The Games

Anyone who has been reading this blog for the past few months will know the general sense of dread that the city has been feeling regarding the Olympics.  One of my friends swore that he was going to leave the country for the entire month.  We’ve been imagining every worst case scenario possible, and none of them were good. 

We couldn’t have been more wrong, and we’ve all grudgingly admitted this to ourselves.  This has been an AMAZING experience.  So much so that I’m actually going to go to the Bird’s Nest on Monday night to watch some of the athletics finals.  Here are the tickets.

The seats are amazing.  If this were a football stadium we’d be on the 50 yard line, in the third row from the front.  So we’ll be in prime TV range, maybe someone back home will catch a quick glimpse of us.  We’ll be there for the following events.

Women’s discus final
Men’s long jump final
Women’s pole vault final
Women’s 100m hurdles semifinal
Men’s 200m semifinals
Men’s 3000m steeplechase finals
Women’s 800m finals
Men’s 400m hurdles finals

Plus there will be the whole experience of taking the subway, plus going to the Bird’s Nest, and the Olympic Village, everything.  I’ll have the video camera out, of course, so expect some YouTube experiences. 

I’m fucking stoked, seriously.  This is going to be incredible.

Yeah, great Lee. And it won’t be crowded either!

LOL No doubt. The place will only be half full.  I’m still trying to get tickets to either the football final or Phelps swimming tomorrow.  Those are going for a fucking fortune by the scalpers.

Hey, now weren’t you the same guy who couldn’t figure out why anyone gave a shit about the Olympics? Glad you get to partake.  Have fun!

I was at the ‘96 games.  Nothing like it.  Got to see Carl Lewis do the long jump.

I

was at the ‘96 games.  Nothing like it.  Got to see Carl Lewis do the long jump.

Cool!

Lee, post a recent pic so we know who to watch for.