Disbelief

I still can't wrap my head around what happened at Dawson's College this week.
Four students are still in critical condition in the hospital with bullet wounds in their brain, chest, abdomen. One of them is in a coma.

How could anyone do such a thing?
I still can't believe it.
My heart goes out to the families and friends of the victims.

Je reviendrai à Montréal...

Dans un grand boeing bleu de mer....

Mais avant d'embarquer sur ce grand boeing, j'ai tellement de choses à faire!!
Je vais courir d'un bout à l'autre de la ville pour être certaine de ne rien oublier. Sortir la valise, choisir les vêtements...je ne me souviens plus combien il fait froid ou chaud en septembre à Montréal. La dernière fois que j'y étais était en 2002. Tous les petits trucs ici et là...Et j'attends toujours à la dernière minute pour faire ma valise, parce que je déteste dépacter mes trucs si j'ai besoin de quelque chose déjà pacté. Alors, le soir avant le départ, tout entre dans la valise mis à part la toiletterie. Et le matin du très très tôt départ, je panique toujours un peu, de peur d'avoir oublié quelque chose d'important.

Ah, et la veille du départ, je ne dors presque jamais, par peur de manquer mon réveil, et par engoisse de prendre l'avion. Même après mille vols, je ne suis toujours pas à l'aise. J'ai toujours peur d'être dans celui qui. Dans le seul qui. J'ai toujours eu peur d'être excessivement malchanceuse comme ça. Alors, j'angoisse. Durant les 30 heures de mon trajet, parce que personne n'est là pour me changer les idées, pour me calmer durant les folles turbulences juste en étant là. Ah. Le bonheur de faire le tour du monde seule.

Mais ce n'est pas la première fois, et certainement pas la dernière.
C'est le prix que je dois payer pour revenir au Canada. Voir ma famille, mes amis, mon pays. Je vous embrasse tous, et je vous verrai très bientôt!

There's nothing like good coffee.

A month ago, I bought an espresso machine for Allen for our fifth aniversary.I really thought I had given him a great gift that he would really enjoy. He is working so much, and studying the rest of the time, so it's nice to be able to get good coffee, strong espresso or frothy capuccino right at home. I hit the jackpot. He loves it. He has a short black every day. It's really great.


I got the espresso machine strictly for Allen's benefit. That was the original thought. But now, I am enjoying it and using it just as much as he is. I am having lattes every day. It's fantastic. It gives me a kick in the morning, it's nice and warm and feels luxurious and I don't have to go anywhere to get one-except my kitchen. Don't know what I would do without it now.

A few years ago, there is no way I would have spent money on a home espresso machine.

Today, I would not replace it for the world.


mmmmm.

Crickey!!

We herd as soon as it happened. It's terrible.
La commotion en Australie. Un icône est mort.
Steve Irwin was slashed by a sting-ray while filming a doco about the sea's deadliest creatures. I'll say. Apparently, if the tail of the ray touches you, it acts like the tip of a war mousquet. It stings, it penetrates, it's like a potent poison.

Steve had an immediate cardiac arrest and no one could revive him.

Ironically, we all thought that the Crocodile Hunter would probably die eaten by a croc. Nope. It was all very sudden, but when you have that kind of job, let's face it, death follow you around. Yet, Steve was a pro. Sometimes it seemed like nothing could hurt him. All this is very sad. Not to mention he was filming the doco with his young daughter.

When you think about him, you remember the very enthousiastic, quirky guy who had more energy than the energizer bunny. He was like a caricature, yes, but he was passionate about animals and environment conservation. He did a great deal for the wildlife sanctuary that is Australia.

You gotta love him for that.

New Pictures

I just uploaded more pictures of the Lucky Miles shoot on flickr.
Know that I didn't take most of them myself. I got a great cd with heaps of pictures a few of our actors and crew members took.

Thank you Ken Moraleda, Sri Sacdpraseuth and Marcus Rehlaender

Great stuff.

Good news

Vanou will be in Canada for my wedding!! How great is that?? It wouldn't have been the same without her, she's been my best friend for a long time and it's never been so long since we've seen each other. We need a sushi orgie indeed, and lots and lots of movie going while munching on Australian jujubes.
(No, Vanou and Johanne, I have not forgotten my tradition of having half the weight of my suitcase be Natural Confectionnary Jellies...)
I can't wait!

Everything is going so well. Things are falling into place. The wedding preperations are slowly starting to happen, and we have great ideas.

I will also most probably make it to the final screening of 2:37 at the Toronto Film Festival. And my folks will be there too. How fantastic. Found a dress to wear, but have to decide if I can afford to buy it.....

And I got an interview for the next film that's coming to Adelaide.

And I got a decent tax return.

Oh, and guess what.
I finally bought my NikonD70!!! Just in time to take it to Montréal!! My friend Daryl wasn't sure if we wanted to sell it, he changed his mind about 4 times, but yesterday, finally decided to part with it, to my great great happiness.

So I am all set.

I have to say it's in times like these when I get scared something is going to go horribly wrong. Like pouring rain on our wedding day. Or missing all my flights as a standby and not making it to the screening. Shit like that.
But hey, I am a good person, I work hard and my life is not always this bright and easy, so I have to believe I'm worth it and that I deserve everything to keep on going so well.