Vancouver’s 2010 Olympics have a couple mascots, three to be precise. They’re all warm, fuzzy little creatures that are starting annoy the heck outta some people already. Since they’re pretty much developed for merchandising and marketing purposes I can see why they did the following:
They made them all pretty easy for kids to draw. A couple squiggles and circles and you pretty much have a home made illustration of one of the characters, in some form.
They’re all some type of bear. What do kids like? They like BEARS! Awww, cute cuddly teddy bears. An orca mixed with a bear? YAY! How about a mythical thunderbird that’s part bear? YAY! And Quatchi, well he could be mistaken for a bear but he’s big and fuzzy so it doesn’t really matter.
But here’s what gets me, I’ve become a big MukMuk fan.
MukMuk is not an official mascot, he simply has “side kick” status
He actually looks like the real animal he is depicting
He represents an animal from around BC, namely Vancouver Island and the interior
So with the launch of the brand spankin’ new Vancouver 2010 store I was thinking maybe I’d look around and see about getting a MukMuk to toss into the prize pack for my contest (that you should really enter). Nope, no MukMuk.
There’s no MukMuk plush, no MukMuk pins and certainly no MukMuk mugs. What gives? I was saying yesterday, to those who actually care about the olympics in this town, that there should be a Facebook group to petition the upgrading of MukMuk to official mascot status. You know, one of those groups you join then forget about, but at the time you think it’s a really good idea.
Vancouver 2010 apparel and mascot loot is now on sale at The Bay – and no, they didn’t pay me to say that, and they should donate a mascot plush for my contest because maybe that might be more incentive to enter the draw. Either to keep the toy, or to throw it on the ice at the Giants game, since that will be encouraged.
Here are some upcoming appearances by the mascots, in case you wanna get the kiddies out to meet them:
December 8 & 9, 2007 @ Hbc downtown, December 14th @ the Whistler Westin, December 15th @ Hbc and Zellers Metrotown, December 16th @ Hbc and Zellers Coquitlam.
Unfortunately all appearances will also be sans Mukmuk.
Update: Mukmuk will now appear in plush form only as he will still be considered a “sidekick” to the others.
Did I not say somewhere that the sea wall still looked pretty sketchy and it didn’t seem like it was ready to re-open? What a crappy “I told you so” moment, the sea wall is closed again.
Heavy snow yesterday and rainfall today has resulted in another closure of the Stanley Park Seawall. Park Board staff are consulting with engineers after a 20 foot wide mudslide occurred around 10 this morning near Third Beach.
Stanley Park Maintenance Supervisor Eric Meaghr says it’s a bit discouraging after so much work this fall. “We had some feelings we may have issues. It’s the first big test of the area and sure enough we did have a slip off the sandstone face today.” The slide came down just south of the lighthouse, just a few hours after an inspection where they actually considered closing the Seawall for the day.
Early reports predict the Seawall will be closed for at least several days. [News1130]
If only we would have spent the restoration money actually restoring the park instead of paving more roads and making more parking lots.
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In August of 2006 John and I walked into an apartment building for an event. We spotted a blond girl in the lobby that I suspected we were supposed to “check in” with but we just avoided entirely by bee-lining it to the elevators. A few months later that same blond girl walked into our lives once again but it was hard to ignore her.
This time she came bearing chocolate ganache torte surrounded by ladyfingers accompanied with a raspberry coolie that she made from scratch. I knew this must be someone special.
It wasn’t until almost a year after I first ran into Keira that we actually started to hang out. She likes long walks in the park, I like long walks in the park. She likes taking puppies to the beach and running around in a bikini, I like taking puppies to the beach and running around in a bikini. She likes taking a plethora of photos of herself and well, I just think that’s totally narcissistic, honestly.
Me, Keira
Okay, I’m kidding, but you may be able to see a pattern here. I’m pretty glad that we’ve become friends and that we can be brutally honest with each other while also being supportive – especially after too much red wine.
I take great shots of this girl – thanks to
Duane for the camera usage
Aside from being truly humble, Keira’s got a big heart, imaginative spirit, and such enthusiasm about even the simplest of delights. She cares about others unconditionally and will not hesitate to agree with you if you just want to “skip dinner and have ice cream instead.” She’s a beautiful and genuine friend, daughter, sister, and table dancer and I wish her the best of birthdays. So on this “rockstar” birthday, Keira I truly hope you realize that I think you are all kinds of amazing.
Update: You may notice a few changes around here over the next few weeks. It will be a bit of a transition period for while, but hang in there and you won’t be disappointed.
As one of my favourite quotes from the Breakfast Club goes…. “So it’s sorta social, demented and sad, but social. Right?” Well, kinda.
It’s not too sad for me really, as I’m extremely grateful to be a part of what’s going on in this city over the last few years. I’m also very proud to have also passed the 1,000 blog post mark on this site, and to be entering Miss604.com‘s fourth year of blogging.
Years ago I was doing my little blog posts (with song lyrics as titles) about Surrey, cereal boxes, and hockey. I kept a distance from my readers and rarely mentioning much about my personal life, or my full name. Not that I suggest all anonymous bloggers reveal everything about themselves, but it was my comfort level at the time. I ramped up my blogging when this cute boy from Iowa (that I imported to Canada) suggested that it might be fun to write a little more frequently, often cutting off my sentences mid-discussion with “See?! You should blog about this!” and so I did. He eventually got me to join him on one of his “podcasts”, and the rest they say, is archived.
I have received so much from the community, aside from fuchsia shirts, name tags, and Jones Soda. I’m pretty thankful this is where I my feet are. I can feel at home, I can be a nerd and part of an unconventional community that is making an impact.
I have met so many great people through this medium and all of this is just a constant learning experience. This past year, through blogging I was able to raise over $600 for the Surrey Food Bank and the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation. It was my readers that made all of this possible, so in a way you are all a part of this community as well – whether you’d like to admit it or not.
Photo credit:
tyfn on Flickr
Thanks to you I’ve been able to switch from Blogger to WordPress, PC to Mac, shove donuts in my face on National television, get through job woes, have some great guest authors, and tell stories about getting a split in the crotch of my pants. You know, among other things.
Here’s hoping the next year of Miss604.com will bring fewer ejections from stadiums, less rippage of the clothing, and more interaction with the good people of this town. Above all, I wouldn’t still be doing this if not for the encouragement of the social media evangelists of Vancouver – you know who you are.
Photo credit:
tyfn on Flickr
To celebrate going into my fourth year of ALL of this, check back here on Monday morning @ 7:30am PT sharp for a super cool announcement that will have to do with expressing my appreciation and sharing a couple warm fuzzies, among other things. Thanks for keeping me going all these years guys.
