A Weekend With Taylor Mali

And what a weekend it was.

This past Friday afternoon, I left WPI a little early (missing a Physics class) to be in Portland in time for Taylor Mali’s arrival in Maine.

For those of you who don’t know who Taylor Mali is, I suggest that you look up a few of his videos to see how amazing his slam poetry is.

That night, we had dinner at the Local 188, along with Ed, her mom, the MFA President, and his wife. Perhaps the highlight of the night was when I found out that Taylor is as much of a Mac guy as I am; we spent some time sharing iPhone apps and anticipating upcoming MacBook Pros.

The next day was a long one, with a cold, two-and-a-half-hour bus ride to and from the University of Maine at Orono, for the Maine Speech & Debate State Championships. Edward Little did very well, with a couple state champions and 3rd place speech sweepstakes. But before awards were given out, the audience was treated to a special performance by Taylor Mali.