|I can't control, what rushes into my heart and my skull.|
I just got back from Vancouver. I forgot to mention that somewhere in my previous entries. That I was going down there. I think I was so caught up in how much I'd rather be going home, that I forgot to say something. That over powering feeling is gone now, the feeling to 'get back to basics'. It subsided upon my return home. Now I just want to go to Vancouver. I bought a round trip for $401. I think that was pretty good. I was quite nervous to get on the plane. I was organized though, ready to go. I had two carry on bags and that's all. Mom was in, her, Adrian, her new boyfriend and my aunt all drove me there and said goodbye at the gate with me. I rescued a little bird out of the pedway. He kept smashing into the windows and getting steadily more confused so I caught him and let him free. I got into the terminal and we ate some food. I left mom and them at the gate. I was pretty nervous. Multiple times I had to remind myself what was at the end of this potentially scary adventure in order not to start freaking out. Darkbubblez sent tea with me, and they got all suspicious that it was drugs, so they made me take it out and asked me about three times if it was really tea. I was a little unimpressed.
I boarded the plane. I sat by the window seat, on the wing. These really tooly Ed Hardy preps sat in the seats next to me. They were rude, so I put my headphones on and pretended they didn't exist. Then, the plane took off. It was wonderful amounts of fun. I love airplanes. I was super tired when I got to their place, which is wonderful. It's cute and old and amazing. They drug me out to Brittany's where I had an asthma attack, a grumpy disposition and overall rough night. We stayed there until 2 am (3 am Edmonton time). Not that bad for someone who stays up late regularly. I haven't stayed up past 11 pm for the past 3 weeks. So, 3 am was really pushing it. I worked that previous morning too, and just went on a plane for the first time ever. Long day. We got back to the house and I went to sleep. I woke up at 6:30 am, went for a walk to the river, sketched the river and talked to mom. I came back at 9, to find everyone still fast asleep. So I left on another mission, on which I found a demolished building and many old, dilapidated boats. I began to build myself a castle, and then got tired and paranoid of that. I walked back down to the house and woke everyone up.
We got ourselves together and then I was introduced to the ocean. It's quite salty and fierce. I collected a bunch of shells and things, like a tourist would. I have a large amount of respect for large bodies of water. I wonder if it has to do with my fire sign. I will never take the power of water for granted and therefore I am careful around it. I become almost humbled by it's strength. I want to experience an extreme storm while standing on the shores of the ocean. The power would be mind blowing. Shows of natures power make me so happy, excited, fearful and amazed, they make me feel so alive. I love it. We stopped at El Taco on Davies st. and then went to Granville Island to eat our yummy burrito's. I got a strange and random abdominal pain so we left and went home. Jake parents flew in that evening and so we went and picked them up. Then they went to their hotel room and I called Syd and Lisa who happened to be in Vancouver and then I met up with them. This adventure led me on a bus down Hastings. O.M.G. Sketchy. Thankfully my stop was at the far end, where all the homeless people and drug addicts were not. I hung out with Syd and Lisa for an hour and a bit, Steven also showed up. It was lovely seeing them again. I left and adventured back to Jake and Tara's place.
The next day was full of yard work. everyone pitched in, including Jakes parents. I cleaned the Koi pond, which was quite the job. I'm not going to get into it. It took all day. That night we, Jake, Tara, Dominique, Cass, Lain, Carol, Neil and I all went out for all you can eat sushi. It was soo wonderful.
I love Vancouver at night, it's pretty. There are so many beautiful buildings and so much new architecture. It's chalk full of local and organic food stores and so many cool little trinket shops. Tara showed me this store on commercial called Paranada. It's exactly like this little store in Nelson, which I've unfortunately forgotten the name of. It reminded me of Still Eagle because when you walk in, it smells like amber resins, which is exactly what Still Eagle smells like. We stopped in this little Italian bakery and got some sweets. She also took me to this organic cafe/bakery that was attached to an organic food store. This place pulled up memories of Sunnyside, but they were brief and nothing in the store was really like Sunnyside. I found some licorice root sticks though, and they opened floodgates of memories related to Kaslo.
Then we went out to the Naam.
Now, imagine good vegetarian food, available 24 hrs a day, 7 days a week, and at a low cost. Imagine more choice than you could imagine when you think vegetarian. Now put that all together, and stick a dark, romantic setting with a patio covered in grape vines, and you have 'The Naam'. Fucking brilliant. I had a veggie burrito, with guacamole instead of sour cream and yogurt, it was huuuge. And the side salad was just as big. I also ordered chips and salsa, which was nummy as well. Most amazingly, and probably what made me fall completely in love with the place is that they offered inca. No one really knows what inca is, except Kaslo kids for some reason, and even then I think only Robin, the twins, Margie, Ren, the ladies at Sunnyside and I drink it or know of it's existence. Dinner was fantastic and oh my, so delicious! After stuffing ourselves silly on wonderful and healthy food, we headed out for gelato. 218 different flavors. I ended up with raspberry lemonade sorbet. Tangy and yummy. We got back to the house and Cass and I went out to the river and played with his Bow and Arrows that he had made. That was lots of fun, I was feeling kinda sad that I had to get up and leave so early and hanging out with Cass lifted my spirits.
