Jessica Gutteridge aka Hotsy Flashy
@gateau.bsky.social
Mother, Managing Director of The Improv Centre, mystery craver, rhinestone magpie, student of Yiddish, burlesque baby as Hotsy Flashy, ex-lawyer, forever NYer, knitter, nosher. She/her/זי. Vancouver 🏳️🌈🌸💜🦋
Rejected by Isle of Tease for the umpteenth consecutive festival. I don’t know why I even bother
November 15, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Rejected by Isle of Tease for the umpteenth consecutive festival. I don’t know why I even bother
family group chat:
Me: who is home for dinner tonight? Any food ideas?
(Pause)
(Pause)
(Silence)
Kid #2: no
(Silence)
(Nothing)
Kid #3: dunno
(Silence)
(Silence)
(I leave office and head to market, wander around. Purchase groceries and head home)
Husband: want me to pick anything up?
AND SCENE
Me: who is home for dinner tonight? Any food ideas?
(Pause)
(Pause)
(Silence)
Kid #2: no
(Silence)
(Nothing)
Kid #3: dunno
(Silence)
(Silence)
(I leave office and head to market, wander around. Purchase groceries and head home)
Husband: want me to pick anything up?
AND SCENE
November 14, 2025 at 1:05 AM
family group chat:
Me: who is home for dinner tonight? Any food ideas?
(Pause)
(Pause)
(Silence)
Kid #2: no
(Silence)
(Nothing)
Kid #3: dunno
(Silence)
(Silence)
(I leave office and head to market, wander around. Purchase groceries and head home)
Husband: want me to pick anything up?
AND SCENE
Me: who is home for dinner tonight? Any food ideas?
(Pause)
(Pause)
(Silence)
Kid #2: no
(Silence)
(Nothing)
Kid #3: dunno
(Silence)
(Silence)
(I leave office and head to market, wander around. Purchase groceries and head home)
Husband: want me to pick anything up?
AND SCENE
Canadian arts admins/grant writers - can anyone help with the new CCA portal? I have a grant nearly finished but want to review and edit before submitting and I cannot figure out how to open the application again to edit it. Everything is marked "completed" and all I can do is submit. HELP!
November 13, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Canadian arts admins/grant writers - can anyone help with the new CCA portal? I have a grant nearly finished but want to review and edit before submitting and I cannot figure out how to open the application again to edit it. Everything is marked "completed" and all I can do is submit. HELP!
Had SUCH a good time in class 1 of Clown Act Development. Great group of people and I had a few moments where I felt my body and mind getting it. Excited to do homework, especially because I get to WRITE THINGS on INDEX CARDS
November 12, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Had SUCH a good time in class 1 of Clown Act Development. Great group of people and I had a few moments where I felt my body and mind getting it. Excited to do homework, especially because I get to WRITE THINGS on INDEX CARDS
Reposted by Jessica Gutteridge aka Hotsy Flashy
GET THE VACCINE AGAINST CANCER!
THIS IS A VACCINE THAT WILL KEEP YOU FROM GETTING CERTAIN CANCERS!
BC FOLKS, YOU LUCKY PEOPLE, YOU GET FREE VACCINES THAT KEEP YOU FROM GETTING CERTAIN CANCERS!
THIS IS A VACCINE THAT WILL KEEP YOU FROM GETTING CERTAIN CANCERS!
BC FOLKS, YOU LUCKY PEOPLE, YOU GET FREE VACCINES THAT KEEP YOU FROM GETTING CERTAIN CANCERS!
Heads up to other people in BC, gardasil (HPV vaccine) is free now
November 11, 2025 at 6:38 PM
GET THE VACCINE AGAINST CANCER!
THIS IS A VACCINE THAT WILL KEEP YOU FROM GETTING CERTAIN CANCERS!
BC FOLKS, YOU LUCKY PEOPLE, YOU GET FREE VACCINES THAT KEEP YOU FROM GETTING CERTAIN CANCERS!
THIS IS A VACCINE THAT WILL KEEP YOU FROM GETTING CERTAIN CANCERS!
BC FOLKS, YOU LUCKY PEOPLE, YOU GET FREE VACCINES THAT KEEP YOU FROM GETTING CERTAIN CANCERS!
Some highlights of my Hanukkah act. Just a reminder to holiday show producers that this cheeky act is out there if you’re looking to add some non-Christmas content to your lineup
November 11, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Some highlights of my Hanukkah act. Just a reminder to holiday show producers that this cheeky act is out there if you’re looking to add some non-Christmas content to your lineup
Burly friends—when you’ve performed an act many times and have lots of video of it, what are the things you look for in a video to make it the one you use to pitch the act?
November 11, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Burly friends—when you’ve performed an act many times and have lots of video of it, what are the things you look for in a video to make it the one you use to pitch the act?
