So every summer there's a fireworks competition in Vancouver called the Symphony of Fire, er... no, now it's called the Celebration of Light. Whatever. Four countries are invited to compete and they set up their displays on a barge that is anchored off the beach in English Bay. Saturday night, we went over to a family friends who has an apartment over looking the water to watch South Africa's team compete. About two and a half hours before the show started a huge thunder and lightning storm came out of nowhere and just sat over the city until after the fireworks. It was AWESOME!
See this picture? Beautiful right? I didn't take it. I could have. If I hadn't left my camera in the van and I hadn't been a big sissy about running through the rain to go get it or if maybe it was a lot better camera than it actually is. But I could have. Chad Isely is actually the guy who took the shot and was gracious enough to let me borrow it. Click on his name to see his other shots back on his flickr page. There's one of the sunset which I'd say was totally fake if I hadn't actually seen it for myself. As it is, I'm still not sure that was the real sky Saturday night and not some elaborate CGI.
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it's weird how something that 'goes viral' is a good thing.
ReplyDeleteThe economy takes its toll as couples everywhere combine the ceremony and the reception in one big festive celebration! No more exorbitant fees for a separate location! DJ Priest is in the house!
ReplyDeleteLike the fireworks. Had no idea that such a thing as a fireworks competition existed. Great photo!
The wedding video was awesome. What a great way to make it memorable.
ReplyDeleteOf course I had seen it but it's not something you mind watching more than once! Glad you still went with it.
ReplyDeleteAwesome photo, dude! Must have been quite a show.
I'm your special friend?
ReplyDelete*blush*
Deep down I've always known it.
We need a clip of the today show!!! How exciting!!!
ReplyDeleteAnd... I adore that video. I have seen it on a couple blogs. It is priceless.
...tomorrow bring on your 2 minutes of fame!!! LOL
I love that video!
ReplyDeleteI am a big hormonal mess and crying because of that wedding dance. It looked like pure joy.
ReplyDeleteDid the Americans compete? Because, if we did, we should have won. Everyone knows we are the best at blowing stuff up real good. If we didn't win, the jury was obviously rigged and we'll have to go nuclear next year.
ReplyDeleteI always cry at weddings! Watching that almost makes me want to get hitched again. Just not to the same asshole.
ReplyDeleteFireworks competition? Now that's a great idea!!
i adored that wedding video! I hadn't seen it! I LOVED IT!!!
ReplyDeletei live on vancouver island - that sky was crazy!! i actually got a little freaked out, what with there practically never being thunder storms, and then the red red sky
ReplyDeleteWhen it sucks? Suck back....
ReplyDeleteAwesome shot! Fireworks are really hard to capture on film, if that makes you feel any better about forgetting your camera.
ReplyDeleteHappy, er, have a good Monday!
I went to watch the video, which I admit I've seen countless times but love watching it, but it said "embedding disabled by request." So, I'll watch it later on youtube. It's a great video, though.
ReplyDeleteI loved the photos of the fireworks, not only because of their beauty, but because a photo is silent.
As soon as I get home from driving another family somewhere else, I'm afraid I'll have to do my own "Monday Sucks" post, but I'll really mean it.
FIREWORKS! SWEET!
ReplyDeleteI love that wedding video...I saw it on the news the other day and about peed myself laughing.
Larkin has a should out posted for you here: http://iamstilljustme.blogspot.com/2009/07/o-m-g.html
Symphony of Fire is a way cooler name that Festival of Light. A festival of light could be anything. It could be a bunch of table lamps all plugged in together. I kind of have that going in our living room. But Symphony of Fire? You just don't see that every day.
ReplyDeleteSurprised Chris Brown's people have not stripped that down for use of his song.
ReplyDeleteWhoa. That is seriously wicked cool.
ReplyDeleteOK, I don't watch the morning shows, so I KNOW you meant that video for Moi! I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE!!! IT!!!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful fireworks...if you had run in the rain, you would have fallen and skinned your knee like me. Better to enjoy from where you were!
THAT IS SO EFFING AWESOME!!!! (the picture and the vidoe)
ReplyDeleteThat picture is fantastic. I don't know that I would have wanted to be out there in the lightening taking it but it looks cool.
ReplyDeleteI did already see the video though. It was cool though kinda weird. GUess I'm just the traditional type.
Had heard about that this morning but hadn't seen it. Very cool.
ReplyDeleteI saw that video and loved it. Then everyone started to see it and now I hate it.
ReplyDeleteI am fun like that.
Fireworks competition sounds too cool - love how mother nature refused to be outdone
ReplyDeletesom weeks are betterthan others. I've got low expectations for this week, so anything good comes along, it's a bonus.
ReplyDeleteMy special video didn't work but thanks for sending it my way, BFF.
ReplyDeleteI'm still trying to recover from the fact that you actually had this scheduled to post last week. How do you people think ahead? I can't even plan the next 5 minutes. Seriously.
ReplyDeleteThat wedding video is too cool. I wish I could do something like that but I'd probably fall flat on my face.
ReplyDeleteI've seen that video on a few blogs and haven't watched it until now. That was hilarious! Thanks for posting it.... it's at 10 million views and counting!
ReplyDeleteHow can one person have so many talented friends? *cough* I know I couldn't do that without laughing my ass off.
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