It still hasn’t hit me that Burn is over. It’s been less than a week since we closed. And I’ll be seeing some of my Burn comrades tomorrow at the Player’s Guild AGM. Not enough time has passed to miss it yet. It also helps to be involved with another show. I got cast in…
One of the things I hate about doing a show is checking for friends after the performance. When the applause ends, the actors leave the stage. And we get out of our costumes and make up. If you know that you had family or friends in the audience, you get changed quickly. Otherwise, you can…
Tonight’s a big night for Deb. It’s the WODL Gala. Western Ontario Drama League. It’s award night for the best community theatre productions in western Ontario. Certain shows during the Community Theatre season are put in “festival”. So, they get adjudicated. The show that Deb directed, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, is up for ten…
It’s funny how some bits of information can stick with you. Nine months ago, I read a post about the effects of loneliness. And I keep thinking about it. Researchers studied the impact of social isolation and unhappiness on older people. One of the findings was that loneliness ages you faster than smoking. Previous studies…
One the positive things to come out of the pandemic for me is that some friends and I have had a weekly Zoom meeting. The Corona Check-In. There are seven of us invited. Some show up more often than others. But everyone keeps coming. Most of us have been friends since high school or earlier.…
How long will it be before things get back to normal, after things get back to normal? I mean, when everyone gets vaccinated… Or at least when enough people get vaccinated… and the world leaders to give us the all clear sign… How long will it be before we get back to pre-2020 behaviours? Will…
It’s been almost 6 months since I reached my KFC Weight (200lbs) and I’m astounded that my average weight for the last 6 months has been 198.5lbs. Why astounded? I’ve been trying for years to get to that weight, but I barely came close in five years of trying. And now, I’ve been able to…
I was listening to the song “A Plea from a Cat Named Virtute” by the Weakerthans the other day. I love that song but it always gets me. It hits me in the emotional gut. The song is the imagined monologue of a cat to its depressed owner. I remember the first time I heard…
I reached my goal! I got down to my KFC Weight (200 lbs) and I went to visit the Colonel. Was it Finger Licking Good? It tasted better than I expected. I thought it would taste greasy and disgusting. It tasted like victory. For two and a half years, I’ve wanted to get to my…
The other day, I got an email from Amazon. They were going to be paying me my royalties for my book Laund-O-Mat at the End of The World and Other Fringe Favourites. It was published in 2014 and I was going to receive a whopping $17.95! Whoo hoo! To be honest, I didn’t think I…
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