I took yesterday off to try and recooperate from a very long cue to cue that went until midnight on Monday. Little did I know that even though tech was finished by 11 last night we would be there until 12:30 for notes... otherwise I would have taken today off instead. So needless to say very tired and cranky today.
The fish order arrived at the airport yesterday. I didn't get to see it until I got home since it arrived after I left for the theatre. By the time I got home only the moonlight was on so I really couldn't see much except the large yellow tang. This morning I saw some of the new occupants, but a couple remained hidden. I can't wait until I have a day when I can just kick back and relax and stare at the tank. I kind of did that yesterday during the day and it was so relaxing just watching the fish swim around and listening to the trickling of the filters etc... a very zen experience.
We had one fatality in transit, a small cleaner shrimp just couldn't take all the stress. There is one crab who remains questionable, so we have our fingers crossed he will endure and in a very peaceful tank he will recover.
Darrell shot some video of the occupants
Last night's rehearsal was pretty good. Brian Goodwin took some fantasic pictures of everyone onstage and the show has an awsome look to it. Our student dress rehearsal is tonight and Darrell and Mike will be there shooting video of the entire thing, so I can make a DVD copy of the show. We'll figure out what the expenses will be on the DVD's etc so we can offer it to the cast and crew at a price that covers off the cost it'll probably be in the $20 range depending on the length of the show.
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Monday, May 14, 2007
Anniversaries
Today is day for some pretty big anniversaries in my life. It was nine years ago today that Darrell and I got together for the first time. He then proceeded to head back to Ontario, but we kept in touch via e-mail and ICQ... then three months later we both moved out to Saint John Together. Something we did then and still do today is sign our e-mails with 143 A numeric I love you ( 1- letter in I, 4 - Letters in love, 3 - Letters in You)it's significant because..... 8 years ago today my donor bone marrow was transplanted into me in Halifax, NS on the eighth floor of the QE2 Health sciences center in Room 143.... yes that's right 143. Incidentally that's the day I quit smoking as well.... can't smoke when you're confined to an issolation room for 28 days... and once you've gone that long there's no point starting again. So as of today Darrell and I have been together 9 years, and I have been leukemia & Smoke free for 8 years..... some pretty big anniversaries today.
The weekend that was.
Friday night we ran the entire show from start to finish with a small audience, and it went fairly well. The energy was good for the opening number and it propelled us forward and having the lighter more fun first half to push us forward, the dark second half had more energy.
We had Saturday off and I used it to cross all the other things I've been working on off my todo list. I got the aquarium canopy finished and couple coats of urithane put on it. I did the laundry and hung it out on the line to dry (So happy to retire the dryer until late fall and conserve energy), and we spent some time out in the old neighbourhood for Sarah's graduation for Hair dressing school.
Sunday I put the final touches on the Aquarium canopy and we got it installed with all the lights etc. There are some adjustments that have to made, because I never took into account that the boards laminated together for the top are over 80 gallons of water with hot lights to help evaporate it... so they are starting to warp a little already. We are getting a piece alluminum to use as a cross brace, and that should fix the problem. Aside form that minor oversight (give me a break I've never built an aquarium canopy and stand before) everything else is pretty near perfect. The fish are really exploring all the rocks now that the lights are on, and they are so much more active. On Saturday I bought a little blue Cleaner Wrasse. He's the neatest fish... he actually cleans the other fish, and they let him... in fact they line up and push each other around to get to him first. The unfortunate part of the story is that I didn't do my research before buying him, and if I had I probably wouldn't have bought him. The problem is these little guys are essential parts of the reef chain in the wild, they can't be bred in captivity and they don't often survive long in aquariums. That being said we have more fish on order and I've heard some sucess stories on a few forums that I plan to copy to keep the guy healthy and hopfully, long lived. Pet stores sell them all the time, but people involved in the hobby have to stop buying them... pet stores will only stock things that sell, and if people stop buying something they will stop collecting them from the wild. These little fish don't school, and only sometimes pair up to work the reef together. A pair of these guys may cover an area ten square miles cleaning every fish in the vicinity... so if they are removed the local population suddenly starts getting sick and comes down with parasitic infections etc.... they are very importantly in the chain and shouldn't be removed. This is one fish I won't ever replace.
Sunday at 5 we all met up at ST Mach's for a full run with the orchestra. The songs and dances are so much better when you have the full band playing. Tonight the dreaded cue to cue promises to be a very long evening.
und now some pictures:
Tis finished
The view as you enter the house:
The Pictures of the dogs are being moved from there into the bedroom over the bed. It will make the corner less "busy"
The controversial Blue Cleaner Wrasse:
He's just so damn beautiful.
In the Dark:
We had Saturday off and I used it to cross all the other things I've been working on off my todo list. I got the aquarium canopy finished and couple coats of urithane put on it. I did the laundry and hung it out on the line to dry (So happy to retire the dryer until late fall and conserve energy), and we spent some time out in the old neighbourhood for Sarah's graduation for Hair dressing school.
Sunday I put the final touches on the Aquarium canopy and we got it installed with all the lights etc. There are some adjustments that have to made, because I never took into account that the boards laminated together for the top are over 80 gallons of water with hot lights to help evaporate it... so they are starting to warp a little already. We are getting a piece alluminum to use as a cross brace, and that should fix the problem. Aside form that minor oversight (give me a break I've never built an aquarium canopy and stand before) everything else is pretty near perfect. The fish are really exploring all the rocks now that the lights are on, and they are so much more active. On Saturday I bought a little blue Cleaner Wrasse. He's the neatest fish... he actually cleans the other fish, and they let him... in fact they line up and push each other around to get to him first. The unfortunate part of the story is that I didn't do my research before buying him, and if I had I probably wouldn't have bought him. The problem is these little guys are essential parts of the reef chain in the wild, they can't be bred in captivity and they don't often survive long in aquariums. That being said we have more fish on order and I've heard some sucess stories on a few forums that I plan to copy to keep the guy healthy and hopfully, long lived. Pet stores sell them all the time, but people involved in the hobby have to stop buying them... pet stores will only stock things that sell, and if people stop buying something they will stop collecting them from the wild. These little fish don't school, and only sometimes pair up to work the reef together. A pair of these guys may cover an area ten square miles cleaning every fish in the vicinity... so if they are removed the local population suddenly starts getting sick and comes down with parasitic infections etc.... they are very importantly in the chain and shouldn't be removed. This is one fish I won't ever replace.
Sunday at 5 we all met up at ST Mach's for a full run with the orchestra. The songs and dances are so much better when you have the full band playing. Tonight the dreaded cue to cue promises to be a very long evening.
und now some pictures:
Tis finished
The view as you enter the house:
The Pictures of the dogs are being moved from there into the bedroom over the bed. It will make the corner less "busy"
The controversial Blue Cleaner Wrasse:
He's just so damn beautiful.
In the Dark:
Friday, May 11, 2007
Finally Friday
Last night's rehearsal wasn't nearly as good as Wednesday. Not that it wasn't as good, but the energy wasn't as high. To be fair we were rehearsing the second half of the show which is a lot darker than the first half, and therefore it is harder to pull that energy out of thin air and just jump in when you are doing sad and dark scenes. Tonight we are running the entire show and I think the second half is going to be better than it ever has because we have all fun light stuff in the first half to build momentum and carry us through the dark second half.
I have my class tonight from 6-7, and hopefully I can manage to get to the rehearsal space before everyone starts, especially since all my stuff is basically in the beginning.
I have my class tonight from 6-7, and hopefully I can manage to get to the rehearsal space before everyone starts, especially since all my stuff is basically in the beginning.
Thursday, May 10, 2007
Is it only Thursday?
The week is dragging by again.
Tuesday I stayed home and worked on my aquarium stand canopy. I tried really hard to sleep in and catch up on my rest, but couldn't. I'm too overtired to sleep... or at least sleep in. Darrell had a shoot up in Fredericton so while he was there he stopped into the aquarium stores and got some live rock, a pacific Blue Tang, and two Nemo Clownfish. So now the tank has two Clarkii Clowns, two Nemo Clowns, and the Tang. The Mollies went back to their home at Village Pets on Wednesday. Later on we discovered that a little gobbie was hidden inside the live rock, unfortunately all the new additions etc caused a bit of an ammonia spike in the tank and in the middle of the night the gobbie jumped out. We found him dried up on the floor the next morning.... so sad. I don't know exactly how he did it either, we have a grate over the tank at the moment until we can get the canopy finished, but he must've been skinny enough to skoot right through the hole.
I taught my class at six, and had three students. Two of them were new and a couple of my others couldn't make it, so I found myself starting over with the new ones and doing something new with my regular. Then it was off to rehearsal for Dance review. Dance review was so helpful and productive... it was exhausting as all hell, but super productive. Jenn video taped the numbers then played them back from her laptop projected onto the back wall, so we could all see exactly where things were working and exactly where things needed to be cleaned up. It made a world of difference to Willkommen (which is the opening number and needs to be super strong because it sets the pace and tone of the entire show).A strong opening number pulls the audience in immediately and keeps them involved, if you don't get them right away then you spend the first half of the show constantly trying to get their atttention and hold it, and that's no fun for anyone. At any rate people obviously left the dance review and did some home work, because last night's rehearsal was pretty damn good. The energy was high, the sass was better... and the director was happy (hard to accomplish but always a good thing when it happens) So happy in fact that we now have a deal, tonight we run the second half of the show, then tomorrow night we run the full thing (some sponsors may be present) and if it goes as well or (hopefully) better than last night well all take Saturday off..... can you imagine....a full day off.... and an actual weekend too... so like a full full day. Couple that with the fact that Sunday's rehearsal doesn't sart until five and it's almost a weekend. Calgon take me away.
See the pretty fishies:
Tuesday I stayed home and worked on my aquarium stand canopy. I tried really hard to sleep in and catch up on my rest, but couldn't. I'm too overtired to sleep... or at least sleep in. Darrell had a shoot up in Fredericton so while he was there he stopped into the aquarium stores and got some live rock, a pacific Blue Tang, and two Nemo Clownfish. So now the tank has two Clarkii Clowns, two Nemo Clowns, and the Tang. The Mollies went back to their home at Village Pets on Wednesday. Later on we discovered that a little gobbie was hidden inside the live rock, unfortunately all the new additions etc caused a bit of an ammonia spike in the tank and in the middle of the night the gobbie jumped out. We found him dried up on the floor the next morning.... so sad. I don't know exactly how he did it either, we have a grate over the tank at the moment until we can get the canopy finished, but he must've been skinny enough to skoot right through the hole.
I taught my class at six, and had three students. Two of them were new and a couple of my others couldn't make it, so I found myself starting over with the new ones and doing something new with my regular. Then it was off to rehearsal for Dance review. Dance review was so helpful and productive... it was exhausting as all hell, but super productive. Jenn video taped the numbers then played them back from her laptop projected onto the back wall, so we could all see exactly where things were working and exactly where things needed to be cleaned up. It made a world of difference to Willkommen (which is the opening number and needs to be super strong because it sets the pace and tone of the entire show).A strong opening number pulls the audience in immediately and keeps them involved, if you don't get them right away then you spend the first half of the show constantly trying to get their atttention and hold it, and that's no fun for anyone. At any rate people obviously left the dance review and did some home work, because last night's rehearsal was pretty damn good. The energy was high, the sass was better... and the director was happy (hard to accomplish but always a good thing when it happens) So happy in fact that we now have a deal, tonight we run the second half of the show, then tomorrow night we run the full thing (some sponsors may be present) and if it goes as well or (hopefully) better than last night well all take Saturday off..... can you imagine....a full day off.... and an actual weekend too... so like a full full day. Couple that with the fact that Sunday's rehearsal doesn't sart until five and it's almost a weekend. Calgon take me away.
See the pretty fishies:
Monday, May 07, 2007
Jam Packed Weekend
I squeazed so much into the weekend I'm surprised I didn't burst.
After work on Friday I had my class and it was very productive. The kids have finally gotten past the "Why are we doing this, it's hard" phase to "This is fun." Some of the ideas I've been trying to impart to them are finally starting to click so the creativity is starting to flow. I figure in two weeks they will be confident enough with the new stuff I've shown them that they will start getting brave and experimenting with it. (I can't believe I never ever considered being a teacher.... it's really rewarding)
From class straight to rehearsal. Rehearsals are going really well. I really enjoy Stephen's style of directing. This is the first time I've been directed by him. In contrast with Bob... when Bob wants something specific out of you he will come right out and show you what he wants (Which is great... I love being directed by Bob too)... When Stephen wants something specific out of you he will start asking questions and making you think about what it is the character is doing, why they are doing it, what the line means in the overall context of the play... until you discover what he wants on your own. He will show you the path, but he won't take your hand and drag you down it, you have to go down by yourself. It's nice to be directed by lots of different people because you learn something new about the process each time.
After rehearsal a lot of the cast went to the Blue Olive to see Kizzy play with OPA. I stopped in breifly for a quick bite and a beer then headed home. I was super exhausted from a really long week.
I slept in Saturday, then got up and started working on my Aquarium Canopy. I got a lot done. With the exception of the molding, everything is cut and much of it is glued together.
At noon it was rehearsal time once again and it went very well. The show is really starting to come together. I tried doing the run wearing my costume vest to get a feel for being nearly topless throughout..... it felt fine, I wish I had more time to burn more fat from my stomach, but nothing I can do to change that now. It's very hard to eat properly when you're schedule is as full as it has been... and since eating properly is the only way to actually burn that layer of fat off... I have to make due. Besides the vest covers most of it anyway.
After rehearsal it was back to work on the canopy, then around 9:30 or 10 we got cleaned up and headed over to Scott and Alison's for Cinco de Mayo. It was a really really good time with lots and people and food and drinks. It was nice to see some people I haven't seen in a while and do a little catching up. We didn't stay too late, we were home by about 1:30. I only drank 3 beer, but still had a mild hangover the next morning (I'm getting so old and broing). Thanks for a great party guys!!!!
We got up fairly early (so I was tired all day long) and drove up to Moncton to have a look at the aquarium store up there and check out Pet's Unlimited. The Aquarium store had some really beautiful corals in their tanks and a gorgeous yellow tang(that wasn't for sale), but their fish supply was fairly sparce. The owner was on vacation and a new order hadn't been placed yet. They young guy there told us some stuff about the inhabitants we had planned to put in the tank and we may have to rethink our plans. All the compatibility charts say that the fish we want should be compatible, but as he pointed out they are all predators.. and eventually one of them will weaken and be killed by the others until ultimately there is only one left.... now at $90- $130 dollars a pop... that's worth reconsidering. I think we inadvertantly made the decision anyway... when we got to Pets Unlimited (Both Fredericton and Moncton have salt water sections... Saint John doesn't....yet... but it's coming) we ended up buying two clown fish. I think we are going to abandon the other idea and go for a very peaceful tank with some colourful non aggressive fish and some corals. Darrell is still mindset on that eel, but I don't think it's going to happen. He wants to believe that if he just gets a little baby one, it will be fine and give us time to set up another tank in the future for it to move to. As it is, by the time we finish paying for everything with this tank and get it populated...we probably could've got ourselves a hottub. In fact I think I'm going to get a little name plate engraved that says "our Hottub" and attach it to the stand.
It was a very rushed trip to Moncton as I had another rehearsal, this one scheduled for 5. This was our first sit down with the band, and unlike other musicals I've been in, was really good. The guys in the band really had their stuff down and we basically went through the songs in order one after the other. We only had to stop a couple of times to go over a couple things again... it was super productive, and the songs sounded so good with the music... I think it supercharged everyone a little for the coming week. That first time you hear the musical as a big full musical you get an extra burst of energy and renewed vigor for the show....at least I do. I was out of there by 6:22 (I remember checking the time on my cell phone when I called home)and back home to get some more work done on my canopy. At nine O'clock I flopped down on the couch and watched the Amazing Race finale... The only team out of the final three I didn't want to win won, so it was a little disapointing. After that it was a new episode of Desperate Housewives followed by a new Brothers & Sisters... then off to bed
Talk about a lot packed into one weekend.
