Week 33!!! Musings from Plane and BED!!! I am GETTING UP NOW!!

I am tired...again...how do people fly this early...and WHY do they? I am stumped.
I am in Air Canada Executive Class.
Loves it.
That little curtain between this section and the section I usually fly in is the funniest thing to me...we would never want to be tainted by looking at the people who are STUFFED into their seats two feet behind me...wait...here comes the spacially challenged stewardess...I SWEAR to god she was two inches from my face...I saw her talking to someone sitting across and in front of me and it looked like they were kissing, she was so close.
The joke of it is...I couldn’t afford to fly Porter or any other airline...the only way I could afford to go was to use my points and fly Executive.
For one hour....what I WOULDN’T give to be upgraded on my 8 hour flight to Scotland...I am considering going to my doctor today to get some freakin’ Ambien...do they have it in this country yet?
What could I do to get upgraded?
CAN I get upgraded on a Thomas Cook flight?
I swear to god I am expecting to see a plane held together with tape and some gum and a Gap belt affixed to the tiny-teeny seat that I will occupy.
Those were musings from my early morning plane ride yesterday....
I ran around like a chicken with my head cut off yesterday...on about 3 hours sleep...I can’t actually believe how much I got done...
Fave moment of the day was going to Fashion Crimes...
I was nervous because, like me before my wedding, I have been so stressed I have gained a couple...of course the opposite of what I was trying to acheive...
But in a monument to all that Pam Chorley’s Fashion Crimes is...they made me feel beautiful and loved in moments and in less than one hour I walked away with 6...YUP 6...outfits...they are all in a piece of luggage waiting to go to the airport.
Thanks to my FASHION CRIMES gals...Kat, Amanda and Logan...Logan is the lone dude working there...adore him.
Then I spent HOURS balancing my budget...fucking fucking fucking hate that...but balance it did...after I spent one whole hour searching for $524.00 dollars that I had not accounted for!! FOUND IT!!! It was like I had found the effing Titanic...hey, remember when that was lost?
Anyhow...Paula B sent me some pics from our last day...and I cried and cried...




I woke up this morning with an email in my inbox from EVERYONE of them...all in a row!
Andrea is rehearsing for her show in Huntsville called “Andrea Martin: Final Days! Everything Must GO!”
You must go!! You must!!!
Check it out..the theatre is gorgeous...
http://www.algonquintheatre.ca/events/AndreaMartin.htm
Dear Paula is on set for ‘Being Erica’...
Louise is shooting the amazing ‘Star Portraits’...
And Mary is writing a movie in Newfoundland....
They are all busy...and I miss them....we were such a bunch of 12 year olds the last day!

Go see the new cast of Love Loss and What I Wore......they OPENED LAST NIGHT!!!

Oh ya...I am such a lord that when I was in NY I walked by the theatre it was playing in there and took my freakin' picture...surprised?

Last night, after finding that FUCKING $524.00 and being the huge job of packing I took the puppies to our little secret dog park...and we played ball...and since they had been in most of the day I let them chew their...balls...and decided “Well, I need to go over it somewhere...” and out in the fresh air, in the secret crack park...I went over mys how...which I just cut 6 more minutes out...
Gotta make sure I run on time...
The dogs thought I was not bad...they wished I had slowed down a bit.
(I just wrote that joke in an email to Louise and have recycled it here...don’t judge me Louise...I liked it too much)
Anyhow...I have a ton to do today...little stuff...but a lot of little stuff...
What am I doing?
Lying in bed with the dogs writing to you guys...the three of you who read this...
I actually cannot believe it is here...I have already done Toronto, done New York and I am going to fucking Scotland tomorrow.
OH YA!....my show was the number one recommended pick by the Fringe Review for my venue...which is huge!
Checks it out!!!

http://www.fringereview.co.uk/pageView.php?pagename=FringeReview+at+The+Space

After my first foray into fundraising last February...I was very scared...I got money...but not a lot and I was terrified that I had put this huge task in front of myself and announced it...now I had to do it...and I laid down for a whole day...thinking about how I would do it and how I could GET OUT of it...but George told me I had to continue...it was TOO LATE!!!
Then the work....well, it didn’t begin...it continued in earnest.
I have so many people to thank...but I have to go to the bank and change dollars into pounds, so...in lieu of that...here is the latest donor list...
Thank you...so much...all of you...for your love, support, words, help, thoughts...and though I never focus on them for longer than a moment....even to the judgers....for SPURING ME ON!!! Just like Christina Agilera!!! Thanks for making me stronger BYOTCHES!!!
But I was made the most stongest...what?...by this group of people below...starting with George...who is not on that list...because...he knows...

General $2000.00 or more

BMO Financial Group
Joan Mathers
Mirvish Productions

Lieutenant $500.00 to $1999.99

Anonymous
Curtis Barlow
Dramac LTD-Charlotte and Tedde Moore
Gary May
The John McKellar Charitable Foundation
Jerry and Kathy McRoberts
Ian Epstein and Kathy Kacer
Kevin Finora
Michael Rubinoff
Nancy Ruth
Paul Butler and Chris Back
Perry Dellelce


Army $50 to $499.99

Adam Brazier
Amber Mills and Michael Rode
Andy Parks
Anna Hrazdira
Anonymous
Ari Weinberg
Becky and Kathy Liddle
Betty’s
Brian Goldenberg
Bruce Dean
Buddies in Bad Times
Canadian Stage
Carolyn Adams
Christopher Gurr
Clinton Walker
Dan Thompson Beauty
David Playfair
Dawn Rivard
Dianne Woodrow
Doug Price
The Elgin Winter Garden Theatres
Elizabeth Baird
Esther Yermus
Gabrielle Jones
Gillian Tooke
Greg Peterson
Guy Bannerman
Harbourfront Centre
Ian and Trudy McCabe
Ina Kerklaan
Jamie Porter
Janet Berkman
Jeff Moulton
Jim Betts
Judie Kavanagh
Julie Martell
Just for You by Alex
Kara Purdy
Karen Carpenter
Karen LeBlanc
Kate Bariss
Kyle Golemba
Lily Ling
Linda Yamamoto
Lise Payne
Lorraine Kimsa Theatre For Young People
Luminato
Lynne Jamieson
M. Road
Marcel Watier
Marcello Tulipano
Marie Baron
Marlene Smith
Mary Lu Zahalan
Mary Walsh
Melissa Doige
Melissa Yetman
Michael Gianfrancesco
Michele-Marie Beer
Michelle Hamilton Black and Darren Black
Michelle Monteith
Mitchell Marcus
Miriam Flynn
Mirvish Productions
Nadia Mear
Natalie Heron
Opera Atelier
Patricia Wilson
Peter Martyn
Randy Read
Rod Kelly
Ron Cameron-Lewis
Sandy and Max Reimer
Sarite Harris
Susan and John Masswohl
The Shaw Festival
Sherry Chandler
Soulpepper
The Stratford Festival
Sophie Radecki
Stefan Moccio
Stephanie Martin, Andrew Sabiston and Lucie
Steve Ross
Susan Henley
Tim Hughes
Veritas
Visit Scotland
Wayne Thomas
William Humenick

Sharron’s Privates People who have donated $25.00 to $50.00 and/or supported, given their free time and/or skill,promoted and/or helped Sharron immeasureably on this World Domination Tour!

