There are 15 speakers in the room this evening for Interesting Vancouver at the Vancouver Rowing Club, all from diverse and unique backgrounds and each with something interesting to say. I’m sitting here looking up at the Rowing Club’s Roll of Honor for men who gave their lives for their country in from 1914-1918.
Upon arrival we were each given a clothespin on which to write our names (wooden name tag FTW) as well as a blank index card and some instructions, “Write, draw, paint, collage or whatever your thoughts, opinions, inspirations may be and drop in the basket. Everything will be scanned and shared anonymously at interestingvancouver.com.”
Since there is only bar service available (no food) attendees were encouraged to bring their own snacks to enjoy before we got underway. I smell McDonald’s in the room – this definitely will be an interesting evening.
Update: Organizer Brett MacFarlane has just taken the stage to warn us… “it’s not as stuffy as some other conference, and probably not as loose either.” … Continue reading this post ⟩⟩
Those living in the Vancouver-Burrard or Vancouver-Fairview districts may have received their yellow voting cards in the mail by now. No, this is not for yet another federal election, but as previously outlined, two provincial by-elections will be taking place October 29th.
The next interview in my by-election series is with Arthur Griffiths of the BC Liberal Party. You can click on the player below to hear the audio, which runs about 20 minutes. Yes, I added in the bed music for extra ambiance.
Taking a break from the municipal and provincial election coverage to engage in some silly entertainment (see last night’s post about sweet, sweet 80s tunes) I’m going to complete my mission after being “tagged” by Tyler Ingram yesterday.
I admit, I have participated and perpetuated many memes before, and for those of you who are not familiar – it’s kind of like those forwarded emails you would get 10 years ago that you’d have to fill out and pass along to your friends for a nice chuckle (which is pretty fitting given the first question on this particular list).
5 Things I was doing 10 years ago:
– BMX’ing at Surrey and Ladner skate parks
– Going to LAN parties (I kid you not)
– Bragging about my 5 digit ICQ number (that I have since totally forgotten)
– Browsing Audiogalaxy for the latest mp3 FTP sites, and setting up my own
– Graduating, then attending SFU and staying up all night drinking cola, writing my website, and chatting with Anne
5 Things on my to-do list today:
– Write my article for E!Online
– Get interviewed by Tenille about Keira
– Interview Arthur Griffiths about the by-election
– Client meetings
– Attend Interesting Vancouver this evening
On my way out of the Talk 1410am studios yesterday (where I do my weekly segment with Pat and Val) I bumped into Gino Vanelli. This inspired me to look up some of his sweet tunes on YouTube, which lead to a total 80s music fest tonight at casa di Bollwitt.
Gino Vanelli – Black Cars
Mr. Mister – Take These Broken Wings
We watched Real Genius at Keira’s the other night and the film ends with this song playing.
Midnight Oil – Because I remember Stu Jeffries playing it on Video Hits
There’s a cryptic video on the Canucks website right now that asks several (rhetorical) questions and leads us all to believe the organisation is cooking something up for this Saturday’s game versus the Oilers.
Who else suffered rejection for an NHL franchise, but never quit?
Who else turned a symbol of surrender into a passionate tradition copied all across sports?
Who else survived the insults of the Flying “Vâ€, the Plate of Spaghetti and the Skate going down?
October 25th, 2008 General Motors Place
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Mike (Yankee Canuck) posted the questions asked in the video and what he thinks are possible answers:
1. It’s a variation of the movie Se7en customized for the Canucks, including a whole new crop of seven deadly sins: Jarome Iginla, Joe Sakic, Rob Niedermayer, Mark Messier, Dan Cloutier, the entire San Jose Shark roster throughout history and Pamela Anderson deep tonguing Fin.
2. The Oilers will figure out a way to throw out seven more bloggers from their section of the press box.
3. On a day where all 30 teams play, they’ll be saluting the Vancouver fan base specifically and giving away free money, free puppies or possibly your own Tim Horton’s store. And ‘ll be watching from afar getting drunk (ok, fine, tha’s a given no matter what they do).
Here are my observations so far:
2. They’re more than likely towel power.
3. Jersey insults hmm… are they saying they might unveil the rumoured third jersey that night?
The number “7” that flashes at the end is curious, it’s in a uniform-type font which suggests they could be honoring players (like Cliff Ronning who wore #7).
Whatever it is, it’s building some hype and whatever gets home town crowds and fans excited about hockey is fine with me (although, I just wish they had an embed option on the video so I could paste it here). What do you think is going to happen on Saturday at GM Place?
