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public service announcement time

February 28, 2009 at 3:18 am · Filed under attempts at trying to influence the universe and tagged: , , ,

dear people that are my facebook friends

stop joining these “R U PRETTY OR R U UGLY? LET US TELL U” or whatever groups. i open up my facebook, i see people posting scathing comments on pictures, and i’m too weak to just skip over that kind of stuff (facebook is for lurking after all). i’ve accumulated a few helpful pointers those who are posting pictures of themselves in these kinds of groups, though. enjoy.

  • people go on these things to trash other people. they will trash you. if you don’t care about trashing like you say, then don’t respond to insults.
  • you’re posting photos of yourself and inviting people to criticize. you do realize you’re using the internet, right? people have a lot of gall once they’re protected behind a computer screen. don’t be surprised when they go “OMG YR NASTY”
  • if you get caught up into a whirlwind e-argument with somebody, please don’t say “well you don’t even know me…” or something along those lines. unannounced to you, people judge you every day. do they know you? no. are people going to judge you anyway? yeah. the whole point to these groups anyway is to blindly judge people, right? so don’t be surprised when people blindly judge you. welcome to the internet, people don’t get to explore the depths of your personality and understand your subtle quirks when they’ve only ever seen your facebook page. don’t expect them to be able to either.
  • “big words” or grasping to come off as eloquent won’t get you anywhere. arguments don’t magically gain merit once you funk-up your syntax. condescension isn’t going to get you anywhere.

i just want peace and harmony back on my facebook page, people. throw me a bone here.

in other news, the show is going really, really well. come see “machinal” at the lower denton theatre ASAP. for more information check out http://theatre.acadiau.ca

also ordered a camera from lomo today. i’ve got a 35mm holga with a coloursplash flash coming my way within the next few weeks (it’s just got to be shipped and the paypal has to go through). pumped beyond belief.

i’m also tired beyond belief.

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watch me tell the universe how to work

January 15, 2009 at 2:25 am · Filed under attempts at trying to influence the universe, important things that you should know about me and tagged: , , , , ,

work, work, work. school, school, school. sick, sick, sick. i have a new best friend, “vick’s vapo-rub”. we spent a long time apart, i really had no need to hang out with her, but it seems lately she’s been a lot more useful to me. this slimey concoction seems to have been made by the hands of the gods (or the many hands of one god if you’re doing the hindu-thing).

got hired as a tree planter in northern ontario this summer which i may very well do if other things don’t pan out. right now i’m being considered for a job with shakespeare by the sea, and i should be hearing back on the festival antigonish job within the next week. other theatre companies have my resume but i haven’t heard word from them yet (but it hasn’t even been a week since i sent them all out), others i should look into. i want to apply to as many jobs in theatre as i can for this summer, but i do have my preferences. it’s not like i’m blindly whoring myself out to whoever will take a resume. here’s hoping that it works out though. oh, and if you’re interested, i will still stay at staples but just take a leave of absence while i work the other job this summer. this will be my fifth back to school at staples if i’m there, and while i really do enjoy my job, i have to start looking for work in theatre if i want to do anything with my degree. tree planting is a nice back up because it pays so well and it would be an interesting experience.

the summer months are going to be interesting; along with working i’m also going to montreal for a few days come hell or high water. road trip, aww yeah.

right now, my list of demands for the cosmos and all that i can’t control go as follows:

  • stop snowing. get snow off roads, and warm the hell up.
  • get this damn virus out of my body. i hate being sick.
  • let sleep make me feel rested and not groggy.
  • make courtney love come to my house and ask for my hand in marriage.

“demands” is a strong word… i think “hopes” is more along the lines of what i wanted to say

jade is coming down in a month… i’m excited beyond words. i’ll leave it at that since i said “beyond words”

i’m going to bed.

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