Arithmetic is Annie’s story. At a young age, Annie receives a pet fish that is served for dinner. She burns her own blasé journal when she discovers The Diary of Anne Frank. She has her stand-offs with fashion and sex, and graduates with a university degree she doesn’t care for. She becomes an atheist, and changes her mind because of toilet paper. The driving test eludes her a lucky seven times She finds unsolicited massages as frustrating as yoga poses, and lies with an orderliness and rigor that is virtually moral.

Fundraiser

We are grateful and excited to have three different raffle draws to raise money for the production of our film. This raffle is for the foodies, 'boozeies, yogies, people of fine taste, grace and flair and those that need to fill their dwindling Karma cache.

$5 for one ticket or $20 for five tickets.

Raffle option #1 (Hot Pink Tickets):

VALUE $ 198

$75 gift certificate to JANICE BEATON FINE CHEESE+ $ 75 gift certificate to FARM RESTAURANT + ONE MONTH RECESSION PACKAGE*:

Janice Beaton sells cheese that will make your heart swoon, your knees buckle, your body shivering and your mind razor sharp. It is good enough to make anyone a dreamboat, ultimate date. Perfect for sharing, pampering, mending mistakes and getting what you want, it is superior to this old flower trick.

FARM is the best new restaurant in town featuring local, imaginative food paired to perfection with wine or beer and full of daily special surprises. You can sit at a private table, at the bar, or share a seat at the communal table and make excellent new friends.

The Recession Package: The Recession Package is the best kept secret in town. Gastronomie for the Economie, it's the brain child of a clever, masculine baker who rejected the handcuffs of corporate banking and an enthusiastic, creative chef with passion for cured meats and charcuteries. Each Monday, the baker and the chef pair an artisanal, organic bread with a pate and deliver it to a growing numbers of fanatic followers who eagerly wait for the weekend to end.

*The Recession package is restricted to people who work or live downtown. Nobody told you to live in the suburbs!

Raffle option #2 (Flaming Orange Tickets):

VALUE $ 198

$150 gift Certificate to Kensington Wine Market + ONE MONTH RECESSION PACKAGE*:

Kensington Wine Market is a piece of utopia in Calgary. It carries a huge selection of wine carfully picked for every price range, a vast selection of micro brew beer and the largest selection in all of Calgary of single malt scotch. To help you navigate and choose well, the store has a knowledgeable staff that knows wine!

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Raffle option #3 (Vibrant Green Tickets):

$100 gift Certificate to the YOGA SHALA* + ONE SUPRISE + ONE MONTH RECESSION PACKAGE*:

The Yoga Shala is so fantastic it will convert even the blackest, most cynical, non-yogis out there into a quivering, happy, agile and graceful practitioners. An Ashtanga Studio it employs the best instructors in the city who teach with joy, humor and compassion. The Shala can help you balance some of the cheese and wine guilt and cholesterol, not to mention it is the only place in Calgary that is open at 5:30 in the morning!!!!

* Gift certificate applies ONLY for classes or passes.