Tis the season for making!

I know it's been a while since I've posted... let's just say I've had a lot on my mind.

Firstly, the house warming party was a complete success. We had three waves of people, from around 1pm to 1am. My Martha Stewart-esque behaviour was noted and the only food I had left was any of the pre-packaged stuff. Everything I made myself was devoured. Stewart and I barely ate anything ourselves. It was a great day. Thanks so much to all of you who came. And to all of you who didn't come or who I forgot to invite because I'm an idiot, feel free to give us a call or email anytime and come for a visit.

Secondly, I taught my last class of the semester at Algonquin yesterday. Next week is the student's final presentation, which is an opportunity for them to present their work in front of an audience that's probably not as critical as me! It's been great seeing the students' progression from one week to the next. It has renewed my faith in my ability to teach. I'm not saying I'm making Tony winners here, but I can see a difference in each and every student. I'm really proud of them.

Thirdly, December is my relatively calm month before the January/March storm! Some of my projects I was open about, but some weren't really public knowledge until recently. I have the pleasure of being the director on four different projects in the span of three months. I'll be working on Wajdi Mouawad's John for the Théâtre du Trillium directing lab. I'm helping Théâtre la Catapulte with a reading of a new play for Contact Ontarois. I'll be directing Caryl Churchill's Cloud Nine with a group of lovely Algonquin College students. And, perhaps the scariest of all, I'll be directing Pinter's Betrayal for Third Wall Theatre Co. (James Richardson was originally going to direct it but now has other interests within the project... it's a long story that I'm sure he'll share with you if you ask nicely.) So, wacky times for me. But exciting times.


And the trees are up in my house now... the bigger one is 7.5 feet tall. Needless to say I used a step ladder for most of the process. The smaller one is a tree that I inherited from my Grandfather. It's a little sad looking, but nothing an Ikea candle and hanging light nearby can't fix.

Oh, and last but not least, here's double proof of the other "thing" that I made recently. But none of us will get to see the finished product for nine months or so. Let's all keep our fingers crossed that nothing goes wrong.