3 posts tagged “fireworks”
I had promised to drive Lydia home from work last night because public transporation was going to be a mad house with everyone streaming home from English Bay after the fireworks. Since she was working I didn't have to go and see the fireworks this time, and instead spent my time at home watching episodes of Penn and Teller's show Bullshit on Google video.
However being fairly close to English Bay, just down Robson and up Denman, when the fireworks started I could hear them really clearly from my apartment. The mix of the explosions, the multitudes cheering on the explosions and the police and emergency sirens wailing as they made sure the multitudes didn't move from cheering on explosions to exploding things themselves or rioting, made for a nice end of the world style soundscape.
Braving and parting the red sea of people I drove down to Lydia's hostel and picked her up and then drove her home. Once again I had to drive back through masses of people as they had pretty much swarmed all over downtown by that point. I then went upstairs, climbed into bed and watched one last episode of Bullshit before falling asleep.
No, the story does not end there, because at about five in the morning I was awoken by the sound of thunder. As soon as I got back to sleep I was awake again as thunder sounded once more. The night went on like that for awhile until it turned out that I had overslept and had to rush to work.
Rushing to work included driving in my car, which meant that I got to stay dry because along with the thunder there is the regular dosage of Vancouver rain. Rain, welcome back I've missed you.
I thought I wouldn't just give my blog love to my creamy new Vox account but spread it around, so I posted a few new things over at Metroblogging Vancouver. Metroblogging Vancouver is the city blog for Vancouver, and has a really strong collection of local bloggers posting there. I post there as well and have since the site launched.
I wrote a bit about the HSBC Celebration of Lights [mbv] and about the upcoming Science Fiction convention being held in Richmond at the start of August [mbv]. I even recently posted an offer to any Vancouver blogger who wanted an invite to Vox since I have an extra one [mbv]. I have yet to be taken up on the offer.
There's a few new posts in the waiting line so keep heading over to Metroblogging Vancouver for all the latest information on Vancouver life from not only me, but other Vancouver bloggers as well.
Lydia and I went to the fireworks tonight at English Bay. I was skeptical, because well I hate crowds, but she enjoyed it and it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Don't tell her that I enjoyed it though because if she wants to get me to go to the next few she's going to have to be extra special nice to me.
So shhh....
Right now we're on the couch watching episodes from Strangers With Candy's first season. Lydia's never seen them and wants to catch a few before we go see the feature film later this week. Lydia thinks Amy Sederis is keen. I've got a man crush on Stephen Colbert.
