Photo-Double

Alfredo was recently cast as a "photo-double" in a Manitoba-based television series which runs on APTN. Cashing In is a dramatic comedy about a native-run casino on a scrubby reserve in southern Manitoba, and is filmed at a Winnipeg casino.

Alfredo's acting gig consisted of driving a truck into a parking lot while wearing a cowboy hat and goatee -- standing in, of course, for one of the show's main characters. I, of course, find it hilariously funny that, in a city full of native people, the only person they could find to look like their native actor was a Mexican. Ha!

The Result of Boredom

I had a few minutes of downtime before supper last night, and this was the unfortunate result. Of course, I could have been doing something edifying, productive, or, in the very least, tasteful. Instead, I chose to create... this. I'm still limping along with my ArcSoft PhotoStudio, because my beloved Jasc Paint Shop Pro is 1500 miles away and I can't seem to get anyone to SEND IT TO ME. Although, this fact may actually be a blessing for the readers of the Confederate Canuck.

Props

Kudos to Carrie for posting the "Never Fail Brownies" recipe on her blog. Shiloh made them today and they are DELICIOUS. Thanks for satisfying my craving for a perfect brownie.

Picture-Symbols

Because Shiloh does not yet verbalize, we have put together a book of picture-symbols. Called "the idea book", it is a picture list of things that Shiloh can do. This is to compensation strategy that was designed to help him deal with his uncertainty (of what to do next).

His therapist took some of the photos, because she has taken pictures for magazines and brochures in the past. By the time they were ready, however, we had thought of a number of other things to go in the book. After getting my new camera, I was able to take the pictures myself. Are they magazine-quality?