Seriously, how much is it to ask for some fan merchandise for women that isn’t full of bling? I don’t want pink, sequins or sparkles, just some items with the team colours so that I can represent. I’ve ranted about this in another post but that was before I laid eyes on some of the “new” gear in the Canucks team store online.
From Shop.NHL.com – “The purse is formed from 2 recycled aluminum license plates with tear-shaped, nickel-plated steel end caps and hundreds of Swarovski crystals.” Retail: $324.99
Women can like hockey, and they can be fashionable while showing support for their teams and by fashionable I mean wearing things that are complimentary to the female form, contain the team’s colours or logo, and come in all sizes for women (big and small… in all areas).
Word on the street is that the sports jersey section of The Bay downtown (the part that borders on Granville Skytrain Station) sells official-looking fitted women’s jerseys that are quite stellar.
I’m not a girlie girl although you will catch me wearing pink things and giggling like a schoolgirl on occasion. However, when it comes to hockey I know where the line is and that it certainly does not contain any sequins.
I’ve heard the rumours and I have to say, they’re all true. From the Hawk 6ix Pack (and the Hawk Dog Stand) to the Rainbow Rollers, I got my butt kicked by Mt. Washington today and I pretty much loved every minute of it. Sunny, cool, crisp, fresh powder and a ridiculously huge base makes “BC’s best kept secret” of a resort worthy of its title. Super long runs, hardly any crowds, polite staff and lifts that zip you up to your starting point faster than you can say “Vancouver Island Marmot!”
Ms Keira-Anne was nervous at first about how her mountain would present itself to her North Shore boarding’ friend. Needless to say, I had an amazing time and we still managed to take a billion and one photos and even record a video. (No, we didn’t park ourselves in the middle of a run for 20 minutes to shoot the video – it was right after getting off the Eagle Express chair lift).
It is a quick little rant, recorded half way through the day when we could simply no longer keep our mouths shut about the throngs of two-plankers that seemed to be aggressively taking over the hills. Unfortunately we’re too sun-kissed and in need of stretching tired muscles right now so we’ll try and post the video in the morning so for now, it’s simply a poll.
POLL CLOSED To view and vote on past polls, visit the Miss604.com poll page.
For months Duane was sitting there at the top of the Google heap when you searched “Vancouver Blogger“. He went entirely unnoticed til this guy decided to challenge him in the weeks leading up to Northern Voice. Soon after, Boris stealthily threw his hat in the ring and the plot thickened. If you’d like to help Duane in his quest to stay on top, link back to his blog as instructed here and you could win one of his HDR photography prints.
If you’d like to read about actual Vancouver stuff in a blog about Vancouver…. you know where to go *cough*. I kid, Google Schmoogle! I know what I have here and that’s all that matters. Besides, I think Sean’s way of approaching this just can’t be beat.
At any rate, please go help out Duane’s cause, it was his spot originally, he deserves it and YOU definitely deserve his breathtaking print prize.
Someone was just mentioned something about Pets.com, which instantly made me picture their sock dog mascot (which incidentally lead Pets.com to sue Conan O’Brien’s show over “Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog“). Thinking back to the days of the dotcom BOOM I remember where I was when it all went down… during the BUST.
I was working for what would become the world’s largest financial audio webcaster and in October 2000, and we were pretty darn busy. My office wasn’t glorious and neither was the content of all the audio I was recording and broadcasting. Dotcoms were falling left and right and I was there to record and disseminate all of the painful earnings information in streaming Windows Media and Real Media form.
I always had to be careful about the pre-roll music that I would use on some of the streams though. One time a conference call company was playing jazz music with the lyrics, “there’s trouble ahead…”, which didn’t sit well with the shareholders on the other end of the line who were waiting for the earnings call. Although no one was laughing at the time, now that wounds have somewhat healed, we can look back on those times and remember all the awesome deals we got on office furniture liquidations (as I overheard Ian talking about today).
I remember watching the SuperBowl ads in those years (I just watch it for the ads, I swear) and one from E-Trade stood out in the pack. It featured a monkey riding through a ghost town that was once a rich business park filled with dotcoms.
I often think of that commercial, I mean aside from the fact that it’s got a monkey riding a horse. According to Duane, the quality of applications and content is already going down-hill, from a user’s perspective anyway although there’s still piles of money floating around. I’m no financial analyst, and my job now is pretty darn web-oriented so I’m not trying to curse anything but one has to wonder if something like this would happen to Web 2.0. I know it’s a whole other can of worms and the landscape has certainly changed since those times but still, with all these virtual jobs and companies it makes me wonder about the tangibles and the staying power of some web-oriented companies these days.
If all else fails, at least let there be more commercials like this to keep our spirits high – you know, commercials with monkeys… like the CareerBuilder.com ones. Yeah. Seriously you can’t go wrong with monkeys.
Update: Anyone looking for all of this year’s Superbowl ads can find them at MySpace.com/SuperBowlAds
I’ve been so busy recently that I haven’t had time to cover everything I’ve wanted to on the blog. I also haven’t had a lot of time to just chill out with John or my family even though they’re the most important things in the world to me.
After waiting almost two years, John‘s immigration came through last spring and he’s been working at his first big full time/salaried job in a business that he loves (and sometimes loves to hate). He just had his 3 month anniversary with this new big fancy company and I think it’s such a great milestone and I’m pretty proud of him… and thankful that he has all these great connections now that allow me to watch hockey games and meet Shorty n’ Tommy.
My sister is expecting her fourth child in a few weeks. She’s a dedicated working mother who is lucky enough to have a man at her side that thinks she’s just as amazing and beautiful as she deserves to be told every day (and I think he probably does tell her that everyday). Her children are so smart, articulate, and prefer books to video games any day of the week. I can’t wait to be an auntie again however my niece is pretty miffed she’s going to have yet another brother.
And finally, because I’ve been meaning to post about it and just haven’t yet, my good friend Keira has been planning and plotting an Island getaway for us over the last few months. With careful thought and consideration (and lots of promises of snuggles from her puppy) she’s put this entire thing together and I simply can’t wait to visit her hometown and carve up her most favouretest mountain EVER.
As a side note, I’m going to be bringing my mobile recording gear on the ferry so we’re going to try and make a podcast of sorts. She’s put the call out on her blog and I’ll do the same here, just a request for topics, questions (for Keira or me), or anything you’d like us two gals to discuss on our ferry ride aside from the fries and gravy.
Although my Canadian Blog Awards nominated content is mostly raving about how much I love this city, afternoon walks in the park or local history, family and friends are what truly keep my going… and I’m pretty glad they put up with me and all this “blogging” stuff.
In case you missed that plug, today is the last day to vote in the Canadian Blog Awards. I’m the only BC blogger up for “Best Local Blog” so if you feel I’m worthy, click through and cast your vote.
