Mike Pictor

The myth, the man, the monkey

Archive for November, 2007

woof

Posted: Friday, November 30th, 2007 @ 1:39 pm in General | No Comments »

This goes out to the meat eaters and omnivores out there.
Would you eat seal meat?
Horse?
Dog? Whale? Dolphin?
There are parts of the world where these are common staples, as likely (or more) to be consumed as chicken or beef here. If you wouldn’t eat those…why? What makes one animal appropriate table meat, but another as being […]

Audition

Posted: Wednesday, November 28th, 2007 @ 9:00 pm in General | No Comments »

Well…my dance audition was the worst I have ever done, partly because it was insanely fast, and we didn’t get the music to rehearse by until the last 10 minutes (stereo issues), but that’s ok, I have no expectation of being in the dance chorus, and of the 3 times we did it, the last […]

Supersize

Posted: Saturday, November 24th, 2007 @ 12:35 pm in General | No Comments »

I finally saw Supersize me, about the guy that ate all McDonalds for a month. It had….good points and bad points. I am partly annoyed at it in the same way as I get partly annoyed at Michael Moore films, they are not giving me impartial data, they are trying to angle it to achieve […]

clean

Posted: Thursday, November 22nd, 2007 @ 9:34 am in General | No Comments »

Anyone ever use Molly Maid for house cleaning? Anyone have an alternative suggestion?
Molly Maid dropped a pamphlet in my mailbox, and with the impending challenge of selling the house, I am going to need to keep the house sparkling…and I just may decide that a cleaning service once every week or two would be just […]

Beowulf

Posted: Wednesday, November 21st, 2007 @ 4:30 pm in General | No Comments »

Beowulf was good…the animation was….acceptable, not great, but the pure sensory experience of it was amazing. See it in 3D, or don’t see it all, but in 3D, it’s an incredible experience.
My lunch is not sitting well with me though. I went to a middle eastern take out counter at the mall food court….it was […]

Pink

Posted: Tuesday, November 20th, 2007 @ 12:04 am in General | No Comments »

Young girl in show: Do you wear any pink clothes?
Me: Not as a rule…unless it’s a character costume
Girl (somewhat reproachfully): Real men wear pink clothes
Me: …I have nothing *against* them…I just don’t happen to have any.
Girl: Oh…that’s ok then.
Well….excuse me. Maybe I have to score myself a pink button up, or maybe a hoodie.

Avenue Jew

Posted: Monday, November 19th, 2007 @ 11:00 pm in General | No Comments »

Fiddler on the Roof….meets Avenue Q.
No….seriously.
I give you….Avenue Jew!

updates

Posted: Monday, November 19th, 2007 @ 10:18 am in General | No Comments »

The show is going really well. If you had asked me before we moved into Centrepointe…I would have been skeptical…but it’s become a really solid show. It’s running to Saturday if you want to try and get tickets.
I have put several pictures from backstage here…
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=69856&id=628635356
But if is Facebook, so you need to be logged in […]

Sloth

Posted: Sunday, November 18th, 2007 @ 11:38 am in General | No Comments »

Too cute

busy

Posted: Thursday, November 15th, 2007 @ 2:54 pm in General | No Comments »

Rehearsals are going well, but are hectic. The pace of moving into a theatre goes like this. Sunday, set up the set, Monday, practice moving the set with actors nearby, Tuesday, make an attempt to combine the show the actors know, and the set moving which the rest of the crew has been gotten to […]