At first, I thought the only surprise would be that we were voted off the Olympic Island before Madrid was... I sort of thought we were in third place. Even though I really didn't want the games here.
But I really thought Paris would win. Not that I'm not excited about London. I mean, it's not like I'll be going regardless. I'm just pleased as punch that the games are not here.
One thing I don't get at all is that the Times's tone in the article seems genuinely surprised that we didn't get the games. I never understood why they pretended to be so enthusiastic about it. Honestly, I don't think I met anyone who lived in the City who were enthusiastic about it, except for some people from the mayor's office, and they're paid to be enthusiastic about it.
Yes, I know, I had a link to NYC2012 over there on my sidebar (I just removed it), but I posted it because there was a lot of gung-ho-ness in my work community (of course the hotel professionals want it... imagine the rate-gouging that could have gone on!) but I'm really glad we're not getting the games.
Hooray!
Posted by Jon at July 6, 2005 07:42 AMSeriously! It would have been a major nightmare. I haven't been this happy since Albany killed the Jets stadium.
Posted by: Andy at July 27, 2005 08:11 AM