Being Tori

    09.21.15
    Movies, One-Liners
    Boxing, Forest Whitaker, graphic, inspiring, Jake Gyllenhall, movie, Rachel McAdams, Southpaw, sports movie, TAKE IT!, violence
  • Guardians of the Galaxy

    I have seen this movie five or six times now and my favourite parts remain those in which Peter Quill is singing and dancing. His dance off with Ronan is the very best. “Ooh oooh child, things are gonna get easier.”

    Being Tori

    09.17.15
    Movies, One-Liners
    Bradley Cooper, Chris Pratt, Comics, Dave Bautista, Drax, Gamora, Groot, Guardians of the Galaxy, haha funny, Lee Pace, Marvel, movie, Peter Quill, Rocket, Ronan, TAKE IT!, Vin Diesel, Zoe Saldana
  • A House in the Sky by Amanda Lindhout and Sara Corbett

    For two reasons, I cannot believe that this is a memoir: It seems unimaginable, incredible, incomprehensible that this was her life for 460 days; that she suffered so much, that she was treated so horrendously, that she had the strength and mental capacity to constantly fight for herself both inwardly and outwardly. It is so…

    Being Tori

    09.15.15
    Book Challenge 2015, Books, One-Liners
    Amanda Lindhout, Book Challenge, hostage, kidnap victims, kidnapping, memoir, Nigel Brennan, ransom, Somalia, TAKE IT!
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