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Saturday, February 20, 2010

Canadians and the Olympics

Polite, passive and nice are words that are often used when other countries speak of Canadians. The truth of the matter is when it comes to such things as hockey, we are ruthless! In this past week, I've heard quite a few commentators on the Olympics mention that we better be careful how we're being perceived because we're acting as though we really want it (gold). Here's what I think, we've always wanted to win, we're just gracious when we lose and pat second and third on the back when we win. Social media has really demonstrated Canadian patriotism and a desire to see our athletes make it on the podium and perhaps this alone has shown many non-Canadians that we aren't as passive as they've been told. Our competitive spirits come out to route for our country and really is there anything wrong with that?
The Canadian women's hockey team has been absolutely demolishing their way through games but should they be apologizing for being strong, prepared athletes? Of course not. It's a win and women's hockey is still very new in the Olympics so if anything these women should just not get too comfortable. Once the next Olympics rolls around each team will train harder and be out to prove themselves. As any underdog knows the desire to win can make you persevere and push through the losses to get to the place where you become competition. I am not the kind of person that makes it a habit to watch sports on a regular basis however whenever the Olympics roll around, I'm all in.
I don't believe that this competitive spirit in Canadians is new, it's just more obvious with social media like twitter having trending topics of Canadian medalists. Social media is an easy way for people to see what the masses are interested in, paying attention to and what they feel is important at that moment.
Whether you are Canadian, American, Russian....it doesn't matter we all sit there routing for "our" team to win and it doesn't make us any less nice, it just makes us proud to be who we are.

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Day 6: 7 Days, 7 Photos

It's Days 6 of 7 Days, 7 photos! Tomorrow will be the last day. Photo by me, Jenifer Lapierre. Hope you've been enjoying these photos and the exercise itself.

Monday, February 1, 2010

Day 5: 7 Days, 7 Photos

Something a little more Abstract by me, Jenifer Lapierre on day 5 of 7 days, 7 photos. Decided to mix it up on another cold day!