Worst Blogger EVER/
Well...I am deeply ashamed. Deeply, deeply ashamed. Deeply. It's been over a month since I last posted. It's not that I don't feel guilt. It's not that I don't hate myself when I fall asleep at night. It's not that I don't not use too many un-negatives on a not irregular non-basis. It's just that I've been doing a lot of present-buying, traveling, booze-consuming, watching two and a half seasons of the best show on television (Veronica Mars -- holy crap) and giving things up then reincorporating them into my diet then giving them up again. Ah, 2007.
First I apologized for not posting in so long. Now, I'm going to follow up that apology with another apology: this is going to be a very short post. Here are my reasons/excuses: 1) I am in Vancouver right now and I am flying home early tomorrow morning. (Okay, fine, 11AM is not that early, but I've got jet lag. Wait...11 AM in Vancouver means 2PM in Toronto. Excuse #1 officially sucks.) I've been here in the snowed-over version of Vancouver for five days, mainly because there was a Dog's Breakfast photo shoot today and I was required to attend and pose. ("An A Dog's Breakfast Photo shoot?" "A A Dog's Breakfast Photo Shoot"? Nothing looks right. I HATE ARTICLES. And grammar. And pickled ginger, but that's unrelated.) I also got to dogsit and officially bond with my brother David's dog Mars. Cutest dog EVER. Well worth the five hour flight.
2) My second long-winded excuse for a short post is that I have to go online and find someone to take my apartment. Soon. That's right -- my NEW apartment with the DJ neighbour on the West side and the shoot-em-up video game junkie who cheers when he pops someone on the East side. I HAVE to move. I HAVE to break my lease. I HAVE to. There are many people who could handle living where I live: other DJs, other video game addicts, Buddhists, etc. but I may become insane if I don't. Or sane, I guess. That could be cool. Maybe I should stay...
3) My third excuse for a short post is that I can't decide if I have too little to report or too much to report, so I'm not reporting anything at all. I can't decide if I'm overwhelmed by news, or underwhelmed by how little has happened in 30 days.
So instead of posting properly or fixing the rough draft of my new play (my NEW new play), I'm instead going to drink champagne with David and Jane until I fall asleep! Healthy, I know.
But I gave up beer! It's been three weeks. Nice.
Beer-missingly,
Kate
Well...I am deeply ashamed. Deeply, deeply ashamed. Deeply. It's been over a month since I last posted. It's not that I don't feel guilt. It's not that I don't hate myself when I fall asleep at night. It's not that I don't not use too many un-negatives on a not irregular non-basis. It's just that I've been doing a lot of present-buying, traveling, booze-consuming, watching two and a half seasons of the best show on television (Veronica Mars -- holy crap) and giving things up then reincorporating them into my diet then giving them up again. Ah, 2007.
First I apologized for not posting in so long. Now, I'm going to follow up that apology with another apology: this is going to be a very short post. Here are my reasons/excuses: 1) I am in Vancouver right now and I am flying home early tomorrow morning. (Okay, fine, 11AM is not that early, but I've got jet lag. Wait...11 AM in Vancouver means 2PM in Toronto. Excuse #1 officially sucks.) I've been here in the snowed-over version of Vancouver for five days, mainly because there was a Dog's Breakfast photo shoot today and I was required to attend and pose. ("An A Dog's Breakfast Photo shoot?" "A A Dog's Breakfast Photo Shoot"? Nothing looks right. I HATE ARTICLES. And grammar. And pickled ginger, but that's unrelated.) I also got to dogsit and officially bond with my brother David's dog Mars. Cutest dog EVER. Well worth the five hour flight.
2) My second long-winded excuse for a short post is that I have to go online and find someone to take my apartment. Soon. That's right -- my NEW apartment with the DJ neighbour on the West side and the shoot-em-up video game junkie who cheers when he pops someone on the East side. I HAVE to move. I HAVE to break my lease. I HAVE to. There are many people who could handle living where I live: other DJs, other video game addicts, Buddhists, etc. but I may become insane if I don't. Or sane, I guess. That could be cool. Maybe I should stay...
3) My third excuse for a short post is that I can't decide if I have too little to report or too much to report, so I'm not reporting anything at all. I can't decide if I'm overwhelmed by news, or underwhelmed by how little has happened in 30 days.