I got all my stuff ready to go, woke up at 5 am on Monday morning, and left for the airport, said goodbye, and flew home.
I could definitely live in Vancouver. That's the end of that recap, I'll get back to emotional things tomorrow or sometime in the future. I must write about the woman and what she called her son.
I boarded the plane. I sat by the window seat, on the wing. These really tooly Ed Hardy preps sat in the seats next to me. They were rude, so I put my headphones on and pretended they didn't exist. Then, the plane took off. It was wonderful amounts of fun. I love airplanes. I was super tired when I got to their place, which is wonderful. It's cute and old and amazing. They drug me out to Brittany's where I had an asthma attack, a grumpy disposition and overall rough night. We stayed there until 2 am (3 am Edmonton time). Not that bad for someone who stays up late regularly. I haven't stayed up past 11 pm for the past 3 weeks. So, 3 am was really pushing it. I worked that previous morning too, and just went on a plane for the first time ever. Long day. We got back to the house and I went to sleep. I woke up at 6:30 am, went for a walk to the river, sketched the river and talked to mom. I came back at 9, to find everyone still fast asleep. So I left on another mission, on which I found a demolished building and many old, dilapidated boats. I began to build myself a castle, and then got tired and paranoid of that. I walked back down to the house and woke everyone up.
We got ourselves together and then I was introduced to the ocean. It's quite salty and fierce. I collected a bunch of shells and things, like a tourist would. I have a large amount of respect for large bodies of water. I wonder if it has to do with my fire sign. I will never take the power of water for granted and therefore I am careful around it. I become almost humbled by it's strength. I want to experience an extreme storm while standing on the shores of the ocean. The power would be mind blowing. Shows of natures power make me so happy, excited, fearful and amazed, they make me feel so alive. I love it. We stopped at El Taco on Davies st. and then went to Granville Island to eat our yummy burrito's. I got a strange and random abdominal pain so we left and went home. Jake parents flew in that evening and so we went and picked them up. Then they went to their hotel room and I called Syd and Lisa who happened to be in Vancouver and then I met up with them. This adventure led me on a bus down Hastings. O.M.G. Sketchy. Thankfully my stop was at the far end, where all the homeless people and drug addicts were not. I hung out with Syd and Lisa for an hour and a bit, Steven also showed up. It was lovely seeing them again. I left and adventured back to Jake and Tara's place.
The next day was full of yard work. everyone pitched in, including Jakes parents. I cleaned the Koi pond, which was quite the job. I'm not going to get into it. It took all day. That night we, Jake, Tara, Dominique, Cass, Lain, Carol, Neil and I all went out for all you can eat sushi. It was soo wonderful.
I love Vancouver at night, it's pretty. There are so many beautiful buildings and so much new architecture. It's chalk full of local and organic food stores and so many cool little trinket shops. Tara showed me this store on commercial called Paranada. It's exactly like this little store in Nelson, which I've unfortunately forgotten the name of. It reminded me of Still Eagle because when you walk in, it smells like amber resins, which is exactly what Still Eagle smells like. We stopped in this little Italian bakery and got some sweets. She also took me to this organic cafe/bakery that was attached to an organic food store. This place pulled up memories of Sunnyside, but they were brief and nothing in the store was really like Sunnyside. I found some licorice root sticks though, and they opened floodgates of memories related to Kaslo.
Then we went out to the Naam.
Now, imagine good vegetarian food, available 24 hrs a day, 7 days a week, and at a low cost. Imagine more choice than you could imagine when you think vegetarian. Now put that all together, and stick a dark, romantic setting with a patio covered in grape vines, and you have 'The Naam'. Fucking brilliant. I had a veggie burrito, with guacamole instead of sour cream and yogurt, it was huuuge. And the side salad was just as big. I also ordered chips and salsa, which was nummy as well. Most amazingly, and probably what made me fall completely in love with the place is that they offered inca. No one really knows what inca is, except Kaslo kids for some reason, and even then I think only Robin, the twins, Margie, Ren, the ladies at Sunnyside and I drink it or know of it's existence. Dinner was fantastic and oh my, so delicious! After stuffing ourselves silly on wonderful and healthy food, we headed out for gelato. 218 different flavors. I ended up with raspberry lemonade sorbet. Tangy and yummy. We got back to the house and Cass and I went out to the river and played with his Bow and Arrows that he had made. That was lots of fun, I was feeling kinda sad that I had to get up and leave so early and hanging out with Cass lifted my spirits.
I got all my stuff ready to go, woke up at 5 am on Monday morning, and left for the airport, said goodbye, and flew home.
I could definitely live in Vancouver. That's the end of that recap, I'll get back to emotional things tomorrow or sometime in the future. I must write about the woman and what she called her son.
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