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pylon · 02-13-2013, 05:17 AM

I was 13 during the games. It was the most important Calgary has felt to me ever then or ever. It was so neat having the eyes of the world on our then, quaint little city of 600,000 people. The pride the city had was unreal. We decorated out Jr. High wall to wall with student made Olympic art. The buzz was just incredible. It was truly a proud and important moment to be a Calgarian, and it was cool to see it through the eyes of a still Naive stupid kid. EVERYTHING seemed cool.

In retrospect, the only thing I wish never happened, was Elizabeth Manley biting that stupid medal. Now every single lame-ass athlete tries to do the same, quirky, manufactured, cutesy, spontaneity in the moment... moment. And I think they are all lame for it.

02-13-2013, 05:17 AM	#12
pylon Lifetime Suspension Join Date: Jul 2007 Exp:	I was 13 during the games. It was the most important Calgary has felt to me ever then or ever. It was so neat having the eyes of the world on our then, quaint little city of 600,000 people. The pride the city had was unreal. We decorated out Jr. High wall to wall with student made Olympic art. The buzz was just incredible. It was truly a proud and important moment to be a Calgarian, and it was cool to see it through the eyes of a still Naive stupid kid. EVERYTHING seemed cool. In retrospect, the only thing I wish never happened, was Elizabeth Manley biting that stupid medal. Now every single lame-ass athlete tries to do the same, quirky, manufactured, cutesy, spontaneity in the moment... moment. And I think they are all lame for it.