ps.

Obama won the presidential election.
America is painting the White House black.

History is made.

warm weather; westjetting?

November 5th and a lovely day for a long walk with a good friend.

it was 19 degrees and sunny out today. Although this fact is frightening as it is NOVEMBER, i'm trying not to ask too many questions. Just enjoy and take a long walk. :)

Port credit is lovely in the fall.

I almost booked my flight back to vancouver today. Almost. Good deals today for sure, maybe i still will. I get butterflies thinking about it.. I wish it was more obvious when would be the best time. Not having a locked-down schedule really causes some chaos.

dec 3? i think this is a good day. 4 weeks from today...

November 4th

alright, i failed.

a meer two days into NABLOPOMO (national blog posting month) i neglected to pay the fair attention needed to my little space on the interweb.

well, i'm back. it's day 4. holy shit that means november 4th.

Today i've had the day off so i'm knee deep in all things sewing, and crafting.


"This is Lye"

I've been carefuly mixing chemicals today in what hopes to be my first successful attempt at homemade (from scratch!) hand soap. a few minor burns (ahem, think fight club) later and the vinegar smell wont leave but my searing skin is feeling better. if only i could get my hands on some human fat. ;p



I've followed that up with some serious CUTTING of fabric. xmas gifts galore.

Today also marks the ELECTION in the US of A. who thinks racism will rear it's ugly head? I'm optimistic because i want Obama in charge, following in the Democratic footsteps of our favorite cock and balls Bill Clinton. However if the Republican history can prove itself any kinda foreshadowing, something tells me Mccain will find away to cheat, and win.


florida, i'm looking at you. and by florida, i mean SEX. no, i dont mean sex. but i am reminded of my other favorite american president JFK in the best short running animated series ever, Clone High.


i'm heading to lisas for some OBMAMARAMA. keep the faith alive.

Katie

day two, the 2nd

k, so november is national blog month which means dispite not actually being "posted" on the "official" site i'm still going to try and post every single day for the month of november. can she do it? only time will tell...

this past thurdsay we wrapped Twichers -- the "show within a show" on King Kaboom. all in all it was an amazing, challenging and special experience with Production league. I hope we can do more stuff like that (aka scripted episodic tv) in the future.

Haloween was fun times, i dressed as a lady bug. St.Onge/Ng household. Love that place. I keep the dance party open as long as possible, carved some pumpkins and DIDN'T get drunk. so far so good.

This sunday is a lazy one. I'm still squatting in St. Cats with Dan and Kim. Thinking about driving home, but not doing much about it. Lazy days are good ones.

I miss Dusty. exes and ohhs.

niagara is a heavy weight day

hello! it's freaking November.

dear amy butler,
while i appreciate you're enthusiasm for creating purse patterns that the everygirl is capable of creating, i'd ask you this. why the basting? please! fusible interfacing is amazing. especially when calling for heavy weight fabrics.
and the zippers are incredibly annoying and labor intensive, however i am enjoying the outcomes after all.

here's my day in niagara at Patchwork Porch with kim. Lots o' swearing, sewing and general good times. my amy butler bag turned out a-ok and i'm stoked that it only took 9 hours to complete.




this is the back... zipper pocket


inside! note the zippered and tool pockets!


front flap= another zippered pocket!



my pain during the day...


this was kim's amazing bag...

green eyed monster

ok, this is a kinda lame post but after watching copious amounts of So You Think You Can Dance Canada and watching leah miller (who is terribly annoying as host of this show *insert cutesy shoulder bob*) wear MY FAV christian louboutin shoes (See Oct 3rd post) two episodes in a row, i just had to show it.

it also turns out that the spill she took on stage at the MMVA's earlier this year were also In CL shoes. Gotta love the 5" stiletto.

SUNNNNNY sunday

I'm having an extreme streak of good luck to that point that i'm getting a bit nervous about it. i'm seriously due for something bad. My dad suggested that perhaps I could just live my life with constant good luck.. I suppose i'm going to stay on the bright side of this argument and agree. Until something does happen...

This week we're continuing our work on "twitchers" the show-within-a-show on King Kaboom. I'm DP-ing and pulling focus (as we're shooting steadicam, Devon who owns a rig is operating). It's an exciting opportunity and i'm really enjoying being in control/charge of the lighting. everything I once learned at Capilano is all comming back in a flash of college hell. although the equipment we are using is MUCH better then what Cap had. everything is BRAND NEW and that is totally unheard of for the budget we are working with so it's pretty much golden. It's a serious challenge to be doing that AND trying to get focus marks, etc. but it's going pretty well. the first two days hit minimal snags.

Now, the interesting and exciting thing for the next two days is that not only am i Dp-ing, but i will also be operating on steadicam. A scheduling conflict saw us without Devon for two days so without word the company rented ME a rig and i have been practicing with it over the weekend. Monday and Tuesday I'll have Simon out as my gaffer so i can set the lights AND strap on the rig in one giant learning curve of glory.

the key will be to keep my cool as much as possible... haha. good luck matheson.

two days left on the cleanse. I totally fell off the wagon this weekend but with so few hours left to go and a wack of bad habits cured (booze? drugs? potato chips?? NEVER! ) i'm feeling pretty good. I bought some new pants yesterday and although they are not the size i might have wished they were, i'm ok with that. new clothes is a great thing anyway. keep on truckin.

i'm off for my walk to starbucks. it's sunny out again today although the temperatures are slipping more in to the 13-15 range this week. whatever, i heart the sun.

sunday out.