Alex Saslove
Amanda Campbell
Andrea Martin
Ari Weinberg
Andy Parks
Barry Burns
Bea Campbell
Buddies in Bad Times Theatre
Bruce Dow
Callandra Dendias
Charlotter Moore
Chris Lorway
Chris Mitchell
Constance Marlatt
Christine Horne
Chrystal Donbrath
Crystal Rickard
David Oiye
Diana Coatsworth
Doug Price
Ed Sahely
Evan Smith
Frances Donkevy
Gabi Epstein
Geoff Whynot
Grant Ramsay
Jay Turvey
Jean Stilwell
Jeff Breithaupt
Jim Russell
Julia Gardener
Karen Blackman
Kathryn McEwen
Keith Cole
Kelly Holiff
Kyle Golemba
Leslie Arden
Lindsay Burns
Louise Pitre and Joe Matheson
Mark Davis
Melanie Phillipson
Michael Gianfrancesco
Michael Hughes
Pablo Kessleman
Pam Chorley
Paul Sportelli
Paula Brancati
Paula Grove
Patricia Wilson
Patricia Zentilli
Patti and John Loach
Peter Phoa
Qasim Khan
Ramona Carmelly
Rob Kempson
Robert Missen
Sara Farb
Shawn Daudlin
Shelley Quinn
Sky Gilbert
Susan Bourcier
Sutton Foster
Suzanne Hermany
Thom Allison
Tracey Nolan
Tricia Lackey
Trudi Goodfellow
Wayne Gwillim
William Humenick

New York Night. New York Morn.

So, I should still be sleeping...I did sleep the I-didn't-sleep-for-longer-

than-3-hours-the-night-before sleep of the dead for about 7 hours...which seems to be a good sleep for me now that I am in my 40's.
Fuck, I hope that doesn't turn into sleeping for 3 hours a night and calling that a good sleep like my Grama did. We shared a bedroom for 2 years or so when I was growing up...god that seems like so long ago.
Anyway, I should be still sleeping but the place I have been blessed to stay at here in NY has a terrace and it is stunning...with trees and flowers and a view of the river...gorgeous.
And knowing it was out here....here I am.
That picture is a self portrait, I will have you know.
After I got here yesterday and got settled I went over my audition, I will talk about that another day...I don't want to jinx it...yes, I believe in jinxing...then I slept a bit...then I rehearsed some more...then I went out in the night to find some food.
On my way down the hall to the elevator I could hear one of the neighbours having a smart Sunday night party...and they were playing beautiful jazz just under the conversation...I stood leaning on the wall waiting and thought..."That is New York".
When I got down to the street the wind was blowing cool/warm air and I felt very...free? Happy? Lucky? Tired? Hopeful?
Yes.
And I put my hands into the air for a second as I walked down the street.
I may close my eyes for another half hour.
I am living day to day...
I know that I fly back tomorrow...I know that I go to Edinburgh in 3 days.
That is being taken care of...nothing I can do about it today!
Well, I will take this chance to go over my show for a while after my audition...luxury.
It is gonna be hot today...but for now...breezy and gorgeous...

Domination, Luggage, Eugene Levy and not enough cake!!!!

I am tired....I spent about 3 hours today balancing and figuring out my books for the World Domination Tour.
I wanted to do it before the show tonight because LAST night during the show I found myself thinking "If I put $100.00 in the account for per diem in Scotland then I can....WAIT A MINUTE!!! WHERE ARE WE IN THE SHOW??!?!?"
Yes, people, let us be honest...it does happen every once in a while...BUT these ladies are so captivating and awesome that I wanted to make sure my books were in good standing so I could concentrate on the show!!!
There was a bunch of people who came to the show this week and I haven't had time to put up the pics because all space and intention on this Facebook site and twitter were devoted to the awesome fund raising extravaganza that you witnessed.
IT WAS AMAZING!
But the cast of Being Erica came to see their cast mate Paula Brancati...who today I nicknamed the Pauli-lama because that lady is so zen and has the answers to so many questions that none of the rest of us in the dressing room answers to that she must be the reincarnaton of the LAMA...and she is 21...I have decided that the Tibetan monks have been looking for her for years but haven't been able to find her...we shall keep her...Did you know that if you get your cellphone wet you can fix it by storing it over night in a bag of rice?
No...you didn't...but Paula did.
And she knows so many other things...and she knows that without an OUNCE of hubris.
That is what makes her....the Pauli-lama.
Anyhow...here we are the Being Erica Cast.

Not my best angle....but you get it!
And here we are with Eugene Levy!!! Comic genius!

And here we are at Mary's anniversary party!
It was her Wedding Anniversary and we wanted to celebrate it with a cake...but my piece was WAY TOO SMALL!!!

I got over it.

Today was an amazing day.
I ran around and picked up a bunch of cheques and received my final big cheque from Buddies in Bad Times!!!
It was surreal.
I was floating!
And to celebrate...and to visualize the REST of my World Domination Tour I did something I have NEVER done before...
I went to a high end luggage store and found the luggage I wanted...and then I went to Winners and found the knock offs for a third of the price.

I looked at 20 pieces and had them strewn all over the floor...I had to check depth...pocked size...lightness...and, most important, pretty colours...I have NEVER had matching luggage in my life.
I thought of my friend Karen's pink purse that she bought special...and felt that I needed to honour this special occasion in my own way.
I was so fucking excited I could have spit.
SPIT!
And they are red...I sent this same picture to George because I wanted him to see them...he thought from the picture that they were pink and I had picked that colour so that he could never borrow them.
NO!!!
But he still CANNOT borrow them.
They are RED...FOR CANADA!!!
And they are in anticipation of all the places I have YET to go to work...oh yes, one must visualize and plan.
So, I walked my luggage and my big old cheque from Buddies.
My dear friend Chris...

Told me that I could store the little case in the big one till I got to the car and I said, "Well, yes I could, but I wouldn't look as fabulous that way."
He concurred.
So, I was on my way.

With my chegue and my bags in tow.
Tomorrow is our last day at Love Loss and What I Wore....but today I rode my bike to work and then went straight to the hair and wardrobe room to catch up on the gossip and say the pictures of the next group of ladies in their ourfits...they look snazzy!
They really do.
I am gonna miss this job...and these ladies...I loved seeing them on and offstage every night and I learned SO MUCH from them in both places.
I feel a bit melancholy but there is really no time for that, people!
I fly to NY on Sunday morn early to go to an audition...before I leave for Edinburgh on Thursday.
Two Words....WORLD DOMINATION!!!
See what happens why you buy luggage?
Anyhow...I am sad and excited and happy and thrilled and choked up.
BY THE WAY!!!
The single biggest donor, besides the Mirvishes....Mirvish's....

