I watched only snatches of the opening ceremony. I was working. What I saw left a less-than-favorable impression. Apparently, the 900 million dollar security budget doesn't account for hapless drunks stumbling out of bars on Granville street to find The Great One clutching some jury-rigged roll bar on the back of a pickup while holding a large incendiary device (aka Olympic torch) whose resemblance to a giant blunt is bettered only by the 4 massive doobies surrounding the Olympic flame. Guess they weren't kidding about the "Green" Olympics.
But, the games have begun! Whistler is thumping. The village plazas are crammed, it's impossible to find a seat in a bar during any event in which Canada has a remote chance of victory, and by all reports the luge track was a massive party this evening. Throngs of crazed tourists crowd in behind the tv cameras in the hope of getting their face, however fleetingly, in front of the nation.
As for me, I went skiing in 10 inches of fresh snow today on deserted slopes. Presidents day weekend what?
But, the games have begun! Whistler is thumping. The village plazas are crammed, it's impossible to find a seat in a bar during any event in which Canada has a remote chance of victory, and by all reports the luge track was a massive party this evening. Throngs of crazed tourists crowd in behind the tv cameras in the hope of getting their face, however fleetingly, in front of the nation.
As for me, I went skiing in 10 inches of fresh snow today on deserted slopes. Presidents day weekend what?
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