The Transit Lounge

Amy Goodhew

Scott Pilgrim (played by Michael Cera) is a 22 year old slacker living in Toronto and occasionally rocking out in his band ‘Sex Bob-omb’. Scott is dating (in a platonic way) high-schooler Knives Chou while nursing his broken heart – cruelly crushed by Envy Adams, a local girl made good.

His relatively tranquil existence is disturbed by the arrival of the fascinating Ramona Flowers (Mary Elizabeth Winstead). If Scott wishes to date Ramona he must defeat her seven evil exes. Fortunately Scott is a totally awesome fighter rolls with this unusal proviso in seven utterly over the top fight scenes, complete with ‘KAPOWS!’, demon hipster chicks and K.O.s.

What a political pickle we find ourselves in. We learnt the Prime Minister we once so adored is foul mouthed (rat-%&*#s? really?), overtired and exceptionally cranky and then before we knew it, he was overthrown. The Opposition Leader has asked the voting public not to take anything he says as ‘gospel’, steadfastly refused to don clothing preferring instead to talk endlessly of things he finds ‘confronting’ while splashing about in his budgie smugglers. It’s enough to drive you to vote Green.

By Amy Goodhew

My idea for an article about how the male brain works initially was a source of mirth for my female colleagues. “An oxymoron if I ever heard one” snorted one, which quickly gave way to widespread cackling from the office ladies. Interest was restored when I revealed that the male baby learns to recognize fear or anger in his Mother’s voice by seven months and can completely ignore her by 12 months.