Life Lessons Pt 7: You Want What You Can't Have

I live in Vancouver, BC. You know what that means. The Olympics.
Now obviously this has had tons of hype for a while now, whenever you hear "Vancouver" you think "2010 Olympics" (Or maybe that's just me).

ANYWAY. I was pretty pumped for the Olympics, and living in the host city. WOW the big WINTER GAMES. A time when countries from all over the globe congregate in one city to show off without using weapons. The chance for Canada to really show off it's fantastic mass amounts of snow and put it to use. A chance for Canada to redirect it's Hockey Night to it's Olympic Games. A chance for Whistler Snow Junkies to display what they've been trying to justify dropping out of school for.

Well all I can say is HA!

We were all so pumped for the Olympics, but as it crept close the locals started noticing how many douche bags were supporters of the games... And as those douche bags started appearing more and more like wild cattle let out of a gate, everyone knew to abandon their homes and flee. But it's not like we're over reacting! Not only was Vancouver flooded by a tsunami of grease monkeys but also by:

Taxes: which are going to: MOVING SNOW FROM MOUNTAIN TO MOUNTAIN BY HELICOPTER... WTF CANADA

Police: Vancouver has enough police for good reason, but seriously we don't need an army of police boats acting as Big Brother around English Bay

New Employees: Obviously the Olympics has employed many of people which is great for mullah, but it's not cool. I went to great a crepe from my favourite crepe place on Granville Island. I was craving it all week, so pumped, and there's a new girl on staff. Who completely massacred my highlight of the day. It's just not the same.

Art Installations: Holy Fucking Hell. I like art. I like public art installations. But I hate those fucking beams of light raping the skies of English Bay and False Creek. THEY LOOK STUPID, THE DESIGNS DON'T WORK, THEY'RE SO BRIGHT, I CAN'T SLEEP, GO AWAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ANYWAY. We all loved the Olympics when it wasn't here... But now that it's come it's not nearly as good as we expected.
Lesson Learned.

But in all honesty... if we weren't having the Olympics in Vancouver everyone would have been like "Wow, it'd be so cool to have the Olympics here". And yes, I do semi regret flying to Toronto and not having to deal with the chaos.

(This photo was taken the night of the Opening Games at Burrard and Robson... where I find lights, fire, fire works, a concert, and a mosh pit of thousands of people... To my surprise).