Best menu covers ever. (Taken with Instagram at Nando’s flame grilled chicken)
I got one of the new $100 bills from work recently as a work bonus, handed out as an actual bill. I knew Canada was coming out with these…but I didn’t realize it was already here. They are very cool. Australia has had similar notes for a while now. You can wash them, they are nearly impossible to tear in half by hand (I am sure scissors can do it), and should keep a crisp feel for a long time.
I look forward to seeing these show in the lower denominations.
Games!
This weekend I bought some games. I’ve always wanted a few more games on my bookshelf. I am picky in my games, but there are a few I enjoy, and play if I get the chance, but it was high time I owned at least a couple of those.
They may not be especially “crunchy”, but they entertain (each in different ways).
Setting up at contra dance. (Taken with Instagram at Churchill Seniors Centre)
I will watch this sometime.
Yes…yes I will.
To jailbreak, or not to jailbreak.
Early in the iPhone days, I jailbroke my phone fairly often. The reason was that iOS simply didn’t permit me to do things I wanted to do. I didn’t install a lot of jailbroken apps, but I did install some. Since then, Apple has added a lot of what I wanted in the first place. Notification centre, wifi hotspot, app switching, etc…
There is really only one thing left, only one reason why it’s even tempting. I keep being pissed that in some apps, i can’t download anything on 3G that is over 20mb in size. Dumb! It’s my data plan, if I want to download half a GB on 3G, that’s my decision.
This is what tempts me to jailbreak. There is an app that simply tricks your phone into thinking you’re on wifi. Hi-def youtube, large app updates, buying movies on iTunes, Facetime, etc… Every time these things fail because I am not on wifi annoys me.
School board will give out Bibles despite complaint
This kind of thing pisses me in general. This is purely an attempt (and a transparent one) to indoctrinate children. Get them early. Impressionable minds and all that.
Somehow I think I liked to pretend that it was better in Canada though. Surely here, we’re better than that.
Guess not.
Trying “ColorSplash” app. (also from the market) (Taken with instagram)
Trying the “MagicHour” app. Pic taken in the market. (Taken with instagram)
I had my first rehearsal for the show. I met all the cast but one (when I say “all”…the cast is 8 people, the small intimate size is a new experience for me), and did a read through.
The show itself is fun. This isn’t a slapstick romp, just a story with interesting characters, and some funny moments that will make you smile and chuckle, but probably not bust your gut. The director is very cool. I like his energy, and his rapport. He is clearly passionate, will push us, but I suspect in a way that will have us not minding being pushed.
My show-wife probably had the best British accent of all of us. My accent wandered a bit between Scottish, Irish, and English…but I did my best. I have scanned my script, put it on both my phone and my iPad, bookmarked it, highlighted it, ….
The next step will be to record a spoken pass of the lines, and start just absorbing the dialog. The sheer amount of it is daunting. I’ve only done musicals, where the bulk of memorization was lyrics and harmonies. These are a different kind of challenging, but the inherent rhythm gives me an edge, as well as the fact I can just play music in the car and find it engaging. This is just 80 pages of dialog (not all of it mine).
Off we go. Let’s do this thing!
My girlfriend, offering her insightful commentary on her new dramatic endeavour.
(2 pictures)
Above the snack counter at the Mayfair. (Taken with instagram)
At the Mayfair theatre (Taken with instagram)
