This week I interviewed Riza Javellana, a Toy Expert at Mattel Canada. I asked questions I wanted to know. I am five year old inside and love toys and I refuse to lose the childlike sparkle in my eye. You will find it fun if you are wondering what the hell to get your sisters kids or your brother-laws cousin or that special munchkin in your life. 🙂 * natalie dee drawing What is the most “tech” toy out for kids this year? For girls, Barbie Video Girl has been a real hit. (I HAVE THIS! It’s awesome.) It enables girls KIDS to capture memories with a camera lens hidden in Barbie’s necklace and a colour LCD screen on her back. It’s movie-making from Barbie’s point of view. It is compatible with Windows and Mac and even comes with editing software, allowing kids to add music and graphics to their videos. I can imagine this product being a real hit for those kids who love singing to videos. It’s an all-in-one entertainment toy! What is the most popular toy this holiday season for boys, for girls? (both!) For boys, the Hot Wheels Criss-Cross Crash Track Set has been very popular. With four intersecting crash zones, it allows kids to line up their Hot Wheels cars and let them rip for near misses or total wipeouts. With more than 16 feet of track that includes hairpin turns, motorized boosters, and a giant crash zone, kids can enjoy crash and bash fun all holiday long. For girls, the entire line of Monster High has been a big hit! The new Monster High franchise was recently launched with doll characters who are modern teenage descendants of classic monsters. They are undergoing the trials and tribulations of high school. Characters include Draculaura, Clawdeen Wolf,…

Was browsing some profiles on about.me last night. I love how the pages look. It’s real easy to customize and connect all your stuff from around the web too. It’s also free 🙂 I imagine I’ll be changing up the text and photo often. I really like how all the content updates in real time. Have a look around. It’s pretty neat. Here it is:  about.me/casie

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Last night was fun. Didn’t take many pix but there are a few from Rannie aka @Photojunkie. I look pretty tanned beside the lovely Keri. My darkness reminded me of ‘African Child’ by Aldus Snow, LULZ. Shawn Hawaii and i killed the dance floor. Like, lit it on FIYAHHH. You know this little rascal, Brock McLaughlin. My outfit was a hit. Rarrrrrrr. Have you seen Get Him to the Greek? It’s deff worth watching. So hilarious. The event last night raise over $61,000 for the Daily Bread Food Bank. SO RAD! NICE TWERK! I took these three photos. Ha, soooo unlike me. Was busy chatting and dancing. I slept in past 1pm, missed my hair appt. Damn. (SORRY DARREN!) Ate some Shepherds pie and am now watching the old classic ‘All I Want for Christmas’. Today is a good day. No contest today. I’ll notify all the winners later (hopefully!). Happy Friday, I am the couch xo p.s. this too.

For those of you not in TO, this is the situation. Have warm rubber/marino wool Moovboots and Isotoner touchscreen gloves so I can tweet w/ happy feet while walking. Ruskie hat Sabrina got me from Belarus to warm my head. Nella Bella black leather bag to hold my gear. I don’t mind the winter at all, bring on the snoooooooooow! These guys look cold but at least the have each other. Red guys is mine, rusty is Raymi’s. I will tune you up before we start summer spinnin’. Time to get ready for hohoTO. Party time!