XX Olympic Winter Games
Sorry for the lack of posting, but around 4:45 last Wednesday afternoon, the world apparently blew up, at least as far as work is concerned. I had hoped to blog about the Opening Ceremony and the first weekend of the Olympics, but what are you going to do?
In non-Olympic news, the huge snowstorm that hit the East Coast tangentially hit us. We got a dusting of snow on the ground, which our dog was very confused about. It has just barely gotten out of the 30's both Sunday and today. We had snow showers all day yesterday but nothing stuck. The North Georgia Mountains around Rabun County and Clayton got at least 1" however. No more snow is forecast for now. I'm still waiting though. I'm getting sick of these Winter Weather Advisories that don't pan out to anything.
Opening Ceremonies: Overall, the Ceremonies were very good and very entertaining and very European. They reminded me a lot of the Albertville Opening Ceremonies b/c they were so "futuristic". My biggest pet peeve was the fact that when the torch was lit, the flame in the torch didn't actually touch the flame in the Cauldron. If you look closely, the semi-circle lit the fireworks inside the stadium, but there appeared to be a second ring of fireworks outside the top of the stadium that came together, up the cauldron & lit the cauldron. The cauldron itself doesn't really look like a cauldron so much as an oil rig, but I mean that in the best way. At least it's better than the "McDonald's" Atlanta Cauldron.
I can already tell that Bode Miller will be the big flop of the Games while that Hedrick guy from Texas will be the darling....which is quite alright b/c anyone that can be drunk @ a blackjack table in Vegas & decide to go to the Olympics in a sport in which they've never competed, and then actually GO to the Olympics and WIN gold less than three years later is cool. They call him "The Exception" & "Paris Hilton" (the latter b/c he's ALWAYS out).
It's surprising to me how big Torino is. Apparently it's about the size of Richmond, Birmingham or Louisville, but we've NEVER heard of it. Some people say that Torino is the "Detroit" of Italy b/c it's economically depressed as a result of heavy reliance on a failing auto industry...in their case FIAT.
Tonight is the scandalous pairs competition...I don't get all worked up over figure skating...I much prefer curling, speed skating, skiing, etc. I will watch though, but I don't think they can top the Sale-Pelletier controversy from Salt Lake City.
Also, will news outlets PLEASE stop giving away results without some sort of warning? That's driving me crazy!!!
In non-Olympic news, the huge snowstorm that hit the East Coast tangentially hit us. We got a dusting of snow on the ground, which our dog was very confused about. It has just barely gotten out of the 30's both Sunday and today. We had snow showers all day yesterday but nothing stuck. The North Georgia Mountains around Rabun County and Clayton got at least 1" however. No more snow is forecast for now. I'm still waiting though. I'm getting sick of these Winter Weather Advisories that don't pan out to anything.
Opening Ceremonies: Overall, the Ceremonies were very good and very entertaining and very European. They reminded me a lot of the Albertville Opening Ceremonies b/c they were so "futuristic". My biggest pet peeve was the fact that when the torch was lit, the flame in the torch didn't actually touch the flame in the Cauldron. If you look closely, the semi-circle lit the fireworks inside the stadium, but there appeared to be a second ring of fireworks outside the top of the stadium that came together, up the cauldron & lit the cauldron. The cauldron itself doesn't really look like a cauldron so much as an oil rig, but I mean that in the best way. At least it's better than the "McDonald's" Atlanta Cauldron.
I can already tell that Bode Miller will be the big flop of the Games while that Hedrick guy from Texas will be the darling....which is quite alright b/c anyone that can be drunk @ a blackjack table in Vegas & decide to go to the Olympics in a sport in which they've never competed, and then actually GO to the Olympics and WIN gold less than three years later is cool. They call him "The Exception" & "Paris Hilton" (the latter b/c he's ALWAYS out).
It's surprising to me how big Torino is. Apparently it's about the size of Richmond, Birmingham or Louisville, but we've NEVER heard of it. Some people say that Torino is the "Detroit" of Italy b/c it's economically depressed as a result of heavy reliance on a failing auto industry...in their case FIAT.
Tonight is the scandalous pairs competition...I don't get all worked up over figure skating...I much prefer curling, speed skating, skiing, etc. I will watch though, but I don't think they can top the Sale-Pelletier controversy from Salt Lake City.
Also, will news outlets PLEASE stop giving away results without some sort of warning? That's driving me crazy!!!
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