So instead of posting properly or fixing the rough draft of my new play (my NEW new play), I'm instead going to drink champagne with David and Jane until I fall asleep! Healthy, I know.
But I gave up beer! It's been three weeks. Nice.
Beer-missingly,
Kate
posted by katehewlett at 12:51 AM
58 Comments:
Now you can move to another loft--just to make your blog accurate of course!
Have a great New Year!
Marie
Sorry to hear you're having to move again but I hope you had a good time over the holiday period and the the promotion went well.
Snow! As an East Coaster, I must admit to being highly jealous. We've had warm and cold weather, with rain, but absolutely no snow other than a few pitiful flurries. Would gladly take all that snow off your hands. *_*
You know, 3 long winded excuses for a short post make up for a fairly decently sized post.
And I'm with you on the beer, haven't had any since Christmas. Well, New Years. Heh, that didn't last long. I'm the only female beer drinker in the family and the others used to call me un-ladylike. Before they got over it, like.
Anyway, have fun and have a great year!
I'm glad you finally posted :) Beer is indeed hard to give up, I haven't had any for over a week. Spirits are ok though lol. It makes me less fat :)
Welcome back! You've been missed. :)
Hope you had a great holiday.
I'd say more, but it's 2:50am and my brain's starting to fry. :p
Oh dear! You certainly have picked a rather interesting day to come back on, seeing as its the first major snow storm of the year here in Toronto and well, it looks to be rather icy too. *winces* Good luck with the flight! And also, I hope the apartment search goes well! It can't be fun having neighbors like that, so good luck!
Happy new year!
Glad to hear something of you again...was already afraid your cats had eaten you or soemthing like that. One never knows!
Anyway you can shorten the Breakfast thingy down to ADB. I think most people now know that abbr. and of course it doesn't need so much typing! I also hate articles!
Good luck with moving again. You'll become a professionall before long, it seems!
I guess you won't come to the London screening of ADB? But could you please ask your brother why he had the insane idea of deciding upon a THURSDAY??? Nobody is able to fly in from Germany or elsewhere on a thursday! A nice saturday would have been far better for all. But enough o fit, your not responsible for your brother's insanity of course – I hope...
Great to... read you again!!! We all missed you!
Hope you find a nicer - and quieter - place to stay!! I have 2 twin one-year-olds living in the apartment under mine (Gina, I know how YOU feel!). Their bedroom is under mine. ARRRGGGHHH!!!
Glad to hear frm you Kate! Don't worry about the delay in posting, we all understand how busy December gets. Most of us have been there, done that.
Sorry to hear that you are moving again, but it is for the best. Hope you had good holidays.
we were missing you, but hey we know you hewletts live a busy life. Just great to hear from you.
God you leave us for a month and then come back with bad news! You shoul'd feel guilty :)
Awww i'm only joking. I'm kind of glad for you that you have to move apartments again; do you really want to have to put up with living with mentally unstable neighbours :D The trouble of moving would be worth it!
No news, how about the news i hear ADB is coming to England?! I'd call that news, i can't wait to see the film! Though hopefully we won't have David running in circles worrying about his new high deffinition baby having monosounds (is that even a word?? Meh!
I wish i was snowed in here, about 17 meteres snowed in. I miss snowboarding! My board has dust on it! Dust!
Congrats on giving up the beer! It's good for you! And everyyyone knows that expensive champaigne is good for you *alot of eye rolling going on in this very boring and cold college, good working time spent here blogging :)*
And i tottttally agree with marie! Now you can move back into some form of loft to satisfy your blog needs :)
Wow this is a long blog, i should really post on mine instead but then i'd miss you.
Well i was going to try writing abit in french to keep you busy but 1. I forgot all my funny french if ever it existed and 2. You sound really busy with your many and recent call to fame :D So happy for you!
Much love and I don't need to wish you a good new year because to be honest i know it's going to be amazing! Can't wait to see you and David and everyone hopefully if you come to London or wherever it's going to be, and if i get tickets which i really hope i do, i'll have to sneak in if i don't :)
Shutting up now :)
[J]oe x
Sorry to hear about the new apartment kate.
