Week of Inspiration

There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can hinder or control the firm reslove of a determined soul.

- Ella Wheeler Wilcox

inspire daily calendar Mon 23 Jul 2012 

Don't let yesterday take up too much of today.

- John Wooden

inspire daily calendar Tue 24 Jul 2012 

The man who will use his skill and construct imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he can give for a dollar, is bound to succeed.

- Henry Ford

inspire daily calendar Wed 25 Jul 2012 

Strength is a matter of a made up mind.

- John Beecher

inspire daily calendar Thu 26 Jul 2012 

Your attiude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.

- Zig Ziglar

inspire daily calendar Fri 27 Jul 2012 

Our life is what our thoughts make it.

- Marcus Aurelius

inspire daily calendar Sat/Sun 28/29 Jul 2012

Daily Inspiration

If not now-when?

- Hilltel

inspire daily calendar Fri 20 Jul 2012 

When you are happy you can forgive a great deal.

- Princess Diana

inspire daily calendar Sat/Sun 21/22 Jul 2012

Daily Inspiration

There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.

- Beverly Sills

inspire daily calendar Wed 18 Jul 2012 

The new source of power is not money in the hands of a few, but information in the hands of many.

- John Naisbitt

inspire daily calendar Thu 19 Jul 2012

Progress - with moments of nudity

I think tonight has been one of the first times in a couple weeks that I feel like I have time to do some stuff on the computer - like update this blog.

Teaching last week was quite busy, and trying to get ahead in producing the play for the Edmonton Fringe was a challenge.

I took part of the weekend to relax and went to Labyrinth Lake for part of the Buck Naked Boys' Club's naked week (http://www.bucknakedboys.ca/AboutUs.html). It was a relaxing Saturday.

Sunday was catching up on things including preparing a substitute plan for today (Tuesday) morning as I had a follow-up eye exam - from my unexpected laser surgery 5 weeks ago (see Eye Opening Week post in June). Also preparing for a second interview with a technical college to teach mathematics.

The phone interview was last night between my teaching Lego robotics and rehearsal for the Fringe show. I assume that 1.5 hr interview, and them asking for references is a good thing. Though it does mean if I get the job I will have a busy couple weeks in the middle of August, as they want me to take a 2 week course just before, and during, the Edmonton Fringe.

Back to today and the topic (title)...
After getting home from work to an empty house, I stripped, had a nap, cooked and had dinner, then got some progress on building the set for my Fringe show.

Below is a video I made of me building the set in the nude. I have titled it "Screwing around naked in the garage." It is an hour long.

[The video was too long to upload in one go on YouTube, so it will be uploaded in parts when I have time to cut it down into chunks]

Week of Inspiration

Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other.

- Walter Elliot

inspire daily calendar Tue 10 Jul 2012 

Without an open-minded mind, you can never be a great success.

- Martha Stewart

inspire daily calendar Wed 11 Jul 2012

Will is character in action.

- William Mcdougall

inspire daily calendar Thu 12 Jul 2012

So long as there is breath in me, that long I will persist. For now I know one of the greatest principles on success; if I persist long enough I will win.

- Og Mandino

inspire daily calendar Fri 13 Jul 2012

They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night. In their grey visions they obtain glimpses of eternity.

- Edgar Allan Poe

inspire daily calendar Sat/Sun 14/15 Jul 2012

The optimist sees opportunity in every danger; the pessimist sees danger in every opportunity.

- William Churchill

inspire daily calendar Mon 16 Jul 2012

Nothing will work unless you do.

- John Wooden

inspire daily calendar Tue 17 Jul 2012

Daily Inspiration

There is no great achievement that is not the result of patient working and waiting.

- J.G. Holland

inspire daily calendar Sat/Sun 7/8 Jul 2012 

Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live, as well as to think.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

inspire daily calendar Mon 9 Jul 2012

Life is busy...

Without trying to reiterate some of what I have said in a couple previous posts, I have been busy with prep for a contract job starting Monday (teaching Lego Robotics), as well as producing a show at the Edmonton Fringe.

Recently I have realized how much there still is to do for the production. Today I bought most of the lumber to build the set. I still have to build and paint it.

I also have to get further on promotion, such as designing the programs and handbills, finishing the posters. Getting sponsors before printing the posters, and the entire media kit done, hopefully by the end of next week.

Luckily we are having photos taken on Tuesday, and that will help with the promotional material.

Because of all this, I'm not sure how much I will be posting on here. As you may have noticed I missed a few days of daily inspiration.

If you are interested in how things with the production are coming along, please check out the website: http://hughkemeny.ca/thequestion2012.html

Daily Inspiration

You don't get to choose how you're going to die. Or when. You can decide how you're going to live now.

- Joan Baez

inspire daily calendar Wed 4 Jul 2012 

Do not let what you can't do interfere with what you can do.

- John Wooden

inspire daily calendar Thu 5 Jul 2012 

Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it.

- Dwight D. Eisenhower

inspire daily calendar Fri 6 Jul 2012

Daily Inspiration

What this power is I cannot say; all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man is in that state of mind in which he knows exactly what he wants and is fully determined not to quit until he finds it.

- Alexander Graham Bell

inspire daily calendar Tue 3 Jul 2012 

Q: Why did the student bring a ladder to music class?

A: The teacher told him to sing higher.

Teachers daily calendar Mon 10 Aug 2009

Work, Rest, Play

The past week, including the weekend, has been a combination of these.

I was Working on a report for the Lego Robotics after school clubs I was teaching. Also Working on preparing for the Lego Robotics summer course I will be teaching, starting next Monday.

Rest has happened in between, a couple long walks through the Edmonton river valley, as well as social events with friends. Yesterday was Canada Day, and I went to go see Moonrise Kingdom with friends - ended up seeing Magic Mike. The change in movie plans came when the theatre couldn't get Moonrise Kingdom to play, so they gave us each 2 movie passes and told us to go watch another movie. A couple of us went to see Magic Mike, while others went to see Prometheus (which I had seen a couple weeks ago). After the movie walked through downtown to meet up with other friends to watch the fireworks.

Play; this is not necessarily the Play that is intended in the phrase: Work, Rest, Play. Here I mean my theatre play in the Edmonton Fringe. At rehearsal today we discussed aspects of promoting the play, namely using twitter. The two actresses - playing 14 year old characters - have created twitter accounts for their characters, and even referenced one for the Dr who's only mentioned. I took that one up and hope, between all I'm doing, and 2 twitter accounts now, to learn more about twitter and tweet more.

So please follow us to learn more about the 'behind the scenes' and extras of the production of The Question.

Mine, Hugh Kemeny (playwright): @HughKemeny Follow @HughKemeny

Dr. Van Der Hauk (character): @DrVanDerHauk Follow @DrVanDerHauk

Maria McInnis-Santos (character): @xxMariaMcSan Follow @xxMariaMcSan

Alyssa Spenser (character): @AlyssaSpenceFTW Follow @AlyssaSpenceFTW

Daily Inspiration

Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not.

- Oprah Winfrey

inspire daily calendar Mon 2 Jul 2012 

Don't wait for a light to appear at the end of the tunnel. Stride down there and light the bloody thing yourself.

- Sara Henderson

Teachers daily calendar Sat/Sun 8/9 Aug 2009