After work on Friday I had my class and it was very productive. The kids have finally gotten past the "Why are we doing this, it's hard" phase to "This is fun." Some of the ideas I've been trying to impart to them are finally starting to click so the creativity is starting to flow. I figure in two weeks they will be confident enough with the new stuff I've shown them that they will start getting brave and experimenting with it. (I can't believe I never ever considered being a teacher.... it's really rewarding)
From class straight to rehearsal. Rehearsals are going really well. I really enjoy Stephen's style of directing. This is the first time I've been directed by him. In contrast with Bob... when Bob wants something specific out of you he will come right out and show you what he wants (Which is great... I love being directed by Bob too)... When Stephen wants something specific out of you he will start asking questions and making you think about what it is the character is doing, why they are doing it, what the line means in the overall context of the play... until you discover what he wants on your own. He will show you the path, but he won't take your hand and drag you down it, you have to go down by yourself. It's nice to be directed by lots of different people because you learn something new about the process each time.
After rehearsal a lot of the cast went to the Blue Olive to see Kizzy play with OPA. I stopped in breifly for a quick bite and a beer then headed home. I was super exhausted from a really long week.
I slept in Saturday, then got up and started working on my Aquarium Canopy. I got a lot done. With the exception of the molding, everything is cut and much of it is glued together.
At noon it was rehearsal time once again and it went very well. The show is really starting to come together. I tried doing the run wearing my costume vest to get a feel for being nearly topless throughout..... it felt fine, I wish I had more time to burn more fat from my stomach, but nothing I can do to change that now. It's very hard to eat properly when you're schedule is as full as it has been... and since eating properly is the only way to actually burn that layer of fat off... I have to make due. Besides the vest covers most of it anyway.
After rehearsal it was back to work on the canopy, then around 9:30 or 10 we got cleaned up and headed over to Scott and Alison's for Cinco de Mayo. It was a really really good time with lots and people and food and drinks. It was nice to see some people I haven't seen in a while and do a little catching up. We didn't stay too late, we were home by about 1:30. I only drank 3 beer, but still had a mild hangover the next morning (I'm getting so old and broing). Thanks for a great party guys!!!!
We got up fairly early (so I was tired all day long) and drove up to Moncton to have a look at the aquarium store up there and check out Pet's Unlimited. The Aquarium store had some really beautiful corals in their tanks and a gorgeous yellow tang(that wasn't for sale), but their fish supply was fairly sparce. The owner was on vacation and a new order hadn't been placed yet. They young guy there told us some stuff about the inhabitants we had planned to put in the tank and we may have to rethink our plans. All the compatibility charts say that the fish we want should be compatible, but as he pointed out they are all predators.. and eventually one of them will weaken and be killed by the others until ultimately there is only one left.... now at $90- $130 dollars a pop... that's worth reconsidering. I think we inadvertantly made the decision anyway... when we got to Pets Unlimited (Both Fredericton and Moncton have salt water sections... Saint John doesn't....yet... but it's coming) we ended up buying two clown fish. I think we are going to abandon the other idea and go for a very peaceful tank with some colourful non aggressive fish and some corals. Darrell is still mindset on that eel, but I don't think it's going to happen. He wants to believe that if he just gets a little baby one, it will be fine and give us time to set up another tank in the future for it to move to. As it is, by the time we finish paying for everything with this tank and get it populated...we probably could've got ourselves a hottub. In fact I think I'm going to get a little name plate engraved that says "our Hottub" and attach it to the stand.
It was a very rushed trip to Moncton as I had another rehearsal, this one scheduled for 5. This was our first sit down with the band, and unlike other musicals I've been in, was really good. The guys in the band really had their stuff down and we basically went through the songs in order one after the other. We only had to stop a couple of times to go over a couple things again... it was super productive, and the songs sounded so good with the music... I think it supercharged everyone a little for the coming week. That first time you hear the musical as a big full musical you get an extra burst of energy and renewed vigor for the show....at least I do. I was out of there by 6:22 (I remember checking the time on my cell phone when I called home)and back home to get some more work done on my canopy. At nine O'clock I flopped down on the couch and watched the Amazing Race finale... The only team out of the final three I didn't want to win won, so it was a little disapointing. After that it was a new episode of Desperate Housewives followed by a new Brothers & Sisters... then off to bed
Talk about a lot packed into one weekend.
Friday, May 04, 2007
Not much today
Editing is finished and delivered, which means I don't have much to do today.
Teaching my class at 6. Last week we made a figure of a person out of misc bouncing balls... tonight the figure will do jumping jacks and walk.
Rehearsal for Cabaret immediately after... and every day until the show is finally over.
Hoping to get some work done on the Aquarium canopy this weekend.
Teaching my class at 6. Last week we made a figure of a person out of misc bouncing balls... tonight the figure will do jumping jacks and walk.
Rehearsal for Cabaret immediately after... and every day until the show is finally over.
Hoping to get some work done on the Aquarium canopy this weekend.
Friday May 04, 2007
Appetizer
Name something you would not want to own.
The list is too long.
Soup
Describe your hair (texture, color, length, etc.).
Thinning. Too long at the moment.
Salad
Finish this sentence: I’ll never forget ___________.
I had something to put here but now I can't remember
Main Course
Which famous person would you like to be for one day? Why?
Jake Gyllenhall. So I could put a nice pair of pants on... the guy just can't wear pants... and so I could spend the day touching myself, then do some banking.
Dessert
Write one sentence about yourself that includes one thing that is true and another thing that is not.
I love to sing and I'm not an applause whore.
Name something you would not want to own.
The list is too long.
Soup
Describe your hair (texture, color, length, etc.).
Thinning. Too long at the moment.
Salad
Finish this sentence: I’ll never forget ___________.
I had something to put here but now I can't remember
Main Course
Which famous person would you like to be for one day? Why?
Jake Gyllenhall. So I could put a nice pair of pants on... the guy just can't wear pants... and so I could spend the day touching myself, then do some banking.
Dessert
Write one sentence about yourself that includes one thing that is true and another thing that is not.
I love to sing and I'm not an applause whore.
Ologies... Taken From Dre
-ologies
FOODOLOGY
Q. What is your salad dressing of choice?
A. Ranch or just a dash of olive oil
Q. What is your favorite fast food restaurant?
A. Swiss Chalet.
Q. What is your favorite sit-down restaurant?
A. Swiss Chalet or Vitos.
Q. On average, what size tip do you leave at a restaurant?
A. 15- 20%
Q. What food could you eat every day for two weeks and not get sick off of?
A. Stir fired chicken and Veggies with brown rice.
Q. What are your pizza toppings of choice?
A. Ham, pineapple, black olives, & Feta Cheese
Q. What do you like to put on your toast?
A. Peanut butter and honey.
Q. What is your favorite type of gum?
A. not a gum fan.
TECHNOLOGY
Q. Number of contacts in your cell phone?
A. 22... but I rarely use my phone.
Q. Number of contacts in your email address book?
A. Which account?... Too many
Q. What is your wallpaper on your computer?
A. Solid blue... no wallpaper
Q. How many televisions are in your house or apartment?
A. Two.
BIOLOGY
Q. Are you right-handed or left-handed?
A. Right.
Q. Do you like your smile?
A. Yes.
Q. What's your best feature?
A. My Eyes.
Q. Have you ever had anything removed from your body?
A. Tonsils
Q. Which of your five senses do you think is keenest?
A. I don't know.
Q. When was the last time you had a cavity?
A. I just had three tiny one in my gum line filled on Monday. My teeth used to be great until after the transplant when the Graft vs Host started and my gums started deteriorating because of it. Now I have to stay on top of it with cleanings at the dentist every three months and lots of maintenance.
Q. What is the heaviest item you lifted last?
A. Either weights at the gym, or the aquarium stand.
Q. Have you ever been knocked unconscious?
A. No, but I think I've come close
CRAPOLOGY
Q. If it were possible, would you want to know the day you were going to die?
A. Yes.
Q. Is love for real?
A. Yes.
Q. If you could change your first name, what would you change it to?
A. I wouldn't, I don't go by it, but I still wouldn't because it's my Dad's name.
Q. What color do you think looks best on you?
A. Red.
Q. Have you ever swallowed a non-food item by mistake?
A. hasn't everyone?
Q. Have you ever saved someone's life?
A. Yes.
Q. Has someone ever saved yours?
A. Several people, mostly doctors, but one unidentified stranger who is listed onthe Bone Marrow transplant registry somewhere in the world.
DAREOLOGY
Q. Would you walk naked for a half mile down a public street for $100,000?
A. I'd do it for $50.000.
Q. Would you allow one of your little fingers to be cut off for $200,000?
A: No.
Q. Would you never blog again for $50,000?
A. Absolutely.
Q. Would you pose naked in a magazine for $250,000?
A. yes
Q. Would you drink an entire bottle of hot sauce for $1,000?
A. sure
Q. Indecent proposal for $1,000,000?
A. okay
Q. Would you give up watching television for a year for $25,000?
A. yes
LASTOLOGY
Q: Friend you talked to?
A: Trish, our bookkeeper.. just moments ago
Q: Last person you called?
A: Darrell, last night to tell him I was one my way home from rehearsal and see if he wanted me to pick anything up on the way.
Q: Last person that called you?
A: Client from work.
Q: Person you hugged
A: someone on the cast... Ihug half of them in the fruit shop scene
FAVORITOLOGY
Q: Number?
A: 5
Q: Color?
A: Blue
Q: Season?
A: Summer & autumn
CURRENTOLOGY
Q: Missing someone?
A: Yes.
Q: Mood?
A: Tired and bitchy, but trying to keep it to a dull roar.
Q: Listening to?
A: the click of my harddrive.
Q: Watching?
A: the letters tyep onto the computer screen....duh.
Q: Worrying about?
A: not worried.
RANDOMOLOGY
Q: First place you went this morning?
A: to the bathroom.
Q: What can you not wait to do?
A: get the fish for our tank, watch Heroes on Monday, go home for a visit.
Q: What's the last movie you saw?
A: I can't remember.... it left that much of an impression.
Q: Do you smile often?
A: yes... but I would love to do it more.
Q: Are you a friendly person?
A: I think so.
Q: What is in your left pocket?
A: Which left pocket? I have a cd for teaching tonight's animation class, in the upper left inside pocket of my jacket, my cell phone in the lower left inside pocket of my jacket, my monthly blood collection requisition in the outside left pocket of my jacket, a reciept for my bank deposit in the front left pocket of my jeans,and nothing in the back left pocket of my jeans but my ass.
Q: Is Napoleon Dynamite actually a good movie?
A: never seen it.
Q: Do you sit or stand in the shower?
A: I stand in the show, sit in the bath
Q: Could you live with roommates?
A: I have in the past.
Q: How many pairs of flip-flops do you own?
A: 2 pairs
Q: Where were you born?
A: Williams Lake, BC
Q: Last time you had a run-in with the cops?
A: Highschool.... I was a bit of a hell raiser in my older teens
Q: What do you want to be when you grow up?
A. I don't wanna grow up.. I'm a toy r us kid.
FOODOLOGY
Q. What is your salad dressing of choice?
A. Ranch or just a dash of olive oil
Q. What is your favorite fast food restaurant?
A. Swiss Chalet.
Q. What is your favorite sit-down restaurant?
A. Swiss Chalet or Vitos.
Q. On average, what size tip do you leave at a restaurant?
A. 15- 20%
Q. What food could you eat every day for two weeks and not get sick off of?
A. Stir fired chicken and Veggies with brown rice.
Q. What are your pizza toppings of choice?
A. Ham, pineapple, black olives, & Feta Cheese
Q. What do you like to put on your toast?
A. Peanut butter and honey.
Q. What is your favorite type of gum?
A. not a gum fan.
TECHNOLOGY
Q. Number of contacts in your cell phone?
A. 22... but I rarely use my phone.
Q. Number of contacts in your email address book?
A. Which account?... Too many
Q. What is your wallpaper on your computer?
A. Solid blue... no wallpaper
Q. How many televisions are in your house or apartment?
A. Two.
BIOLOGY
Q. Are you right-handed or left-handed?
A. Right.
Q. Do you like your smile?
A. Yes.
Q. What's your best feature?
A. My Eyes.
Q. Have you ever had anything removed from your body?
A. Tonsils
Q. Which of your five senses do you think is keenest?
A. I don't know.
Q. When was the last time you had a cavity?
A. I just had three tiny one in my gum line filled on Monday. My teeth used to be great until after the transplant when the Graft vs Host started and my gums started deteriorating because of it. Now I have to stay on top of it with cleanings at the dentist every three months and lots of maintenance.
Q. What is the heaviest item you lifted last?
A. Either weights at the gym, or the aquarium stand.
Q. Have you ever been knocked unconscious?
A. No, but I think I've come close
CRAPOLOGY
Q. If it were possible, would you want to know the day you were going to die?
A. Yes.
Q. Is love for real?
A. Yes.
Q. If you could change your first name, what would you change it to?
A. I wouldn't, I don't go by it, but I still wouldn't because it's my Dad's name.
Q. What color do you think looks best on you?
A. Red.
Q. Have you ever swallowed a non-food item by mistake?
A. hasn't everyone?
Q. Have you ever saved someone's life?
A. Yes.
Q. Has someone ever saved yours?
A. Several people, mostly doctors, but one unidentified stranger who is listed onthe Bone Marrow transplant registry somewhere in the world.
DAREOLOGY
Q. Would you walk naked for a half mile down a public street for $100,000?
A. I'd do it for $50.000.
Q. Would you allow one of your little fingers to be cut off for $200,000?
A: No.
Q. Would you never blog again for $50,000?
A. Absolutely.
Q. Would you pose naked in a magazine for $250,000?
A. yes
Q. Would you drink an entire bottle of hot sauce for $1,000?
A. sure
Q. Indecent proposal for $1,000,000?
A. okay
Q. Would you give up watching television for a year for $25,000?
A. yes
LASTOLOGY
Q: Friend you talked to?
A: Trish, our bookkeeper.. just moments ago
Q: Last person you called?
A: Darrell, last night to tell him I was one my way home from rehearsal and see if he wanted me to pick anything up on the way.
Q: Last person that called you?
A: Client from work.
Q: Person you hugged
A: someone on the cast... Ihug half of them in the fruit shop scene
FAVORITOLOGY
Q: Number?
A: 5
Q: Color?
A: Blue
Q: Season?
A: Summer & autumn
CURRENTOLOGY
Q: Missing someone?
A: Yes.
Q: Mood?
A: Tired and bitchy, but trying to keep it to a dull roar.
Q: Listening to?
A: the click of my harddrive.
Q: Watching?
A: the letters tyep onto the computer screen....duh.
Q: Worrying about?
A: not worried.
RANDOMOLOGY
Q: First place you went this morning?
A: to the bathroom.
Q: What can you not wait to do?
A: get the fish for our tank, watch Heroes on Monday, go home for a visit.
Q: What's the last movie you saw?
A: I can't remember.... it left that much of an impression.
Q: Do you smile often?
A: yes... but I would love to do it more.
Q: Are you a friendly person?
A: I think so.
Q: What is in your left pocket?
A: Which left pocket? I have a cd for teaching tonight's animation class, in the upper left inside pocket of my jacket, my cell phone in the lower left inside pocket of my jacket, my monthly blood collection requisition in the outside left pocket of my jacket, a reciept for my bank deposit in the front left pocket of my jeans,and nothing in the back left pocket of my jeans but my ass.
Q: Is Napoleon Dynamite actually a good movie?
A: never seen it.
Q: Do you sit or stand in the shower?
A: I stand in the show, sit in the bath
Q: Could you live with roommates?
A: I have in the past.
Q: How many pairs of flip-flops do you own?
A: 2 pairs
Q: Where were you born?
A: Williams Lake, BC
Q: Last time you had a run-in with the cops?
A: Highschool.... I was a bit of a hell raiser in my older teens
Q: What do you want to be when you grow up?
A. I don't wanna grow up.. I'm a toy r us kid.
Thursday, May 03, 2007
Thursday
It's been such a long week. I can't believe it's only Thursday.
I think I've finished editing my project. At least it's as finished as it needed to be for this week. The presentation is tomorrow and there may be changes once the board has a look at it, but that's next week. I am generating a DVD file as I type.
Rehearsals are still going full tilt 7 days a week with no signs of a break before going into the theatre. Hopefully I will be able to get a little rest on the weekend and revisit my life a little bit. I've never looked forward to the end of a show so much in my life. In fact I don't remember ever looking forward to the end of a show. Most other schedules allow at least one day off a week. If it sounds like I'm being critical...I am!
