Would you like to go for a ride in my hot air balloon?

The title of this post has, obviously, nothing to do with its content. Again I have done nothing today but watch movies, eat ice cream, and agonize.  There is nothing like a bout of enforced inactivity to make you feel sorry for yourself.
Seriously, though, I have a new respect/sympathy for people with chronic illnesses [...]

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A very swinish influenza

OK, so I don’t know for a *fact* that I have swine flu. I do have something, either a bad cold or a flu of some type, so I’ve spent the past couple days off work, lying around and watching movies. It would be a lot of fun if I weren’t physically so [...]

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Unwise Ipod blogging

So here I am, on my couch, barely able to type because there are two basset hounds lying on me, about to unwisely discuss sensitive personal and professional matters on the internet.
I blame the combination of fish & chips, beer, and anime.
So I had an audition today. For what I will not [...]

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Brief movie review: King of Kong

I’m probably going to podcast about this, so I will be brief. but if you haven’t seen it already you HAVE to see King of Kong: Fist Full of Quarters.
I may be a nerd, but I’m not a videogame nerd.  Other than Super Mario Brothers and Duck Hunt when I was about 9, I have [...]

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Just so you know I’m alive

Just so you know I’m alive, that’s why I’m writing. From my Ipod, no less.
You know, when I was about 18 I joined a gym. (Bear with me, there is a point.). Like all 18-year-olds, I thought I needed to lose ~ 10 pounds, though in fact I was then ~ 10 pounds [...]

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Even if it weren’t like this, it would probably be like this

It may be because I grew up Catholic, or because I’m in a high-competition high-status low-pay profession, or just because the Flying Spaghetti Monster made me that way, but I’m a worrier.  I worry about pretty much everything, and I pretty much always have some nagging thing that I’m worrying about. Money, practicing, auditions, writing, [...]

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Complaining with Kay, Episode 34: Ninja Mouse.

My sympathy for the Obama children, my dad’s brief brush with the conservative media, the ninja-like mice we seem to have attracted, and who I really work for.
Listen!

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Note to self: check for spam

Hello!
I actually had a blog-related nightmare last night.  I dreamt I was checking my stats, and I was down to the “five people a day” level of traffic.  Five people being the SPIKES.  I can’t say it was much of a nightmare, because my reaction was, “Huh.  Guess I should post more…” and here I [...]

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OK, so the wifi is down and the printer broke, but…

…the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation came through, and we are going to be homeowners!
To do, in this order:
- Reorganize work schedule;
- Change phone and hydro address;
- Reserve moving truck;
- Arrange for home insurance;
- Decide what furniture to get rid of;
- Change dogs’ microchip addresses;
- Get new dog tags made;
- Figure out what repairs are [...]

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Stress reduction

No word from the bank yet – obviously – so this is how I’m dealing with the stress.
Yesterday I went through some books, picking out the ones I absolutely want to keep.  Last night I drank some Scotch, hung out with my friend Celeste, and read part of a history of apocalyptic prophesies.  So far [...]

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