Posts tagged ‘Olympics’

me w olympic light

January 15th, 2009

the 08 olympics, i’ve just run in with the with olympic torch (gripped in my right hand) and as you can see from my pit stains, i brought it all the way from greece. steph got us tickets to see the jamaicans absolutely dominate track and field. it was awesome.

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mo’blog jan 1

January 1st, 2009
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2008 in china was all about the olympics (as was 07, 06, and maybe all the way back to 2000 when the bid was launched). to my surprise the world didn’t end after august 08. probably some of the government types were hoping it would end too because they (the people not the government officials) have a serious debt to pay off. the nest, cube, new subway lines, and flowers on every median on every inch of the giant ring roads don’t come cheap. except for the labor which is cheap as hell. it took montreal 30 years to pay off their olympics and they didn’t redo their whole city. read more about the chinese perspective: ‘what international event impacted you most this year’ and more.

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mo’blog dec 18

December 18th, 2008
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this is the women’s olympic triathalon. an hour or so outside of beijing on an absolutely perfect day. i went with my then-boss and the parents of a swiss friend. they brought a swiss flag and matching shirts and came ready to singlehandedly boost swiss morale. the american and swiss teams both had three athletes in the lead pack and no one else rooting for either team. swiss-usa alliance forged out of necessity, we did a lot of shouting, switching from ‘auf schwiss!’ to ‘usa! usa!’ and, of course, ‘zhong guo jia you!’ to placate the locals.
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mo’blog dec 17

December 17th, 2008
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i believe this photo was taken 08-08-08, the opening day of the olympics. i was in a cab down to the westin hotel where we had one hour to hang a show in the restaurant lobby while bush and his retinue were at the opening ceremony. traffic jammed up so i walked down liangma lu, sweaty and wired, passing this troop of security guards was marching in front of what may be the japanese embassy along the way. ...READ MORE

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mo’blog dec 13

December 13th, 2008

view from the bird’s nest during olympics. stephanie hooked us up with track and field tickets. we had the very highest row in the 90,000 seat stadium but we shuffled down. none of the runners looked very fast because they all were fast. a pack of men or women running at olympic speed together looks just like people running together from the 379th row. i think there should be a normal person or even a good athlete running alongside for comparison.

from this photo you cannot tell how massive the tv screen built into that building is. my guesstimate is 60×40 feet. and bright. even during the day it can be watched from some distance. ...READ MORE

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