ONCE ON THIS ISLAND … July 31, 2008

I’m suffering from major island withdrawal. Woke up at 5 am wondering which dumptruck I was supposed to ride. Only to realize … I’m back in QC and have to flag a cab to the office. Sigh.
Funny how intense location work can bring everyone closer. I’d often have dinner with the Kalboys, our cammen and assistants, something [...]

POSTCARD FROM ISLAND X July 28, 2008

This poncho has become my favorite accessory.
It’s like wearing billboard tarp.  I never get wet inside.  Sometimes I protect a boom microphone under it or our packed food.  Which is great because we’re stuck a couple of hours every day in the middle of nowhere without shelter from the rain.                                     
                             
On this island, there’s garbage to be cleaned, [...]

GIRL IN A DUMPTRUCK July 24, 2008

               
Here’s a shot of me on my favorite mode of transportation these days: the dump truck.  In keeping with my new official designation: beach cleaner. 
I filled sacks of endless beach garbage today.  Worked in the rain without cover for four straight hours.  Was in and out of waist deep water carrying loads of things.  Ate with my unwashed hands from [...]

HEAVEN, HELL AND LIMBO (…or why i bought a Tag) July 21, 2008

I took a calculated risk.  And afterward, I felt empty.
So empty I decided to buy myself a Tag Link with a price tag akin to a fancy laptop.
I’ve been dreaming of one for years, trying to find an occasion to justify its existence in my life.  And I found the reason.   
The watch was gorgeous and [...]

PLANET HARLEY BOY July 18, 2008

I return to this blog with a report from an alien planet.
Coming from Girly Girl world, I entered the land of Manly Men.
Harley Boy, it turns out, is a proud fratman. Who is very sociable. Who owns a gun. Who has a thing for wheels. A.K.A. Totally not my type!
I got picked up in a [...]

CHICK THERAPY July 14, 2008

Camped out in the living room this weekend.
And had a blast.
Mounted my very own chick flick festival. 
Mean Girls.  The Devil Wears Prada. 
Pride and Prejudice.  Memoirs of a Geisha. 
Before Sunset.
The final episodes of Gossip Girl’s first season.
        
Then went shopping.  Major league shopping ala                                   Blair Waldorf, haha.
Capped it all off with a slab of meat — a wondrous, seriously substantial steak at Friday’s. 
Went [...]

THE CRAZY TIMOG LADY July 10, 2008

On my bad days, the loneliness gets overwhelming.  Like there’s this gaping open wound at the very center of my soul.  And I start to imagine that it’ll always be this way.  That I’ll never have someone to come home to that I really, really want to be with, that I really, really want to talk [...]

THE BABY SHOWER July 6, 2008

I travel through strange countries alone without batting an eyelash.  I argue with people almost twice my age in the boardroom every week without stress.  
But yesterday, I was antsy and worried and sweating in droves - cold, clammy sweat.  I faced a wannabe girly girl’s biggest nightmare yet … throwing a baby shower!
                          
I’ve never organized a formal party before [...]

CONFESSIONS OF A WANNABE GIRLY GIRL July 2, 2008

I’ve never been a girly girl. 
Never liked pink.  Never wore make-up.  Never had pedicures or my eyebrows threaded. Never bothered to condition my hair or shave my legs regularly.  Never put on skirts or dresses or low cut anythings because I didn’t want to remember that I had stubbly legs and stretchmarks behind my knees [...]