Negative feedback is par for the course with artistic endeavours. You put stuff out there, chances are someone's going to think it sucks. I knew that going into this whole play-putting-on adventure. I've been psyching myself up for months. It's okay if not everyone likes my stuff. People are entitled to their opinions. What's important is ( Read more... )

My biggest parenting-related peeve is having to take the elevator when I go to the mall. It wouldn't be so bad, except that invariably there's always some jackass who doesn't observe the priority rules ( Read more... )

It's a day late and a dollar short, but as promised here's a little rage on the subject of afrocentric schooling in Toronto. It's an important issues to me, so no cut-tabs ( Read more... )

( I'm insecure. Big. Freaking. Surprise. )

I just finished writing a scene that I'm very happy with. As my writing coach has pointed out, the script I'm working is light, comedic fare. Lately, I've been struggling to find the balance that will allow me to tell an ultimately simple story without being completely frivolous. This most recent scene accomplishes that. Of course the writing ( Read more... )

1. Pick 15 of your favourite movies.
2. Go to IMDB and find a quote from each movie. (or write it yourself if you can, you know, actually remember dialogue from your favourite films)
3. Post them here for everyone to guess.
4. Strike it out when someone guesses correctly, and put who guessed it.
5. NO GOOGLING/using IMDB search functions.

( quotes )

Attack of Fogey: reacting with fear and/or indignation and/or disproportionate crankiness to an innocuous social trend/development ( Read more... )

Yesterday I was telling Drama King that I only seem to have pet peeves. No mild peeves or regular peeves or slightly above average peeves. My peeves are like my children. I embrace them all with passionate ferocity ( Read more... )

Ottawa is in the throes of a full-on winter storm. This in sharp constrast to last year, when winter didn't really get going until well into January. I have nowhere I need to be today, so let it snow ( Read more... )

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