Mirvishs...it is too late to figure that our ...but the biggest donor was....drum roll....it was YOU MICHAEL RUBINOFF!!!!
SO!!!
What is your song?
You get to pick a song for my next show!!!
And all you ringtones and tshirts!!!
You will get them when I get back....you will!!!
So, I am going to bed...lots to do...need rest....and again...
I thank you all for making my dreams come true....we did it $25.00 at a time....suck that granting bodies!!!!

I forgot one important thing...the ladies of LOVE LOSS all did a photo shoot for the PINK WIG campaign for Run For The Cure!
Look at Bus Shelters and Billboards near you....

This me and Patti, who is with the ad company in charge of the campaign!!!
RUN FOR THE CURE!!!

Week 32. I raised $30,000.00 and now I am just a bit drunk.

I wanted to start this with something smart and inspirational...but it is 2:00am...I had some Sangria with my smart friends John, Chris, Mary, Joan, Larry and Jeffrey at the FABU Wish after the show....and then I came home and am doing something I NEVER do...I am drinking some wine... ALONE!
Sitting beside my snoring dog on the couch.
So I am a teeny...just a tiny...bit drunkie.
Very skankie of me...but I don't CARE!
Maybe I look a bit like this...

Which was actually taken in Tobermory in Scotland!!!

Before I really get to IT I gotta tell you we had a great house tonight, they are always great but this one was alive from the first laugh.
I was just staring out at the audience midway through the show...an audience filled with wonderful women...and men...who thrilled to hear a story just like theirs being told...they laughed with heartiness, and yelled with recognition and cried with sympathy and knowledge...it was amazing.
And then I looked up into the lights at one point and then back and forth down the line of actresses and just breathed in.
How lucky am I?
How did I get here?
Thank you Universe...and Karen and Michael....thank you.
It is a great show...I met Eugene Levy today...luckily I didn't see him till the freakin' show was over... I totally would have shit my pants...totally.
He was very complimentary...and very nice!
I CANNOT believe that we have only 4 more shows...
And that I go to New York on Sunday morning.
I gotta effing learn some music...oh ya...we will talk about that after the audition on Monday...nuff said...for now.
BAck on Tuesday morn...
And off to Edinburgh on Thursday next...
Holy eff.
George told me something on Monday morning...it was a very inspirational and personal email...I know you think I share everything...but I don't!!!...but here was the thrust of it....
"Have Faith and Go Deep"...
So, with his help, I did...
I called people I have not called before and I sent new emails...I resent to people who have not responded in 6 months...what is the worse that could happen?
And I wrote and wrote....and George wrote and wrote...and, proving, among other things, that Social Media is truly a thing with amazing and wonderful potential if NOT USED FOR EVIL...the community and beyond came through.
In spades...I raised over $5000.00 in two and half days and it continues to ROLL IN!!!
And it will all be used and put to this project...even if there is more, which there is...THERE IS!!!... it will go to development...because I still have bigger dreams for this project and this tour.
I just cannot believe it.
I was actually so over stimulated that I didn't know what to think or feel.
It was weird...I expected to feel different...to feel... I don't know...but I am relieved and not just a bit full of responsibility.
And I don't take this lightly.
I plan to work very hard while in Scotland.
I think, actually, I am still in shock...
I don't know how to thank everyone properly.
I am just so humbled at how people just stepped up and helped me....
I just...I am a bit drunkie...and need some sleep...I have been so stressed for the last....32 Weeks...and I still have a ways to go.
But I have the funds to do it...and to do it well.
God.
Thank you all!!!
I really can't express my gratitude enough!!

Here is the latest donor list!!

General $2000.00 or more

BMO Financial Group
Joan Mathers
Mirvish Productions

Lieutenant $500.00 to $1999.99

Anonymous
Curtis Barlow
Dramac LTD-Charlotte and Tedde Moore
Gary May
The John McKellar Charitable Foundation
Jerry and Kathy McRoberts
Ian Epstein and Kathy Kacer
Kevin Finora
Michael Rubinoff
Nancy Ruth
Paul Butler and Chris Back
Perry Dellelce

Army $50 to $499.99
Adam Brazier
Amber Mills and Michael Rode
Andy Parks
Anna Hrazdira
Anonymous
Ari Weinberg
Becky and Kathy Liddle
Betty’s
Brian Goldenberg
Buddies in Bad Times
Canadian Stage
Carolyn Adams
Christopher Gurr
Clinton Walker
Dan Thompson Beauty
David Playfair
Dawn Rivard
Dianne Woodrow
Doug Price
The Elgin Winter Garden Theatres
Elizabeth Baird
Esther Yermus
Gillian Tooke
Harbourfront Centre
Ian and Trudy McCabe
Ina Kerklaan
Jamie Porter
Janet Berkman
Jeff Moulton
Jim Betts
Judie Kavanagh
Julie Martell
Just for You by Alex
Kara Purdy
Karen Carpenter
Karen LeBlanc
Kate Bariss
Kyle Golemba
Lily Ling
Linda Yamamoto
Lise Payne
Lorraine Kimsa Theatre For Young People
Luminato
Lynne Jamieson
M. Road
Marcel Watier
Marcello Tulipano
Marie Baron
Marlene Smith
Mary Lu Zahalan
Melissa Doige
Melissa Yetman
Michael Gianfrancesco
Michele-Marie Beer
Michelle Hamilton Black and Darren Black
Michelle Monteith
Mitchell Marcus
Miriam Flynn
Mirvish Productions
Nadia Mear
Army $50 to $499.99 (con’d)
Natalie Heron
Opera Atelier
Patricia Wilson
Peter Martyn
Randy Read
Rod Kelly
Ron Cameron-Lewis
Sandy and Max Reimer
Sarite Harris
Susan and John Masswohl
The Shaw Festival
Sherry Chandler
Soulpepper
The Stratford Festival
Sophie Radecki
Stefan Moccio
Stephanie Martin, Andrew Sabiston and Lucie
Steve Ross
Susan Henley
Tim Hughes
Veritas
Visit Scotland
Wayne Thomas

Sharron’s Privates People who have donated $25.00 to $50.00 and/or supported, given their free time and/or skill,promoted and/or helped Sharron immeasureably on this World Domination Tour!

Alex Saslove
Amanda Campbell
Ari Weinberg
Andy Parks
Bea Campbell
Buddies in Bad Times Theatre
Bruce Dow
Callandra Dendias
Charlotter Moore
Chris Lorway
Chris Mitchell
Constance Marlatt
Christine Horne
Chrystal Donbrath
Crystal Rickard
David Oiye
Diana Coatsworth
Doug Price
Ed Sahely
Evan Smith
Frances Donkevy
Gabi Epstein
Geoff Whynot
Grant Ramsay
Jean Stilwell
Jeff Breithaupt
Jim Russell
Julia Gardener
Karen Blackman
Kathryn McEwen
Keith Cole
Kelly Holiff
Kyle Golemba
Leslie Arden
Lindsay Burns
Louise Pitre and Joe Matheson
Mark Davis
Melanie Phillipson
Michael Gianfrancesco
Michael Hughes
Pablo Kessleman
Pam Chorley
Paul Sportelli
Patricia Wilson
Patricia Zentilli
Patti and John Loach
Peter Phoa
Qasim Khan
Rob Kempson
Robert Missen
Sara Farb
Shawn Daudlin
Shelley Quinn
Sky Gilbert
Susan Bourcier
Sutton Foster
Suzanne Hermany
Thom Allison
Tracey Nolan
Tricia Lackey
Trudi Goodfellow
Wayne Gwillim
William Humenick

HOLYLOVELOSS and Lord of the Flies. 8 DAYS TILL I FLY!!! Taking Wayne and Derrick!!! Don't let Derrick and Wayne get kidnapped!!

