I like the city air, I like the stink of it...

on new york:

what pheobe was trying to say in her last post, by saying that "constant proximity to fellow human beings is the only hope that its nerdy students have of gaining some semblance of social skills" is that really, it's the only way Stuyvesant kids have any chance of getting laid. let's call things what they are, eh?

in any case, one of the weirder things about me is that I LOVE the olympics. I know by heart the location most of the olympics were held at, and I was in Paris when they lost the 2008 olympics to Beijing (more on that eventually...). In any case, the 2012 olympic bid is perhaps the most hotly contested EVER (even more so than Atlanta-Athens), with the shortlist (chosen today) including: Paris, London, New York, Moscow, and Madrid. Axed were Rio (that would've been impressive), Havana (no chance) and Istanbul (hah! join the EU first).

NYC 2012 is a beautiful bid, but it will lose, and it will lose because Vancounver already has the 2010 Olympics, and because of security issues. which is sad because New York would be the best place in the world to have the olympics, and actually I don't know when they'll ever with it. South Africa's 2010 World Cup bid is the next step before them winning the 2016/2020 Olympics, which is a milestone for the Southern Hemisphere and Africa in general.

the other implication of Europe, probably Paris or London, getting the 2012 games is that a 2014 Winter bid I've been following, Annecy (an area in France right outside Geneva, Switzerland) will likely get the axe. sigh...

still, there's always hope. New York's really is an impressive bid. but first it's up to the people of the city not to be stupid shmucks, as they occasionally are, and to let the bid succeed. stay tuned to Singapore in 2005...

back to your more interesting lives.

ps--the title is a reference to cole porter's song, "I happen to like new york"