Travelingshooz reviews the Opening Ceremonies.

As a live events production tech, the Olympics have a completely different draw for me. While others talk about how fast the lugers are going, I'm talking about the camera's being able to keep up. But as a spectator and a viewing citizen of TVland, I could care less. When we were last invaded by the Olympians, I had missed the opening ceremonies and boy did I miss out. All I heard about for the next few weeks from my colleagues was about the impressive scale and magnitude of the whole event, critiques on the director's choice of using CG for broadcast, syncing issues, etc etc. And I was completely left out of the discussion. Well this year I was determined to not make that mistake again. I sat down at 7pm share with water and snacks, ready to take in the splendor of this "intimate" affair.

A day in the life of AV

Get to work, scam your way into parking for free.
Stand around, talk about work to be done.
Wait to do the work.
Get ready to do the work.
Wait for people to get out of the way of the work to be done.
Do the work.
Stop working to take a lunch break.
Get ready to finish the work.
Finish the work.
Talk about the work, wonder if there's more work to be done.
Go home, eat good food and paint, play music or do yoga to replace the feeling of being completely unfulfilled.

Repeat.

Die.

Submission

So I've been slacking, I know. I was determined to start the new year out writing every week, if not every day. Instead, I've been too busy, I had no inspiration, I had nothing to say, I had nothing to say that anyone would read. Eventually it became out of sight and out of mind. Way to trip on the first hurdle.

Recently, as I do at the beginning of every year,