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Tuesdays with Tish: Happy Quizmas!

December 01, 2015

I invited my friends Juliana and Linda (my Doctor's Companions co-hosts) to play a fun Christmas trivia game, Quizmas, and they accused me of cheating because I own the book and then booed me when I won. (Oops, spoiler alert.)

I promise you won't be booed if you play along! (Unless you cheat with the Google.) Write down and check your answers as we do and then leave your score in the comments! Fun times!

In the Movies Ep. 14: Entourage and TV Show Movies

November 27, 2015 in Rated F

Yeah! Oh yeah! My boys are back! Juliana and I have a great time talking about the Entourage characters that we know and love on another Hollywood adventure. We talk about what we love about each of the characters and lament over the lack of female characters, and how terrible the few are represented.

The Entourage movie really felt like the show which is great as a viewer of the show, but other TV show movies don't accomplish that. We agree Serenity is the best example of how to end a TV show with a movie (R.I.P. Firely. Gone too soon.) and the second Sex and the City movie was unnecessary and ridiculous. We also discuss the countless movies based on old TV shows that are made in an attempt to reboot the property. (Dukes of Hazard, anyone?)

We're very excited and looking forward to our next couple of episodes. That's right, we actually have them planned already! We're getting Christmassy with the next episode about The Family Stone and ensemble casts. And then we're getting really Christmassy with another Drunk Disney episode watching I'll Be Home for Christmas starring JTT. We've never seen it before, so send us your drinking game ideas, or we're going to have to make it up as we go along!

Don't forget, we're making videos now, too! So far, we're just reviewing new movies that we see at advanced screenings or in theatres (spoiler-free) but in the new year, we'll be doing some more movie-related fun sketch/vlog kind of videos! Find In the Movies videos on my channel;

here's the playlist

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Tuesdays with Tish: Christmas Decorations DIY

November 25, 2015

In which I show you my Christmas decorations, watch the Kemptville Santa Claus parade, and shoot an episode of The Unicorn Hunt.

Some things I didn't mention about my DIY decorations...

Felt Mistletoe: I drew a couple different stem with leaves templates on paper, pinned it to the felt, and cut it out. (You could also trace it with a felt-tip pen and then cut it, but I wanted to avoid the inky mess.) I made five sprigs and glued them onto another little piece of felt rolled in a cylinder. This made it easier for the sprigs to be a little further apart, so they don't all fall flat on each other. I cut the white berries out of a white fuzzy fabric I had, but tiny white pom-poms from the craft store would be great, too.

Paper Snowflakes: Remember to fold your paper to make six points, not eight. Try using a protractor to get the angles, 6 x 60º = 360º. For my big snowflakes on fancy cardstock that I couldn't fold, I had to trace a pattern on and then cut out. Try making the snowflake the regular way on paper, then tracing that onto the cardstock. Or make just the pattern (60º angle, fold in half, cut pattern) and repeat it (measure your 6 60º sections) tracing it, and then cutting it out. I hung my snowflakes with white thread tied to the snowflake and to a sewing pin (which I painted white, so they wouldn't stand out) which I could easily stick in my false ceiling tiles. You could try white thumbtacks or just scotch tape for regular ceilings.

I think I explained the rest of my DIYs enough in the video. :)

The Doctor's Companions Ep. 19: Chan Don't Blink Tho

November 19, 2015 in Rated F

This week, we have fun talking about two great episodes. While everyone is trying not to blink, I'm wonder if the camera/us, the viewers, count as a set of eyes, because the Weeping Angels are statues when no characters can see them, but the camera is on them. Plot hole? Or Moffat fucking with the fourth wall?

Speaking of Moffat, he had something great to say about writing for Doctor Who in the corresponding episode of Doctor Who Confidential. "You know you've got a good Doctor Who story if you think- Well, I've just blown that feature film idea. That's the size of story you need for 45 minutes of Doctor Who." Do you agree? Are Doctor Who episodes little feature films? I think the good ones are.

And then we travel to the end of the universe- with Captain Jack Harkness! He's immortal! What?! Only a surprise if you didn't also watch Torchwood. Chan and then we get introduced to Chantho, my favorite insect/humanoid tho. And, who's this? A very brilliant professor, or someone else...? It's the beginning of The Master! But, more relevant to us, we are introduced to Hermits United. Great fun. For a hermit.

