Raconteurs asked me to tell this story at their BIG IDEAS show. It’s my freckle tattoo story which you can read, if you prefer, right here.
Watching it now, wow, this needs editing. But I hope you enjoy the tale none the less.
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Raconteurs: Big Ideas
StorytellingCome see me tell a story at this month’s Raconteurs, Toronto’s premier story-telling show. The theme this month is ‘Big Ideas’ and I’ll be recounting my famous freckle tattoo story. The cover is only 10$ which is a lot less than what I normally charge for my company.
CLICK HERE for the Facebook invitation. If you can’t make it out, you can read the text version of my story HERE.
That Time I Was Sound Tortured By An Angry Neighbor
Blog, Writing“That Time I…” posts are true stories that am I retiring from my social repertoire. To honour them, I am committing them to text for the first time. Read stories about abortion, my awesome tattoo, and the infamous Tragic Hand Button.
The first time I noticed the song was playing, I didn’t hear it, I felt it. My bedroom floor began to rumble so I took off my headphones to determine the cause. I didn’t recognize the song blasting from the apartment below me – some aggressively bassy, chugging black metal – so I shrugged and put my headphones back on. I wasn’t phased. After all, it was the middle of the day and my downstairs neighbor hadn’t made a peep since I moved in. He was entitled to some noise-making. An hour later, as I left my room, his music was still going. I thought to myself, ‘Man, this music sucks. It all sounds the same.’
That Time I Got A Tattoo Of A Freckle
Blog, Writing“That Time I…” posts are true stories that am I retiring from my social repertoire. To honour them, I am committing them to text for the first time. Read stories about sound torture, abortion, and the infamous Tragic Hand Button.
My friend Matt quietly sipped his coffee while I talked about my character-building adventures in Europe. I told him about walking through St. Peter’s just after the death of John Paul. I told him about the Lutheran Bible I bought in Berlin and the perpetual bookfair that takes place on the site where Nazis burned them. I also told him about an idea I had, but didn’t follow though on, to have a freckle tattooed on my arm. His response to all of that was, “Let’s do it right now. My friend works in a tattoo parlour on Yonge Street.”
That Time I Got Fired From My Usher Job
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I graduated university with a degree in Theatre. When I considered, after the fact, what this qualified me to do, I didn’t think about moving to Los Angeles or writing the great Canadian screenplay. I thought that maybe – just maybe – this qualified me to be an usher.
Working against me was the fact that I had not taken a single course called Intro To Never Saying Anything Offensive or Being Nice To Old People, 1990 – Present. However, I would absolutely be able to deliver if a patron needed clarification on the proper definition of dramatic irony (the boring kind of irony). A posh downtown theatre agreed and gave me the job.
Accidental Company Featured in Radix
Comedy, PressThe University of Guelph interviewed my sketch troupe after our first show at the Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival. Here it is
Street Sex #8 – Celebrity Fantasies
Street Sex, VideoIn this last video from Series II, we ask our volunteers about their celebrity crushes. Surprisingly, one lady had fulfilled hers fantasy already. Can you guess who she is referring to?
Street Sex #6 – First Times
Street Sex, VideoThis week Sexologist Stephen de Wit and I ask people about their first ever sexual experience: thumbs up or thumbs down?
Street Sex #2 – Secret Fantasies
Street Sex, VideoDr Steven De Wit and I continue our new series, Street Sex, in which we flag down strangers and ask them about their sex lives. In this episode we ask people to reveal their secret fantasies.
New Online Series: Street Sex
Street Sex, VideoCheck out the first episode of Street Sex with Toronto Sexologist Doctor Stephen De Wit. Stephen’s personal mission is to normalize people’s ideas about sex so we decided to ask strangers on the street about their preferences.
I am producing, filming, and editing this series. Watch episode one below: favourite positions.