yesterday was amazing. i walked with the mourners at the 19th annual women’s memorial march and was so humbled by the families’ strength, unity and peaceful power. i can still hear the women’s warrior song repeating through my head. it was overwhelming to be walking in a memorial to the missing and murdered women that i have been researching the last four months, made even more so when eagles soared overhead. words can not describe…

after the memorial was over, i tried to catch a bus up main street to no avail. each one of them was full so i ended up walking which was pretty cool. i got to take a bunch of iphone shots. so far i have tried to steer clear of all the olympic mayhem but i took this opportunity to walk through the science world section of the seawall. it’s craziness, i tell you!! i am really disappointed by all the corporate sponsorship.

it’s like our city has been turned into a giant canvas for advertising and the people are allowing it- no, enjoying it. i have never seen so many people willingly advertising for corporations and blindly accepting that it is some sort of patriotism. i just don’t get it.

as soon as i left the olympic section of main street i walked past one of my favourite wall quotes in the city, painted on the side of the foundation restaurant.

ah, so all is not lost with the world. voices can be heard and people still have the ability to think critically and engage socially, if they so choose.

and then i got on the b-line. a man boarded at the cambie stop and i noticed that he had advertising in his hair. i said “do you know you are advertising for coke and the cbc?” he said “what?” i said, “you have COKE in your hair!!!” he said, “i know, but it looks like a canadian flag so i don’t mind”.

i stuck a sticker on the flag closest to me.