Our lights, timer, and skimmer arrived today. Some day when I have time I will finish building the canopy that the lights go in. The four little Mollies seem to be adapting to their environment well enough. One is a little antisocial and stays down by the bottom of the tank, which makes me wonder if it is still too stressed out. Darrell brought some live rock and sand back from his trip to Fredericton on Tuesday, so it's addition caused some additional stress to the inhabitants. We have decided that we are not going to go with the clown fish and anemonies after all. Too much of our research has indicated that keeping anemonies is really just an excercise in watching a 60 dollar creature die, plus most of the other fish we wanted are not compatible. We've decided to get an eel, a lion fish, a trigger fish (maybe two), a Tang (Maybe two), and a puffer fish... plus some nice corrals. It has the potential to be an agressive tank, but if everything is established at the same time territorial disputes won't be that bad. Of course once the lion fish is in there, we won't be sticking our hands in the tank. I've never been stung by one so I'll take it on advisement that it hurts and try not to experience it for myself.
I think I've finished editing my project. At least it's as finished as it needed to be for this week. The presentation is tomorrow and there may be changes once the board has a look at it, but that's next week. I am generating a DVD file as I type.
Rehearsals are still going full tilt 7 days a week with no signs of a break before going into the theatre. Hopefully I will be able to get a little rest on the weekend and revisit my life a little bit. I've never looked forward to the end of a show so much in my life. In fact I don't remember ever looking forward to the end of a show. Most other schedules allow at least one day off a week. If it sounds like I'm being critical...I am!
Our lights, timer, and skimmer arrived today. Some day when I have time I will finish building the canopy that the lights go in. The four little Mollies seem to be adapting to their environment well enough. One is a little antisocial and stays down by the bottom of the tank, which makes me wonder if it is still too stressed out. Darrell brought some live rock and sand back from his trip to Fredericton on Tuesday, so it's addition caused some additional stress to the inhabitants. We have decided that we are not going to go with the clown fish and anemonies after all. Too much of our research has indicated that keeping anemonies is really just an excercise in watching a 60 dollar creature die, plus most of the other fish we wanted are not compatible. We've decided to get an eel, a lion fish, a trigger fish (maybe two), a Tang (Maybe two), and a puffer fish... plus some nice corrals. It has the potential to be an agressive tank, but if everything is established at the same time territorial disputes won't be that bad. Of course once the lion fish is in there, we won't be sticking our hands in the tank. I've never been stung by one so I'll take it on advisement that it hurts and try not to experience it for myself.
Tuesday, May 01, 2007
Four Little Fishies
We now have four little mollies swimming around inthe tank. They are only temporarily and their prime function is to poop and pee, to get the chemical and baterial processes going. In a couple weeks they will return to the store and be replaced by larger salt water fish. Mollies are actually fresh water guys, but they adapt well to salt... unfortunately they are quite small so if they stayed in the tank they would end up being food for one of the future inhabitants.
As for future inhabitants that's becoming more tricky than we originally anticipated. There are lots and lots of really nice fish we want to put in the tank, but there are compatibility issues with some of them. We originally wanted a small moray eel, a lion fish, and a trigger fish, but we also really want some clown fish and their sybiotic anemonies... that's where the conflict comes in. The first group in the list tend to be more aggressive and terrotporial fish, so tiny little clown fish would either become so stressed they'd die or be eaten. We want a peaceful tank so I'm thinking we will be going with the clown fish and a tang or two (if you can actually have two in the same tank) and a couple other, as yet undetermined, colourful additions.
Darrell is shooting in Fredericton today and won't be back until this evening. I have a project I'm trying to get edited and out the door for Friday. I teach my class tonight and have a dance rehearsal immediately after. I'm starting to get really worn out and there are no scheduled breaks between now and the end of the show. If I have to, I may take a day off of everything before we move into the theatre just to rest, meditate on my part a little and catch up on lost sleep (The week of the run is going to be taxing enough I can't go into already exhausted). It would be better if someone would schedule a break though...hint hint hint!
My poor puppies are stuck at the office until everything is finished and Darrell is back from Fredericton tonight. They will have to get lots of cookies when we get home.
As for future inhabitants that's becoming more tricky than we originally anticipated. There are lots and lots of really nice fish we want to put in the tank, but there are compatibility issues with some of them. We originally wanted a small moray eel, a lion fish, and a trigger fish, but we also really want some clown fish and their sybiotic anemonies... that's where the conflict comes in. The first group in the list tend to be more aggressive and terrotporial fish, so tiny little clown fish would either become so stressed they'd die or be eaten. We want a peaceful tank so I'm thinking we will be going with the clown fish and a tang or two (if you can actually have two in the same tank) and a couple other, as yet undetermined, colourful additions.
Darrell is shooting in Fredericton today and won't be back until this evening. I have a project I'm trying to get edited and out the door for Friday. I teach my class tonight and have a dance rehearsal immediately after. I'm starting to get really worn out and there are no scheduled breaks between now and the end of the show. If I have to, I may take a day off of everything before we move into the theatre just to rest, meditate on my part a little and catch up on lost sleep (The week of the run is going to be taxing enough I can't go into already exhausted). It would be better if someone would schedule a break though...hint hint hint!
My poor puppies are stuck at the office until everything is finished and Darrell is back from Fredericton tonight. They will have to get lots of cookies when we get home.
Monday, April 30, 2007
Very Productive Weekend
I've been so busy lately I'm not entirely sure whether I'm coming or going anymore. After Friday Night's rehearsal we went to Churchill's for a drink and little food.
Saturday I slept in just a little, then headed out for rehearsal. It was a really good day and things went fairly well. This is the first time I've been directed by Stephen and it's a really good experience. He has alot of really helpful advice about finding reasons for what you're doing and emotions to go with them. He is also open to suggestion. Matt had a great idea for the scene with our waiters quartet, and Stephen was willing to indulge us while we walked through it... then he kept it. I'm really glad he did too, because now I feel like the scene makes sense, and we actually have a reason to be on stage singing that beautiful song. Before it felt like an aside, a pretty song just abritrarily thrown in for someone's nephew or something.
After rehearsal I went home and started planign the wood for the aquarium canopy. I have to find some time to construct that, since the lights that go in it will be arriving this week. I got all the wood planed and routered, and the sides cut and mitred... so I'm in pretty good shape to start off with. Darrell is building an equipment case so I helped him glue the coating to the plywood, and then we settled in for a little TV. Nothing on but reruns.
Sunday I tried to sleep in again, but the dogs have their own time clock and could care less that it's a weekend... they get let out at a certain time every morning to pee, so weekends are no exceptions. Another full day of rehearsals, and we made good progress for the most part. We are three weeks from opening the show so there are no nights off anymore... although it would be a good idea to take a full night off just before the show so everyone can have a day of downtime to recover their strength be fore a long week at the theatre.... but that's just my thoughts. All the energy you have to pump out to the audience has to come from somewhere... so it's no good if everyone is already exhausted going in.
I got the plastic grate that will go on the back side of the tank for airflow all cut out, but I didn't have the proper router bit to do the channel so I have to get one today sometime. I have a bunch of editing that has to be done this week, as well as an ad for the cable channel to produce. My classes are on Tuesday and Friday and I'm teaching then kids about working with layers, luckily I've already built their sample models and installed them on all their computers. Last week I had them create a bunch of balls and bounce them around the screen a few seconds before assembling them into a person. This week they learn to make the person move... it's really a lesson in working backwards... a lot like Jenn's technique for some of the dancing. Create your ending and then break it down.
I have a dentist appointment this morning to a have a couple fillings I'm not particularly looking forward to.
Saturday I slept in just a little, then headed out for rehearsal. It was a really good day and things went fairly well. This is the first time I've been directed by Stephen and it's a really good experience. He has alot of really helpful advice about finding reasons for what you're doing and emotions to go with them. He is also open to suggestion. Matt had a great idea for the scene with our waiters quartet, and Stephen was willing to indulge us while we walked through it... then he kept it. I'm really glad he did too, because now I feel like the scene makes sense, and we actually have a reason to be on stage singing that beautiful song. Before it felt like an aside, a pretty song just abritrarily thrown in for someone's nephew or something.
After rehearsal I went home and started planign the wood for the aquarium canopy. I have to find some time to construct that, since the lights that go in it will be arriving this week. I got all the wood planed and routered, and the sides cut and mitred... so I'm in pretty good shape to start off with. Darrell is building an equipment case so I helped him glue the coating to the plywood, and then we settled in for a little TV. Nothing on but reruns.
Sunday I tried to sleep in again, but the dogs have their own time clock and could care less that it's a weekend... they get let out at a certain time every morning to pee, so weekends are no exceptions. Another full day of rehearsals, and we made good progress for the most part. We are three weeks from opening the show so there are no nights off anymore... although it would be a good idea to take a full night off just before the show so everyone can have a day of downtime to recover their strength be fore a long week at the theatre.... but that's just my thoughts. All the energy you have to pump out to the audience has to come from somewhere... so it's no good if everyone is already exhausted going in.
I got the plastic grate that will go on the back side of the tank for airflow all cut out, but I didn't have the proper router bit to do the channel so I have to get one today sometime. I have a bunch of editing that has to be done this week, as well as an ad for the cable channel to produce. My classes are on Tuesday and Friday and I'm teaching then kids about working with layers, luckily I've already built their sample models and installed them on all their computers. Last week I had them create a bunch of balls and bounce them around the screen a few seconds before assembling them into a person. This week they learn to make the person move... it's really a lesson in working backwards... a lot like Jenn's technique for some of the dancing. Create your ending and then break it down.
I have a dentist appointment this morning to a have a couple fillings I'm not particularly looking forward to.
Thursday, April 26, 2007
Grown Up Survey - From Dre
The "Grown-Up" Survey
1. What bill do you hate paying the most?
It used to be Rent - Because I knew I was paying someone else's mortgage and would have nothing to show for all the money I was spending.
2. Where was the last place you had a romantic dinner?
Home.
3. Last time you puked from drinking?
About 8 years ago, after we first moved out to Gardner Creek. It was my first real drunk since my BMT so my system rejected it in a major way.
4. When is the last time you got drunk and danced on a bar?
Not in the past decade. I have danced on the bar sober.
5. Name of your first grade teacher?
Miss Anderson
6. What do you really want to be doing right now?
Visiting my Family, or performing on broadway take your pick.
7. What did you want to be when you were growing up?
I don't want to grow up.
8. How many colleges did you attend?
One, but only for a very short time.
9. Why did you choose the shirt that you have on right now?
Because it's new and it's blue and I like it.
10. GAS PRICES?
ripping us off.
11. If you could move anywhere and take someone with you?
I'd move back to Vancouver Island.
12. First thought when the alarm went off this morning?
Oh god not again
13. Last thought before going to sleep last night?
I don't remember
14. Favorite style of underwear?
Boxer Briefs
15. Favorite style of underwear for the opposite sex?
Don't really care
16. What errand/chore do you despise?
Dishes.
17. If you didn't have to work, would you volunteer?
Yes... I'd spend a lot of time volunteering. If I didn't have to work I'd be rich so I would also spend a great deal of money on worthy causes.
18. Get up early or sleep in?
Sleep in every chance I get.
19. What is your favorite cartoon character?
I have so many I couldn't pick a favourite.
20. Favorite NON sexual thing to do at night with a girl/guy?
Curl up with a bowl of popcorn and a good movie.
21. Have you found real love yet?
Yes.
22. When did you first start feeling old?
When my much younger siblings began having children.
23. Favorite 80's movie?
Toss up between the Star Wars trilogy and Steel Magnolias
24. Your favorite lunch meat?
Black Forest ham
25. What do you get every time you go into Sam's Club? Or Walmart?
Don't have Sam's Club and we try to avoid Walmart like the plague that it is. We hit Canadian Tire and Zellars for our cheap crap fix.
26. Beach or lake?
Both
27. Do you think marriage is an outdated ritual?
Absolutely and people put way too stress, worry and especially money into it. Over $1000 for a dress you'll never wear again.... that's just a stupid waste.
28. How many people do you stalk on Facebook?
None yet
29. Favorite guilty pleasure?
internet porn.... just kdding.
30. Favorite movie you wouldn't want anyone to find out about?
The Incredibles
31. What's your drink?
Vodka with..... Damn near anything
32. Cowboys or Indians?
Why does it have to be one or the other...can't we all just get along?
33. Cops or Robbers?
I'm into guys with uniforms so... Cops.
34. Who from high school would you like to run into?
Kristy (Formerly Carter now McWater). We haven't sat and drank and laughed and cried and reminissed in too many years.
35. What radio station is your car radio tuned to right now?
I left it on Big John, but if Darrell used the car at all it's probably on News 88.9 he's a repetitious new junky.
36. Norm or Cliff?
Carla
37. The Cosby Show or the Simpsons?
The Cosby Show. Don't watch the Simpsons... never have never will.
38. Do you like the person who sits directly across from you at work?
I sit alone in my little back room.
40. If you could get away with it, who would you kill?
George W or Stephen Harper take your pick they're basically the same guy.
41. What famous person(s) would you like to have dinner with?
Reba McEntire or Elton John. Dinner, Drinks and a little something something... Jake Gyllenhaal, Jude Law, or, yes even though he's crazy, Tom Cruise (It's an 80's thing)
42. What famous person would you like to sleep with?
I don't have time to list them all...
43. Have you ever had to use a fire extinguisher for its intended purpose?
No.. and I hope I never have to.
44. Last book you read for real?
The Touch by Brian Lumley. I am currently working my way through one of his older novels Phsychomech.... which has a lot of similarities to his new one, even though they are years apart.
45. Do you have a teddy bear?
yes, I have a big orange Oragitan.
46. Strangest place you have ever brushed your teeth?
In the car on the way to a gig.
47. Somewhere in California you've never been and would like to go?
San Francisco.
48. Do you go to church?
No.
49. At this point in your life would you rather start a new career or a new relationship?
A new career.... I'm very happy with my relationship.
50. Just how OLD are you?
will be 36 in a few weeks.
1. What bill do you hate paying the most?
It used to be Rent - Because I knew I was paying someone else's mortgage and would have nothing to show for all the money I was spending.
2. Where was the last place you had a romantic dinner?
Home.
3. Last time you puked from drinking?
About 8 years ago, after we first moved out to Gardner Creek. It was my first real drunk since my BMT so my system rejected it in a major way.
4. When is the last time you got drunk and danced on a bar?
Not in the past decade. I have danced on the bar sober.
5. Name of your first grade teacher?
Miss Anderson
6. What do you really want to be doing right now?
Visiting my Family, or performing on broadway take your pick.
7. What did you want to be when you were growing up?
I don't want to grow up.
8. How many colleges did you attend?
One, but only for a very short time.
9. Why did you choose the shirt that you have on right now?
Because it's new and it's blue and I like it.
10. GAS PRICES?
ripping us off.
11. If you could move anywhere and take someone with you?
I'd move back to Vancouver Island.
12. First thought when the alarm went off this morning?
Oh god not again
13. Last thought before going to sleep last night?
I don't remember
14. Favorite style of underwear?
Boxer Briefs
15. Favorite style of underwear for the opposite sex?
Don't really care
16. What errand/chore do you despise?
Dishes.
17. If you didn't have to work, would you volunteer?
Yes... I'd spend a lot of time volunteering. If I didn't have to work I'd be rich so I would also spend a great deal of money on worthy causes.
18. Get up early or sleep in?
Sleep in every chance I get.
19. What is your favorite cartoon character?
I have so many I couldn't pick a favourite.
20. Favorite NON sexual thing to do at night with a girl/guy?
Curl up with a bowl of popcorn and a good movie.
21. Have you found real love yet?
Yes.
22. When did you first start feeling old?
When my much younger siblings began having children.
23. Favorite 80's movie?
Toss up between the Star Wars trilogy and Steel Magnolias
24. Your favorite lunch meat?
Black Forest ham
25. What do you get every time you go into Sam's Club? Or Walmart?
Don't have Sam's Club and we try to avoid Walmart like the plague that it is. We hit Canadian Tire and Zellars for our cheap crap fix.
26. Beach or lake?
Both
27. Do you think marriage is an outdated ritual?
Absolutely and people put way too stress, worry and especially money into it. Over $1000 for a dress you'll never wear again.... that's just a stupid waste.
28. How many people do you stalk on Facebook?
None yet
29. Favorite guilty pleasure?
internet porn.... just kdding.
30. Favorite movie you wouldn't want anyone to find out about?
The Incredibles
31. What's your drink?
Vodka with..... Damn near anything
32. Cowboys or Indians?
Why does it have to be one or the other...can't we all just get along?
