humm, yeah, so I just got home and its 4:40 am in the morning. I had a GREAT
time tonight - heaps of fun! I am so glad I didn't leave the city during the
olympics.

It all started with a call from Kristy at work. She wanted me to go to a party
her boss was having. Being the all around cool guy that I am, I decided to say
yes - plus I didn't have anything planned for tonight. We got to the party
and everyone! (yes, including the dog) was in their Green and Gold outfits with
the aussie flags plastered all over the faces. There was a nice large TV screen
/projector thingy set up tuned onto channel 7 for the opening Ceremony.

It was great, we all had a blast. The show was good. The fact that it was all
women (and four at that, with one in a wheel chair) was the coolest thing that
anyone has done. I think the Aussies are trying to push women to compete more
in the Olympic games, this certainly was the right way to go.

We headed back to the city (Kristy and I) to meet up with Gavin, Anthony, Veg
and James to go bar hopping. This is where the fun began! We had to stop off
at Gavins work, so Gavin went up and the rest of us sat down on the steps
waiting for him. During this 10 minute span I had:

1 person shake my hand saying "thanks"


1 person give me a high five and said "like the hat"

The first bar we headed to was just down the street, so we decided to go in and
get something to drink. During this time:

1 person asking where I got the hat and how much I payed for it


1 person kindly taking it off my head and danced with it for a bit (she then
showed me her "canadian tatoo" on her butt and handed my hat back)

I danced a bit, and about 30 minutes later, we decided it was time to head off
to the next place. We started walking towards the rocks, during this time:

Two aussie girls screamed at us accross the road, asking about my hat. I told
her where she could get it (roots.com) and she started her bid at $10, it
stopped at $15.

I can't remember the name of the bar we went into, but it was crouded as hell.
It was one of the only bars still open as well. I got a coke and tried to get
out to the patio when:

1 Person grabbed my hat, and put it on some girl. She wouldn't give it back to
me. So I started talking to them, turns out one d00d is from Calgary and the
girl is from Vancouver. It took me about 5 minutes before I had to trade my
Canadian pin for my hat back - it was fine by me, nobody sees the pin :)

On my way out to the patio (after the above incident) another person asked me if
I was on the Canadian team.

So we drank some more! Gavin and Kristy went out to George St. to try to catch
a cab when:

Someone who worked for Samsung (and was a volunteer) also kindly told me that I
MUST be an athlete otherwise I couldn't have gotten the hat. When I said no, she
insisted that I must be a friend, or boyfriend of an athelete to get the hat. I
told her about roots.com, then she left me alone.

By this time it was about 3:45 and I was getting tired/bored of waiting for
Gavin to get back to the pub. Anthony and I finished our drinks and headed out
to George St. We slowly walked back up towards central station, all the while
trying to hail a Taxi - no luck. There was trash EVERYWHERE, street cleaners
were trying to clean it up before the sun came up. In the background you could
hear the routine chanting of "Aussie, aussie, aussie, oy! oy! oy!". Cars honking
their horns, flags flying, people trippin over beer bottles - I really wish I
brought my camera. I think the next time I go out - I am going to take pictures
of everyone that decided to wear my hat.

The spirit in the city is something I have never seen before. 4 in the morning
and it still packed full of people and cars - all having a great time. You can
see the Huge NBC Luxury Liner stationed at pier eight. People are shaking hands,
greeting total strangers in the streets. Its wonderful!

The cool thing about tonight was - I had a great time, and all on $20.

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