Send us your answers to this week's questions! We answered which episode we would show an outsider to get them hooked on Who, and asked what's your favorite Christmas episode?

News!

TARDIS Maps! [

Google Maps

]

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Tuesdays with Tish: I Met Justin Bieber?

November 17, 2015

It's another week of my life! In which I go to work, meet Justin Bieber, visit my BFF, go to an art show, see Spotlight at an advance screening, win a prize, and fix my Christmas tree.

And what's that? Another advance screening? Yup, we saw Spotlight and here's our review!

The Doctor's Companions Ep. 18: The Professor and The Maid

November 13, 2015 in Rated F

It's the beginning of something wonderful... We love this two-parter and agree that this is where the show hits its stride and never looks back! No more episodes we begrudgingly watch just because we have to, nearly every episode from now on is spectacular! The rest of this season is great (Blink! The Master!) and then we've got Donna for a season, and then the age of Moffat begins!

We love this story so much we don't even hate Martha! She's mostly awesome and take-charge in awful, racist 1913, until she whines about her unrequited Doctor love again. On top of just terrible 1913, there are also a truly terrifying villain, the scarecrows. Legit scary. And then The Doctor himself gets legit terrifying with his dark and twisted punishments for the Family of Blood...

News!

Tennant and Tate together again! [

Geek & Sundry

]

Lego Movie Sequel! [

Den of Geek

]

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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Tuesdays with Tish: I Have Bond Issues

November 10, 2015

In which I have a coaching call with Michelle Akin, go to the cemetery to take photos, go to an advance screening of Spectre, and have thoughts about all the Bond movies.

I'm enjoying this vlogging life. It's inspiring creativity and video editing is my happiest time, but it's also forcing me to really practice being present instead of always thinking about what I need to get on video for the vlog.

I'll probably have another out-and-about vlog for the next Tuesdays with Tish as I have plans with friends later this week, but Tuesdays with Tish will also be sketches, more scripted talking to the camera kind of stuff and fun YouTube challenges. Stay tubed!

In the Movies Ep. 13: It's My Birthday!

November 06, 2015 in Rated F

Celebrate my birthday with me and my ten favorite movies! In this special birthday episode, we record the podcast by candlelight and learn about my life in movies. You'll notice a big difference between my and Juliana's top ten lists. My movie choices, and a reason I chose each of them, are visually stunning. It's a big part of my movie watching experience; the sets, art direction, animation style, location, colors, wardrobe, etc. Juliana's list, however, was focused on groundbreaking filmmaking and acting performances. Just another example of we come at movies from different perspectives; I, a filmmaker, and Juliana, an actor.

All of these movies affected my life in big ways. They may not have the same effect on you if you're not a thirteen year old girl watching Thirteen, but I, of course, I recommend you watch all of these movies. If nothing else, maybe you'll get to know me better, which I know is the real reason you're here.

Girl, Interrupted

Thirteen

And if you want to know even more about me via my favorite movies, check out my list of

23 Movies for 23 Years

of my life. You'll see most of these on there.

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And check out this new thing we're doing! A quick video review of advance screening & new movies we go see! This week we went to see Spectre at an advance screening!

My 26th Birthday!

November 03, 2015

It's my party and I'll cry if I want to! I didn't cry, though. I had a great birthday!

In the Movies Ep. 12: Drunk Hocus Pocus

October 30, 2015 in Rated F

It's not Halloween if you don't watch Hocus Pocus! We got drunk watching Hocus Pocus and then talked about it! But everyone knows Hocus Pocus, and if you haven't seen it in a while, then you should be listening to our drinking game rules, watching/drinking, and then finishing the podcast. So, instead of talking about the movie we all just watched, let's talk about... remedies for the colds we both have, my birthday plans, our plans to be the Sanderson Sisters for Halloween next year, the spider crawling up my wall, Juliana's crush on Billy Butcherson, Thackery's little sister fetish, our relationships with our brothers, my issue with how many colors should be in a rainbow, my hair cut, our high schools' arts and techs programs, the Descendants sequel and Juliana offends possibly everyone with her lisp, black sass, holocaust reference, and poor Spanish.