So!
During the show tonight....we got onto stage...which is always a bit out of body for the first few minutes after a couple days off...but as soon as we started it was like AMITYVILLE HORROR!!! The flies....they were everywhere...and while Louise did her intro monologue I watched the Huntress known as Andrea Martin squish 2 of the 800 flies before we got to the first group scene.
I even killed one...it was...um distracting...I mean we are professionals...but holy crap...there were so many and it seemed like they were the size of birds. They blocked the light when they flew past them.
Louise even drew them in her picture tonight!! The flies...holy crap.
I said to Mary...it was like we were covered in shit...which she repeated giving me the credit a number of times.
Thank you Mary!
Still..the show was super fun and the AUDIENCE WAS AMAZING! And vocal! You go ladies...and man!

SO, I know you might wanna know.....ON THE FUNDRAISING FRONT!!!
Since yesterday morning I (and my dear George) have raised $1520.00!!
WOO WOO!!!
The magic number that I still need to raise by Friday is $3380!!!
And I know I can do it!!!
The Tshirts...all of you $50.00 donors...I will send after I get back from Scotland!!! I promise!!
And the Ringtones TOO!!!
As of RIGHT NOW, the biggest donor this week...so FAR...is Karen Carpenter...the fabulous director of LOVE LOSS AND WHAT I WORE!!!!
KAREN ROCKS!!!
What song will she pick for me to learn???
What will it be?
She does have the great musical taste and all....and she is just the perfect amount of lordy.
Or will someone donate more???
And get to pick a song for my show....any song!!!
People have been donating by email...through their banks...and they CANNOT BELIEVE how easy it is!!!
Remember...you just need my name....
Sharron Matthews and my email
sharmatthews@rogers.com...
And if you include your address you will get a snappy tax receipt!!!

There have been a number of $25.00 donations and they ADD UP!!!
Please, I know you hear me ask for donations and I joke....but I really could use the help!
Please help me realize this dream...of being the first Canadian Cabaret Performer at the Edinburgh Festival.
Thank you all for your support....however you have given it!!!
Maybe you can see me a it farther!
I have three more days to make my goal!!!
Can you help?

Buddies Box Office is open from Noon till 5:00pm Tuesday to Saturday! Call 416 975 8555 or try the email thing...people love it...and there is the 007 skill testing question to keep me on my toes!!!

Here is the latest list of donors!!
Thank you Thank you Thank you

SHARRON'S ARMY

General $2000.00 or more

BMO Financial Group
Joan Mathers

Lieutenant $500.00 to $1999.99

Anonymous
Curtis Barlow
Dramac LTD-Charlotte and Tedde Moore
Gary May
The John McKellar Charitable Foundation
Jerry and Kathy McRoberts
Ian Epstein and Kathy Kacer
Kevin Finora
Nancy Ruth
Paul Butler and Chris Back
Perry Dellelce

Army $50 to $499.99
Adam Brazier
Amber Mills and Michael Rode
Anna Hrazdira
Anonymous
Ari Weinberg
Becky and Kathy Liddle
Betty’s
Brian Goldberg
Buddies in Bad Times
Canadian Stage
Carolyn Adams
Christopher Gurr
Clinton Walker
Dan Thompson Beauty
David Playfair
Dawn Rivard
Dianne Woodrow
Doug Price
The Elgin Winter Garden Theatres
Elizabeth Baird
Esther Yermus
Gillian Tooke
Harbourfront Centre
Ina Kerklaan
Jamie Porter
Jeff Moulton
Jim Betts
Judie Kavanagh
Just for You by Alex
Kara Purdy
Karen Carpenter
Karen LeBlanc
Kate Baris
Kyle Golemba
Lily Ling
Linda Yamamoto
Lise Payne
Lorraine Kimsa Theatre For Young People
Luminato
Lynne Jamieson
M. Road
Marcel Watier
Marcello Tulipano
Marie Baron
Marlene Smith
Mary Lu Zahalan
Melissa Doige
Melissa Yetman
Michael Gianfrancesco
Michele-Marie Beer
Michelle Hamilton Black and Darren Black
Mitchell Marcus
Miriam Flynn
Mirvish Productions
Nadia Mear
Natalie Heron
Opera Atelier
Patricia Wilson
Peter Martyn
Randy Read
Rod Kelly
Ron Cameron-Lewis
Sandy and Max Reimer
Sarite Harris
The Shaw Festival
Sherry Chandler
Soulpepper
The Stratford Festival
Sophie Radecki
Stefan Moccio
Stephanie Martin, Andrew Sabiston and Lucie
Steve Ross
Susan Henley
Tim Hughes
Veritas
Visit Scotland
Wayne Thomas

Sharron’s Privates People who have donated $25.00 to $50.00 and/or supported, given their free time and/or skill,promoted and/or helped Sharron immeasureably on this World Domination Tour!

Alex Saslove
Amanda Campbell
Ari Weinberg
Andy Parks
Bea Campbell
Buddies in Bad Times Theatre
Bruce Dow
Callandra Dendias
Charlotter Moore
Chris Lorway
Chris Mitchell
Constance Marlatt
Christine Horne
Chrystal Donbrath
Crystal Rickard
David Oiye
Diana Coatsworth
Doug Price
Ed Sahely
Evan Smith
Gabi Epstein
Geoff Whynot
Grant Ramsay
Jean Stilwell
Jeff Breithaupt
Jim Russell
Julia Gardener
Karen Blackman
Kathryn McEwen
Keith Cole
Kelly Holiff
Kyle Golemba
Leslie Arden
Lindsay Burns
Louise Pitre and Joe Matheson
Mark Davis
Melanie Phillipson
Michael Gianfrancesco
Michael Hughes
Pablo Kessleman
Pam Chorley
Paul Sportelli
Patricia Wilson
Patricia Zentilli
Patti and John Loach
Peter Phoa
Qasim Khan
Rob Kempson
Robert Missen
Sara Farb
Shawn Daudlin
Shelley Quinn
Sky Gilbert
Susan Bourcier
Sutton Foster
Suzanne Hermany
Thom Allison
Tracey Nolan
Tricia Lackey
Wayne Gwillim
William Humenick

Week 32 of WORLD Domination!!! I am not EFFING AROUND!!! I am adding RING TONES!!!

