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The Weekly(ish) Weekend Wrap-Up

Hey…who made this big mess? What? We did? Guess it’s time for the 10 second tidy! And by 10 seconds we mean a few minutes. And by tidy we mean wrap-up. So really we lied to you and this entire introduction is completely unnecessary. But those of you who are reading this obviously want as much as we’ll give you, so really we don’t feel that bad. We plan on dragging this blog on for as long as we can. It’s one of our strengths. Remember that.

Speaking of things we do really well, in addition to planning next year’s entire G8 Summit up in Deerhurst, Alyssa also got a lovely tan. She also maintained her peak physical condition through extensive canoe trips and adventures to the buffet line. Kat manned the fort back at home, but in no way slacked off. There were biting flies to be killed at Disco Land (with the help of our muscular macho maintenance members), Top Secret Taste of Burlington survey information to be entered and perhaps most epic of all, the RETURN OF THE STARSHIP ENTERPRISE!!!!!

That’s right folks. Monday August 3rd was more than just some run-of-the-mill not quite a statutory holiday but somewhat close to it day. It was Joseph Brant Day. For those of you unaware of this legendary man, he not only was a Mohawk leader and British military officer during the American Revolution who received copious amounts of land in Burlington, but also the original founder of the Task Force. And yes, that statement is historically accurate. We checked Wikipedia.

Ah Joseph Brant Day. The reptile shows, the free boat rides, the music. Kat would also like to take this opportunity to apologize for telling people that there would be balloon rides. There were no balloon rides. Although I’m sure you could have brought your own balloons and done it “Up” in style. But back to the day itself… a festival so remarkable it clearly requires a powerful means of transportation. We pulled it out of the deep abyss that is the parking garage across the street from TF Headquarters and loaded it with our technologically advanced tools/ gear/ fanny packs. Once again, it chilled in Kat’s driveway for two evenings. The neighbours were jealous.

Speaking of things that people were jealous of, clowns were in our office this morning. Very few people that work in an office can say that clowns have graced them with their presence to break up the monotony of the day. Not that our days are monotonous, just that when you look this good and everything comes so naturally to you, you need a bit of a change…but back to the clowns. They were here for a photo-op with the Burlington Post for the Busker Programme that was launched last week. Put on by Performing Arts Burlington, the Busker Programme will see various musicians, clowns and other street performers put on entertaining shows throughout the downtown…and being as useful as we are, here’s a map as to where:

Speaking of entertaining things, we would also like to inform the kindhearted citizens of Burlington and the inquisitive tourists that we have painted busker stencils at each location on the downtown sidewalks of Burlington, but seeing as this weather has not been what one would call “optimal”, the torrential rain has washed them away. Under the supervision of Busk That (aka Andrea- who is very excited about her potential appearance in the Burlington Post this week, which may feature an action shot of her painting a busker stencil) we gave it our all- as photo-documented by Young Will (hence Young Will's #1 favourite saying. Please refer to "Status: Task Force Profiles"). We have also dubbed each of them with a name pertaining to their location. Dwight, the painted busker stencil in front of The Office, succumbed to the rain and its powers a few too many times. He was given new life, but has once again fallen. Dwight is gone. He's gone! We miss him so much! Ooooh we cry ourselves to sleep, Dwight!
True. We do miss him.

Until next time, stay classy Burlington.

-K&A