I cant wait to meet in you in february at Pegasus2!
The yahoo group is going really well too!
http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/kate-hewlett
Shelley
Don't think it's the worsed blog ever.. there are worse *don't say names*
OMG you watch Veronica Mars? which episode? ok sorry fangirly here but hey it's Jaime Ray Newman (Stargate love^^) and I think my first tv love Rodney Rowland! (Space: Above And Beyond is such a cool show.. go. watch it! and if you can't find it wask David he has to knwo if if not he isn't geeky enough ;) Besides at least you got DVDs we here not *cry* ) Anyway, you have to love Veronica mars only for the gueststars I mean Charisma Carpender and Alyson Hannigan! Steven Guttenberg (mmh.. yummy in Airborne with Torri and Sean) and Ed Begley Jr., who seems to follow me around everywhere I go he is teher! *eek*
ok enough fangirl talk (it's your fault don't mention the one show that finally has my name on/in/with it.. no not Mars PLUS great gueststars)
btw. I think you get my thoughts send to you because yesterday I thought of you and how much I loved to read a new post and there you are writing one (or writing on on not writing one) and it was the same last time! it's getting creepy.
And I totally envy you with snow. it's only cold and rainy and the wind blowing cold and *arg* With snow you can at least feel like winter.
I were perfect for your lost because I never hear anything and if it happen one in hundret years I don't care^^
Just get me teh money to be able to study in canada I'd come right NOW (just have to tell my sister she has to hurry up inventing the transporter to beam me there)
wonderful to read from you...
as for the neighbour issue, i sympathise with you (my flat mate are definitely trying to drive me mad as well...). one of my friends thought that there was some kind of conspiracy against each and every one of us... maybe there's an "anti-Kate league" as well among your neighbours... good luck with your flat-research...
i should probably stop commenting and go back to the flat to study for the exams...
good luck with all your projects, anyway (play, flat, etc.) ;-)
just a sitenote: even without posting that much we still love you and you can't stop the signal^^
you spread within Livejournal. There are comms like awsomehewletts (for david and you) http://community.livejournal.com/awesomehewletts or in female gate comms like atlantis_ladies http://community.livejournal.com/atlantis_ladies
Damn, I signed in with the wrong account. [insert sigh here]
Ayla
Great to hear from you again!! Sorry to hear about the apartment, I hope the next place is better!
I can totally sympathise with the bad neighbours...We had the neighbour from hell for ten years until we moved a few months ago.
Photoshoot? Yay!! Any more info on A Dog's Breakfast or Starcrossed?
Can't wait until Pegasus 2, and don't feel guilty about forgetting to update :)
Yess... Veronica Mars is by FAR the best show on TV. That is a great excuse to not post in a while and you are forgiven. :)
Absence makes the heart grow fonder. Nice to see that you care so much to get in a word or two amongst the chaos. It is appreciated. But you must spend some time to tell us about your new play when the opportunity avails itself.
Here is to a good new year for you and an even better loft/apartment/dwelling on the horizon.
Happy Belated Birthday! Keep Warm!
Ah, finally! I was starting to worry you'd gotten over your bloggaholism. There is no "Bloggers Annonymous" out there that I know of!
In your absense David Nykl has been keeping us squirrels (pirahnas? squirrels? no...I like squirrels better....besides I doubt Criz would draw pirahnas for us.) busy and entertained.
Good luck in finding a new apartment. I just got new neighbors. You could come be my roommate while my hubby is overseas.
Safe flight home!!
Oh Kate, welcome back to our little world. It is great to hear from you again.
Your updates are always so amusing and entertaining. Thanks for that.
You did not mention Rufus or Martha. I hope they are doing well.
It’s great to hear about the photo shoot for “A Dog’s Breakfast”. It lets us know that things are moving right along with the movie.
Give Mars a nice pat on the head from us and give David and Jane a congratulatory hug from all his squirrelly fans.
Take care, stay warm and have a safe trip home.
Cheers!
Tammy
My solution for the whole article conundrum is to restructure the sentence. So you can say there was "a photoshoot for A Dog's Breakfast" and you're good to go.
good luck on the apartment thing. one of those interesting processes that is both fun and horrifyingly awful.
