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Hey, happy Halloween! Today there's yet another tiny list, but this one of movies to watch on Halloween.

Blast From The Past

Today's post is about movies that are period pieces. Those movies that have it all: gorgeous period dresses, dapper gentlemen, lovely scenery and great soundtracks - if you like music found in balls, that is.

Let's get this list started, then:

Music for a rainy day

The Hush Sound's third record Goodbye Blues is one of those albums that just match grey skies and raindrops just like some albums are perfect for the summer. Don't get me wrong, though, this doesn't mean the album is all doom and gloom. Although some songs like Hurricane, are very wistful, the majority tends to the more cheery aspect of a rainy day. Well, musically - the lyrics are very fitting of the album's title, as you can tell from the two singles Honey and Medicine Man:





Regardless, Goodbye Blues makes for a very good companion, it's great to sing along to and has a tendency to encourage some truly stupid dancing.

Things to do when you're bored

So there I was procrastinating, as I do, when I found a link to a website. Nothing unusual in an afternoon of procrastination, right?

The website in question is sporcle.com, which has the following slogan: "mentally stimulating diversions." The point of the wabsite from what I can tell, is quizzes that you have to answer within a time frame and they come on all sorts of themes - ranging from Geography to television.

Here is the first quiz I took and also my favourite:

Click for fun times

It's all very addicting, so consider yourself warned.

In light of what today is...

It's Children's Day here today so I say we have some fun walking down memory lane with some old-school Disney. Here's a list of some of my very favourites shorts from way back when:

Is this really that unknown?

For a while now, I've noticed that a lot of television lovers seem unaware of one of the best shows on tv right now. The show in question is Criminal Minds.

The show's main cast, from left to right: Shemar Moore(Derek Morgan), Kirsten Vangsness (Penelope Garcia), Paget Brewster (Emily Prentiss), Thomas Gibson (Aaron Hotchner), Joe Mantegna (David Rossi), A.J. Cook (Jennifer "JJ" Jareau) and Matthew Gray Gubler (Dr. Spencer Reid).

I have no title for this, that's how good this movie is

Earlier this week I found myself watching (yet again) the 2005 adaptation of Pride & Prejudice and,as usual, I had that moment of "wow, this is such a good movie". It's not common to have that reaction when you watch a movie based on a book, especially when said book happens to be a favourite - this isn't news. Director Joe Wright, however, managed to do Pride & Prejudice justice.

Here's the trailer if you're unfamiliar with it: