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Banff/Citadel, Day 11: Exhaustion, fear, and beef

January 21, 2011

This entry is part 12 of 24 in the series Banff/Citadel Professional Theatre Program

A general sense of exhaustion has settled over most of our gang today. Our bodies and voices are tired, and while we’re all marching gamely from class to class, there is a bit of a haze over everyone. Some say it’s the workload; some say it’s a lack of sleep; I say it’s the beef. [...]

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Running in place

February 7, 2007

January and February are limbo months. And I can’t wait for them to be over. Everyone is on tenterhooks waiting to see what the local professional theatres may be planning for their upcoming season. Established local actors MAY be able to secure gigs as early as this month for any time in the 2007/2008 theatre [...]

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Dumbing down

February 2, 2007

I just finished having lunch with a bunch of the old high-tech gang. We’ve been meeting for Friday lunches for as long as I can remember – certainly for at least five years – but for a number of reasons my attendance has been really infrequent for the past several months. I blame everything from [...]

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So THIS is what a panic attack feels like

January 18, 2007

I woke up with the husband this morning because I had plenty to do today. I wanted to get to the gym first thing, so that I would have the bulk of the day to do a ton of work and followups for the Ottawa Theatre Awards program… in addition, I knew I was going [...]

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Gymbunny/Groupie/Groper/Greaser

September 23, 2006

Lately, I hate the busy days, but I occasionally enjoy the busy days that allow me to wallow in a bit of variation. I don’t write about it often, but I have of late been a hard-core Gymbunny. Almost every day starts with a trip to the gym, and today was no exception. I only [...]

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Cranking up the machine

September 12, 2006

First off — Internet, I have sinned; it’s been EIGHT DAYS since my last blog post. I’ve had some coherent thoughts in the past week and have wanted to post them but have been sidetracked by numerous shifts at the video store. I could probably fill a whole other blog with stories about the fun [...]

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Finally: a career in the movie business!

August 1, 2006

It’s been a long time coming, but I’ve finally landed regular work in the movie industry! Never you mind that it’s in a video store. That’s not the point. I no longer have to worry about the joe-job problem, which is really nice. And I’ll be working with a good friend of mine (who hooked [...]

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Realization of a nerd fantasy

April 11, 2006

A little over a week ago I began to fear that it would happen. I was getting sly looks from my team leader; he surreptitiously asked me what I felt my strengths are (and by "surreptitiously", I mean he stood behind me and said "sooooooo… what would you say your strengths are?"). Late last week [...]

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Survey whore

February 23, 2006

Where on EARTH have I BEEN for the past WEEK? I’m coming off the tail end of a week of extrem busy-ness that began with last week’s workshop at the NAC. From there I dove into a rash of Scientists In School presentations and – oh, yes, sweet Jesus – a new job at Ipsos [...]

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A Grade 7 application of my month in Massachusetts

February 7, 2006

I had my first Scientists In School session of the 05/06 school year today (I didn’t have any bookings in the fall, for some reason). For those outside the know, Scientists In School is a non-profit organization that goes into school and teaches half-day workshops on science topics to kids from Kindergarten to Grade 8. [...]

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