This year, unlike any other year, I've had a strange superstition come over me every single time I write the date on anything. I simply need to write the Year, not just the date. Whether it's been writing a quick diary entry, or writing someone's volunteer schedule at the Fringe (which I did about 2006-times in 2006), or taking down notes in a ( Read more... )

Holy Crap!! So I've had this horrible tender sore feeling in my belly for four days, I've been sleeping about 18 hours a day and I'm running a fever. So today I went to a drop-in clinic to get checked for mono/flu/spleen disease before the long-holiday-weekend. And HOLY-CRAP-THE-JEWISH-DOCTOR. Ladies and gentlemen: I am in LOVE ( Read more... )

My mother has discovered the glories of watching TV shows on DVD. We've bonded Boxing-Day stylz by watching four hours of House ( Read more... )

Happy Solstice everybody. Make a wish.

My Marmie threw a Channukah party last night, whipping together a buffet-spread of brisket, tzimmis, gefilte fish, bean salad, smoked carp, red cabbage casserole, challah, and naturally, ye olde latkes. I baked a crusty white bread for the occasion, and made a vegetarian chopped liver. There were several other families there, and a small handful ( Read more... )

It's happening again ( Read more... )

A wonderful thing happened this weekend: I went to Toronto, had a wonderful time, and didn't have regrets about having moved. Considering I spent the good part of this past Fall feeling sorry for myself that I don't live there anymore, it feels really great to be excited to come home to the life and routine I have blamed all sorts of misery on. ( Read more... )

After a crazy two weeks of rehearsals, concerts, a painful essay and various work deadlines, I squeezed in a spare evening to come home and have dinner with the rents. I not-accidentally brought my contact-lense solution with me, just in case ( Read more... )

Oh LJ, Glorious LJ. I have forgotten thy many charms ( Read more... )

Remember that amazing theme-song from Cirque de Soleil??? I've had it in my head the last couple of weeks, a week ago I figured out a tune for it on the piano. I've seriously spent the last twenty minutes playing and singing it over and over again, and I've decided that I want to run away and join the circus. As a singer ( Read more... )