Hi guys!
I'm tired and overwhelmed :( And my hair is getting out of control. On the bright side, I'm going to Granville Island tomorrow and it's going to be totally wonderful amazing. I'll try to put up some photos tomorrow night.
In the meantime, a brief update on what has been going on, and some photos.
Two weeks ago was Thanksgiving. My building put on a turkey dinner, which was nice, but I forgot to take photos of it. Sorry. We had turkey (for the first time. Tastes like weird chicken), stuffing, some sort of cranberry stuff and vegetables. To be honest, it was quite average. I wasn't that impressed. But the company was good. I met a couple of new people from my building and talked to them for a while and it was nice. Unfortunately, I was also pretty sick - I caught a cold, and didn't manage to kill it within the crucial two day period (if you let it go 48 hours it has you). So I was drinking bucketloads of herbal tea in an attempt to fight that off. I was also struggling under a massive load of reading, which is still the case.
So that was Sunday night. We got monday off, and I left in the morning to bus back to North Van and see my family. That was a riot. Even on thanksgiving, the 99 bus is still ridiculously full, and I was fucked if I was giving up my seat while I had a massive backpack and I was trying to drink tea out of a thermos, so I crammed myself into one of the back corners where I knew I'd never have to give up my seat and ended up sitting next to this guy whose backpack was making weird noises the whole way. Then I got off the bus and onto the train and a deranged old woman called me a bitch when she got up to leave and I went to take her seat. Apparently she was saving it for the random Asian couple who were also standing and were totally mortified by the situation :P I was embarrassed, but only for a second. Because the fact is while we're all young and able-bodied, those seats are fair-game as far as I'm concerned. And they got off at the next stop anyway.
From the train I have to get on the seabus, which always has some interesting characters. I spotted a man who looked like Christopher Walken with a woman who looked a bit like Tom Augustine's mother, for those of you who know her. Then I got off the seabus and onto the regular road bus, which unfortunately stopped halfway up the street (WHY, LANDBUS?) so I got my uncle to pick me up and take me the rest of the way. So yeah. Lots of time in transit. I was pretty exhausted. I went to bed at ten that night and slept through till about nine the next morning. I've really fucked up my sleep schedule lately. I just can't seem to get through everything I need to do. My goal for next week is to be in bed every night by 12.
So after half a day of hanging out with my cousins, eating cheesecake and pasta (better than the actual turkey dinner) and hugging their cat, I was back on the bus home. A guy fell asleep on my shoulder.
That was Thanksgiving. The following weekend, last weekend, I went to Victoria Island, which was brilliant. My aunt and uncle took me and since it was
basically a free trip for them we took Melanie with us, and we got to spend the whole time hanging out and catching up on sleep (we both nodded off for a bit on the ferry) and shopping and sightseeing. I would definitely go back there if I get time, because I feel like there was a lot still to see. Here's some of the stuff we got up to.
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| Melanie by some little houses on the water |
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| Miniature world! |
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| Stumbled upon an Occupy Wallstreet-esque rally |
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| This is a musical instrument that you play by running up and down the stairs. We didn't get to try, unfortunately, but on the seocnd day we heard someone else doing it. It was awesome. Sounds like an organ. I can't image what it would be like inside. |
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| Museum! Here we have the 'People Used to Wear That?' section, where I like to think jeggings will someday be laid to rest. |
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| Anyone else feel really weird about seeing artifacts from their childhood in the museum? Some of this stuff must still be popular right? I mean I can't be the only one who still has a pokemon display in my bedroom. It's awesome btw. On our way back to the ferry we stopped off at the Butterfly Gardens, which were really lovely. Here are some badass butterflies and stuff.      On the way back my uncle pointed out some of the other islands. They exist in varying states of civilisation and urbanisation. I plan on visiting some more of them after semester. Long blog post is long. That's not even all I had to tell you guys. A couple days ago I visited the Biodiversity Museum on campus, and that involved a giant whale skeleton. More on that later. PEACE |
Man that 1990 museum thingy freaked me out. I recognized all those toys from the show Reboot, not to mention Pikachu and that old NES. Shit that brings back memories! So some old hag called you a bitch eh? Shoulda punch her in her wrinkly ovaries. Did the asian couple go all like, "Oh we never spoke to her about giving her seat to us," or something like that?
ReplyDeleteIts sounds like you having a great time intermingled with a some unpleasant moments. I've never liked turkey so the idea of a turkey dinner scares me some what :P.
ReplyDeleteHopefully you kill the cold soon. :) Sorry I haven't commented much lately - I've been super freakishly busy as the others will tell you :P.
Your exploration photos are pretty awesome. Looks like theres a lot to in Vancouver.
I didn't realise you family live that far away from the university, it seems like such a pain to travel to where they live :S. I suppose it means you don't see them frequently.:(
I like that big old building. One of the signs is protesting automatic electricity meters or something like that. I also love the turtle - too cute :)
ReplyDeleteI don't recognize most of the stuff in the 1990 display, aside from the pikachu and the pony thing. What's coca-cola doing in there? Hardly a 90s thing... I think we own a copy of that trivial pursuit game at the bottom left. Tried to play once with my parents, but most of the questions involve things that happened well before I was born, so I was useless at it. We desperately need an updated version.
What's that thing the fish and flamingos are after? Looks like a gross little bucket of froth.
How far through your semester are you? We've finished lectures, which means no more Craccum! NOOOOOO! I think next year's Craccum is going to be awful, there have been these terrible ads requesting contribution but doing it using run-on sentences, triple exclamation marks and horribly distorted photos. The Eds actually wrote a disclaimer about one of them, just to say "We had nothing to do with it!" I will weep with the thoughts of what we could have had, if only Spencer and Sophie had won.
Sounds like you're still enjoying yourself, which is wonderful :)