Okay, so on a whim (after looking at our bank account), I decided it was time to be proactive. I plotted my comeback as a piano teacher, with the added benefits of theory and history lessons and tutoring. I posted some free online adverts. I made pretty posters, with those tear-off thingies on the bottom.

But alas (a sad lass) this is not a small ( Read more... )

...the rest of Folk Fest went like this: Law, CL and I watching a session with Sarah Harmer, then going to CS's deck to drink and talk to other lawyers, then back to the festival where CL's girlfriend K came...we got the tix because Law's firm is trying to "woo" CL...whatevs...we watched until the very end, with Sarah Harmer and then the finale and ( Read more... )

La la la...

So it ends up that when I have a freak out, there is generally a really good experience to counter-balance it. And that is what happened this weekend! After coming home to regroup after the dramatosity of Saturday morning, DM and I headed back to ye olde folke festivalle and had a seriously grand time.

First, stage six with peoples like ( Read more... )

There are good weekends, and there are bad weekends. And there are bad weekends that, in theory, should be very good weekends. This is one of the latterist ( Read more... )

Okay, really. My gag reflex is more than a bit redonkulous. I just threw up twice after smelling a bowl of cereal milk left on the computer desk last week and covered up until a few minutes ago. I threw up twice. Seriously. That's not right, is it?

Clearly my next step is to move into a large bubble. Or the corner, out of shame.

All is well in the Wide World of Pants, which is actually not so wide these days, and has no affiliation with David Letterman.

The thing is, everything is changing and I don't feel the same, if we must quote Keane. One of those crossroad dealies. We shall persevere, even in the face of chronic unemployment, changing friendships, mental parents and ( Read more... )

At the very last minute - I mean almost too late - I realised I had a meeting today. The meeting was at the Royal Alberta Museum, on the west side of downtown, at 9:30. It was 8:43 and I hadn't showered or dressed, and we live in the far northeast, to paint a clearer picture. I would talk about how unemployment makes a person lose track of what day ( Read more... )

Well, Peoples. Well. It is true that I was not hired by EPL. I got the letter yesterday. They were impressed by my mad skillz, etc, but someone else fit the job a bit better. C'est la vie and all that. Thanks for coming out.

I was all pouty-Pants for a bit, but life goes on, does it not? I soundly trounced The Law at some Gin Rummy (after he ( Read more... )

Well Peoples, I survived the firm's golf party, and all I got was a little drunk. No, that is not true. Well, I did get a little drunk, but that was only because I hadn't eaten much and then had a glass of rotgut white wine, and then one of those Raspberry Smirnoff things. You'd think a prosh golf club would have some decent white wine. Not so much ( Read more... )

The word on the street is that our album is exceeding Smithsonian Folkways expectations, and is selling well. This is truly very bon indeed! Now there is chatter about a joint CD launch (finally) with the Alberta album people....the Alberta album features some awesome artists, so a joint launch might mean I can discuss the quality of the wine and ( Read more... )