Still listening to garbage being spouted by people who deem the Olympics a waste of time and money. First Olympics to come in on time and on budget is evidently not good enough for these naysayers.
Far more importantly I am yet to hear a single world of practical and sanguine criticism from a Londoner (cousin excepted - he has to deal with a heliport on his head (literally)).
Listen this gig has been on us for years. If you didn't know that London was coming to a standstill then I cannot help you. If you are a Londoner and are surprised, well holy sh*t! Its here and that is that, two weeks to prove what we already know......the greatest city in the world.
If you don't live in London your opinion is taken with a dose......my city, our city, the world's watching. Party here, party there.
I will be be happy to discuss with any non-londoner who wants to express their opinions.
Wednesday 25 July 2012
Heroes and Legends
OK this is a subject that requires a pause and then full throttle address. I have been upsetting the ignoramus of society for a little bit of time on this one. So here goes....
Sir Steve Redgrave is a legend. Daley is a hero.
Kelly Holmes is a hero, Sally Gunnell is a legend.
Chris Hoy is a legend, Chris Boardman is a hero.
Here you go: Legends are people we wish to be. Heroes are the people we want to be, the people we love and the people that we want to spend our time with. Not always perfect (Botham and Daley!) but they are our dreams. I have never tried to emulate a legend, I am always trying to emulate my heroes.........
Latest tweet from georgiembprice should be ignored....
Bring on the heroes! Bring on the Legends. Jess will be the first who can become both a legend and a hero......
Well done GB Womens team.....
Roger, dodger, go Jess..........
Sir Steve Redgrave is a legend. Daley is a hero.
Kelly Holmes is a hero, Sally Gunnell is a legend.
Chris Hoy is a legend, Chris Boardman is a hero.
Here you go: Legends are people we wish to be. Heroes are the people we want to be, the people we love and the people that we want to spend our time with. Not always perfect (Botham and Daley!) but they are our dreams. I have never tried to emulate a legend, I am always trying to emulate my heroes.........
Latest tweet from georgiembprice should be ignored....
Bring on the heroes! Bring on the Legends. Jess will be the first who can become both a legend and a hero......
Well done GB Womens team.....
Roger, dodger, go Jess..........
Saturday 21 July 2012
Le Tour
Well I never @kateprice9592 has tweeted!
Life changed at around 5pm today when Bradley Wiggins destroyed the field to effectively win Le Tour. Sir Chris Hoy has said that he considers this to be the greatest achievement ever by a British sportsman. He's a legend, so what does that make Bradders? I am in awe of today's performance.
Frankly unless Jess runs up the flagpole naked after winning the heptathlon it's difficult to see how I can vote for anyone else come the BBC vote for SPOTY!.................Here's hoping........
In the meantime we have a new house mate. My darling niece Georgie (@georgiembprice) is in the house for the Olympics (amongst many countless others - the no vacancies sign is shortly to become illuminated and enhanced by neon). I believe I may learn more about Twitter than before, I suspect my liver may learn how to recover less quickly!
Less than a week to go........can barely breathe.
Life changed at around 5pm today when Bradley Wiggins destroyed the field to effectively win Le Tour. Sir Chris Hoy has said that he considers this to be the greatest achievement ever by a British sportsman. He's a legend, so what does that make Bradders? I am in awe of today's performance.
Frankly unless Jess runs up the flagpole naked after winning the heptathlon it's difficult to see how I can vote for anyone else come the BBC vote for SPOTY!.................Here's hoping........
In the meantime we have a new house mate. My darling niece Georgie (@georgiembprice) is in the house for the Olympics (amongst many countless others - the no vacancies sign is shortly to become illuminated and enhanced by neon). I believe I may learn more about Twitter than before, I suspect my liver may learn how to recover less quickly!
Less than a week to go........can barely breathe.
Tuesday 17 July 2012
New design after some rather less than complimentary feedback about the last one. Personally I think this new photo looks like I am sweating rather too much and had a hard night on the tiles (which actually is an accurate reflection), however a certain individual says it is more flattering. Hey ho what do I know? (almost the beginning of a Ramones classic there). And yes I have tried to reduce the size but as yet have had no frikking offers from web designers as to how to make this look better. It's me here, so don't expect miracles, I am still getting over the fact that still art will never be my metier.