Oooh, I love that a commentator in a CBC article about the cost of mocktails is named David Soberman
November 10, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Oooh, I love that a commentator in a CBC article about the cost of mocktails is named David Soberman
No greater truth has ever been spoken
November 10, 2025 at 9:14 PM
No greater truth has ever been spoken
Someone please remind me that even though I am utterly exhausted I will find it energizing to go dance in the studio (and I need to whip my act into shape for the Alberta Burlesque Rodeo in 2 weeks!)
November 9, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Someone please remind me that even though I am utterly exhausted I will find it energizing to go dance in the studio (and I need to whip my act into shape for the Alberta Burlesque Rodeo in 2 weeks!)
I looked cute at the weirdo wrestling show
November 8, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I looked cute at the weirdo wrestling show
My packing method: fill a box of box, sprawl on the sofa for 20 minutes, repeat
November 7, 2025 at 5:31 AM
My packing method: fill a box of box, sprawl on the sofa for 20 minutes, repeat
I just watched this like 15 times in a row
Both the dog’s cool confidence and the cat’s bitchiness are hilarious.
November 7, 2025 at 12:49 AM
I just watched this like 15 times in a row
Incredible how Sim and ABC are all in on this property tax freeze and yet my landlord* didn't waste a second in sending my annual rent increase notice.
*He is going to be my former landlord at the end of the month
*He is going to be my former landlord at the end of the month
An estimated 400 jobs could be cut at City of Vancouver
An estimated 400 jobs could be cut at City of Vancouver
Mayor Ken Sim: "It's not going to be easy, but we're going to do the hard work where we provide a safe city with the core services that Vancouverites deserve in a fiscally responsible way."
dlvr.it
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Incredible how Sim and ABC are all in on this property tax freeze and yet my landlord* didn't waste a second in sending my annual rent increase notice.
*He is going to be my former landlord at the end of the month
*He is going to be my former landlord at the end of the month
I have come to the conclusion that costume bits propagate while stashed in corners and cabinets
November 6, 2025 at 6:19 AM
I have come to the conclusion that costume bits propagate while stashed in corners and cabinets
Look at the ridiculous thing I saw on my way to work. Who would let their person with a learners permit drive around in this menace? And the Lexus logo is just the cherry on the cake.
November 6, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Look at the ridiculous thing I saw on my way to work. Who would let their person with a learners permit drive around in this menace? And the Lexus logo is just the cherry on the cake.
Tomorrow's grant: submitted a day early
Another application: SUCCESSFUL!
I think I should go home and collapse now
Another application: SUCCESSFUL!
I think I should go home and collapse now
November 5, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Tomorrow's grant: submitted a day early
Another application: SUCCESSFUL!
I think I should go home and collapse now
Another application: SUCCESSFUL!
I think I should go home and collapse now
Just sitting here snickering at the sentence “Cuomo lost twice”
November 5, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Just sitting here snickering at the sentence “Cuomo lost twice”
Any NYC millionaires who want to unload their apartment fast, I’d be up for going in on a cheap pied a terre in the greatest city on earth, land of my birth
November 5, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Any NYC millionaires who want to unload their apartment fast, I’d be up for going in on a cheap pied a terre in the greatest city on earth, land of my birth
If all the people leave NYC who are threatening to leave NYC, I will wish even harder I was in a phase of life where I could live there again
November 5, 2025 at 12:34 AM
If all the people leave NYC who are threatening to leave NYC, I will wish even harder I was in a phase of life where I could live there again
So let me get this straight—pepper balls and tear gas, fine and good and “non-lethal;”mustard and onions, terrifying
November 4, 2025 at 4:54 PM
So let me get this straight—pepper balls and tear gas, fine and good and “non-lethal;”mustard and onions, terrifying
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אַידיש ליד יעדען טאָג: ״די שבוע״ בונדיסט ליד
Yiddish Song of the Day: Bundist Song "The Oath" #Yiddish #YiddishSongoftheDay
www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0Zx...
Yiddish Song of the Day: Bundist Song "The Oath" #Yiddish #YiddishSongoftheDay
www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0Zx...
Di shvue - the anthem of The OLD Jewish Labour Bund
YouTube video by Bundist Movement
www.youtube.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:23 PM
אַידיש ליד יעדען טאָג: ״די שבוע״ בונדיסט ליד
Yiddish Song of the Day: Bundist Song "The Oath" #Yiddish #YiddishSongoftheDay
www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0Zx...
Yiddish Song of the Day: Bundist Song "The Oath" #Yiddish #YiddishSongoftheDay
www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0Zx...
ROAST IN HELL, DICK
November 4, 2025 at 3:59 PM
ROAST IN HELL, DICK
Can’t you just tell from a glance that Maddie (left) is a complete hellion who secretly loves pets and Simone (right) is a world-class cuddler who screams all night when she kills some piece of knitwear or another?
November 4, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Can’t you just tell from a glance that Maddie (left) is a complete hellion who secretly loves pets and Simone (right) is a world-class cuddler who screams all night when she kills some piece of knitwear or another?