olympic village

+ two things happened this week. the canada line, the new skytrain line opened and tamara taggart co-hosted 'live with regis' in new york city.

on wednesday i took the canada line, the R-A-V line, the new skytrain line. i took it from waterfront to YVR-airport to broadway-city hall, from olympic village to vancouver-city centre. i walked out of waterfront station and through the looking glass. i had to take the canada line, the new skytrain line, to believe that it was there.

my parents had a house in richmond, a house where they lived before i was born. 'the house on 4 road.' richmond, a city that existed before me but has never existed since. i don't even know what richmond is but i know that richmond is where my dad went to high school.

in 2001 or 2002 i stood behind tamara taggart in line at calendar club. calendar club opened up in pacific centre every year from october to january. i was buying canadian art calendars at %75 off and tamara taggart was trying to return a board game without a receipt.

vancouver is a world-class city, the polls are consistent and insistent, the most livable city in the world. the best city in which to work. 85,000 people took the canada line, the new skytrain line, for free on opening day. the wait was 2 1/2 hours at waterfront station. 150 minutes. i live in the world's most livable city.

i had dinner and got back on to the canada line at olympic village station. there was nobody there, no one in the station, no one on the street outside the station. cars driving past on 2nd avenue.

tamara taggart lives in yaletown. tamara taggart lives in "kits." tamara taggart has parents that live in coal harbour.

vancouver is the only city in canada with a direct rapid-transit link to the airport.

tamara taggart has friends that compare their times on the grouse grind. she went to new york for 'live with regis' because she won a contest.

we hate the expo line, the old skytrain, the first skytrain, the only skytrain. it goes to surrey from downtown vancouver and, unfortunately, back the other way again. kids smoking pot on a packed train coming back from the fireworks, between columbia and scott road stations.

my sister and i would ride our bikes to surrey place mall, where i would buy cds at a&b sound. before surrey central station, before sfu.

on monday, the canada line was on the cover of the 24. on friday, tamara taggart was on the cover of the 24. three weeks ago i was on the cover of the 24, holding a sign that said "they lied."

one other thing happened this week. coors light was forced to take down billboards that mocked toronto. "colder than a person from toronto." toronto wanted to host the 2008 olympic games, but lost. we won.

the first time tamara taggart went to new york was this week, to co-host 'live with regis.' we are the first canadian city with a direct rapid-transit link to the airport. not even toronto has a direct rapid transit link to the airport.