1. The Pro-ana movement.
Anorexia is a lifestyle choice, not a disease? Fuck off! The "thinspiration" crowd is testing my belief in free speech, I tells you. And yet this movement sprung up in the country with the highest obesity rate. What do you do with that? Complain about obesity, which carries definite health risks, they throw eating... Read More
How have I not updated in so long, I wonder? Let's hit the highlights.
Dec. 30th at Suburbs
The Edmonton crew does know how to throw a party worth driving 3 hours to attend. I'd never been to Suburbs before, but I do occasionally enjoy a good goth bar night. Spent a chunk of the evening trying to figure out what zombie movie was playing... Read More
Friday night me, Michele, and AC rocked the Apocalypse Kow Kristmas Kabaret with my classic short play At the Gates. And let me tell you, the Kows are big enough laughers that it almost would've been worth it to do the show just for them. But the performance went great, the other acts were impressive, and the Kows were fun as always.
Conceivably doable. A bunch of us will be finishing up classes and starting exams then but that's really not that likely to stop us. Bring it up again closer to the date and I'll organise an outing.
I'm well behind on medical matters. I have health insurance now, even if I'm not sure where I left my card, and frankly I'm a little past due for a dentist check-up. And there's the other thing. I'm tired a lot. I get dizzy spells a lot. It worries me on occasion, and it may soon become incovenient to need to sit down and shut... Read More
Life has been hectic enough lately that I haven't been able to un-emo my journal. I spoke of needing a win last time: well, get comfy, there's much to report.
While my condo has been an almost immeasurable improvement over my old apartment, two things that have plagued me since I moved in. First, my TV signal has been staticy. Second,... Read More
There are times, gentle readers, when you simply need a win. My life has improved in many ways the last half-year, don't get me wrong, but there are times when stresses and disappointments build up to the point where what you truly need is some small victory to take the edge off it.
I think the boys think they're "encouraging" you. That enough repetitions of the same idea will make you mre comfortable with it, or something. When asked for my opinion, I agree that the idea is good in theory. However, pestering you about it doesn't strike me as a particularly good way to bring it about. As a consolation: remember, they're boys - they have very short attention spans.
These days I have the time to tackle something I should have dealt with some time ago. Specifically, tonight began an experiment. How shall it go? Too soon to tell. No, I'm not giving further details right now. No, not even to you, Michele and Masquerade. We'll just have to wait and see.
I concurr about the not telling me. Now I'm forced to guess. Are you working out? On-line dating? Stripper-cize? Writing songs? Learning Spanish? Just going to strippers?
Smallville would be so good this season if they weren't slowly destroying the character of Lana Lang with this absolutely revolting romance with Lex Luthor. I fear they've done irreprable damage at this point. If they go another season, they may well need to write her out, yet almost certainly won't. I'm trying to enjoy... Read More
That's right - don't try to fake your way through the audition. That could be humiliating and it may come up again and again and again, but only if you hang around people prone to throwing down anecdotes at the drop of a hat.
And nice comment, btw. To summarize, you're essesentially saying "That's nice, where's the next one," minus the nice thing. The love runs so thick and hot it's a little embarassing. Might want to turn that down to a 6.
The show, it has wrapped. It was awesome. You should have seen it.
The party resulted in no less than three kick-ass parties: the morale-booster (filled with booze and Mario Party), the cast party (booze and Guitar Hero/Karaoke Revolution), and AC's birthday (booze and still more Guitar Hero). I've become quite attached to Guitar Hero. Best $200... Read More
When do you stop wondering what you want to be when you grow up?
Dan Gibbins, award-winning Calgary playwright and author of Calgary
Fringe hits "Knoll," and The Very Long Night of Tyler and Selena," and
Scorpio Theatre present "Quarter Century," a play about the fine line
between youth and grown-ups and how easy it... Read More
You said the thing about requesting a dance very early on. Before we had even started drinking I think. Unless I heard you completely wrong...
Oh well, my recollection stands.