ALRIGHT!
I have 5 days to raise $4900.00!
I am SERIOUS AS A HEART ATTACK!!!
I have a couple new options as well!!!
THERE ARE A LOT OF EXCLAMATIONS HERE!!!
SO!!!
You have watched the WORLD DOMINATION....
You have thought to yourself...I would like to donate RIGHT NOW but
1. Buddies Box OFFICE isn't open (though the hours are noon to 5:00pm Tuesday to Saturday)
2. You don't have a cheque, or and envelope...and just thinking of walking to the mailbox exhausts you.
3. You find yourself not wanting to WALK ALL THE WAY TO BUDDIES to pay them by debit...(Which you can do during the hours are noon to 5:00pm Tuesday to Saturday)
4. You just wanna sit in front of your computer and PAY THE DAMNED Donation!
So! After checking out all the options, I have found that emailing me your donation is the easiest and you don't even have to get up!!!
Just go to your web banking site or phone your banking line and you can simply EMAIL me the cash!
It is SOOOOO easy!!!
SOOOOOO EASY!!!
You are asked for two things in email banking...
My name:
Which is Sharron Matthews
and my email address...
Which is sharmatthews@rogers.com
If you wish a tax receipt please include your address in the information section OR email it to me and I will get a receipt to you!!!
It IS TOTALLY EASY and absolutely safe and secure!!!
I have made payments by email and received them for the last year!!!
It is so freaking easy.
Did I mention it is easy?

There is a bit of incentive!!!!

If you donate $25.00 I will record a ringtone of whatever you want me to say, sing or scream...as long at it isn't TOO degrading...I said too...I am pretty open at this point..."Jenny's Just a small town girl, living in a lonely world...and is too freakin busy to pick up the phone right now!!" or "Jean Paul and I are getting read for the "I Am Too Rich to be Awake Right NOW TOUR 2011", so he can't possibly answer this IPHONE" See? See? It could be fun!

If you donate $50.00 or more you will receive (while supplies last) a Sharron's Army Tshirt and I will send it, walk it or drive it to you

This is my friend Gillian (who is coming to Scotland!) in hers out front of Joe's Pub with Sandra and Theresa

The person who donates this most from today till Friday the 6th can pick a song and I will learn it and perform it at my first show back in Toronto! Which will be either September or October!

Not too bad....I mean not like swag from awards show...but still not stinky!!!
I really need your help...I ain't begging....WAIT !!! I JUST REMEMBERED!!! I AIN'T TOO PROUD TO BEG!!!!
So, please help a gal out...
Here are the original options....
BUT TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE my dear people!!
I really need to have it all be Friday!!!

To donate you can either call Buddies in Bad Times Theatre ( my charitable trustee) at #416 975 8555 during box office hours (noon to 5:00pm, Tuesday to Saturday) and donate by Credit Card ( Telling the person you speak to that it is for Sharron Matthews Superstar) OR you can go there (address below) during box office hours and donate by cash, debit or credit in person (again, Telling the person you speak to that it is for Sharron Matthews Superstar) OR you can mail a cheque to
Buddies in Bad Times Theatre
12 ALEXANDER ST
Toronto, Ontario M4Y 1B4
*Please make the cheque out to Buddies in Bad Times with Sharron Matthew Superstar in the memo line, and we will promptly send a tax receipt.*

Please help me out!!!
I am in the home stretch!!!

POSTSCRIPT! (One hour after I posted this blog.)
Have RECEIVED $775.00 in donations in the last hour... and most are by email payment thru the bank....the best thing...besides the donation of course...is there is a security answer that I have to give to get the money. It is all James Bond...everyone who donated came up with a question and an answer that required me to think. Which is good. But it also served to remind me of our singular friendships...Lordy I know...but how I cried and cried!!
I believe.
Thank you Thank you Thank you.
Love
Sharron

My First FRINGE interview and other assorted goodies.

I am, again, up WAY TOO LATE!!!
But!
It is my day off (sort of) tomorrow....really, there is no real day off now till I am done the Fringe on August 28th!
One week today I open my show at the Edinburgh Fringe.
In Scotland.
I AM TOO FUCKING excited.
I really am.
In the last 4 days I received $630.00 in donations!! Thank you! Thank you!!!
People have brought envelopes to the theatre with money, people have called the box office and people have emailed me promising to send cheques....it is amazing.
I appreciate all of your patience and support during this crazy time, this final push for funds...I feel like freakin' PBS..."We can't get back to 'White Christmas' until Jane from Lackawana finishes giving their pledge..."
SO!
Based on the whole tour/project budget (including the success hit stop in NYC at Joe's Pub) I have raised....drumroll please.....$25, 098.37!!!
HOLY crap....please forgive a misguided calculation earlier this week that put my amount higher (Tyson, the Big Dog has been passing wind all week due to his antibiotics and the aroma is frying my brain)

Remember ALL is paid for!
The remaining funds are for food and the "Just in Case Derrick Chua gets kidnapped, our Keyboard blows up or Wayne gets mistaken for a Druid and is spirited away or Sharron decides to promo herself at the 'Naked Cabaret' and someone takes her picture and needs to be bribed" FUND.
Do you think that Fund title will catch on?
Go back and try to say it really fast!!
Don't make me stick Wayne in a closet, pump him up and goofballs, and not feed him for two weeks, only bringing him out to play the piano ...that would just be tragic.
I am still shooting for $30,000.00 so I need $4901.63.
That sounds DO ABLE!!!!
WHO WILL my angels be!!!
And I do believe in angels!!!
They have helped me so much so far!
THIS WEEK...ANYONE WHO DONATES $50.00 or more gets a "Sharron's Army" tshirt!!!
I will get your addresses if you donate straight to Buddies and I will get it to you, even if I have to bring to you myself!!!
Call Buddies Box Office #416 975 8555 From Tuesday to Saturday Noon till 5:00pm or email me and I will give you more options...me@sharronmatthews.com...the sooner the more helpful, my friends!
AND!!!
Here is my first Edinburge Fringe Interview....woo woo.
http://www.whatsonstage.com/index.php?pg=207&story=E8831280329791
Fancy!!!
LOVE LOSS....this was a great and challenging day.
I love those ladies...have I said that?
We only have one more week....7 more shows.
I will most probably cry....I try to think back to the last time I cried when a show was over....1993.
WOW.
Here is the last VIDEO just in case you didn't see it!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oa4CsiOyguQ

Naked, Pinsent and Paula has a HUGE family!

Okay.
So that is Gordon Pinsent.
Really.
He is, with all due respect to my very handsome, dashing husband, quite dreamy.
I am so glad that no one told me he was at the show because I promptly would have pooped my pants.
The lady in the pic beside him is Diane Dupuy, the creator of Famous People Players and beside her...her mom.
It is nice to meet the fancy people.
After the picture taking we went to get changed and Mary and I spoke about some plans that we had earlier to go to the Strip Spelling Bee at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre....I haven't been there in ALL TOO LONG!!!
Andrea came out of the bathroom and asked why she wasn't invited...for the record, I was sure I invited everyone!!!
She wanted to come...I am not going to lie to you...I could not believe that I was going to bring these ladies to Strip Spelling Bee.
When we went out front we met Paula's family...let me say here...Paula is Italian...her family is HUGE!!! FREAKING HUGE!!! SO HUGE!!!
And so very nice.
Anyhow, we went to Buddies and we were fawned over by the staff...of course, you get the best treatment there...and proceeded to watch very shy people misspell words that sounded like that name of that volcano in Iceland that irrupted and then the bell would sound on the wrong word...and then the music would start...and they would have to take off one third of their clothes.
Surreal...and SO funny and entertaining.
There was a girl who started to spell a word and then said...."Fuck it, I came here to take off my clothes." and then did so.
We laughed.
Oh how we laughed...
Did you know that the box office at Buddies is open at noon TODAY, Saturday?
And it is open till 5:00pm?
Well, if you felt like giving them a call and helping me reach my goal of $30,000.00 for my tour....I am $20.00 away from $25,000.00....
You could call them...
#416 975 8555.
Best!
Have a Great day!
And if you feel like it we have TWO SHOWS TODAY!!!

