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bringing out your inner Brit?
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supporting a fellow Canadian in his cultural-exchange journey?

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KEEP CALM and GET RID OF JEFF
Fundraiser!

A local writer named Jeff wants to bugger off to the U.K. to do a ( Read more... )

Aaaaaaaaand... just like that, I'm employed ( Read more... )

Has it really been almost nine months since I've posted here? The last post being a private, whiny rant about how I can't handle friends' vicious criticisms? I guess I just lost my interest in sharing the twists and turns of my everyday life. Especially as I'm not sure if anyone even reads this anymore. Haven't been mightily inspired to write, ( Read more... )

So, what have I been doing over the past month ( Read more... )

Did I mention that I shot a reasonably professional-looking video of "He Reads Michael Ondaatje" back in April?

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In fact, I went ahead and set up my own YouTube channel.
I made a playlist out of videos of me that already existed, but it was really an excuse to upload the video of Grouch on a Couch online.

So... if you wanted to see Grouch ( Read more... )

Update time, update time. Everybody loves update time ( Read more... )

Well, the "want" for this new magazine job evolved into more of a "need" this week.
Because I got laid off on Tuesday.

This is a very mixed blessing. I did want to get the hell out of there, but not like this. I was hoping to land a better job first and then quit on my own terms ( Read more... )

Once again, I've been slacking on my LJ updates. The last time you heard from me, it was early April and I was in Europe. As always, I've been busy: writing, performing, working, job-hunting, travelling and half-assed girlfriend-seeking. I wish the writing part had taken up a much larger proportion, but having a soul-sucking day job really takes a ( Read more... )

I may never be able to go back to eating shitty pizza again. Which now includes Pizza Pizza, Panzarotto, even Domino's ( Read more... )

I believe I mentioned in a previous entry that I was going to Italy for the first week in April ( Read more... )