FLUGTAG.

For the first time ever, Vancouver played host to the 18th annual FLUGTAG, sponsored and presented by Red Bull energy drink. This event attracted a huge crowd around False Creek this afternoon, with 31 teams from all over Canada and the US here to compete for the most outrageous flying contraption, showmanship, and distance travelled. One after another they dove off the end of the pier with hilarity. Some looked more impressive than others, most notably, the BMW Store team with it's 26" rims and aircraft grade wings, but it was the deceivingly cheaper contraptions made up of two-by-fours nailed together that won as far as distance of flight went.

As entertaining as it was sitting on the bleachers which provided a great view of the runway and the Jumbotron replaying highlights in slow motion, the four of us (Janelle, Aaron, Kyle and I) needed to fill our stomach with food and drinks, so we didn't stick around until the end at 1900.

Instead, we caought "Little Miss Sunshine" at Tinseltown (by means of sneaking through the rear exit doors) and then went to Wild Ginger for Chinese food afterwards. I enjoyed watching "Sunshine" again, and so did everyone else. Aaron, perhaps becoming more aware now that there are gems to be found with independent films, asked why this movie wasn't being screened in more theatres such as the mainstream ones which usually play all of the Hollywood garbage.

Walking around Chinatown, we stumbled upon the Chinatown Night Market by accident. I didn't find anything of interest cruising up and down the strip, but Janelle and Aaron found an awesome Swiss-Army-knife like utilitarian tool with a hammer and scythe symbol representing communism for only a few bucks each! Talking to the vendor selling dozens and dozens of these knives, I found out that these were all confiscated knives from airports. Kyle and I went looking for a cool knife as well, but Janelle and Aaron took the last of the good ones.