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Week 40 – Ain’t She Sweet

Wow. 40 weeks. Seriously. I could have a baby by now! (Thank goodness I don’t!) So, here’s my “this isn’t ‘Tip Toe Through the Tulips'” song: Ain’t She Sweet. It was written back in 1927 by Milton Ager...

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Week 41 – Ignition (Remix)

There are so, so many things I love about this week’s duet with Kristina. First of all, two of the whitest girls singing R. Kelly. ‘Nuff said. Secondly, the fact that we nerd out about Derrida RIGHT...

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Week 42 – You Know I’m No Good

Hey look who it is – 30 WEEKS LATER. My, how time flies. I will forever associate Amy Winehouse with my pal Kendyl because she rocked some karaoke on my last birthday. Now I will also associate Amy...

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Week 43 – Stop

I know I’ve said this before in this #ukuleleyear process, but WHAT A WEEK. SPICE GIRLS, GUYS! If you’re wondering, I remembered the hand dance without referring to the music video. Thank you very...

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Week 44 – Panic

IT’S MY BROTHER EVERYBODY! So, so excited he could join me for a duet, even if I have The Plague®. My apologies for the occasional “blurry” sound on camera. It’s because I am sick and had a fan on...

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Week 45 – Friday I’m In Love

I don’t even know where to begin about how happy this week’s video makes me, or what a fantastic experience it was to work with Tony on a song again! Before I forget, please imagine Tony shouting, “NO...

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Week 46 – Dr. Jones

This is what happens when I’m left to my own devices at the end of a long day/week/month/year/OMG. So, my pal and I have rescheduled our duet of this song like, four times. And I’ve only been...

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Week 47 – All of Me

Karen Unland, everybody!! I was SO happy when Karen approached me to do a duet, because (A) she took a big leap out of her comfort zone to do so, and (B) I’m a huge Karen fan! We’ve known each other...

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Week 48 – Delilah

It’s not every day you get together with a pal and sing about murder. And we didn’t even know that’s what we were gonna do! I’m happy to bring you Week 48 STILL ON TIME! This almost – ALMOST – got...

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Week 49 – It Ain’t Me Babe

Talk about serendipity! This week’s duet just goes to show, everything happens for a reason. My pal Brittany was available spur of the moment, she had a fantastic song in mind, it was easy for me to...

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Week 50 – Dammit Janet

NATHAN! You made it, buddy! Nathan was one of the first peeps to ask me to do a duet when I started this project almost a year ago. And since then, we’ve rescheduled about 82,479 times. But WE MADE IT!...

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Week 51 – Try

GUYS I AM SO TIRED. Pulling some serious 15-16 hour days during this lovely Edmonton Fringe. (Opening night was 19 hours long for me, but who’s counting?) So I let Devin do most of the singing because...

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Week 52 – Dirty Old Town

LOOK WHAT THE CAT DRAGGED IN. It’s Adam! My pal and co-worker! He’s the best! Okay, so I approached Adam about doing another duet, and his first choice was “Fairytale of New York” by The Pogues, which...

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Week 53 – Farewell, a Q&A, and In The Sun (Version 2.0)

THIS IS IT. Honestly, I don’t even know what to say.* Thank you so much for watching. And keep an eye out for more. xA *In like an hour, I’ll think of some super meaningful things to say and I’ll be...

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How Doing a Photo-365 Changed Me.

I’d ask the question, “Who else is bidding ‘Good Riddance!’ to 2015?” but I know the general answer. It was a very difficult year for almost everyone I know, with a few exceptions (thankfully, or maybe...

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Photo-365 on CTV

My photo-365 – and the blog post I wrote about the experience – has received such an overwhelmingly positive response. Thank you to everyone who read through that whole damn post and reached out. It...

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New Things, A.K.A. 2016: Activate!

Well, it’s 2016 – those of you who follow along with my life may already be tired of hearing me talk about how I’m re-launching my YouTube channel and be thinking, “Just DO it already!” I’m doing it!...

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Let’s Get Better

It’s really, really easy – painfully easy – to be kind and courteous and thoughtful. Have you ever stopped to wonder why a lot of people just aren’t? Where did they learn to be fellow humans? (ARE they...

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In Which I Torture My Friends…

…With trivia! Big thanks to Adam Rozenhart, who was such a good sport on my first edition of Two Minute Trivia! Sorry I shook my head at “potassium” when I really shouldn’t have. That’s what I get for...

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FACE.SWAP.LIVE.

WHAT’S THAT YOU SAY? TWO VIDEOS IN A WEEK?! I just…I cannot stop with this app. I discovered it on YouTube through Jenna Marbles and Julien Solomita (who, by the way, ARE GOING TO BE IN EDMONTON...

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