today i went to tim hortons and i had a wallet full of change. i was buying coffee and bagels for my friend and i. our items came to a total of $7.19.
i had exactly $7.19 in change in my wallet.
also, i'm falling asleep to the rain and it's late december. it makes the fact that i'm only going to be getting a couple hours sleep seem like small pittance.
the darkness is playing over the stereo and is diffusing through the permeable membrane that is my bedroom door.
this is my life.
Saturday, December 27, 2008
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
all i want for christmas is you... baby (repeat and fade)
it's a hair past 5am and something tells me this is the most lucid i'll be between now and christmas. since i want to write this before christmas it behooves me to continue typing.
after waking up the past two christmas mornings in a foreign country i have to say i am really looking forward to being home for this one. i have a greater appreciation for all the accoutrement of home during the holiday season. though i do like the understated reverence that christmas has in england, what it lacks is my family and friends. my accoutrement.
i'll be spending christmas eve basking in the company of my family over what promises to be a to-die-for turkey dinner, followed by a gathering with my closest friends. i can think of nothing that i'd rather do, nowhere i'd rather be.
it's funny though because somehow this increase in contentment with home has paralleled an increase in my desire to be away and see more places which motivates me to no end. two opposite forces rising in unison. like an elastic being pulled in both directions.
sidebar: vocal cords are the same way. so when you expand your vocal range it will actually expand in both directions. only up to a certain point mind you but enough to be noticeable to a novice vocal student.
anyways, this is the sentence where i insert all the cliches about how nice it is being home for the holidays and all that sentimental shit. now that that's done.
happy christmas.
after waking up the past two christmas mornings in a foreign country i have to say i am really looking forward to being home for this one. i have a greater appreciation for all the accoutrement of home during the holiday season. though i do like the understated reverence that christmas has in england, what it lacks is my family and friends. my accoutrement.
i'll be spending christmas eve basking in the company of my family over what promises to be a to-die-for turkey dinner, followed by a gathering with my closest friends. i can think of nothing that i'd rather do, nowhere i'd rather be.
it's funny though because somehow this increase in contentment with home has paralleled an increase in my desire to be away and see more places which motivates me to no end. two opposite forces rising in unison. like an elastic being pulled in both directions.
sidebar: vocal cords are the same way. so when you expand your vocal range it will actually expand in both directions. only up to a certain point mind you but enough to be noticeable to a novice vocal student.
anyways, this is the sentence where i insert all the cliches about how nice it is being home for the holidays and all that sentimental shit. now that that's done.
happy christmas.
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
still a douche, not yet a douche farmer
a little while ago someone told they thought i was funnier and cooler now then i was when i first met them; circa three years ago?
one of those compliments that is 10% insult. either way, i happen to think this person is more than likely correct. granted i don't think i'm funny, merely occasionally opportunistic but i also think i'm funnier than i used to be. and likely more interesting, somehow. i'm attracting more interesting people which i take to be a good sign.
what i'm most interested in is dissecting this mini metamorphosis and trying to isolate the components. this can quite easily be reduced to a simple nature vs. nurture argument but i'm not trying to allocate each a percentage so i will necessarily be avoiding that. i wanna know specifically what about my environment and what about myself has been altered.
my social landscape has changed dramatically. could it be that the disappearance of just one person in my life has produced this? could it be that the emergence of another person has triggered the release of some funny pheromones or something? i'm fairly certain it's the concoction of these subtleties that has produced this.
this makes me feel like i've progressed along the continuum of time that is a human life. in short, i'm better at life then i used to be.
one of those compliments that is 10% insult. either way, i happen to think this person is more than likely correct. granted i don't think i'm funny, merely occasionally opportunistic but i also think i'm funnier than i used to be. and likely more interesting, somehow. i'm attracting more interesting people which i take to be a good sign.
what i'm most interested in is dissecting this mini metamorphosis and trying to isolate the components. this can quite easily be reduced to a simple nature vs. nurture argument but i'm not trying to allocate each a percentage so i will necessarily be avoiding that. i wanna know specifically what about my environment and what about myself has been altered.
my social landscape has changed dramatically. could it be that the disappearance of just one person in my life has produced this? could it be that the emergence of another person has triggered the release of some funny pheromones or something? i'm fairly certain it's the concoction of these subtleties that has produced this.
this makes me feel like i've progressed along the continuum of time that is a human life. in short, i'm better at life then i used to be.
