We went from George Brown, to York, to Ryerson, to U of T and back again, spreading our origami lotus flyers and the good fortune (2 for 1 tickets!) they bring. We stuffed Future Folk programs at Theatre Passe Muraille and only pausing to eat delicious spicy chicken teriyaki and answer e-mails.
Aside from flyering, last week we also faced some major grant application deadlines, meaning that most people in the office were functioning despite an enormous lack of sleep (compounded by the fact that David and Nina, our artistic visionaries) are currently working towards the launch of Monster Under the Bed with Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for Young People, which has only just opened.
This week, Byron and Andrea have continued flyering in all of their spare time (ha!), but have also found the time to start work on preparing conference welcome packages , and update our website (schedule is posted!!). Mostly, the office space has completely transformed due to Nina being a constant force in the office this week who is miraculously helping us work out the details of our schedule. As Andrea posted on our twitter, the office bumpin’ and our fu-GEN heart is happy!!! (Or slightly stressed...judging by the look on Nina's face)
Carin continues to super organize our office, while completing our OAC grant applications for the 15th, meaning that she has become an expert at trying to run fu-GEN covertly from the bathroom stalls in her other place of employment, and spending her evenings typing up the grant with one hand while nursing her daughter in the other.
As for me? Nothing too interesting in the life of the intern, just answering the questions from artists and academics from across the continent as they roll in, spending my days wondering how the heck I got this job working with all of the people that I spent the duration of my MA writing about. That's all for now!
