It's an Open and Closed Case

To all those who witnessed the olympic opening ceremonies you were probably privy to most of the action that took place. You probably already know about the Georgian Luger that died in a training accident. You probably also know about the Torch Glitch. You probably ALSO already know that Gretski was the one to take the torch to the outside torch...and you probably already know that it is currently raining in ALL three of the olympic venues (Wistler, Cypress, AND Vancouver), and that more then one event is one tentative standby...OH JOY!

Canada's 3rd Olympics, and NOTHING seems to want to go our way. First off, the weather seems to be having a last laugh. Last year at this time, Vancouver had more snow then it knew what to do with. There were power outages, trees the collapsed, and rooves that caved in under the weight. Vancouver's 5 snow plows were working OVER TIME to combat the weather. But this year, we had NO SNOW, even more then that we have rain and warm temperatures with cherry blossoms AND tulips blooming. YUP, this is DEFINATELY the winter olympics.

As for the Torch Glitch. It was impressive, and there was certainly potential for it to be pretty amazing. However, when one of the legs of the torch won't arrive...at all...then your potential kinda goes out the window. Not that anyone really knew, only those watching it with the commentary, which MAY have been a large quantity of people. And Greski's 10 minutes truck ride to the outside torch? That was...impressive once he got there. Too bad it took him so long.

Day one? Well it wasn't bad. A lot of things just aren't agreeing with the olympics right now. With all this going against it, do we really need PROTESTERS trying to add to the problem? Re-routing torch relay routes JUST to prove...that the olympics shouldn't be here? -.- REALLY? CAN'T WE DO BETTER THEN THAT????

Ah well, perhaps the clouds of today will clear, and everything will get a little better...maybe :D

Signing Off,
DG