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april 24 2009

They’re not showing up on camera so hot.  They’re good and swollen still, think it was from the railings.

Meet Geoff Green:april 24 2009

[photo by Tyler Kuhn]     
I read this morning that the Green Living Show was held this weekend at the Direct Energy Centre.  So I’m clicking through the itenerary and see Geoff is speaking at 2pm: a member of The Explorer’s Club and real life Explorer, one of the top 5 in Canada.

After his presentation I went up and introduced myself, told him how I too was an explorer [and gestured with my hands to show the difference between us] and hey, I’d like to interview you in my car for an episode for my show, what do you think?

And Geoff said YES.  Interestingly, he didn’t seem phased I wanted to film in my car, didn’t even acknowledge it… 

Then we were chatting about The Explorer’s Club and I mentioned the video I’d watched where a member rode his horse into the Waldorf Astoria during their annual dinner and Geoff said he was there for that, nice.  

I’m pumped; like, this guy is a big deal, read a good bio here.  He said he’d like to discuss the definition of “explorer” and what that means / should mean.  I’ll ask him about him leading over 100 expeditions to the Arctic and Antartica with his organization Students on Ice, his sweet boat, and any advice he may have for my trip.  After everything he’s done my jaunt cross-country in a car would be be peanuts for him.

april 24 2009

That’s my old mouse at the top, see where I wore it away?  That’s editing.  It started this week only double-clicking so there below is my new, less-superior mouse.  I took my old one with me, “Hi. I need another one exactly like this”, but it’s been discontinued.

The newer version one is bugging me…. it’s like, too slick; the wheel barely clicks when I scroll.  And it’s bugging me that I am attached to a piece of plastic.  And how an old person’s hands are supposed to open the plastic packaging on a new mouse is beyond me.

And there’s my new MonsterPod, an essential piece of equipment.  I wore it out, too.  See it in action here.  I have a nagging feeling I should stockpile some because they told me the same thing at the Henry’s in Toronto as they did in Kingston: you are the only person to ever buy one.  

Some screenshots from the footage I took:

This is a “Precision Jump”… you leap from one thing to another and land solidly, not like, flailing about.  The photo on the right is me laying between the two things I jumped; I’m 5’2” and there’s a few inches above my head.  And while maybe the most boring parkour move it’s one of the toughest because it’s almost all mental.

That’s a “Kong Vault”.  I’m at the little garden area in the middle of Nathan Phillips Square. Cute fence eh?  And that heater throws off a surprising amount of heat. 

The hardest thing I did all night (three times).  I stood on top of a handrail, reached up to that little roof overhang and pulled myself up to the second story of the back of the Eaton Centre.  Alllll arms.  april 23 2009

Wait till you see my new bruises; they’re already light purple and puffy… I’ll show you tomorrow.  

Top Two
This is one of those shredding trucks that have been fascinating me since I moved here. They pull up and shred whatever a business gives them.  I’ve been wanting to explore this, but it’d be a short exploration since really my only question is:

That’s my own personal shredder there on the right.  That photo is from weeks ago when my Visas were compromised and I had to get new ones.  I shred everything.

Bottom Left
It’s a crap photo, but what it is is looking out the window of the restaurant I’m eating in is a reflection of a TV playing the Food Network behind me.  

Bottom Right
I adore the night; everything is better at night.  Sure it’s also nice also to see the sun come up, and I wonder if I should be training myself to sleep in shifts so I can have the best of both worlds.