Archive for October, 2007
October 31, 2007 at 10:46 am · Filed under Music
happiness: caribou
start: dual drum action. I wish I could have gotten a better picture of it. But you can imagine. I wonder how much they are in tune with the other as they sit facing each other attacking their drums.
“hello hammerheads”: incredible, really emotional. I wondered if that was an act or if the songs memories were coming to surface.
I love these guys. If I had to be a groupie, I would want to be with them.
I love their music largely because of the intense atmosphere they create during their shows.
“crayon”: they brought out the manitoba.
October 31, 2007 at 1:46 am · Filed under I am feeling...
I was in a weird mood today. Almost a little bad. Resorted to a nap.
Maybe I am wondering too much – in what way should I be happy? I am capable of being happy but, where should the happiness come from?
You can lose a root of happiness but then find it in something else. We are good at doing that. But when are the times that you shouldn’t be giving up on something that seems lost. When should you let it go?
Happiness is not in substances except for tonight when the lighting at Richard’s made my beer a great opaque blue/green colour. I felt like I was drinking emerald juice. I think it must have been good for my body – the minerals and such.
Happiness is wearing all plaid?
October 31, 2007 at 1:06 am · Filed under Experiences, Travels
To finally get to the tournament…Sunday in Campbell River at a highschool gym. I was registered to compete in women’s kata, white belt, over 18. “Kata” is a choreographed pattern of movements. In competitions you can choose to do any kata that you would like, and there are many, but I chose “kihon kata go” or “basic kata #5″. Keeping it simple for the first time. What I didn’t muster up the courage to compete in was “kumite” or sparring. Maybe next time.
Anyway, I was nervous enough already. Not so much because of concern over high scores but more because I knew there would be many formalities and this being my first time competing, I knew little. Indeed, to jump ahead, I was like that little kid who starts walking off the stage in the middle of her line. Her parents are standing at the side of the stage mouthing her next words and waving their hands “get back there!”. Well, not completely like that but, I had some things to learn and this was the chance to learn them.
And I got second place!….in a two person division : P (How can I not use that statement ordering to joke about my second place-ness?) Only competing with another girl (and a friend) from my club helped cure the nervousness but…I hope I get the chance to compete with people outside of the club soon. I imagine you can learn a lot from it.
On a note not completely related to the tournament – it was so interesting to travel in BC. I guess I have not done that so much. It’s easy to stay inside the big city walls and start to think that IT represents the province. But there is so much else around and strikingly different too. I do need to get out more.
October 30, 2007 at 1:44 pm · Filed under Travels
On the way to Nanaimo – there is a little village with pubs and coffee and giftshops called…”the village”. You park your car in line for the ferry and while waiting, can leave and go to the village.
October 28, 2007 at 11:30 pm · Filed under Sweet Finds
Just got home from the island. It was a good trip and I will write about it more later. Before leaving Vancouver we met up at UBC and while waiting, I spotted these mushrooms growing by a tree:
The first time for me to see mushrooms so large and so red and so spotted with my own eyes. For a long time I thought they were perhaps an exaggeration from storybooks and video games.
I didn’t eat them but don’t you wish we could in a non-mind/body altering way? I would love to cook and present food decorated with these guys.
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