Canada Day is the day to sit down and drink your Canadian Club, eating your poutine, while sitting on your chesterfield, and watching re-runs of the Beachcombers on CBC.
Happy Long Weekend.
June 30, 2005
June 28, 2005
Good Books
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
June 26, 2005
How to Become an Actor
The most important part of becoming an actor is that you must know how to act. Some people think they know how to act, when in fact they just hang out with people who can't act, and so think that they are some pretty awsome actor. But if you hang out with actors, and it turns out that you can act then you can go on to the next step.
When you preform, you must not wear any shoes. You can wear socks if you wish, but it is better if you are in your bear feet. All the really good actors preform in their bear feet. If you do wear shoes while preforming, make sure this is because it is a prop. For example, if you wear shoes, be sure that later in the play you need to rip them off your feet in order to use them to cover your ears to keep out the tribulations of a gay ballet dancer who's gone insane in a time of war. -Oh Ballet Russe!
The less props and stage setting you have, the better. Of course, if you have none, then you are just a talking mime. But if you have one, two, or three (not including your shoes), and use them effectively and creatively then you will get a standing ovation. Even in a world where good special effects are essitial for a blockbuster hit, in the world of plays, special effects are over rated. It's all about the acting.
You must also support other actors, this is very imporant. You scratch their back and they'll scratch yours.
Of course, don't listen to me, because i'm not an actor, and i'm definitely not successful. But you can learn all these things if you go to any Fringe Festival this side the Canadian border.
When you preform, you must not wear any shoes. You can wear socks if you wish, but it is better if you are in your bear feet. All the really good actors preform in their bear feet. If you do wear shoes while preforming, make sure this is because it is a prop. For example, if you wear shoes, be sure that later in the play you need to rip them off your feet in order to use them to cover your ears to keep out the tribulations of a gay ballet dancer who's gone insane in a time of war. -Oh Ballet Russe!
The less props and stage setting you have, the better. Of course, if you have none, then you are just a talking mime. But if you have one, two, or three (not including your shoes), and use them effectively and creatively then you will get a standing ovation. Even in a world where good special effects are essitial for a blockbuster hit, in the world of plays, special effects are over rated. It's all about the acting.
You must also support other actors, this is very imporant. You scratch their back and they'll scratch yours.
Of course, don't listen to me, because i'm not an actor, and i'm definitely not successful. But you can learn all these things if you go to any Fringe Festival this side the Canadian border.
June 18, 2005
Financial Advice
So lotsa people seem to be surprised that i can save up as much money as i do, bieng poor and a student at the same time. i can give you advice, but i'm no expert. what i really suggest is talking with financial advisor, cause thats what they do best. but i'll tell you whats worked for me and what hasn't.
There are two rules:
1) you must have a financial plan and some goals
2) the most imortant rule: you must stick to rule one.
things that finacial proffesionals suggest, but don't work for me:
1) write out every thing you spend and make, keeping a tight record. this doesn't work for me, becuase i'd just be like "ill do it later" and the recipts would just float around and i'd end up throwing them away anyways. also, i find the writing down just records what you do. maybe this will be helpful to some ppl if they want to see where they can improve, but i found it to be a waste of time. if i buy a candy bar @ quicky, it's not worth the paper i'm writing on to record it.
2)put your credit card in a jar filled with water and keep it in the freezer. this worked at first to keep impulse spending down. but then i found faster and faster ways to make it melt (but don't ever put it in the microwave, because it'll ruin the data) i used to put water in a sauce pan and heat the water. then i'd put the jar in the water and the ice melts around the glass and the credit card first, so that you dont' even have to wait for the ice to completely melt... and another thing too is that you can still shop online with your card in the freezer if you know the numbers by heart, which i do.
Stay tuned for more...
Today's lesson: No matter what you go to school for, what they are actually teaching you is how to take out loans.
There are two rules:
1) you must have a financial plan and some goals
2) the most imortant rule: you must stick to rule one.
things that finacial proffesionals suggest, but don't work for me:
1) write out every thing you spend and make, keeping a tight record. this doesn't work for me, becuase i'd just be like "ill do it later" and the recipts would just float around and i'd end up throwing them away anyways. also, i find the writing down just records what you do. maybe this will be helpful to some ppl if they want to see where they can improve, but i found it to be a waste of time. if i buy a candy bar @ quicky, it's not worth the paper i'm writing on to record it.
2)put your credit card in a jar filled with water and keep it in the freezer. this worked at first to keep impulse spending down. but then i found faster and faster ways to make it melt (but don't ever put it in the microwave, because it'll ruin the data) i used to put water in a sauce pan and heat the water. then i'd put the jar in the water and the ice melts around the glass and the credit card first, so that you dont' even have to wait for the ice to completely melt... and another thing too is that you can still shop online with your card in the freezer if you know the numbers by heart, which i do.
Stay tuned for more...
Today's lesson: No matter what you go to school for, what they are actually teaching you is how to take out loans.
June 12, 2005
Licorice
So the other day i was thinking about licorice, and where it came from. Was it a plant, does it grow on trees? Why is it a candy? Who thought that this discusting thing was a treat? This is what my blog was going to be about, until i realised i didn't know how to spell licorice, so i had to look it up. I just decided to google it, and came arcoss something even more puzzling than the candy: a non-profit organization dedicated soley to licorice, and promoting licorice.
Do I need to continue? I just don't see why this world needs such and organisation! http://www.licorice.org/index.htm. For some reason, licorice already seems to be popular, so why would one need an entire organisation! anyways, licorice is totally discusting, so i don't know why any one would eat it. This organisation claims that licorice is sweet. LIES it's bitter and gros, and is mockery of all confectionary everywhere!
Today's Lesson: If you're going to waste the time and money on founding and organisation, at least make sure the cause is worth the effort.
Do I need to continue? I just don't see why this world needs such and organisation! http://www.licorice.org/index.htm. For some reason, licorice already seems to be popular, so why would one need an entire organisation! anyways, licorice is totally discusting, so i don't know why any one would eat it. This organisation claims that licorice is sweet. LIES it's bitter and gros, and is mockery of all confectionary everywhere!
Today's Lesson: If you're going to waste the time and money on founding and organisation, at least make sure the cause is worth the effort.
June 09, 2005
June 01, 2005
Sleep
Leep into Sleep,
Like bread becomes toast:
I'm Burnt.
Step into Sleep,
Like a body in a grave:
I'm Dead.
Fall into Sleep,
Like change into a pocket:
I'm Spent.
Reach for that Sleep,
Like work that's complete:
I'm done.
Drop into Sleep,
Like relief on the can:
I'm Pooped.
Loose to Sleep,
Like you're in second place:
I'm Beat.
Like bread becomes toast:
I'm Burnt.
Step into Sleep,
Like a body in a grave:
I'm Dead.
Fall into Sleep,
Like change into a pocket:
I'm Spent.
Reach for that Sleep,
Like work that's complete:
I'm done.
Drop into Sleep,
Like relief on the can:
I'm Pooped.
Loose to Sleep,
Like you're in second place:
I'm Beat.
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