The Unauthorized Autobiography

Gopher Tuna (The misheard lyrics of O Fortuna, animated...

Thu, 31 May 2012 11:44:48 -0400

Gopher Tuna

(The misheard lyrics of O Fortuna, animated by FamishedMammal.)

Sad times at our big old lesbian cat palace today. Cole died in...

Thu, 24 May 2012 09:37:20 -0400

Sad times at our big old lesbian cat palace today. Cole died in the night. But the tradeoff is that she was 22, and she was my cat friend for a very long and lovely time.

Earlier this year, I made “headshots” for all of our cats, so that they could be identified by guests at our parties. This is hers, but as she didn’t make it to the next New Year’s Eve, I am presenting it here.

22! That was a lot of awesome.

We were lucky, indeed.

I guess when you’re as rich as Dick Clark, you can afford...

Tue, 22 May 2012 12:44:24 -0400

I guess when you’re as rich as Dick Clark, you can afford to make your whole house out of Crayola® Model Magic®. That shit’s expensive!

thebestblogintheworld: mindbabies: The first ever mixer with...

Mon, 21 May 2012 09:45:45 -0400

thebestblogintheworld:

mindbabies:

The first ever mixer with crossfader. The Gaumont Chronophone: made in 1910.

Hah! That’s dope. I wanna hear some shit made on this. lol

As I now DJ mostly retro nights, I covet this pretty hard.

Texting with my father.

Sun, 20 May 2012 19:24:29 -0400

Dad: I am sitting in our elegant $190 CTC gazebo enjoying a glass of wine and waiting for the BBQ to warm up.

Me: Are you gloating? I am playing ukulele and drinking an Old Fashioned while we wait for Michelle's homemade pizza dough to rise.

Dad: I was in fact gloating -- le mot perfect, now that I know you are playing the ukulele I will play my current fav. composer Handel on my iPhone...

Me: Excellent. Well I am playing songs by MY favourite composer, Heart.

Dad: Who?

Me: They're from the Romantic period. DUH.

THIS. THIS is what our living room was missing!

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 19:43:55 -0400

THIS. THIS is what our living room was missing!

YOUR LEAVES LOOK LIKE AIRPLANES.

Sat, 10 Mar 2012 23:16:00 -0500

YOUR LEAVES LOOK LIKE AIRPLANES.

I’m the one in the upper lefthand corner. Screw you,...

Sat, 10 Mar 2012 21:17:42 -0500

I’m the one in the upper lefthand corner.

Screw you, dude… you’re between me and the gin.

It's a go!

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 12:16:58 -0500

yodelmachine answered your question: I am going to learn this song next on the ukulele,…

DID YOU EVEN REALLY HAVE TO ASK

I KNEW I COULD COUNT ON YOU.

I am going to learn this song next on the ukulele, and then I am...

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 12:03:26 -0500

I am going to learn this song next on the ukulele, and then I am going to make a video just like this one, except it will just be me appearing up and down the Toronto Lakeshore, alternating between a suit and a dress, and I will play all the parts on uke and kazoo.

WHO WANTS TO BE MY PROJECT BACKER?

This is an in-progress shot of what we’ll be doing with...

Wed, 07 Mar 2012 17:26:33 -0500

This is an in-progress shot of what we’ll be doing with the bottles, FYI.

Don’t get confused, though… those mini disco balls in the background are always attached to the bar in our dining room. (Yes, our dining room is better than yours.)

TORONTO FRIENDS! This is all my fault. Please help...

Wed, 07 Mar 2012 17:23:12 -0500

TORONTO FRIENDS! This is all my fault. Please help us.

Don’t think of it as collecting recycling; think of it as a socially-acceptable excuse to up your gin consumption.

You’re welcome.

Clear 2 litre bottles with their lids, please!

YOU GUYS! LOOK! I didn’t know it until I saw it, but I...

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 10:21:25 -0500

YOU GUYS! LOOK!

I didn’t know it until I saw it, but I have always wanted this.

Theatre of Twenty-Year-Olds #2amt

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:37:00 -0500

I have heard many colleagues complain in the past year that there seems to be a surfeit of early twenty-somethings creating plays about what it is like to be that age or younger, and written in that particular voice. The argument is that this isn’t compelling theatre. But… haven’t we all been saying for over a decade that North American theatre is entering into a crisis because it hasn’t found a younger audience?

Why would you expect a twenty-year-old to sit through an hour+ of some character’s late-life crisis if you don’t want to sit through a play about high school injustices and novice relationships?

You could argue that it’s the difference between being well-written or not, I suppose. I do not, however, see the value in being that dismissive. I also doubt that that is always true. Especially since plays by older people which I consider to be poorly written win awards all the time.

Perhaps we need to broaden our collective idea of what makes compelling theatre. There are a lot of productions out there that are not to my taste. A LOT. Like… a shocking number of them, actually. However, I usually manage to appreciate the elements I consider to be strong within the plays I don’t think are fantastic on the whole.

No, I don’t really want to see an episodic play about feeling old at 24, but I also don’t want to watch another mild tale of a late life crisis, or even an epic political piece that just comes off as a rant, either. That doesn’t mean these productions aren’t valuable to someone else who has had a different life experience, and who is looking for something specific. Namely, an audience that responds to their particular writing style.

The young people writing new works have probably been exposed to some good theatre in their youth, or it would never have occurred to them to create their work in the first place. This is good. Now, they are speaking to their peers in a way that larger theatres are not. They need to keep writing and producing, using their distinct voice. I’m looking forward to when they grow into telling polished stories in their later life…

… and bring their established audiences with them.

mattsbrickgallery: LEGO Graffiti submission...

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:00:23 -0500

mattsbrickgallery:

LEGO Graffiti

submission from ifwordscouldkill:

cutlerish: gwenfrankenstien: [photograph: a deer with antlers...

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:12:26 -0500

cutlerish:

gwenfrankenstien:

[photograph: a deer with antlers that form a star of David.]

varlandgear:

YOUR ANTLERS ARE A STAR OF DAVID.

Oh my goodness it’s like a mythical deer that appears to really good Jews or something. Like one day you step out into a clearing, just minding your own business and suddenly out it bounds. And it stops and stares right at you and as you meet it’s gaze it says “I enjoyed your discussion of that Midrash. Very insightful” and like that it’s gone.

Oy! You don’t know from deers.

A Cervid of David? A star of Cervid. You know, If those were on a cow, it could be a STEER of David.

labellefilleart: The Spanish Shawl, Ruth Pratt Bobbs

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:01:45 -0500

labellefilleart:

The Spanish Shawl, Ruth Pratt Bobbs

allidoistalkandwant: Emma Peel + Robocop + Equestrian Barbie...

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 18:53:09 -0500

allidoistalkandwant:

Emma Peel + Robocop + Equestrian Barbie in 1970s Moscow filtered through a Brave New World Instagram app on Ricardo Tisci’s Iphone = Givenchy Pre-Fall 2012.

ukehunt: I was writing this song up today and wondered what...

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 18:14:06 -0500

ukehunt:

I was writing this song up today and wondered what headstock guy was thinking. I think this is the most likely candidate.

stilllifequickheart: Christopher Stott Anything Can Happen,...

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 21:53:36 -0500

stilllifequickheart:

Christopher Stott

Anything Can Happen, Down the Road

2011