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2005-10-31T12:58:18Z

Halloween Horoscope for Aquarius

Halloween is your chance to bring your favorite futuristic world to life.
In fact, people are often asking "What exactly *are* you?"

Costume suggestions: Anyone from Star Wars or the Matrix

Signature Halloween candy: Gummy eyeballs

What's Your Halloween Horoscope?

Need a haircut..

2005-10-28T17:55:08Z

I need a haircut, but I don't think I'll have time to get one before my show tonight at the Comedy Nest.

*argh*

I like to sing...

2005-10-28T14:50:27Z

MINSTREL

You are the Minstrel, the
artistic and introspective personalitys in
fantasy. Minstrels can range from court bards
to wandering performers willing to play their
instruments or sing in any inn they come upon
just to earn some money. Minstrels are very
creative and are naturally artistic. They are
often deep, quiet, and philosophical. Their
thoughts and ideas can be very profound.
Minstrels usually have a way with words or
music. These artists see the beauty around us
or delve within themselves and produce
something new that is truly
wonderful.

Color: Azure
Animal:
Horse
Gem: Sapphire
Symbol:
Harp

Image:
http://www.deviantart.com/view/7352128/

Who would you be if you were a character in an epic fantasy? (beautiful pictures)
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Extensions

2005-10-17T11:50:45Z

Which File Extension are You?

FOOD!

2005-10-14T15:56:05Z

I'm hungry, lunch... lunch... lunch... So many places around where I work and yet, nothing seems to appeal to me... typical Sohrab... typical...

Pizza again it is.
Mexican! Yeah!

Oh and, for anyone who missed our show at nest a few weeks ago. We are doing about 15 minutes worth of it at the nest on October 28th. We are opening at the nest for another sketch comedy troupe The Bionic Yahoos

They will then headline for about 45min-1 hour, they are a lot of fun to watch. Come check it out! :)

...Now for some FOOOOOOOOOOD!

-Sohrab

waiterbyday @ 2005-10-08T21:38:00

2005-10-09T01:44:00Z

I spent the day downtown, I picked up a nice little guide book from chapters.

It's a "cheap eats" book with a tons of spots around Montreal.
So many times I've been out with friends and had no clue where to go.

Now I can look like the smart one as a sneak a peak when they are not looking :)

Started reading "Stand And Deliver" A book about the roots of comedy in Canada.
Dating all the way back to World War I.

Canada's first comedy troupe: The Dumbells. Forming out of the military to raise morale for the troupes, once the war was over, they toured in Britain, US and Canada.

Really good stuff, powerful... which I wasn't expecting, the author gets heavily in to the war.

Alrighty, well, I'm gonna go catch the tail end of the Hockey Night in Canada double header, I think they are covering Calgary!

-Sohrab

Take THAT TO!!!!

2005-10-09T01:36:18Z

OH YEAH! OH YEAH! HABS WIN HABS WIN!!!!
Man what a game!!!

Back and forth, Montreal is up, then Toronto is up, then Montreal, then Toronto, but we finished it off!
That makes the Habs 3-0 to start the season! HAHAHA!

LOVE IT!

It was so intense, it felt like the playoff game.
And now that it's finally COLD outside, I'll be pulling out the ol'hockey jersey!

Who's next? Ottawa? BRING IT!

Booya!

-Sohrab

waiterbyday @ 2005-10-08T13:55:00

2005-10-08T17:55:54Z

Ok, so I was just about to head out the door, when I saw that there was an episode of Star Trek on TV... :)
So far, this has been the best Saturday EVER! :)

Now I'm out.

-Sohrab

Stuffs

2005-10-08T16:38:22Z

Howdy,

Been a little while since my last post. Mainly due to not having my computer at home anymore, it's still at Terry's place, we are working on the DVD edit.

I slept for 15 hours last night!!!! I got home from work, did a few things and then thought to take a power nap for a few hours. Well... when I woke up, it was 9... AM!! I was a little confused at first, I squinted at my alarm clock, 9:04, and then looked at the amount of light beaming in through the window, it took a few seconds for the proper neurons to fire, I guess my body needed it.

But I'm awake, refreshed and have NOTHING to do! :)

I've signed up for some kick-eth of the butt-eth acting workshops with a teacher by the name of Jacqueline McClintock . She's great, studied directly with Sanford Meisner, one of the most influential names in modern acting history, It's a real privilege.