Sharron's Oprah Aha moment...they were Spanx involved.

2:47am July 30th

I have been up so late all week.
It is like I am in college again...but the bounce back isn’t nearly as good.
Remember when you could drink like...4 drinks...Long Island Iced Tea or otherwise... and be fine if you slept a bit late?
Now, if I have a wine spritzer and stay up till 1:00am I feel like a 80 year old smoker till I lay down for a nap....A NAP... at 5:00pm the next day.
But tonight I have a different reason.
No drinks...just a bit of a frustration.
I have argued back and forth about writing my thoughts down because I endevour to remain EVER positive about this project.
But I have hit a wall and I feel the need to share.
Me, share? Imagine.
I just want to keep what I am doing on the up and up in the truth area...and to convey that it ain’t all roses and glamour....oh, sometimes it is...don’t get too sad...but there are definite....challenges.
Though I joke, though the title of my tour suggests a great deal of hubris, and though, in my work I tend to swear some and tell a dirty story or two, wear fancy dresses, put in a hair piece or two and gesture to my breasts more than is appropriate...I take what I do very seriously.
“Serious as a heart attack” as I said to Mary Walsh earlier this week...and I COULD NOT have been happier that it made her laugh. NOT HAPPIER!
But, I have learned during this VERY CHALLENGING (I decided to say challenging in the place of hard...I began this practice about 14 years ago...it seems to work....it seems to keep me from moaning and complaining at least half of the time) period of fund raising that some might not...take my work seriously as I do, that is.
And it worries, saddens and frustrates me.

I know...boo hoo for me.

I am taking into account that there are some people that just don’t like or understand what I do.
That is just the way it is.
But, again, I constantly remind myself via the cards and emails that I have kept from people that there are hundreds of people who have been incredibly supportive, who have jumped to help me, who have contributed monetarily, emotionally and in spirit.
Most I know and some I don’t.
I have been very lucky to have this support and I do not take it for granted.
But I gotta tell you....
Being an independent artist in this country can truly suck ass.
Being an independent artist who sings and/or does comedy in this country sucks bigger ass.
And being an independent artist in this country who sings and/or does comedy and wants to produce their own work....well, I don’t think there is an ass big enough to convey the sucking.
Now, I am sure there are some other things in this country that one can try to do that puts one in the postition of feeling like their lot ALSO sucks ass...but I can only speak from my own experience.

Here is the crux of it all....

We are not encouraging entrepreneurialism here in Canada in the arts.

This is the whole reason I am writing this...I was pulling on my spanx for the show tonight and thinking about it all...and that was the sentence that just socked me in the spanx.

Most funding government and otherwise goes to arts companies.

Independent artists and producers are a bit effed when it comes to funding.

And trying to get my funny, sing-ie, cabaret hands on this funding has been like water through my fingers.

To try and get the contact info for a Charitable Arts Foundation as an independent artist....you think I was asking for the Cadbury secret...which is worth a lot of money, I understand.

Some who I have asked for this info have said “These people only donate to charities....” and when I tell them that I have a charitable trustee for my project there is a moment of silence. (You can hear a moment of silence on the internet, too. I swear)

Then I get a bit of the “How is it your work worthy of this kind of charitable support...”. Which aren’t their actual words but that is the gist.
Then I begin to justify my work.
No biggie...I am used to it....it just makes me sigh.

Again...boo hoo for me.

I have only gotten to speak to some foundations on the phone because I pretend to be my assistant, Cassie.
Of course, most of you know who Cassie is...
But for those who don’t ....

She is super smart.

I do believe, from deep in my heart, that what I am doing encourages people young and old to make their own work.

Here is what my dear young friend Kyle Golemba, a cabaret performer, self starter and member of the Stratford Festival company said in the newspaper last week...


“There are definitely many paths as to what cabaret is,” says the enthusiastic Golemba. “For me, it will always mean Sharron Matthews, because seeing her in Sharron’s Party at its height gave me the inspiration and courage to go and do it myself."

I cried and cried and taped it to my desk.

This is the place where I would like to that BMO who stepped up RIGHT AWAY to be my only Corporate Sponsor!!!!

I have raised $425.00 in the last couple days...which is awesome.
OH and EVERYTHING, as of yesterday when I sent off my last wire to my PR person in Scotland, is PAID FOR!!!
But having incurred some more expenses....such as a cellphone in Edinburgh ( you have to have a local number) , travel insurance for all three of us... the total that I still need is
$5146.06

I still believe that I can do this...I work like a dog on it everyday from about 9:00am till 3:00am...leaving out time for the Love Loss show...which is my fabulous zen time.

I still need and angel or MANY ANGELS!!
Do you have $25.00 or more?
You will get a tax receipt!
Please give this video a watch or a rewatch...the Box Office at Buddies #416 975 8555 is Open from 12:00pm till 5:00pm today and tomorrow...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oa4CsiOyguQ

And as a suggestion from my friend Kathy...I am listing most of my costs in Scotland so you know where the money is going....this is a budget for three people...


3 Plane Tickets from TO to Edinburgh $3321.61
Ground Costs in Edinburgh $ 80.00
Accomidation $4753.62 (You have to rent for the whole month)
Food for 3 Weeks for 3 People $3000.00 (50 bucks a day/person plus $150 xtra)
Marketing (posters and flyers) $ 318.98
Advertising Fee (programme) $1334.00
Venue Cost (Surgeons Hall) $2530.19
Piano Rental $ 507.60
Insurance $ 207.47
Travel Insurance $ 120.00
Phone $ 100.00
Edinburgh PR (Flying Monkey) $1783.15
Fringe Registration Fee $432.31


I think that I will start a fund next year for independent artists who have projects they want to fund.

I just worry that we aren't encouraging the next Ruth Draper, Bette Mider, Lilly Tomlin, Carol Burnett or Barbra Streisand....I know there are dudes too...but I am concentrating on the chicks...

I worry...

HOLY CRAP!!! I am two weeks from the Ed Fringe and Love Loss Continues to make me love my life.

