From Monday the 14th

So it's official peeps!!! My glorious return has been scheduled a week from now. My magnificent presence will give birth to a new era of beauty as I am a GODDESS!!! Or not!!! So I was being dumb but I AM returning July 28th, whoopee back to the city that made me so miserable in the 1st place (not that it's much better here, ok maybe a little better) Don't worry, this won't be a freakish entry like last time, it'll be refreshing to blog about what I've done the past week and as always, images will be accompanying my gorgeous blog!

1st things 1st, last Monday I had a mini-P10 reunion with Sam Talbot and another guy who was also from Montreal/P10 who I don't know at all. Originally I was supposed to go with Kristine but she went back and forth and finally decided not to go, so I went alone, to this place called Cafe Deux Soleils (apparently owners r from Quebec!), paid my $5 to get into my first "Poetry Slam Night/1st Annual Queer Slam". U see apparently they have slam night like every Monday but this is the 1st time they had a Queer Night for it (lucky for me rite?) I don't know what to expect when I got there but dear oh dear, I didn't expect it to be so....odd (for me anyway). So not only was it Slam Poetry, it was a competition too. 8-10 ppl, 2 rounds, while only 5 made it to the 2nd round. Slam Poetry is basically spoken-word/singing/rapping poetry where ppl have a theme to base their material on (that nite was for ppl under the "Queer" bracket). Lemme tell ya, it was no holds barred, brutal honesty let loose in public. Some ppl were intense, some ppl were sweet, some ppl were sexual. it was a very "interesting" cool experience, but as interesting as it was I couldn't help dozing off, its not tht it was boring (ok maybe a lil bit) i just couldn't help it, I don't think anyone noticed tho, but I think Sam noticed me zoning out at certain moments cuz she was like "R u ok? U look really bored!" LOL. I AM really glad tho that Sam was able to show me something new, plus it was totally cool hanging out with her: #1: fellow P10er in Vancouver, yahoo! #2: Nice to do something with someone new (as I am VERY alone here).

So things ended at around 11:30-12am and I headed back to Kristine's (altho I had to walk all the way back cuz buses took to long....thats 30min i'll never get back!) and stupid oaf that I am, I completely 4got to document my experience with pics, so missed out on a photo op with Sam here in BC! All I have is a lousy pic of my stamped hand (saying VanSlam (Vancouver Slam) which I guess were the ppl behind the event. And there's also some random pics I got earlier like the big Expo ball from when it came in the 80s (much like the Mtl 1 from '67) and a better view/shot of Cirque Du Soleil (at least from the outside) and a random shot of the view from Skytrain....ok all of them were from the Skytrain..... Oh well what can I do.....anywho until next time!