That, along with the improv workshops I do with Terence Bowman of On The Spot, will hopefully help me out in the long run. When I can afford it, I'd love to take some voice and singing workshops... the shower enjoys my voice, but I'd like to expand my audience... :)

It's been kinda strange, since the 2 shows at the nest, we've all had a little time off, no rehearsals, no writing sessions, no administrative stuff, it's a very welcome break in many ways, but at the same time, I really want to get going again.

I think I'll go to Indigo or chapters and read for the afternoon! Yeah! I haven't done that in ages :)
I guess I should enjoy that type of stuff while I still can, before the madness of the next Rubber Chicken Factory/Waiter By Day performance kicks off.

...Bring on the madness!

-Sohrab

Shoot...

2005-10-03T13:49:47Z

Ok, so the edit was a complete failure, we did not have enough footage to cover certain points in the show. But, all is not lost, we can still go back to the Nest and shoot pick-up shots of what we need. It will "look" like the stuff was shot on the same two nights, but only we will know that! :)

ok... now I have to kill you.

:)

-Sohrab

Time to edit...

2005-09-30T12:28:37Z

Ok, shows are done, now we edit, *snip* *snip*

This weekend, we are putting together a DVD of the show. There is a grant application deadline on Monday that needs to be met. We want to submit the DVD along with the application, so as to give them money bags people, a better idea of who we are and what we can do.

If it works out, we'll have partial funding to produce 3 short films.

CHICKENS IN DA HOUSE!!!!

2005-09-28T17:28:03Z

OH MY GOD!

WHAT A S-H-O-W!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(psst... that means it went well)

It was like magic, just magic...

It all came together, (like the plan, thanks Hannibal - A-Team reference)

I don't know what else to say, but: YES!!!!!!!!!!!!

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

waiterbyday @ 2005-09-24T19:24:00

2005-09-24T23:40:49Z

The countdown begins...

Showtime coming up.
Tuesday, September 27th - 8:00pm
Wednesday, September 28th - 8:00pm
AMC Pepsi Forum - 3rd Floor
Reservations: (514) 932-6378

Look at the enthusiasme on that face, there's NO WAY you can go wrong. Come, laugh at us. We dare ya!

The Rubber Chicken Factory presents an encore presentation of their 2005 Fringe Festival review with never before seen sketches. Kevin Gassior is your host with special guest Phil Harrison. The shows (for adults only) will be videotaped for release on DVD.

Admission is FREE (with a one drink minimum). There will be a collection box at the door for new, non-toxic crayons, colouring books, other art supplies, puzzles and board games, to be donated to The Montreal Children’s Hospital Foundation.

Ok... gotta run...

Braaaaaaaains....

2005-09-21T13:34:32Z

Brain is big mushy pile of oatmeal, ...with cinnamon swirls. Delicious, delicious swirls. Yum. Is it lunch time yet? *sigh*...

I'm here at work, sitting in front of my computer, staring blankly into my monitor. The outside office world is boaring, back in my head please, thank you.

*Looking up at clouds and a bright, shinny moon*

Much better.

My Daddy killed me... :(

2005-09-20T16:26:10Z

Rustam

The most famous hero of the great Persian Epic of the Kings, Shahname, by Firdaus (completed in 1010 CE/400 AH). Rustam was the son of Zal who was born with gray hair and educated at the court of King Minuchihir. When the boy was ten years old, the white elephant of the shah broke loose, but Rustam hit the animal with a club so that it fell down dead. Later he caught and tamed the stallion Raksh, which stayed faithful to him ever after.

Then one day, his horse was stolen while he was sleeping in the wilderness. He followed the tracks and came upon a city where he was well received. During the night, the daughter of the king appeared to him and explained that she had stolen the horse because she wanted him as her husband. Rustam and the princess, Tamine, were married and when Rustam had gone back to his endless battles, his wife gave birth to a boy whom she called Sohrab. Later in his life, unknown to him, Rustam killed his own son.

Interesting...

2005-09-20T16:22:47Z

Ok, so my name is Sohrab, that much we know.
When I first created this LJ account, that was the name I tried to get, but it was taken. I didn't think much of it at the time, but today I realized that someone is blogging with that name here, so I went to check it out. I found this on his site. Interesting...

SOHRAB
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Iranian
Pronounced: SOH-raab
Means "illustrious," "shining" in Persian. In Persian legend Sohrab was the son of the hero Rustam.