Yup, this podcast is all over the place and it's great! So, who wants to be Winifred for Halloween next year? Juliana is Mary and I'm Sarah, so...

Here are the rules I collected from various sources on the world wide web.

Drinking Game Rules

Binx emotionally says his sister’s name “Emily”

Anyone says the word “Virgin”

“BoooOOOoook!” opens its eye

The Sanderson Sisters get upset for being called ugly or old

You see Ernie’s “ICE” shaved head

Dani says the word “Yabbos”

cries

screams

Winnie says “SISTAHS!”

Winnie smacks/hits/shoves one of her sisters

The sisters cast a spell together

Sarah flirts with a boy

The sisters sing or dance

When the bullies call Max “Hollywood”

Binx dies and comes back to life

Billy Butcherson loses a body part

Whenever the Sanderson sisters are confounded by the modern world

Conversely, drink every time the Sanderson sisters have knowledge of things they should have been dead for

Shots for title mentions, Duh!

Have a happy Halloween/Tish's Birthday! Drink responsibly! While watching Disney movies!

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The Doctor's Companions Ep. 17: Tish is Here!

October 29, 2015 in Rated F

This week we talk about a number of fascinating things, most of which have nothing to do with the episodes. You know us, when the episodes aren't interesting we find other stuff to talk about. Like what Linda thinks of the twelfth Doctor. (She's almost caught up!)

We have a variety of answers for this week's question; Which baddie would you like to see become an ally? And we discuss the idea that The Doctor changes his appearance when he regenerates to match his current companion.

But then we get to the important stuff: Tish, Tish, Tish! We get to know Martha's sister Tish! I obsess over her name, her full name (Letitia! The same as mine! Even the spelling! That never happens!), and the Doctor saying my name. *Swoon* I also suggest that someone could pull off this de-aging thing as an elaborate prank and wish that The Doctor would just straight-up kill a bad guy for once instead of putting everyone's lives at risk with his elaborate plans to indirectly kill bad guys.

And then we go to

The Impossible Planet

42 minutes until we crash into the sun. We discuss the various scientific inaccuracies, although Linda assures me that a good gangster tint on the windows would be enough to protect their eyes that close to the sun. We all cheer when Martha is jettisoned away and think that she and that guy should definitely hook up and she can forget about The Doctor because

it's never gonna happen, gurl

! Oh, and Harold Saxon is no longer just whispers, he is real.

So, have fun listening to us complain more about Martha and bad science, and for episode 19 tell us which episode would you choose if you had to choose just one to show someone to get them interested in Doctor Who.

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My Favorite Witches

October 27, 2015 in Rated F

I've always felt an innate kinship to witches. I like to think it's because I was born on Halloween. I'm sure the deeper psychological reason is because witches are powerful women. I always hoped I would wake up one day with magic powers and I would finally be as unique and special and capable as I felt inside.

The Doctor's Companions Ep. 16: Art Deco Daleks

October 22, 2015 in Rated F

This week is full of good times because instead of discussing these mediocre episode, we have fun talking about Dalek snails, whether or not Martha has showered yet and learning about the Cult of Skaro.

First thing's first: Here is the amazing picture Linda made for me!

This week's question; What would you change about the Daleks? Linda and Juliana really want to get rid of the useless plunger immediately while I imagine a Dalek that leaves a snail trail as it glides around.

We hate hearing the ridiculous American accents and yell at Martha to change her clothes! And then we wonder if she has showered since she got on the TARDIS, and what the TARDIS shower facilities might be like. But that Dalek art deco style, doe! They may be evil but they got the look. We learn about the Cult of Skaro and the OG Daleks. Then we get scared by loud noises upstairs (possibly a murder, but we'll let you decide) before deciding that Daleks fart out that vent area in the middle, and that pig face Laszlo should consider a new life as a truffle hunter.

But we want to hear from you! What would you change about the Daleks? What would you do with your pig face? What do you think Daleks eat/consume and where does their poop/farts go? Wanna make us some fan art? And definitely answer this week's question so we can read it on episode 18: If you were a time lord with a chameleon arch, what object would yours be?

