Let's Get the Weekend Started!

[rusty_armour]

Well, it seemed to take, like, a whole week, but Friday is finally here. As Monday is a holiday, I got out of work at 12:30, so my weekend started even earlier. :-) Not only that but my weekend includes lots and lots of CHOCOLATE! My family gave me a whole bagful last weekend for Valentine's Day and then I received this lovely little package of nine Lindt chocolates from Redcliff (the company that owns the building I work in) this morning. I'll probably eat the Redcliff chocolates tonight as my mom left three notes on the family Valentine's Day supply telling me to keep out until the 14th. Well, actually, the first note said the 14th. Then she wrote a second note saying the 13th would be okay. Her third note informed me that I could open the bag on the 12th if I got desperate. With my Redcliff chocolates, I think I can hold out until tomorrow. I would totally wait until Valentine's Day, but I'll be over at jackycomelately's place and far away from my chocolates.

It will be nice to watch the Opening Ceremonies tonight. I boycotted the last Olympics, so I don't think I've seen one in about four years. A part of me thinks it's great that the Olympics are being held in Vancouver and a part of me is nervous. There's been so much build up and propaganda with commercials about how Canada is going to show the world how good it is, etc. In my opinion, Canada + hubris = massive failure. Canadians aren't supposed to brag. It's unnatural. I just have this horrible feeling that we're going to fall flat on our faces. Of course, I'm a pessimist and I worry about everything. If I fear the worst then there's a good chance it won't happen. It's a kind of insurance plan I've invested in my entire life and it works. *g*

Is it too early to start digging into my chocolate yet...?

Comments

[bakerybard.livejournal.com]

Prior to the games, the Canadians got a lot more time on the course than anybody else did (this is normal; the home nation always gets the home field advantage). People are pointing out that the Canadians have logged hundreds of training runs down the course, while sliders from other nations have had something like 30 or 40. I feel the need to point out, though, that this tragedy happened on Kumaritashvili's 27th run. Everybody who got more runs also had early runs and survived them, so I'm not sure of the validity of the argument. I thought the lowering of the Canadian and Olympic flags to half-mast at the Opening Ceremonies was a lovely gesture.

[rusty-armour.livejournal.com]

Oh, I see. This could be what boobamiaow's brother was referring to. However, as you've pointed out, the home nation would naturally have the home field advantage. This is nothing new. And if other nations have had 30 or 40 training runs, it doesn't sound as if the Canadians are keeping them off the track. I hadn't realized that Kumaritashvili's accident happened on his 27th run -- not that this minimizes the tragedy. I have to admit that I got kind of pissed off when I read that human error was being blamed for the accident and that a more experienced luger wouldn't have been killed. Maybe I'm completely insane, but shouldn't the track be safe enough for any experienced luger to use, not just the super human and super efficient variety? Even the best athletes in the world make mistakes, especially if they think they're flying down a death trap!

I'd forgotten that the Canadian and Olympic flags were lowered to half-mast during the opening ceremony. That was a lovely gesture. :-)

[boobamiaow.livejournal.com]

Yep-that's what my bro meant-in the months/weeks prior the the games,apparantly.

Yep I was pissed off when I read they were blaming it on human error-as if they're saying 'oh he f****d it up, not our fault he got killed'

I watched some of the luging at 2am this morn and instead of enjoying it, I was tense the whole way through. 2 of the lugers went so high on the last bend they bumped into the wood (this is where the luger died) and the commentators were saying 'another one safely down.' I know they have to make it challenging/exciting-but I didn't enjoy it at all.