Claire Biddiscombe

A reminder that is is possible to live a life of kindness & integrity. You don't have to sell out just because everyone else is.

Two hours from plane landing to leaving the airport for a domestic flight might be a new record for me. Not a fun record, but a new one.

Screaming inside while humaning outside is devastating, actually

There are no bad butter tarts. Raisins, pecans, chocolate chips, nothing... All tasty.

Triscuit. Better structural integrity.

My toxic trait is that I am incapable of walking into a garden centre in the spring without walking out with at least one new plant.

Related: seeking recipes for ground cherries.

Relatable.

The eternal struggle between allowing time and space to celebrate present accomplishments while being excited about future projects.

Would agree, and also throw in that the going rate for a small fry from a chip truck seems to be around $5.

One of these days, I will remember to adjust the straps before trying on the new bra.

That day was not today.

A painting of a bird beside the text "living through a cautionary tale fucking sucks"

Canada should quickly name the Canada Goose our national bird not for any reason other than think about what they will do to us if they ever find out they're not

Any original creative or analytical content, really.

Cat is home safely and I know probably 50% more people on my street than I did three hours ago. Win-win.

Turns out that wandering the streets shaking a bag of cat treats and repeatedly calling your missing cat's name is a GREAT way to meet your elderly neighbours.

Canada: tired

With all sincerity, Elections Canada is a national treasure.

- Voting typically takes less than 15 minutes
- We make it easy for citizens to vote, without cumbersome registration hurdles
- We have every reason to trust that ballots will be counted fairly, and results reported swiftly

Advance voted on Easter weekend, so I get to spend the day worrying that I dreamt/hallucinated that experience.

I hope you're okay 💗

James Franco "first time?" meme

Elder millennials watching traders freak out about a global economic collapse that will wreck tens of millions of lives and livelihoods, possibly irreparably

Should I have structured this thread as a quote post? Probably. Live and learn.

I'm not sure when or why earnestness became cringe, but I think for the most part, we're worse off for it because it encourages people to distance themselves from each other and the things they care about. And that's a lonely way to exist.

A while back, someone submitted the secret "Earnestness is overrated." I didn't like it, but out of curiosity, I tried using it as a suggestion in a rehearsal, and sure enough, it broke the vibe of the show. It's really, really hard to take that position and still be vulnerable and invested.

Regarding the reposted bleet below, some further thoughts on earnestness:

I'm directing an improv show right now that lives and dies on the willingness of everyone involved — cast, crew, audience, and the folks who anonymously submit secrets to us for use in the show — to be vulnerable.

DO NOT MISTAKE EARNESTNESS FOR A THING TO BE AFRAID OF. “Cringe” or s too often simply just the word used to mask the discomfort that comes with being vulnerable! It’s okay to feel vulnerable about being earnest about important issues in the world!

“We should not kill people unnecessarily” should not be so goddamn controversial.

I have tariffed
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island

and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods

forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold

Goose season is upon us.

so much political discourse about a women’s biological clocks… not enough about men’s therapy calendars

Rounded out my week of slightly weird movies with All Of Us Strangers and Mickey 17. I'm in my "watch directors take big swings" era, apparently. And it's largely paying off!