beach beers in mid-march

here is a new video I made where I talk about my last name and my surname plans in the future of my life.




I have a weird thing about Dairy Queen Blizzards where I basically won't eat them unless they have my kind. Except my order is obnoxious: smartie blizzard but instead of chocolate syrup I want mint syrup and then I want to pay to get extra skor bits added in.
SO GOOD.
I have been to known, in the past, to literally walk out of Dairy Queen if this is not available for me.


also good is eating ice cream and drinking beers on a "beach" by the lake in the middle of March. It was a bit chilly, I'll admit, but so sunny and nice and there were so many dogs playing and families hanging out.
Spring, man.


oh good, let's take pictures of each other with our phones. classic, classic.
Hey, that's one of the ten million places I work right behind there. Baseball again, soon.





I don't think I'm responsible enough to have long hairs. Every day is a new awful tangle. This summer is going to be the worst. I need someone to follow me around and brush my hair for me.



Late late nights, guys, party 'til dawn
kids forever kids forever and ever party to the moon cheers for fears

summer summer summer, man.

I'm going to go walk to work right away here and it's 18 degrees outside so... life is pretty alright.



After beach beers I took the dog to the park for awhile, then met Carla Ghee and Norman and co. at Squirley's for patio hang-times, then went to see that new Will Ferrell movie with Nicole, then hung out with Nicole at mine and made a stirfry and drank gin.
FULL DAY OF FUN TIMES.



I'm making up for it today by hanging out solo all day and doing some laundry and maybe some cleaning in a minute here... I should make soup.
Work tonight and then Rap Battlez with some of my favourite people and everything is looking up, guys!


this face!




If you haven't voted for Cheryl Hann (from picnicface!) to go into space then I would very much suggest you do so. I have never heard anyone be so excited about anything. And I like people who excited. Especially excited for space adventures. You can click that vote button 10 times a day, apparently!

sepia beach, where all the old-fashioned looking people go

island lifestyle forever and ever and ever and ever



wow, even though the last time I went to the island (a month or so ago) I reminded myself that it's really not that hard to get out there and I should do it more often, I still didn't remember how easy it is to get there!
so easy!



quick bike-ride down to the base of Bay (for some reason I rode down Bay and it's SUCH a trip to bike through the stupidest part of Toronto before getting on a boat and being carried away), then you're at the ferries, the ferries come frequently, get on with your bike, enjoy the ferry (boat!boat!boat!), get off the ferry, bike for two seconds, and BAM you're on the beach!
The beach facing away from the city and you can look out and feel like you're at a cottage someplace, not a care in the world.



Violet and I got going later than expected (my fault because I was making potato salad and stuff), but we still had hours and hours to lie around and chill the eff out.

Pretty soon Violet starts article-ing (apparently articling is not a word? maybe in legalese?) in a week or so, so I feel like it is her JOB right now to relaxasaurus around.
Also, Violet's been in BC for the past month so I hadn't seen her in forever.



We stopped for coffees at that little Ward's island coffee shop place and got iced amicanos, so good. We packed potato salad and cheese and crackers and veggies and Budzzz. Thanks, Budweiser, for making a beer I can drink and constantly get made fun of for!
Kind of love Bud.

I swam but Violet didn't swim.

The name Violet reminds me of when I was little and I had two dolls one named Pollyanna and one named Polly. Polly looked just like Pollyanna expect was smaller. Then I got another doll who looked just like them but had dark hair and she just was never part of their gang. I called her Violet.



Prune came out later on with some Sapporos. Thanks, Sopporo, for making a beer I can drink and is expensive and people respect me more.


Fucking, sepia. Kind of funny? I'm kind of into it.

I feel like Prune and I look like we're of our mothers' generation in these. Man, we would totally have hung out with our mothers back in the day.




Pruuuuune is very easy to photograph because she doesn't mind. Violet minds but that doesn't stop me.



Prune and I stayed until almost nine and I was going to stay longer to read but she pointed out that it was going to get dark anyway because she is a spoilsport like that.

More island photos later. I'm beat!

Man, a whole day of doing nothing can really tire you out, huh?




I spent this evening watching TV and writing. Now I'm going to read and then go to bed.

So how's being back in Toronto? Preeeeeetty fun. And also I miss Saskatoon, but it's only like a month until I go back so I might as well live it up live it up here while I can, ya know?

I want to go to the island again on Thursday, who's in?



Ohhhhh also, I am getting my hair professionally done tomorrow for the first time in ages so get ready for how exciting that's going to be.
hmmmmmmmmm

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!


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!


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!

I'm into these Dollarama sunglasses. Total sweet deal. All sunglasses look too big on my unnaturally small face, though.

this little guy came by to share our food. Came very close and I looked at it!

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??

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!


Haaaaaaaaaa the longing gazes are murdering me. I would never be able to take me seriously if I were you.

I was obsessed with getting the sun on my head just right, ya know?

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.



I like how the people look in the background here.

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.

Cpt. Heh talked on his cellphone. I had a dream that night that I got that same cellphone. BORING dreams.


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.

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!

SIGH


Cpt. and I played harmonicas. I was the best at it.


Watched some people build a fire. Looked like so much fun. We headed back the city when it got dark, pretty much.

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?