Month: September 2009

september 23 2009

I’m in The Bay (Official Supplier) perusing and OMG it’s light years better than our 2008 stuff what WAS THAT?  Remember?  Hang on I’ll find a photo…. kay, click here and here

I’d wear all the 2010 gear, and I think our Mascots are the best ever.  Still haven’t heard back from the “Carry the Torch Contest” I entered.  

I have two explorations booked already out there, “Exploring Snow Making on the Olympic Hill” and “Exploring Behind-the-Scenes of Online Stuff with Bell” (those are working titles), and I *tentatively* have a place to stay, too.

That’s how I figure my “Exploring the Olympics” will be, all hacked together-like.  Covering, say, figure skating doesn’t interest me anyway, moreover I’ll never get tickets to the grand finale or get footage that will compare to a network’s.  

What I’d do is go find the skaters when they’re done, eat Big Mac’s with them and then do “Exploring Blowing Off Some Steam in the Olympic Village Since They No Longer Need to Compete and Can Let Their Gaurd Down Now”.

september 23 2009

I’m laughing too hard to hold my phone steady, “you are so cute.  I   want   to   squish   you”.  That’s Dwayne, see a better photo of us here.

I told him all about my meeting last night… he’s so pumped, he has an excellent balloon-design idea we’re gonna do and when he said, “get editing Missy, for your screening, otherwise you’re gonna have to be up on that stage talking for longer” his eyes twinkled right out of his head.  

It’s a group blog called The Torch.  The name comes from a line in the poem, “In Flanders Fields”… “to you from failing hands we throw the torch; be yours to hold it high”.

I heard about big-time contributer Damian Brooks while on the ship and get this, our Military likes his stuff so much they shipped him to cover and blog about Afghanistan.  Click here for his first post about that.

I introduced myself on email last week and sent him my posts about my time on the ship, and he replied he wasn’t that surprised I’d had such a good time, and then he summed up my experience very well:

“Most civilians are really amazed the first time they get immersed in the Canadian Forces: the people are great, hyper-professional, and for the most part they’re stoked about what they’re doing – it’s catchy.  As a buddy of mine says, “the company of soldiers (or sailors) is a tonic to the soul.”

He’s sooo right.  Even though I was with them for just two nights I’m still feeling effects of being on the ship.  That’s why I tweeted last week “the ship was good for me”.  

The good news is I like to keep things balanced and so will have to do both “Exploring the Air Force” and “Exploring the Army”.

He kindly put my episode up on his site, click here to read what he had to say.  

Thank you, Damian.

september 22 2009

I need to think a bit more about it, but look, it’s The Reservoir Lounge.  Why there? Because I dreamed about it once, click here.

september 22 2009

Through the doors on the left and tada, the place is adorable.  They have a different jazz band each night, and depending on the date I choose (early November) means either Tyler Yarema will sing to us (Tuesdays) or Bradley and the Bouncers (Wednesdays).  

I was taking a photo of Bradley’s photo when a voice said behind me “I can help you get a better shot” and there he actually was.

That’s the stage where the band plays and where I’ll have a little screening to kick off “Season 2 of The Canadian Explorer!”.  I’m working on a drink sponsor so I can buy all you guests your first drink at least, and I’m gonna have a photobooth and some other stuff.  And I want balloons, too.