This just in:
a recent perusal of the imagineNATIVE film + media arts festival website revealed that members of NAICA’s delegated press will miss the screening of the Gwendolyn Cates documentary, Water Flowing Together, about New York City Ballet principle dancer, Jock Soto (a Puerto Rican Nav). The film will screen at 7pm on October 18th, EST. It will most likely prove to be the most compellingfilm for NAICA editor, Maria Colon who, like Jock Soto, is of mixed-Boricua heritage.

Upon receiving the news she exclaimed, “Que horror! No puedo soportarlo! No puedo creerlo! No puedo pensar en mas palabras idioticas para decir sobre esta tragedia! Pero yo soy boricua y esta significa el hecho que conduzco bien rapido. En este caso hay la chance que llegaramos antes que sale la pelicula. pue’ vamo’ a ver”

So, the gauntlet is thrown!

The delegates, which include New York residents Maria Colon (me), Torry Mendoza, Sonny Grant, and special guest, Renee Gick flying in from Dallas Texas. Can they make it to Toronto from New York City before 7pm? Will the road north be congested with slow ass drivers? Will the roads be crawling with state troopers out to make a fast buck? Will the chain smokers who make up 2/3rds of the delegates need copious smoke breaks (because Zipcar doesn’t allow for smoking inside their cars hint hint)? Will they even manage to get in the car and on the road by 8am?

Only time, and absence of drinking the night before, will tell…….stay tuned.

I think we should leave at 6 am – plenty of time for smoke breaks then.

are we driving through niagara falls????

I’m placing a bet that we aren’t going to make it across the border. I’m betting heavily that Sonny and I are going to have a lot of trouble with the RCMPs at the border.

Any takers???