Also pointed out by a teetotaller that I had miss-spelt one of my favourite bands in my profile, nigh on inexcusable but I had had a drink when I was doing it!
Have "a heroes and legends" sporting theme bubbling up. Just either looking for the time or more likely the requisite quantity of vin blanc et rouge to get it properly formulated. Equally something on the Tour de France, so if the multitude out there has a preference as to which comes first then let me know. I will almost certainly do the other.....
Made the mistake of divulging my thoughts as posted earlier about the Wimbledon "audiences" to some sporting journalists yesterday, they all appeared to have missed this simple observation but nodded in a fiendish manner ("hey got an article here...!") when I stopped spouting, so if you see any articles espousing my views, please let me know. A good lawyer is worth their salt when it comes to plagiarism.
Also pointed out by a teetotaller that I had miss-spelt one of my favourite bands in my profile, nigh on inexcusable but I had had a drink when I was doing it!
Have "a heroes and legends" sporting theme bubbling up. Just either looking for the time or more likely the requisite quantity of vin blanc et rouge to get it properly formulated. Equally something on the Tour de France, so if the multitude out there has a preference as to which comes first then let me know. I will almost certainly do the other.....
Made the mistake of divulging my thoughts as posted earlier about the Wimbledon "audiences" to some sporting journalists yesterday, they all appeared to have missed this simple observation but nodded in a fiendish manner ("hey got an article here...!") when I stopped spouting, so if you see any articles espousing my views, please let me know. A good lawyer is worth their salt when it comes to plagiarism.
Tuesday 10 July 2012
Its a small world
Heaven's above! We have people reading this stuff in Russia, Singapore, Australia, Hong Kong and Canada. Just wish I had a cat in hell's idea of how you have found out about me and much more importantly who the hell the anonymous posters are? So if any of you out there know how I can let you know that I have ranted again (i.e. setting up what I believe is called an RSS feed) please let me know.
Loving the feedback by the way. Just remember that wearing specs at the end of my nose, shouting at things that I shouldn't and behaving in a worryingly belligerent fashion, when I am old enough to take a deep breath, is who and what I am. I was rightly accused of being a bit sterile earlier today and that is frankly horrendous.
Apparently I am not allowed to shoot foxes in the garden. We have panelled/slatted fences. Who am I going to kill other than me and the mangy child eater? My choice surely?
Loving the feedback by the way. Just remember that wearing specs at the end of my nose, shouting at things that I shouldn't and behaving in a worryingly belligerent fashion, when I am old enough to take a deep breath, is who and what I am. I was rightly accused of being a bit sterile earlier today and that is frankly horrendous.
Apparently I am not allowed to shoot foxes in the garden. We have panelled/slatted fences. Who am I going to kill other than me and the mangy child eater? My choice surely?
Sunday 8 July 2012
Sporting?
Apparently I should be watching and applauding big Rog's victory.....well, sorry I have better things to do than celebrate a Swiss victory on our home soil. It is frankly galling to see the joy writ large on the audience's face and Sue bloody Barker cheering on the achievements of Federer. Irritated? Too right.
Saturday 7 July 2012
Seven long years
Seven years ago to the day I was listening to the BBC on line when I heard the words "The International Olympic Committee has the honour of announcing that the games of 30th Olympiad are awarded to the city of London". I have rarely felt more proud and fiercely British and even now find myself welling with emotion when I watch the reaction in Trafalgar Square on the day - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Dt4jjS_dyA . I received many magnanimous messages of congratulations from friends all around France; let's face it whether it is true or not rumours still abound that one of the committee inadvertently pressed the wrong button so we won by one vote.
The following day, London was the victim of a heinous act of terrorism that came from within. It brought the importance of the Olympics in to sharp focus. The United Kingdom has unquestionably suffered greatly in the intervening years and the argument as to whether we should be investing billions in the games was valid, right up until the point that we were awarded the Games.
