Category Archives: Life

Experimenting with Audio & Storytelling

🙂 I’ve been recording some of my blog posts via a voice program lately, and this evening I just wanted to do something lovely. So, I spend the night working on this. It’s kinda a capture of this blog here at bumpyboobs/catherinebrunelle and yet another way of sharing stories. This is one episode and I’m calling the show “Hey, It’s Me” cause that’s how I roll.

I like it. You like it?

The music gives it a nice added layer and emotion and meaning. If I make more, they’ll be a mixture of blog reading, random stuff saying, etc. But here’s a first taste to see how well she can be digested.

In the meanwhile, enjoy! ~Catherine

2:00 AM Pixel Style

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I’m taking a video game class this week. It’s exciting. I thought maybe I could make a video game around coping/treating/attacking cancer. It’s just an idea. I’m not actually sure where the ‘game’ aspect would come in, but if anyone has any personal coping techniques they love, please do let me know. Maybe it’s a morning drink, or a meditation, a phrase they repeat over and over, an act of advocacy, or even an act of escape. a treatment you believe in, a For me it’s often just finding a way to let the steam release.

So, yesterday at 2:00 am when I woke up with a tight chest and fear, I got up and drew this picture. It’s my first bit of pixel art. Reminds me of playing adventure games, so it seems fitting for this upcoming video game class.

Sleepless Night

Here’s To The Ladies

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Happy International Women’s Day you wonderful, brilliant, creative, sassy, caring, sharp, beautiful, gracious, stubborn, inspiring, loving, deciding, growing, striving bunch of people. We don’t always turn to the one another and say, “You are a role model to me.” So please let me say it today.

In many different ways, I have learned from the women in my life, and the women beyond my life. Whether it was a friend’s compassion, a writer inspiring me with her story, learning business sense, another’s search to be free, strength despite loss, telling hard stories, bull-headed stubbornness, nursing through the night, creativity in the face of violation, personal sacrifice, authentic leadership, gentleness with humour, confessions over tea, big aspirations, building communities, long ago lessons . . . whether it’s any of these moments that have taught me so much, or many others I can’t even begin to list – I find inspiration from you all.

You are my role models. Just so you know.

Here’s to the ladies.

~Catherine