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T-Minus 2 Hours: Holy Shit

People are twittering online (via retweets through @gvoolympics) that:

Chaoyang Park and the small parks around Tian’anmen Square are closed for viewing.
There’s heavy security in Ditan Park.
No food (i.e. beer, as @AdrianeQ notes) or sitting on the grass will be permitted at Ditan.
There are SWAT teams in the subway. (Not sure whether or not this is [...]

Posted 08 August 2008 † Brendan O'Kane § ‡ Comments (0) °

T-Minus 5 Hours: Crowded and Grey

CCTV 5 — sorry, ‘CCTV Olympic’ or whatever they’re calling themselves — is broadcasting a succession of reporters standing in front of the Bird’s Nest stadium and pontificating into the camera about the Olympic Green, which registers behind them as a murky, greenish grey color, sort of like a cowpat that’s been out in the [...]

Posted 08 August 2008 † Brendan O'Kane § ‡ Comments (1) °