Olympic mania begins anew. This afternoon it begins. Teams gather for the afternoon and evening - and, my oh my the weather is perfect: sunny but breezy and cool. Tonight the opening ceremonies, tomorrow the "games," tomorrow evening the pageant. Maybe all of it outdoors this summer, finally, after a stint of rain-hampered festivities. Yesterday, there wasn't quite yet lots of buzz, but here and there yes. On some kind of bet or dare, the program director sought experimentally to name someone in the FV administration a Head Coach...and found Jim Tisch, our CFO, who really actually truly will lead the team from Wales. (This I want to see.) And then there was the buzzy presence in the dining hall yesterday of Matt, the crackerjack new assistant to the program directors, who wrapped himself (literally but also by now figuratively) in the Olympic flag.
Sunday, July 19, 2009
wrapping oneself in the Olympic flag
Olympic mania begins anew. This afternoon it begins. Teams gather for the afternoon and evening - and, my oh my the weather is perfect: sunny but breezy and cool. Tonight the opening ceremonies, tomorrow the "games," tomorrow evening the pageant. Maybe all of it outdoors this summer, finally, after a stint of rain-hampered festivities. Yesterday, there wasn't quite yet lots of buzz, but here and there yes. On some kind of bet or dare, the program director sought experimentally to name someone in the FV administration a Head Coach...and found Jim Tisch, our CFO, who really actually truly will lead the team from Wales. (This I want to see.) And then there was the buzzy presence in the dining hall yesterday of Matt, the crackerjack new assistant to the program directors, who wrapped himself (literally but also by now figuratively) in the Olympic flag.
