Complaining With Kay

- It's the kind of house Lucy Maud Montgomery would use as a setting for a sappy novel about a plucky heroine overcoming being an orphan to become a successful sappy novelist.

- My notes actually say HI HI HI HI HI. I don't know why I wrote that.

- I had my parents over for Easter Dinner, and I cooked. It's the end of an era!

- Go vegan! Or mostly vegan. Where the f*ck do you find vegan puff pastry?

- I puritani got a bad review:

http://classical963fm.com/arts/reviews/item/i-puritani

- Oh, excuse me for being able to sing really really fast really really high. If that makes me a chirper, I don't want to be a...non-chirper? What's the opposite of a chirper?

- When she opened the door she said, "Well, if it isn't Kristin Chirper-Heaslip!" Yeah. That's me.

- It was a bit crushing, but... *an excerpt from Episode 44: How CAN a door be out of order?*

- So yeah. Bring it on!

Come to Die Weisse Rose, April 8, 7:30 PM, Hart House Music Room: Tickets at 416-913-2424

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- No one has ever told me to sing louder in my entire life. Mostly it's the other way around.

- I'm very, very tired, and slowly descending into Rage Mode.

- Motorists of Toronto: If you do a creeping right turn in front of me at an intersection, you will be followed by a shrieking bike-lock wielding harpy on a bicycle. Well, maybe not, but I will give you a dirty look and maybe kick your tires.

- It was artistically and dramatically satisfying in a way I didn't expect it to be.

- F*ck this, I'm going back to Plan A: Become world famous opera star.

Also, how Gravol saved my life.

See me in The White Rose by Udo Zimmerman, April 8 at Hart House.

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- Dog people/cat people

- PC/Mac

- Original series/Next Generation

- Hell, Likes Star Trek/Likes Star Wars

- Taking it out one more level, Likes Sci Fi/Hates SciFi

- Mittens/Gloves

- Sees others as people/sees others as things

- Thinks the world is OK/Hates the world

- Creates/Synthesizes

- Hates cops/Wishes they were a cop (2nd includes actual cops)

- Wikipedia/Britannica

Plus serious stuff about healthcare and war.

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- Just a hint: If your cycling speed is significantly less than average walking speed, maybe you should GET OFF THE BICYCLE AND WALK. At least during rush hour.

- Some of it had turned into a weird hairy, gooey fuzz. I think they put in some carpet upside down to make it padded.

- I got two roles in two completely different operas. Can you believe that?

- If my voice sounds tired, it's because it is - I've been practicing bel canto and German 12-tone music All. Day.

- If you are of my generation, if you are a bit younger, if you are a bit older, if you are a woman, you have probably read Bridget Jones' Diary.

- I saw a matching purple tracksuit and I thought, "That's an attractive tracksuit." Then I thought, "OH MY GOD MY LIFE IS OVER."

Apologies for the lack of the dirty postcard video. Maybe tomorrow.

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- I was chatting with this nice older lady who was there with an extremely ancient German Short-Haired Pointer and a middle-aged Labradoodle.

- I was thinking, are there people like that? And am I one of them?

- Happy Valentine's Day! If you're single, I hope you're sticking it to the man and having a good time anyway.

- I will even send it in the MAIL. Maybe in an envelope.

- I should warn you that I haven't actually done any research about this.

- Thomas Jefferson: Rapist.

- Is my life perfect? No, but that doesn't mean I'm unhappy.

- I guess happiness depends on that tricky combination between your capacity for contentment and the lot one finds oneself in.

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- There's a weird kiosk that sells knock-off snuggies and blankets with Hannah Montana on them. No, really.

- A door is a very simple object. It either opens - or it doesn't.

- There's some mold growing on it, because IT'S A BATHROOM.

- The part of me that wants to be famous and successful and the part of me that actually wants to make music don't have much to do with each other.

- You know what? I have no idea what these people want, and I'm just going to sing Caro Nome and, you know, actually enjoy actually making music. What a surprise.

- Nick and Nora: Just like Dashiell Hammet and Lillian Helman, except a comedy.

Me and Ben play Somewhere There (Leftover Daylight series) this Friday, Feb. 12.

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- Just believing in a conspiracy doesn't make you a jackass. It makes you WRONG, maybe in need of doing some more research, but not an asshole.

- I translated all his emails into LOLspeak.

- This was one of the worst pieces of music I've heard in a long time. And I LIKE R. Murray Schafer.

- They have for some reason decided that R. Murray Schafer is bankable.

- The orchestra is like a top predator, like the T-Rex of the musical ecosystem. And we're like the small proto-mammals that can survive after the comet hits.

- Here's an idea: STOP PAYING TOM CRUISE SO GODDAMN MUCH.

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Send your best explanation (~200 words) to [email protected], or leave it as a comment at http://scintillator.wordpress.com/2010/01/27/the-contest/.

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Shot on my KodakZx1 and edited with IMovie.

Featuring The Raging Grannies, a couple of dogs, and some speakers whose names I have forgotten and am too lazy to look up.

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Shot on my KodakZx1 and edited with IMovie.

- No one says, "Ooo, I'm going to do something evil evil evil. Boogetty Boogetty Boogetty!"

- It's a race to the bottom or a tragedy of the commons or somthing

- Ask yourself: What is this Facebook group FOR? What do you want it to do?

- Soy milk needs a Facebook presence? Really?

- I want to say Anagram or Amalgam but I know it's neither. Acronym!

- What, really, do you have to say to someone who thinks, "Well, with abstinence-only you might get AIDS and get pregnant when you're 14, but at least you won't go to hell!"

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