Glad you are back and had an enjoyable holiday! When I was in an apartment I really had no problems with neighbors but I was rarely there. Now I own a house and have a pesky neighbor that paints the house BRIGHT YELLOW (which I can see out of my kitchen window every morning) and complains that our dog barks when we let her outside. What's up with that?! Champagne, or wine for that matter is better than beer anyway. Good luck with that.
Have a great 2007!!!
Another fan of Veronica Mars - yay! Just need a few million more and the show may actually be saved from cancellation!
Also - very jealous of the snow you've got! So not fair...
Sucks that you are back to apartment hunting and then the inevitable moving :(
Sounds like you are having a good time in Vancouver though! Well... maybe minus the snowstorm ;)
Can't wait to see the photographs from the ADB shoot!
You gave up beers?
How could you do that?
^^
Just try a Belgian one and you won't be able to give up anymore...
Anyway, nice to see you back at the blog ... and good luck to find a new and suitable apartment...
PS : see, they are people who have even more problems then you with the grammar ^^ (except I got an excuse )
No, it's not the worst blog, and you're not the worst blogger!
No, it was not a very short post! (Or your short posts are bigger than my usual posts).
No, it was not a long time. Just longer than the usual :x lol
And there's no reason to apologize, you have your busy busy life to attend to.
I'm not sure if I'm sorry to hear that you're moving again. The one thing I'm sure (I think I am...) is that it would be better for you to have a quiet place, rather than game addicts/DJ's turning your brain into soup. I hope you have better luck with the new apartment.
Bye! See (read) you soon?
I am so glad you're back.
On the home front (pun was intended *g*), I can sympathise, I moved from a flat in London (UK) which was very noisy. Am in a detached house 20m outside Edinburgh... very peaceful.
Am willing to do a swap - on a temporary basis - perfect for Edinburgh Festival time *lol*.
So, you've given up beer and are drinking champagne instead - methinks the Hollywood lifestyle is rubbing off on you.
(*tuts and shakes head* 'she used to be such a nice down to earth girl' *lol*)
Have a lovely time anyway, and good luck with the apartment hunting.
Debra
Veronica Mars RULES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hee, I find it amusing that you apologise for not posting. :)
To be honest, I always find that when I'm busy, time just flies. Take this month for instance - I've been busy with work and personal life that it's going by so quickly and in 2 weeks' time, I'm off to London (I'm in Sydney by the way).
Glad to hear that ADB is taking off but sorry to hear that you have to give up the apartment.
Take care and do enjoy the champagne! I'm not a beer person myself but unfortunately it means that I drink the drinks with even more alcohol!
Good on you! You don't have to put up with people like that.
I'm glad you had a good time, hope your brother didn't bug you too much (i know mine does).
Can't wait to see the results from the photo shoot.
Well done on giving up beer (i tried giving up coco cola, gave up on giving up but i've stuck with not eating crisps, 15 days!)
C you in a few weeks!
Red Phoniex
Sarah Hardy
Wow! It all seems so overwhelming but yet it doesn't.
Glad to see you post again!
I'll except all of those excuses. ;)
Hope you have fun with David, Jane, and Mars!
-Danielle
Again a happy new year, Kate.
I wish you good luck to find a new new loft(in translation)!
I'll keep my fingers crossed.
Meanwhile have a nice time with the DJ. ;o)
Greetings from Germany
Stefan
PS: Please check your mails...
========in german==========
Nochmals ein frohes neues Jahr, Kate.
Viel Glück bei der Suche nach einem neuem neuem Loft(in Übersetzung)!
Ich werde Dir die Daumen drücken.
Währenddessen hab eine schöne Zeit mit dem DJ. ;o)
Grüße aus Deutschland
Stefan
PS: Bitte ruf meine Deine E-Mail ab...
So instead of posting properly or fixing the rough draft of my new play (my NEW new play), I'm instead going to drink champagne with David and Jane until I fall asleep! Healthy, I know.
^ Good plan. I like your thinking! :)
Good luck with the NEW new play and finding somewhere less noisy to live!
So looking forward to Pegasus 2, too!
It's great to hear from you!
I'm glad you and Mars got a chance to bond. Sounds like fun! I miss my puppy when I'm away here at school.