33. Cops or Robbers?
I'm into guys with uniforms so... Cops.
34. Who from high school would you like to run into?
Kristy (Formerly Carter now McWater). We haven't sat and drank and laughed and cried and reminissed in too many years.
35. What radio station is your car radio tuned to right now?
I left it on Big John, but if Darrell used the car at all it's probably on News 88.9 he's a repetitious new junky.
36. Norm or Cliff?
Carla
37. The Cosby Show or the Simpsons?
The Cosby Show. Don't watch the Simpsons... never have never will.
38. Do you like the person who sits directly across from you at work?
I sit alone in my little back room.
40. If you could get away with it, who would you kill?
George W or Stephen Harper take your pick they're basically the same guy.
41. What famous person(s) would you like to have dinner with?
Reba McEntire or Elton John. Dinner, Drinks and a little something something... Jake Gyllenhaal, Jude Law, or, yes even though he's crazy, Tom Cruise (It's an 80's thing)
42. What famous person would you like to sleep with?
I don't have time to list them all...
43. Have you ever had to use a fire extinguisher for its intended purpose?
No.. and I hope I never have to.
44. Last book you read for real?
The Touch by Brian Lumley. I am currently working my way through one of his older novels Phsychomech.... which has a lot of similarities to his new one, even though they are years apart.
45. Do you have a teddy bear?
yes, I have a big orange Oragitan.
46. Strangest place you have ever brushed your teeth?
In the car on the way to a gig.
47. Somewhere in California you've never been and would like to go?
San Francisco.
48. Do you go to church?
No.
49. At this point in your life would you rather start a new career or a new relationship?
A new career.... I'm very happy with my relationship.
50. Just how OLD are you?
will be 36 in a few weeks.
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Hump Day
Monday we went over the dance for Willkommen again. A little bit of it was changed, but mostly we just reviewed all the steps. There was one set of steps I asked Jenn to break into an 8 count for me and it was a good thing we did, because everyone was counting it differently. Bah dah dah bump, bah da da dada dah dah is just not precise enough for me, I feel a lot more confident with 1 and 2 3 and 4 5 6 7 8. I have to work now at internalizing either the singing or the dancing so that I can do one without thinking about it. It's impossible to think about counting a dance if you're also thinking I have to get a big breath here for a "G" then snatch another quick one because there's an "A" coming up. So either the dance or the song has to come second nature and automatic, so I can concentrate on the other. That said I still feel a lot better about that number having gone over it again.
Heroes was awsome!!! I can't say it was well worth the wait... because the wait was excruiating.... but it was awsome!! Can't wait for next week.
Tuesday I got in my first run since I hurt my toe... it was brutal. A week and a half away from it and it's like starting over. Except it's not like starting over where you're trying to outdo yourself each time, like in the beginning so every step forward is exciting.... it's like starting over where you're trying to start off where you left off and can't get there, so it's frustrating.
I taught my class at 6 and the hour flew by. I had three boys in last nights class so I was able to give them all a lot of one on one, which helped us accomplish a lot more than expected. It also helps that I've finally finished creating a lesson plan, so I know exactly where we're headed. I know... it's taken two weeks, but I was kind of just thrown in the deep end after all.
We've had water cylcing in the aquarium since Sunday now. It was coudy at first but is starting to clear up. There's no salt in it yet, but there is the cycle compound which will start growing the good bacteria etc.
I got some wood to start building the canopy last night, and I have no rehearsals tonight so I may actually get a good start on that after work.
Heroes was awsome!!! I can't say it was well worth the wait... because the wait was excruiating.... but it was awsome!! Can't wait for next week.
Tuesday I got in my first run since I hurt my toe... it was brutal. A week and a half away from it and it's like starting over. Except it's not like starting over where you're trying to outdo yourself each time, like in the beginning so every step forward is exciting.... it's like starting over where you're trying to start off where you left off and can't get there, so it's frustrating.
I taught my class at 6 and the hour flew by. I had three boys in last nights class so I was able to give them all a lot of one on one, which helped us accomplish a lot more than expected. It also helps that I've finally finished creating a lesson plan, so I know exactly where we're headed. I know... it's taken two weeks, but I was kind of just thrown in the deep end after all.
We've had water cylcing in the aquarium since Sunday now. It was coudy at first but is starting to clear up. There's no salt in it yet, but there is the cycle compound which will start growing the good bacteria etc.
I got some wood to start building the canopy last night, and I have no rehearsals tonight so I may actually get a good start on that after work.
Monday, April 23, 2007
Long & Expensive weekend!!!
I got the stand all finished and the aquarium set upon it on Friday.
Saturday I had a musical rehearsal at 11 am so there was no sleeping in for me. I got there and sang two ladies four times, then had nearly four hours to kill before my 3 o'clock Dance rehearsal. It really kind of wasted my entire day. My choice... waste four hours uptown, or waste gas on a trip home and back. I ended up meeting Darrell out at the vortex to have a look around Village Pets in McAllister mall.... I should have gone to the gym instead (that's already paid for). We heard some awful stories about problems with the tanks that come from Walmart (where Darrell's Uncle got ours). It seems things at Walmart are cheap.... not just price wise. The glass in the Walmart tanks is half the thickness of the glass in main brand tanks like Hagen. As a result Walmart tanks can bow when they are filled with water (all tanks bow slightly once the water gets in but the quality of the corners and the thickness of the glass keeps them from falling apart). There are even stories of the front of the Walmart tanks just falling right out. The thought of 55 gallons of water on our new laminate floor wasn't very apealing... so we decided to go with a Hagen tank. Diane at Village Pets showed us the 55 gallon Hagen and the dimensions were identical to the tank we already had... so there was no worry about it fitting on the custom built stand. One thing I had taken into account was future expansion so I made the stand about 6 inches deeper than it had to be... as a result instead of buying the 55 gallon tank we upgraded for a few dollars more to an 80 gallon tank.... Like I said expensive weekend. I got the tank and the biofoam backer, and Darrell got the new filter and the gravel. We have decided that we are going to do a salt water reef tank which is more work, but there's so much more you can do, and so many more varieties of fish. Add in coral and all the other options you have with salt water over fresh plus the investment of time and money that's already gone into it and it only seems right to go with the reef tank. It will take about two months of set up to get all the levels etc right, before a fish ever enters into the water... but we're patient people.
The 80 gallon tank really fills up the space... the dog pictures are going to move to the wall above the bed.
It actually looks like the stand was specifically designed for this tank, even more so than the 55 gallon one (it kind of was because I was allowing for growth):
Good thing I hadn't started designing and building the topper.
After my expensive outing to the vortex, it was back in for dance rehearsal. We got Willkommen finished (at least from my perspective within the song) and also finished two ladies (which is a scream... it is so fun and, while it may not be the HIGHLIGHT of the show, it will certainly be one of the more memorable moments)
Sunday was another day taken up with rehearsals (as we get nearer and nearer to May everyday is going to be taken up with rehearsals). We ran the entire show... off book. Parts of it went extremely well, parts of it not so much. We are well ahead of where we would normally be with this much time before going to the theatre, but that can be a dangerous place to be, since there could be a tendancy to slack off a bit. I'm pretty confident that won't happen, since we have a fantastic cast.
After rehearsal I rushed home and got ready to go out. We went to Jake's & the Outback for Shawna's 19th birthday party. It was Karaoke at the outback and I got to sing quite a bit, which was fun. Darrell and I had a bite at Jakes before everyone else arrives... the food was really good. We haven't been there in a very long time, but we may go back in the near future.
I was supposed have tonight off from rehearsing, but after the full run yesterday Jenn wanted to have another look at Willkommen, so there will be dancing. I will have to time shift Heroes.
New episode of Heroes tonight... finally. I'm actually so excited it's a little sad. Although, I'm not the only one.
Saturday I had a musical rehearsal at 11 am so there was no sleeping in for me. I got there and sang two ladies four times, then had nearly four hours to kill before my 3 o'clock Dance rehearsal. It really kind of wasted my entire day. My choice... waste four hours uptown, or waste gas on a trip home and back. I ended up meeting Darrell out at the vortex to have a look around Village Pets in McAllister mall.... I should have gone to the gym instead (that's already paid for). We heard some awful stories about problems with the tanks that come from Walmart (where Darrell's Uncle got ours). It seems things at Walmart are cheap.... not just price wise. The glass in the Walmart tanks is half the thickness of the glass in main brand tanks like Hagen. As a result Walmart tanks can bow when they are filled with water (all tanks bow slightly once the water gets in but the quality of the corners and the thickness of the glass keeps them from falling apart). There are even stories of the front of the Walmart tanks just falling right out. The thought of 55 gallons of water on our new laminate floor wasn't very apealing... so we decided to go with a Hagen tank. Diane at Village Pets showed us the 55 gallon Hagen and the dimensions were identical to the tank we already had... so there was no worry about it fitting on the custom built stand. One thing I had taken into account was future expansion so I made the stand about 6 inches deeper than it had to be... as a result instead of buying the 55 gallon tank we upgraded for a few dollars more to an 80 gallon tank.... Like I said expensive weekend. I got the tank and the biofoam backer, and Darrell got the new filter and the gravel. We have decided that we are going to do a salt water reef tank which is more work, but there's so much more you can do, and so many more varieties of fish. Add in coral and all the other options you have with salt water over fresh plus the investment of time and money that's already gone into it and it only seems right to go with the reef tank. It will take about two months of set up to get all the levels etc right, before a fish ever enters into the water... but we're patient people.
The 80 gallon tank really fills up the space... the dog pictures are going to move to the wall above the bed.
It actually looks like the stand was specifically designed for this tank, even more so than the 55 gallon one (it kind of was because I was allowing for growth):
Good thing I hadn't started designing and building the topper.
After my expensive outing to the vortex, it was back in for dance rehearsal. We got Willkommen finished (at least from my perspective within the song) and also finished two ladies (which is a scream... it is so fun and, while it may not be the HIGHLIGHT of the show, it will certainly be one of the more memorable moments)
Sunday was another day taken up with rehearsals (as we get nearer and nearer to May everyday is going to be taken up with rehearsals). We ran the entire show... off book. Parts of it went extremely well, parts of it not so much. We are well ahead of where we would normally be with this much time before going to the theatre, but that can be a dangerous place to be, since there could be a tendancy to slack off a bit. I'm pretty confident that won't happen, since we have a fantastic cast.
After rehearsal I rushed home and got ready to go out. We went to Jake's & the Outback for Shawna's 19th birthday party. It was Karaoke at the outback and I got to sing quite a bit, which was fun. Darrell and I had a bite at Jakes before everyone else arrives... the food was really good. We haven't been there in a very long time, but we may go back in the near future.
I was supposed have tonight off from rehearsing, but after the full run yesterday Jenn wanted to have another look at Willkommen, so there will be dancing. I will have to time shift Heroes.
New episode of Heroes tonight... finally. I'm actually so excited it's a little sad. Although, I'm not the only one.
Saturday, April 21, 2007
It's Finished!!!!!
TahDah:
All that remains is to the topper.... but that hasn't even been designed yet.
It's late, I'm sleepy and I have a rehearsal tomorrow at 11am.
All that remains is to the topper.... but that hasn't even been designed yet.
It's late, I'm sleepy and I have a rehearsal tomorrow at 11am.
Friday, April 20, 2007
3 More Sleeps!!!!
New episode of Heroes... just three more sleeps.
I am teaching my class tonight and am really looking forward to it.
I finally put the last coat of urithane on the cabinet and tonight we will fine tune the hardware so everything sits properly.... yes that's right folks... it's finally finished...YAY! Last night we bought our very first "set piece" for inside the aquarium... it looks like a ruins of an ancient civilization with columns and such.
The stand was hugely exspensive for the wood, but I have a feeling that the actual contents of the aquarium itself is going to be quite costly as well. Darrell is already looking for fresh water stingrays and eels...oy.
I am teaching my class tonight and am really looking forward to it.
I finally put the last coat of urithane on the cabinet and tonight we will fine tune the hardware so everything sits properly.... yes that's right folks... it's finally finished...YAY! Last night we bought our very first "set piece" for inside the aquarium... it looks like a ruins of an ancient civilization with columns and such.
The stand was hugely exspensive for the wood, but I have a feeling that the actual contents of the aquarium itself is going to be quite costly as well. Darrell is already looking for fresh water stingrays and eels...oy.
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Shakespeare
I must've done something right at the call back today. Elizabeth cast me as Trinculo, and skimming through the script, I think it will be a very fun part to play.
Overdrive
Somehow life has switched into overdrive for me lately. After work on tuesday I taught my animation class for kids over twelve. I only had two boys in the class so we got a lot done. Afterwards I rushed over to the rehearsal space for the fruit shop rehearsal I was late for. Luckily they were just finishing their stretch and warm up so I didn't really miss anything.
There were some crossed communication wires along the way, because I got a call from Dre at 8 last night wondering where I was instead of being at rehearsal. I had absolutely no idea I was suposed to be at rehearsal though... in fact I thought I had nothing until Saturday. By the time I got the call it was too late to go back into town, so sorry to everyone who was counting on me to be there... I don't know why I flaked out, but I honestly don't remember being told we were doing that scene last night. However I'm not going to bare full responsibility, since our rehearsal schedule has been in a constant state of change from the very beginning and still contains more TBDs than actual committed dates.... it was bound to happen.... I'm just sorry it was me.
Today I am reading for Elizabeth at the Tempest call backs. This my first ever shakespeare.. in highschool I took the F for that section, did some extra credit creative writting and still managed a B as my final grade. I haven't had much time to look at the material even though I've had it over a week now. Time seems to be at a premium right now. Between trying to get off book, committing dance routines and songs to memory, coming up with some kind of lesson plan for the kids, work, and finishing my cabinet... there's nothing left over.
The cabinet is in it's final stages. The doors and drawers are completely finished. The top recieved it's third coat of polyurithane this morning before I left for work, and the actual cabinet itself got it's second coat laast night.... the end is in sight.
There were some crossed communication wires along the way, because I got a call from Dre at 8 last night wondering where I was instead of being at rehearsal. I had absolutely no idea I was suposed to be at rehearsal though... in fact I thought I had nothing until Saturday. By the time I got the call it was too late to go back into town, so sorry to everyone who was counting on me to be there... I don't know why I flaked out, but I honestly don't remember being told we were doing that scene last night. However I'm not going to bare full responsibility, since our rehearsal schedule has been in a constant state of change from the very beginning and still contains more TBDs than actual committed dates.... it was bound to happen.... I'm just sorry it was me.
Today I am reading for Elizabeth at the Tempest call backs. This my first ever shakespeare.. in highschool I took the F for that section, did some extra credit creative writting and still managed a B as my final grade. I haven't had much time to look at the material even though I've had it over a week now. Time seems to be at a premium right now. Between trying to get off book, committing dance routines and songs to memory, coming up with some kind of lesson plan for the kids, work, and finishing my cabinet... there's nothing left over.
The cabinet is in it's final stages. The doors and drawers are completely finished. The top recieved it's third coat of polyurithane this morning before I left for work, and the actual cabinet itself got it's second coat laast night.... the end is in sight.
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
ABC's Taken From Chris
A is for age: 36 on May 19th.
B is for beer of choice: Generally drink MooseLight, but also like Stella.
C is for career right now: 3d animator/ graphic designer/ Video Editor at Innovative Video Solutions, and most recently animation for kids workshop instructor at the School of Rock & Film.
D is for your dog's name: Elton & Tiffy.
E is for essential item you use every day: Computer.
F is for favorite TV show at the moment: Heroes, How I met your Mother
G is for favorite game: Taboo.
H is for home town: Born and raised in Williams Lake, BC (which will always be home) currently reside in Saint John.
I is for instruments you play: Saxophone, and I strum chords on guitar...my strongest instrument is my voice.
J is for favorite juice: cranberry.
K is for whose butt you'd like to kick: Pick a politician.
L is for last place you ate: Churchills.
M is for marriage: Don't believe in it
N is for your full name: Daniel Blaine Le Roy
O is for overnight hospital stays: I couldn't even begin to count.
P is for people you were with today: Darrell & Mike so far.
Q is for quote: "The dictionary is the only place success comes before work.
Hard work is the price we must all pay for success." -Green Bay Packers Coach Vince Lombardi
R is for biggest regret: There are things I'm not overly proud of, but nothing I flat out regret
S is for status: Current status is typing this post.
