Cassie Barradas

Cassie Barradas is a former BC middle school teacher and a current Toronto weirdo. She is an alumni of the Second City House Ensemble and an instructor at The Second City Training Centre. Catch her performing around the city with her troupe, Living Bloodsticks.

Latest from Cassie Barradas

HALLOWEEN

Surefire ways to incorporate your now useless Halloween costume into your professional wardrobe

Halloween may be done, but your desire to extend the lifespan of your meticulously crafted costume sure isn’t.
COLD COMFORT

Subtle ways to complain about the warm weather you begged for when it was cold

But think back to January. Bleak. Frozen. Grey. As you sat in your apartment, zipped up in your winter coat, did your heart not cry out for a nice toasty day?
SUMMER

5 ways to simulate that perfect beach selfie without ever leaving your house

As humans, we desire the comments and “likes” that come with a beach selfie, as equally and oppositely as we desire never to leave the perfect sanctum that is our living space.
YOU'RE WELCOME

Sneezing aggressively with your mouth open, and other confidence hacks

Stand tall. Speak clearly. Make eye contact. Uh yeah...maybe those were confidence hacks in dinosaur times. You can either evolve, or turn into fossil fuel.
WING AND A PRAYER

Every thought you have during turbulence

Show me a living being who isn’t deeply afraid of turbulence, and I’ll show you that you’re referencing a fictional character from a manuscript because no such being exists in real life, are you freaking kidding?
CASE CLOTHED

How to accept a compliment on your clothing without mentioning where it was purchased

The greatest lie we tell ourselves is that people want to know where we bought our clothes simply because we were complimented on them.
BOYKINI SEASON

Fellas! Here's how to get that sexy swimming trunks body in time for summer

Every guy gets anxious trying on the same pair of swimming trunks he’s had for 10+ years under the harsh, unforgiving light of his bedroom lamp.
BREWHAHA

'It doesn't even have googly eyes': Artisans speak out against so-called 'craft beer'

Let’s face it: enjoying craft beer is far more popular than developing an actual personality.
BOLTH SIDES NOW

The case for pronouncing 'both' as 'bolth'

We’ve all felt it: the moment where someone we care about reveals a habit that is so depraved, so alienating, we’re forced to ask ourselves if we ever really knew them at all.
A WRINKLE AND TIME

Fight the first signs of aging: finding juice too sweet without water

The day you checked your carton of Minute Maid 100% Pure Apple Juice to see if there was any added sugar was the day the aging process was activated in your body.