Universal Update

Hi Everyone,

Just a (relatively) short update to let you all know that I am alive
and kicking (I know at least one of you cares - thanks for always
being there for me Mum.. ill never forget the way you hit me in the
butt with that wooden spoon when i was a kid - look at me now!!).

Two months or so have passed since I have arrived in lil old Vancouver
and I still haven't managed to score a job. It would probably help if
I actually applied for one but I can't understand why the movie execs
haven't offered me a starring role in one of the films that are shot
here. I think it might have something to do with the stars.
Conglomerates like Bennifer just don't want the competition. I'm
pretty sure it's a major conspiracy against me. If it isn't then im
wrong, but im not..

Moving on.

The North American Summer has finally roped me in and I have stared to
actually feel "hot" in the mild heat that it provides. I never
actually thought that I could find a place where it felt hotter or
more humid than what it does in Mackay where I was born (Hello!) but
golly, New York City certainly gave it a run for it's money.

Oh yeah, I went to New York. There is something to tell the kids.

"Kids, I went to New York when I was in my early to late mid twenties."

"So what Dad, you are stupid!"

True story.

Right, anyway, the Big Apple was everything it is cracked up to be.
It's really big, it sells apples in medium to large quantities and
some of them are larger than average in size. The apples themselves
are not what I would call edible but my god they sure honks their
horns alot!

I saw Coney Island, Broadway, Time Square (where you can't really see
any clocks.. I don't get it.. its not even a square), the big
buildings minus the two biggest (which I visited, very sombre area,
strange to see such a big open space in amongst all the massive
buildings), Central Park and etc etc. Yawn.

The highlight of my little jaunt to NY was undoubtably "Lennon", a
broadway show. Totally rocking and worth it, i recommend it
wholeheartedly to anyone who is a mad Beatles/Lennon fan (You know who
you are) or even if you are a casual fan like me. Yoko Ono (of "I was
personally responsible for the breakup of the beatles" fame (sik)) was
even in the audience, dancing and clapping along to a couple of the
tunes. It was pretty surreal.

I also hate Greyhound bus trips and have developed a distinct dislike
of waiting in queues for empty clubs.

Vancouver had it's annual festival of light competition last weekish.
It goes over several nights. What is it you might ask? (Has anyone got
down here? No? Maybe? I'll just amuse myself and pretend someone is
actually reading this email..) It's a fireworks competition between
several different countries with too much spare cash. This year the
combatents were (in order of no particular order) Canada, China and
Sweden. Sweden won, mostly because China's fireworks kept crashing
into the ground just after they launched them and the Canadian's were
just throwing ice hockey pucks into the air in celebration of the end
of the NHL lockout.

In all seriousness, it was a great display for the general public. A
free show is always a good show.

Other than this there really isn't much else to say. Other things
currently happening in Vancouver are sunset and dawn. Thats about it.

Hope everyone is well, look forward to receiving an email from somebody.

Dear Cameron,

Today i went to work and I had lunch with the Queen.

Love
Somebody.

Thanks somebody, you really know how to cheer a guy up.