HOLY Crap....I have never worked so effing hard in my life...
Yes, people, my fingers fly across the keyboard at lightening speed...take that, Miss Pugh...(she was my bitchy 10th grade Typing teacher...yes, I had a typing teacher...and she informed me that I would never make a good secretary...I BEG TO DIFFER!!!) and I write letters and answer emails....
There are a lot of final touches to put on my Edinburgh tour but, basically, we are done...it is just the small work...like getting a phone internationally...what a freakin' pain in my ass that is.
Wow.
I am in a bit of a mood.
What got me OUT of this very mood yesterday was, without a word of a lordy lie, going to do the show twice.
Those ladies just make my day.
They really do.
There is nothing like sitting around before the show in curlers and chatting about the fine arts of lingerie selection and joke telling to clear your head...and without being too indelicate...wait! Is that too indelicate, Sharron?....oh, maybe I will just leave that alone.
Yesterday, during the show, I looked at Mary Walsh and saw that she had one tiny pin curl at the back of her head...I was obsessed with it for the whole time.
There are things in the show that make me laugh and think, imagine...and I wish we could take a second right then and there to chat about it ...but, as you might imagine...it is the wrong time!
Every time Louise says "Champagne and Wedding Cake" I salivate.
Whenever Paula talks about boots I think of how it is a totally crappy that I and my thick calved sisters in the world have no access to a great boot with a wide calf. SHUT OUT!!!
Whenever Andrea does her East Indian accent I think about how she played Apu's mother on the Simpsons.
And when we get to the Bra Section I wonder if Mary is gonna...I can't even say it...
But she hasn't yet.
Just for the record.
She HAS AMAZING CONTROL.
I love these women.
I really do...watching them work their stories is the high point of my day.
The 'Women Fully Clothed" came last night (Robin Duke, Kathryn Greenwood and Teresa Pavlinek) and I am so glad I didn't know...I would have been a mass of nerves. And Libby Znaimer way there too!
I had to restrain myself from asking if she could find out if her dad got my sponsorship package.
And I sit, with my huge dogs, and continue to raise money...
There was a flow that began yesterday...Dawn gave me a $50.00 THANK YOU DAWN!!! And a bunch of people called BUDDIES!!
I will only know how much I received whey I go to pick up a cheque from them today.
But I do need more my friends!!!
I really do!
Check out my video , the link is....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oa4CsiOyguQ
It is my fastest climber in hits I have EVER had ...I think it is the puppies and the Fashion Crimes Dresses!!!
Check it out!!
Can you Help me?
Have a great day EVERY ONE!!!

This is a picture of my George in front of Duart Castle in Scotland....just for a smile...isn't he handsome?
Oh and scroll down a post for ALL donation information!

Sharron Matthews Superstar: World Domination Tour 2010 still needs your help! TWO WEEKS AWAY!

PLEASE WATCH MY VIDEO!!!
I WAS UP TILL 5:00am edtting it....because I am Scorcese and all!!!
I promise it will give you at least one laugh...or money back.






To donate you can either call Buddies in Bad Times Theatre ( my charitable trustee) at #416 975 8555 during box office hours (noon to 5:00pm, Tuesday to Saturday) and donate by Credit Card ( Telling the person you speak to that it is for Sharron Matthews Superstar) OR you can go there (address below) during box office hours and donate by cash, debit or credit in person (again, Telling the person you speak to that it is for Sharron Matthews Superstar) OR you can mail a cheque to
Buddies in Bad Times Theatre
12 ALEXANDER ST
Toronto, Ontario M4Y 1B4
*Please make the cheque out to Buddies in Bad Times with Sharron Matthew Superstar in the memo line, and we will promptly send a tax receipt.*

LOVE LOSS, Beavers, Terseness and NAKED!!!

I am in bed.
Yes, I am still in bed.
I am gonna share a truth with you.
If I invite my two monster dogs up on the bed....I can get two more hours sleep outta them.
Does that make me a bad person?
Anyhow, all is quiet here in the Matthews/Masswohl home though I am working my ass off.
It is my first of two days off from the awesomeness that is “Love Loss And What I Wore”. We opened this week with fabulous reviews (4 out of 4 stars from the Toronto Star). The Sun, The Globe and The Eye all had great things to say about it as well!! It was happiness!
As I was standing in the wardrobe and wig room yesterday drying my hair (Louise and I got caught in the effing effing effing rain) talking to Paula, Wayne and Dawn...while yelling something through the door to Mary and Louise across the hall...it hit me...this is almost a sorority house. Paula and Mary both brought shopping purchases in and we judged them (Now, that looks great on your ass! HOW MUCH?) we make sure each others hair is good before we walk onstage....and when our dear assistant stage manager, AJ, calls “Places, ladies, time to start the show!”...this is what happens....“I gotta pee, I gotta eat this piece of chocolate, I gotta finish my sentence, What did you say?, I haven’t got my shoes on, Who do you know who is coming? ...” In other words AJ has a big challenge getting us out of that dressing room.
The shows were great yesterday. I had a couple highschool friends at the matinee. One in the front row...but she was a great audience member so no hard feelings!
Before the night show there was a moment in the dressing room where Andrea was telling us about a beaver in her front yard...yes, you read right...and she began to imitate the beaver with 10 curlers in her hair...I peed a bit...I think she is gonna work the bit into her Huntsville show in August! Do you know Andrea Martin is doing her one woman show in Huntsville in AUGUST!?!?! Run don’t walk.
I am also going to get her on Facebook and Twitter tomorrow....yup...it is a mission.
So, I am working on all of the last minute details for Edinburgh which is 16 days...holy freaking effing crap....away!
There are so many things to do....and I still need about $4900.00...I am still looking for an angel...I believe, people I do...that there is one out there!!!
I am putting the donor info up again!!!
Just in case you missed it.... ;-)...there is a crazy emoticon.

Here is donor info, just in case you feel moved to join the ‘Sharron Matthews Superstar: World Domination Tour 2010 ARMY!!!’

To donate you can either call Buddies in Bad Times Theatre ( my charitable trustee) at #416 975 8555 during box office hours (noon to 5:00pm, Tuesday to Saturday) and donate by Credit Card ( Telling the person you speak to that it is for Sharron Matthews Superstar) OR you can go there (address below) during box office hours and donate by cash, debit or credit in person (again, Telling the person you speak to that it is for Sharron Matthews Superstar) OR you can mail a cheque to
Buddies in Bad Times Theatre
12 ALEXANDER ST
Toronto, Ontario M4Y 1B4
*Please make the cheque out to Buddies in Bad Times with Sharron Matthew Superstar in the memo line, and we will promptly send a tax receipt.*

So, I am presently applying to places that have open mikes and showcase opportunities at the Edinburgh Fringe...because I will do ANYTHING and EVERYTHING to sell my show...I mean it people.
But the challenge is, of course, vetting ( I love that word, it is fancy) all the opportunites so I don’t end up in a cow field singing a Britney Spears tune.
Though that might be interesting and a photo opportunity....if I sang to cows...wait a minute, I have to call my publicist.
I am back.
Okay!
So I have sent a number of emails...and sometimes...because I am tired...I am not really reading them too closely.
But my co producer has sent me this list so I TRUST HIM.
I woke up to an email in my inbox first thing... “Dear Sharron, We would love to have you be a part of our showcase! Due to the nature of the show we would like to make sure to make sure you read the description thouroughly.”
And here is the description....

