HSBC CELEBRATION OF LIGHT FIREWORKS
VANCOUVER, BC

on saturday, a bunch of my friends and i went to see the fireworks finale. dara, dara's friend malcolm, and i went to english bay ahead of everyone, 5 hours prior to the actual event, to claim good seats.

it was my first time meeting malcolm. he's going to first year university in september. he lives in coquitlam and apparently went to pinetree secondary, which i was familiar with because i would've gone there if i hadn't moved to vancouver. i immediately started asking the usual "do you know so-and-so..." questions. bahahaha. that was certainly amusing for a while... ahh coquitlam nostalgia.

when we first got to english bay, it was already pretty crowded...
but later it was about a hundred times more insane

pretty.

towels and food.

dara and malcolm play volleyball

eric bought this huge snow cone.
it looked so deliciously yummy.

i asked zach to hold up the frisbee like an angel halo above
his head, but he got distracted. d'oh!

eric looks pained, and zach looks just funny. coughvaincough

the beach beginning to crowd even more

woaaah

i love dare's look on her face.

dara: "wait, can you see me? i can see you!! walk to the left."

roxy and me

roxaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaanne

mmmm jelly beans *drool*

o_O
seriously, ive never seen vancouver this crowded
FILLED TO THE BRIM WITH PEOPLEPEOPLEPEOPLE.

a crowd this dense had been something i've only seen in LA or Seoul.
it was wild. it messed up my head a bit.

HA i took this without dara noticing!

aw

a saxophonist and his dancer.
i thot the dancer girl looked so much like bunny. it confused me a lil

the streets were shut down because they were
TEEMING with human beings.

dara and i were standing in the street outside safeway when a
40something woman walked to us and asked (nearly demanded) a cigarette.
she looked desperate and pissed off.

woman: ya got a cigarette? i need a cigarette so bad.
me: no, sorry.

twilight...
i took this photo while waiting in a 10-minute
line for the bathroom. christ.

wow what a bizarre photo.
HAHAHAHAHA everyone looks oddly hilarious

FIREWORKS

the fireworks were splendid.

the green ones looks like wormy centipedes.

this one looks like a willow tree.

i love this one. it reminds me of disney's "the sorcerer's apprentice",
when mickey has his crazy dreams

purple!

after the fireworks, the downtown sky was smoggy for miles

after fireworks, the seven of us mosey'ed along davie street out of downtown and across the burrard bridge... walking downtown at nite in the shut off streets in people masses was more liberating i could imagine.

i felt so FREE!

it seemed like Bastille Day or something, as if the day was marking the victory of fought-for liberty or equality or something grandiose like that. walking in a big mass of people is pretty elevating and overwhelming. like a revolution. ha!

the walk across the burrard bridge was wicked sweet . the nite air was cold and smelled of cigarette smoke and car exhaust and downtownsmell and it was perfect. i was full of glee. i think we all were.

i was talking to jordan then and i learned that he took art photography at Arts Umbrella too. we talked about photography and cameras for a while. COOLEST SURPRISE OF THE DAY eh. it was awesome because i hardly know anyone else who has simliar interests. (i hardly know anything about jordan, either). wonderful!

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