the light gets in

I went to Montreal and took some photos of my feet?

thelightgetsin — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 12:17:53 +0000

What can I say? I’m generally oblivious to my environment but have an intimate knowledge of the cracks in the pavement.

Spring

thelightgetsin — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 23:10:41 +0000

Since I have relatively no time to write for fun, my blog has temporarily degenerated (or been upgraded?) into a photography sharing site.

Digital Zarinezumi

thelightgetsin — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 14:12:14 +0000

Some images I’ve taken with my new toy.

Views of Queen Street West

thelightgetsin — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 21:09:19 +0000

I’ve previously written about my love of riding the Queen streetcar. The other day there was a heart adhered to the window where I sat. Here’s a collage of some of the images.

Holga Photos

thelightgetsin — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 15:20:01 +0000

Here are the only decent images from my first round of Holga photos.

Winnipeg Film Odyssey

thelightgetsin — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 17:22:47 +0000

Photos from Coral and Eve’s Bravo!Fact Vaudeville film shoot. I’m now ready to join the Ziegfeld Follies, or maybe the Rockettes. Bathing suit kick line anyone?

Friend’s Projects

thelightgetsin — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 22:00:56 +0000

These are photos taken from my friend Sharlene’s film shoot, what ended up being a fun project. The premiere of this film, “57 Ways,” I was able to orchestrate through another great acquaintance’s magazine launch of a similar topic. I love bringing creative people together! Jen Thomas and Jessica Knox were instrumental in bringing the German expressionist aesthetic to the costumes. Stay tuned for stories from Coral’s Vaudville-esque film in which I am dancing, which will be shot in Winnipeg next weekend. I was able to convince two amazing photographers that I know to take part.

Emily Post of the Walk

thelightgetsin — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 21:35:50 +0000

One of my biggest pet peeves is bad pedestrian etiquette. If the sidewalk is only wide enough for two people, moving to accomodate an approaching or passing person is polite. Groups of people take note: arrange yourselves in single file for the approaching individual to pass. If I bump into you because you failed to give me approximately 50% of the sidewalk space do not give me a dirty look. Cyclists, you are not pedestrians, but if you insist on riding on the sidewalk because you are too vain to wear a helmet, you do not have the right of way. Ringing your bell does not grant you an excuse to mow walkers down. Being a person of fairly small stature, I have noticed that people expect me to move for them. Being bigger does not give you the right of way. Also, I do not care if you are texting of changing the song on your ipod, I still don’t want you to bump into me. The only people who are allowed exceptions to these rules are those with limited mobility and strollers.

RIP Prof Michael Whealen

thelightgetsin — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 03:39:24 +0000

I used to work in the Centre for Academic Writing at York University. Each TA there was assigned a mentor who was a senior faculty member. Mine was Michael Whealen. He was a curmudgeonly and pretty frail man who read the New Yorker and used to send me dance reviews via email. He swore a lot which sort of made him endearing. On Friday afternoons when it was quiet at the centre he would play hip hop music at top volume. I could never figure out if he liked it, or was just trying to be controversial. He gave me one great piece of advice regarding teaching: do a lot of listening.

Addendum: at Michael’s memorial service a few memories were shared. One thing Michael used to do, something which I used to find quite amusing, was to add “evil” before names. He only did this when he decided he liked you. It was strange to come into work and be called “evil Emma,” but it also made me feel more at home as a virtual stranger in the department.

the machine is us/ing us

thelightgetsin — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:14:38 +0000

This is a fantastic video about web 2.0 by Michael Wesch, a Cultural Anthropologist.