“ A celebration of collaboration, the human form and artists brave and bold. Looking for a diverse range of talent -musicians,poets,comedians,circus + visual and installation artists. Please do not hesitate to contact us. Open to all ideas. Must be willing to perform naked to a naked audience."

Huh.
Yes, I thought about it...I did...I really did.
And then I thought....NO EFFING WAY IN HELL!!!
I am going to meet with my co producer Derrick this aft...on the upside...I guess he will also do almost ANYTHING to sell tickets...I bet my pianist Wayne would have loved doing it.

And lastly, wow....I am long winded today...I got shit to do, man....but I want to tell you this!
In my last blog I criticized the acting on a Reality show called “DC Cupcakes” I received a message from a long ago aquaintance (FACEBOOK is weird that way) who was a bit irrate that I had maligned the ladies who are on the show by calling them bad actresses. (Which they are...they really are...don’t take my word for it...watch the freaking show just once) But they are bakers who have got an effing TV show so I am sure they do not give a doodle what I think...but I digress. The message was very terse and inferred ( I am guessing here as it is hard to tell intent on the interweb) that as an “real actress” ( I actually thank the person for calling me that because I constantly think I am faking it) I didn’t have a right to call a baker a bad actress...or that it was in poor taste. (bakers, poor taste....ug....I slay me).
I tried to make light of the comment and give the person the benefit of the doubt that they might be joking.
It soon became clear that they were not...after a number of back and forths...each one from them terser ( is that a word) a little more highhanded than the one before. Comparisons were made to Cake Boss and other reality TV ...it all struck me as quite strange and not a bit surreal.
I felt the need to keep responding though...even though I had to break from whatever work I was doing...I kept asking myself.. “Is this worth it?” and I kept answering “Apparently, yes.”
In each of my responses I tried to be a bit funny to take the edge off but I still stuck to my guns (this person and I had not had a bad relationship, so I was a bit confused) but they wrote in the end that...and I paraphrase....for reasons I will share in a moment...

"I would be shocked if, as bakers, they were good at delivering dialogue. (Cake Boss). Sure the scripted parts are obvious but nobody watches reality TV because the acting is brilliant. I am just always surprised when real actors criticize non-actors for being bad actors.

I then realized that while I might be giving this person the benefit of the doubt they didn’t seem to be giving me one at all.
I also thought about how it hurts when people critize me and all...but then I remembered that IT IS A SHOW ABOUT CUPCAKES and these ladies probably do not care what the eff I think!!
Let it be said here that my friend Hubert wrote me and told me that he has travelled to DC JUST to get some of their cupcakes...okay...he was there already to visit friends...but he says that they are very good.

Now, here was my final response....

“Wow, this started out as a lighthearted rant on my blog. But, I have found, a gal cannot blog and expect people to not react or comment. People like to send me their opinions and I try to respond the best way I can. It feels strange... and quite surreal to assert my view over this subject, such as it is. But, here I go. I actually think they are great on Cake Boss...I think they get a real slice of life on the show which is why people watch reality TV, I think. I think that the situations they set up are very funny and they people on the show are great and endearing . That is why the DC show seems so contrived in comparison....but it ain't art...and I don't think that anyone would say it is. Sadly, happily or otherwise, when one is given dialogue to say and they are in front of a camera in a situation that is staged...I think that they are an actor of some sort. But that is me.
I also think it is pretty funny that this rebuttal is all about shows called Cake Boss and DC Cupcakes...on TLC!
I think many would agree that the show contains "not the best acting"...if they were a real actor or otherwise.
But, again, this is my opinion.
LET US ALL WATCH 'SAY YES TO THE DRESS'!!!”

Then, in moments, all but one of their comments disappeared....I decided to delete them all...and then after a moment ( I am trying to destress and get the bullshit out of my life) I then defriended this person.
I have no idea why the terseness....I had always enjoyed this person.
But....
UG!
LIFE IS TOO SHORT!!!
IT IS A SHOW ABOUT CUPCAKES!!!!

AND JUST to make you smile after all that kerfuffle....her is one of my supporter s and friends...IAN EPSTEIN!!!
I can't figure out how to make it straight on but you get the picture...THE PICTURE!!!
OH FOR GOD SAKES, Sharron.... I SLAY ME!!!

Cupcakes, Flies, SYTYCD and Etalk!

So, I have actually found the time after the show to watch a bit of the TV....SYTYCD....OH MY GOD....I have got to tell you....Paula, Andrea and I are SYTYCD freaks....do you know that those letters stand for? DO YOU? So You Think You Can Dance, bitches.
I love that I have someone to talk with the show about who doesn't judge my level of intelligence.
SO GOOD!!!
Anyway, in the dressing room the last couple of days the three of us have been talking about how all the injuries on the show are scaring us...we also talked about how NO ONES PVR taped the performance episode this week...I just about died...but Paula taught us where to go to watch it on the interweb.
Mary and Louise look on with disbelief as we chatter like the effing Pick a Little Ladies from the fricken Music Man.
Oh yes...now everyone at the theatre is afraid to share ANYTHING with me because of my blog....and yet when I didn't write anything yesterday I got shit from Rubinoff, our producer...I am trying to not over do it and leave people wanting more....I have got a LIFE TO LEAD, MICHAEL!!!
Anyhoops, every conversation that I have either begins or ends with "You can't put this on the blog." I am not Hedda Hopper for shitsakes.
I will share that every one of us ate at least ONE cupcake right after the "curtain came down" on opening night...and we ate like there wasn't going to be any food left in the world.
Today we all met at the old MuchMusic building, 299 Queen, to do an interview for ETALK...all the ladies looked so pretty...they wanted us to bring a piece of clothing or jewelery that meant something to us and talk about it ...hard for Mary who is away from home...Andrea brought her spanks...I wore my Grama's locket and Louise wore a dress she wore on a trip to Spain...when she was 16!!! 16!!! And it still fits and looks beautiful...I mean, jesus wept.
The poor producer who was interviewing us couldn't get a word in edgewise.
We had a great house tonight...one lady in particular who had the best laugh...in the second row.
I love looking at all the girlfriends who have gotten their group together to come to the show...there is nothing like a group of chicks...they love hard and hold a grudge until the world ceases to spin.
We are interesting creatures.
Four thoughts and things to end off.....
1. There is a TV show on TLC called "DC Cupcakes"...it is on right after "Say Yes To The Dress" (LOVE SAY YES!!!!) and the women who run the cupcake shop remind of the characters that Ana Gasteyer and Molly Shannon played on Delicious Dish...do you know what I mean? These women make me wanna slap them...I cannot help it.
2. While walking the dogs tonight a huge stretch Hummer went by with a girl hanging out the window screaming out "It's My Birthday!"...do you think her girlfriend is holding her hair as we speak, while she throws up in a bathroom?
3. Mary Walsh, on opening night, told me while I was in the limo twittering that "You can either be with your phone or here with me..." I chose Mary....but my phone was very sad.
4. There is still a fly that will not EFFING LEAVE US ALONE onstage...I hate it I hate it I hate it
OH! And hello to Dawn and Wayne who take care of us backstage....they mentioned that they felt a little put out that I had not written about them...WELL HELLO YOU TWO!!! See you in about 12 hours.