T is for time you woke up today: 8am.
U is for underwear you have on now: Black boxer-briefs.
W is for worst habit: Chocolate
X is for x-rays you've had: Too many to count.
Y is for yummy food you ate today: Red Delicious apple & Triple Chocolate Donut
Z is for your zodiac sign: Taurus.
B is for beer of choice: Generally drink MooseLight, but also like Stella.
C is for career right now: 3d animator/ graphic designer/ Video Editor at Innovative Video Solutions, and most recently animation for kids workshop instructor at the School of Rock & Film.
D is for your dog's name: Elton & Tiffy.
E is for essential item you use every day: Computer.
F is for favorite TV show at the moment: Heroes, How I met your Mother
G is for favorite game: Taboo.
H is for home town: Born and raised in Williams Lake, BC (which will always be home) currently reside in Saint John.
I is for instruments you play: Saxophone, and I strum chords on guitar...my strongest instrument is my voice.
J is for favorite juice: cranberry.
K is for whose butt you'd like to kick: Pick a politician.
L is for last place you ate: Churchills.
M is for marriage: Don't believe in it
N is for your full name: Daniel Blaine Le Roy
O is for overnight hospital stays: I couldn't even begin to count.
P is for people you were with today: Darrell & Mike so far.
Q is for quote: "The dictionary is the only place success comes before work.
Hard work is the price we must all pay for success." -Green Bay Packers Coach Vince Lombardi
R is for biggest regret: There are things I'm not overly proud of, but nothing I flat out regret
S is for status: Current status is typing this post.
T is for time you woke up today: 8am.
U is for underwear you have on now: Black boxer-briefs.
W is for worst habit: Chocolate
X is for x-rays you've had: Too many to count.
Y is for yummy food you ate today: Red Delicious apple & Triple Chocolate Donut
Z is for your zodiac sign: Taurus.
Monday, April 16, 2007
Whatta Weekend
I feel like I packed two weeks worth of stuff into one weekend.... so much happened.
Friday : I went to the School of Rock and Film early so I could play with the computers a little and snoop through the kid's project files to see what they've been learning. My first class was kids 12 and under, and they are regulars there, so they already have a good understanding about how animation works. They are still in the stick man draw every single frame stage, so there's a lot I can show them. That hour flew by. The second hour was a little longer. It was a birthday party, of 14 year old girls and one little brother... none of whom were particularly interested in learning computer animation. I got them to make birthday cards, and I helped them animate portions of the cards... it was chaos. But not in a bad way. I'm pretty sure if I can deal with a class of 14 year old girls on a birthday party, then classes of kids who are actually interested in learning animation is going to be a snap.
I was finished classes by 8 and went home, got cleaned up, and Darrell and I headed in for cast Karaoke at the Summerset. We both had a really good time, but called it an fairly early night because of the nasty snow falling. We were home by 12:30. ( I wish February would hurry up and end)
Saturday we ran the first half of the show at rehearsal. It was good to finally get a chance to see how everything fit together, and get a better feel about where we're already strong and where we need work. I got home around 4:30. I changed into my grubby work clothes and put another coat of polyurithane on the doors and drawers of my cabinet. I had to fine sand them all first. (They are now finished... they've had four coats and look beautiful) I then changed back into my nicer clothes and Darrell and I headed down to the Dolan Road Irving for 7:30 (we were late and got there closer to 8) to meet Brian & Helen, and Bertis & Colin for a bite. Then we all came back to our house for a couple drinks and some cherry pie. We were going to fire up the new karaoke machine, but ended up just talking and laughing and calling it a night around 11.
Sunday we ran the second half of the show at rehearsal. There is more work needed in that half because there are a few thing we just haven't covered yet. It was a very good rehearsal though and it's going to be a really strong show. It's already pretty strong and there's four and half weeks to go. After rehearsal I headed over to Churchills with Bertis, Kristi, & Lisa B for some food and a drink. I was starving! Then home to work on my cabinet. I got the top all fine sanded and the first coat of polyurithane applied. Tonight I will fine sand and add the second coat as well finish sanding the main cabinet and add the first coat of finish to it. It is slowly creeping closer and closer to being done.
Today I am playing with the new program and trying to make a lesson plan beyond what I am going to teach tomorrow.
Friday : I went to the School of Rock and Film early so I could play with the computers a little and snoop through the kid's project files to see what they've been learning. My first class was kids 12 and under, and they are regulars there, so they already have a good understanding about how animation works. They are still in the stick man draw every single frame stage, so there's a lot I can show them. That hour flew by. The second hour was a little longer. It was a birthday party, of 14 year old girls and one little brother... none of whom were particularly interested in learning computer animation. I got them to make birthday cards, and I helped them animate portions of the cards... it was chaos. But not in a bad way. I'm pretty sure if I can deal with a class of 14 year old girls on a birthday party, then classes of kids who are actually interested in learning animation is going to be a snap.
I was finished classes by 8 and went home, got cleaned up, and Darrell and I headed in for cast Karaoke at the Summerset. We both had a really good time, but called it an fairly early night because of the nasty snow falling. We were home by 12:30. ( I wish February would hurry up and end)
Saturday we ran the first half of the show at rehearsal. It was good to finally get a chance to see how everything fit together, and get a better feel about where we're already strong and where we need work. I got home around 4:30. I changed into my grubby work clothes and put another coat of polyurithane on the doors and drawers of my cabinet. I had to fine sand them all first. (They are now finished... they've had four coats and look beautiful) I then changed back into my nicer clothes and Darrell and I headed down to the Dolan Road Irving for 7:30 (we were late and got there closer to 8) to meet Brian & Helen, and Bertis & Colin for a bite. Then we all came back to our house for a couple drinks and some cherry pie. We were going to fire up the new karaoke machine, but ended up just talking and laughing and calling it a night around 11.
Sunday we ran the second half of the show at rehearsal. There is more work needed in that half because there are a few thing we just haven't covered yet. It was a very good rehearsal though and it's going to be a really strong show. It's already pretty strong and there's four and half weeks to go. After rehearsal I headed over to Churchills with Bertis, Kristi, & Lisa B for some food and a drink. I was starving! Then home to work on my cabinet. I got the top all fine sanded and the first coat of polyurithane applied. Tonight I will fine sand and add the second coat as well finish sanding the main cabinet and add the first coat of finish to it. It is slowly creeping closer and closer to being done.
Today I am playing with the new program and trying to make a lesson plan beyond what I am going to teach tomorrow.
Friday, April 13, 2007
Nerves nerves nerves
Singing, dancing, public speaking....doesn't bother me in the slightest. In the next couple hours I will be standing front of a room full of kids 12 and under, and trying to teach them animation....terrifying! Not so much the talking to kids aspect of it, but the coming in cold to a class that has already been doing stuff, and not knowing where they are in terms of skill. Also not being familiar with the programs or systems they are using is making me feel pretty unsteady. I wish I had a little time to teach myself more before jumping in, because by next week I'll be a pro at the programs...today, I'm not even a gifted amatuer. In fact I don't even know what all the programs available to me are yet. Needless to say my class is at 6 so I'll be there at 5.
Friday April 13, 2007
Appetizer
When you were a child, which crayon color was your favorite?
Sky Blue
Soup
On a scale of 1 to 10 (with 10 being highest), how likely would you be to change jobs if it required you to move?
5, it depends where I'd be going.
Salad
Take all the numbers in your birthday and your phone number and add them up, one by one. What’s the total?
54
Main Course
Have you ever “re-gifted” anything? If so, what was it and who did you pass it on to?
I don't think so.
Dessert
Name something you need from the store.
I don't need anything from the store right now. I want some new clothes. My closet is looking boring and old.
When you were a child, which crayon color was your favorite?
Sky Blue
Soup
On a scale of 1 to 10 (with 10 being highest), how likely would you be to change jobs if it required you to move?
5, it depends where I'd be going.
Salad
Take all the numbers in your birthday and your phone number and add them up, one by one. What’s the total?
54
Main Course
Have you ever “re-gifted” anything? If so, what was it and who did you pass it on to?
I don't think so.
Dessert
Name something you need from the store.
I don't need anything from the store right now. I want some new clothes. My closet is looking boring and old.
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Funny Thing Happened....
Something very odd happened today. Lately I've been thinking I should get out my paint brushes and get some painting done so I'd have a dozen or so paintings I could sell when the cruise ships start coming in and make a little extra money. Unfortunately who has the time? So I put the extra money idea away until after Cabaret. Then this morning, Jim Kuehnel from the school of Rock and Film came in for a visit, and Mike asked me to show him the kind of animation I do. Next thing I know, I'm teaching a class twice a week for kids. Funny how the universe works sometimes.
There is a slight rub though. The school uses a program I'm not familiar with and the first class I'm doing is tomorrow night. So I'm cramming today.
There is a slight rub though. The school uses a program I'm not familiar with and the first class I'm doing is tomorrow night. So I'm cramming today.
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
A Very Long weekend, not Quite Long Enough
We took a four day weekend over the Easter Holidays. I'm not at all religious, so the significance of Easter is lost on me, but I can totally get behind a holiday that involves the giving and receiving of chocolate.
Friday afternoon there was a music rehearsal for Two Ladies and Money Makes the World go Around. Bertis couldn't make it so I subbed for him in Money to help the girls out. I don't know if it helped or not though, because he and I have very different styles of singing.... but all I was really for was so they could hear how their parts fit with the lead part anyway.
Darrell and I hit Shoppers Drug mart for some easter supplies and I made up a big basket with colourful plastic hollow eggs that we filled with goodies, and I brought them to the Saturday afternoon rehearsal... where the full cast reviewed all the songs in the show. It was another occassion for us all to sing for one another, so everyone could hear what everyone else was working on.
Sunday I had no rehearsals and spent the entire day working on the Aquarium stand. Here's a tip! Even if what you're working on is as mundane as just sanding one of the solid oak doors... never wear sandals. I believe I may have broken my toe. The door slipped out of my hands and landed corner first, square in the middle of my big toe on my right foot. It hurt like all get out, and I am definitely going to lose the nail... it was only holding on my a little skin. It's still quite tender to walk on in my shoes. This is the second time I've been involved in a show where I have to dance and dropped something on my foot. During Christmas Carol I dropped a bedside table and it landed on it's edge right across my left foot, now I've hurt my toe. I don't think it's broken, but it hurt like hell. Thankfully there are a few weeks for it to heal.
As far as the cabinet goes, for all intents and purposes it is basically finished. At least the building part is finished. Now all that remains is the fine sanding and actual finish work. So it still has at least a week of work left on it. Yesterday we made an upper molding that will hide the black plastic part of the fish tank frame, and attached it to the top. So the fish tank will sit inside it. I don't know if I explained it well enough, but you'll see when it's all done and I post pictures. In the mean time here's the results of this weeks labour.
This is before we took the top off and attached the molding that will hide the black plastic bottom of the Aquarium.
The hardware for the drawers need to be adjusted after the cabinet if completely finshed... right now they are touch uneven.
Glamour shot:
Frankstien and his Monster.
The original 3d rendering:
Is Pretty Close, Ja?
Friday afternoon there was a music rehearsal for Two Ladies and Money Makes the World go Around. Bertis couldn't make it so I subbed for him in Money to help the girls out. I don't know if it helped or not though, because he and I have very different styles of singing.... but all I was really for was so they could hear how their parts fit with the lead part anyway.
Darrell and I hit Shoppers Drug mart for some easter supplies and I made up a big basket with colourful plastic hollow eggs that we filled with goodies, and I brought them to the Saturday afternoon rehearsal... where the full cast reviewed all the songs in the show. It was another occassion for us all to sing for one another, so everyone could hear what everyone else was working on.
Sunday I had no rehearsals and spent the entire day working on the Aquarium stand. Here's a tip! Even if what you're working on is as mundane as just sanding one of the solid oak doors... never wear sandals. I believe I may have broken my toe. The door slipped out of my hands and landed corner first, square in the middle of my big toe on my right foot. It hurt like all get out, and I am definitely going to lose the nail... it was only holding on my a little skin. It's still quite tender to walk on in my shoes. This is the second time I've been involved in a show where I have to dance and dropped something on my foot. During Christmas Carol I dropped a bedside table and it landed on it's edge right across my left foot, now I've hurt my toe. I don't think it's broken, but it hurt like hell. Thankfully there are a few weeks for it to heal.
As far as the cabinet goes, for all intents and purposes it is basically finished. At least the building part is finished. Now all that remains is the fine sanding and actual finish work. So it still has at least a week of work left on it. Yesterday we made an upper molding that will hide the black plastic part of the fish tank frame, and attached it to the top. So the fish tank will sit inside it. I don't know if I explained it well enough, but you'll see when it's all done and I post pictures. In the mean time here's the results of this weeks labour.
This is before we took the top off and attached the molding that will hide the black plastic bottom of the Aquarium.
The hardware for the drawers need to be adjusted after the cabinet if completely finshed... right now they are touch uneven.
Glamour shot:
Frankstien and his Monster.
The original 3d rendering:
Is Pretty Close, Ja?
Thursday, April 05, 2007
What the....?
It's not quite raining and it's not quite snowing... it's just slushing. It's cold, and messy, and slippery, and it's APRIL for Christ's sake. Global Warming my ass!
Wednesday, April 04, 2007
OOOOWWW my feet!!!!
I had my frist dance rehearsal in my costume footwear last night.....OW! If you saw them at the musical reahersal on Sunday you know why, if you didn't....you'll see.
I got bad news from home. Over the weekend, my cousin Laura and her families house, in Williams Lake, burned down. No one was in it, and there were no pets, but they lost everything. It burned to the ground in about 20 minutes. I'll be going through all my pictures today to see if I have stuff I can make copies of for them because those are the kinds of things you can't replace.
I got the rails that will hold the top in place, glued on my cabinet and Darrell put some screws into them while I was rehearsing. All that remains is to sand and cut the top, cut the moulding, attach the face of the last drawer, fine sand everything, then Polyurithane a couple hundred times... well no more than four. I think we will actually have this thing done to the point where we can start putting on the finish this week.
We voted unanimously to take Friday & Monday off this weekend....wheeeeeeeeeeee!
I got bad news from home. Over the weekend, my cousin Laura and her families house, in Williams Lake, burned down. No one was in it, and there were no pets, but they lost everything. It burned to the ground in about 20 minutes. I'll be going through all my pictures today to see if I have stuff I can make copies of for them because those are the kinds of things you can't replace.
I got the rails that will hold the top in place, glued on my cabinet and Darrell put some screws into them while I was rehearsing. All that remains is to sand and cut the top, cut the moulding, attach the face of the last drawer, fine sand everything, then Polyurithane a couple hundred times... well no more than four. I think we will actually have this thing done to the point where we can start putting on the finish this week.
We voted unanimously to take Friday & Monday off this weekend....wheeeeeeeeeeee!
Monday, April 02, 2007
Great Weekend
Aside from the fact that our phone, internet, and alarm system didn't work all weekend it was still a really good one. Progress on the aquarium stand has slowed a bit. It's a matter of getting the pieces made that will be used to screw up into the top. The Front, Sides, Inside Walls, Back, and Base are all joined together now. Two of the drawers have their fronts glued on, and all the pieces of the top are glued together waiting to be sanded down and cut to size. It is very close to being finished, but there's some fussy stuff that needs to be done right now that is slowing up the process.
Saturday I had my first actual acting rehearsal for Cabaret. I started off the day with a vocal rehearsal of Tomorrow Belongs to Me. I am really starting to like the way it sounds... now if only I could consistently get my part right. The acting rehearsal was a lot of fun. It was nice to put some actual action into Bobby, he's a lot gayer on stage than on paper and I may have to dampen his flame a bit.
Sunday was dance rehearsal for Wilkommen, and it was soooo fun. The Dance is going to look awsome on stage. It's hard to picture what a routine looks like when you're immersed in it, but it was one of those routines that felt like it looked awsome. You can just tell sometimes. After dance rehearsal it was over to the other rehearsal space to review all the songs we've learned so far. Everyone was there and we got to hear the songs we weren't involved for the first time. It was kind of like we were all standing up and singing for each other, and it was really great. Kelly has two fantastic solos, one especially that will bring the audience to tears, and two duets with Irwin that none of us had heard yet. Not a lot of people on the cast had heard the waiter's quartet either, so that was a first time through for many... unfortunately Scott couldn't make the rehearsal so one of the parts was missing, but everyone still seemed to like it. I got to have a look at some of my costume pieces, and there are some very creative outfits for Bobby. I don't want to say too much because it would spoil the surprise for anyone reading this who isn't in the show. Brenda lend me a pair of my footwear so I can get used to walking and dancing in them.
