New Years Day Odds and Ends

[kybearfuzz]

I slept really well last night, after staying up after midnight and sending out various text messages. I got up and worked out, had lunch, and took a nap. Yeah, I lead an exciting life. Here are a few odds and ends of the day:

• After an online discussion last night with a certain burly bear in Ottawa, I wanted to watch "The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar". It's a 1969 Canadian Film Award Winner for Best Picture (these are now called Genie Awards, the Canadian equivalent of an Oscar). It stars Chris Wiggins, a nice furry bear of a guy who is well known as "Jack Marshak" in "Friday the 13th: The Series," in the lead role and was the first film for Margot Kidder, who plays his daughter. It's the story of a poor bush worker who refuses to sacrifice his dignity to provide his family with a better life. It's a very good, low budget drama. You can watch the whole flick on YouTube.



• Today being New Years Day, I counted my Found Money for the year. For those who are new to the journal, I keep track of all the money I find throughout the year in parking lots, etc. It started as a little experiment, I just keep doing it. The amount seems to be relatively small, but shrinking, as this is the lowest amount found in six years.
  
  



• After dinner, I sat down to watch the above movie, a so-so horror flick called "The Damned," and a couple of episodes of "Criminal Minds." I also got started on drawing the next issue of "Grizzly & The Bear Patrol." Two pages down so far, just eighteen to go. Here are some rough pencils of page 2.
  
  

Comments

[mort-83.livejournal.com]

New female villain??

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

Hmmmm... maybe... :)

[man-of-snows.livejournal.com]

Sounds like the year is off to a good start!

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

I think so :)

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

2011 was a banner year for found money! :)

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

LOL... Obviously, I will never get rich doing this. I was just curious and the curiosity didn't end.

[barak.livejournal.com]

I found a penny today and tossed it into my change jar. Its been four years since I last emptied it, but I'll probably just keep adding to it until I'm curious. Last week I did sort through it as I was watching a movie and pulled out a pile of dollar coins and some Canadian or UK coins (they're not US coins.)

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

That sounds familiar.

When I finish for the year, most found money goes into a bigger change jar that I've been adding to for years.

And there's a bit of Canadian coinage (and one unknown "quarter" of questionable origin) in there.

[dendren.livejournal.com]

geez, Margot Kidder looks SO young in that pic.

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

And this still really doesn't do her justice. There are pics in the movie where she looks much younger. I think at the time she might have been 20, playing a 16 year old.