my dragonboat team killed it this season. i'm sad it had to come to an end. maybe i'll post a pic of our ribbons and plaque if i can figure how to make them look epic!
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
15.09.10 last dragonboat sunset of the season
my dragonboat team killed it this season. i'm sad it had to come to an end. maybe i'll post a pic of our ribbons and plaque if i can figure how to make them look epic!
28.09.10 fall at strathcona skate park
some days you really just need to take a breather.
Sunday, September 26, 2010
09.10.10 i heart family
Two weekends ago, I spent time with my adopted family, the Raymundos, at Christine's wedding. The last time I saw them was in 2003. And aside from us getting older, taller and/or wider, the fam was exactly the same. I love this family so much because the "kids" remind me so much of how my familia and I are every time we get together. From hanging out at home with too much food, to relentless teasing, to going out and getting belligerent at a local pizza spot at 2am, we rolled together. So many good times :)
Tuesday, September 07, 2010
06.09.10 bumbershoot
This year, the art was beautiful, particularly the graffiti by katsu. The music selection was not enough for me to get a 3-day pass so ron and I got one mainstage pass for the last day of festivities. Well worth our $40.
J.Cole
This man is up and coming. Do NOT sleep on his talent. A great performer who really loves and appreciates his crowd.
Fave J.Cole quote:
"White people get gritty, black people we gotta scare somebody, asians just fall in line... This is how we do this."
Drake
I'm gonna learn his whole repertoire on the ukelele. Including forever and his verse on bedrock. For serious, the crowd loves this man. I want love like that too.
Fave Drake quote:
"Febreeze ain't never been sexy."
Mary J. Blige
I can't believe I just experienced that. She can still sing with the pain of K-Ci and Puff Daddy in her voice. Amazing. Mary J. Blige WAS bumbershoot. I just went to bumbershoot featuring J.Cole and Drake. That woman killed it.
Fave MJB quote:
Everything that came outta her mouth.
Sunday, September 05, 2010
I'm on the bus to Seattle
I've taken many a bus to Seattle to kick it. This time around I'm going to the bumbershoot festival. Today, on this bus, there are many kinds of people. Passengers from an Alaskan, cruise, some Quebequois, a man who is just visiting his kids, all sorts.
There are two little boys on this bus. They are so cute, maybe 2 and 3 years old, and they have their little kid voices speaking Spanish non-stop to their parents. I can understand most of what they say, particularly the older more talkative one, with my limited Spanish knowledge. It consists mostly of "¿que eso?", words I've used in my first AND second year spanish class.
Sitting across from me is a middle aged American couple. I only know this because the woman was nagging her husband to ask for the "non-Canadian or American" form to fill out. He was pretty sure they didn't have to but she told him to check. I just told him he was right. Anyway, this woman must not have or want children. Earlier she loudly groaned "oh this'll be a long four hours." when the kids started talking. Once we got to the border, she was sarcastically looking forward to "hearing them scream the whole bus ride from here to Seattle." Once we got back onto the bus after customs, she wouldn't stop insisting to her husband "Do you smell that? It smells like urine in here. Do you smell it?" And she complained about something else I can't remember but it sparked me to write.
I'm sure she's a nice woman, but what makes a person talk/think so snootily? Speaking without thinking one can offend or hurt someone's feelings or something is exactly what I teach kids to NOT do. I'm already well into the "grown up" demographic and I'm very upset that there are people who are also considered grown ups that act like that.
Maybe I'll consider teaching a class called Common Sense 101. Made for people who don't think they need it.
There are two little boys on this bus. They are so cute, maybe 2 and 3 years old, and they have their little kid voices speaking Spanish non-stop to their parents. I can understand most of what they say, particularly the older more talkative one, with my limited Spanish knowledge. It consists mostly of "¿que eso?", words I've used in my first AND second year spanish class.
Sitting across from me is a middle aged American couple. I only know this because the woman was nagging her husband to ask for the "non-Canadian or American" form to fill out. He was pretty sure they didn't have to but she told him to check. I just told him he was right. Anyway, this woman must not have or want children. Earlier she loudly groaned "oh this'll be a long four hours." when the kids started talking. Once we got to the border, she was sarcastically looking forward to "hearing them scream the whole bus ride from here to Seattle." Once we got back onto the bus after customs, she wouldn't stop insisting to her husband "Do you smell that? It smells like urine in here. Do you smell it?" And she complained about something else I can't remember but it sparked me to write.
I'm sure she's a nice woman, but what makes a person talk/think so snootily? Speaking without thinking one can offend or hurt someone's feelings or something is exactly what I teach kids to NOT do. I'm already well into the "grown up" demographic and I'm very upset that there are people who are also considered grown ups that act like that.
Maybe I'll consider teaching a class called Common Sense 101. Made for people who don't think they need it.
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