The Creep Takes New York from Girl Walk // All Day

Girl Walk // All Day is a feature-length dance music video and tale of urban exploration that follows three dancers across New York City. They turn the city’s sidewalks, parks and architecture into an evolving stage as they spread their joy of movement. This film is a story about self-discovery and love, and it’s a tale about finding community and vitality in shared public spaces. The idea for the project emerged from our desire to expand the boundaries of the single-track music video, to an epic musical film. Girl Walk // All Day is set to All Day, the album by mash-up musician Gregg Gillis (a.k.a. Girl Talk).

Girl Walk // All Day

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Thanks, Simon — you’re the best!

Mel and I are getting married!

I proposed in true, romantic Upper Ottawa Valley fashion on December 22nd — during a brunch stop in Cobden on the way to Kapuskasing for Christmas at the Banias’. It was a complete surprise to Mel, and I’m sure we aroused some questions from the other travellers in the parking lot who witnessed the shocked look followed by lusty embrace in the front seat of the Mazda…

Mel spent most of the rest of the trip trying to keep her eye off the sparkly ring on her finger and on the road. We were probably lucky to have great driving conditions. Her folks were pretty surprised as well by the news, and her grandmother — who, as grandmothers do, has been prodding and poking ever since I first travelled to Kap two summers ago — was obviously relieved that we had finally found our senses and decided to make things official…

My folks didn’t get the news until we returned from Kap on Dec. 28th, but my mom swears she woke up in the middle of the night on the 27th and “just knew” that was what we were dropping in to tell them… Of course, they both love Mel and are ecstatic that their son has finally found someone to make him an honest man…

We won’t be resting long on our laurels. We plan to get married before July, and tentative plans are to do it very small — likely close family only for the ceremony — and then throw a party for our friends and family somewhere in Ottawa. It’s a big year for us, with plans for a 4-5 week trip to Central America when Mel finishes her thesis in April/May, then getting hitched, then buying a new house before the end of the year. Wow. Seeing it in print is actually kind of intimidating.

But we’re excited for all of it, and can’t wait to see what other surprises the year might bring…

Best wishes to everyone for 2011!