I got paid to play footbag!
I got an e-mail about two weeks ago from one of Adam Greenwood's friends, he runs this charity hiphop group thing where they promote non-violence and positivity. I can dig it.
Anyways, they do this show where they play a little video about violence and crap and then they breakdance.. and that's about it. So he asked me to be the fifth element of hiphop: footbag!
I did my part and we all threw down. It was even filmed so like, maybe you'll get to see it soon? I will keep searching youtube, it sounded like it would turn up there.
The place we performed was so nuts, it was at a highschool and we were just one of the many many acts of the evening. I think it was called Shock Value or something.. anyways, there were so many highschool girls trotting around in various absurd getups. There's something so unsexy about the way highschool girls carry themselves. It's sucha tease because they are so almost attractive and they they say something or move and then you just want to tell them to shut up.
Anyways, I already have a toit little girl that looks like she's 12 and mine isn't stupid and naive. I'm totally not a pedophile.
The stage had a big catwalk extension added on for the night, it went out about 20 feet and then split into a T for the models to um.. pose on.
We took advantage of this stage add-on during our show. The cool asian guy breakdancer, who's name I forgot but who I had a really long and great talk about our respective cultures tonight, did some sweet explosive stuff out on the extension. Eventually I got inspired to use it too and I CHARGED out down the runway ROARING at the crowd as I ran to the top of the T. I threw down some tricks (for the record I think I dropped 2 times at the T top) and pumped out some good strings and then ran back to the stage.
The group was actually really cool and eclectic. There was the guy I mentioned, and the guy Mike that contacted me for all this, this tiny guy with a hair-lip and this b-girl. I forgot all their names I guess.
It was a fun night and totally worth my trip. Oh yeah, I guess I didn't mention but I had to take the GO train to Union (downtown Toronto) and then the subway out to the end of the line to Finch where I managed to find Mike. We arranged to meet really sketchily, it was via e-mail and we didn't really have a place to meet planned. Just Finch at 5 PM, haha.
Mike is an incredible person. He is juggling school, his job working for Rogers demonstrating video phones, running two volunteer based charity's and b-boying on the side. All the while being a nice guy and helping alot of people out.
So yeah, I got paid 80 dollars to do a little footbag on stage. It wasn't even scary because I couldn't even see the crowd. The lights were way too bright for me to picture them all in their underwear.
One more thing, I got a PM from NuR, I have a place to stay in Munich for a night when I arrive in Germany! Sweeeet! I propose a session! hehe
(Marco, that means that you should be in Munich June 18th or 19th!!)
Goodnight modified!
The green-eyed monster overtakes me often. Tom never has to play alone.
