This is the very scary “Ghost Sign” that had been accidentally preserved between two old buildings back in 1922. This is pretty old in the scheme of Vancouver’s history as it’s only been a city since 1862.
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movies
What an exciting day I had today! Over at the fancy new cbc building, a trapeze act put on a free show at lunch time. I had both my cameras with me. Sadly, I didn’t bring my long lens, so I wasn’t able to get my favourite close up shots, but I did my best with the stock lens and tried to get photos of the acrobats between the complicated pyramid bar system they had set up. This circus troupe is called Air Born and they do shows for people in old folks homes. I couldn’t find out too much about them, but they are some how affiliated with the Health Arts Society. I got there part way through the show, but saw 2 or 3 different trapeze artists. Here’s another shot of them in action:
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Christmas Tree 2009 - Dr. Seuss style
We have done nothing for the last 2 days but watch movies under our freakishly skinny, tall Christmas tree. Mike called it “German-looking.”
The only way to show the scale was to include the eye-level hockey poster right next to it. Oscar could really care less. So yay! for us! Good call on making the bottom area of the tree free from temptation for the kitty. Yay!
Here’s a rundown of the movies we watched over the last 3 days:
- The Story of Anvil: It’s a documentary about a heavy metal band from Toronto that “should” have been famous in the 80′s, for some reason, they did not. Instead of giving up, however, the band continued to play and play and play, for free, doing crappy gigs, and a wedding. The movie continues to show them trying and trying and trying to support themselves through their music, but all the guys have day jobs at the same time. UGH. So heartbreaking. If you like a good underdog story, this one is a good one. Maybe not so good if you don’t like heavy metal, but still…it’s a movie about perseverance. And that’s all I’ll say.
- Tyson: It’s Mike Tyson’s version of his life, so it’s a documentary with him narrating, etc. Even though he was dressed nicely and using “big words” (that he often used incorrectly), he came off scary as hell and I would not want to run into him in a dark alley. My danger radar was pinging the whole time he spoke. He doesn’t really speak well of many women (I don’t think he said anything really nice about any female, now that I think of it) and at the same time, he talked on and on about his virility and all his conquests. Blech. Also, the jail time didn’t really seem to help him, either. What I would like to see, however, is a Mike Tyson VS. Steven Seagal fight now to see who would win. Mike Browne thinks it would be Mike Tyson, but my bet’s on Seagal doing his martial arts and flipping him over on his back. Are you listening, Pay-Per-View?
- Shawshank Redemption: Speaking of jails and disturbing content, Shawshank is simply brilliant with an awesome ending. Thank you, Stephen King for that story. Simply. Amazing.
- Casino: I forgot how gory this movie is. Scorsese went all out with this one – mobsters killing each other with pens and shovels and ripping off bloody clothes before dumping them in a grave in the middle of a corn field. Yoinks. A great mobster movie, but not my favourite. My favourite mobster move is Goodfellas.
- Inglourious Basterds: A World War 2 movie by Quentin Tarantino with a twist ending. And Nazi hunters. Christoph Waltz is deliciously evil.
- I love you, Man: I’ll watch anything with Paul Rudd in it. He’s hilarious. It’s kind of a love story – silly and fun.
I think that’s it.
It’s been an exhausting couple of days of rigorous movie watching. Not to mention all that twittering and facebooking.
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