YAY! Just as the title of this post indicates, the infamous MINI United recap video is now complete for the 2009 event!

I found it on the MINI United blog, and was really excited to watch it and start counting how many times I, and hopefully Adam too, make an appearance!



Welllllll...

I'm at 0:45, waving, as we drove into MINI United in Sam's MINI:

Then again @ 1:56-1:57, when I was dancing with Florian to the sounds of the awesome MINI United DJ (Check out a video of this dancing - complete with PLENTY OF BOOTY SHAKING LOL - right here on Youtube!! You can also see Adam in the background filming.... so we do have more than one angle of this :P):

Then BOTH Adam and I make another MINI United video recap appearance at 2:53-2:55 during the "How Many People Can Be Stuffed In a Clubman?" world record attempt:

Yet another appearance in the recap video at 2:59-3:01ish while we are watching the dancing. This actually occurred chronologically before the second appearance of me dancing. This is the dialogue that occurred at this time:
Lilcoopr: "I wanna go dance."
Adam: "Then go dance."
Lilcoopr: "But I dunno...."
Adam: "Well don't then."
Lilcoopr: "Ok, I'm gonna go dance!"
Haha! And this is what it looked like:

That seems to be all, however, if you spot myself (or Adam) in the video, I will give you a prize of something really really cool and highly coveted if you let me know :P I'm not sure what it is yet, but I'm sure it will be great!

Anyways, so it's always great to be featured in the video and in the official pictures. It gives some extra proof of "Ya, I was there having a bunch of fun with all those MINIacs!" But seriously... the video just makes me all excited again and I stilllllllll can't wait til the next one! Ah!!

Still working through those pictures! Damn Flickr uploader is being fussy and despite numerous uninstall/reinstall situations, the problems are still there. I've sent messages to the Flickr support team and they suggested using the basic uploader for the time being, which is NOT an option when you have gigs and gigs of pictures to upload! *sigh* It's 1:11 (AM!!!!) so I will make a wish that it will work so you'll have something else to look at tomorrow morning!

Happy Motoring, lovelies! Hopefully it's not raining where you are (as we're expecting a few days of rain, including during MINI Meet North this weekend!)

xxxxxxx LILCOOPR!

Labels: lilcoopr.com, me, mini, MINI United 2009, pictures, summer, travel, youtube

It's official!! Summer is here! Although the calendar may say it's still a few more days until the "official" start, the celebrations of the new motoring season are already here! Now don't get me wrong, Stella and I have been doing plenty of motoring between the end of last summer and now... she just loves the winter... but now there are events nearly EVERY weekend! I can't wait!

Here's a brief and always updating list of events to look forward to

- MINI Meet North June 19-21 at Mosport with celebrations at the dealership on Saturday, June 20, from 2-5pm (BBQ and a special guest appearance by the new MINI Challenge Targa Newfoundland car!!)

- Transformers 2 SOMC Movie meet - Friday, June 26

- SOMC Monthly meet and cruise night (likely to get some ice cream!) - Saturday, June 27

- SOMC's Blue to the Beach hosted by Captain Clubman of SOMC: Collingwood and Blue Mountains cruise to Wasaga Beach - Sunday, June 28

- MINIs on the Island (still in its planning stages) - Sunday, July 5

- Honda Toronto Indy - weekend of July 10-12

- SOMC BBQ in Niagara-on-the-Lake/Niagara Falls area - Sunday, July 12

- July East Enders MINI Motoring Club meet - July 16

- Brits in the Park - Sunday, July 19

- SOMC Drive-In Movie meet - Saturday July 25

- Sandbanks Beach Day - Sunday, August 2

- Brits on the Lake - Sunday, August 9

- B.C. trip for Adam's best friend's wedding - Sunday, August 15

- Roxy's (Adam's MINI) Anniversary - Sunday, August 16

- Annual Pooley Party at Jack and Laurie's just across the border in New York State - Saturday, August 22

- Autofest Oshawa - weekend of August 28-30

- MINI's 50th BIRTHDAY - Saturday, August 29 (also my Mum's birthday!)

- August SOMC monthly meet and cruise night - Saturday, August 29

- Targa Newfoundland MINIfest - September 12 - 19

- Bronte British Car Day (where Stella will win first place again! :P) - Sunday, September 20

- September SOMC monthly meet and cruise night - Saturday, September 26AND the list is still being updated. I think I have even forgetten a few things already!

So there will be lots of pictures and videos taken of the above events! And I can't wait to motor on with everyone and enjoy the summer sun!

MINI United update: I'm still working through those pictures and videos. The Flickr uploader has been giving me trouble, by uploading doubles or uploading only half of the "batch". *sigh*. Also, the video was shot in HD 1080P with GPS tagging and the whole nine-yards. I thought that sounded like a great idea at the time, but it just means converting each file to another format before it can be chopped up and edited! It's coming though, don't worry!

Alright, off to do some more motoring! Despite all the activities planned, I do hope to post more often, so keep checking back and maybe I'll even do a video blog once a week-ish? Sound off to that idea in the comments below!

Happy motoring, xx lilcoopr!