Thursday, December 18, 2008
auditions
i really wanted to write this last night but a debilitating combination of exhaustion, gin and tonic had other ideas.
on monday and wednesday studio dynamic held auditions for an upcoming corporate video we're shooting. the process was...interesting. from the 70+ applicants, to the 40ish actual auditions it has now been whittled down to single digits.
we've all endured countless job interviews in our lives so when it arises that you are the one conducting the interview it is bound to be fraught with interesting results.
we had everyone audition as the lead role because that would allow us to see what we needed in order to determine how they would fit in any of the other roles we have. my role during the proceedings was to play the secondary parts and have small interactions with the actors.
the range was amazing. some wouldn't or couldn't make eye contact with me but others made the bullshit small talk between us very natural.
the range wasn't just confined to their acting skills. they came dressed in everything from full suits to raggy jeans and a sweater. sometimes making me question how they could possibly think what they were wearing was suitable. the ages ranged from early 20's to 60's. there were fatties, there were skinnies. all kinds of ethnicity's and nationalities were represented. truly a mosaic of actors from toronto. though some came from as far afield as brantford and georgetown.
we also did a voice test with everyone because we are casting for a narrator. it was very interesting to hear how people interpreted our script. sometimes hilariously so. one of the lines begins 'because he is web based...' yet somehow people kept saying 'because he is A web based...'. it was really odd because that seems like such a dumb and random mistake to make yet so many actors kept making it. i wonder if it wasn't one of those visual illusions where that particular sentence caused the brain to see something that isn't there.
i couldn't help but notice just how cordial everyone was. granted it was to be expected but it was just another one of those things that struck me about being on this side of the camera.
the funny thing about the whole process is that in the end we won't necessarily be casting the best actors, or even the actors that gave the best performance. there are intangibles that will ultimately be of much greater importance. things that the actors couldn't possibly be aware of, or change even if they wanted to.
as of now our narrowed down selections rest in the hands of the client and we await feedback. i suspect that will be fraught with surprises.
the process continues.
on monday and wednesday studio dynamic held auditions for an upcoming corporate video we're shooting. the process was...interesting. from the 70+ applicants, to the 40ish actual auditions it has now been whittled down to single digits.
we've all endured countless job interviews in our lives so when it arises that you are the one conducting the interview it is bound to be fraught with interesting results.
we had everyone audition as the lead role because that would allow us to see what we needed in order to determine how they would fit in any of the other roles we have. my role during the proceedings was to play the secondary parts and have small interactions with the actors.
the range was amazing. some wouldn't or couldn't make eye contact with me but others made the bullshit small talk between us very natural.
the range wasn't just confined to their acting skills. they came dressed in everything from full suits to raggy jeans and a sweater. sometimes making me question how they could possibly think what they were wearing was suitable. the ages ranged from early 20's to 60's. there were fatties, there were skinnies. all kinds of ethnicity's and nationalities were represented. truly a mosaic of actors from toronto. though some came from as far afield as brantford and georgetown.
we also did a voice test with everyone because we are casting for a narrator. it was very interesting to hear how people interpreted our script. sometimes hilariously so. one of the lines begins 'because he is web based...' yet somehow people kept saying 'because he is A web based...'. it was really odd because that seems like such a dumb and random mistake to make yet so many actors kept making it. i wonder if it wasn't one of those visual illusions where that particular sentence caused the brain to see something that isn't there.
i couldn't help but notice just how cordial everyone was. granted it was to be expected but it was just another one of those things that struck me about being on this side of the camera.
the funny thing about the whole process is that in the end we won't necessarily be casting the best actors, or even the actors that gave the best performance. there are intangibles that will ultimately be of much greater importance. things that the actors couldn't possibly be aware of, or change even if they wanted to.
as of now our narrowed down selections rest in the hands of the client and we await feedback. i suspect that will be fraught with surprises.
the process continues.
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