Photoblogging: KW Octoberfest 2011 Parade

KW Octoberfest 2011 Parade, a set on Flickr.

Four years ago m’love and I were fast asleep in our new to us apartment on the main street of the city on Thanksgiving morning. We’ve loved this place since we moved in and this was our first Thanksgiving in a place where we didnt have to share a bathroom with uni students or put on clothes to walk to the kitchen. We were, and remain, in total love with Sparta.

Until 9ish that morning when we were yanked violently awake by the sound of the loudest bagpipes this side of Glasgow. ‘WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS FRESH HELL?’ we screamed as we ran around in our not quite all the way awake state.

Welcome to Octoberfest when you live downtown.

We were so irate at being cheated out of a few more hours sleep that we began the most offensive, off color commentary of a parade EVER. If you squished George Carlin, Lenny Bruce and Glenn Beck together you might get somewhere in the ballpark of the rage fueled obscenity we hurled at these parade marchers.

Comedy = Tragedy + Time

Not that this was a tragedy, but it was annoying. But over the years its morphed from a dreaded lack of sleep to a highly anticipated Spartan event.

Except this morning m’love needed to sleep in. So I closed all the windows, turned on the fans to drown out the polka for him  and ventured out on to the roof to experience the parade myself.

My Fave Shot of the Day: CARTWHEELS!

My Fave WTF? of the Day

This thing looks like the love child of C3PO and The Thing . Apparently its meant to be this:

All I can say is.. creepy Canada.. really freakin creepy

Happy Thanksgiving!