Don’t know if you’ve heard, but the film industry is rather quiet lately. Strikes are happening (and rightly so), which means a lot of actors and writers and crew members are, for the first time in what feels like a long time, free to make actual summer plans. Except when you’re used to working all…
Author: Jewel Staite
Haters Gonna Hate
So, look… I’m the first to admit that social media most definitely has its blessings. I know I’m not the only one lying in bed at night watching some dumb Tiktok video and whisper-laughing so hard I’m crying next to my sleeping partner who has to deal with this lunacy every. single. night. I…
Spring Awakening
Some updates! Travel news! Convention appearances! Crispy salmon! That last one probably feels a little out of left field, but hey.. it’s also baseball season, so… fitting! Firstly, if it hasn’t made it to your neck of the woods yet, YES season two of Family Law is coming at you stateside and in Canada this…
Idle Hands
Here’s a newsflash: Being an actor is, at times, very boring. You’ve all heard of the feast or famine thing, which is as terrifying as it sounds. Scrambling to pay the bills until you reach your next job while trying not to reek of desperation when you’re in an audition room, shaking in your boots…
What the Duck
*Note: if you are highly sensitive to foul language, 1. I don’t know how we’re friends and 2. You might want to skip this post and find something more wholesome to read I find all things technological highly annoying, but autocorrect and I have a special relationship. Case in point to the image accompanying…
Are You There, Internet? It’s Me, Grandma
So a weird thing happened, in a series of weird things happening, that led to the weirdest thing of all. At the beginning of December, I got sick with a stomach bug that had me so nauseous and dehydrated, I ended up face planting into my bathroom garbage can and wedging my front tooth into…
Thankful
Ok so…. we’ve actually already had Thanksgiving here in Canada. At that juncture in what was sweet, balmy early October, I was still delirious from firing on all cylinders and just thankful to be able to stay in my bed past 530am and watch reruns of House Hunters while pigging out on salt and vinegar chips until I gave myself…