Tonia Krauser is my friend and colleague and I’m her ride ho (she drives me to work most mornings) and Oliver is her dog. Tonia is a marketing whiz who holds it all together at Second Harvest, and a real party animal. Oliver likes to whiz, and is also a real party animal. Tonia’s grandmother still…
Ten Things I've Learned
Guestpost #24: Jen Chow – Ten things I've learned from being an Asian Sensation
Jen Chow is my friend, colleague, event-organizing super-star, and all-around hilarious person (or, in her Scarberian parlance, “so jokes”). Jen is also really Chinese, which makes this list all the more funny and curious. It’s true, I can’t lie, most Asians are bad drivers. 97% of the time you encounter a bad driver, they’re Asian!…
Guestpost #23: Josh McNorton – Ten things I’ve learned from playing music
Josh McNorton is one of those guys who is always fun to hang out with in any social situation…a connector. And then he has this deep, poetic side that seems almost jarringly different from his gregarious personality. He’s a character, is what I’m saying…and it all works somehow. He’s worked up and down the music…
Guestpost #22: Farrah Khan – Ten things I’ve learned from being raised a Muslim
Farrah Khan is my roommate, my good friend, and someone I deeply admire. She lives what she believes…not many people can say that. Also, she is dating my other good friend Chris and forces him to follow his dreams. Farrah works for http://www.cape.ca/, and is a critical force in the Canadian environmental movement. A lot…
Guestpost #21: Cameron Algie – Ten things I’ve learned from writing ads
Cameron was one of my improv teachers, and he is without a doubt one of the best and funniest improvisers I know. Cameron Algie is a member of Standards & Practices, and if you don’t know about S&P, you’d better aks (sic) somebody. Here is his ridiculous bio on the ITC website: Cameron has studied…
Guestpost #20: Meghan Telpner – Ten Things I’ve Learned From Healing An Incurable Disease
Official Bio: Meghan Telpner, Certified Nutritionist and Chief Love Maker of her blog Making Love In The Kitchen, delivers a refreshingly realistic approach to nutrition and healthy living. Based in Toronto, Meghan is the director of The Love In The Kitchen Academy cooking school as well as Nourish Your Soul Holidays, leading healthy living retreats…
Guestpost #19: Jen Littlewood – Ten things I learned from “suffering” from English repression
Jen is a terrific performer and an extremely funny person in an understated (read: British) way. Here is her bio: Jen has lived in Wakefield, Nottingham, London, Chicago, and Toronto. She has worked in a theatre, a bar, a strip club (not in that way), another theatre, another bar, a bedroom/office space, an improv theatre,…
Guestpost #18: Rosie Driscoll – Ten things I've learned from travelling with my parents
Rosie Driscoll is a long-time friend from high-school, and she also happens to be a rising star in Toronto’s arts scene, having worked with The Banff Arts Centre, Canadian Stage, Luminato, and (currently) with the CBC. She’s a musician, a stage manager, and a “connector”. She has no blog to speak of…but probably should. Memories…
Guestpost #17: Eran Norton – Ten things I’ve learned from seeing a shrink
Eran is my friend from UBC. She is relentlessly positive, which is a good counterpoint to all the relentless negativity out there, and she’s a great writer. Here’s her bio: About Eran: Eran Norton is a 31-year old gal from Vancouver, Canada, who blogs about learning to live her life out loud at Ms. New…
Guestpost #16: John Lepp and Jen Love, Agents of Good – Ten things we’ve learned from being Agents of Good
John and Jen are two incredible fundraising and marketing professionals who I have the honour of working with at Second Harvest. They have kicked our direct mail program and website development into hyperdrive, and I really can’t recommend them enough. Plus, they are awesome and opinionated people. Here is their website: http://www.agentsofgood.org/ and here is…
Guestpost #15: Aidyl Jago – Ten things I’ve learned from climbing big mountains
Aidyl Jago is a cool chick I met in Vancouver who has done all kinds of weird shit, including: working in the music business for well over a decade, fostering rottweilers, climbing lots of big mountains, running 5 marathons in 2 years, and now living in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado as a stay-at-home mom.…
Guestpost #14: Jennifer Matotek – Ten things I’ve learned from working in the art world for 10 years
Jen Matotek is an emerging curator, interdisciplinary artist, and videomaker whose work has been shown across North America in galleries and film and video festivals such as the Chicago Underground Film Festival, the New York Underground Film Festival, and Cinematexas. Jen is currently the Senior Coordinator, Programme Administration, at the fabulous TIFF Bell Lightbox. Oh, and she’s…
Guestpost #13: Aaron Strate – Ten things I've learned from working with kids
Aaron Strate is a very close friend, with a background in media, comedy, and music, as well as being an extremely successful film and television editor. One day, he decided to work with kids, and never looked back. Aaron is also a sick basketball player, with a killer 15-foot baseline shot and some smooth post…
Guestpost #12: Anonymous – Ten things I’ve learned from being a Korean woman
Anonymous (not their real name) is an exceptionally smart person studying exceptionally smart things, but wishes to remain anonymous for the purposes of this post. At the age of 26, it is time for you to get married. Your parents and grandparents will not stop setting you up with their family friends’ son in law…
Guestpost #11: Becky Ferreira – Ten things I've learned from Josh Bowman
Becky Ferreira is a Canadian writer, comedian and raptor based in New York. She has been published in Popular Science, Bust magazine, Glamour, TheAwl.com and The L Magazine among others. Her fiction has been published in One Cool Word and flashquake, and she is an Upright Citizens Brigade trained improviser, and one of my closest…
Guestpost #10: Jess Grant – Ten things I’ve learned from temping as a receptionist at a reinsurance office
Jess Grant is one of the best improvisers in Canada. She is a Mainstage ITC performer (as part of two “House Party” teams), a gifted actress, and an overall terrific person. When she is famous, I will tell people that I asked her out but she turned me down. This is her ITC bio: http://www.impatient.ca/people/jess-grant/ There…