So we find ourselves on the cusp of witnessing the greatest sporting event there is and it is here, in our own country and in my home town. Millions have lined the streets to watch the torch relay - there were 40,000 on the streets of Lowestoft for pete's sake, however many will there be when it reaches London?!
Legacy is the buzz word and rightly so. The Games have regenerated a part of London that was polluted and impoverished in every sense of the word and may never have had the requisite money spent on it in decades. We now have state of the art sporting arenas that will be the envy of the world and which will give the facilities for future generations to become sporting icons. The Games of 2012 will be their inspiration. More importantly there will be a part of our city where Londoners will want to live and bring up their families. London is not Athens or Sydney, where facilities lie crumbling, it is and always has been a vibrant, cosmopolitan and dynamic city led by the people.
10,500 competitors are about to arrive to take part in an event that will be the pinnacle of their careers (OK tennis and football excluded - that will be subject of a serious rant another time, I suspect!). London is the first city to host three Olympic Games (the last time was 1948 and the country was on its knees then as well). Tickets are, to all intents and purposes, sold out. Millions of Britons are excited beyond belief and yet we still have the people the length and breadth of the country who are saying they think we should not be hosting the games, one nay sayer I heard described it as a "jamboree"! A jamboree is a gathering of scouts for heaven's sake.
We have an opportunity to show the world that the UK can throw a party that the natives are embracing, that we can organise an event that was prepared months ago, we are a nation that is delighted to welcome the rest of the world and that London is still the greatest city in the word and we are going to cheer everyone on whatever their sex, colour or creed. OK we will probably cheer a bit more if they are in a British vest!
So bring it on, the greatest of the great sporting events, in our our own country, in our capital city and let us show the world that the word Great in in our national name is no self-aggrandisement. Let us hope and pray for British medals, but more let us hope and pray that the passion that most of have for our country shines through and shows the world that we are proud to to be called British.
Oh! And can Jess win gold, please?
The following day, London was the victim of a heinous act of terrorism that came from within. It brought the importance of the Olympics in to sharp focus. The United Kingdom has unquestionably suffered greatly in the intervening years and the argument as to whether we should be investing billions in the games was valid, right up until the point that we were awarded the Games.
So we find ourselves on the cusp of witnessing the greatest sporting event there is and it is here, in our own country and in my home town. Millions have lined the streets to watch the torch relay - there were 40,000 on the streets of Lowestoft for pete's sake, however many will there be when it reaches London?!
Legacy is the buzz word and rightly so. The Games have regenerated a part of London that was polluted and impoverished in every sense of the word and may never have had the requisite money spent on it in decades. We now have state of the art sporting arenas that will be the envy of the world and which will give the facilities for future generations to become sporting icons. The Games of 2012 will be their inspiration. More importantly there will be a part of our city where Londoners will want to live and bring up their families. London is not Athens or Sydney, where facilities lie crumbling, it is and always has been a vibrant, cosmopolitan and dynamic city led by the people.
10,500 competitors are about to arrive to take part in an event that will be the pinnacle of their careers (OK tennis and football excluded - that will be subject of a serious rant another time, I suspect!). London is the first city to host three Olympic Games (the last time was 1948 and the country was on its knees then as well). Tickets are, to all intents and purposes, sold out. Millions of Britons are excited beyond belief and yet we still have the people the length and breadth of the country who are saying they think we should not be hosting the games, one nay sayer I heard described it as a "jamboree"! A jamboree is a gathering of scouts for heaven's sake.
We have an opportunity to show the world that the UK can throw a party that the natives are embracing, that we can organise an event that was prepared months ago, we are a nation that is delighted to welcome the rest of the world and that London is still the greatest city in the word and we are going to cheer everyone on whatever their sex, colour or creed. OK we will probably cheer a bit more if they are in a British vest!
So bring it on, the greatest of the great sporting events, in our our own country, in our capital city and let us show the world that the word Great in in our national name is no self-aggrandisement. Let us hope and pray for British medals, but more let us hope and pray that the passion that most of have for our country shines through and shows the world that we are proud to to be called British.
Oh! And can Jess win gold, please?
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