This morning the Aliant guy came out and fixed the phone. He had nicked a wire when he was installing the highspeed internet and it came off... so we spent four days with no phone/internet/or alarm because he nicked a wire. I wonder if we get a credit for the service we weren't able to use but still pay for....that will be the day.
Saturday I had my first actual acting rehearsal for Cabaret. I started off the day with a vocal rehearsal of Tomorrow Belongs to Me. I am really starting to like the way it sounds... now if only I could consistently get my part right. The acting rehearsal was a lot of fun. It was nice to put some actual action into Bobby, he's a lot gayer on stage than on paper and I may have to dampen his flame a bit.
Sunday was dance rehearsal for Wilkommen, and it was soooo fun. The Dance is going to look awsome on stage. It's hard to picture what a routine looks like when you're immersed in it, but it was one of those routines that felt like it looked awsome. You can just tell sometimes. After dance rehearsal it was over to the other rehearsal space to review all the songs we've learned so far. Everyone was there and we got to hear the songs we weren't involved for the first time. It was kind of like we were all standing up and singing for each other, and it was really great. Kelly has two fantastic solos, one especially that will bring the audience to tears, and two duets with Irwin that none of us had heard yet. Not a lot of people on the cast had heard the waiter's quartet either, so that was a first time through for many... unfortunately Scott couldn't make the rehearsal so one of the parts was missing, but everyone still seemed to like it. I got to have a look at some of my costume pieces, and there are some very creative outfits for Bobby. I don't want to say too much because it would spoil the surprise for anyone reading this who isn't in the show. Brenda lend me a pair of my footwear so I can get used to walking and dancing in them.
This morning the Aliant guy came out and fixed the phone. He had nicked a wire when he was installing the highspeed internet and it came off... so we spent four days with no phone/internet/or alarm because he nicked a wire. I wonder if we get a credit for the service we weren't able to use but still pay for....that will be the day.
Saturday, March 31, 2007
What Alcoholic Drink Are You
You Are Beer! |
 You don't need to get totally wasted when you hit the bars. More of a social drinker, you just like to have fun with your friends. And as long as the beer keeps flowing, you're a happy camper. But don't mix things up: "Beer Before Liquor, Never Been Sicker!" |
Friday, March 30, 2007
What does Your Birth Date Mean ?
Your Birthdate: May 19 |
 You are resilient, and no doubt your resilience has already been tested. You've had some difficult experiences in your life, but you are wise from them. Having had to grow up quickly, you tend to discount the advice of others. You tend to be a loner, having learned that the only person you can depend on is yourself. Your strength: Well developed stability and confidence Your weakness: Suspicion of others Your power color: Eggplant Your power symbol: Spade Your power month: October |
How dirty is Your Mind???
Your Mind is NC-17 Rated |
 You're mind is so filthy... you should should be washing every part of you out with soap. If your thoughts can go dirty, they do. Almost everything is NC-17 to you! |
Aliant.... argh
Everything seemed to be working tickety boo after the Aliant guy installed our highspeed internet. However, things are seldom as they seem, and yesterday we had no internet. In fact we had no internet, or phone, or alarm system. Today we still don't.
Last night I got the first of the inside walls for the cabinet glued and clamped, and then set up the karaoke machine. There was music in the air, and a little catterwalling as well. I went through one of my Four Seasons disks and found a new song (new for me to sing), Ragdoll. I can basically sing anything by the Four Seasons, but I've only actually done a few on karaoke. The rest I've been singing along with the cd. I'll need to work on a couple of them before I ever do them in front of people.... but Ragdoll was awsome first time through, and damn awsome the second time...hehehehe....owch arm cramp reaching around to pat my own back like that.
This morning I glued and clamped the second interior wall onthe cabinet, and today after work it will be set enough that I can go ahead and put the back on. Wooohooo!!
Last night I got the first of the inside walls for the cabinet glued and clamped, and then set up the karaoke machine. There was music in the air, and a little catterwalling as well. I went through one of my Four Seasons disks and found a new song (new for me to sing), Ragdoll. I can basically sing anything by the Four Seasons, but I've only actually done a few on karaoke. The rest I've been singing along with the cd. I'll need to work on a couple of them before I ever do them in front of people.... but Ragdoll was awsome first time through, and damn awsome the second time...hehehehe....owch arm cramp reaching around to pat my own back like that.
This morning I glued and clamped the second interior wall onthe cabinet, and today after work it will be set enough that I can go ahead and put the back on. Wooohooo!!
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Tonight...Zhere vill be Singh- ingk
The karaoke machine has arrived and it works!!!!!!!!!!! WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!
Highspeed
We finally have highsoeed internet at our place. They hooked it up yesterday...yipee.
I got the right side of the cabinet glued on last night and will be doing the inside walls when I get home today.
This weekend I actually have a lot of rehearsals so my time is going to be at a premium. I can't wait to do the waiter quartet again on Saturday, I think it sounded really good last week, and with a whole week to get comfy with our parts it should sound awsome now.
I got the right side of the cabinet glued on last night and will be doing the inside walls when I get home today.
This weekend I actually have a lot of rehearsals so my time is going to be at a premium. I can't wait to do the waiter quartet again on Saturday, I think it sounded really good last week, and with a whole week to get comfy with our parts it should sound awsome now.
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Wednesday
I didn't make it out to the auditions for Shakespeare last week, but Elisabeth was nice enough to set aside some time yesterday afternoon, for me to read. I' m not really a shakspeare buff so it was interesting trying to decode it and then speak the lines, but I thinkI did okay.
I got the left side panel glued onto the cabinet last night. I made an annoying mistake that is making the whole thing a little more difficult than it has be. I glued the corner posts right onto the front panel, instead of gluing the front and sides in place and then adding the corner posts to really cinch things up. Now the joints for the front and sides are really tight and require some whacking with the rubber mallet. This is my first real project that uses all our tools, and it's been a very long time since I've built a piece of furniture... in fact I'd have to say I haven't done it since Junior High, so I'm finding that as I go, I'm re-remembering things. Unfortunately some times the re-remembering comes after the screw up, but all in all it's been really good experience and I find myself wanting to just go out and buy more wood and build more things.
I got the left side panel glued onto the cabinet last night. I made an annoying mistake that is making the whole thing a little more difficult than it has be. I glued the corner posts right onto the front panel, instead of gluing the front and sides in place and then adding the corner posts to really cinch things up. Now the joints for the front and sides are really tight and require some whacking with the rubber mallet. This is my first real project that uses all our tools, and it's been a very long time since I've built a piece of furniture... in fact I'd have to say I haven't done it since Junior High, so I'm finding that as I go, I'm re-remembering things. Unfortunately some times the re-remembering comes after the screw up, but all in all it's been really good experience and I find myself wanting to just go out and buy more wood and build more things.
Monday, March 26, 2007
Weekend
Yet another weekend spent covered in sawdust.
Darrell and Mike got back Friday afternoon and we closed up early. Darrell and I went out to the Blue Olive Friday night to meet up with BErtis, Chad & Nancey, and Brian & Helen to cheer on Kizzy with OPA. It was lot of fun and I even witnessed a miracle.... Brian danced.
Saturday I had a Cabaret rehearsal in the morning. We went over all the songs we've learned to date. The waiters Quartett is starting to sound pretty good, it's got a fwe bugs to work out still but all in all it sounds alright. After rehearsal I went to Cora's with Kizzy. It was my first time there, and the food was really good, a bit on the pricey side, but really good. I didn't make it to the Dance collective thingy at the Imperial, because I had a bunch of other things that had to get done. We also didn't make it to the Home Show. I spent the rest of Saturday working onthe cabinet. I got all the cutting I couldn't do while Darrell was away done and spent a little while sanding.
Sunday I got up fairly early after being up quite late, so I was pretty tired. I threw on my work clothes and headed back to the basement where I started sanding, and sanding, and sanding... glued the boards for the top together, then did some sanding, and a little more sanding. We were going to go to the Home Show in the afternoon since we couldn't make it Saturday, but we were only luke warm about the idea to begin with, and since I was already really into what I was doing we didn't go. Darrell picked up a boring bit for the drill press at Canadian Tire and he installed the hinge hardware onthe cabinet doors. Then we attached them to the front panel. I also picked up the screws for the drawer runners and marked the drawers for where they will go, then I finished up with a little more...you guessed it... sanding. My hands feel really smooth and soft today because of it. That's right ladies... to hell with a manicure that abrasive sand paper is a great exfoliator.
The cabinet is at a really exciting place for me now, because I can actually put most of it together and see what it's going to look like finished. Tonight I'm attaching the front Pannel to the base. I would've done it last night, but gluing the top took all my clamps.
The house is just filthy.
Darrell and Mike got back Friday afternoon and we closed up early. Darrell and I went out to the Blue Olive Friday night to meet up with BErtis, Chad & Nancey, and Brian & Helen to cheer on Kizzy with OPA. It was lot of fun and I even witnessed a miracle.... Brian danced.
Saturday I had a Cabaret rehearsal in the morning. We went over all the songs we've learned to date. The waiters Quartett is starting to sound pretty good, it's got a fwe bugs to work out still but all in all it sounds alright. After rehearsal I went to Cora's with Kizzy. It was my first time there, and the food was really good, a bit on the pricey side, but really good. I didn't make it to the Dance collective thingy at the Imperial, because I had a bunch of other things that had to get done. We also didn't make it to the Home Show. I spent the rest of Saturday working onthe cabinet. I got all the cutting I couldn't do while Darrell was away done and spent a little while sanding.
Sunday I got up fairly early after being up quite late, so I was pretty tired. I threw on my work clothes and headed back to the basement where I started sanding, and sanding, and sanding... glued the boards for the top together, then did some sanding, and a little more sanding. We were going to go to the Home Show in the afternoon since we couldn't make it Saturday, but we were only luke warm about the idea to begin with, and since I was already really into what I was doing we didn't go. Darrell picked up a boring bit for the drill press at Canadian Tire and he installed the hinge hardware onthe cabinet doors. Then we attached them to the front panel. I also picked up the screws for the drawer runners and marked the drawers for where they will go, then I finished up with a little more...you guessed it... sanding. My hands feel really smooth and soft today because of it. That's right ladies... to hell with a manicure that abrasive sand paper is a great exfoliator.
The cabinet is at a really exciting place for me now, because I can actually put most of it together and see what it's going to look like finished. Tonight I'm attaching the front Pannel to the base. I would've done it last night, but gluing the top took all my clamps.
The house is just filthy.
Friday, March 23, 2007
Friday March 23, 2007
Appetizer
Who is your favorite news anchor/reporter? Why?
I don't really have one. I watch the news because Darrell is a news junky, but when I'm alone it's the last thing I'd put on.... I try not to bombard myself with negative messages and the news is one after the other. It's like a list of the daily disasters and examples of how shitty people can be. I'm synical and jaded enough without help from the news hour.
Soup
Name 3 foods that are currently in your freezer.
A box of Chicken Breasts. 1/4 Cow beef order. Half a dozen loaves of 12 grain bread.
Salad
If you were to have the opportunity to name a new town or city, what would you call it?
That's not something I've ever thought about, and in order to do something that important it would require a lot of thought.
Main Course
What will most likely be the next book you read?
Brian Lumley - Necroscope - The Touch, will definitely be the next book I read, because it is sitting on my kitchen table waiting for me to finish the last short story in Stephen King's collection of short stories.
Dessert
What's the first thing you notice about the opposite gender?
The first thing I notice about the opposite gender is their attitude. The way a woman carries herself and reacts to the people around her, says nearly everything about her.
Who is your favorite news anchor/reporter? Why?
I don't really have one. I watch the news because Darrell is a news junky, but when I'm alone it's the last thing I'd put on.... I try not to bombard myself with negative messages and the news is one after the other. It's like a list of the daily disasters and examples of how shitty people can be. I'm synical and jaded enough without help from the news hour.
Soup
Name 3 foods that are currently in your freezer.
A box of Chicken Breasts. 1/4 Cow beef order. Half a dozen loaves of 12 grain bread.
Salad
If you were to have the opportunity to name a new town or city, what would you call it?
That's not something I've ever thought about, and in order to do something that important it would require a lot of thought.
Main Course
What will most likely be the next book you read?
Brian Lumley - Necroscope - The Touch, will definitely be the next book I read, because it is sitting on my kitchen table waiting for me to finish the last short story in Stephen King's collection of short stories.
Dessert
What's the first thing you notice about the opposite gender?
The first thing I notice about the opposite gender is their attitude. The way a woman carries herself and reacts to the people around her, says nearly everything about her.
Thursday, March 22, 2007
Hours of Sanding Ahead
I got quite a bit of gluing done yesterday morning while waiting for the tax assessor to arrive. I don't know if calling them in was a good thing or a bad one. She made lots of notes about the work we've done around the house... most notably the new floors. She also made a note of all the services that aren't available at our end of the road, so hopefully that will be a mark in our favour. I doubt our tax assessment will go down though, and it's a given that next year it will go up again. Hopefully it won't be a big a jump. Last year our house was assessed at 118 thousand which is a small jump from what we paid for it. This year however they assessed it at 131 thousand... a 13 thousand dollar jump in one year... what the hell?
Darrell and Mike get back on Friday afternoon... yay. I think Darrell's computer knows it's me and not him trying to capture all the tapes from last weeks shoots, becuase it's making life hell for me. I'll get almost to the end of a batch capture list and then the bloody thing will crash.....argh.
After work yesterday I got back to work on my cabinet. All the pieces I glued were set up pretty good so I put all the exterior walls up in the base to see how everything fit together. Nothing is fastened yet....there's still about three days of sanding before that happens, and I have to make a couple dado cuts on the front panel for the interior walls.
Looks good so far, Ja?
The back panel & bottom piece are oak plywood and are alittle lighter in colour it seems. Hopefully the poly will bring out the grains and make them look like the solid wood.
It's so cool to finally start seeing the whole thing come together. It's going to be a beautiful piece of furniture when it's done. I won't be getting much done it tonight though... I actually have a rehearsal for Cabaret. My rehearsals so far have bee very few and far between, so I don't really feel like the show has actually started yet. There's still a whole bunch of people on the cast I don't even know yet. I haven't even met the person playing Sally.
Darrell and Mike get back on Friday afternoon... yay. I think Darrell's computer knows it's me and not him trying to capture all the tapes from last weeks shoots, becuase it's making life hell for me. I'll get almost to the end of a batch capture list and then the bloody thing will crash.....argh.
After work yesterday I got back to work on my cabinet. All the pieces I glued were set up pretty good so I put all the exterior walls up in the base to see how everything fit together. Nothing is fastened yet....there's still about three days of sanding before that happens, and I have to make a couple dado cuts on the front panel for the interior walls.
Looks good so far, Ja?
The back panel & bottom piece are oak plywood and are alittle lighter in colour it seems. Hopefully the poly will bring out the grains and make them look like the solid wood.
It's so cool to finally start seeing the whole thing come together. It's going to be a beautiful piece of furniture when it's done. I won't be getting much done it tonight though... I actually have a rehearsal for Cabaret. My rehearsals so far have bee very few and far between, so I don't really feel like the show has actually started yet. There's still a whole bunch of people on the cast I don't even know yet. I haven't even met the person playing Sally.
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Spring has Started.
According to the calendar it's spring. According to the snow this morning... not so much.
Last night I got the drawer rails for the front panel glued together as well as the back and sides of the base. That clean uncluttered little room with the freezer and the new shelves stayed clean and uncluttered for about ten seconds after I got home, and now the floor if full of glued pieces of wood all clamped tightly together.
We are challenging our property tax assessment this year, because it has gone up 12 percent two years in a row, and there are almost no services down our road to warrant such an increase. We have to cross the highway to get our mail from the little community box at the far end of the road, there is no cable, no highspeed internet, the garbage is only picked up once every two weeks, there's no community centers, I even had to sign a permission slip for the school bus to turn aorund in our driveway or they wouldn't pick up Marshall's (He's the first house on our road)kids for school. They're young kids and they would have had to cross the three lane anrterial highway to catch the bus. There's no way we're letting them raise our property tax by 12% without a fight.