Labels: East Enders MINI Motoring Club, flickr, lilcoopr.com, mini, mini durham, MINI United 2009, pictures, roadtrips, somc, stella, summer, travel

Yep, you read correctly! The interview of Adam and I from our first day at MINI United by the crew at White Roof Radio is now up!!

Check it out here: http://www.motoringfile.com/2009/06/03/mini-united-2009-the-people/

It is a combination of all the interviews he did with owners from across the pond, so skip through to 9 min, 40 seconds if you'd like to hear the start of the interview with myself and then Adam!

We were also featured multiple times in the photo set that's up on that page!! I have now posted it at the top of this blog entry, so see if you can find me (3x) and Adam (2x)!! (Hint... look for the pink boxes ;) !!)

VERY EXCITING!!

ALSO very exciting news... I am almost done my paper on Monetary Policy in Latin American Developing Countries following the Latin American Debt Crisis... then in less than 12 hours I have a calculus exam.... THEN I AM DONE TIL SEPTEMBER!!!!!!!!!!!!! You know what this means? More time for me to sort through the MINI United goodies ;)

Oh PS: I got 3 A's this term! Including.... one in Statistics! Now that is a job well-done :)

Happy Motoring, check out the interview, and come back early next week for more of MY MINI United stuff!! xxxxx lilcoopr!

Labels: MINI United 2009, MotoringFile, school, summer, WhiteRoofRadio

Hey Everyone!

Just wanted to say a quick hello! Adam and I made it back home safe and sound! Hard to believe that a week ago we were enjoying all this fun with MINIacs at MINI United and now it's back to reality.

The very harsh reality of a student actually! I have 3 final exams this week and 2 final assignments to finish. Once those are done, I will go through the thousands of pictures we took and post them up on Flickr as well as edit the huuuuge video! There's a lot to look forward to and a sneak peak that was uploaded to Flickr while at MINI United, so hang tight!

I'm done with school on June 5 and then the madness of summer and motoring season truly begins! I will take some time out of the motoring fun to take a break and edit that video! So check back in about a week and I'll have some more pictures for you!

Happy Motoring and it was fantastic to meet everyone!! I have tons more Facebook friends and memories to last a lifetime with them all! Can't wait to see everyone again in at least 2 years at the next MINI United, if not sooner :")

Happy Motoring, lots of love from LILCOOPR xx

Labels: MINI United 2009

Sorry for the fuzziness!! The webcams on the HP laptops at the MINI United Internet Cafe were a little poor quality :P

Labels: england, flickr, i love my mini because, lilcoopr.com, london, me, mini, mini swag, mini united, MINI United 2009, shoutouts, travel

Hey MINIacs!

I am currently in the MINI United Internet Cafe...! Calvin Harris is playing "The Girls", the music is pumping and the MINI owners are swarming about!

Today was Day 1... Adam and I met up with all my old friends from last time (2 years ago now!), checked out the club tents, participated in MINI Driver Training level 2, and a whole lot more. I have tons of pictures and also some pretty sweet HD video to show you! ALSOOOOO... We've been interviewed by White Roof Radio, so I'm excited to hear that pod cast :)

We spent the day in London on Wednesday and traveled to MINI Park Lane after meeting up with Chris, our MINI Durham dealer principal, for lunch.

Thursday was the "MINI Addicts" tour at Plant Oxford.

We are looking forward to another jam-packed two days of MINI Excitement! On Sunday, MINI USA has invited us to a lunch with Mike Cooper followed by a ride in a MINI for the SILVERSTONE TRACK!!!!! I am SO looking forward to this!

Our hired VW Polo has been transformed into a counterfeit MINI for the event. We have magnetic bonnet stripes courtesy of Amy McCleary from SOMC and a host of MINI stickers including the official MINI United 2009 banner and "My Other Car Is A MINI". Oh! How could I forget to mention that my MotoringFile Grille Badge of a Canadian Rondel is on the boot lid of the Polo... to represent when our Canadian Flag car flags aren't on of course!

Alright, I wanna go have some more fun! Bye for now... motor on in your MINIs for me, please! I miss my Stella baby!

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Happy Motoring love lilcoopr.

Labels: england, friends, lilcoopr.com, london, me, mini, mini united, MINI United 2009, pictures, shoutouts, somc, stella, travel

Alright so the flight is officially booked!! We are leaving in less than 2 weeks and staying in the UK for only a week, but it'll be the best week EVER since it will be jam-packed with MINI fun such as the tour at Plant Oxford annnnnd MINI United!!

So let the countdown begin!!

16 days according to the MINI United site: http://www.miniunited.com/web/guest/miniunited2009

Woooooohooooooo

PS just hope that my back heals in time so I can party with my fellow MINIacs and so the flight is a little less unbearable!!

Labels: england, mini united, summer, travel

Go to:http://www.phase1basketball.com/polls?page=1

Scroll down to "Who Should Be Miss Basketball Ontario?"

Vote for the second girl: "Kendra Seto"

She is the daughter of a really great MINI customer of the dealership and her name was accidentally left off the website for the past month. While the other girls were racking up the votes, no one could vote for her til LAST NIGHT!!!So please help out, it would be really appreciated!

THANKS!!!

PS, it's one vote per IP address aka computer!

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