elizalavelle | (no subject)

Yesterday was an awesome day! Rainy and gross but awesome nonetheless. I'm going to break this up into two entries, 1. for the Catfish contest (wait that will make sense momentarily) and 2. for the Browncoat Shindig last night.

Catfish day:

I went to my parents house to see my Dad in this catfish cooking contest that he'd entered. Now by the time it got down to contest day I do belive he was the only non restaurant contestant entered. As in, everyone else entered was there pretty much promoting their restaurant/store or had chef experience, my daddy just likes to cook. So we were pretty much braced for him not to win, despite having a fabulous recipe, just because he was going up against really tough competition.

Daddy went to cook, my mom and I hit up Value Village for some shopping. People there yesterday were rude like woah. I think it's Hallowe'en, more people there and so many were pushy, twice I had people try to bud in front of me to get a changeroom, however that was not happening lol. I found some very cute clothes and the perfect pair of shoes to wear to the Slean concert tonight! They apparently were just meant to be on my feet :)

Then my Mom, Brother and I headed back to watch my Dad cook for the last bit of the day and to see the judging. It was raining and my mom was being a total stage parent talking about what the other teams were doing and again about how unfair it was that my dad was competing agains professionals (which yes, that's an unbalanced competition but once you're there you shut up about it) so my brother and I bailed from that scene. We saw some of the artists who were promoting their work. There were some very neat pieces. One collection which was certainly memorable was this girl who took pictures in graveyards and then wrote a small fictional blurb about the person who'd died. They were very neat, but the idea is one that I think I've toyed with when I was an angsty teen, ergo I'm doubting it was as original as it seemed.

My brother and I also hid out inside the rec center for a while to stay dry. It's the exact same as it was when we went there as kids. No new paint or anything! Parks and Rec clearly need more funding!

Then back for the judging of the catfish contest. I took lots and lots of pictures for my Daddy so he'd have a record of doing this since it was such a fun experience for him. AND he won!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Second place! It was a fantastic surprise and the whole neighbourhood cheered for him because it's always fun to see the "little guy" win instead of the professionals.

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YAY FOR YOUR DADDY!!! That's too awesome!

(Even though the idea of eating catfish provokes a very uneasy feeling.) BUT YAY! Second place is damn good, especially up against pro chefs!

Yeah I'm not usually a fan of eating fish... I'm working on it. BUT the Catfish smelled okay, I may give it a go one day :)

Congrats to daddy! Um, yours, I mean ...

I've toyed with the idea of writing stories about people in graveyards, too. Maybe it's not as unusual an idea as I'd thought ...

lol probably not, it's a good idea, but not a really rare one. Obviously the stories themselves would all be original though :)

I've had in the back of my mind for some time writing an historical novel set in Albion, perhaps dealing with the early years of our fire department. In that case, of course, I'd be using many of the actual people from the cemetery, rather than just their names ...

Now that would be interesting! Cemetery's are clearly great sources of inspiration :)

Not only inspiring, but ours here in Albion is particularly beautiful and well-kept. It had the advantage, also, of bordering Black Pine Animal Park (although they just moved a few miles away). Walking through the cemetery at dusk, and suddenly hearing a lion roar, could be heart stopping. Which, hey -- cemetery.

haha! yay!
what a great story :)

lol it was one of those neighbourhood hero type of things :) Very fun :)