from all reports..

things seems to have settled down there, thank god. no more mishaps. no more smashing of windows, etc. the traffic hasn't been a huge issue - though i did hear gordo missed a metal ceremony because of the traffic once - who needs him anyways. i hear it's sunny - that's good too...so good on ya. so what if cypress has no snow and the games dudes have to give back 1.5 million in tickets.
i do have a story i have been meaning to tell you and about speedy olympic action though.
a woman i know, just shortly before the games were to begin, was in downtowen vancouver and waiting at a light in her car. people were walking in front of her, naturally, as it was a crosswalk. when all of a sudden someone plowed into the back of her and sent her into the crosswalk into a pedestrian. the person in the crosswalk was ok, more or less, and the person who had hit her had gotten out of his truck - i believe it was a truck - and was now drinking a litre of pop he had in the back of his car/truck. turns out he was loaded, in the middle of the day on a sunday. and more than that, he was driving a VANOC vehicle and was an employee of theirs.
nice.
now we all know how slow it can be to get things even somewhat settled, but she had a cheque in her hands days later for 23K to pay for the car. the ICBC portion of the accident - the injury portion, i think, may still be ongoing, but VANOC gets the gold for the fast payment.
i believe the driver is being charged as well - and why not...he'll get his own gold.

ok..

go canada.

g. xo