This time with Jasin Dollin, designer and builder of that cute little boombox below – you stick your iPod in and kick it down the street. He’s launching soon.
september 16 2009
I’d met him at Rannie’s pano-gala opening recently, and it was odd:
Me: Hi, I’m Keri
Him: [shakes hand] Wait
Me: Waiting
Him: I know you, I’ve posted some of your stuff on my Facebook
Me: [I’ll never get used to this]
And I don’t think I will; I was recognized at the beginning of the year and I still have that same feeling when it happens.
In the background of the right photo is ‘The Leslie Street Spit‘ which, until today, I’d assumed was a busy street downtown where there were a lot of smokers. Nope.
It’s a 5km long conservation area that accidentally became that when, during the 60s and 70s, construction rubble was dumped there creating a headland, which the ‘Friends of the Spit‘ fought to keep from being developed.
Thanks, Friends, it’s cool Toronto has a little wilderness in it like this. There’s also 300 different kinds of birds there, making it an Important Bird Area (that’s a real thing, I didn’t make that name up).
Jasin is one way cool dude. I’ve known him (though never met – such is the wonder of online relationships) for few years now. Great artist.
As for ‘the Spit’ … be careful when visiting there in the spring. The Terns will dive bomb your head to protect their nests!
Hi PR Jack, sounds like those birds would give good footage, "Exploring Being Dive Bombed".
And I’m with ya, Jasin is great. We were driving along in his car talking about cars:
Jasin: [claps his hands] and there was storage _everywhere_.
Me: [jackknifes]
Jasin: Why is that so funny?
Me: I don’t know, it just is
Jasin: My goal of this coffee was to make you laugh as hard as you’re laughing at the end of that episode of yours
Me: You did it
Jasin: That wasn’t funny. I had all these jokes to leave you laughing over, my big finish as I said goodbye. This is anti-climactic
Me: Ya eh? Do it again, clap again
Jasin: [claps again]
Me: Ahahahahah. It’s still funny
Me: Do it again AHAHAHA