The assessor is coming to the house tomorrow morning, so I will have to spent this evening cleaning up a bit. I been so busy building I haven't been keeping up with the cleaning so the kitchen looks like it hemoraged dishes and pots, the rest of the upstairs has little dog hair bunnies in the corners, and you don't want to know about the bathroom. That's just the main floor... the basement is a total write off at the moment, everything is covered in sawdust, wood shavings, and actual pieces of wood.
Last night I got the drawer rails for the front panel glued together as well as the back and sides of the base. That clean uncluttered little room with the freezer and the new shelves stayed clean and uncluttered for about ten seconds after I got home, and now the floor if full of glued pieces of wood all clamped tightly together.
We are challenging our property tax assessment this year, because it has gone up 12 percent two years in a row, and there are almost no services down our road to warrant such an increase. We have to cross the highway to get our mail from the little community box at the far end of the road, there is no cable, no highspeed internet, the garbage is only picked up once every two weeks, there's no community centers, I even had to sign a permission slip for the school bus to turn aorund in our driveway or they wouldn't pick up Marshall's (He's the first house on our road)kids for school. They're young kids and they would have had to cross the three lane anrterial highway to catch the bus. There's no way we're letting them raise our property tax by 12% without a fight.
The assessor is coming to the house tomorrow morning, so I will have to spent this evening cleaning up a bit. I been so busy building I haven't been keeping up with the cleaning so the kitchen looks like it hemoraged dishes and pots, the rest of the upstairs has little dog hair bunnies in the corners, and you don't want to know about the bathroom. That's just the main floor... the basement is a total write off at the moment, everything is covered in sawdust, wood shavings, and actual pieces of wood.
Monday, March 19, 2007
Another Busy Weekend
Got home Friday and set up the new Karaoke Machine, but the laser wasn't working and it wouldn't read the disks. I talked to the owner of the Karaoke Closet on Saturday morning and he said "no problem send it back and we'll send a new one". He was really good about it. It's disapointing, but nobody't fault, and it just adds to the list of things I have to look forward to.
We spent Saturday cutting and cutting and cutting. Darrell started building the shelves in the little freezer room. At first I thought this was going to be annoying and he would be getting in my way while I tried to work on the stand, but for the most part it was fine. Sometime around 4:30 or 5 the power went out, so we went to the Dolan Road Irving for a quick bite. Then at 7 the power came back on and we got cleaned up and headed over to Brian & Helen's, for a few drinks and round of Taboo with them, Bertis and his friend Colin. It was Bertis, Brian and I against Colin, Helen and Darrell.... we decimated them. A good startegy with games like Taboo is to split up the couples onto separate teams... there's less shared knowledge that way.
Sunday was back to work on the stand. We got all the plywood cut that needed to be, and then all the extra plywood to replace it, because I F&%^ked up a measurement. We also got a couple good reminders why we don't work with the big tools when we're alone in the house. I was using the mitre saw to put a 45 on one of bottom moldings and something must've wiggled or twisted or god knows what, but the wood smacked me a good one in the knuckle, and I now have a nasty little bruise on my left pinky finger. Then just to reinforce the point, Darrell was helping me take a half inch strip off a large piece of plywood and at the end of the cut, the scrap piece flew back out the saw like it had been shot from a cannon. It went right down the hallway and put a little chip in the drywall. (could've put an eye out.)
Darrell finished the shelves on Sunday and I have just about every cut that needs to be made made. There are a few more, but I have lots of stuff to do that can fill up the week while Darrell and Mike are in Portsmouth, and now that the shelves are finished and all that crap is up off the floor I have more room to do it.
Nice Shelves, Ja?
More pieces of the stand:
The base pieces. The molding on the far side is the one that twisted and wacked me in the knuckle, the end was also screwed because of it. Luckily I had long cut off ends for the long molding and was able to cut a new 45 piece to be glued onto the end of the screwed one. (that will be one of tonight's chores)
Door Drawers and more. Those are just the boxes for the drawers, the fronts are laying on the bed beside them, but you can't realy see them that well. If you look on the other side of the bed on the floor...that giant white box contains the aquarium that will be going on the stand when it's finally finished.
As you can see the entire basement is completely overrun with the project
And here is my dado setup.
More pics when there's more done.
I have a fairly easy schedule this week as far as Cabaret goes, in fact I have nothing until Thursday, so I should get a lot done on the stand.
The past two weeks it's been nearly impossible to get to the gym because Mike was away at the Winter Games and Darrell was constantly out shooting. Now that they are both out of town, I don't know if I'm going to be able to get in this week either. Hopefully I can find some time each day to lock the door and wander down the road... although, cutting and sawing, and sanding and gluing, and lifting all those boards over and over if quite a Workout in and of itself... So if I don't make it there, I probably won't suffer too badly because of it.
We spent Saturday cutting and cutting and cutting. Darrell started building the shelves in the little freezer room. At first I thought this was going to be annoying and he would be getting in my way while I tried to work on the stand, but for the most part it was fine. Sometime around 4:30 or 5 the power went out, so we went to the Dolan Road Irving for a quick bite. Then at 7 the power came back on and we got cleaned up and headed over to Brian & Helen's, for a few drinks and round of Taboo with them, Bertis and his friend Colin. It was Bertis, Brian and I against Colin, Helen and Darrell.... we decimated them. A good startegy with games like Taboo is to split up the couples onto separate teams... there's less shared knowledge that way.
Sunday was back to work on the stand. We got all the plywood cut that needed to be, and then all the extra plywood to replace it, because I F&%^ked up a measurement. We also got a couple good reminders why we don't work with the big tools when we're alone in the house. I was using the mitre saw to put a 45 on one of bottom moldings and something must've wiggled or twisted or god knows what, but the wood smacked me a good one in the knuckle, and I now have a nasty little bruise on my left pinky finger. Then just to reinforce the point, Darrell was helping me take a half inch strip off a large piece of plywood and at the end of the cut, the scrap piece flew back out the saw like it had been shot from a cannon. It went right down the hallway and put a little chip in the drywall. (could've put an eye out.)
Darrell finished the shelves on Sunday and I have just about every cut that needs to be made made. There are a few more, but I have lots of stuff to do that can fill up the week while Darrell and Mike are in Portsmouth, and now that the shelves are finished and all that crap is up off the floor I have more room to do it.
Nice Shelves, Ja?
More pieces of the stand:
The base pieces. The molding on the far side is the one that twisted and wacked me in the knuckle, the end was also screwed because of it. Luckily I had long cut off ends for the long molding and was able to cut a new 45 piece to be glued onto the end of the screwed one. (that will be one of tonight's chores)
Door Drawers and more. Those are just the boxes for the drawers, the fronts are laying on the bed beside them, but you can't realy see them that well. If you look on the other side of the bed on the floor...that giant white box contains the aquarium that will be going on the stand when it's finally finished.
As you can see the entire basement is completely overrun with the project
And here is my dado setup.
More pics when there's more done.
I have a fairly easy schedule this week as far as Cabaret goes, in fact I have nothing until Thursday, so I should get a lot done on the stand.
The past two weeks it's been nearly impossible to get to the gym because Mike was away at the Winter Games and Darrell was constantly out shooting. Now that they are both out of town, I don't know if I'm going to be able to get in this week either. Hopefully I can find some time each day to lock the door and wander down the road... although, cutting and sawing, and sanding and gluing, and lifting all those boards over and over if quite a Workout in and of itself... So if I don't make it there, I probably won't suffer too badly because of it.
Friday, March 16, 2007
Package Arrived!!!
Yay! My shiny new karaoke machine just arrived a minute ago from Ontario.....sooo excited to try it out tonight!!! I guess I could always plug it into our system and serenade the dentist's office for a while, but they may not appreciate it.
I don't know where Lisa or anyone else get's their disks etc from, but I found a great place in Ontario called Karaoke Closet
http://karaokecloset.com/home.php
They have equipment and a huge selection of disks at good prices as well as free shipping.
I don't know where Lisa or anyone else get's their disks etc from, but I found a great place in Ontario called Karaoke Closet
http://karaokecloset.com/home.php
They have equipment and a huge selection of disks at good prices as well as free shipping.
Friday
Today is Friday, but I think I'll skip the feast this time.
Yesterday after work Mike was kind enough to take me over to Kent in his truck so I could get my oak plywood, for the bottom and back of the stand. Since I had him there I got a bunch of 2x4s as well. We want to build some shelves in the little room downstairs where the freezer is. ("in the little room downstairs" how Elton John is that???)
I got a fair chunk done on the stand last night. I dado'd out all the cuts for the bottom molding. It was a big job and took a awhile, since the plate on our table saw doesn't have a very large opening so I can only get 3 of the dado blades on for a 3/8 s cut. Now there are little ridges all over the face of the boards where multiple cuts were made to clear a large piece....lots of sanding. I also got the edges routered on the board before calling it a night.
This weekend we were thinking of going up to Moncton for the home show, but Darrell & Mike are going to be in Portsmouth all next week shooting so I have to try and get all my heavy cutting etc done on my stand... anything that will require one of the big tools needs to be done this weekend so I can spend the week gluing and sanding etc. We never use the big tools when we're alone at home, so short of calling someone up to come hang out while I work, the only solution is to get all the big stuff done this weekend and spend next week on little things. I want to get as much of this thing done this week as I can because so far my rehearsal shedule for Cabaret is very very very light... I only have 4 rehearsals for the rest of this month (so far.. that could change). Next month is another story all together, and time will quickly start becoming a rare comodity.
Yesterday after work Mike was kind enough to take me over to Kent in his truck so I could get my oak plywood, for the bottom and back of the stand. Since I had him there I got a bunch of 2x4s as well. We want to build some shelves in the little room downstairs where the freezer is. ("in the little room downstairs" how Elton John is that???)
I got a fair chunk done on the stand last night. I dado'd out all the cuts for the bottom molding. It was a big job and took a awhile, since the plate on our table saw doesn't have a very large opening so I can only get 3 of the dado blades on for a 3/8 s cut. Now there are little ridges all over the face of the boards where multiple cuts were made to clear a large piece....lots of sanding. I also got the edges routered on the board before calling it a night.
This weekend we were thinking of going up to Moncton for the home show, but Darrell & Mike are going to be in Portsmouth all next week shooting so I have to try and get all my heavy cutting etc done on my stand... anything that will require one of the big tools needs to be done this weekend so I can spend the week gluing and sanding etc. We never use the big tools when we're alone at home, so short of calling someone up to come hang out while I work, the only solution is to get all the big stuff done this weekend and spend next week on little things. I want to get as much of this thing done this week as I can because so far my rehearsal shedule for Cabaret is very very very light... I only have 4 rehearsals for the rest of this month (so far.. that could change). Next month is another story all together, and time will quickly start becoming a rare comodity.
Thursday, March 15, 2007
Moncton
Yesterday's journey to Moncton was good. The weather was nice for the drive there and back. My appointment was for 10:45 so I left around 8:45 to give me lots of time. The Hospital parking lot was full and there was a line of stupid people in their cars willing to wait instead of just taking a spot on the street (duh). I pulled around a block up and found 2 hour free residential parking. I didn't actually see my doctor, I saw a different transplant doctor who was filling in for him this time around. She lowered the dose on one of my meds, which is cool because it cuts the cost in half (pretty big deal simce I'm having to pay for the stuff myself now).
I got back to the office around 2 and started transcribing some interview footage. We were a little late getting home, and had whopper wednesday dinner. (argh fattening)
I threw on my grungy glue and paint encrusted clothing and headed downstairs for another edition of cabinetry 101. I got a lot done last night too which is good considering I just wasn't into it on Tuesday. Darrell came down to help me manage the long boards on the joiner and planer, and we got the boards for the base done as well as all theboards for the front panel. Then I started cutting everything to correct size and got some dadoing done, and basically packed it up by 10. I have some pieces to sand tonight before I start gluing them together. I find it easier (especially with intersecting grain patterns) to do most of the sanding first then just fine tune it after the piece is glued.
Here's a few pics from the project so far:
My little gluing station. These are goingto be the sides of the cabinet
The doors. Aside from polyurithane these babies are done... aren't they beautiful?
Last night: Planing the base boards. I had to glue a 1x4 to a 2x4 to get the thickness I needed.
Darrell takes exact measurements with a calipur:
I took a couple shots of the finished drawers, but they are out of focus. More photos to come when there's something new to photograph.
I got back to the office around 2 and started transcribing some interview footage. We were a little late getting home, and had whopper wednesday dinner. (argh fattening)
I threw on my grungy glue and paint encrusted clothing and headed downstairs for another edition of cabinetry 101. I got a lot done last night too which is good considering I just wasn't into it on Tuesday. Darrell came down to help me manage the long boards on the joiner and planer, and we got the boards for the base done as well as all theboards for the front panel. Then I started cutting everything to correct size and got some dadoing done, and basically packed it up by 10. I have some pieces to sand tonight before I start gluing them together. I find it easier (especially with intersecting grain patterns) to do most of the sanding first then just fine tune it after the piece is glued.
Here's a few pics from the project so far:
My little gluing station. These are goingto be the sides of the cabinet
The doors. Aside from polyurithane these babies are done... aren't they beautiful?
Last night: Planing the base boards. I had to glue a 1x4 to a 2x4 to get the thickness I needed.
Darrell takes exact measurements with a calipur:
I took a couple shots of the finished drawers, but they are out of focus. More photos to come when there's something new to photograph.
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Tuesday
There's really not much to say today. We left work around 4 and made some spaghetti when we got home. I went downstairs and finished gluing the last joint on the second side panel, as well as routering the edge of the upper molding peice for the aquarium stand. I had another look at what I have so far for music from Cabaret, and then watched a little TV before heading off to bed. I didn't get much sleep on Sunday night and I didn't manage to catch up at all last night either, so I'm kind of tired today. I'll have to get to bed earlier tonight because I'm off to Moncton tomorrow morning for my Doctor's appointment.... Hope the weather stays nice.
Mike is finally back from Whitehorse (he was up shooting the winter games) so the office is starting to get back to normal. I might actually be able to take the time to get to the gym today...I've missed about a week and a half so it'll be a lot like starting over.
Oh yeah... there is a highlight to yesterday... I ordered a Karaoke machine and some disks for the house.....yooohooo. Can't wait until that gets here.
Mike is finally back from Whitehorse (he was up shooting the winter games) so the office is starting to get back to normal. I might actually be able to take the time to get to the gym today...I've missed about a week and a half so it'll be a lot like starting over.
Oh yeah... there is a highlight to yesterday... I ordered a Karaoke machine and some disks for the house.....yooohooo. Can't wait until that gets here.
Monday, March 12, 2007
Sawdust everywhere
It seems every spare moment I have these days I am covered in sawdust and wood shavings. Things are really coming along with the aquarium stand... so far I've spent $700 on Oak boards, and still have two pieces of plywood to get at 75 bucks a sheet. I'm not too concerned about the cost because at the end of it we will have a one of a kind piece of solid oak furniture that will be beautiful.
Darrell had to work on Saturday so I could only do small things with the stand, we have a standing agreement around our place that no one uses the big power tools if we're the only person home. I use little power hand tools like the router etc when he's not around, but won't touch things like the table saw, planer, ot joiner if I'm alone... that would just be stupid. You can take every safety precaution going but even then there are factors that can't be anticipated. If you hit a knothole just the right way, any one of those tools can project it right back at you with enough force to dent concrete walls. We don't stand over one another and supervise what the other's doing, but we do pop down and check things out ever now and then to make sure everything is going okay in the shop. Out little woodshop is too small for both of us to work in so I've been doing most of the work on the stand and Darrell has come down to help me with joining, planing, & cutting the long boards as well as gluing and stuff... but I've been working on the final cuts and fussy details.
While Darrell was working Saturday I routered the edges of the Doors and Drawer fronts, then sanded them and the drawers. That took a few hours and my shoulders got a good workout. Once Darrell got home we biscuit jointed the boards for the side panels. I could have done that without him home, but we just bought the biscuit cutter and it hadn't been used yet, so I wanted to wait until he got home so we could try out our new toy together.
Sunday was our first musical rehearsal for Cabaret. We went over Wilkommen & Tomorrow Belongs to Me - Both versions. I have a great solo in the beginning of Tomorrow Belongs to Me (the waiters quartet version), it's a fairly high tenor part but the highest note is only a b-flat so I have no problems with it. With all the harmony it sounds really good, and that was just after our initial rehearsal of it.... can't wait to hear it after we've done it a gazillion times over the course of the rehearsal schedule.