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That Time I Was Into Wicca

October 14, 2015

Before I get to Wicca, I have to talk about witches. Born on Halloween, I like to believe that I was destined to be a freak, a weirdo, an outsider, someone who loves to dress up and pretend to be someone else (and not just on Halloween).

The Unicorn Hunt: Book Reviews

October 10, 2015

In the Movies Ep. 11: Coraline and 3D Technology

October 07, 2015 in Rated F

This week we watched one of my favorite movies, and I got to research a topic that I have been interested in for quite some time. It's a very technological episode as the making of a stop-motion movie like Coraline is very technically challenging, and 3D movies is a technology with a lot of history.

I think the most interesting, and a little surprising, fact that I learned about 3D technology is that it's been around almost as long as photography has been around and it hasn't changed much since then. It's still the basic concept of giving each of your eyes a different image to see that your brain puts together as a perception of depth.

Neither Juliana nor I are fans of seeing movies in 3D these days, but it was fun to watch Coraline at home with the pink and green 3D glasses. Okay, we didn't make it through the whole movie, but we gave it a chance.

Unlike Juliana, I saw Coraline in theatres, and bought the DVD when it came out because I loved it so much. In fact, I love Coraline so much that while I was waiting for Juliana to come over to watch the movie, I had some fun on

Coraline.com

. You can interactively explore the whole world of Coraline on the site, see movie clips, behind-the-scenes clips, and have fun giving yourself button eyes and spelling your name in mice. I highly recommend checking out the site and having some fun!

Here are your links, as promised. Have fun learning about how 3D glasses work. Maybe you'll understand polarized light better than I did...

Movie News

Disney Animated Movie Slate [

Hello Giggles

]

The Storytellers: New Voices of the Twilight Saga [

Lionsgate

]

3D Glasses Resources

Anaglyph 3D [

Wikipedia

]

Polarized 3D system [

Wikipedia

]

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The Doctor's Companions Ep. 15: Thou Art Stuck in Traffic

October 01, 2015 in Rated F

Martha gets the standard one trip to the past, one to the future, new companion test. Juliana, the theatre student, geeks out over Shakespeare stuff (I think she was one step away from reciting the podcast in iambic pentameter). I find the "witches" words instead of numbers kind of science/magic to be interesting, while the futuristic traffic jam gives me plenty to complain about. 5 billion years in the future and we still have cars and traffic jams?

We answer the question of where & when we would like to go if we had to stay on Earth. A little bit forward? All the way back? Pterodactyls? And ask you the question: Which baddie would you like to see come back as The Doctor's ally? We've seen it before in Madame Vastra and Strax.

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The Unicorn Hunt Ep. 8: Pegacorn? Unisus?

September 26, 2015

In this flashback episode, Kelsey and I wear our matching duck sweaters and discuss the possibility of a unicorn-pegasus hybrid...

In the Movies Ep. 10: Drunk Disney's Descendants

September 25, 2015 in Rated F

We are very excited about our new podcast feature that we are calling Drunk Disney. It wasn't really planned as a new type of podcast format, it just so happened that Juliana and I were both really excited to see the new Disney Channel Original movie, Descendants, so we decided to get together and watch it. When I came across a drinking game for the movie on

ForeverYoungAdult.com

, it became clear that we must not only watch the movie together, but get schwasted while doing so. And since I can't just do anything without wanting to make some some of content out of it, I thought we could try out a Drunk Disney quickie podcast after we watched.

We definitely had a lot of fun watching/drinking the movie and a lot of fun going over the best parts after for the podcast. We highly recommend following in our foot steps; watch the movie and play the drinking game. You will not regret it. So. Much. Fun.

Here's a fun trick I discovered: In the iOS Podcasts app, you can listen to podcasts at 1x, 1.5x, 2x, and 1/2x speeds. Juliana and I cried laughing as we listened to our last episode at half speed. It makes us sound super drunk. Trust me. Just try it. I'm sure any podcast would be hilarious, but since we were a little drunk for that podcast, it made it so much funnier to hear us sound really drunk and slurry. Ha ha ha.

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