Day 39

the internet went out yesterday. that happened towards the end of a day where all the projects and loose ends that had been floating around the video office came crashing down onto paper, creating a respectable list of to-do's by the beginning of staff training on friday and especially before next week's camps. this is wednesday.

after work, five of us traveled forty-five minutes in the little orange car to nanaimo to go see the new narnia movie. regina spektor trumped the typical closing soundtrack flair with a surprising entrance, but i still don't know how well it fit with the whole feel. it threw me off, but not as much as the random bear that suddenly yells 'fowe aslan' after having no real significance before or after his very goofy exclamation. its hard to explain, but it made us laugh all the way back to the car. on the way back we stopped along the highway to take pictures of the mountain sunset, the moon, and car headlights.

since the media crew had been up til midnight working late last week setting up the lighting and then i was up after midnight a couple nights ago working on the video for the theater showing, we were given a day off on thursday. i stayed up late with guitar, tea, and conversation cause i didn't have to get up.

Day 15

today was my day off and i slept until 1:15 in the afternoon. with sleep out of the way, i'll be good to go for however long i'm up for tonight and for the beginning of another work week tomorrow morning. after awakening and having one jam session with some peep and doin some good work in 'blue like jazz', i went for a short run to the fitness barn and lifted for a while before running back in time to shower and have dinner.

i found satisfying and incredible clarity and calmness as some of us drank hot tea and leaned against the rail overlooking the trees and water- the kind that comes after running and lifting and showering and eating meat and chillin. after dinner, the whole camp headed into town to dairy queen, but instead of going on the bus some of us took the orange tercell with the excuse we would be going to wal mart afterwards.

in wal mart, we managed to play hide and seek and accomplish some successful isle-sliding before splitting up again and hiding around. on the way back to camp, i took my empty mcdonald's iced coffee cup and, under the inspiration of dave, taped it to the top of his little orange car. the ride home was filled with hilarious expressions of other passengers at stoplights and such who desperately tried to gesture to our attention the presence of that little plastic cup that still managed to stay solid on the roof as we were driving down the road. it was silly, but it was a ton of fun.

then tonight, the two new zealanders shaun and paul and i went up for a jam session and ended up with some quality material and beats and sounds and ideas. i've been listening to our recording over and over since. this will be built upon and expanded over the summer. i've made prospective plans for next week to go to a music store where one of the staff chick's brother works so i might get a discount on harmonicas and one other potential purchase for the addition of our little band.

last side note, i've discovered couchsurfing.com. this amazing international community offers access and shows availability from chill, usually art, outdoor, music, writer, or photographic-oriented student or teacher denizen who have an extra place to stay for pre-arranged, overnight travelers. the profiles also show levels of availability that range from offering a couch for the night to the willingness to meet prospective guests over coffee just to discuss common areas of interest and such. i have a three day weekend sat-sun-mon next week so me and a couple people might try this out sometime during that time.

i've still not made it out to the dock to spend the night. i want to quite badly but by the time we're done jammin or listening to music or chillin around, it's just too late for it to be worth it. like right now.