air exercise bike
Ask any cyclist who commutes to work and they'll tell you the ride is often the best part of their day. Think about it. A great wakeup in the morning, fresh air, exercise, you can even have a coffee while you ride (the seawall that is). Coming home from work, you get that great buffer that takes you from work mode back to real life. Ah, the sweet life on two wheels. I've been doing it for eight years now and even on those damp morns, everything is still alright a few minutes into the ride.
The Lower Mainland's second annual 
Summer. For girls, that usually means coming out of shaving hibernation, and perhaps paying a visit to the spa for a pedicure. In celebration of some recent summer shoe purchases, I decided to turn to the services of the newly-opened 
The first time I saw something Parkour-related was when I watched Casino Royale and Daniel Craig (James Bond) chased a villain through a construction site, up a frame of a building and across steel girders.
But just what is 
We live in an image obsessed culture. Turn on the TV, open a newspaper, browse the magazine aisle at chapters, or even log on to yahoo and you're bound to be assaulted by the shallowness of contemporary media. Profile comparisons of celebrities pre and post Atkins, diet ads galore, and twig-figure women left, right, and center. An alien visitor could be easily forgiven for assuming our entire system of mass media is devoted to keeping the population up-to-date on a) how our favourite celebrities look and b) how we should.
Hollywood is one of the worst offenders; if we aren't fawning over the waif-like Keira Knightley or Nicole Kidman, we're gabbing with friends about how much we admire 
Here's another battle y'all gotta go to. Dancers must perform a 1-2 minute choreographed routine or freestyle that best suite the music given. All forms of dance are welcome, just as long as you can perform to the music selected by our DJ. But note, it will be HIP HOP songs/beats. So 'Bring It On': bboys/bgirls, krumpers, poppers/lockers, jazz, salsa, tap-dancers and Hip Hop Heads! Lets see who is gonna get 'Served'! Here's a recording of one of the last ones, just for you.
Care to see Lil'C live in Vancouver? What you don't know who he is? Well, first off, he's a choreographer who is, in part, responsible for choreographing a bunch of things for So You Think You Can Dance, where he was introduced as one of the creators of 'krumping'. This has occurred on three occasions: during Season 3, where he choreographed a routine for Sara Von Gillern and Jesús Solorio in thetop 16, as well as for Lauren Gottlieb and Dominic Sandoval in the top8, and in Season 2, where he choreographed a routine for season runnerup Travis Wall and Martha Nichols. Lil' C gets his credit for being acreator of krump from being featured in the film, RIZE.
Gum, bubble wrap, zits, fruit flies. In case you haven't made the connection yet, these are all things that bring sweet satisfaction when you pop them. It may be the last item that threw you off, since popping fruit flies requires the aid of what has become my favourite device in the midst of a fermenting garbage strike: the electric flyswatter (Thanks, China!).
There's nothing quite like executing a smooth, sweeping backhand that culminates in a pop pop pop and a light show in your own kitchen. And not only does it zap fruit flies, but a whole myriad of unwanted guests: mosquitoes, moths, hornets (watch out for noxious smoke!), black flies, and that pothead that's been living on the couch for 3 weeks.