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29 de setembro today was a write-offI've been plagued by headaches lately.
I had sinus headaches when I was getting over my cold, and pretty much had daily headaches ever since.
It is getting old. Advil doesn't do much, and that is new for me - usually 400mg of Advil takes care of my pain.
Maybe it is hormonal... I've been sampling the various perimenopause symptoms lately, and headaches are on that list.
Today I should have been prepping for Sunday's small group, but I just couldn't do it. I did work on the Powerpoint of photos for Maria's tribute on Sunday.
We did book our winter vacation today (I will not be in Winterpeg for our anniversary!) so the day wasn't a complete write-off.
We're planning a family night this evening with lasagna, games, and a movie; hopefully the pressure will ease enough that I can enjoy it.  22 de setembro real questionsIf small groups are where real change happens, we need to be using our (limited!) time wisely. OrganicChurch's blog (http://www.organicchurch.net/blog/) posted this:
If my small group isn't having conversations like these, that's not a small group I'm interested in!
Of course, this is intense stuff and many people don't welcome it. Some people can grow into it after some time in a group, but I find that moving from superficiality to depth is much more difficult than just starting with depth.
I'd like to write more, but have a persistent headache.
20 de setembro word of the dayToday I came across a word that I've always wanted to know but had never seen before: avoirdupois.
Avoirdupois is the name of the system of weights that uses ounces, pounds, (stones), and tons.
It comes from French aveir de peis meaning "goods of weight."
05 de setembro ideas from Matthew Paul TurnerI've been reading Turner's book, The Coffeehouse Gospel, and chapter two is entitled "The Selflessness of Sharing."
It is challenging stuff, and I certainly need to hear it. I am very selfish! I'm thankful to the HS for reminding me, and for the opportunity to renew my mind and live more selflessly.
homeschooling grade eleven - day oneWe finished day one of grade eleven by 4:15!
That is very encouraging.
I did do more 'teaching' than normal, but if that's what it takes, it is okay with me.
03 de setembro extra extraOur call time on Thursday was 11 a.m. We were to report to the shoot location, where they paired the dancers and we did some blocking and rehearsal. Sophia was in charge of us dancers, telling us what the director wanted from us. We heard the music and danced through the two songs (one lindyhop, one waltz) a number of times. I was happy to be paired with Lyndon (especially as the day wore on!).
The shoot location was the Bahai center on McMillan; their lower room was perfectly done up to look like a 1940s community hall.
Then we walked a block over to Trinity Baptist Church on Gertrude, which was where they had wardrobe, hair, and make-up for all the background performers, as well as lunch service for us, the cast, and the crew.
We filled out the Actra forms, I put on the dress they had for me, and my hair was set in hot rollers for the first time ever. Lindsay (whose hair is quite simliar to mine) was lucky that her stylist did a 1940s style on her without hot rollers. Make-up was applied while the hot rollers were in, and then my hair was brushed, pinned, and sprayed into submission.
The nylons worn in the 40s had seams up the back, so all the women also had seams drawn up the backs of our legs, using eyebrow pencil. I thought it might smear off, but it didn't. Some women wore plain nylons over top of their drawn seam, but I was very glad that I wasn't required to because we got very hot later.
It took a few hours to transform everyone into a 1940s version of themselves. When almost all of the dancers were through wardrobe, hair, and make-up, the other background performers started arriving for their turn. There were soldiers, soldiers' girlfriends, farmer-types, natives, chaperones (older ladies & gents), the band members, and three children.
It was odd to see people who looked like they were in the 1940s holding a cell phone!
We waited in the church basement a long time, finally heading over to the shoot location maybe around 4:30 or 5:00. The upper area in that building was the holding area for the extras, and since it was right above the shoot, we had to be very quiet while holding.
The scene we were shooting was a flashback to 1946, when the main character, Hagar, met her husband at a community dance. Originally we were asked to dance the waltz in a certain 1940s style, but just before we were to go on set, Sophia asked everyone to tone it down since the actor playing Bram wasn't able to pull off that formal style and he was supposed to be impressing Hagar with his dancing ability - sweeping her off her feet. Therefore the rest of the dancers couldn't be notably better than him!
We did maybe four takes of the scene and then all the dancers were asked to take their shoes off. For the rest of the night, we had to dance without shoes because it was quieter. It was more tiring though!
There were two couples there who could do lifts, and Sophia asked us to include some. Unfortunately the floor was too crowded for most aerials. Lyndon & I did the tandem jump and the around-the-world froggy jump, both of which don't take any extra horizontal space. For the first song we'd start with some lindyhop, go into tandem Charleston for about 4 eight-counts, then some balboa with lolly kicks. That lindyhop was a very fast tempo!
Lyndon & I were fortunate to be placed near the door; between takes we got the cooling impact of the fan. Unfortunately, the fan was blowing smoke into the room (for an authentic smokey atmosphere) so we got the most smoke too. My eyes were smarting by 11 p.m.
The native guys were smoking film-cigarettes for the shot. When we'd get a break they'd go outside to smoke real ones with tar and nicotine.
We were all happy for a chance to go outside and cool off.
There were the expected film expressions of "rolling," "take three," "cut," and "playback."
There was also "lock it up" which seemed to mean that all the crew should get off the set so they could film. They'd call "lock it up" after we'd been put back to our first positions. (We were assigned a spot on the floor that was our first position. Initially it was marked with tape but the pieces of tape were removed after rehearsals, so we had to remember our starting spot and return to it time and again.)
"Second team" meant that the stand-ins were to come and do their thing. That looks like a boring job!
The crew members were nice; everyone was as helpful as possible, especially given that they'd filmed at a different location before our dance scenes.
Our late 'lunch break' was from 8:30 to 9:00 p.m. The food was good.
There were snacks available most of the time too - pretzels, fruit, muffins, hot dogs, coffee and water.
They'd even bring bottles of water onto the set between takes for us dancers. The problem was that you can't just keep drinking water if you're not given any bathroom breaks! Unfortunately the bathrooms at the shoot building were full of gear so everyone had to trot over to the church to use their restrooms.
We're quite sure that the extra playing the band's fiddler was Richard Moody (viola) from Swing Soniq. Apparently some of the extras portraying band members actually recorded the two songs used for the scene.
Pics of our costuming are here but some of the guys got different colored shirts when we were on set, because too many of them were wardrobed with white or very light shirts. Lyndon kept his shirt but was given a vest.
 Wow, was it ever hard to wash out that industrial-strength hairspray on Friday morning! It did the trick, though: my hair didn't need to be touched up all through those 15 hours.
We were dismissed from the set at about 3:15 a.m. and went to change back to our street clothes, clocking out at 3:30 a.m.
I had to have Todd at a doctor's appointment at 8:30, so didn't get enough sleep. Now I have a miserable cold. Oh well, I also have an experience to remember.
Winnipeg -- Production is under way on the film adaptation of Margaret Laurence's critically acclaimed novel The Stone Angel. The film is being shot in various Manitoba locations, including Winnipeg, Ladywood, Otterburne, Balmoral, Emerson and Hartney. Shooting is scheduled to wrap up Sept. 20. The Stone Angel tells the story of 90-year-old Hagar Shipley, who doesn't want to give up her independence and move into a nursing home. Academy Award-winner Ellen Burstyn plays Shipley. Kari Skogland wrote the screenplay and is directing the film. (Since ours was a flashback scene, we didn't see Ellen Burnstyn, just the actress who was portrayed Hagar for the flashback scenes.)
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