We have started a new Fill in the Blanks series, which will introduce Burnaby NOW readers to a variety of interesting folks in the arts and entertainment community.
Each subject fills out a short questionnaire, "filling in the blanks" to let us know about themselves.
Meet this week's featured performer, Lee Ann Keple:
1. I am a management consultant by day, and comedian by night, as general manager and stand-up comic with The Laff Riot Girls, and an improviser with the Bobbers QueerProv Show Monday nights at Heaven's Door (1216 Bute St., Vancouver).
2. I spend my time coordinating my schedule!
3. Right now I am working on a fundraiser for New Westminster's Royal City Pride on April 12. The Laff Riot Girls have been sponsors of Royal City Pride since its inception. I will be hosting this amazing variety show featuring an illusionist brought in from Las Vegas!
4.The book on my bedside table right now is Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace. I am on page 68 of 1,077 and have read 15 other books in the meantime. Infinite, indeed!
5. Three songs you'll find on my iPod playlist are People are Strange (Echo & The Bunnymen), You Oughta Know (Alanis Morissette) and A Little Respect (Erasure).
6. One work of art that inspires me is the movie Groundhog Day because I'm mourning the world's recent loss of Harold Ramis, and because the more comedy I do, the more I respect people who are so darned good at it!
7. One artist who inspires me is Annie Lennox because she's stayed on top of her musical form with ongoing great creative energy for over 30 years, both with the Eurythmics and her solo work. Plus, she devotes a lot of her time to charitable work and advocacy.
8. My idea of a perfect day is sleeping in and having no emails in my Inbox!
9. My favourite potable treat is a nice single malt scotch. My favourite edible treat, right now, is veggie dosas - yum!
10. My guilty pleasure is Candy Crush ... don't tell anyone.
11. My favourite vacation spot is the next place I go - hopefully someplace sunny and warm!
12. My favourite thing about Burnaby is the quality of its elected government officials, at all three levels. Yes, I have been politically involved here in the past, but it's more than that. I've lived all over this country, and Burnaby truly deserves its reputation for excellent governance, management of its resources and planning for its future. We have it so good here I think it's easy for people to forget the hard work done on our behalf.
13. If I could sit down for coffee with anyone at all, I would choose Jane Curtin.
14. If I could live anywhere at any point in time, I would choose now. I like the Internet too much to go back in time.
15. If I could have a superpower, my superpower would be flying! No, wait. Mind reading! Oh, that could be tiresome. The superpower I would choose is healing love. Too corny? OK - flying.
And finally ...
16. If people want to find out more about me, they can connect with me on Facebook, Twitter (@laffriotgirl), LinkedIn, and www.laffriotgirls.com.
Would you like to be featured in Fill in the Blanks? Do you know someone who should? Email Julie, [email protected], with a few details and contact information.
