SpRuNg!

Spring is totally here. Just TRY and tell me that it's not. I don't care if that damn dirty snow is taking it's sweet time melting outta sight. No one can deny me the joy that I feel now that it is actually light out when I wake up in the morning, and now that I had to take my jacket off while driving today because the sun was so warm beating through the car windows, and now that there IS that umistakeable feeling in the air... the egde of J-O-Y that is stirring within us all, as we celebrate the EXIT (of) WINTER.

And I too seem to be sprung from the existential captivity of the soul that winter seemed to have me trapped in... I'm all settled in to the new digs, loving life with the new roomies... I even hosted an easter dinner, which I COOKED, all by myself, including A TURKEY!

Don't believe me? Check out the photographic evidence:

Step One: Get over your fear of the dead bird.

(Cooking Fact: Recovering Vegetarians are not ideal candidates for cooking dead animals. Even tasty bird ones. It's true.)

This is not fake at all, despite the Swiss Chalet jokes we cracked all evening, this is the real deal; I cooked that dead bird!
(Another Cooking Fact: Meat-eating roomates come in handy when you have no idea how to 'carve a turkey'; Just hand them the knife and ask them to make that cooked dead bird into sliced dead bird - mmmmmmm!)

The Best Part: The People
Ah, such good times...
Seriously will go down as one of THE best memories of my entire life, seriously.

And in other news, the rest of my life, outside of my home, seems to have totally picked up lately... I'm loving my part-time afterschool teaching gigs, and my volunteer Tuesday nights with the teens, and I'm excitedd to announce that a few weeks ago I auditioned for, and was cast in a kids show that will have me performing in a Six Flags Amusement park in St Louis, Missouri for June, July & August this summer!

Yeah, St Louis - the city I never knew I would be excited to spend time in!

But I am excited. Very. And I'm also falling more and more in love with my neighbourhood (the historical "Junction City" neighbourhood in West Toronto). And I'm working on creating a new one-woman show that I am hoping to perform and tour in 2008/2009... And my roomate Laura and I are also plotting to open our own business in the neighbourhood, maybe even in late 2008... we'll see... dum da dum, dum dum...

Oh yeah, I've also (THANK G-D, becauseIdesperatelyneedthemoney) got a temporary, eight day gig as a driver for this 'REEL Canada' film festival, through my roomate Louis. 'REEL Canada' brings Canadian films in to Canadian high schools, like a one-day film festival, including guest speakers and workshops... And it's MY job now to pick up and drop off those special guests. I've only done two days now, but it's been pretty fun. I get to meet some interesting people, and I kinda love being around teenagers in these high schools all day too... :)

Well, that's all for now kids.
I promise to try and update more frequently in the coming days/weeks/months...

But until then, get away from your computer and go play outside!

Happy Spring!
XOX