This is getting harder.I'm tired of rice.I want a chocolate bar.I want to eat strawberries at the cottage this weekend.There are only so many bananas a person can eat.I cheated last night by having terriyaki sauce on my chicken and I DON'T CARE.Hrmph.
Jian Ghomeshi hosted the Doras last night, which was a treat. He was funny and charming and a little bit bitchy, and briefly touched on the Billy Bob thing, which made the audience go nuts...
I had cravings for ice cream and booze yesterday.I did not give in to them.Tonight I'm attending the Doras where I'm sure I'll be tested by wine and cheese and a multitude of squares. Perhaps I'll hide a package of gluten-free cookies in my purse...and eat the ENTIRE THING...
Food so far today:- hot water with fresh lemon juice- Rice Krispies with rice milk, honey and a banana- California Classic salad from FreshTonight I will have the leftover chicken I made the other night.Last night I made fresh vegetable juice again, this time with carrots, ginger and spinach...
Here's another interview about the Maria documentary from the Guelph Mercury. One thing to note: I didn't just release an album - I recorded my songs about two years ago, but I think someone at the Maria camp thinks I just did it, so I keep seeing references to it. Meh. That's okay...
I am on my first day of Joshi's Holistic Detox, a cleanse developed by Nish Joshi, a specialist in holistic healthcare...
Janna was my roommate in the Maria mansion, and is now the alternate Maria for the Sound of Music, performing Wednesday nights and Saturday afternoons. I invite you to stalk her here.If I had to choose one thing to eat for the rest of my life, I always used to say Rice Crispy Squares...
The Maria documentary is fast approaching (next Wednesday, June 24th at 9pm on CBC) so I've been doing some interviews. Here's one from the Globe and Mail.
I saw Laughter and Reflection with Carol Burnett at Massey Hall on Friday night. It was an honour and a joy to see her live, candidly answering anything the audience threw at her. Other than a few clips from The Carol Burnett Show, Friday's show consisted solely of a question and answer period...
This article, written by an anonymous flight attendant, lists 7 ways to be an annoying airplane passenger...
A few weeks ago I got a call from Temple Street Productions inquiring about my availability. Strange, I thought. Why would the producers of How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? be looking for me? Did they want my banner back...
When I saw the Diamond Shreddiesprint ad last year I was so impressed with its simplistic brilliance that I had to phone a friend and tell him about it. I love seeing companies use humour and intelligence in their marketing, to the point that I will go out of my way to purchase their product...
I'm cycling* again after a six-month hiatus. Why all the time off? Well, I'm what one might call "careful" or "precious" or "scared of ice, snow, and temperatures lower than +10". Now that it's sunny and warm I have enjoyed several long-ish trips across town...
I've just returned from a trip to NYC, but I'll post about that later because I have even better, more exciting news: my brother Dave and his wife Melissa have a new baby girl named Eden Ruth Jutzi, born on May 4th (8lbs, 12oz)...
I shot this way back in January, but they just started airing it this month. I was so happy to book this because I thought the concept was quite funny, and I think they did a great job of it.
Last year I was supposed to be in Cuba for two weeks, but had to come back early because the Maria callbacks fell in the second week...
Alexis Stoymenoff at CBC Radio 3 just did a piece on comedic music, and I was one of the people she interviewed. Check it out here.She also spoke with Chelsea Manders (formerly of the Black Roses, now of Charity and Chastity), BillyReid, The Wet Spots and Picnicface...
I remember Dave Devall from way back a million years ago in the 80's when my mom was on the Canadian gameshow "Definition". I was starstruck when I saw the announcer, whom I recognized as the weather guy from CTV...
I wrenched my neck the other day so I'm currently taking Robaxacet with codeine. While drugged up, Phil showed me this:I cried, I was laughing so hard. Watching it again now, I still find it very funny. It's all in the timing...
Have you seen this? It's a video of Susan Boyle, a 47-year-old woman who sang I Dreamed a Dreamthe other night on Britain's Got Talent. She has a nice voice. That's it. But everyone freaked out when she started singing for some reason.I don't get it...
The Crisis of Credit Visualized from Jonathan Jarvis on Vimeo.
This is the video bio they had for me on the CBC How Do You Solve a Problem...site (I know, I know, stop talking about Maria already!). My favourite part is the completely unenthusiastic air I have about me in the first clip. I think I was getting tired of the cameras at that point...
We're on tour in Windsor right now, and I've secluded myself in a corner of a Starbucks with my laptop in order to keep myself from shopping.We had a blast last night performing at the Essex Retirees' Social Club. They laughed at everything...
In the fall of 2006 I volunteered for 10 weeks in Bijagual, Costa Rica with Youth Challenge International. While I was there, the Costa Rican counterpart of the organization, Reto Juvenil Internacional, filmed a documentary celebrating their 15th anniversary...
I'm in rehearsals right now for Extraordinary with Smile Theatre. We'll be touring seniors' residences for two months, starting in Peterborough next Monday...
Have you read "The Secret" by Rhonda Byrne? It is a spiritual guidebook that can lead you to happiness and fulfillment, or at least cars and money...
I have a cue-to-cue rehearsal today for You Don't Know the Half of It, which will run the 18th-21st in Peterborough...
Something happened today that I think should be turned into a New Yorker cartoon.I was looking at my friend Susan's laptop and noticed the Google Earth map she had posted as her desktop background...
Dear Blog,I'm tired. It was a long day which involved a drive to Fort Erie in a snowstorm. But for some reason I feel compelled to write. I thought I'd give myself permission to do so, despite having no particular topic to discuss...
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Alison Jutzi discussed I'm in a box! Let me out! on the Alison Jutzi discussion board.
I think it was really great, I enjoyed seeing what you and all the other girls had to say about the process.
It was also really cool seeing what the room looked like without the stage and audience, it feels like just yesterday that the place was done up to the nines and I was in the auditence cheering on everybody!