Arts County Fair aftermath - what a disaster... (and some random photos)
Arts County Fair
Yesterday was the last day of class, and the annual Arts County Fair was held at Thunderbird stadium. The biggest drinking fest on the UBC calendar - I was woken up (after a a big night before) at 9am by the screams and cheers of drunken college students wandering the campus, and my neighbour's exceedingly loud music. We proceeded to eat some beer pancakes, drink Sangria and head over to the pre-ACF party at Fairview. Walking through campus I don't think I have ever seen so many drunk people in my life. At Fairview I found Rina already hurling in the bathroom and many other people getting quickly hammered.
We went to the stadium at around 2.30 and stayed till the end at 8. The leading bands were both Canadian - Matthew Good and Ka-os. Ka-os has a kinda hip hop feel, and in true Canadian style didn't hold back on the "F**k George Bush" and "smoke weed" lines. The mosh pit for Matthew Good was brutal - overriding stench of pot, drunk people collapsing, way too much pushing, shoving and male nudity. I guess 30,000 exceedingly drunk/high people all in one place is gonna cause some trouble.
We weren't meant to bring cameras into the stadium so you'll have to believe me on that, but coming back to my apartment and the mess I found there (including hurl all over the bathroom), inspired me to take some photos as evidence of the kind of grot I have been living in for the past 3 months (these photos are not that much worse than the normal Thursday/Saturday/Sunday morning party aftermath).
Seattle Photos
I promised some Seattle photos so here they are...
The "don't use a gun" bus ads - yes, we are in America...
Seattle Tower - didn't go up here because it was rainy and cloudy.
Our hostel was just 2 blocks up from the Pike Place market - which sold an amazing range of seafood, jams, produce, and other stuff - it was pretty impressive
We weren't allowed cameras in the EMP (Experience Music Project), except for this massive tower of guitars. So here is the only photo I took there:
Despite having an exceedingly large number of cars, the transport in downtown Seattle was pretty impressive (and free for all in a surprisingly generous area). The main feature is this underground bus tunnel which runs from one end of downtown to the other. How much it is used I'm not sure, because we were only there on a weekend, but it warranted a photo nonetheless.
The Seattle Sonics basketball game was the highlight, here are some photos...
Seattle is famous for its music and not just Grunge apparently - the Seattle Symphony plays regularly in this very impressive Theatre in the middle of downtown. I thought the words written on the side were pretty characteristic of Seattle so I took a photo...
Whistler in early March
It seems unfair to complain about the horrible Whistler weather conditions in Feb/March now, considering there has been over 150cms of snow in the past couple of weeks there. The worse season for 20 years seems to be over and the powder is back, but here are some memories from March.
OK well exams start next Thursday so I doubt I'll have much of interest to post for the next couple of weeks, but I will be doing some travel after the 23rd so check back then for some photos.
Later
-Nick
Yesterday was the last day of class, and the annual Arts County Fair was held at Thunderbird stadium. The biggest drinking fest on the UBC calendar - I was woken up (after a a big night before) at 9am by the screams and cheers of drunken college students wandering the campus, and my neighbour's exceedingly loud music. We proceeded to eat some beer pancakes, drink Sangria and head over to the pre-ACF party at Fairview. Walking through campus I don't think I have ever seen so many drunk people in my life. At Fairview I found Rina already hurling in the bathroom and many other people getting quickly hammered.
We went to the stadium at around 2.30 and stayed till the end at 8. The leading bands were both Canadian - Matthew Good and Ka-os. Ka-os has a kinda hip hop feel, and in true Canadian style didn't hold back on the "F**k George Bush" and "smoke weed" lines. The mosh pit for Matthew Good was brutal - overriding stench of pot, drunk people collapsing, way too much pushing, shoving and male nudity. I guess 30,000 exceedingly drunk/high people all in one place is gonna cause some trouble.
We weren't meant to bring cameras into the stadium so you'll have to believe me on that, but coming back to my apartment and the mess I found there (including hurl all over the bathroom), inspired me to take some photos as evidence of the kind of grot I have been living in for the past 3 months (these photos are not that much worse than the normal Thursday/Saturday/Sunday morning party aftermath).
Seattle Photos
I promised some Seattle photos so here they are...
The "don't use a gun" bus ads - yes, we are in America...
Seattle Tower - didn't go up here because it was rainy and cloudy.
Our hostel was just 2 blocks up from the Pike Place market - which sold an amazing range of seafood, jams, produce, and other stuff - it was pretty impressive
We weren't allowed cameras in the EMP (Experience Music Project), except for this massive tower of guitars. So here is the only photo I took there:
Despite having an exceedingly large number of cars, the transport in downtown Seattle was pretty impressive (and free for all in a surprisingly generous area). The main feature is this underground bus tunnel which runs from one end of downtown to the other. How much it is used I'm not sure, because we were only there on a weekend, but it warranted a photo nonetheless.
The Seattle Sonics basketball game was the highlight, here are some photos...
Seattle is famous for its music and not just Grunge apparently - the Seattle Symphony plays regularly in this very impressive Theatre in the middle of downtown. I thought the words written on the side were pretty characteristic of Seattle so I took a photo...
Whistler in early March
It seems unfair to complain about the horrible Whistler weather conditions in Feb/March now, considering there has been over 150cms of snow in the past couple of weeks there. The worse season for 20 years seems to be over and the powder is back, but here are some memories from March.
OK well exams start next Thursday so I doubt I'll have much of interest to post for the next couple of weeks, but I will be doing some travel after the 23rd so check back then for some photos.
Later
-Nick
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