I'm with Elvin - I'd've just rearranged the whole sentence, but then you'd lose the whole grammar-game fun;)
Sorry to hear the noisy neighbors have made it so impossible for you; maybe you can find someone to take it over for you. When I was in SC, I added a roommate and we moved to a townhouse in the same complex. A few months later I lost my job and had to move, so her brother moved in with her and they took over the lease with no trouble. Don't know if anything like that might be an option for you or not.
And, hey, a month's not so bad. :: glances at own blog with six-month-or-more gaps :: Yeah, you're doing fine. Remember, this is fun, not work. You only need to worry about being present every day if you're getting paid for it;)
I know how that feels with noisy neighbors. Happy hunting, here's to finding a mime for new neighbor in the next apartment.
Forget beer - champagne is where it's at. And from what your dear brother David says, you have excellent taste - always go with the Widow. :)
Just wanted to say missed ya and welcome back! Your writings are a very welcome distraction :)
Break the lease! Living with people who drive you crazy is definitely a downer. I'd blame them for making the blog late...bad annoying videogamers! I lived with one last semester, though she went beyond her video craze. She would play Warcraft with her boyfriend across the hall, both doors open yelling to each other. This was in addition to the relgious rituals involving knives/candles(all banned in dorms), the curses on me for eating meat in the room, and the multiple illicit sessions she had on my bed when I was sleeping at the barn. Yuck.
I'm officially the worst blogger. I put up snippets of thoughts and strange news articles, or not update for weeks on end.
Business is automatically an excuse! It looks like everyone's been running around lately, especially for "A Dog's Breakfast." It's surprising you can get around and do everything, especially with this crazy weather hitting the States.
Good luck with the apartment search. I understand--when you find a great place you cling to it tightly, but a bad situation makes every part of life pretty much hell!
And how do you write so fast? I'm still only halfway though my one-act!
Oh, there's no fast and hard rule on how much you have to blog. If you're busy with life, that's great! And photo shoots for ADB? EVEN BETTER! I can't wait to see that film. I am green with envy for friends who saw it in LA and soon in London and when oh when will it hit NYC?
But you know if you feel really really guilty, you can always post pictures from your time in Vancouver. Posting pictures does wonders to make the guilt go away (wonder if she'll buy that?) Hmm... ;)
Ah ! Un nouveau commentaire !
Je suis désolé d'apprendre que tu vas encore déménager. C'est vraiment pénible...mais d'un autre côté le titre de ton blog trouve sa raison d'être ;) Cependant, je trouve ça révoltant que tu sois obliger de partir à cause de débiles mentaux qui passent leur temps à faire du bruit...ce sont eux qui devraient partir. A ce sujet j'ai trouvé les textes de lois en vigueur en Ontario pour le droit des locataires (Law.gov.on.ca). Les renseigner que chaque locataires à le droit à "la jouissance paisible de son local"...donc si ça peut les refroidir un peu et t'éviter de déménager ! L'effet disuasif peut faire son effet...
Kate, véritable buisiness women:avion, photos, tournages... une nouvelle pièce...wow ! La contre-partie: tu dois être complètement fatiguée ! Aller repose toi bienn pour nous raconter tes nouvelles aventures !
Bon et bien je retourne étudier mon droit pénal et mes finances publiques...snif examens obligent...le jour de mon anniversaire...ça devrait pas être permis! A+
because the other squirrels urged me to post it here ... otherwise I would have been to chicken to do it *blushes*
I should point out though that I like the layout, but the combination with another site just didn't work too well the other night ;)
so erm ... what to call it
lofty pie ?!
A long long time ago
I can still remember
when reading blogs didn't bother me
I should have know these times had gone
why do I edit yet 'nother song ?
when squirrels should just climb a tree.
But then along came Hewlett's Kate
and wrote another blog update:
with lovely green on dark background
it was then, that I found out ...
At first I simply had to blink
I should've seen that obvious hint
and it got worse, I could just squint
when on the Y!M I got a link.
So byebye Missus Sight of the Eye
Read through Kate's text, went to Y!M next
and the trouble was mine
'Cause the change was too much range for my eye to get by
The change was just too much for my eye
just too much to get by
And did you read through all her site
then change to texts of black on white ?