After rehearsal it was back home, and you guessed it, back to the basement woodshop. I got the last of the joins for the side panel glued and clamped, and also glued up the second side panel. I joined the edges of the pieces for the top so they can be biscuited and glued today after work, and Darrell helped me join, plane, & cut the pine 2x4's that will be supports for the inside of the base (they are completely hidden so buying oak for that part of it made so sense at all.). I did the final cuts and assembled them before calling it a night and retiring to the couch for Must see Sunday night TV. Turned out most of my shows were repeats with the exception of the Amazing Race.. My distaste for Rob & Amber is no longer a problem because last night they got the boot.....yay.
Darrell had to work on Saturday so I could only do small things with the stand, we have a standing agreement around our place that no one uses the big power tools if we're the only person home. I use little power hand tools like the router etc when he's not around, but won't touch things like the table saw, planer, ot joiner if I'm alone... that would just be stupid. You can take every safety precaution going but even then there are factors that can't be anticipated. If you hit a knothole just the right way, any one of those tools can project it right back at you with enough force to dent concrete walls. We don't stand over one another and supervise what the other's doing, but we do pop down and check things out ever now and then to make sure everything is going okay in the shop. Out little woodshop is too small for both of us to work in so I've been doing most of the work on the stand and Darrell has come down to help me with joining, planing, & cutting the long boards as well as gluing and stuff... but I've been working on the final cuts and fussy details.
While Darrell was working Saturday I routered the edges of the Doors and Drawer fronts, then sanded them and the drawers. That took a few hours and my shoulders got a good workout. Once Darrell got home we biscuit jointed the boards for the side panels. I could have done that without him home, but we just bought the biscuit cutter and it hadn't been used yet, so I wanted to wait until he got home so we could try out our new toy together.
Sunday was our first musical rehearsal for Cabaret. We went over Wilkommen & Tomorrow Belongs to Me - Both versions. I have a great solo in the beginning of Tomorrow Belongs to Me (the waiters quartet version), it's a fairly high tenor part but the highest note is only a b-flat so I have no problems with it. With all the harmony it sounds really good, and that was just after our initial rehearsal of it.... can't wait to hear it after we've done it a gazillion times over the course of the rehearsal schedule.
After rehearsal it was back home, and you guessed it, back to the basement woodshop. I got the last of the joins for the side panel glued and clamped, and also glued up the second side panel. I joined the edges of the pieces for the top so they can be biscuited and glued today after work, and Darrell helped me join, plane, & cut the pine 2x4's that will be supports for the inside of the base (they are completely hidden so buying oak for that part of it made so sense at all.). I did the final cuts and assembled them before calling it a night and retiring to the couch for Must see Sunday night TV. Turned out most of my shows were repeats with the exception of the Amazing Race.. My distaste for Rob & Amber is no longer a problem because last night they got the boot.....yay.
Thursday, March 08, 2007
So Fun Last Night!
Last night's first read through for Cabaret was hilarious. A lot of it was from speaking the songs instead of singing them, but there were also some very funny moments in the dialog. It's a cast and crew of really fun people so I can't wait to roll up my sleeves and get to it. I am playing waiter/Cabaret boy Bobby, and he's going to be a scream to play. He even has lines... who would've thought? Darrell said he was glad I didn't get the part of Emcee because the part was to "GAY", wait until he gets a load of Bobby.
I got a call last night that I have an appointment with my Doctor at his Moncton Clinic next week, I'm not going to Halifax anymore because the pharmacy there cut me off, so I had to go in and get blood work done this morning. I hate going for blood work, not that I'm afraid of needles or anything like that, I basically got over all that by the time I was ten. I just hate going in because it's such a long process. You have to stand in line and register at the front desk now, then stand in line and register at the blood lab and get your number, then sit in a waiting room full of people for an hour, then when your number is finally called you get moved to another waiting area where you sit waiting for the next available chair before finally getting your blood taken. They're generally pretty good at St. Joe's, but the one I had taking my blood this morning must've been having an off day because she wasn't holding the thing steady so everytime she changed viles I got an extra jab when she took it off and then again when she put the new one on... it was unpleasant. For me the worst part is the waiting room... I hate sitting there waiting for them to call my number, it's almost like winning the lottery when they finally do... some prize! But there's inevitably always that person who chooses to sit directly across from me and start telling me everything that's wrong with them. I must have one of those faces or something, because they zero in on me like seagulls to a piece of bread. I mean come on... when I ask an aquaintence how they're doing it's just to be polite... I don't actually want them to start telling me... so imagine how I must feel when a complete stranger perches across from me and launches into their medical history. There's always that one woman who goes on and on about all the tests she's had because the doctors just don't know what's wrong with her, and she wears it like a badge, which indicates to me that the doctors can't find anything wrong with her becuase there isn't anything wrong with her aside from a chronic case of hypochondria. Of course you have to just be polite and knod and smile and give that empathetic look and a reassuring word or two that they'll figure it out...OMG!!! I so hate going to the blood lab!!!!
Sadly I've had to go once a month for the past 9 years and that won't be changing in the near future.
I got a call last night that I have an appointment with my Doctor at his Moncton Clinic next week, I'm not going to Halifax anymore because the pharmacy there cut me off, so I had to go in and get blood work done this morning. I hate going for blood work, not that I'm afraid of needles or anything like that, I basically got over all that by the time I was ten. I just hate going in because it's such a long process. You have to stand in line and register at the front desk now, then stand in line and register at the blood lab and get your number, then sit in a waiting room full of people for an hour, then when your number is finally called you get moved to another waiting area where you sit waiting for the next available chair before finally getting your blood taken. They're generally pretty good at St. Joe's, but the one I had taking my blood this morning must've been having an off day because she wasn't holding the thing steady so everytime she changed viles I got an extra jab when she took it off and then again when she put the new one on... it was unpleasant. For me the worst part is the waiting room... I hate sitting there waiting for them to call my number, it's almost like winning the lottery when they finally do... some prize! But there's inevitably always that person who chooses to sit directly across from me and start telling me everything that's wrong with them. I must have one of those faces or something, because they zero in on me like seagulls to a piece of bread. I mean come on... when I ask an aquaintence how they're doing it's just to be polite... I don't actually want them to start telling me... so imagine how I must feel when a complete stranger perches across from me and launches into their medical history. There's always that one woman who goes on and on about all the tests she's had because the doctors just don't know what's wrong with her, and she wears it like a badge, which indicates to me that the doctors can't find anything wrong with her becuase there isn't anything wrong with her aside from a chronic case of hypochondria. Of course you have to just be polite and knod and smile and give that empathetic look and a reassuring word or two that they'll figure it out...OMG!!! I so hate going to the blood lab!!!!
Sadly I've had to go once a month for the past 9 years and that won't be changing in the near future.
Wednesday, March 07, 2007
First Read Tonight
Tonight is the first read through for Cabaret, it should be fun. I doubt I actually have anything at all to do, since I'm pretty sure the chorus boys/waiters probably don't have anything to say, but it's still exciting to get going and see what's in store.
Another trip to Home Depot after work yesterday, this time with my materials lists. I bit the bullet and got all the wood I need with the exception of one oak 2x4 which I will have to get at Kent, and two sheets of oak plywood (For the back and bottom)which we can't get until we find someone with a truck to pick it up. It was a very expensive trip to Home Depot, but we now have nearly all the materials we need.
All the 1x4x8s we looked at were bowed or warped, but they had some really nice 1x8x8s so we got those and ripped them on the table saw when we got home. It sounds kind of stupid to rip a board in half only to have to glue it together again when you laminate the panels, but it has to be under 6 inches to go through the joiner, and it has to go through the joiner so you know you're staring with a flat side... you absolutely can't trust the lumber you buy to be square or level even if you spend through the ass to buy dressed lumber. We got the boards for the top, sides, and door panels joined & planed last night, then I glued the door panels together and called it a night. Since the reading is tonight there will be no more wood working until Thursday.
Another trip to Home Depot after work yesterday, this time with my materials lists. I bit the bullet and got all the wood I need with the exception of one oak 2x4 which I will have to get at Kent, and two sheets of oak plywood (For the back and bottom)which we can't get until we find someone with a truck to pick it up. It was a very expensive trip to Home Depot, but we now have nearly all the materials we need.
All the 1x4x8s we looked at were bowed or warped, but they had some really nice 1x8x8s so we got those and ripped them on the table saw when we got home. It sounds kind of stupid to rip a board in half only to have to glue it together again when you laminate the panels, but it has to be under 6 inches to go through the joiner, and it has to go through the joiner so you know you're staring with a flat side... you absolutely can't trust the lumber you buy to be square or level even if you spend through the ass to buy dressed lumber. We got the boards for the top, sides, and door panels joined & planed last night, then I glued the door panels together and called it a night. Since the reading is tonight there will be no more wood working until Thursday.
Tuesday, March 06, 2007
Chipping away.
I stopped off at Home Depot to pick up a 1x6 to make new panels for the doors, but I didn't bring my materials list (Always bring your materials list) so the piece I got was too short, and I already put it through the joiner and planer, so I had to go to Kent to get another piece to make up for the shortage (no big deal, just time consuming and a stupid, frustrating mistake.)
By the time I got back home and unloaded my wood etc, it was five minute to Heroes so I got nothing else done on the stand.
Heroes was so good last night I almost couldn't contain myself. The story lines are finally starting to converge and surprises are popping up all over. Loving It!!!
How I Met Your Mother was a repeat.
By the time I got back home and unloaded my wood etc, it was five minute to Heroes so I got nothing else done on the stand.
Heroes was so good last night I almost couldn't contain myself. The story lines are finally starting to converge and surprises are popping up all over. Loving It!!!
How I Met Your Mother was a repeat.
Monday, March 05, 2007
Expensive Weekend
We had a very busy and expensive weekend. I finally got the aquarium stand designed and plans layed out to build it, so we started this weekend. We're doing it out of solid oak so it is quite expensive. So far I've done the rails and styles for the doors, the drawers and am doing the drawer fronts tonight. I have the boards to laminate together for the top and have to pick up a 1x6x4 to do the door panels. I did them this weekend but F&^%ked them up (Expensive mistake). I glued them togther and then tried to plane them down to thickness, which is the wrong order.... sadly I knew this, it's just been so long since I did an actual woodworking project I forgot... won't happen again. I build a model of the stand in 3d studio so I could get all the joints and measures all worked out before ever buying a piece of wood. Then I broke the model apart and rendered out each area, put my measurement on the images in Photoshop and printed off perfect diagrams of exactly what needs to be done. Sure beats the hell out of sitting at a drafting table. It's quite possibly a little more complicated, but in 3d studio I can work at exact scale and not do any conversion math, and since I use it everyday it's kind of like writting to me.
Here's a render of what the finshed project will look like:
I'll post a photo of the finished product in however long it takes to actually build it.... so now the pressures on to make sure I do it right, because I've shown you what it will look like, so it better turn out that way...hahahaha.
The funny part is the stand is going to cost about 3 times what Darrell's uncle paid for the actual aquarium... but what the hell it will be a custom made solid oak piece of furniture, so it won't cost anything near what it would cost to buy it already finished.
Here's a render of what the finshed project will look like:
I'll post a photo of the finished product in however long it takes to actually build it.... so now the pressures on to make sure I do it right, because I've shown you what it will look like, so it better turn out that way...hahahaha.
The funny part is the stand is going to cost about 3 times what Darrell's uncle paid for the actual aquarium... but what the hell it will be a custom made solid oak piece of furniture, so it won't cost anything near what it would cost to buy it already finished.
Friday, March 02, 2007
Friday March 02. 2007
Appetizer
What does the color pink make you think of?
Breast Cancer... because of the pink ribbon canpaign and the constant advertising when I see pink that's the first thing I think of.
Soup
Name something you thought you had lost, but later found.
I had a floppy disk with a journal I kept in the Hospital during my Bone Marrow transplant, and thought it had been lost or accidentally thrown out but I came across it in a box a month or two after we moved.
Salad
In 3 words, describe this past week.
Typical, Kinda Boring.
Main Course
What are you obsessed with?
At the moment I'm obsessed with a few things.
1) My daily workout.
2) Trying to alter my diet
3) Melissa Ethridge Music - Lately she's just been rubbing me the right way, so I need my daily fix of "Come to My Window", "Angels Will Fall", "Bring Me Some Water", "Like the Way I do", "I Wanna Come Over", & "Inconvenient Truth" (Not all at once but spaced out with other music filling in the gap throughout the day)
Sidebar: Darrell's new musical obsession is: Dixie Chick - "Not ready to Make Nice" & "Goodbye Earl", Melissa Ethridge - "Inconvenient Truth", & Andrea Bocelli - "Because we Believe"... He has these on the same CD along with a few Blue grass tunes from Shanklin Road, some Train, and a couple other songs... an odder mix of musical genres you have never heard before. But hey I must be having an effect on him... Andrea Bocelli is on the list
Dessert
What kind of perfume or cologne do you like to wear?
I don't normally wear cologne or perfume. Most places now are scent free because it makes other people (myself occassionally) sneeze. I do have a bottle of Drakkar Noir in the medicine Cabinet that I put on every now and then.
What does the color pink make you think of?
Breast Cancer... because of the pink ribbon canpaign and the constant advertising when I see pink that's the first thing I think of.
Soup
Name something you thought you had lost, but later found.
I had a floppy disk with a journal I kept in the Hospital during my Bone Marrow transplant, and thought it had been lost or accidentally thrown out but I came across it in a box a month or two after we moved.
Salad
In 3 words, describe this past week.
Typical, Kinda Boring.
Main Course
What are you obsessed with?
At the moment I'm obsessed with a few things.
1) My daily workout.
2) Trying to alter my diet
3) Melissa Ethridge Music - Lately she's just been rubbing me the right way, so I need my daily fix of "Come to My Window", "Angels Will Fall", "Bring Me Some Water", "Like the Way I do", "I Wanna Come Over", & "Inconvenient Truth" (Not all at once but spaced out with other music filling in the gap throughout the day)
Sidebar: Darrell's new musical obsession is: Dixie Chick - "Not ready to Make Nice" & "Goodbye Earl", Melissa Ethridge - "Inconvenient Truth", & Andrea Bocelli - "Because we Believe"... He has these on the same CD along with a few Blue grass tunes from Shanklin Road, some Train, and a couple other songs... an odder mix of musical genres you have never heard before. But hey I must be having an effect on him... Andrea Bocelli is on the list
Dessert
What kind of perfume or cologne do you like to wear?
I don't normally wear cologne or perfume. Most places now are scent free because it makes other people (myself occassionally) sneeze. I do have a bottle of Drakkar Noir in the medicine Cabinet that I put on every now and then.
Thursday, March 01, 2007
Finally Over!!!
Why is the shortest month of the year sooooo bloody long? It felt like an eternity but February is finally over!!! Of course winter tends to try and stick around until April, so the only thing over is February, but hey it's a start.
Today is our dog Tiffy's 9th Birthday. She's getting to be a middle aged girl who can't wait until spring, because she's become pretty fat and lazy over the winter. Well fat and lazy are the corner stones of her personality to begin with, it just becomes more accentuated in the winter. I weighed her last week and she was close to 90 pounds which is too fat for a dog her size, so she will be getting many regular trips to the lake this spring and summer and less people food. I may even start running in the real world so she and Elton will get to go with me. Technically Tiffy is Darrell's dog and Elton is mine, but they don't know the difference. He got her a couple weeks before we met and started our relationship, so May will mark 9 years since we first got together and August will mark 9 years since we moved to New Brunswick together. Where did all the the go?
Happy Birthday Tiffy.
Today is our dog Tiffy's 9th Birthday. She's getting to be a middle aged girl who can't wait until spring, because she's become pretty fat and lazy over the winter. Well fat and lazy are the corner stones of her personality to begin with, it just becomes more accentuated in the winter. I weighed her last week and she was close to 90 pounds which is too fat for a dog her size, so she will be getting many regular trips to the lake this spring and summer and less people food. I may even start running in the real world so she and Elton will get to go with me. Technically Tiffy is Darrell's dog and Elton is mine, but they don't know the difference. He got her a couple weeks before we met and started our relationship, so May will mark 9 years since we first got together and August will mark 9 years since we moved to New Brunswick together. Where did all the the go?
Happy Birthday Tiffy.
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