Last weekend before school...

Ok, so this weekend was the last weekend before school starts. On Saturday, I met up with Caio and Andrej at Stanley Park. Justin and I left pretty early and caught a bus up to the island park. We all walked around for a couple hours and as we were about to leave, we met Daniel. That was unfortunate, but in that two + hours, we ended up only touring the very eastern tip of the island. So, we will most definitely head back again. We all went to get cheap (really cheap) pizza for lunch, then hung out at a cafe, discussing 3D and animation related stuff for a couple of hours. It was a good time to get to know everyone and basically create a network of animators! In the long run, these people are going to be potential co-workers, or even potential business partners. Its great that everyone was from a different country too. After the cafe, Daniel went to his apartment, and Caio, Justin, Andrej and I traveled to the Beach, and then got some dinner. I can't wait to see what the beach is like during the summer time. Its beautiful, but it was quite chilly. I am finally uploading some pictures. All of the ones here are from Stanley Park and the beach.

This appears to be some sort of refinery.


This is a replica of the end of a ship that delivered supplies to and from Japan.








The area in the center is known as Dead man's Island. It was a burial place form the native people of this area. It was taken over by the Canadian Government and has become a military base.


This is a totem from the First Nations people of Vancouver. (First Nations is the term Canadians use for what we call Natives, i.e. Native Americans)


This is right by the beach. A building with a huge tree on top!!!!








So, something interesting about Vancouver's First Nations people: There seems to be a lot of work done to promote their existence in the area. For instance, Vancouver's hockey team (the Canucks...) uses a whale in this art style. I have also seen many shops and art galleries around town. I even found a beautiful mural under the Granville bridge in that same style. Pretty interesting.

I have more pictures from today to upload still, but that is a different story. Ill let you know tomorrow possibly. Oh, speaking of tomorrow, I am going to have a class late in the day with the director of EDIT: Animation for Who Framed Roger Rabbit! Sorry for the confusion Alex.