It's no fun, I'm telling you
what my eyes were going through
I know she didn't mean to hurt
not even those who come to lurk
Just poke some fun at her big bro
who does the same, just so you know
Now, tiredness takes over much
can hardly type another Satz
See ? English slips out of my head
it's finally time to go to bed.
Woooohooo! I'm so glad you're ok, Kate . Nice to see you blogging again. And, unfortunately, neighbours are the downside of wherever you live. I currently have chinese couple living downstairs who bicker and fight at all hours. It drives me insane.
Good luck with it all. Safe journey back to TO.
Oh man, I've just fallen in love with Veronica Mars, too. I'm still mainlining season one. Good luck with the apartment!
Hey! We're just glad to have you back. :)
I find that when I get woefully behind on blogging, I too get overwhelmed by everything I want to blog about but didn't that's happened in the interim. I usually just do a soft reset and start from where I am going forward.
Good luck on the move! I know bad neighbors are just too much to be borne sometimes. Buena suerte!
Hi Kate,
Hope life is treating you well. You got a blog cool...I found it on the Passe Muraille site. Have a great time with the show!
M
www.myspace.com/matthewdeslippe
Don't feel bad, Kate. If you hadn't been gone so long, windshieldbug wouldn't have mentioned David Nykl, and I wouldn't have known HE had a blog, too! So you did a good thing. Glad you're back, though.
Don't feel bad about breaking your lease. I swear, it doesn't matter in any way, shape or form. (I say this on the authority of having had 10 Toronto apartments in the last eight years, two of which I had to flee, although not in the dead of night.) Sleep, on the other hand, matters.
Hey Kate, A friend of mine is going to do a work'n'travel year in Canada and has been looking for an apartment in Vancouver or Toronto. If your interested in getting in contact .. just mail me... mamandrea@web.de .
Congratz on such a successful movie!!! It's too bad that you have to give up your appartment that you just bought. That's really a downer. But it's not worth staying if you can't have any peace!
By the way, thanks for recommending Head Smashed-In Buffalo Jump! I went to see it with my friend the last Saturday it was playing. Very original idea. It provoked a huge range of emotions. I really enjoyed it!!
Heh. The snow wasn't that bad here... Okay, a bit insane for Vancouver, but the rain's washed it all away! =) So come back soon! *grins*
Great to hear that you had an awsome holiday and nice to read a new post from you. Sorry to hear that you have to move again--I know that noisy neighbours can be the worst (just like really bad roommates)Nice to hear that Dog's Breakfast is getting such a huge reception (all the more wanting to see it) At least the giving up of beer isn't for med reason--I really miss my glass :(
Mangoturkey
OMG Kate...you think YOU'RE bad? YOU? I hadn't checked this blog since...um...well, a while ago. And Fey you are SO dead meat for not telling me Kate posted!
*scans comments*
Wait a minute. There isn't a Fey comment. OMG! I got here before SHE did? That's impossible. She must have just not commented. EW my grammar stinks too! HEH.
Oh, and it's "An 'A Dog's Breakfast' photo shoot."
Anyway...SO happy to hear about David and Jane's news. That's great. Another sister for you, Kate! YAY! :)
Jane's great. And so is champagne. And bonding with Mars...so cute.
And HEY! I'll be in Vancouver in MARCH...and y'all chose NOW to do the photo shoot? Darn it! I would have been there for support!
:)
Not that you know me from Adam. But still! It's the moral of the issue.
;)
Jenni
My brother took on a 12 month lease, and shortly afterward was offered a job about an hours' drive away. The Real Estate Agent won't let him break the lease until someone else offers to take the place on.
It was a bit of a downer, but the upside is that the new job comes with a 3-bedroom house Rent Free! Life has its ups and downs. I'm sure you'll find something suitable. Good Luck!
hehe No worries Kate! Oh and how fantastic is Veronica Mars!! My friend got me addicted last year *needs more* Oh and have you seen Kristen Bell in this ---> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqEyDMPBrsc
It's funny, especially because I'd never seen Kristen in anything else but Veronica Mars all sweet and innocent looking. Well minus the Teaser gun.
-Kc
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