Marlene I got your call...glad to have made you laugh via the blog today :)
Mother effer it's a pain to get any info from a non-US perspective on the olympics.
First off, I'm SO annoyed with the Roots apparel infiltration into the US. Because it's really just to say "Roots US" (heck, they even have stuff at Target) AND they sponsered the US team. WTF. That's like...Ford...sponsoring a German team. It's just WRONG. Roots is so uber Canadian, it's crazy.
You have your Apple Pie and Ford.
Let us have our Poutine and Roots.
On another note, here's the Canadian hockey schedule (more for my sake than anyone else's I'm sure...odds are remote I'll see this stuff on TV since I don't have the premium sports packages):
Men's Prelim. Round - Group A: ITA - CAN 07:00 15 Feb
Men's Prelim. Round - Group A: CAN - GER 14:00 16 Feb
Men's Prelim. Round - Group A: CAN - SUI 09:30 18 Feb
Men's Prelim. Round - Group A: FIN - CAN 15:00 19 Feb
Men's Prelim. Round - Group A: CAN - CZE 10:30 21 Feb
Although I would be interested in seeing the US against Russia:
Men's Prelim. Round - Group B: USA - RUS 14:30 21 Feb
And finally:
Men's Play-offs Quarterfinals 10:30 22 Feb
Men's Play-offs Quarterfinals 11:30 22 Feb
Men's Play-offs Quarterfinals 14:30 22 Feb
Men's Play-offs Quarterfinals 15:30 22 Feb
Men's Play-offs Semifinals 10:30 24 Feb
Men's Play-offs Semifinals 15:00 24 Feb
Men's Play-offs - Bronze Medal Game 14:30 25 Feb
Men's Play-offs - Gold Medal Game 08:00 26 Feb
In honor of countdown to Valentine's Day (speaking of...aww aren't I a good wife, I made Kraig dinner twice this week AND made him lunch, which i would have done more often had I actually been home at night), the song of the day is All My Life by K-CI & JoJo (yeah...i know...to those who are reading this who I've known for years...that's Stacey and that golfer's song...but whatever. It's really sweet)
I will never find another lover sweeter than you, sweeter than you
I will never find another lover more precious than you, more precious than you
....
You're all that I've ever known, your smile on your face, all I see is a glow,
You turned my life around, You picked me up when I was down,
You're all that I've ever known, when you smile your face glows,
You picked me up when I was down
You're all that I've ever known, when you smile your face glows,
You picked me up when I was down & I hope that you feel the same way too,
Yes I pray that you do love me too
Nap time.
2 comments:
There was a newspaper article about the whole Roots losing to the Hudson's Bay Company.
http://www.canada.com/story.html?id=5a4f24b3-92c9-46db-9943-7df49a40d059&k=28818&p=2
So it came down to OOC greed from a company that is now owned by some American Billionaire to outfit the Canadian Olympic team? How is that Canadian? Ok the clothing designer has a point but Roots also had some exclusive Olympic wear and I can't think of anything more Canadian than wearing Roots wear. It's almost as identifiable as the Canadian flag or the Apple Computer logo.
It's unfortunate really and it's just another example of how passive not only as individuals we are as Canadians but also how passive and unagressive we are as business people, Canada is up for sale folks and it's going fast!!! :)
I wouldn't be surprized if the next thing that gets sold is a province or it's oil or electricity. :P
It surprizes me how utterly pathetic we as a country perform during the Winter Olympics. I just hope that all of that money from the Hudson's Bay Company goes to improving amateur sports in Canada or giving those athletes the training and opportunities they deserve so they can compete at an higher level on the International scene.
Here's hoping. :)
GO CANADA GO!!!!
Yeah I saw that "HBC" logo when I was watching the opening ceremonies, took me a second to figure it out 'cause I'm so used to seeing it as "The Bay"...At least I"m not the only one appalled by the Roots thing.
I agree, the logo is SO distinct...I swear I almost had a hissy fit in the middle of Target when I saw it on US olympic shirts you can buy...
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