I woke up at 7 am today (OMG) to preview the making of some Rose Parade floats w/ my dad, who was on assignment for it anyways (he's a cameraman for this television station in Taiwan). He needed some help w/ interviewing the people working there, so I talked to some strangers as well. Fun!
^lots of scaffoldings and ladders
^the Mad Hatter! Decapitated!
We went to this warehouse for the floats in Irwindale, and there was a crowd of volunteers & tourists. Most of the volunteers were high-schoolers working for community service hours, and most of the tourists were seniors from all over the U.S. While interviewing some tourists, it seemed that they were pretty fascinated with the whole parade gig, compared my view of taking the parade for granted.
^Lots and lots of roses. Yum.
^Rose Queen's Float (unfinished)
One of the highlights of 2009's parade is skateboarding bulldogs. On Natural Balance's (pet fud co.) float, there will be a mini race track in which two bulldogs, Tyson and Tillman, will skate along. It's pretty awesome.
^You can see the racetrack and the blurry dog (the trainer is the woman in blue)
^Ktla (Chnl 5) was there too
The dogs like to skateboard. A lot.
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1 comment:
gasp! 7am!
and stop trying to use html on blogger. lol.
it can't take it!
what if a dog ate a skateboard?
I forgot where i was going with that one.
oh, and im tired. why do i pull so many all nighters in a row?
3 so far, and counting!
i feel like shit.
anyways, i wanna see the rose parade behind the scenes! and set the floats on fire! then the fire would be floating! but maybe that's not how it works.
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