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cody fennell

Welcome to the grand opening of codyfennell.com!!!
I tell ya, this website has been a long time coming and I'm excited to invite you in to check out the place.. Originally I figured launching this site would be pretty low key but as the launch date approached, that wasn't the case. The city of Vancouver caught wind of what was going down and they decided to embrace the situation and make it official. Public workers, local citizens and City officials all came out for the joy-ace occasion.
There was balloons, a velvet ribbon, giant scissors, a sweet stone pillar, photographers and a ton of cheering.. It was nuts man.. nuts! But the craziest thing of all was the Mayor himself left his office downtown to do the ribbon cutting.. I have been a huge supporter of the Mayor ever since he cleaned up the streets of all that crime so I felt in good company.. Anyways, this whole thing was was shaping up to be a huge event.. There was even talk of snipers. serious! Some of you may of seen this on the news, but for those who missed it, heres what went down...
So the Mayor shows up a little late but he was a sweet dude right off the bat. Joking around , Having a gas, just being cool.. I got to talk to him for a couple minutes but soon enough we had to get down to business and he was no slouch.. There was people telling us what to do, where to stand, The mayor seemed used to this kind of treatment. I didn't know what was going on.. The next thing you know the giant scissors are out, I hadn't even seen scissors that big before, then photographers are tellin' me to smile. I was actin quick, thinkin' fast, then it happened.

HE CUT THE RIBBON!!! The crowd was hyped, There was a strobe of photos being snapped off and Just like that, the website was up and runnin', a spot for online viewing 24/7. I was all like "yesss!" and the mayor was pumped too. Still The formalities were yet but over.

We still had to take care of the mandatory handshake photo but the Mayor assured me the real fun would soon begin. You know, I may frame this photo, Its not often you get to shake hands with the mayor.

Next thing you know, the mayor jumps like 4 feet in the air. Which I though was pretty impressive for a old dude. It was out of nowhere. "WHOO-HA!!! Lets turns this function in to a party ." he yells, then all the sudden that "Master P" song "Bout Bout It" started playing over the PA... I was starting to feel a sneaky suspicion the city holds these grand openings just to get out of the office.

So then the Mayor grabs one of the balloons, sucks all the helium out, and does the most kickass impersonation of a mickey mouse getting kicked in the nuts. It was actually pretty hilarious.. You know with the high voice and all?

and just like that, the party was on. Music was bangin, peeps were dancing, more inhaling of helium, everybody doin impressions, saw a pretty good Mike Tyson. Things were getting a little out of hand.

The next thing you know, the Mayor took off with all the chicks for like 20 minutes.. Just disappeared around the corner... Kinda killed the party for the rest of us, But hey! When you're the mayor, you're the mayor.

But after all that, things settled down a whole bunch, me and the Mayor finally had a chance to get talking. I gave him a guided tour of the site, told him about some future endeavors I wanted to work on, hopefully picking up some new clients and venturing into some new areas... Then he said "listen, your gonna have to hustle, you may have to bleed for it. But as long and you never backdown to the man and you stick to your guns, you will stay on the right track. There's only one person who's gonna make it happen.. And thats you Cody"

I'll never forget those words, The mayor is a smart, smart man... And after everything was said and done, I felt pretty good about getting back to work and starting some new projects to keep the site ever evolving. The internet is a big place and I'll be doin' my best to keep this place a good place to be.. place, place place.... Big shout outs go out to the Mayor and everyone else who came down, Ryan Walter Wagner for coming down and taking the photos,, and my family, friends, bands and employers that have been down since day one. See you all in the future.

cody