A mostly videoblog, sometimes photoblog where I post clips about everything under the sun. Music, movies, random daily moments, stuff about food I eat and hikes I go on.
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Well, it's been a long time but I finally have a second to make a small post.
Today me and Kaleb starred in my upcoming short "Tough Enough" and it's actually a super 8 film, but Chelsey took a couple of video clips so I could see how it looked.
This is a really big deal in my life. It's always been this way - I've experienced everything from just plain evil looks to being pushed out of the bathroom. Going into public ladies bathrooms is always a stressful experience for someone who doesn't "look" the part. The way that I cope is mostly to remember where every unisex/disabled washroom is at any place that I frequent. Someday I want to have a map of all the highway rest stops in Canada and the US who have them.
Anyway, the other day I was thinking it's time to bring other women in on the deal. Talk to each other - please spread the word - someone who at first glance may not seem to "belong" in your washroom probably does, because most men would KNOW if they weren't in the mens room right away.
Let's all just try and assume that everyone around us is doing what they're supposed to be doing.
This week at the TAAFI gala opening, Leslie and the LYs made their Canadian debut to mass hysteria. This was a fucking awesome show. Leslie is a great performer - and she rocked the house! My friends Tracy and Allyson were guest LYs - Al's playing the DJ box and Tracy's on the keyboards.
The best part is that I had a camera at the back of the room that the Gladstone was using to make a live feed for those who couldn't get close enough - AND I was right up front with my trusty digital camera that records unlimited video clips - so I synched up the sound from the back camera with the images from up front.
Anyway, I've got a couple more songs I can put up over the next few days, plus a song from Stinkmitt who performed as well.
More fun with the two cutest house pets. Hopey is becoming more cat-like than before. Yesterday she pounced on an elastic band. Imagine, a 72lbs hound dog trying to pounce. She's not graceful, but she's my dog.
music - "Tango" by the Corner Tour
Okay, well Jay suggested that I get some material of the boys I'm going to school with. I was really nervous about doing it. I'm kind of shy that way. But today I finally broke the ice and pulled out my camera. The guys are really cool - Frank works at Wonderland, he does in fact operate rollercoasters. He's also really into music and that's mostly where we connect. Don's a total computer whiz and he runs servers and websites and he loves old school video games (like nintendo and early gameboy! god, i'm old) and he wears a different video game related shirt to school everyday. Steven is pretty quiet, very nice and also seems to enjoy video games and music. Josh was sick today so I think I'll bring my camera again next week and try to catch him.
On the way home I was thinking it would be fun to do a weekly question with these guys. I'm not good at being regular about stuff, but if it keeps me vlogging, it's worth it. This whole school trip has been really intense but I think I'm starting to get the hang of it. More to come...
If you can bear with the darkness of the movie, you will see some rather cute interactions between a 76 pound hound dog and a 6 pound kitten with 24 toes.
Today I travelled 3 hours altogether to attend 1.4 hours of class. The fact that I spend 15 hours a week ( a part time job's worth of time! ) on a bus and/or subway is quite new to me. Sometimes it's relaxing, sometimes I sleep, yesterday I missed my stop. I'm still getting the hang of it.
Anyway. Today I wanted to see what I look like on the commute. I noticed that my brow was furrowed and after shooting this, I spent a lot of time trying to massage my forehead into a relaxed state...
music by Death Cab for Cutie.
i'm in school full time now and my vlog is suffering. i'm gonna try to get back on the horse, for now - check out my new moustache and my new kitten.
Me and my pal tEt like to perform every once in a while. At the festival I work at we have a talent show of sorts and last year we did these same characters and an acapella version of George Michael's "Faith". People were peeing their pants, they loved it so much.
So by popular demand we came back with version 2. Gretchen Phillips accompanies, Mags did the recording. Enjoy.
This summer at the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival I recorded many clips of things that mean a lot to me. This clip is a sample from the song that is performed every year at the ceremony which opens the night stage. Every year there's a different performance but the song is always the same. "Amazon women rise". Maybe you have to be there to get it, or maybe this clip will do something for you.
My friend Zoid spent 8 nights in jail a long time ago. This little clip was just part of the story.
I shot this in the kitchen I worked in this summer at the Michigan music festival. The Olympus 500 digital camera that I bought has a really great "super macro" setting and I can shoot video with it as well as stills. This cricket quietly eating a little piece of avocado on a 3 ring binder is something i could watch over and over again.
I've been away for a month. From computers, phones, keys, cars, strangers, my dog... it's a very strange feeling to come back from that world - close to utopia in some ways. I've got plenty to look forward to though, back to vlogging and starting school in a week.
