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For the flist that is unaware, I live in Vancouver. We have a little sporting event happening here. IT IS AWESOME.
It's been a crazy few days. This is the first night since Thursday I've been home and not down town taking in the festivities. Vancouver is alive like I've never experienced it.
I was one of the fools running after Wayne Gretzky in his truck with the Olympic flame. Who knew the games could inspire me to such heights of athleticism?
The Olympics always make me cry, but never so much as I have the past few days. From the beat poet at the opening ceremonies to cheering Slovakia after their 18-0 defeat at women's hockey to the Canadian team, to Alex Bilodeau standing on the podium as O Canada played while the crowd went crazy, I've just been one big sobbing, goosebumped emotional mess. I've got red and white lights on my balcony and all I want to do is stay home and watch the coverage.
I've been to three events - pairs figure skating practice where the women are even tinier than they appear on tv. The guys were lifting them like they weighed nothing. I've also caught two womens hockey games - Sweden vs Switzerland, or Ikea vs Chocolate (Sweden won 3-0) and Canada vs Slovakia (which ended up 18-0, but Slovakia beat Bulgaria 84-0 in qualifying, which made me feel less bad for them. Also, the crowd gave them a bigger cheer than Canada, so I hope that cusioned the blow). My other set of tickets is for the men's bronze medal curling match. Yay!
Things you should maybe know:
1. Of course there is no snow. It's February in Vancouver. The crocuses have been up for weeks. There is a reason we live here. (It's the early spring, FYI.)
2. If Canada doesn't win gold in men's hockey, I believe they (we?) will burn the city down.
3. The montage they play in the venues before each event will make you cry. I wish I could find it on YouTube because it is everything brilliant about sport.
4. The city really looks beautiful. Everything is clean and sparkly and the wrap on the fences you're seeing on tv really is awesome.
5. I don't mean to be flippant, but the Olympic cauldron sort of looks like it is in a concentration camp. It's surrounded by concrete barriers and chain link fence. It's not a good look.
6. I don't understand how I am expected to go to work and concentrate for the next two weeks.
God, I love the olympics, in my city or not.
It's been a crazy few days. This is the first night since Thursday I've been home and not down town taking in the festivities. Vancouver is alive like I've never experienced it.
I was one of the fools running after Wayne Gretzky in his truck with the Olympic flame. Who knew the games could inspire me to such heights of athleticism?
The Olympics always make me cry, but never so much as I have the past few days. From the beat poet at the opening ceremonies to cheering Slovakia after their 18-0 defeat at women's hockey to the Canadian team, to Alex Bilodeau standing on the podium as O Canada played while the crowd went crazy, I've just been one big sobbing, goosebumped emotional mess. I've got red and white lights on my balcony and all I want to do is stay home and watch the coverage.
I've been to three events - pairs figure skating practice where the women are even tinier than they appear on tv. The guys were lifting them like they weighed nothing. I've also caught two womens hockey games - Sweden vs Switzerland, or Ikea vs Chocolate (Sweden won 3-0) and Canada vs Slovakia (which ended up 18-0, but Slovakia beat Bulgaria 84-0 in qualifying, which made me feel less bad for them. Also, the crowd gave them a bigger cheer than Canada, so I hope that cusioned the blow). My other set of tickets is for the men's bronze medal curling match. Yay!
Things you should maybe know:
1. Of course there is no snow. It's February in Vancouver. The crocuses have been up for weeks. There is a reason we live here. (It's the early spring, FYI.)
2. If Canada doesn't win gold in men's hockey, I believe they (we?) will burn the city down.
3. The montage they play in the venues before each event will make you cry. I wish I could find it on YouTube because it is everything brilliant about sport.
4. The city really looks beautiful. Everything is clean and sparkly and the wrap on the fences you're seeing on tv really is awesome.
5. I don't mean to be flippant, but the Olympic cauldron sort of looks like it is in a concentration camp. It's surrounded by concrete barriers and chain link fence. It's not a good look.
6. I don't understand how I am expected to go to work and concentrate for the next two weeks.
God, I love the olympics, in my city or not.
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