Sunrise w/soundchecks

August 2nd, 2008 · 3 Comments

It’s 5:05 AM, the day the Olympic Torch comes to my neighborhood in Tianjin. The sound checks have just begun, eight minutes before sunrise. The sound-checker’s voice seems tired, as it should. He was sound-checking until after 10 last night. Perhaps he camped out in the stadium overnight so he wouldn’t have to walk so far in the pre-dawn dark. I’d like to go see him right now and give him a short talk on public etiquette and basic human consideration, but I don’t believe I’d be able to get close, either physically or conceptually. There are some things more important than public rest. The show, after all, must go on. And on and on and on…, et cetera. And today we’ve only just begun.

Tags: Olympics · Tianjin · flame

3 responses so far ↓

1 Beverly // Aug 2, 2008 at 10:37 am

Hope you’re getting some sleep tonight–if you haven’t already been awakened. I never can keep up with the time differences. B
2 jg // Aug 2, 2008 at 11:08 am

I hope so too, Beverly. We’re 13 hours ahead of NOLA. Think NY and just change the AM to PM or vice-versa. Right now it’s late morning, the practices are over. I think the Flame appears this afternoon. It’s hot, but clean, clear blue, and that’s a treat. Hope that it holds for awhile.
3 dwain // Aug 11, 2008 at 11:53 am

hellofa show so far though….great men’s relay

dwain

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