A old friend and steady blog supporter had a WTF he HAD TO GET OUT today. His blog is not up and running yet so, I thought I would give him an outlet. He's not a Mama (I don't think so at least but who freakin knows these days) but I would say he is a Modish Man and hey... he has something to say so...
Hi, my name is Viktor, I originally hail from The Motherland and this is my guest post on The Modish Mama's blog. It will have little relevance to your lives as I am a spoiled Whistlerite who at the age of 31 still acts like he just turned 19.
I need a haircut. You know that song "Signs" by the Five Man Electrical Band? Yeah, they wrote that with me in mind. Even before I was born… 'cause that's how shaggy I am. Legends of my shagginess have been foretold to this band by Cousin It. Or it may have been the cheep weed and acid. Imagine that, me working for you?
But enough about me. Let's see what I have to say.
So, I had 2 tickets to tonight's bobsleigh event in Whistler that I've been trying to sell for less than their posted value. $60 for two tickets to go see an Olympic medal event. Facebook posts, text messages to my entire contact list, none of it produced any results. Bobsleigh tickets to an OLYMPIC event. The only people responding were the ones who live far away from here and have been glued to their televisions with excited trepidation watching all the events.
This should give you a clear idea of the spoiled mentality of my friends and other locals that do not really appreciate how lucky they are to live where we are living. "Meh… I don't feel like going to an Olympic event… I'm just gonna hang out at home and watch TV tonight… I may go for a ski tomorrow, but only if it snows more than 15cms… just gonna chill out tonight. " <-- actual response on the bus this morning. WHAT A BUNCH OF SPOILED A-HOLES!!!
Back in the Motherland, when the rabbit ears on the black and white TV were positioned at the proper angles and I could actually catch a staticky glimpse of an Olympic event with a Russian commentator telling us all how the mighty and powerful USSR shall defeat these spoiled capitalist bastards in their own sport - I was excited beyond belief! All I could talk about after is how cool would it be to go watch something like that live. I would've gladly given my left nut for the opportunity; and, this is when I was 15 and had recently began discovering the joys of my own genitalia.
I hosted a very nice wide eyed kid from Alberta for two nights who is volunteering for the Olympics. Which is how I came to have the tickets. It's a kind of reward from the homestay program. Before the VANOC homestay program found Mark a spare bed this guy spent 6 nights sleeping in his car in Whistler and had to be treated for frost bite 2 times at the Whistler Medical Centre. That's how excited he is to be here and be part of this event.
When I started writing this I still had the tickets. Someone turned up and took them off my hands (promised to pay me for them tomorrow…shady). If I see that person at the bar tonight watching hockey I may have to explain to them the finer points of what the KGB used to refer to as their "re-education" program. A few hands-on examples may be used as well.
Since the tickets are no longer in my possession, I have calmed down somewhat. So I'll end this post right here with a resounding: GO CANADA GO!!!
Viktor.
3 comments:
So....why aren't YOU going if this is so great? *lol* Just had to ask!
Oooooh Viktor... I knew this question would come up as I thought about it too. Now you have to explain how you were missing the amazing Olympic event.
I tell ya man... WTFing comes with a great burden. Sometimes you have to explain yourself ;).
I wasn't going becasue I have tickets for boblseigh on Friday at 1pm and I wanted to watch the Canada vs. Russia men's hockey. In retrospect I missed an amazing event with Canadian women taking gold and silver, but the hockey game was really cool too. No regrets.
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