Cletic Folk and candle wax

2005-09-18T19:35:33Z

So I went out last night to a pub with my director, ok, btw, from now on, I shall be referring to my director by his actual name, cause it sounds really pretentious otherwise. So, I was at a pub with Terry. He co-writes songs with a musician by the name of Stewart, he was playing there that night.

So about half way through the night, the candle on our table goes out, and I, not wanting to ruin the romantic mood between Terry and myself, decided to relight the candle. However, what I forgot to consider was the amount of liquid candle wax that had been building up inside the jar. Being my regular, smooth operator self, I turned the jar upside down so as to light the wick, and sure enough, what seemed like a raging river of hot wax poured out all over my pants.

Now, I only have 2 pairs of pants that I really like, this was one of them, so that kinda sucked. Lucky for me, they were thick jeans, so atleast I didn't get burned.

When I got home, I soaked them in hot water and soap, I'll be washing them tonight, we'll see what comes of it... *sigh*

But the music was great. Stewart is really talented. I'll see if I can get permission from them to post some of his songs here, I don't think it would be an issue, but better check first.

That's it for me, gotta go and make myself look all purtty for rehearsal now...

tata
-Sohrab

Hmmm,

2005-09-18T18:24:25Z

Do ya think "blog" dervied from web log? Web log...weblog...we blog...blog?

Time for a google search...
I really should be going over my sketch scripts right now....

-Sohrab

yawn

2005-09-18T16:49:31Z

hmmmm... I think I'll have some chocolate cake for breakfast today, (yes, I know it's noon) But hey! I'm the boss of me!

*feeling like a kid* :)

waiterbyday @ 2005-09-16T00:32:00

2005-09-16T04:45:21Z

Out on a busy Thursday night on St-Catherine street, Mr. Swiggles' past finally caught up with him. That clown must have ticked off some pretty powerful people, they even took out his lady friend. It was messy, it was ruthless, it was personal. (...and slightly out of focus, oh well)

bzzzzz bzzzz bzzzz

2005-09-15T23:26:14Z

That's me being buzzzzzzy as a bee... Sorry, that's about as creative as I can be right now... Too much stuff going on. About 2 weeks to showtime, are we rehearsed? GOD NO! hehe... but it's coming along :)

..and so many other things to do.
Here's an update on 2 pics, still not done though...

1)

2)

They still need work, hope I'll have enough time to finish'em.

-Sohrab

waiterbyday @ 2005-09-13T12:28:00

2005-09-13T16:52:45Z

The Rubber Chicken Factory: I really like this promo photo we are working on. I'm not sure if I should kill the shadows. I kinda like'em. Thoughts?

-Sohrab

Pick it up...

2005-09-12T02:55:42Z

Ok, so we had that run the other night at the nest. It was a mixed performance, there are moments that work really well, but others that do not. That's the problem. When in that spot, you are constantly picking up and dropping the audience. So they never really get onboard the whole way through.

So that's what I'm working on now, trying to break down those moments that do not work and fix'em. With the guidance of our director, I think we can bang out a performance that will get the audience roaring. But we need to do the work, we need to pick it up...

-Sohrab

Truth

2005-09-11T05:57:33Z

Today, I had one of those really nice days, it will stay vivid in my mind for a long time. Laying down on the grass, next to the water, feeling the sun shine down on my face, in the presence of terrific company and I think to myself... "man, this is wonderful." For a moment, I forget about my shows, I forget about my rehearsals and 7am shifts. All my worries and fears, suspended, if only for a moment.

A small dog chases down a rubber chew toy, a girl walks by with some sushi and an old married couple have their picture taken.
Color, I see color everywhere, it almost overwhelms me. The grass is trying to tell me something, it wants me to lay down on it. I comply without argument. The sky is big, blue and clear, it encompasses my entire field of vision. I have not seen such a sky, or more accurately, not noticed one, in a very long time.

A great big breath of fresh air fills my lungs. I remember what it feels like to breathe again. My mind has been patiently awaiting the much needed oxygen. Neurons start firing inside my head. There is so much beauty surrounding me and my companion takes some pictures. She captures the moment well.

We talk about important people in our lives. I’m grateful to share a moment of truth with someone.

...It was a great day.

Perform or Bust?

2005-09-10T06:38:44Z

So we did a 15 minute set at the Nest tonight, ya know what? Too tired to post right now. Life Aquatic is awesome. Good night folks, I'll update tomorrow.

-Sohrab