I'm still here, but I've had Friday off work, and have today and tomorrow off too.
I'll get to experience the 'joy' of traveling downtown and being right in the midst of things Wednesday.
Also, planning on getting a few photos of the Olympic Cauldron down at Jack Poole Square (to the west of the new Convention Center). But, VANOC has to work on making it look less 'militarized' first.
Hello! Vancouver isn't that big of a city, so I thought you'd be all over posting about the Olympics! You haven't really even mentioned it in the days leading up to the opening.
And yes, I -have- been wondering why -all- of the footage (non-NBC), both news and amateur, has been from about a mile away behind a chain link fence!
The reason I haven't mentioned it is because I really don't know how I feel about it.
I really don't want to cheer for the UK - I've never felt patriotic towards there at all.
I almost feel that I should be cheering for Canada, and I guess that I am. But because I'm not actually Canadian yet, I can't really take pride in Canada's achievements at the games - in terms of both medal count and because this is "Canada's Games".
It just doesn't feel right for me as a non-Canadian to wear the patriotic symbols yet. :(
So, I feel somewhat caught in the middle of things here - which makes me feel awkward about these games.
I guess you really are a man without a country! I'm not that all-about-the-US either: I am more interested in the spectacle of the show and how all the tourists affect the locale. Also, how Vancouver has been changed by having the Olympics there: more security? More shiney/spiffy? New attractions?
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Date: 2010-02-15 07:06 pm (UTC)I'm still here, but I've had Friday off work, and have today and tomorrow off too.
I'll get to experience the 'joy' of traveling downtown and being right in the midst of things Wednesday.
Also, planning on getting a few photos of the Olympic Cauldron down at Jack Poole Square (to the west of the new Convention Center). But, VANOC has to work on making it look less 'militarized' first.
See this story for what I mean there...
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Date: 2010-02-16 12:41 am (UTC)And yes, I -have- been wondering why -all- of the footage (non-NBC), both news and amateur, has been from about a mile away behind a chain link fence!
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Date: 2010-02-16 12:56 am (UTC)I really don't want to cheer for the UK - I've never felt patriotic towards there at all.
I almost feel that I should be cheering for Canada, and I guess that I am. But because I'm not actually Canadian yet, I can't really take pride in Canada's achievements at the games - in terms of both medal count and because this is "Canada's Games".
It just doesn't feel right for me as a non-Canadian to wear the patriotic symbols yet. :(
So, I feel somewhat caught in the middle of things here - which makes me feel awkward about these games.
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Date: 2010-02-16 03:53 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-02-15 07:22 pm (UTC)