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Jun. 22nd, 2006 12:16 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jawnbcWent to see a local production of Cabaret last night. And except for some bovine asswipes trying to chatter during the show (Mrs. Egan's sssssshhh! remains effective PTBJ), it was an excellent evening. Unlike most good homosexualists I've not seen the filum (spank me ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
moroccomole), so we'll have a movie night sometime to remedy that. So what?
Yesterday and today I've had the post-submission blahs. Today I'm trying to snap out of it, and it seems to be happening. Seems to be.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has culled the list of candidates to host the 2014 Olympic Winter Games. It's down to just three: Pyeongchang (Korea), Salzburg (Austria) and Sochi (Russia). Pyeonchang came within a whisker of beating Vancouver for 2010 and deserves the nod. Salzburg was so arrogantly confident for the 2010 vote and were shocked to be first relegated. Sochi is the dark horse, but their bid is inferior to the other two (many think Russian cities make the short list to avoid the Russian "everyone hates us" whinging roar). Here's a recap of recent and future host cities:
Summer: Barcelona (E), Atlanta (NA), Sydney (O/As), Athens (E), Beijing (O/As), London (E)
Winter: Albertville (E), Lillehammer (E), Nagano (O/As), Salt Lake (NA), Torino (E), Vancouver (NA)
Therefore regional rotation also advantages Pyeochang, which would be only the third Asian city to host a Winter games (Sapporo 72, Nagano 98 from Japan being the others). That also means a strong North American bid for the Summer 2016 Games would be in an excellent position.
moroccomole), so we'll have a movie night sometime to remedy that. So what?Yesterday and today I've had the post-submission blahs. Today I'm trying to snap out of it, and it seems to be happening. Seems to be.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has culled the list of candidates to host the 2014 Olympic Winter Games. It's down to just three: Pyeongchang (Korea), Salzburg (Austria) and Sochi (Russia). Pyeonchang came within a whisker of beating Vancouver for 2010 and deserves the nod. Salzburg was so arrogantly confident for the 2010 vote and were shocked to be first relegated. Sochi is the dark horse, but their bid is inferior to the other two (many think Russian cities make the short list to avoid the Russian "everyone hates us" whinging roar). Here's a recap of recent and future host cities:
Summer: Barcelona (E), Atlanta (NA), Sydney (O/As), Athens (E), Beijing (O/As), London (E)
Winter: Albertville (E), Lillehammer (E), Nagano (O/As), Salt Lake (NA), Torino (E), Vancouver (NA)
Therefore regional rotation also advantages Pyeochang, which would be only the third Asian city to host a Winter games (Sapporo 72, Nagano 98 from Japan being the others). That also means a strong North American bid for the Summer 2016 Games would be in an excellent position.
