Showing posts with label accolades. Show all posts
Showing posts with label accolades. Show all posts

6.04.2010

worldwide shorts, photos, favourite comedy, etc etc etc bed time

It's Violet's grad tomorrow (from LAW SCHOOL) and I'm going to her convocation and I have to be there at 9 a.m. (shit, son) and so I should be asleep but I'm choosing blogging over that nonsense. Dedication, no??


we eat candies all day in the park!

Oh yes yes so we had the first screening of Hey, George at WWS this afternoon. Luckily we have jobs we are able to get out of/are underemployed so there ended up being a crew of us there. In a nice way.

Since our director was the only director there he got to do the Q&A solo except then he made the mistake of pointing out how me and my co-star, Tanner, were also there (the interviewer said "I believe these two are a real couple, are they a real couple?) and so we got to go up too!
I secretly (not secretly) love interviews and attention so I was perfectly happy to go up. Got a bunch of praise (which, of course, they have to give, but still) and answered some questions. Funtimez!
Me and Tanner are not a real couple. But we did go to college together/have known each other for six+ years so there is an element of complete comfort/love around us. Uh huh.
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Oh yeah before then JL and I went to Aunties for brunch and I had an eggwhite omelet I don't care what they think of me or what happens later.
It was nice. JL is doing well, I think.
He is still tall. I am still overly-small.
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I took these pictures while we were walking. Obviously! My 77 cent umbrella from Honest Ed's is amazing and worth every 77 cent.
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this one is perfect in so many ways:
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Love it.

After the screening we got lead to a "happy hour" that was happening in one of the university buildings where there was a bit of a party including free drinks (!)
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Tanner went through my camera and deleted a bunch of pictures of himself he deemed unattractive. Sometimes you only get partial-faces that way.
There are so many unattractive pictures of me in this world. Luckily. Balances out all this bullshit hot-shots 'round here.
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I took some party shots
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(my hair looks thick for once in my life!)
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Mrs is so cute!
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Not JL he is a photo-spoil-sport.
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and I took my camera up this awesome flight of stairs to do a photoshoot by myself.
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then people kept passing by while I tried to nonchalantly pretend that I wasn't taking stupid self-timer pictures of myself. ughghh embarrassing to be me, gotta tell you!
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hey you can see my tiny-face in this one if you look closely:
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just what I was aiming for I am a master artist.

We had to cut out of that to get to a rehearsal - yeah, here's a good tip: be working on something else awesome while you have a screening at a festival because then the world feels awesome like your oyster filled with PEARLS.

You should come to our screening on Saturday because there's a couple of other shorts in our program that are top-notch. For real. The first one especially I am very much looking forward to seeing again. So beautiful.
Plus, with shorts they go so quickly, it'll be nice to have a second viewing of them. For me, at least.
Except the one I hated. That will try my patience again.

Right, right.
After rehearsal we headed back and managed to rush-line-it into the program tonight that was a special Laugh Sabbath/World Wide Shorts night.
So fun!
I am an obvious Laugh Sabbath (especially Let's Get Hot) fan, so I was glad to see this program. Basically all of my favourite Toronto comics in short films! Plus some stand-up! Plus some appetizers!

The curator of the festival remembered me from A Small Thing which screened at WWS two years ago (she insisted one, but it must be two years now. it must.) and she gave us some drink tickets! So nice!

I've pretty much friended Chris Locke and Nathan Fielder, which pretty much makes my day as I find them a little too funny. I know I've posted videos of theirs on here before, but you should listen when I tell you about how good they are.



this is one of the shorts (that I paid good money to see and you can see for free right now embeded on my blog!) that killed me tonight. So great.



okay okay okay okay okay

Basia Bulat into Beachhouse into Beastie Boys -- recently played in order of artist. kind of perfect.
Clipse coming up what happened to that boy
uh huh uh huh

oh god so tired forever.

6.02.2010

hey, george at worldwide shorts! plus island adventures!

Hey! So! Worldwide Shorts! World premiere of our short, Hey, George!
Tomorrow (Thursday) at Cumberland at 3 and Saturday at 7!


Review on Exclaim.ca says (among other things):
"... this one builds tension quite effectively and is anchored by the natural chemistry and acting talents of the charismatic leads, Nathanael Chadwick and Worldwide Short veteran Meredith Cheesbrough."

The reviewer is the same reviewer who loved me in A Small Thing at WWS a couple of years ago. My first official fan?? Or possible new boyfriend??

Anyway. Come with us to the screenings because I bet it's going to be fun. I'm going to go both days. Because that's what I'm like.

Also, if you scroll down on the WWS mainpage you can find a link to a podcast that we did about the film and what the process was, etc. Kinda neat!  Oh, wait, just listen here!
Oh, hey, I just listened to this. I (fine, we) sound smart. For once!

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Is taking the ferry to the island not one of the best parts of going to the island in general? Love it! Love boats! This time we took a little ferry that wasn't my favourite, next time let's go to a different part of the island so I can take that big one with all the decks I like. Boats!
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I don't even know how to explain to you how much I love beaches, swimming, sand, skies, etc. You probably feel the same way? Though I hear that there are people who do not see the draw. BEACH FOREVER.
I do need to get a beach umbrella, though. Why don't they make super-compact cabanas I could put in my pocket?
Mmm cabana boy.
Ha, jokes, I would never want a cabana boy. Gross!
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I'm into these Dollarama sunglasses. Total sweet deal. All sunglasses look too big on my unnaturally small face, though.
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this little guy came by to share our food. Came very close and I looked at it!
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Giant Tiger bikini! Prune's mum bought her one and then I went back to get a matching one. I want to go to the island with her to wear them together. Oh maybe we should get Shambers and Lols to come in their matching outfits, too??
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I didn't really take any pictures of Niki really because she still hates having her picture taken so instead I took double the amount of pictures of myself. No, I would have taken this many of me anyway. I was pretty tipsy all afternoon starting with vodka in slurpees and going on from there. Sun + booze equals total zone-out if you are me. Also zone-into taking 100 pictures of myself. Embarrassing for the people I was with!
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Haaaaaaaaaa the longing gazes are murdering me. I would never be able to take me seriously if I were you.
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I was obsessed with getting the sun on my head just right, ya know?
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Look at that mess of foods behind me! Reminder for the future, always bring twice as much food as you think you'll need to eat on your picnic.
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I like how the people look in the background here.
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I recommend the clothing optional beach because even on this long-weekend Sunday it still wasn't super-packed or anything. Plus most people had their clothes on. Plus we watched a guy with a super long dong slow jog down the beach in front of us. Slap slap slap.
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Cpt. Heh talked on his cellphone. I had a dream that night that I got that same cellphone. BORING dreams.
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Niki tried throwing things into my mouth. This has become a popular game in our friend-circle. Do we spend way too much time in the park doing nothing? yes.
Not once did I catch anything in my mouth. Gross shut up.
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In this one I am the giant and Niki is a tiny minion and she is impressed by my giantess and my prowess, also.
Sorry Niki had to post this, too funny.I might even make it my profile picture but crop it even more to showcase you!
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SIGH
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Cpt. and I played harmonicas. I was the best at it.
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Watched some people build a fire. Looked like so much fun. We headed back the city when it got dark, pretty much.
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other reminder for future is that an island trip doesn't have to be the biggest deal every. You can just go out for a few hours it doesn't have to be the whole day. Although that is fun, too.


This summer already feels stupid-intense and epic. Anyone else?